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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-06
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP :
FARM GROUP ELECTS

Fred Watson Chosen President of
Institute.
Fred Watson was chosen presi-
dent of the Lawrence township
farmers institute yesterday, sue
ceeding Floyd Huff. Other officers
elected are Vernon Lyle, vice.
president; Edward Apple, treasurer;
A. w. McCord, secretary; John
Stoner, mems department superin-
tendent, assisted by Mr.. Apple, and
Mrs. Grace Watson, women's de-
partment superintendent, assisted
by Mrs. Beatrice Stoner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-06
At Tropical Park-
One Best-Fleet Flag.
By TOM NooNE

l. Mervin B., Poles Apart, Knight S
Hope.
2. Quorum, Eli Weir, Battling
Knight.
8. Adobe Post, Don't Blush, Cath
crime Fox.
4. Initiate, Marge, Kings Minstrel
5. Jameson. Stroll Along, Clar-
ify.
6. Mono, Sandwrack, Carbon.
Z. Fleet Flag, e Puma, Major
General.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-06
In the Air

Weather conditions at a. m:
Southwest wind, miles an hour:
temperature, Al; barometric pres
sure, 30.16 at sea level; general con-
ditions, overcast. hay; ceiling, esti-
mated 200 feet visibility, five miles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-06
Boy Bitten nv Dog

Dennis Wildman, 6, of 2O2o North
Illinois street, was taken to city hos
pital yesterday for treatment after
being bitten by a stray dog while
playing at Sixteenth and Illinois
streets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-06
NATIONALS WILL MEET
Nominations to Be Made at Con-
ventiOn Jan. IA.

The opening address of the state
convention of the National party
will be made by John zahnd. ma
tional chairman, on Jan. IA in the
Hotel English.
Nominations will be made for
United States senator, all elective
state offices and the twelve members
of congress. A state chairman, Sec
rotary and members of the state ad-
visory board will be elected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-06
State AUTHORITIES TO ASK
SUPREME COURT TO DISSOLVE
LICENSE ARREST RESTRA|NER
AL Feeney Announces He Will Seek Immedi-
ate Decision by Justices Following
Williams Action

Appeal to the state supreme court from superior court
order enoning state and city police from making license
plate arrests will be made once Al G. Feeney state safety
director announced TO-DAY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-06
COCKTAIL PIPE NEW
PARIS WOMEN'S FAD

New Smoking Equipment Shaped
Like Cigarette Holder.
By United Press
PARIS, Jan. 6.-The cocktail pipe
for women now is the craze here.
Expensive and smart it is made OF
metal, or lacquer. shaped like a
very long cigarette holder, but with
bowl at the end.
An initial in real jewels appears
at the tip of the stem These are
seen at fashionable gatherings here
and even are used by few of the
younger and more daring of the
smart set at the opera
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-06
TOWN HAS NO JOBLESS
Unemployment Is No Problem for
Massachusetts, Village.

By United Press
HANCOCK, Mass, Jan. 6.-The
unemployment problem doesn't
bother Hancock. Not a single able
bodied man in this western Massa-
chusetts village is jobless.
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Expenses Gain. Is Claim

Similarly, total expenses increased
S1113,618 in 1929: s1.45S,S14 in 1890;
Sl,329Q77 in 1881, and Sl7,437 in
1882. according 10 the figures.
Compared with 1928. total reve-
nueS have increased S2.547 .408. but
expenses have increased by the sum
Of S3,9lS,947.
The item expenses" utility ex-
perts point out, should be applied
strictly to operating expenses" and
nothing else.
In 1882. a decrease in revenues of
S206,201 occurred. but there was an
increase in expenses Of S17.437.
If this practice continues. ac-
cording 10 utility experts consulted
by The Times an dthe public serv-
ice commission, it is obvious that
listed expenses soon will exceed
revenues.
To better understand the increase
In revenues over the year 1928. the
folo"'ng figures. compiled by ac-
Turn to Page Two)
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Increased Labor Cost

Mr.. Lewis program would in
crease industry's iabro cost by Is
per cent. But its complete re-em-
ployment of workers, including
those thrown out of jobs by ma
chimes, would put mass power
about 25 per cent ahead of the price
level" he said He suggested his
program should be undertaken first
in basic industries.
If some such plan is not adopted,
Mr.. Lewis said, it will be necessary
for organized labor to ask congress
to revise the recovery act to require
labor-capital copartnership.
General Johnson in telling of his
plan for checking up on code opera
tions said he would see to it that
compliments "are not molestad" by
their competitors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-06
Hourly Temperatures
MONIES SELECTIONS FOR TODAY

