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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-24

VXTHEN Vice Admiral Paul
w Yurevich Oras, Russian ma
val attache and dean of the for
eign naval corps, visited the Pa
ciflc Coast recently. American ma
val officers gave him the run
around. He was permitted to in
spect only the marine barracks
and similar innocuouS establish
ments. Russians claim that
the United States and Russia
should cooperate against the
common enemy-Japan. +. Spe-
cial Assistant Atty. Gen. "Curley"
RiStine still is working on Jim
Farley's air mail Investigation, but
no charges are forthcoming against
the air mail companies. RFC
officials are jittery over Max
LowenthaIs investigation of the
railroads. conducted under the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-24
DAILY WASHINGTON
MERRY-CO-ROUND

WASHINGTON July 24Gen Douglas Macarthur retire
w Chief of Staff, has
the Philippine Army The offer from Manuel
will for President of the Philippines
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Pass Ne q LdLU-

THERE was tap on the door and an immigrant
chambermaid walked in with bucket broom and
clean linen to clean the palatia suite where Der
Klngfsh existed in squalor just like the DO folks
Get that woman!" Der KingfieSh yelled Grab
her, men! It's plot tell you. It's plot to frame
me with woman in my rooms. Lock her up and
make her confess who sent her around here to frame
the KlngfiSh, who is home flowing family man and
the friend of the po people Get the Governor
Where the hell is Oscar Allen? I'll fire that Gov
ernor yet. Tell him to call the Legislature and
pass law that am home loving family man by
law. Call up the Supreme Court and tell them to
affirm the law
Go down in the lobby and get me reporter Put
handcuffs and leg irons him and bring him In
and put detail Of guards over him to hold him
while pop him on the I'll show them who's
tough.
l am tomboy-thats what the Kingfsh is A
tomooy and an all-America full back by law You
guards better stand by. and if you see me doing
anything peculiar you better grab me because I'm
SO tough I'm afraid I might punch myself in eve
what time is it, anyway? Only 10 30 He'll got
cate Tor tonight. Call up Oscar and tell him to
get the Legislature to pass law that it's o'clock
tonight can't be wasting my time waiting all
cay Tor 1t to get o'clock. Pass me a law a law a
Law" - -
Copyright. 1895. by United Feature Syndicate Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-24

EX-VICE PRESIDENT CHAR
LIE CURTIS. when boosted
for the Craftsmanship of the Re-
publican National Committee,
sadly shakes his head.
I have successfully handled
senatorial and congressional cam
paigns." he says, and 1 could
handle this 1886 job. Bus am
afraid certain people will see that
I never get a chance"
Note-Certain friends of Her
bert Hoover not only are opposed
to Charlie Curtis, but want the
G. o. P. Craftsmanship kept in the
hands Of a friendly Hooverite.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-24
America
FARMERS DEFEATING DEPRESSION
Illinois and Indiana Agree Roosevelt Will Be Reelected

