Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 106, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 September 1924 — Page 11

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10,1^4.

FURTHER BREAK ■ IN ST. PAUL PFD. AT TRADE START Issue Drops 5 Points Over Night—General List Holds Steady. Average Stock Prices i Averagro price of twenty Industrial stocks Tuesday was 101.98. up .72. Average price of twenty rails was 89.89, up .82. Average price of forty bonds was 90.45. up .05. Pit United Pret NEW YORK. Sept. 10.—Unfilled orders of the United States Steel Corporation show an increase of 102.505 tons for the month of August. On Aug. 31, the unfilled tonnage was 8.289.577 tons against 3.157.062 on July 31 and 3,262,505 on June 30. 1924 and 5,414,663 on Aug. 31, 1923. Speculative attention in the early dealings was focussed on a further had break in St. Paul pfd.r which dropped to 19 3 i. off 5 1 * from the high of the previous session and off 2*4 from Tuesday’s close. This additional loss came in the face of President Byram’s statement ■ that no re-organization was undei 'contemplation. Despite this weakness in St. Paul however, the general list opened steady, with price changes confined to a norrow area. Opening prices- U. 8 Steel. 10714, off >4; St. Paul. 13. off 1: American Can. 27 44. up %: D. L A W, Off I%:>\ Y. C 107 s -*. off % ; North American. 239. off 1 % : Pan Pete B. 5314. off % ; St. Paul pfd.. 31. oft 1. ' Steel Common Strong Further proof of the extent of the recovery in the steel business was supplied by the showing of United States Steel's unfilled orders for August which scored an increase of 102.505 tons. This gain was more than double most of the optimistic forecasts paid its publication caused a spurt of buying in steel common which displayed great activity around 108. The. outburst was followed by annthfg drive against the industrial leaders which was concentrated particularly on American Can and Baldwin. Can was depressed to 124% a net loss of 2%, while Baldwin receded li to 119%. Local Bank Clearings Indianapolis bank celaringa Hcdnesday were $3 669.000. Bank debits amounted to $3,469,000. WHEAT AMTS SCORE ADVANCE

Corn Sells Off Despite Frost: ~ Reports, * By United Press CHICAGO, Sept. 10. —Wheat and nats finished generally higher on the j Chicago Board’of Trade Wednesday. , Corn closed lower. Intluentials were good buyers of ! wheat. Despite bearish construction | placed on the Government review, those traders bought heavily of the j long lines. Spot wheat was off on a ; slow demand. Considerable selling caused com [ values to break despite further com- [ plaints of frost damage. Most of the , selling was by Calendar operators. Oats, picked up strength on frost complaints from the central district. Provisions was dull and sold off with corn. Chicago Grain Table WHEAT— Prev. j Open. High. Low. Close, dose. | Sept 1.22% 1.23% 1.22 1.22 1.22% Dec. 1.28 1 28% 1 27 % 1.25% 127% May 1.34 1.33% 1.33% 1.34% 1.34% CORN — Sept 119% 1.19% 1.18% 1.19 1.19% Dec. 1.14 * 114% 1.12% 1.13% 1.14 OATS— Sept .47% .47% .47 .47% .48 Dee. .51% .51% .51% .51% .51% May .55% .56 .53% .56 .66 LARD— Sept 13.45 13.45 13.37 13.37 13.47 RIBS— Sept. Nominal 11.77 11.55 RYE— Sept .91% 91% .91 .91% .91 Dee .94% .95% 94% .95% .95 May .99% 1.00%' .98% .09% .99% CHICAGO. Sept. 10—Oarlot receipts wfre: Wheat. 519; corn, 160; oats, 320: rye. 75.

Produce Markets

Fresh eggs. loss off. 35c: packing stock blitter. 23c: fowls. 4H lbs. up. 22c: fowls, under 44 lbs.. 19e: cooks. 12c: springers over 2 l j lb*.. 22c: springers, u; der 2'■* ibs.. Cso: Leghorn poultry. 25 per cent discount: young tom turkeys. 12 Ibs up. 25c: young hen turkeys. 8 Ibs. up. 25c: old tom turkeys. 20o: cull thin turkeys not wanted; ducks. 4 lbs. up. old. 12c: ducks, spring. 4 Ibs. up. 13c; geese. 10 ibs. up. lie; squabs. 11 Ibs. to dozen. 53.75: youfig guineas. 2-lb size. 57. Passengers Careless LONDON, Sept. 10. —The forgetful-*, ness of railway travelers is shown hv the collection of lost property left on the Southern Railway: Tennis rackets, fifteen hockey sticks fishing rods, sporting guns, footbals, football boots, 235 wooden Balls for coconut shies, two crystal sets a jazz drum and sticks, cymbals with a concertina and seven music stajids.\ Parachute Schools LONDON, Sept. 10. —"Parachute schools” are being established in different parts of England to teach pilots hew to leap from airplanes. The latest parachutes are carried in circular "packs,” upon which the jiilot sits like a cushion- Big, slowflving biplanes are used at the parachute schools. 225 Eggs in 223 Days BENTLEY, England, Sept. 10.— "Elizabeth," a Khaki Campbell duck entered in the recent laying contest here, has created a world's record by layitK an egg on 225 consecutive days. Each egg has weighed 2 7-16 ounces. \