Days Best-Fleet Flag.
Best Longshot-Our Pal.
Best Parlay-Abe Furst and Quorum
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Charge Promises Unkept

Imitation of expense items as re-
vealed in reports of the utility to the
public service commission, is an
other evidence of promises unkept
following the 1927 merger. it is
charged.
The following figures, in the hands
of the public service commission,
will show that this promised savirE
has not materialized in the interest
of the consumers. probers say.
The combined figures of the two
companies are no basis for COM
parison owing to the alleged pecu-
liar methods of bookkeeping. it is
said. AS 1927 was not complete
year in the annals of the Indian
apoliS Power and Light Company,
the year 1928 is used for compare
tive purposes.
According to figures compiled by
an accountant from the reports to
the public service commission and
now in the possession of that body
total revenues of the indianapolis
Power and Light Company increased
$l,l27,087 in 1929: 1920. 523 in 1880.
and S635,999 in 1881. but decreased
sos POI in 1892.
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Propose Thirty Hour Week

He proposed that NRA under its
present powers restore 1926 produc-
ton schedules and install a thirty
hour week and a 50-cent an hour
pay minimum, requiring that
workers be paid not less than their
1926 wages in dollars a week. He
criticised NRA's present policy as
"temporizing and exceedingly slow
in it's application"
This program will meet the OPP
position of General Johnson, who
has indicated he believes industry
unable to absorb even the additional
cost of a thirty five hour week.
Most codes specify forty-hour week.
However, General Johnson's an
nouncement that he will consider
changes in all codes is expected to
bring a new drive from labor men
for their detectives. Reopening this
week of the electrical manufacture
ing code for another purpose brought
thirty-hour week, 50-cent Minis
mum demand, from an industrial
union.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-06
FAT DIVIDENDS
LAID TO HIGH
POWER RATES
Analysis of Figures Said to
Show Exorbitant Profit
Taking.
PHASE is UNDER PROBE
Minton Studies Records in
Preparation for Feb. |
Hearing.
BY BASIL ID. GALLAGHER
Times STAFF Writer

What becomes of the dollar the
consumer of electricity pays the In
dianapolis Power and Light Com
pany for current?
Analyses of the hard-earned dol
lars paid by consumers, from data
in the possession Of the public Serv-
ice commission are said to reveal
that an exorbitant amount of money
has gone to swell fat dividends while
expenditures for depreciation paid
for by consumers have mounted
- steadily.
This one phase Of the operation o.
the light company now is under
consideration by Sherman Minton
public counselor Of the public
service commission, following an in
vestigation of high utility rates by
The Times.
An order to show cause why
electric rates in Indianapolis shoulc
not be reduced was issued recently
By the public service commission
Hearing on the order will be held al
the statehouse Feb. l.
Balance Is Cited
During 1928, 1929, 1890 and 1882
accountants say the Indianapolis
Power and Light Company had a
balance of ABS cents, 3.24 cents
1.53 cents and rs cents, respective
", on every dollar after payments
of all expenses, interests and dlvl-
dends. They call this surplus.
AS regards dividends. the pre-
ferred stockholders received, out Of
each dollar paid to the Indian
apolis Power and Light Company
8.24 cents in 1928, 736 cents il
1929. 745 cents in 1880, 772 cent;
in 1881, and 9.88 cents in 1882, ac-
cording to figures compiled by one
accountant and now in the posses
sion of the public service COM
mission.
The same accountant has com
puted that the Utilities Power anc
Light Corporation of Chicago the
holding company, received out o.
each dollar: 4.12 cents in 1928; 4.8l
cents in 1929; SIG cents in 1880, anc
SIG cents in 1881.
No dividends were distributed Il
common stockholders in 1882, tina
is. in the form of dividends dlrec
from the indianapolis Power ant
Light Company, investigators assert
Investigators Show Figures
The expenditures for depreciation
paid by the consumer have mounted
steadily, Investigators assert. Fo
1928. this item was 1858 cents on
of every dollar; 1916 cents in 1929
1887 cents in 1880; 20.3 cents il
1881 and 15.47 cents in 1882.
The reduction in 1882. according
to investigators, followed the add
tional income tax demanded by tn
United States department OF inter
nal revenue for excessive deprecla
ton charged to consumers.
Expenses as compared with 1872
have jumped from .2l4O OF cen
to 1851 of a cent in 1881, or an IN
crease of nearly y cent.
Expenses for 1882 were reduced
under the 1881 figure, the lnveSti
gators say, by cutting down the de
probation charge to expenses fol
lowing the action taken by the IN
ternal revenue department, cover
ing 1927 to 1913, inclusive, when tn
company, according to the proberS
was forced to pay an additional in
come tax assessment Of more thai
e551 0O0 u, 1891
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JOHNSON PLANS
TO REORCANIzE
NRA STRUCTURE
Labor Leaders Expected to
Make New Drive for
Detectives.
BY HERBERT LITTLE
Times STAFF Writer

