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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-01

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-01
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-01

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-01

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Daily Thought

Tremble, We women that are at
ease be troubled. We careless ones:
Strip you, and make you bare, and
grid sackcloth upon your loins. -
Isaiah 32:11.
IF you are idle you are on the road
Il to ruin; and there are few stop
ping places upon IT, 1t is rather a
precipice than -Beecher.
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Evening star., 1933-03-05
Forty Red Chairs, Center Of argument
Betyeen Henry Clay and Group Of
Senator'S in 1917, Played Major Part in
Ending Early Practice Of Holding the
Ceremonies Indoors

ductinr men into the lands highest ONCE be-
fore :man and almost completely select au-
diencee
Always in the background, too is th-ught Of
the precedent established by George Washing
ton when he chose to assume the presidency in
view of all who might crowd into streets or
climb upon roofs.
THE custom of boxing Inauguration ceremonies
] within four walls. floor and a ceiling va
50 wen established however. that even the de-
structivc Capitol fire in 1914, which kept Con-
gress out Of its regular quarters during five
years, did not serve to force the affairs into
the open. Only Mr. ClAy's firm stand was
capable Of producing such a result when cOu-
pied with 4 certain amount Of ohstinacy dis
played by those against whom that stand was
taken.
The fact remains. though that the FIRST
open air Inauguration in Washington came
while the Capitol was still quite completely in
ruins. 1t was not even held within the limits
Of the Capitol grounds.
When MI Monroe was elected to take the
reins of Office from President Madison's hands
Congress was holding its sessions in brick
building at First and streets northeast.
which had been erected a temporary Capitol
in 1915 by Washington citizens, who acted to
forestall possible removal of the seat of Gov
eminent to another city. The ground upon
which that building stood now is a part OF the
site Of the new Supreme Court Building.
Despite the fact that the chamber Of the
House of Representatives in the temporary
Capitol could not accommodate more than 500
persons even with the utmost congestion. the
Senators who met Mr. Clays mo" had been
fully determined Mr. Monroe was to be inau-
gurated in that place.
This determination was upheld if not in
spired. by a communication Mr.. Monroe ad-
dressed to the President of the Senate just
three days before he was to enter the presi-
dency In that communication he stated his
intention to take the oath of ONCE in the
House chamber.
On the morning CT March g. 1917, and be-
fore Mr. Gays aversion to red morocco leather
had produced effect. the following outline Of
plans for the Inauguration was published:
The Senate will meet and will be organized
in the Senate chamber at II o'clock and move
to the House chamber in time to receive the
President-elect at the appointed hour Of y.
The Committee Of Arrangement will receive
the Presdent-elect at the door of the cham
Der Of the House and will conduct him to the
chair.
Ladies win be accommodated with seats in
Evening star., 1933-03-05

the chamber to the utmost extent consistent
with preceding arrangements. The end door
Of the gallery viii be opened for the accom-
modation Of citizens generally"
This was a slight change from an earlier
announcement. which was framed IN the fol-
lowing fashion:
Ladies of respectabihty without discximina-
ton, will be received At the door and con-
Quoted to seats. As soon As the President Is
seated the doors will be thrown open and
all persons will be admitted"
Then on the morning Of March 4, few
hours before the ceremonies were due to be-
gin, another announcement rejecting Mr.
Clay's determination, was placed before ON
cials and citizens.
The Committee Of Arrangement 1t dis
creetly asserted, have been induced TO alter
the form of the ceremony intended to have
been observed at the inauguration and the Presi-
dent-clect will take the oath Of ONCE at IL
O'Clock in a portico to be erected IN front OF
the Congress Hall for that purpose.
The cause Of the change Of arrangement is
PRINCIPALLY assertable, we believe, to fears OF
the strength Of the building in which Congress
sits, but in a degree also IS imputable to
difference between the two Houses, or their
officers, in the mode Of appropriation OF the
Evening star., 1933-03-05