s New York Stocks

Railroads— Prey. High. Low. Close, close. Atchison ..104% ... 104 10414 BA O 61 44 ... . 6144 61 % C * O .... 8514 ... 8414 8514 C A NW .00 ... 00 00 0 R A P. . 31 3014 31 31 Pel A Lackl43% 140% 141 143% Erie 28 ... 27T4 28 N pfd 65 Lebl Val . 63*4 62 % 5314 53 Mo Pac pfd. 5214 51% 53 5314 NYC 108% 107 10714 108 NYNH A H 22% 2214 22% 22% Nor Pao .. 0514 65 63 65 % N A W ...127 120 120 126% Pere Pg, t 44 % Reading .. 0i ... 60% 61V* Sou Rv ... 60 65 % 6514 00 Sou Pac .. 9314 93% 93% 93% St P pfd .21 1914 201* 22 St L A SW 41 % Uion Pac .140% ... 139% 139% Wab pfd .. 4214 41% 42 4214 Rubbers— Gdyr pfd . 69% 6a% 6914 5914 Kei-Sprg .... ... ... 15% U. S. Rub . 33*4 33 33 33% Equipmets— Am Loco . 81 80 80*4 \ 80% Bald Loc .121% 11914 119% 121% Gen Elec .25714 ... 259% 256% Pullman .... ... ... 127 % West Elec . 02 % ... 62 % 62 % Steels— Bethlehem .44% 44% 44% 44% Colorado F. 40% 37% 89% 38% Crucible ... 55% ... 54% 56 Gulf States 73 72% 73 72% R Iron A S 47% 46% -47% 46% U S Steel. 108%* 100% 107 107% Motors— Chandler M. 35% 34% 35% 35 Gen Mot 14 % Mack Mot.. 95 ... 94% 94% Max M (A) 58% 57% 58 58 Max M (B) 16% . 16% 16% Studebaker. 39 38% 38% 38% Stewart-W. .54 ...~ 62 % 54 Timken ... ... 4514 Willys-Over. 8 % ... 8 % 8 % Minings— Int Nickel. 17% 17% 17% Tex GAS. 77% ... 77% 77% Coppers— Am Smelt.. 74% 73% 73% 74 Anaconda.. 37% 37% 37% 37% Kennecott.. 47% ... 46% 47% U S Smelt. 32% ... 32% 32% Oils— Cal Petrol. 22% 23 22% 2114 Cosden 28% 27% 28 27% Houston O. 74 % 73 % 73 % 73 % Mar!and O. 35% 34% 35% 39% P-Am Pete 54% ... 53% 63% P-A P <B>.. 53% 53% 53% 63% Pacific Oil.. 49 48% 48% 48% Pro 4- Ref 30 29 30 29% Pure 0i1... 24% 23% 24% 23% 8 011 of C.. 58% 58% 58% 58% S Oil of N J 36 % 35 % 36 % 30 Sinclair ..18% ... IS IS Texas Cos.. 41% 41 41% 41% Industrials— Allied Chem 70% 69% 70 70 Am Can ..127% ... 124% 127% Am Wool . 52% 51% 51% 52% Coca-Cola . 70% 69% 70 70% Congoleum ... ... ... 44 Con Can .. 50 % 55 % 56 % fid Dav hem . 45% 44% 44% 45% Fam Play . 79 78% 79 78% Gen Asp ft .41% 41 41% In Paper . 45% 45% 45% 46% In Harv .... ... ... 92 % May Stores. . . ... ... 98 % MAW .. 35 * 34% 34% 35% Scars Roe .102%* ... 102% 103% rS C I P. 104% 102% 103% 103% U S In Al. 68 67% 67% 68% ruiities— Am T A T. 128 ... 127% 127% Con Gas .70% 70% 70’ > 70% Cos! Gas .41% 41% 41% 41% Shipping— Am In Cor. 26% ... 20% 20% In M M pfd 39% ... 39% 39% Foods— Am Su? ..47% 46% 47% 47% Corn Prod. 33% 32% 33% 32% C C Stl* pfd 04% 64% 64% 64% C-A Sugar ... ... ... 32 % Punta-Al .53% ... ‘ 53% 63% Tobaccos— 6 Tob Prod B. 66 % 04% 60%

