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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14
DEMOCRATS TO
Dine AND CHEER
FNty Victory Dinners Will
Be Given Tonight.

By United Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Demo-
Gratis of the nation will gather at
more than fifty victory dinners"
in thirty-three states tonight to in
augurate drive for $1,500,O0O to
put the party in fighting shape"
for the coming presidential cam
paign.
The party's most prominent
speakers will attend.
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt,
John w. Davis, Senator Robert w.
Wagner and Representative Henry
T. Rainey of Illinois will be the
chief speakers at the New York
dinner at the Hotel Aston, for which
5000 reservations have been made.
The speeches will be broadcast by
WOR and WMCA over a national
hookup.
In Chicago, Melvin L. Traylor,
Jouett Shouse and Robert F.. Carr,
Illinois chairman of the fund-rais-
ing committee, will officiate.
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith
of New York will be the leading
figure at BoSton's victory dinner"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14

doesn't fool himself for moment
into thinking he can win.
johnson is one of the most in
teresting men of the senate. He
comes from a politically minded
family out in California. His IA
ther, the late Grove L. johnson,
was a Republican wheelhorse for
years in the California legislature.
When johnson first ran for Gov
ernor of California his father,
then still active in politics, did
not look with favor on the on
SlaughtS of his son upon the ex-
listing Republican organization.
y
JOHNSON started as a court re-
J porter. He studied law in his
fathers Office. After the San
Francisco earthquake and fire,
there came a political and social
reaction which resulted in the
notorious San Francisco graft
prosecution. johnson follows the
old California name for 1.-THE
doodle cases"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14
PRAISE EFFORTS
ON UTILITY TAX
Civic Group Backs Assessor
in Valuation Fight.

County Assessor Robert R. Sloan'S
effort to raise assessment of the
Harding street generating station
of the indianapolis Power and Light
Company from the $1,150,000, set
by the state tax board, to $4,000, 1000,
was commended by the central COM
mittee of South Side Civic Clubs
at meeting in Garfield park COM
munity house wednesday night.
The township assessors valuation
of 100000 was reduced to $5,000,-
900 by the county board of review,
of which Sloan is chairman. The
state tax board further reduced the
valuation to $1,150,00O.
Continuance of rate study and
support of Mayor Reginald H. Sui
lvan's fight for lower rates was
pledged by Walter G. Rothermel,
chairman of the organizations utility
rate committee.
A. G. Sallee, superintendent of
parks, spoke briefly on contemplated
Improvements.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14
HAVING TIME OF HIS LIFE; EVERYTHNe's DOWN HIS ALLEY

California. He had little financial
backing, but he charged up and
down the state shouting that he
would kick the Southern Pacific
out of politics" He won and did
as he said he would do. The
railroad company, which had
dominated politics in California
for years, never has been able to
come back.
=
JOHNSON was born with an i'm
~ pediment in his speech. He
calls it 'tongue-tied." His uncle,
for whom he was named, spent
hours drilling him in the pro-
nunciation of sibilants. Now he
has the fastest and one of the
plainest deliveries in the senate.
The senate stenographers like to
take Johnson's speeches because
OF the clarity of his pronunciation,
his clear rhetoric and his knack
OF rounding out completely every
sentence.
He uses long sentences, but
they are well spoken, with the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14

emphasis in the right place. He
fans the air with outStretched
palms and waves his arms like a
shadow boxer. He has tremendous
endurance. He spoke twice a day
for a fortnight during the London
naval treaty debate without, as
one man who heard it all de-
Scribes it, dropping a syllable or
misusing an. adverb."
Il y
LIS Office is one of the ideal
Il l. "hideaways" of the Capitol.
1t can be reached only through
a tortuous passageway with an
entrance so obscure it is impos-
Sible to direct any one to it
they must be led the first time.
In the senate his seat is in the
middle Of the first row. He is
more than average regular in at
tendance and is attentive to what
goes on. His brain works so fast
and his tongue is so sharp that
none in the senate ever DELHI
erately invites 4 tilt with him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14
RETURN SUSPECTS FOR
FARM MURDER TRIAL
Salem Authorities Obtain Custody
of Two City Men.