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The
whole NRA code structure, covering
about IS per cent of industry is be-
ing re-opened to stop it from creak-
ing at various joints.
Administrator Hugh johnson
plans to call all code authority
members here early in February in
an attempt to iron-out inconsistent
cies ito sort of mop up this work
and organize the things that have
been done"-As to prices, business
regulations and other code questions.
Coincident with this, President
John l.. Lewis of the United Mine
Workers in a speech in Philadelphia
today presented demand for
fundamental revision of both the
recovery and the business and labor
reform phases of NRA.
Evening star., 1934-09-09

that any further Improvement was
made. The members Of the Edin-
burgh Skating Club of 1912 had re-
course to wood and iron skates
fastened with leather thongs.
A ski and a skate, obviously, are
closely related; the one is but a form
of the other. The word "ski," it ap-
pears, means "a piece OF wood" But
strips of wood employed as snow shoes,
regardless of their name, were used
by many different nations of pre-
historic time. Xenophon describes the
shoes or pattens of skins with which
the horses of the Armenians were
equipped to prevent them from sink
ing in the snow, and Procopius men,
tions the ancient LappS, called in
Scandinavia "skridfnnen" or "sliders. "
Ulf OF Ullar, the Morse god OF
Winter, was supposed to walk upon
ski, and Northern poets in the ninth
century referred to ships as the "ski
of the sea-" An archer on ski is
shown on a rhinestone found near
Upsala in Sweden and identified as
being Of the eleventh century. AS a
modern sport, skiing came into fash
ion about 1860 in Telemark, Norway.
1t spread rapidly over all Northern
Europe. An annual international
tournament has been held at Holmen-
kollen, near Oslo, since 1892.
Washington collectors say that the
Hungarian stamps dedicated to these
sports are among the most interesting
philatenc specimens Of their type ever
issued.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR.

WITH Jim Shaw pitching
w strongly, Washington blankeo
the AS 40 yesterday IN tne
first game Of a double-header, put
philadelphia came back to win the
second tilt. ga, giving waiter
.Tohnson. ace Washington pitcher,
the severest pounding of his career.
Bush allowed the Nationals only
five hits against nine given up by
shaw in the first game, but the
Nationals bingles came oppor-
tunely. Milan, Ganon ana NC
Bride for Washington each mace
two hits, while Oldring and Collins
of the AS each connected for three
In the second game.
Georgetown gridders Will hold
their first drill tomorrow. among
the 1918 regulars expected to re-
mort to Coach Exendine are Fred
die Murray. captain; Barron
Petritz, Cusack, OGorman, Lam
dreau and Kelley.
The Boston Braves defeated the
New York Giants, 8-3, yesterday 10
regain their lead in the great Ma
tional League flag race.
Eva Baker retained the District
vomen's tennis singles title, de-
feating Enid Holden yesterday In
the final of the Columbia Country
Clubs Fall tourney. In the best
match of the afternoon, Connie
Doyle, premier District of Colum-
bia racketer, and Paul Treanor
eliminated Ballard Moore and Dud-
lev Morgan in the doubles.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
PAIR Of BATTING
THREATS SLUMP
OFT, Simmons Each Lose
II Points-Gehrig, P.
Waner Remain in Front.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, September 8.-Twc
nj outstanding slumps, neither
Y of which affected the pace
settlers, marked the past
weeks major league batting per-
formances.
The victims were Mel OFT of the
New York Giants and Al Simmons
Of the Chicago White Sox, both OF
whom had been threatening the lead
ers' safety.
OFT and Simmons had II points
each clipped from their averages and
each wound up in fifth place in his
league, far of the pace. OFT collected
hits in 27 trips to the plate up
through yesterdays games; Simmons
hit out of 20.
The pace settlers, Paul waner OF
Pittsburgh and Lou Gehrig of the
Yankees, maintained their unaltered
pace. Waner lost l point, dropping
to 1856, with hits in 26 attempts
but his margin increased, as his near
est rival, Bill Terry, suffered a 4
point loss. Gehrig hit times in
20 tries for a 1-point rise to 1865
and led Charley Gehringer by 3
points. Gehringer, gaining S points
through the week with 10 hits IL
20 times up, regained second place
from Heinie Manush, who improved
his mark by 2 points.
Records of the first 10 In each
major league follow:
Evening star., 1934-09-09