Indianapolis Stocks

Previous bids were generally upheld in a quiet session of the local stock exchange Wednesday. Liberty bond quotations are losing ground steadily. There were but eight changes in bats and six changes in asks Gams by stocks: American Creoi-oting pfd. % ; ladianapoii sStreet Ky., 1: St.mdard Oil of Indiana. 1. Losses: Wabash Ry. pfd„ %. Gains by bank stocks: Fletcher Amtr- : lean, %: Indiana National. 1. Gains by bonds: Indpls. St. Ry. 4s. i %. Losses: Indianapolis Water 4%. %. Stocks Bid. Ask. Advance Ruraely com .... 9% 12% ; Advance Rumeiy pfd 37% 38 Am Central Life 200 ... Am Creosoting pfd 98 . . Belt R R com 70 71 1 Belt R R pfd 52 % ... i Century Bldg. Cos. pfd 98 i Cities Service com 4 .. ... ' Citizens Gas pfd 102 % , . . . ! Citizens Gas Cos c0m...... 29% 31 i Indiana Hotel com ........ 100 Indiana Hotel Cos pfd 100 ... ! Indiana Pipe Line 89 92 Indiana Title Guaranty.... 104 ... ; Indpls Abat Cos. pfd ...... .. 50 i Indianapolis Gas 52 ... ; Indpls & Northwest pfd.... 34 ... ! Indpls A Southeast pfd 40 i Indpls St Ry pfd 51 56 Merchants Pub Util pfd.... 84 ... ! Public Savings ,12 ... Kauh Sertilizer pfd .". 4!* ... St Oil of Ind 57 58% Sterling Fire Ins Cos 10 ... T H I A E com 4 8 T H I A E pfd 13% 14% j T H Trac and Light com. . 90 95 ■ Un Trac of Ind com 4 ' Un Trac of Ind Ist pfd 25 !Un Trac of Ind 2d pfd .... 3 ! Van Camp Ist pfd ....... .. 100 : Van Camp 2d pfd . . 100 1 Vandalia CoaL Cos com ...... 5 I Vandalia Coal Cos pfd ...... 8 ; Wab Ry Cos com ........ 11% 15% . Wab By Cos pfd ......... 40% 42 Bank Stocks Aetna Tr and Sav C0......106 108 Bankers Trust Cos. ......■ 110 ... City Trust Co.i 101 ... Con. National Bank ..105 110 Farmers Trust Cos . 206 Fletcher Am Nat 8ank....139 143 Fletcher Sav and Tr Cos. Fidelity Trust Cos . .152 Ind. Nat. Bank 251 257 Indiana Trust W 212 225 Live Stock Ex ziank 175 195 Marion Cos State Bank .mm. .150 ... Mer Nat Bank 300 ... Peoples State Bank ......200 ... Security Trust Cos 176 ... State Sav and'Tr Cos 102 109 Union Trust Cos 325 375 Wash Bank and Tr Cos 150 ... Bonds 1 Belt R R Stock Yds 4s. ... 83 ... Broad Ripple 5s 67 70 Central Ina Gas 0s ... Citizens Gas 7s 102 Citizens Gas 5s 91 92% Cit St Ry os 85 % 86% Ind Coke and Gas 65...... 90 ..... Indiana Hotel 5s 95 ... Indiana Hotel 2d 6a 100 ... Indiana Northern 6g 25 ... Ind Railway and Lt os. .... . 91 ... Ind Union Trac os 25 ... Indpls Abattoir Cos 7%5...100% 103% Indpls Col & So 6s, ** 90 100 Indpls Gas 5s . .. 91 93% Indpis Lt and Heaw ss. ... 98 100 Indpls A Martinsville. . .51 ... Indpls A Northern 5s 40% 45 Indpls A Northwestern .... 48 50 Indpls A Southeastern 2%. Indpls Shelby A S E os. ... 30 ... Indpis St Ry 4s 64% 65% Indpls Trac Term 5s 90% 94 Indpls Union Ry 5s 90% 100% Indpls Union Ry 4%s .... 99% ... Indpls Water o%* 98% 100 Indpls Water 4%s 91% 92% Interstate Pub Ser 6s 92% ... T H.FI A Ess 04% ... T H Trac and Lt ss. .. v. . 84 ... Union Trac 6s j. . 54 56 Liberty Bonds Liberty Loan 3%s 100.08 100 81' Libcrj# Loan Ist 3%5. .. .101.78 10190 Liberty Loan 2d 4 % 5.... 101.00 101.10 Liberty Loan 3d 4% s 101.90 102.00 Liberty Loan 4th 4%5...102.10 102.20 U. S. Treasury 4%s 104.90 105.00 , Bales %4,000 Citizens St Ry 5s at 84% $3,000 Indpls St Ry 4s at 64% —: ■ 1 ■■ Airman Crashes PARIS, Sept. 10. —Plying over Bourg la Reine, near Paris, with the object of paying a surprise visit to his mother, Marcel Rapln, an army airman, crashed to the ground outside her house. He was seriously injured and the plane was completely wrecked. Dog Finds Gold SYDNEY. Australia, Sept. 10—A boy was playing with a dog near the old Hill End field when the dog scratched up a sample of gold. Investigation showed a reef carrying three ounces of gold td the ton. and % batterer was uromptly installed.

HOGS lOC HIGHER; BULK AT $125 Cattle Trade Weaker — Veals Advance. —Hog Price* Pay by Pay— Sept. Bulk. Top. Receipts. 4. 10.25 10.30 6.000 5. 10.10® 10.15 10.25 7,000 6. - 10.25(9.10.30 10.4.) 6.000 8. 10.35 1040 5.000 9. 10.15 10.15, 10,000 10. 10.25 10.20 r-9.000 Strengthening of demand for hogs at the Indianapolis Livestock Exchange Wednesday caused a 10c rise In prices. The range In quotations was from $9.15 to $9.25. Heavyweight hogs were steady to a dime higher at [email protected]. Medium mixed lots brought 1 510.20<§)10.25. The bulk of hogs brought top price of $10.25. Lightweights were quoted at $10.25. Light lights sold at [email protected]. Pigs were nearly 50c higher at [email protected]. Sows were 10@25c higher at $8.75@9 for smooths and [email protected] for roughs. Stags were quoted a half higher at $8.50 down. Trading was active, with both local and outside buyers entering. Receipts were estimated at 9.000. Holdovers. 589. Rather heavy runs of cattle throughout the country and with 1.200 offered here, caused weakness, opening bids on nearly all kinds of stuff being 25c lower. Trading was slow In getting started. From all appearances, there would be few steer sales higher than $lO. Bids on helfera were rarely higher than $9.85. Cows held their own on light receipts. They would easily sell at $6 down. Fat light stock was in demand and narrowed the outlet for other grades. Shipping orders boosted veal prices 50c to sl3 top. All good veals sold at $12.50. The bulk of sales was made at sl2. Receipts. POO. Sheep and lamb quotations were steady with Tuesday. Choice lambs brought sl2 and best variety of sheep were bringing $6. Trading was active and a good clearance seemed likely. Receipts were estimated at 800. —Hoe* — Choice lights $10.25 Light mixed 10.25 Medium mixed 10.20® 10 ..B L'ght lights . 9.504 t fn.25 .Heavyweights 10 1 5 ® 10.28 Pies 6 50® 950 Sows 8.35® 9.00 —Cattle—— Steers, 1 240 lb#, up. f hoioe $1 000@ 10 50 Fair to good 8.50 (<IIO.OO Steers 1 000 to 1.200 lbs.. choice 10 004110 50 Choice heifers . .. 9.50® 10 25 Common to fair heifers .... 5.00® 700 Baby beef heifers 9.25® 10 25 Medium to common cows ~ . 3.50® 4.60 Choice 5 50® 050 Canners 2 50® 3.00 Choice light bulls 5.00® 6 00 Choice heavy bulls ....... 4.50® 5-00 Choice veals sl3 00 Good veals ... 12 00 ®l2 50 Lightweight veals 6 50® 7 50 Common heavies 6.00® 0.50 —Sheep and Lambs— Extra choice lambs sls 00 Heavy lambs 11 OO® 12.50 Cull lambs S 00® 900 Good to choice ewes I 50® 0.00 Culia 1.00(8 2.50

