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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-05
.LIKENS EUROPE
TO An old MAN
Upton Close Says Continent
Has Too Much Past and
No Future.

Europe today is like a senile old
man-too much past and no flu
ture."
That was the statement of Upton
Close, newspaperman and an au-
thority on Asia, made before a
Town Hall audience at English's
this noon.
He maintained it made no differ
ence to the future of America what
Europe does as 1--WE are not going
to get messed up with her again"
GAS England enters into secret
negotiations with Japan, that is
vastly more important on our fu-
ture than our negotiations with
England or Japan" he said.
He declared that "our front door
now is the Pacific and not the
Atlantic" and that events to come
very soon around that front door
will shape the future destiny OF
this nation.
Mr.. Close asserted that President
Roosevelt was elected because he
fooled the people by not telling
them what he would do"
"rThe President is telling you now
what is going on in this country,
he said, and predicted that the peo-
pie are going to be divided on the
question of going the entire way
with him.
He stated that the President, for
diplomatic reason, can not tell us
what is going on in the Pacific, but
he will by April of this year, or in
1886 when treaties expire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-05
TABERNACLE CHOIR
TO SING SUNDAY
Program Scheduled for
Scottish Rite
Cathedral.

The choir Of the Tabernacle Pres
byterian church aand its pastor, the
Rev. j. Ambrose Dunkel, thirty
third degree Mason, will present the
program Sunday afternoon at 3 at
the Scottish Rite cathedral, North
and Illinois streets. The program
Organ-"Pilgrims Chorus Wagner
Love Songs alutation ......... Games
Inyocation. ]. Ambrose Dankel, DID.
Evmn-"Fairest Lord Jesus.
Chorus-"B Blessed Jesu' 49,. DVoraA
Address. ], Ambrose Dunkel. DID.
Quartet-"Before the Lord We Bow -.
Hymn.'-rhe king Of Love NY shep-
chcr rn5u Ri Ring Out Wild Bells. -. Guonod
Benediction.
This program of music will be pre-
sented by the choir which includes
Mrs. walter E. wallace, soprano
soloist: Miss Patra NJ. Kennedy, con-
tralto soloist: Perry NJ. Rush, tenor
sololst: Fred Newell Morris. bass and
director: Paul R. Matthews, organ
ist; and mixed chorus Of nifty
voices.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-05
GIRLS FEDERATION
TO SEAT OFFICERS
Third Christian Church
Ceremony Arranged.

Candle light installation services
will be hedl at $3.50 Sunday morn
ing at the Third Christian church
for new officers of the Girls Fedora
ton. Mrs. Ruth Book will sing.
Officers to be installed are Miss
Isabelle Small, president; Mrs.
Constance Stuckey, Miss Vera KEEP
pie, Mrs. Elizabeth Thornburg, Miss
Halle Racuglen, vice-presidents;
Miss Geneva Roberts, treasurer;
Miss Josephine Combs, assistant
treaurer; Miss Ruth Randolph, cor
responding secretary: Miss F'r.o3l
Patton, recording secretary and
Misses Mary Alice Randolph, Olive
Magruder, Ruth ShObe and Pauline
Netherland, secretaries.
Associate teachers are Mrs. Leila
ROthenburger and Mrs. Curtis
Hodges. Miss Minnie Lloyd is assist
ant teacher.
Members Of the new council Of the
federation will be entertained by the
executive council at a dinner party
Friday night at the Silver Cup.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-05
SIXTEEN Join CITY
ENGINEERS SOCIETY
New Members Admitted at
Luncheon Meeting.

Sixteen persons were admitted to
membership in the indianapolis En-
cheering Society at a luncheon
meeting in the Board of Trade
building yesterday. The new men,
bers are B. H. Benckart. Herbert
Bloemker, Edward NJ. Davis. Harry
L. Hodges, Neal Jerome. John o.
Kahn, J. w. Martin. Claude c. Ma
son, P. E. Middleton, c. w. Moore,
r. B. Moore, Marshall L. Oberholt-
ger, E. N. Rogers, F. H. Ryan, Bruce
Short and NJ. z. Wood.
j. R. Monaghan. president, pro-
posed general meetings of the So
ciety, which would be held the last
Tuesday night of each month. i'm
mediately following the monthly
directors meeting.
Relationship of engineers to CWA
projects now being undertaken in
Indiana was outlined briefly by MIR.
Monaghan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-05
Committee Will Study
Unemployment Insurance

Other members of the committee,
not present, are Frederick c. Kro-
ger, Anderson, general manager of
the Delco-Reny Company, repre-
senting business; superintendent
Donald DuShane, Columbus, public
schools; c. Oliver Holmes, Gary, le-
gal profession, and William H. Book
indianapolis. social service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-05
GR0SSART STILL IN
CRITICAL CONDITION
County Auditor Is Reported
SIiqhtIy Better.