Representatives chamber TO the purpose q
this ceremony.
A CURIOUS feature Of the contemporary
report Of the days proceedings is that
it contains no mention of participation by men
who were members Of the House during the
session concluded just before the Inauguration.
After telling about induction Of the Vice Presi-
dent in the Senate's chamber, the account
proceeds:
The ceremony having ended, the Senate ad-
journed and the President and Vice President,
the judges of the Supreme Court the Senate
generally etc, attended the new President to
the poFtico temporarily erected for the occA-
sion. where, in the presence Of An immense
concourse of officers of the Government, for
eign officers strangers (ladies as well as gen.
tlemen) and citizens the President delivered
his speech
Another observer wrote that such con-
coursc was never before seen in Washington"
and estimated the crowd comprised from 5000
70 5000 persons.
As that assemblage watched the inaugura-
ton. its back was turned 10 the Capitol, then
undergoing restoration. and to the area form
ing the Capitol plaza, upon which throngs now
gather quadrennially TO witness induction
ceremonies.
The central portion of the Capitol, upon the
east pOrtico Oh which inauguratiOnS now are
held, was not then in existence. Two separate
buildings now portions of the wings which
stretch to the northward and the southwark
of the portion of the structure surmounted by
the DOME then stood with no connection be-
tween them The wooden passage, by which
they earlier had been linked was destroyed by
the fire. The ground between the inaugural
crowd OF 1917 and the two charred buildings
was covered with "a congregation of rubbish
and of new materials"
Despite the advantages which presented
themselves and became very evident when
the Monroe Inauguration held beneath the
high blue sky the thought that similar ar
rangements might be made for future in
augurals did not seem to take root. The closest
approach to such an idea in expressions Of the
public press not made until almost
month later
If any one after passage of four years and
upon the advent of President Monroe's second
Inauguration thought of repeating the outdoor
ceremony, the weather promptly set aside such
a thought A great quantity of snow and rain
fell during the night before Inauguration day
and the storm cont1nued to be violent until
almost the minute set for administration Of
the oath.
This Inauguration in 1921 was held in the
chamber of the House in the rebuilt Capitol,
with approximately 1000 persons gaining adj
mission John Quincy Adams took the oath
of office in the same place in 1925
1t is now. 104 years since the first maugura-
ton to take place on the east portico Of the
Capitol was held, the event occurring IL years
after the first Monroe inaugural The fore
runner of inaugurationS, as We now know them,
found the plaza cleared of rubbish and new
Continued on Tpenty-thrd Page
Evening star., 1933-03-05
BY IRA l.. SMITH.

-HE gnost of an argument shout 80 red
chairs comes to the edge Of the United
states Capitol Plaza cnce in every four
years. There, just beyond vast in
aug,ua.ion sssemblages, it hCvers over
,,,ah -fnrontten Mace where
Evening star., 1933-03-05

Continued on Trenty-third Page
Evening star., 1933-01-23
u. S. WOMAN CLERK
PRONOUNCED SUICIDE
Widow Leaves Note Telling of
Dependency Since Husbands
Death.

A certificate of suicide was issued
today in the death of Mrs. Beulah B.
Weeks, 38-year-old War Department
clerk, who was found last night sitting
upright in a chair in her apartment at
1872 K street, bullet wound in her
right temple and a .32-caliber revolver
clutched in her hand.
Beside her was note telling OF her
despondency since the death of her
husband several months ago. When
found, Mrs. Weeks apparently had been
dead for some time. Other residents
in the apartment house told police they
heard shot shortly after noon yes
terday.
The tragedy vas discovered by kath-
crime Dickerson. colored maid. The
Emergency Hospital ambulance was
summoned and DR.. Charles Bunch OF
the hospital staff pronounced Mrs.
Weeks dead.
She was said last night to have rela-
tives in Clinton, ILL.,, who were notified.
Mrs. Weeks had been ill for several
days. it was learned from Miss Mary
Dean. a friend, who lives at 1900 K
street. Miss Dean said Mrs. Weeks
had taken her meals in her apart
ment for several days.
Evening star., 1933-01-23
Pigskin May Save
Foot Boy Crushed
In Coasting Spill
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, January 23.-
A strip of skin peeled from the
abdomen of q young pig has been
used by surgeons at General Hos
pital In grating experiment
undertaken in an effort to save
the crushed left foot Of John
Gentry, 6, victim Of a. coasting
accident.
If the first graft is successful,
another piece Of pork will be used
later in rebuilding the foot.
Evening star., 1933-01-23
GEORG|A'S PRISONS
BACKED BY OSBORN
Former Governor of Michigan
Says Chain Gangs Compare
Well With Other Systems.
BY the Associated Press.