Other Live Stock CHICAGO. Sept 10—Cattle—Receipt*. 15 000: market, fed yearlmgs and handyweights steers strong, moving fairly active at steady prices: in-between grad.es weighty steer* dull: western grassers tending lower: few She-stock steady grassy kinds weak : top yearlings. 511 25: weighty steers. 511.10. few above $10.50: vealers 25® 50c off: hulk sll <3 12. Sheep—Receipts, 16 000; market fat lambs steady io strong sorting light: early hulk natives. 513.7541 I t few to packers. 514.10: early stales range lambs. $13.75® 14.10: s >:. held higher sheep steady: bulk fat ew> #, 54 504(0: fat lambs steady with late Tuesday s 2.5 c advance: early sail s desirraMe !< edmg lamlm $1 2.75 (a 13 breeding ewes, $7 fit Ay feeding ewes. 55 50. Hogs—Receipts. 16.00: market, desirables 5c up, slaughter pigs and light lights 25c up; top. 51005: bulk 50'39.75; heavyweight 59.5042 9.© 5; medium weight. 59 60® 10 05; lightweights, sß.9o'it 10.05 light lights 57.25® 9.85; pa'king sows, smooth. $6.55® 8.95; par king sows rough, $S@ 6.95: slaughter pigs. 56.75418 50. EAST HCFFAIX). Sept. 10—Cattle— Receipts. 300: market, slow to 25c lower shipping steers. 59® 10.25: butcher grades. s7® 9: cows. 52® 0. Calves —Receipts. 350 market, active to 25c higher cull to choice, $3.50® 14 Sliepi) and lambs —Receipts. 500: market Motive lamt>s 25e higher, sheep steady: choice lambs. 514® 15: cull to fair. 95® 13 50: yearlings. 57.5041 10.50; sheep S3 ® 7.50. Hogs— Receipts. 4.000 market, active to 1044 25e higher: Yorkers. 59.50® 10 65: pigs. ?9 2.7®9.50' mixed $lO .50® 10 65: heavies. $10.50® 10.60: roughs. 58®, 8.75: stags. $4.50® 5. PTTSnrRGH, Sept 1 o.—Cattle—Receipts. light; market steady; choice. s9® 9.50; good. $8 25®855 fair. $6.25® 7.50 veal calves. 513.50® 14 Sheep and lambs—Receipts, light; market, stronger: prime wethers $7.25: good. $6.50: fair mixed. ss®6: lambs, 59® 14.50. HogsReceipts 12 doublr dockers: market, higher: prime heavy. $10.50® 10.60: medium. $lO 80® 10 85: heavy Yorkers 510.60® 10.85; light Yorkers. 59.25® 9.75 pigs. $9 75C?9; roughs. sß® 8.75; stags. $4 4t 4 75. TOLEDO. Sept. 10.—Hogs—Receipts, light: market. 10® 15c higher; heavies, $lO 25® 10 40- medium, $10.40 ®lO 50; yorkers 510 40: good pigs. s7® 9. Calves —Receipts, light: market, steady. Shpop and lambs—Receipts. light: market, steady. CINCINNATI, Sept. 10.—Cattle—Receipts. 600: market steady: shipping steers, good to choice, 57® 9.50. Calves— Market, 50c® $1 lower: good to hqpiee. sll® 12. Hogs—Receipts 5.500: market. 10® 25c lower: good to choice packers and butchers, 510.50. Sheep— Receipts, 2.500: market, steady; good to choice, $4®5.50. Lambs—Market, steady: good to choice, $14.50® 15. Gets Revenge CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 10.— Madame Amefl Abdullah thought all, the women in Constantinople were in love with her son. So she consulted a fortune teller, who gave her a concoction of garlic, water, mud and boiled shoes to throw upon all the beautiful women in the city. Madame Abdullah was arrested after hurling the magic mixture at one attractive woman near her son’s home. Millionaire in I'nion STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 10.—Edward Mortimer Foster, 18-year-old millionaire, has taken out a union card. He has joined a local orchestra because he “likes to play music and thinks it a pleasant way to pass the summer." Sometimes Foster drops his saxophone or his banjo to whirl around the floor with some flirtatious young society belle. Everybody Rides NEW YORK. Sept. 10. —America is moving on wheejs. More people are riding now than ever Before, records of traffic experts show. And in the last three months the sale of taxis and busses has jumped tremendously. The bus movement, however, has gained even more ground in England than In America. Merchant—Yes, we are in need of a porter. Where were you employed last? Applicant—ln a hank, sir. Merchant —Did you clean it out? Applicant—No, sir. The cashier did that- —Irish Weekly Times.