Condition Of Charles A. Grossart,
Marion county auditor, i'll at his
home with threatened pneumonia
and heart trouble, still is critical,
although slightly improved, it was
reported today.
Mr.. Grossart was ordered to rest
several weeks ago, because of a
week heart, but refused.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-05
BARRIERS DRAFT CODE
NRA Schedule Will Not Be Made
Public Until Approval.

Tentative price schedules and
working hours operative under the
MIRA were drawn up by the Indian
apolis barber shop owners at a mass
meeting in Eagles hall, 43 East YER
mont street, last night. About $50
shop owners attended. The new
schedule will not be made public
until it has been approved by code
authorities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-05

January Sale College Cor
duroy Stacks. Popular COL
orS; great values.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-05
CITIzEN-OWNED
UTILITY PLANTS
SHOW PROFIT
Municipal Light and Power
Plants in 80 Made
S212,542.10.

Municipality owned utilities re-
turned a net profit OF s212.5 42l0 to
Indiana towns where they operate
and thus aided in keeping them
from borrowing from working bal
ances in 1882
This fact is set out in a report on
town finances for that year made
public today by William P Cos
grove. state examiner. 1t was pre-
pared in his office by Albert E.
Dickens. StatiStician.
One hundred and forty-two civil
towns operate ,waterwOrks, fifty
three electric plants and thirty both
water and electric utilities, the re-
port shows.
In 1882. these utilities received
81 .023 .6C7 so in operating re~enueS
and disbursed s811.065 40 for oper-
ating and maintenance.
Expenses Decrease
In the total of 423 Indiana towns.
the governmental cost for 1882 was
So ,461 ,00347, the report shows. This
was 1898, 623.52 or 14.6 per cent less
than was expended in 1881. Tax re-
ceipts were 26.4 per cent less, how
ever, being the lowest since 1922.
They decreased PA per cent from
the previous year and were S253,-
006.39 less than disbursements, ne
ceSsitating inroads on working bal
ances to make up the deficiency in
revenue.
School functions were maintained
in but eighty of the incorporated
towns at a cost Of $2,104,9l5. which
was a decrease of 21.9 per cent from
the previous year.
Total for both civil and school
purposes was $5,656,918.54, making
The cost for the 423 towns about one
half the indianapolis civil city eX-
penditures for 1882. Population of
the towns is 295 ,576, and that of
Indianapolis, 1854, 161.
Costs Compared
Compilers of the data offered this
comment:
These relative expenditures il
lustrate graphically the direct cor
relation existing between urbaniza-
ton and governmental costs. With
the concentration of large popula-
ton into a small area, governmental
functions of necessity become COM
pick and multitudinous, and hence
public expenditures in large cities
are many times as great as if the
same population were diffused into
small indicated groups.
That the towns. both civil and
school, do not constitute an APP
preciable factor in the tax burden.
may further be understood from the
fact that >the total tax receipts of
these towns for 1928 amounted
only to 2.07 per cent of the total
taxes levied for all purposes for
1882"
Evening star., 1934-06-16
fertilizer AIDS
IN SAVING TREES
Water Also Strengthens Life
to Resist Insects and
Disease.

Injury to shade trees by insects or
disease usually can be lessened or
prevented entirely through proper fer
tilization and watering, according to
Kenneth j. Seigworth. forester for the
University of Maryland Extension
Service, who says that trees subject to
such attacks are usually in a weaken
ed condition and deficient In avail
able plant food and water which re-
tards their development. This Is es-
pecially true, he says, where trees are
planted in poor soils or where the
root system is covered by pavements.
Seigworth says ordinary CONNER
cial nitrate of soda Is about as effec-
tive a fertilizer as can be used. al
though care should be exercised in
applying fertilizer to the roots OF the
trees. It may be applied any time
just prioi to opening of the buds un-
til July /, 1t Is said.
Nitrate of soda should be applied
at the rate of one pound for each 100
feet of root or crown area. The
amount can be calculated by squaring
the distance from the trunk OF the
tree to its outer branches, multiplying
by three, and dividing by 100.
The fertilizer should be placed in
a series of small holes, 6 to IL inches
deep, just under the outer branches.
The distance the series of holes may
be from the trunk of the tree will
vary all the way from few feet. in
the case of young trees. to so feet, In
older ones.
In seasons of extremely dry weather
and where transplanting has been
done, the trees should be kept sup
piled with water This water should
be applied in approximately the same
location as the fertilizer.
Evening star., 1934-06-16

Spain to Have 5.Year Plan.
Spain will have 5-year hydro
electric and thermo-electric develop
ment plan.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
BUILDING COMBINE
IS CHARCEDBY j. 81
Federal Trade Commission
Accuses Pittsburgh.
Cleveland Dealers.