William and Roscoe Rowe Fl In
dianapolis. suspects in the Staying
OF Lawrence Elliott, wealthy Salem.
Qnd) farmer, two months ago,
were returned to washington
county today to face trial on rob-
berry and murder counts.
Lieutenant John G. Weir of the
state police and Sheriff Milt Trinkle
Of Salem obtained release of the
men, held several days by local de-
tectives, on burglary charges.
Affidavits charging them with
murder have been signed by Mrs
Nellie Elliott, widow of the farmer.
at Salem.
A third man is sought in con.
nection with the Staying which
occurred in Elliott's home when the
farmer refused to open a safe on
demand Of three bandits.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14
PREFER PAY CUTTO
LAYING OFF MEN

A stand favoring pay cuts rather
than laying of employees was taken
today by o. G. Ross, sanitary board
president, during a board discussion
of the senitary departments fund
shortage.
We have very limited amount
of money to spend this year in the
department" Ross said, land I be-
heve it better to divide the money
among as many men as possible"
In addition to a big decrease in
the budget, the board is faced with
deficit of $4,000 in the $4,000
anticipated revenue from sale OF
the departments by-products, due
to price drops.
The board was advised by Walter
Myers, board attorney, that under
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14
HIDE NEGRO SLAYER
Insane Convict Kills Girl,
SurrenderS Voluntarily.
By United Press

By United Press
BELLEFONTE, Pa, Jan. IA
murder charge will be filed against
Fred Collins, 37-year-old Negro con-
vict at Rockview penitentiary, who
killed the prison pSychiatrist's
daughter Wednesday.
Collins assaulted Miss Elizabeth
Hickok, %, then slashed her throat
with a butcher knife. He walked
half mile to surrender to guards
and gave a detailed confession.
Guards Smuggled Collins out of
prison and took him to Western
penitentiary at Pittsburgh, to pro-
tect him from possible violence on
the part of other prisoners, with
whom Miss Hickok was popular.
DR.. Asa Hickok, the prison PSYCHE
artist, had been treating Collins for
four years and the latter recently
had been working as a servant in
the doctors home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14
UNION AND RAIL
CHIEFS CONFER
ON WAGE CUTS
Labor to Ask More Work
Before Accepting 10
Per Cent Slash.
ALL WANT SETTLEMENT
TWenty-0ne BrotherhoodS
Represented in Group
at Chicago.
By United Press

DU OUtbGU FTeSS
CHICAGO, Jan. 14.-Capital and
labor will sit down at a conference
table today, determined to provide
dividends for rail investors and
work for unemployed rail men.
At the table will be nine rail
presidents, vested with authority to
speak for the carriers of the entire
country, and twenty-one union
heads, representing all the 1,900,-
900 union rail workers.
The decision expected, as predict
ed In an exclusive United Press
dispatch Wednesday, was a 10 per
cent general wage-cut for union
workers. This will save railroads
$250,000,000, sufficient to meet in
terest requirements and provide
work for many of the industry's
100000 jobleSs.
Meeting Delayed
Unlike some controversies of cap
ital and labor, cooperation was the
keynote Of the conference. On each
side was a spirit of Cancellation and
understanding of the others prob
lem.
Two white-haired leaders, each
long in the service of the railroads,
led the conference groups. These
were Daniel Willard, president of
the Baltimore & Ohio road, chair
man of the presidents group, and
David B. Robertson, union chair
man.
The first meeting, set for 10 this
morning, was postponed until 2 o. m.
at request of Willard, who con-
ferred with the labor chairman this
morning.
Explains Slash Danger
No explanation was made for the
change, agreed to by Robertson, ex-
cept that the hour would be more
convenient for both groups of Of
ficials,
Both Robertson and Willard were
optimistic that agreement would be
reached in the gilded ballroom of
the Palmer house, where amid
haze of cigar smoke and the thump-
ing Of tables, the problems of the
vital industry will be laid bare.
The danger of wage cut without
provision for increased work was
pointed out by Donald Richberg,
labor counsel.
Such an agreement would cut
dangerously into the income of
100000 workers who have been
dividing work for the past two
years, he declared.
Pay Now Is Small
Among 100000 workers still on
the country's railway pay rolls,
maintenance f-way men have
averaged only three or four days
work a week. They earned, accord
ing to Richberg, from IS to 40 cents
an hour, eight hours day.
Taking away 10 per cent of the
earnings of these 100000 under the
part-time employment plan reduces
them to weekly wages of from $3.50
to $40, he declared.
The shop man, who repairs the
engines, passenger and freight cars,
earns from $18 to $24 a week, when
he works only three or four days,
said. The proposed cut
would make it about SIG to $22
week.
Trainmen-the engineers, f1remen,
and. brakemen-work
longer than maintenance forces. But
their wages, which vary with the
roads and length of SER
vice, must include expenses when
they can not return to their homes
at the end of a days run.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14