Back in Illinois I spent a day
with a county farm agent. We
drove out over the beautiful black
earth belt that has made the mid
dle-west the premier corn land of
all the world.
when city people talk about
farmers giving up their tractors
they might as we'll talk about
other folks giving up their mo-
tors" he said.
"Of course, power machinery
coming to the farms has been the
cause of a good deal of the unem-
ployment in the small towns. Men
who used to work crop seasons on
the land as hired men are having
their jobs taken by more and more
efficient machinery. 1t does al
most as much harm to the
country as to industry. But what
are we going to do about it?"
THEN he added: "One thing
4 more; if the farmers don't
get together and really control
both their buying and selling
they'll find industrial and finan-
cial combinations so all-powerful
that they'll be reduced to the
status of European peasants.
The only hope for the farmers
is to build their own tight organ
izations with both economic and
political power"
But you don't worry so much
about the farmers these days.
They're the first to come out of
the depression.
They have high prices and, ex-
cept for certain areas in the dust
lands and drought spots In the
Southwest, they're riding high,
wide and handsome. And they
haC, it. coming to them.
TOmOrrow-Up in the La Fol-
lette country.
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country. The more aff1uent car
ried with them expensive jeWelry
and large funds of cash; the
poorest probably carried several
hundred dollars each. Nearly all
of them, adopting the common
precaution taken by travellers on
transoceanic floating cities,
checked their valuables with the
ships purSer.
The purSer's safe, then, lying
somewhere under 70 fathoms of
water, must contain a huge for
tune, the total of the belongings
of the 1857 passengers. 1t has
been estimated that the safe holds
several million dollars in cash and
valuables. But persistently, the
estimate Of the LuSitania's total
treasure trove-including the rest
of the cargo as we'll as the
purser's 9afe-climbS higher and
higher.
1t has ranged as high as $15,-
100000.
This is an almost impossible
figure for the contents of the
purser'S safe alone. Why, then,
does the tale of vast treasure in
the Lusitania appear again and
again?
THE circumstances Of the LuSi-
tania's sinking we're mys.
ferrous. Chief of the mysteries
was the secret of it's cargo. The
Germans repeatedly asserted that
she was carrying war supplies
munitions, money and the like
for Germany's enemies.
Amazingly little information
about the Lusitania's cargo has
ever been divulged. The accounts
given by passengers and surviving
officers have been fragmentary.
The true story is a 20-year- old
secret of the British admiralty.
Capt. Russell, leader of the Or
phir salvage expedition, bases his
expectation of even greater treas
ure than so far has been suspected
upon private, in camera con-
ferences with British authorities
who should know the facts.
A conservative guess would
place the treasure at at least
$6,000,000. But if the persistent
rumors have a foundation in
truth, the value of the salvage
drawn up by the Orphir's cropping
irons will mount into incalcula-
BILE millions, perhaps even exceed
ing the maximum estimate of
$15,000,00O.
The Lusitania's passenger list
carried the names of many wealthy
and distinguished people, all of
whom had personal valuables of
great worth. Alfred Gwynne Van
derbilt, member of the millionaire
New York family; Charles Froh-
man, the theatrical producer; Ell
bert Hubbard, the writer, and
others were among the Americans
aboard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-24
Today S Science
: BY DAVID DIETZ-

THE astronomical battle raging over the age of
l. the universe appears to be turning in favor Of
the short-time scale advocates They would measure
the age of the universe in billions of years
The longtime scale advocates chief among whom
is the famous British astronomer Sir James Jeans
would measure the age of the universe in trilions
of years.
The age of the universe appears to be between
1,0O00O000O and 100O00OOOOO years Perhaps the
best figure at present is 5OOOOOOOOO years.
The age of the earth appears to be between 95O,-
100000 and 3,50O,000000 years. Here, perhaps the
best figure is 1000 600 900 years
These estimates, If accepted, would make the uni
verse twice old as the earth There are some au-
thortieS now incning to the view that the earth is
old as the rest of the universe. Such view can
be held within the range of the figures given above
It necesstates only accepting the maximum age for
the earth, namely 3500OO0OO0 years and setting the
age of the universe at this same figure
steal Society
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-24

NINE. ANTOINE DE PAGE,
1V1 wife o. the medical director
of the Belgian Red Cross, had
100000 in cash. Another passen-
ger deposited $4,000 with the
purser. The safe contained jewels,
foreign exchange and other coins
valued at more than 100000.
The diamonds alone were valued
at 81 ,O00,O 900, and additional items
may well bring the total far above
these earlier estimates.
Many have asserted the Lusi-
tania also carried a large ship
ment of gold bullion, but this has
never been proved.
Deep down below the surface of
the Irish waters the final answers
to these speculations lie concealed.
What will the excited eyes of
divers see when once the salvage
crew reaches the Lusitania?
Treasure lies there in album
dance, a secret buried cache that
has waited there 20 years for
some one to come and wrest it
from the locker of Davy Jones.
The Indianapolis Times will
carry exclusively the account of
the salvage ship Orphir's thrilling
adventure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-24

little Mrs Mahnkey would run the risk of
beaten here If she waited until the baby was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-24
II Seems hM
BY
Haywood BROUN