the three-toed sloth, can swim in
stinctively. The genus homo, how
ever, must learn the art or science
by processes of experiment and trial.
But, according to ethnographists and
explorers in general, even the most
barbarous of tribes attain magnificent
proficiency in water games. The instinct
appears to be universal and worldwide.
Some of the very most eminent SWIM
mers known to fame have been men
born and reared far from civilization
under conditions similar to those OF
thousands Of years ago when the
human race was in its early infancy.
The remaining two issues of the
,, respectively, and each of these sports
is exceedingly old. Encyclopedias
testify that skating undoubtedly Is
of great antiquity, as shown by early
carvings. 1t is mentioned in the
Icelandic cEdda,' supposed to have
been written in the tenth or eleventh
century" Indications are that men
skated before they had learned to
write.
The genius who first fastened pieces
Of smooth bone to his foot coverings
and slid over a frozen lake or river
is, of course, unknown; but 1t is GER
tain that he belonged to an age ex-
tremely remote. Centuries after he
had passed from the earthly scene
another anonymous inventor i'm
proved his device by designing skates
Of wood with metal runners, and 1t
! was not until comparatively recently
Evening star., 1934-09-09
CO[ESV|LLE GAME
TOPS COUNTY LIST
Cardinals Will Entertain
Rockville Nine in One
of Five Contests.

Colesville Cardinals and the Rock
vile A. A. will clash on the formers
diamond in a game that headlines
the sandlot base ball program of five
attractions offered In Montgomery
County today.
It is the fourth Of five games listed
between the teams, and Rockville,
holding two victories, can clinch the
series with a triumph. Edward Helm,
Colesville's mound ace, will face the
invaders.
Oxon Hill A. c. will visit Cabin
John to meet the Volunteer Fire De-
partment, champions of the Mont
gomery Unlimited League.
North Washington A. C. and the
White Haven A. c. of Glen Echo, who
staged bitter battle for second place
in the county loop, with the former
winning out by half game, will re-
new hostilities at Four Corners.
Loris Williams, star third baseman
Of the North Washington nine, has
been signed by the Takoma Park A.
c. and will be in the lineup when it
faces the Gaithersburg A. C. at Ia
koma Park today.
Takoma Park won the first meeting
between the two clubs, 18 to 4.
Kensington A. G. will give its IL
game winning streak test when it
faces the Washington A. G. and
Wheaton A. c. in a double-header in
Kensington, starting at o'clock.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Hurdling, Swimming, Skating, Skiing Paid
Tribute BY Issue of -Four Hungarian Stamps
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

"OUR modern stamps issued by
- the postal authorities of Hun
gary depict in their designs an
equal number of the most
ancient outdoor sports in the world.
One shows an athlete completing
a bound over a hurdle in one Of the
events Of a track competition. The
mans whole body is tense with the
effort of his achievement and OF the
power which he has summoned to
carry him over the barriers which lie
ahead. His face looks forward to the
distant goal, and the tilt of the head
and the fixed lines of the mouth mani
fest his determination. He is out to
win, and the power of a passion for
victory drives him forward.
Naturally, he does not bother to
think of the fact that he is link in
human chain which stretches back
into the infinite and forward beyond
the capacity of the imagination TO
guess. But bystanding philosopher
might consider the matter, realizing
that long ere history began men ran
and jumped in exactly the same man.
ner. The hurdle race of the present
age traces its origin in the forests OF
Asia and Europe five or ten milleni-
ums ago. Savage hunters of remote
antiquity pursued their dinners over
the trunks of fallen trees and in the
chase developed the technique which
the track rivals of 1884 use toward
less romantic and perhaps less prac-
tical but not less exciting ends.
A second stamp portrays swimmer
diving into the water of lake, and
in this instance, too, primitive pas
time is depicted. No one knows ol
ever will know when human beings
first began to navigate by the use oi
their arms and legs as paddles. Zool-
ogists say that all other animals, ex-
cepting only monkeys and, perhaps
Evening star., 1934-09-09
BY WILLIAM WEEKES.
Associated Press Sports Writer,