university pictured the present
period of economic distress by
analysing conditions which existed
during previous similar periods.
Gene Flack, vice-preSident of the
Hilmer V. Swenson Company OF
Chicago, told of cooperative meth
ars used by grocers in formation of
the Independent Grocers' Associ-
alton.
Other speakers included Adolph
Pfund, secretary of the National
Retail Lumber Association, and
w. E. Diford, secretary of the
Kentucky Retail Lumber Company.
DR.. Roy L. Smith of Wheaton,
Ill, will speak at the annual ban
quet tonight at the Claypool, which
will follow election of officers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14

the law it has the right to spend
the budgeted amount, whether or
not it is received, borrowing the
difference by temporary loan or
from the city general fund.
However, board members were in
accord with Myers suggestion that
it would be better to live within the
actual income.
A slight ray of hope was seen in
report that the state tax board has
increased assessed valuation about
100000 more than had been an
ticipated, meaning a $4,000 revenue
increase for the department.
Resolution authorizing a $4,000
temporary loan to meet expenses
until receipt of the spring INSTALL
ment of taxes in May was adopted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14
GERMANS MIGHT
ACCEPT RESPITE
Would Consider Extension
of Moratorium.
BY FREDERICK KUN
United Press staff Correspondent


BERLIN, Jan. IA. - Germany
might accept a six months extern
sion of the Hoover moratorium, If
immediate cancellation of all rep
arations payments is not obtained
at the Lausanne conference, it was
said in high quarters today.
Although Germany will seek COM
plete cancellation at Lausanne, in
line with Chancellor Heinrich
Bruening's declaration that she is
unable to pay further reparations,
the government hesitates at defying
the creditor nations and openly de-
faulting if they insist on payment.
Germany is counting on Musso-
lini's support at Lausanne in the
fight for complete abolition, and
Germans are convinced that the
British cabinet, an overwhelming
majority of parliament, and all
London bankers want swift cancel
lation.
The Wilhelmstrasse, however,
hopes to avoid one-sided repara-
tons default and still is eager to at
tain mutual accord among the cred
itor governments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14
LUMBERMEN SEEK
DEPRESSION CURE

The lumber industry today looked
toward other businesses in the ma
ton in an effort to solve its prob
lens during 1882.
Drawing from the fields of uni
verSities, grocers and farmers, mem
bers of the Retail Lumber Dealers
Association of Indiana discussed
the years outlook at the closing
session of the forty-eighth annual
convention this afternoon at the
Claypool.
Working on the theory that some
place along the line the farmers
and lumbermen can pull together"
convention delegates heard a plea
for cooperation from Sherman
Trout of Charlottesville, who de-
tailed the agricultural viewpoint.
Professor F. S. Tilden of De Paw
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14
FOSTER TO BE SPEAKER

Bible Glass to Hear Head of
Indianapolis Foundation.
Eugene Foster, head of the Indi-
annapolis Foundation, will be the
speaker at the annual dinner of the
Mems Club of the Second PreSby-
terrain church at Friday night.
A program of music and other
features will be given.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14
Male Pays
BIZ United Press

By United Press
ANDERSON, Ind, Jan. IA
Gene and Noel Armstrong,
brothers, who lived for more
than thirty years as sisters"
apparently weren't aware that
1t is the man that pays when
they asked the court to change
their names and sex.
AS soon as the brothers off,
cially we're declared men by
an Anderson court, Ward
Shatterly, Madison county as
SCISSOR, said he would attempt
to collect a poll tax from the
men for the years that they
lived as sisters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14
SELF-STYLED PASTOR
NABBED FOR BIGAMY
Ohioan Is Lured to Arrest by Pur-
ported Second Wife.