ATLANTA, January 23-Chase S.
Osborn, former Governor of Michigan,
in letter to Gov. William A. Comstock
of Michigan, has said:
There is no more reason to criti-
else the (prison system in Georgia
than in Michigan"
The letter from Mr.. Osborn came from
his estate in Worth County known as
Possum Poke in Possum Lane and
was made public today by Gov. Eugene
Talmadge, to whom Mr.. Osborn sent
copy
Mr. Osborn's letter to the Governor
of Michigan, who recently declined
to extradite a prisoner to Georgia, said
that the chief executive of Georgia
had asked Mr. Osborn to write about
Georgia''s prison system.
For many years ! have frequently
visited Georgia chain gang camps" !"
Mr.. Osborn's letter said. II have gone
especially on Sunday to hold services.
I have observedsthe chain gang system
in all its applied connections. In my
opinion it is far better than keeping
men at indoor labor. The only time
there has been any roughness is where
incorrigibles are concerned. The men
are we'll fed, comfortably housed and
almost never manacled in the daytime
When camps are moving from place
to place to do road work they do con-
vey prisoners in portable cells which
look like cages. There is no more reason
to criticize the system in Georgia than
in Michigan. Now and then there are
human abuses in all the States.
No rogue ere felt the halter draw,
with good opinion of the law"
Mr.. Osborn also inclosed copy of
a letter addressed to Patrick O'Brien,
attorney general of Michigan, in which
he added:
Il have known convicts to commit
crime SO as to return to the chain gang
where life for them has been more
comfortable than so-called freedom" !"
In his letter to the attorney gen.
eral he also said:
The treatment of desperate GRIM
inals is perhaps kindlier in Georgia
than in Michigan. Georgia compares
with any State in the Union in the
treatment of its prisoners. This may
not be saying great deal, but it does
mean that Georgia ought not to be
singled out in its pathological policy
The convicts are not overworked. In
the daytime they are in the pleasant
open air and are well fed At night
they are comfortably housed"
Mr.. Osborn said his statement "is
made simply for the purpose of in
forming you of the facts"
Mr.. Osborn's letter was sent from
Poulan, in Worth County. He said he
had been a part-time resident of Geor-
gia for 40 years.
Evening star., 1933-01-23
EX-CHIEF OF CAPITAL
NAVY YARD SHIFTED

Today's Navy orders directed Rear
Admiral Clark c. Bloch, former COM
mandant of the Washington Navy Yard,
to relinquish his post as commander OF
the training squadron of the Scouting
Force and assume duty as commander
of Cruiser Division 3.
At the same time. the Navy Depart
ment made known that Rear Admiral
Arthur st. Clair Smith will be the new
commandant of the Norfolk, Va, Navy
Yard. He Is to be detached as COM
mander of the Special Service Squad
ron, which operates in Central Ameri-
can waters, on Saturday.
Admiral Bloch takes the place Of
Rear Admiral Clark H. woodward, who
goes to command the Special Service
Squadron, after duty in Nicaragua for
the national election there. Admiral
Smith takes the place of Rear Admiral
Frank H. Brumby. who is now COM
mander of Battleship Division of the
Battle Force.
Evening star., 1933-01-23
HEART ATTACK FATAL
TO D. C. PHYSICIAN
DR.. H. Watson Moffitt Had Prac.
tice Many Years in South
east Washington.

DR.. H. Watson Moffitt, for many
years a well-known physician here, died
suddenly yesterday at his home, 1885
Harvard street, after heart attack.
He had maintained his Office at 127 B
street southeast for many years, hav-
ing taken over the practice Of his
father. DR.. Melville M. Moffitt, on the
latter's death.
Funeral services will be held at his
home at 2 pm. tomorrow. followed by
burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
Born in London. Ohio. in 1885, Dr.
Moffltt was graduated from Baltimore
Medical College and had practiced here
since 1908. During the war he served
as a lieutenant in the Medical Corps,
resuming private practice in the Capt.
tai in 1918
He was member Of several Masonic
groups, including the Shrine, and the
Washington Medical Society, in which
he took a prominent part
He is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Florence H. Mofitt: his widow, Mrs.
Bessie Robinson Mofitt and a son and
daughter. Melville and Marjorie, all of
1885 Harvard street
Evening star., 1933-01-23
REPEAL BODY OFFICIAL
HITS SENATE RESOLUTION
Letter Terms Action of Judiciary
Committee ''Reactionary and
Despised Straddle."
: nv tho Associated Press.