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The Husband

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Here Is Albert A. Mors, husband of Theresa Mors with whose murder Kid McCoy is charged, on his way to the district attorney’s office in Los Angeles. He tried, unsuccessfully to dodge photographers.

Opinion of Caverly on Case

Justice Caverly’s opinion, proceeding his sentencing of Nathan Leopold Jr. J and Richard Loeb to life follows: “In the view of the profound and unusual interest that this case has aroused, not only in this community but in the entire country and even beyond its boundaries, the court feels It Jjis duty to state the reasons which had led him to the decision he has reached. “It* is not n uncommon thing that pleas of guilty are entered In criminal cases, but almost without exception in the past such pleas have been the result of a virtual agreement between the defendant and State's attorney whereby, in consideration of the plea, the gate's attorney consents to to the court a sentence deemed appropriate by him and, in the absence of special reasons to the Contrary, it is the practice of the court to follow such recommendations. In the present case the situation 1s a different one. “A plea of guilty has been entered by the defense without a previous understanding with the prosecution and without any knowledge >!iat ever on its part. Moreover, the plea of guilty did not In this par ticular case. u& it usually does, render the task of the prosecution easier by substituting admission of guilty for a possible difficult and uncertain chain of proof. Here the State was in possession, not only of the essential, substantiating facts, but also of voluntary confessions on the part of the defendants. The plea of guilty, therefore, does not make a special case In favor of the defendants. "Since both of the cases, that, namely, of murder and that of kidnaping for ransom, were of a char acter which invested the court with discretion as to the extent of the punishment, it became his duty under the statute to examine witnesses as to the aggravation and mittgation of the offense. "-This duty has been fully met. By consent of counsel for the State and for the defendants, the testimony in the murder case has been accepted as equally applicable to the case of s*Klnaplng for ransom. In addition, a primsr facie case was made out of the kidnaping case as well. “The testimony introduced, both by the prosecution and the defense, has been as detailed and elaborate as though the case had been tried before a jury. It has ben given the widest publicity and the public is so fully familiar with all Its phases I that it would serve no useful purpose 1 to re-state or analyze the evidence. “By pleading guilty, the defendants have admitted legal responsibility for their acts: the testimony, has sastisfied the courts, that the case is not one in which it would have been possible to se* tip successfully the defense of Insanity, as insanity is defined an?! understood by the established law of this State for the purpose of administration of criminal Justice. “The court, however, feels impelled to dwell briefly on the mass of data produced to the physical, mental and moral condition of the two defendants. “They have been found In essential respects to be abnormal; had they been normal they w-ould not have committed the crime. It is beyond the province of this court, as lt is beyond the capacity of human science in Its present state of development. to predicate ultimate responsibility for human acts. “At the same time the court Is willing to recognize that the careful analysis made of the life history of the defendants and of their present mental, emotional and ethical condition 'had been of extreme Interest and Is a valuable contribution to criminology. And yet the court feels atrongly that similar analysis made of other persons accused of crime, probably would reveal similar or different abnormalities. The of such tests seems to lie in their applicability to crime and criminals in general. thfcy concern the one broa(L question of human responsibility and legal punishment, and are in no wise peculiar to these individual defendants, they may be deserving of legislative but not of judicial consideration. For this reason the court Is satisfied that his Judgment in the present case cannot be affected thereby. “The testimony in this case reveals a crime of singular atrocity. It is', in a sense, inexplicable; but is not thereby rendered less inhuman or repulsive. “It was deliberately planned and prepared for during a considerable period of time. It was executed with every feature of callousness and cruelty. “And here the court will say, not for the purpose of extenuating guilt, but merely with the object of dispelling a misapprehension that appears to have found lodgment In the public mind, that he is convinced by conclusive evidence that Ahere was no abuse to the body of the victim. But it did not need that element to make the crime abhorrent to every it*4inct of humanity, and the .court is satisfied that neitfcer in the act itself, nor in its motive oy lack of motive, nor in the antecedents of

PERFECT CRIME WAS AIM OF TWO YOUTHS Leopold and Loeb Planned Murder of Franks Boy— Scheme Failed, * 4 By United Press ■ CHICAGO, Sept. 10.—The disappearance of Robert Franks, 14-year-old schoolboy, was first brought to light on the evening of May 21, 1924, when Jacob Franks, Robert’s father, reported to police that his son had not returned home from school.

Later that same evening Franks received a telephone call from a man who said he was “George Johnson," instructing him how to proceed in finding little Robert. The next morning’s mail brought a letter which gave more complete instructions. Roth the telephone call and the latter assured Franks that his son was safe and was being held for the SIO,OOO which his kidnapers were demanding. On the morning of May 22—about eighteen hours after Robert disappeared—a railroad worker found the nude body of a boy, partly covered with water, lying under a railroad culvert near the southern city limits. Police were at once notified and Franks was called to the morgue. He identified the body a that of Robert. Robdrt had beaten to death with a chisel. No l until a week after the boy was mufirtered were Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, both sons of millionaires and both precocious college graduates, arrested and held in con nectlon with the crime. Leopold was traced by means of a pair of hor re rimmed spectacles which were found near the lonely culvert. Leopold and Loeb stoutly denied any knowledge of the crime. Leo pold said he must have dropped 'the glasses while on a bird hunt in that vicinity. He said he was a student of ornithology and had often visited the culvert. Both boys gave apparently substantial alibis. They told of driving in Leopold’s automobile on the afternoon and evening of the murder, of “picking up” two girls, and of dining and drinking at a notorious cabaret. Then Sven Englund, the Leopold chauffeur, was called in. He told State's Attorney Robert E. Qrowe the machine named by the boys' was In the Leopold garage on the day of th^crime. Loeb Confessed First r, / Confronted with their shattered alibi, Loeb was the first to break. He made a full confession. Implicating Leopold. Leopold quite calmly made a similar confession when he was told his companion had broken down. The amazing confessions of the two young intellectuals, in which they admitted there wms no motive