Ohioan Is Lured to Arrest by Pur-
ported Second Wife.
By United Press
DETROIT, Jan. 14.-Thomas B.
Nelson, go, of Springfield, O., and
also Self-styled deacon, elder and
Subpastor of the Church of God,
Columbus, was in Jail today await
ing examination on a charge of
bigamy brought by Mrs. Annie
Knight, 81, who claims to be his
second wife.
Mrs. Knight lured Nelson here
from Springfield by means of let
ter, causing his arrest. She charges
Nelson married" her in Toledo, al
though he had another wife.
In his arraignment in recorders
court Wednesday, Nelson pleaded
his first wife must have failed to
keep her promise because he gave
her $50 to leave him and obtain a
divorce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14

He was on the prosecutors staff.
Then Francis j. Heney, special
prosecutor, was shot in the court
room one afternoon. johnson, who
until then was known chiefly as
a pretty good lawyer" stepped
into his place and he has hardly
been off the front pages of the
newspapers since. He sent Abe
Ruff, the California boss, to
prison.
In 1910, he ran for Governor Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14

Judge Benjamin Nathan Car
dozo, above, chief justice of the
New York court of appeals &.
born in New York City, May "a,
1870, the son of Judge Albert Car
dozo educated at Columbia,
where a professor once said of
him, There goes the man who
writes the most powerful English
of any Columbia student since
Alexander Hamilton"
Son of Chief Justice Hughes
was once his secretary. Al
Smith likes to refer to him as my
private counsel" Rises at 6
q. M, in office at 7:3O, in court by
9. -. Never an athlete in school,
took up golf in later life and be-
came my clubs worst player"
For pleasure, reads Latin and
Greek. Educated in art, dis
likes theaters, but likes movies,
especially animal pictures. -. OF
Portuguese-Jewish descent from a
family in this country 200 years
had a great-uncle who, as a rabbi,
participated in the Inauguration
ceremonies for George Washing
ton. q. . Mother died when he was
9. He never married.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14

fling at the
in t irrational
bankers. Presi-
dent Hoover.
o n W h o m
j o h n S o n
wastes no at
lection, is be-
set by many
troubles. Ev-
erything that
happens seems
to be down
Jol1nson's al
I1v- - TIL -
even are ask
ing him to run
for President
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14
FLAYS CALLOUS FATHER
Judge Denies Alimony Cut Because
Chicagoan Ignored Children.

By United Press
CHICAGO, Jan. IA. Nathan
Brin is going to keep right on pay
ing SIP a week alimony toward the
support of his divorced wife and
child.
He asked Judge Daniel P. Trude
for reduction which his wife op-
posed.
II wouldn't mind the reduction
50 much,'' Mrs. Brin said, "but not
once has he inquired about the
child or visited him."
"Such a father" the court ruled,
sis not entitled to have his alirnony
reduced"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14
Man. 80. Takes Bride

GROWN POINT. Ind, Jan. IA
A marriage license has been issued
here to DR.. Armand Lindgren. 90,
retired Chicago physician, and Mrs.
Bertha Skowron, 43, who has been
employed as his housekeeper.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14
Works on Financial Measures
GrasshOpper Pound

By United Press
Z MARTINSVILLE, Ind, Jan. IA
Further proof that this is mild vim
ter is offered by Ben Knox who Ia
exhibiting lively, well fed grass
hopper found on his farm in the
Centerton section.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14
Noe s the Time
By United Press

By United Press
WYANDOTTE, Mich, Jan.
1.-THE stork has met the de-
preston with a cut in the price
of his visits. Local hospitals
announced the ten-day mater
nifty confinement period now
viii be $45 instead Of the pre-
vious $50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
XXTASHINGTON. Jan. IA
w Senator Hiram w. John
son (the ''W" stands for Warren)
of California is in his element
these days. He is having another
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14

He doesn't have very high re-
gard for Senator Samuel Short
ridge, his colleague from Cali
fornia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14
Welsh Singers Booked