Charged with forming a combina-
ton to compel distribution of building
material In the Pittsburgh-Cleveland
trading area through recognized"
dealers affiliated with the Building
Material Dealers Alliance, that alli-
ance and its organizers, four Pitts
burgh and Cleveland organizations OF
dealers in building supplies, are
named as respondents in a formal
complaint issued by the Federal Trade
Commission.
The complaint charges violation of
section of the Federal Trade Com
mission act.
In addition to the Building Material
Dealers Alliance, respondents named
are:
Pittsburgh Builders Supply Club.
of Pittsburgh Western Pennsylvania
Builders Supply Alliance, of Pitts
hurgh; Building Material Institute, of
Cleveland, Ohio, and the Allied Con-
struction Industries of Cleveland,
Inc, of Cleveland, Ohio.
Employees Also Named.
Also the following officers, agents
or employees of the already mentioned
associations and organizations are
named as respondents: Lawrence
MacQueen, George LAM and Elliot
Keller, all of Pittsburgh; S. D. Ritchie,
OF Ambridge, Pa; w. H. Shaffer, of
Kittanning, Pa: w. R. Mcfarland,
of Greenburg. Pa, and B. E. Reid,
George w. Denison and Charles H.
McAllister, all of Cleveland and E. J.
Holway, of Youngstown, Ohio.
Dealers in the Western PennSyl-
vsnia and Northern Ohio area to the
number of several hundred are said
to be affiliated with the respondent
associations, of whom rs or more
such firms or their representatives
are specifically mentioned in the for
NAL complaint.
The commission has fixed July l3,
a. 2 pm, at its Offices in Washington,
as the time and place for a hearing
on the charges set forth in the COM
plant, at which hearing the re-
spondents will have opportunity to
show cause why an order should not
be issued requiring them to cease
and desist from the violations of the
ItutIdl 1IdQC SOlIuIlloolOll dCt
charged in the complaint.
Influence" Flow Of Trade.
Paragraph of the Commission
complaint sets out that the respondent
associations and organizations are "a
large and important part of the
dealers in building materials and
builders supplies" in the Pittsburgh
Cleveland trade area, constituting a
group so large and influential in
the trade as to be able to control and
influence" the flow of trade in building
material and supplies to and from
that area.
In paragraph 9, it is alleged that
the respondents are banded and
allied together" in the associations
named as respondents to adopt. en-
force and maintain for the Pitts
burgh-Cleveland area a program in
effect as follows:
To establish meIhbers and dealers
approved by the respondent associa-
tions as class of recognized"
dealers in that area, and to confine
to and require the sale and distribu-
ton of such materials and supplies
through the medium of such "recog-
nized" dealers exclusively.
The acts alleged and complained Of
'are monopolistic practices and are
methods of competition which are
unfair" and constitute unfair meth
odS of competition in commerce IN
violation of section of the Federal
Trade Commission act, the complaint
charges.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
HORSESHOE FARM SOLD
AT PUBLIC AUCTION
Rumor Purchase for SAC, 900
Was Made for Wealthy
Northern Resident.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CULPEPER, Va, June 16.-The
Horseshoe Farm, near Rapidan, so
called for its location in a bend, or
horseshoe, of the Rapidan River,
was sold this week at public auction
in Orange. and purchased by Joseph
M. Samuels of Orange, who is said
to have acted for Northern pur-
chaser. The purchase price was
$40 900.
There are sci acres in this tract,
and the large. handsome Colonial
residence and elaborate flower gardens
mark it as one of the most beauti-
full in this section. Horseshoe was
the home for many years Of the late
Joseph Wilmer, and during the ad-
ministration of President Theodore
Roosevelt was frequently visited by
members of the Presidents family.
Mr.. Wilmer was warm personal
friend of the President. 1t was sold
after the death of Mr.. Wilmer and
had been owned and occupied for
some years by Mr.. and Mrs. r. M.
Brady.
Evening star., 1934-06-16