~ HTCAGO, September 8.-Last
A to win a share in the Amer
4 ican League pitching record
of 16 consecutive victories,
Lynwood (Schoolboy) Rowe, De-
troit's sensational youngster, never
theless crowded In In time to become
first to include victory over each of
the other seven clubs In putting his
string together.
Manager Mickey Cochrane picked
no spots for the Schoolboy, starting
him in turn or showing him into action
as rescuer whenever needed. The
result was that the tall Arkansan beat
the Yankees, Detroit's chief rival for
the league leadership, four times,
Chicago three times, Boston, Phila-
delphia, Cleveland and st. Louis twice
each, and Washington once, before
the Athletics knocked him off Au-
gust 20.
Walter Johnson, washington's big
Train," who set the record now shared
by three other hurlers Cfrom July
to August 23), 1912, picked on five
clubs, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, st.
Louis and New York. The same year
(from July 8 to September 15),
Smokey" Joe Wood of Boston's Amer
ican League champions, tied Johnson's
mark, beating every other team except
Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Ro,ue Only One of -Four 4. L.
Pitchers to Win 10 in ROlU
To Defeat AU Loop Riuals

In 1891 (from June 8 to August 19),
another great fastballer, and the only
southpaw in the quartet, Robert Moses
Grove, then of Connie Mack's cham
pion Athletics, collected his 16
straight. Grove licked every team ex-
cept New York. The official league rec
ords do not show that he even made a
pass at the Yankees.
Wood and johnson apparently were
kept clear of each other during their
strings. johnson, although he worked
frequently, did not have q shot at
Boston, and the records, lacking some
thing of being complete, do not indi-
cate he pitched against the Athletics
during his march to a record. Wood
defeated Washington, to 0, for his
fourteenth victory in row.
johnson concentrated on Western
clubs, beating Chicago six times, De-
troit four times, Cleveland thrice
and st. Louis once. The Yankees
were victims on the other two occa-
sions. Wood also registered the bulk
Of his 16 against the West. Chicago
and st. Louis fell four times each,
Detroit and Cleveland three times
apiece and New York and Boston
once each. Grove won four from
Detroit, three each from st. Louis,
Washington and Cleveland, two from
Chicago and the other from Boston.
A tabular comparison Of the four
"Big 16's":
Evening star., 1934-09-09
Fourth Frame Tells.

- ARNSHAw, seeking another $500
T. bonus, limited the Yanks to
eight blows. But before Gehrig
socked his homer in the fourth Red
Rolfe beat out bunt and took sec
ond on the pitchers throw past first
and Babe Ruth drew a pass.
That gave the Yanks a lead Chicago
could never overcome, and Selkirk
added to it a moment later by driv-
ing into the right-field stands with
the bases empty. The rest of the
New York scoring came in the sixth,
when Ruth singled, Gehrig walked
and Lazzeri slammed his homer into
the left-field stands.
The only Chicago run came as the
result of two passes in the fourth
Jock Conlan drew the first. Al Sim
mons forced him and took second
when Luke Appling walked. Manager
Jimmy Dykes scored Simmons with a
single off Rolfe's glove.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
OLD RIVALS TO CONTEST

Old rivals win face in the canoe
and rowing races that will mark the
annual William G. Mckinney Memorial
regatta, to be held next Saturday and
Sunday, under auspices of the Potomac
Boat Club.
The regatta is held in memory Of
William C. Mckinney, who did much
in the clubs early days to promote
its activities and who during the '8Os
held the single sculls championship Of
the Potomac River.
AL the championship events win be
contested Saturday, starting at 8
o'clock. Sundays events, also start
ing at pm, will be strictly of a
comedy or novelty nature.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
National City Leagues Title
Game Heads SandIOt PROGRAM

Middleburg holds the Section A title.
Potomac A. c. and Ross Jewellers
will square off on the East Ellipse at
8 o'clock In q District Independent
League tilt.
Members Of the U. s. Veterans Ad-
ministration team are to meet In
front Of the Veterans Administration
Building this afternoon at o'clock,
preparatory to going to Congress
Heights for game with the Congress
Heights nine at 8 o'clock.
All Silver Spring Giants are re-
quested to report today at / pm. to
Manager Grubb. The Giants win play
Sandy Spring at Sandy Spring.
Evening star., 1934-09-09
BUFFALO KEEPS SCHALK

BUFFALO, N. Y, September 8 Up.
Sheriff Frank ]. Offermann, presi-
dent of the Buffalo International
League base ball club, today announced
announced the retention of Ray
Schalk, former catcher and manager
of the Chicago White Sox, as man
ager of the Bisons for next season.
The former big league backstop has
been manager Of the Buffalo team
since 1892.