By Times Special
UPLAND, Ind, Jan. 14.-The
Welsh Imperial Singers, under the
direction of E. Festyn Davies, will
present program at Taylor univer-
sitY here Monday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-14

and The lowdown on that IS that
he'll let them ask him, but he
Evening star., 1932-02-04

persons. While no one wishes to mini
mize the Importance of Japan's invest
ments in China, it is nevertheless sub
ject to doubt whether the method
adopted by Japan will afford greater
protection to her interests. Further
more. can she with impunity ignore the
rights and privileges Of others who have
interests, even though such interests
are not quite so large as those of Japan?
Can Japan with impunity disregard
the rights of the United States, which
under normal circumstances does an
annual business with China amounting
to we'll over 100000 900 Qast year 1t
amounted to about sl55 900, ,000), or
those Of other nations which sell to and
buy from China and which have placed
large sums in Chinese obligations and
miscellaneous properties?
If Japan is after the rich iron ore
mines in the Yangtze Valley, why does
she resort to subterfuge?
The world would be greatly relieved
II Japan stated her aims openly and
frankly Or does the Empire of the
Rising Sun prefer to have some critics
continue to charge her with Oriental
duplicity?
In the meantime, however, Japan is
contributing materially to the existing
unSettlement impeding efforts on the
part Of the leading powers to bring
about a speedy rehabilitation of a world
which is still pay for the World War.
tCopyright. 1892. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, IncD
Evening star., 1932-02-04
EVERY MANS
INVESTMENTS
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.

There are some things that we all can
do to protect the equity in our invest
ment accounts. The reason this equity
has melted away in such alarming
fashion does not relate to anything in
the specific securities which go to make
up our holdings. 1t is general condl-
tions, almost without exception, that
have made the January inventories
look so discouraging.
1t IS, therefore, toward Improvement
in general conditions that we must look
for help. One thing we can do is TO
impress upon our representatives IN
Congress and in State Legislatures the
fact that We are not interested in ind
ing scapegoat for our present plight,
but only in reaching remedy, 1t will
be time enough to arrest the incendlary
after the fire is put out. Another thing
we can insist upon is that whenever 1t
shall appear that cooperation with
other countries is an essential to our
own financial rehabilitation, such CO.
operation shall be forthcoming.
We can take more active interest
in our own local political affairs. l do
I do mean that it is the duty Of every
citizen in this crisis to use his influence
for economy in public expenditures.
One cause of the depression has been
and is extravaganza of municipalities
and other political subdivisions. Most
of us have been remisS in this respect
for long while. Doubtless taxes will
have to be increased in many localities,
but that is no excuse for public officials
not spending the proceeds to the best
advantage Of the taxpayer.
Finally we can preach and practice
confidence in our own financial insti-
tutionS. We can ostracize the rumor
monger. I do not mean that we shall
adopt a Pollyana attitude. There
ought to be no hesitation about facing
the facts, no matter how disagreeable.
But we can and we must maintain
faith in ultimate recovery For markets
are made by fears and hopes and
good deal of our mental distress has
been due to the story the market quo
tations told.
(Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-02-04
Grain Market
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, February 4-Infuenced
b. unexpected upturns in Liverpool
wheat quotations, grain prices here
averaged higher early today. Pros
poets Of better export demand for
North American wheat counted also as
bearish factor. together with likeli-
nood that unprotected domestic Winter
wheat had suffered damage by cold.
Opening at lsa34 advance, wheat
afterward reacted somewhat. Corn
started unchanged to "a up and subse-
quently held near the initial limits.
Wheat price Setbacks that followed
early upturns were ascribed to selling.
on reports that Japanese forces hadA
evacuated places adjacent to American
and British positions at Shanghai, and
to noticeable degree had thereby
relieved tension. Easiness of the New
York Stock Market at this stage tended
likewise to act as weight on wheat
values. There were reports, too, indicat--
ing that Ohio and Kentucky wheat
fields had virtually escaped injury bv'
low temperatures.
A leading crop expert telegraphing
from Louisville said that between
Springfield, Ohio and Cincinnati he
saw but two fields in which the wheat
plants had jointed. These fields were
IN high places and showed but little
frost damage. From Cincinnati TO
Louisville, there was no apparent
damage Sioux Falls, S. Oak, reported
an official temperature today of 8 below
zero. Corn and oats swayed with
wheat
Provisions were firmer, responsive to
hog market upturns.