while entertaining and allows several
accesses to the garden. This stair
hall also opens to the dining room
with its fireplace and large bay.
A breakfast room, which may also
be used as buffers pantry. sepa-
rates dining room from kitchen. The
kitchen is large, well lighted and ap-
pointed. with the additional feature
of a cold pantry off the kitchen
porch A servants stair completes
the first floor.
The second floor has three large
bed rooms, two baths and numerous
large closets. A feature Of the mas
ter bed room is a dressing room with
built-in wardrobe. 1t is estimated
that the house may adequately be
constructed for $13,500.
Evening star., 1934-06-16

paint products from the United King
dom during the first five months Of
this year indicate increased activity
among, paint and varnish manufac-
turers in that country.
Expansion in Australia.
"Sales Of paint products have main
tained favorable level In Cuba. In
Australia, an important market for
American turpentine, the paint and
varnish industry is reported to be ex-
panding, due to construction activity
and a growing export demand"
Exports of American paint products
also reflect the growing demand
throughout the world, Concannon
points out. During the first quarter
OF this year. overseas shipments of
such products were valued at s2,872,-
800. compared with $2.257 900 for the
corresponding period of 1898. an in
crease Of 81 per cent. American
paints. varnishes and lacquers are
known in every civilized country, ac-
cording to Concannon.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
SCHOOL PROGRESSING

Officials Inspect Work at Mary
land Institution.
Work on the new Colonial high
school now being erected on Mont
gomery avenue just east of Dale
drive, South Woodside, is progressing
at highly satisfactory rate, accord
ing to officials who inspected the
construction this week.
The school stands on a high table
land at least 400 feet above the
Potomac and is surrounded by the
forests of Sligo Valley Park. A fea-
ture of interest is the generous pro-
vision made for play areas and ath-
1etics of all kinds.
Authorities also point out that the
high schools of Montgomery County
continue their State leadership, five
of the twelve accredited Maryland
high schools being located in Mont
eomery.
Evening star., 1934-06-16

TINE above home was designed
for The Star by Samuel Mar
win Smith, architect, prima-
l. rily with the spaciousness in
mind. 1t is intended that the
component parts of the plan be as
sembled so that a feeling of OPEN
ness be secured making house and
garden essentially one. Several diff
ferences in floor levels were added
to obtain this result.
Entrance is made into the house
through O vestibule off which are ade-
quate coat and lavatory facilities so
placed as to afford privacy from the
living room. Several steps lead
through an archway to q large stair
hall. The stairway has been made
wide so as to be decorative feature
as well as TO afford comfortable ac-
cess 10 the second floor. From the
stair hall, one deScends to the large,
well-lighted living room. The ar
rangement of the two porches permits
a breaking up into smaller groups
Evening star., 1934-06-16
Expansion I'm Australia.
Building Booms in Sydney.

Building construction in Sydney,
Australia, Is enjoying a boom. In
one month of this Spring a As per
cent increase was reported.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
PRICE GAIN Is SLIGHT
Commodities Advance Three
Tenths of One Per Cent.

Wholesale commodity prices for the
week ending June showed the slight
advance of three-tenths Of one per
cent, according to announcement of
Commissioner Lubin of the Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
Farm products lead the way. ac-
cording to Commissioner Lubin s
figures, with an advance of eight
tenths of a per cent. while build
ing material costs increased four
tenths.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
PAINT TANDvARN|SH'
CONSUMP TON UP
Revival of Building Boosts
Use, Says Commerce
Division Report.

A noticeable revival Of building in
many countries has increased produc-
ton and consumption Of paint and
varnish products throughout the
world, according to report this week
by C.. C. Concannon, chief of the
Commerce Departments chemical di-
vision.
The outlook, Mr.. Concannon re-
ports, is more encouraging than it
has been for years." as new construc-
tion, long-neglected repairs and paint
ing projects 60 forward in many cases
with Government aid.
Evening star., 1934-06-16
Germany Exports Increase.

Reports from Germany indicate
that increased building activity and
extensive house repairs, encouraged by
the work-procuring program of the
Nazi government, have aided consider
ably in stimulating domestic paint and
varnish business since the beginning
of 1884" Mr.. Concannon says, "and
that continued improvement Is antici-
pated.
Substantial increases In exports of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-06
FRANKLIN JAIL
BREAK F0ILED
Four Prisoners Discovered
in Act of Frying Up
Steel Plates.
By United Press