: BY the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA. January 23.-The
prohibition repeal resolution OF the Sen
ate Judiciary Committee was termed a
"reactionary and despised straddle" in
a letter sent yesterday to all members
of the Senate by Raymond Pitcairn,
secretary of the United Repeal Council.
"Citizens who composed the over
whelmingly repeal electorate at the No
vember elections" the letter said, have
watched with amazement and indigna-
zion the adoption Of a so-called repeal
resolution calculated to appease pro-
fessional drys and ignore and thwart
the repeal mandate of the people.
'"The demand of the people Is for re-
neal to end national prohibition and
remove it entirely from Federal poll
tics. This can be accomplished only by
a return of liquor control to the States.
But the committee resolution proposes
bv the arm of the Federal Government
to continue prohibition Of the saloon.
and by this means to retain Federal
prohibition, and, with it, as is inevitable,
bootleeging, the speakeasy, corruption
Of Government onicials and the nnanc-
ing Of crime"
Evening star., 1933-01-23

Government support of wheat farm
ers has caused an increase of So per
cent in wheat acreage in the Neither
lands.
Evening star., 1933-01-23
PRINCESS WEDS AUSTRIAN
Daughter of John Jacob Astor Is

NEWARK, N. j., January % (P.-
The Princess Alice A. Obolensky, a
daughter of John Jacob Astor and sister
of Vincent Astor, was married here
Saturday to Raimund Won Hofmann-
stehal, a native of Austria.
The marriage. which became known
today. was performed by Police Court
Judge John c. Howe.
Mrs. Won Hofmannstehal is the di-
vorced wife of the Prince Serge Obo-
lensky Neledinsky Meletzky Mrs Won
Hofmannstehal gave her age as 90. her
husband as 26. He listed his occupation
as author witnesses were Alexander
c. Dick and Rudolph Hammer, both Of
New York.
Evening star., 1933-01-23
SIGNS OF RECOVERY
FORECAST BY FESS
Says Gains Will Begin as
Soon as Roosevelt An
nounces Sound Policies.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
LANCASTER, Pa, January 23.-Sen-
ator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio yesterday
predicted signs Of recovery will follow
upon President-elect Franklin D. Roose-
velt'S announcement of sound policies
after March T.
In what he termed his annual ere
port on the public situation" at the
Young Mems Christian Association, the
former chairman of the Republican
National Committee said that business
revival was under way last Summer
with million men re-employed. but
that the election generally was con-
strued as a complete rejection Of ex-
isting policies"
Sees Imitation Danger.
Therefore, he said, business and in
thing new is announced by the incom-
ing administration.
Outlining President Hoover's efforts
to lead this Nation out Of the gloom,
he declared the uncertainty pending
Mr.. Roosevelt's pronouncement and the
agitation for imitation and other legis-
lative ''nostrumS worse than the ills
they are to cure" are the greatest dan
gers now.
Expressing doubt that the domestic
allotment plan is workable, Senator Fess
said it was in effect gigantic sales tax
on 120000,000 consumers to benefit
5000, 900 wheat growers.
Would Leave Orient Alone.
Asserting Japan knows the world il
war-sick, he said the japanese woulc
not be interfered with in their conques,
of Manchuria. Let's get out of the
Orient bag and baggage and tend te
our affairs at home" he suggested.
Expressing respect for Great Britain!
action on the war debts, Fess said HI
favored reopening the debts question
but not with France
France ignored Harding and Cool.
idge and had to be dubbed by Hoover.
he asserted I'VE won't 60 to war tt
collect these debts, but I resent tht
statement that the money was a gift
and not a loan. Let them default, but
cancel-never"
Evening star., 1933-01-23
BLANK WOUNDS PLAYER

CHICAGO, January % LP.-"I am
shot," cried William Dalton and re-
hearsal of the operetta The Song OF
Flame came to sudden stop yes
terday
For Dalton. playing the role of guard
in the production to be presented this
week at the Civic Opera Auditorium
wasn't following his lines when Greek
Evans dropped him with a well-aimed
pistol shot as the script demanded.
to hospital, it was found the waddine
Of the blank cartridge had pierced his
costume and inflicted a slight wound
in the thigh.
The injury bandaged. Dalton re-
turned to the theater and the show
went on.
Evening star., 1933-01-23

completion Of heavy construction pro-
gram-$4, 100000 obtained from Fed
eral sources-and the knowledge that
a 10000, 900 program can be launched
If the State sells $4,000, 900 in bonds al
ready authorized.
way will be completed the first six
months Of this year. Department plans
are so advanced that sale of the bond
issue, which would be matched by
IS 100000 Of Federal aid, would see
another program launched without de-
lay
Evening star., 1933-01-23
MISSISSIPPI TO PUSH
HEAVY ROAD PROGRAM

$5, 900 900 Bond Sale Would Sup
plement $4,32o, 900 Federal Aid
in Relief Construction.
JACKSON, Miss. Ry.-Mississippi's
State Highway Department faces 1888
with q schedule Of work that includes
Evening star., 1933-01-23
Hurt Badly in Fleeing.