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IVEAF, New York (492 M) 7:30 and | 5:45 p. m.. EST—Gordon Male Quarj tette. WJZ, New- York (455 M) 8:15 p. m., EST—United States Army night. WOC. Davenport (454 M) S x>- m., ! CST—Organ recital. \VDAF. Kansas City (411 Ml 8 p. , m., CST—Concert by Federated ! Music Clubs. fi’LW, Cincinnati (423 Ml 8 p. m.. EST—The Virginia entertainers. i ! the offenders, can he find any %iiti- ; gating circumstances. “For both the crimes of murder and of kidnaping for ransom, the law prescribes different punishments ill the alternative. “For the crime of murder, the statute declares: “Whoever is guilty of murder, shall suffer the punishment of death or imprisonment In the penitentiary for his natural life and for a term not less than fourteen years. "If the accused is found guilty by | a jury they shall fix the punishment jby their verdict; upon a plea of | guilty, the punishment shall be fixed by the court. “For the crime of kidnaping for ransom, the statute reads: “Whoever is guilty of kidnaping for ransom shall suffer death, or be punished by Imprisonment In the penitentiary for life, or any term not less than five years." “Under the plea of guilty the duty of determining the punishment de volves upon the court, und the law indicates r.o rule or policy for the guidance of his discretion. In reaching his decision the court would have w-eleomed the counsel and support of others. In some States the Legislature in its wisdom has provided for a bench of three judges* to determine th3 penalty in cases such ns this. Nevertheless, tho court is willing to meet his responsibilities. It would have been the path of leas; resistance to impose tbe extreme penalty of the law. In choosing imprisonment instead of death, thß court Is moved chiefly by the consideration of the age of the defendants, boys of 18 and 19 years, ft is not for the court to say that he will not in any case enforce capital punishment as an alternative, hut the court believes that it is within his province to decline to impose the sentence of death on persons who are not of full age. “This determination appears to be in (accordance with the progress of criminal law all over the w&rld and ■with the dictates of enlightened humanity. More than , that, it seems to he in accordance with the precedents hitherto observed in this State. The records of Illinois show onl£ two cases of minors who were put to death by legal process—to which number the court does not feel inclined to make an addition. “Life imprisonment may not at tile moment strike the public imagination as forcibly as would death hy hanging: but to the offenders, particularly of tho type they are, the prolonged suffering of years of confinement may- well be the severer form of retribution and expiation. The court feels it proper to add a finaj word concerning the effect of the parole law upon thdk punishment of these defendants. In the ease of such atrocious crimes, it is entirely within the discretion of the department of public welfare, never admit these defendants to parole. To such a policy the court urges them strictly to adhere. If this course is persevered in the punishment of these defendants will both satisfy the ends of justice jmd safe guard the interests o^society.”

for the crime except “the adventure, of it,’’ were given attaches of the State's attorney's office as dawn was breaking on the morning of May 31. They told of the boys’ desire to commit the “perfect arime,” of their longing ior a thrill, of their careful plans, of their search for a victim, and finally of how they enticed Robert Franks fnto a rented automobile, beat him over the head with a chisel, took the body to a remote place on the south side, undressed it, poured acid on the face t 6 prevent identification, hid the body under the culvert, and then addressed the ransom letter to the victim’s father. ( Unique Ransom Plan Their plan for collecting the $lO,000 ransom in Itself was unique. Franks was to place the money In a cigar box, board a. certain train on a certain day, sit in a specified seat, find a further note of instruction in a telegraph blank receptacle, proceed to the rear platform of the train and when he reached a specified advertising sign some distance frdm Chicago was to throw the money off. The boys planned to be waiting nearby, seize the package and escape. They planned a trip to Europe. Franks was preparing to follow these instruction wHpn he found his son had been slain. After several weeks attorneys and members of the two families decided Nathan and Richard were unfit to nflngle in society and decided to make no attempt to set them free This decision, however, was not made public until July 21 when the attorneys were called before Chief Justice John R. Caverly to enter preliminary motions. Then it was that Darrow sprang his great surprise. changing the boys’ pleas from not guilty to guilty. In so doing. Darrow admitted the boys were legally sape and his efforts were confined to saving his clients from the gallows, and the insane asylum. . By the boys’ pleas of guilty, a jury was not necessary and upon Judge Caverly ftldhe rested the fate of Leopold and Loeb. He ordered attorneys for the State and defense to present evidence “in aggravation and in mitigation” 4f tho punish rnent. State’s Attorney Crowe, insisting that the slayers should be hanged for what he termed “Chicago's direst murder.” placed more than ■ niiiety witnesses on the stand, relating in detail the murder and the confes stems that followed. Darrow, arguing only that Leopold and I.oeb should be sent to prison, called a group of noted alienists and psychiatrists to the stand in an attempt to show that the boys—although legally sane—were ’mentally irresponsible.”