I Is pleasure % JON IN welcoming Mary Eliza
Il beth Mahnkey. columnist. Through "A years Mrs.
Mahnkcy has done her stint for the Forsyth MOD
Republican and now she Is visiting New York as the
guest Of the magazine the Country Home. When re-
porters gathered 10 ask her to tell them of her
news technique she said:
If any stranger came in or anybody moved or a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-24

judged to be annihilated and the medical corps.
working over the unconscious Kingfish began to
notice signs of revival
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-24

wars are helping to keep things
in a mess. But there amt moth
ing for Uncle Sam to do but raise
our import duties even higher.
Why only the other day a Teller
from south of town bought roll
Of fencing in Danville and when
he got it home he found a Tag on it
that said Made in Germany "
/ veered the topic of converse
ton around to Huey Long. At
first no one answered my inquiry
about how he stood locally, out
finally the oldest man in the
crowd took a well-aimed shot at
the open door of the old stove and
then wiped his mouth with the
back of his hand.
Reckon he's too windy to suit
U.s." he commented dryly.
How about Father Coughlin?"
I questioned.
Again they hesitated. Then the
Legionnaire who had lost his al
lowance squinted over at me. "Peo-
pie round here don't seem to go
in much for him neither"
7 BAITED my hook with the
Il name Roosevelt.
The elder man was the first to
answer. Looks like he'd be re-
elected. Guess most of us people
will vote fer him again. E.
Looked fer awhile like they'd be a
third party but I don't think it
would get very far now. People
don't pay much attention to big
promises no more. They want
somebody who'll do something fer
EN-"
A sixth man joined us. He
leaned against a shelf for a
minute or two, then he said:
Need a man to help me with my
corn cultivating. Could any of
you fellows help me out for a
couple of weeks?"
There was a long silence. Then
one of the men said, I'm busy"
1t went around the circle. They
were all too busy.
Know anybody I could get
I need a man awful bad?" the
farmer pleaded.
The five men shook their heads.
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DR. GEORGE D. LoUDERBACK of the Univer.

- sity Of California states that it is impossible to
arrive at a satisfactory figure for the age of the
earth from calculations of the rate of sedimentaton,
were laid down.
He says that more study is still needed but that
results to date indicate figures which agree with
those arrived at from the study of the radioactive
materials in the earth.
Calculation of the age of the earth is done best
from study Of the radioactive content Of rocks.
Uranium, actinouranum and thorium in time change
into isotopes of lead with atomic weights of 206,
207 and 208. The rates at which these changes take
place has been accurately measured.
Once the amounts of radioactive elements and
lead isotopeS IN sample Of rocks measured, its
age can be calculated since it is the time required
for the transformation to have taken place.
DR.. Robley D. Evans of the Massachusetts, Insti-
tute Of Technology reported that the age Of various
rock layers has been measured by this method and
that the Oldest rock measured has an age Of 1885,
100000 years.
nR. j. P. KUIPER of the Lick Observatory lakes
II violent issue with the line of reasoning by which
Sir James Jean arrives at age of some trillions
Of years for the universe.
we find that the long time scale is without
foundation and that the short time scale is COM
patible with our present astronomical knowledge"
DR.. Kuper told the symposium
He criticises the five mathematical methods by
which Sir James arrives at his conclusions. calling
two Of them erroneous third based on faulty con-
cepts and the other two incomplete.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-24

NTHEN it comes to footing his
w own horn, Rep. Clare G.
Fenerty is in a class by himself.
When a delegation of congress-
men called on the President the
other day to discuss the Mexican
religious dispute, Fenerty was in
the group. BY no stretch of the
imagination was he leader or
spokesman.
But that did not faze the
leather ! ung d Philadelphia.
Shortly after leaving the White
House, there emanated from his
Office a press release beginning as
follows:
"A group of members of
Congress, headed by Rep.
Glare G. Fenerty, called at the
White House. etc"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-24