BIZ CNlIg0 Pf6SS
FRANKLIN, Ind, Sept. 6.-Four
prisoners seeking to escape from the
Johnson county Jail second time
were thrwarted by Sheriff Albert M.
Mulkins late yesterday when he dis
covered an attempt to remove steel
plates from the bull pen floor.
They are James Mathis. 26,
Franklin; Virgil Witham, %, Frank
lin; Jerry Griffin, 81, Indianapolis,
and Bethel Adams, 49, Greenwood.
Mathis, Witham, Griffin and Chest
er Carson, indianapolis, escaped
two weeks ago, but we're captured
short time later. Adams was in
on the escape, but failed to get out
side the Jail.
Sheriff Mulkins said that Carson
apparently was not in on the plot
discovered yesterday.
The four prisoners had been in
the bull pen while bars which they
had sawed in first delivery were be-
ing repaired. They obtained a coat
hanger and dragged a heavy wood
en- bench from an adjoining cell
close enough to take it apart.
With the wooden blocks from the
bench, they had started to pry up
steel plates from the cell floor, hop
ing to escape through the basement
Mulkins said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-06
ALLEGED THEFTS OF
STATE MILITIA FUNDS
TO BE INVESTIGATED

Evidence of the alleged whole
sale petit larceny of Indiana ma
tional guard funds, which may in
volve many guard officials, will
be presented to the federal grand
jury next week, it was learned
today.
This investigation is believed to
be the first of series on the
guard to be started throughout
the country instigated by j. R.
McCarl, United States controller
general.
Several persons probably will be
indicted as the result of federal
grand jury action. it was learned.
Previous information obtained
by The Times on the national
guard disclosed that the govern
ment had information that Cap
tain Harry r. Piles, Greensburg,
is alleged to have forged the
name of a guard lieutenant to a
federal check for cleaning guard
clothing at the Greensburg unit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-06
INDIANA PRISON
SETUP Played
J. Edgar Hoover Urges
Adoption of Proposal
of The Times.
Continued From Page One)

federal governments chief operative
said.
The same civil service rules
should apply to the county jails. l
certainly favor The Times plan for
giving the state supervision over
these jails. That is the only way
to get away from the privileged
prisoner and establish some stand
ards of discipline in all counties of
the state. 1t stamps out the dan
ger of local politics"
Citing the Dillinger case as a
horrible example" Mr.. Hoover said
that the institutional record of that
outlaw should have been sufficient
TO keep him from being paroled.
Points Out Laws Side y
He pointed out that Dillinger's
parole resulted directly in the pris-
on delivery and the unprecedented
trail of death and bank robbery.
Dillinger's Crown Point escape"
was the cause of the killing of one
Of his own federal agents in Wis
consin. he said.
There are some persons who go
about bewailing the fact that Dill
linger shouldn't have received the
Iong-term original sentence" Mr.
Hoover continued. They say it
made him bitter. But, what about
the rights of society in this mat
ter, the rights of the widows and
orphans which we're made because
of his bitterness? Certainly, that
should be part of the picture"
New York City recognized that
fact. when they didn't let the Dill
linger family troupe perform"
Pleads for Merit System
Although he said he was not IA
miliar with the details of Dillinger's
wooden pistol" escape at Crown
Point. Mr.. Hoover did say that he
understood the jail itself was well
constructed.
Such things can not happen
without misfeaSance or malfeaSance
on the part Of Jail officials" he de-
clsred. The only way to stop that
is to adopt the merit system in its
entirety.
Low paid guards constitute one
OF the factors which result in bru-
tally, inefhciency and bribe-taking,
both in state prisons and county
jails," Mr.. Hoover asserted.
DO not think that I am opposed
to an adequate parole system" he
concluded. There are some first
offenders who can be rehabilitated
and restored TO society. But. it takes
an intelligent. non-political board Of
we'll qualified experts TO sort them
out"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-06
BOYS SCHOOL GRID
STARS TO USE SUITS
OF PURDUE'S- HEROES

Numerals which have flashed to
fame over Purdue universitys
football field on the backs of
"Boilermaker" stars will make sec
ond-run appearances this fall-on
the football fields of the Indiana
Boys school, Plainfield.
This was assured yesterday
when Noble Kizer, Purdue coach,
called on Al G. Feeney, state safe
ty director, and promised him
fifteen used uniforms, complete to
shoes, for the inter-dormitory
competition which Mr.. Feeney
plans to start there this fall.
Mr.. Feeney and E. M. Dill,
school superintendent, recently
worked out the scheme of substi-
tuting the football competition for
the semi military drills which now
furnish exercise for the schools
inmates.
All Indiana coaches have prom
iSed cooperation and Mr.. Kizer
and Elmer Layden, Notre Dame
university coach, have promised to
visit the school to speak to the
young players. Other coaches are
expected to follow Mr.. Kizer
shortly with specific gifts of equip
ment.