Bitter Legal Battle Only after a bitter ltgal battle with State's Attorney Crowe was Darrow allowed to enter this medical testimony “in mitigation of punishment” for the two slayers. In admitting the experts’ testimony Justice Caverly ruled that they would not be permitted to testify relative to the sanity of the defend ants, but could tell of any “conditions of the nrlnd,” which miglit be considered in mitigation. Dr. William A. White of Washington. D. C., was the first of the defense alienists. He told of his ex amfnations of Leopold and Loeb and declared his opinion was that both were mentally diseased. Leopold, according to Dr. White, was far more intellectual than Loeb His favorite fantasy was that of the “king and slave," in which he most often was the slave and Loeb the king. He felt Loeb was greatly superior in many ways to himself. v - It was the combined result of these fantasies, Dr. White said, which caused the murder of Robert Franks. Loeb suggested the crime. Leopold consented to assist him as a dutiful slave. Following Dr. White on the witness stand was Dr. William Healy of Boston, who y cdfroborated in detail the testimony and conclusions of the Washington alienist. Dr. Bernard Gluecft of New York City wns'the third defense alienist. Ho li,k(%vise corroborated the testimony of Dr. White, and said the boys, In his opinion, wore suffering from “split personalities.” He ex plained this by saying that In both cases their intellect and their emotional powers were at such great disparity that the personality was “diseased, or split.” Last Expert Dr. Harold S. Hulbert of Chicago, who," with Dr. Karl M. Bowman of .Boston, conducted the first and most thorough examinations of the two boys, was the last Iflefense expert witness. Following closely (the outline of the Hulbert-Bowman reoort, which had been submitted to the other alienists, Dr. _ Hulbert went deeply into the physical examination of the defendants. ' Leopold, he said, was precociously developed. His glands of internal secretion are over-functioning, his body is tooo heavily covered with hair, and his feet are flat. In addition td these four doctors, Darrow called a group of college stu dents-—friends and former companof Leopold and Loeb. They testified concerning the habits of the two murderers—testimony intended to show that Leopold devoted his life to the philosophy of the su perman, declaring that the superman was above the law, and that Loeb was exceedingly nervous as a college student, often fainted, and read “cheap detective stories.” Crowe plarced Jiis own alienists on the stand to level the defense medical structure. Among them Dr. Hugh T. Patrick and Dr. Archibald Church, ' who testified there * was nothing about the youths to uphold the defense theory of abnormality Nathan --and Richard, while of high intellectual attainments, are (Ordinary youths with extraordinary criminalistic leanings, the State held.

LEOPOLD ANO LOEBGETLIFE (Continued From Page 1) crowded about him to shake his hand, Darrow bowed his head, saying: “No, no—lt isn’t a victory. Please djn’t congratulate me. "Os course, we are glad they were not doomed to death, but how can lt be a victory when two boys are sentenced to spend the rest of their lives behind prison bars of cold, grey stone walls. “There will be no appeal, nor will any attempt be made to change the sentence.” State’s Attorney CrcWve, who prosecuted the case, refused to comment further than to say; Won Bet “The boys have won thrift- bet." Jacob Franks, father of the victim, was not in the court. Samuel Ettelson, his personal attorney, revealed that neither Jacob Franks nor Mrs. Franks wanted the death penalty. Ettelson said Mr. and Mrs. Franks were Christian Scientists and oppose capital punishment. ' All the principals except the prisoners arrived in court forty-five minutes before the appointed time. Nathan Leopold Sr., and Jacob {x>eb, uncle of “Dickie,” were accompanied by Foreman Leopold and Allen Loeb, brothers of the two slayers. Clarence Darrow and Waiter Bachj rach, the defense legal staff came at | the same time. The State’s attorney j and his staff of assistants held a | conference on another floor of the building. Justice Caverly, surrounded by [crack deputy sheriffs, passed through j the halls and went directly to his j chambers. He came out to the | clerk’s desk a moment later, bor- [ rowed a pencil and a plain pad of j paper and returned to his chambers | to write the few fateful words of i sentence. j The Justice’ face was a gray mask jof mystery. He nodded, but did not i smile as he recognized friends in i the courtroom. i The elder Leopold, as he came into court, smiled wanly In answer to ‘ questions regarding how he felt. He j echoed the words of Benjamin Bachrach, who said: “Well, we’re in a receptive mood.” In marked contrast to the days of the murder hearing there was plenty of elbow room In the courtroom. Instead of eager, curious throngs packing their way Into every nook and corner, none but the principals, policemen, deputy sheriffs, court attaches and newspaper men were present. Instead of 80 per cent women and girls, the crowd today was composed entirely of men— a few girl reporters being the only women on hand. A battery of a dozen cameras was trained on the bench and seats of the prisoners. No Interviews

Nathan and Richard refused to grant their customary morning interview to newspapermen. At 9:10 ‘ hey were led across the bridge from the jail to the court room. As they walked across the bridge, newspapermen camera men turned loose a barrage of flashlights. Richards Jumped In mock fright and cried out: “Gee they nearly killed me.” - Then he and Leopold ferffTled and waved their hands in greeting and walked into the bull pen, waiting there for the order to come into court. At 9:25 State's Attorney Crowe and his coterie of assistants entered the court room. Crowe's shock of ♦on grey hair was rumpled. He smiled an acknowledgment tq greetings from various acquaintances. At this time Justice Caverly was still locked j in his office with Chief of Detectives Hughes and other police officers guarding the door. Darrow walked about the courtroom, chatting gayly with friends. Franks Absent Jacob Franks, father of the little victim, was still absent at 9:27. Samuel M. Etelson, his personal attorney, took his customary seat with the State’s attorney. Several camera men placed their tripods on a high desk at the right of the bench for a “better shot" of the scene. Uniformed policemen were placed at vantage points in tho room. Leopold Sr., sat in his customary place facing the bench. His face was wreathed with the same deep lines of grief that made it the center of attention throughout the murder hearing. At 9:30 Justice Caverly ascended the bench. Called to Order Court was called to order. The judge ordered everybody to take seats and remain seated. The court clerk then called Nathan and Richai'd. Smiling and apparently still unconcerned, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb appeared before Justice Caverly for sentence for the murder of Robert Franks. “Do you defendants have anything