cAANt - HhAAOou OCA vail w NC C1CNOCO
The constitution also provides
for the organization of a Philip
pine army along American lines.
Gen. Macarthur commanded
American forces in the Philip
pines just before he became Chief
of Staff, and is expected to &C
cept the offer. He would have to
retire from the U. S. Army in or
der to do so.
Evening star., 1935-01-20
BROKERS WEIGH
INCREASED RATES
Series of Meetings May
Settle Question in Com
ing Week.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. January 19.-How
much stock exchange commissions are
to be raised may be settled late next
week in series of brokers meetings
here.
When the volume of business de-
clines, in these days of the new eco
nomics, the first impulse seems to be
to cut expenses. When this move ap-
parently has exhausted itself, the next
move is to raise prices-which is the
surest way to reduce the volume of
buying.
Higher brokerage commission rates,
however, are not likely to prove i'm
mediately important to the average
man in the street, since he Is not
interested in stock speculation. He
has been convinced by Congress that
gambling is far safer than market
speculation. He has been led to be-
lieve there is no such thing as in
vestment these days"
Thus far the banking and brokerage
fraternity has done nothing to change
the public's attitude, though the
financing Of an extended recovery in
business ultimately must come from
purchases of new securities by the
public. Instead of increasing commits
sions. Wall Street now should be
going in for advertising and taking
other constructive steps.
(Copyright. 1857
Evening star., 1935-01-20

Forced by increasing business to
seek more space, the Hecht Co., F
street at Seventh, yesterday completed
arrangements for taking over the three
top floors of the Second National Bank
Building. located next door to the
Hecht Co.. on Seventh street. The
bank will continue to occupy the
ground floor of the building.
Announcement of the signing of the
lease was made by Charles B. Dulcan,
ST., vice president and generalmerchan-
disc manager of the Hecht Co., who
stated that the work of preaching the
walls between the two buildings so as
to afford passage way from one to the
others will be started tomorrow.
The bank building fronts approx
imately 40 feet on Seventh street and
the three top floors will give the
Hecht Co. 10000 square feet of addi-
tional space.
Leasing of the bank building and
its conversion to store purposes is
only a part of our plans for the
future" Mr.. Dulcan said yesterday.
Business prospects for 1885 look even
better than 1873 and to handle the
business which We foresee now it Is
necessary to have more space"
Evening star., 1935-01-20

in June, 1884, and the departure OF
England from the gold standard in
September Of that year emphasized
the importance Of their role.
They became the instrumentalities
of that wild scurrying of liquid funds
from country to country which has
been, perhaps, the outstanding char
acteristic of the post-boom period
in world finance, as first one center
and then another showed apparent
signs of monetary difficulties which
might endanger the established values
of balances held there.
Probably no more hard-working
member of the financial community
exists than the dealer or broker in
exchange.
With as many as half q dozen tele-
phones before him, the exchange
trader, with his fellows, sits about q
long table conducting one of the
major markets of the world and set
ting, In Q free trading market, the
Evening star., 1935-01-20

lending campaigns designed to meet
the needs of those desiring mortgage
money in their respective communi-
ties. Many attribute the easier coll
letcions to the announcement Of the
cessation of H. o. L. c. loans, the
anticipation of which in many cases
has induced the borrower with an in
come and capacity to pay, to stop all
payments to his local institution while
his application was pending with the
Government agency"
Mr.. Friedlander, who also is chair
man of the board of the Home Loan
Bank of Little Rock, declared that the
IL Federal Home Loan Banks were
moving steadily ahead on sound and
constructive program and were prov
ing a most valuable adjunct to the
field of home finance"
Evening star., 1935-01-20
Foreign Exchange Dealers 4 gain in Limelight,,
Hours Are Long and Exciting as Dollar Scars