Running along E street near Fourth
last night, after dispute with man
and a woman, Otis Knight, 80, OF
Winston Salem, NJ c., struck his head
against a lamp post and seriously in
jured himself At Emergency Hospital
it was thought his skull was frac-
tured.
Evening star., 1933-01-23
Marrying Parson Advertises.

VANCOUVER, Wash, January - lf1.
Rev. J. T. Heating has put Gretna
Greening on modern basis by INSTALL
ing, opposite his residence, . flaming
red electric sign advertising Rev.
j. T. Heating, day and night wedding
parlors, open all hours, fees half price Z"
Oregon couples throng to Vancouver
because Washington State marriage
license laws are not 80 stringent az
those of Oregon.
Evening star., 1933-01-23
Baldwin to Address Women.

La Verne Baldwin, foreign service Of
flcer of the State Department. will ad-
dress the current events section of the
Women's City Club tomorrow afternoon
on The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Deep Waterway Project"
Evening star., 1933-01-23
FAMOUS DOG DIES

Blackie, Who Had Gold Teeth,
Succumbs to Old Age.
FORT WORTH, Tex, January % LPl.
-Blackie, the dog with the gold teeth,
is dead, a victim of old age
Twelve years ago DR.. Jack Maxwell,
Arlington dentist. befriended the hound,
when he found 1t wandering homeless
As gaps appeared in its biting equip
ment, he filled them with gold. His ex-
periments became the subject of various
articles on what dentistry could do for
canine patients.
Dr. Maxwell also wrote a diary on
Blackie's life, sending it over the coun-
try for the entertainment of sick chill
dren.
The Washington times., 1933-02-03
Chis0x Give Lu Blue
Unconditional
Release

NEW YORK, Feb. 3-Another big batch Of ball players
fold today but two hodouts registered protests
Lloyd Brown, souhpaw pitcher obtained by the st. Louis
Browns from Washington his contract unsigned and
Hack Wilson let loose wall in Martinsburg w. Va.
The Washington times., 1933-02-03
.DOUGAN PICKED
FOR BURL

Eddie Burl comes back to ring
war at Portner's Arena Tuesday
night in the eight round windup
boxing Leroy Dougan, little Ar.
kansas firecracker.
In Eddie's last encounter with
Benny Schwartz, he was suffer-
ing from a bad cold. He had
difficulty breathing and had no
strength after the fourth round.
Matchmaker Frank Mann, when
told of Burl's sickness immedi'
ately consented to bring him
back against the whirlWlnd
Dougan.
Roddy Davis collides with Bob
Cosden in supporting six
rounder. Cosden holds victory
over the rough Angelo Nicola.
Another outstanding six features
Stumpy Jacobs and Arthur De
Beve.t Jacobs made two great
showings here last winter against
AL Gordon and Bobby Burns.
Other six round battles fea-
ture: Henry Irving VS.. Joe Brer'
nan, and Doug Swetnam VS..
Buddy Grimes.
The Washington times., 1933-02-03
They Go High Hat

The wrestlers have crashed
the National, the last stand in
. Washington of the legitimate
theater. according to Judge An
drew R. C"Iron Hat") Kelley,
Times drama editor.
In "Of Thee I Sing" declares
Sir Andrew. Tom Draak and
Sulu Havenpaa, a couple of ro-
tund wreStlerS, do one of the
most amusing skits of the show.
Draak has wrestled many times
in Washington over the past
eight OF 10 years, and, as we
recall his work, he could rough
1t UP with the toughest Of them.
It seems these two pachy-
dermS-Draak and Havenpaa-
are brought into an imaginary
Madison Square Garden to lend
tone" to a political rally. While
q candidate for office is speak.
ing the boys do their stuff on
the mat. pausing in their pull
ing and hauling to unloose their
grips and applaud some piece Of
inspired oratory.
Fine piece of buffOOnery,"
says Kelley and he ought to
know.