value of the dollar against the princi-
pal moneys of the globe.
His day extends the clock around
as he follows markets separated by
half world and as much as 13 hours
of time. London, the most active of
exchange markets, begins to trade
while the New York exchange man is
still in his bed in the morning, but
many an executive in the foreign de-
partments of New York's banks is
awakened at o'clock as a clerk re-
lays the opening rates there and gets
instructions for cabled orders to buy
or sell.
Nor does his day end when late
afternoon closes dealings in New York.
BY 9 o'clock in the evening New York
time it is already midmorning of the
following day in Shanghai, the lead
ing mart for silver currencies. Most
Of the men responsible for the funds
of the great New York banks held In
the Far East are apprised of the
market trends In far-off China before
ct last they turn In for . brief snoozs.
Evening star., 1935-01-20
SOUTH QUICKENS
INDUSTRIAL PACE
Big Rise in Construction,
Manufacturing Activity
Is Recorded.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, January &c. E.
Williams, construction news editor of
the Manufacturer Record, declared
that marked increase in construction
and manufacturing activities has been
found in the South in the last several
weeks.
The present upward trend involves
the expenditure of what the writer
termed large amounts by near
major industries The movement is
scattered throughout the section, he
said, and follows upon a period of
activity in minor industries.
Outstanding examples of the cur
rent trend were given by Williams as
follows:
A glass company in Henrietta, Okla,
is doubling the capacity of its plant
at cost of approximately s50O,000.
A liquid storage company is en-
larging its plant at Corpus Christi.
Tex, and building a new division at
Houston at a cost of S500,000.
Two new textile mills are being
erected at Charlotte, N. c., costing
$350,000 each.
A Pennsylvania group is investing
S500,000 ir woolen fabrics plant at
Glosgow, Va.
In Hattiesburg, Miss, a new 200
loom silk weaving mill is being estab-
liShed.
Rayon weaving looms are being
added by a large mill in Anderson,
S. C.
Burlington, N. c., interests are nego-
tiating with a johnson City, Tenn,
group to take over a mill which has
been idle three years and this deal is
said to be in its final stages.
A S250,000 wood reduction plant is
being built at Lyman, Miss.
In Baltimore a bottling company
has asked bids on a $15O000 ware
house, and in Canton, Miss, contracts
have been awarded for a $175,000
natural gas system, which involves
laying pipe line to the natural fields
near Jackson.
Evening star., 1935-01-20
MILLIONS SPENT
ON AUTO PLANTS
AS SORDERS CLIMB
Large Share of Activities
Far Beyond Needs for
1895 Production.
BY DAVID J. WILKIE,

DETROIT, January 19-Under the
stimulus of slowly but steadily mount
ing consumer requirements, the motor
car industry's production plants are
undergoing what in many instances
amounts almost to complete trans
formation.
These preparations for the future
are based on an assumption that the
upward trend in automobile distribu-
ton that began two years ago will
continue for some time to come, and
that the millions of dollars that are
being invested involve large share
for activities far beyond the 1895
production programs.
The control of production facilities
is one of the interesting developments
of the automobile industry's course
through the period of economic dislo-
cation that began in late 1929 and
reached its low level in 1882.
Inventories Reduced.
A reduction of factory inventories
was one of the first steps the industry
took and this curtailment continued
as consumer demand dWindled.
Because the curtailment was car
ried out with unusual thoroughneSS;
the upturn that came in 1888 re-
quired the expenditure then of con-
siderable amount of money not only
in extending production facilities but
replacing much that had become
obsolete.
AS the demand continued on the
upgrade last year. many more mil
lions went into plant expansion and
equipment and the investments have
been further increased as output pro-
grams are being stepped up still fur
ther for the current year.
Large Gains Recorded.
The extent of the recovery move
ment in the automotive industry is
given rather striking illustration in
preliminary statistics for the year
1884, issued by the Autmobile Manu-
facturers' Association. The figures
show that the 1885 900 passenger
cars and trucks prod,ced in the
United States and Canada, together
with accessories, requirements of
parts and tires and service equipment
represented a total wholesale value of
$2,216,47 1000.
In 1929 the wholesale value of the
cars and requirements of parts and
tires amounted to S5,142,3 ,315,542. It
is significant, however, that in 1929
something like 100000 cars and
trucks were carried over into the fol-
lowing year, while the carryover of
1884 was relatively inconSequential.
Evening star., 1935-01-20
Ne,v Boat Models Strean,lined.
Rear Engines Cain in Fauor

NEW YORK, January 19.-Ninety
boats, ranging in size from tiny
cloth-covered canoe to a 48-foot mo-
tor yacht equipped to accommodate 10
on round-the-world cruise, are bid
ding for the attention of visitors to
the thirteenth annual national motor
boat show, which opened formally
here today.
Streamlines in the 1895 models of
boats were more prevalent than in
the automobile models exhibited in the
same hall only week ago. In fact,
boats above the waterline and automo-
biles above the wheel-line this year
look very much alike.
"Streamlining for boats" declared
w. E. John, marine chairman of the
metropolitan section, Society of Auto
motive Engineers, seems more prac-
tical than for automobiles, since boats
usually can be maneuvered to take ad-