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to say in this case?” Justice Caverly asked. The boys half rose and nodded in. the negative. Then the judge started reading his opinion. Justice Caverly aaid because of the great interest that this case had drawn, both in Chicago and throughout the land, he felt he should give his reasons foi*the sentences he was about to impose. He pointed out first that the case was somewhat different from the pleas of guilty because no understanding was made with the State’s attorney before the pleas were entered. “The work of the State’s attorney was in no way lessened by the pleas of guilty,” the justice said. Compelled* to Hear Justice Caverly pointed out that inasmuch as a plea of guilty had been entered he was compelled to hear evidence in aggravation and mitigation of offense. Justice Caverly said that he was satisfied from the evidence that no abuse was practiced on the body of the victim. He said he could find no “mitigating circumstances” in connection with the crime. The murder, he -said, was carefully planned over a long period of time-and was a callous act. The judge pointed out that the crimes of kidnaping and murder are punishable by death or life imprisonment or fourteen years. The Justice indicated that the sentence would be life. Nathan and Richard went to sleep at 9 p. m. Tuesday and did not awaken until the jail coffee cart Jarred them from slumber at 6:30 a. m. today. They took the coffee only, spurning the prison rolls. They ordered breakfast from a little restaurant near the jail and dined heartily on sliced peaches, fried eggs, pork sausage, fried potatoes, toast and coffee. Chewing gum also wa3 brought to them. Loeb dressed for breakfast. Leo pold dined while still in his night attire. At 8:30, an hour before they were brought face to face with their fate, the youths visited the barber shop I for a final grooming.

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! Little change was made in prices of commission house products Wednesday, j The present cool wave is expected to I bring about higher prices in produce, wholesalers are of the opinion. Concord grapes from Arkansas are selling prominently at 25® 35c a 5-lb. basket. Malagas are bringing $1.50® 1.75 a crate. Fancy Michigan potatoes were 25c lower a 150-ib. bag. selling at $2.25® 2.50. Several other varieties of potatoes decreased a quarter. —Fruits— Apples—Fancy Gravenstein. $2.75®3 a j box. Extra fancy Pearls a 40-pound basj kef, fancy, $1.75@2. 1 Extra fancy 1 Duchess. $1.75: iancy, $1.25® 1.50. Fancy Red Junes. $2.50. Fancy Wealthy. $1.50. Extra lancy Benonas. $2.50: fancy Ber.onas. $2: Wolf River. [email protected]. Apricots—California. s3® 3.50 a box. Bananas—7c a pound. Cantaioupes—Colorado flats. $2.25®2.50: Arizona pink meats $1.25 a flat crate: Ar--54,25® 5; Honey Dewes, $2.25® 2.50 a crate; home-grown Tip-Tops, $5.50 a barrel. Grapes—California seedless, crate. $1.75 @2: Tokay. $2.75 crate; Malaga. $1.75; Arkansas Concords. 35c a five-pound basket. Lemons—California. $6.50 @7 a box. Oranges—Extra iancy California Va.enci.as 120s to 2505, $4.75® 0.50; Florida, $3.25® 5.25. * Peaches—ETberlas. $3.50®3.75 a bushel: Kentucky Hales. $4.25 a bushel: Colorado Clingers. $1.75 a fifteen-pound box. Pears—Western Bartlett. $3.50 @4 a box: New York Favorites. $3 a bushel. Plants—California. Cherry Glen. Cornucopia. s2® 150 a crate; Indiana blue plums. $3 50®3.75 a bushel: Lombards. ?5e a 16-pound basket; Moores Arcties, 85c a basket: Blue Damsons. 75®90c a basket. W atermeions—7s<i® sl. —-Vegetables Bean-—Home-grown, green. $1.50 a bushel,- stringiess. $1.75: wax, $1.25. Beets—Fancy home-grown, 20® 25c a dozen bunches. Cabbage—lndiana. [email protected] a barrel. Carrots Home-grown, [email protected] a bushel. Corn—Roasting ears. 25®35c a dozen. Cucumbers—F ancy. home-grown, 50 @ 7oc a dozen. Eggplant—sl.2s® 1.75 a dozen. Garlic—Fancy, old. 20c a pound; new. string. 60c. Kale—Home-grown. 50®65c a bushel. Lettuce—Head, fancy Colorado. $5.25® 6 50 a orate; home-grown leaf. $1.15 a | 15-pound basket. Mungoes—Louisiana, $1.25 a hamper: home-grown. $1 a bushel. Onions—Spanish. $2.25 a crate; hemegrown. $2: Texas yellow. $2: home-grown greens, 35c a dozen bunches; home-grown picking. *1.25 a 15-pound basket. Parsley—Home-grown, large bunch, 25 ® 40c. Peas—New York fancy Telephone. $1250 ®1.75 a bushel, 'v Radishes—Home-grown, button. 50@60c a dozen bunchesuJong red or white. 45c. Rhubarb—Home-grown. 25® 30c a dozen bunches. Spinach—Home-grown, fancy, [email protected] a bushel. Tomatoes—Home-grown. 50 ® 75c a basket of 15 pounds: $1®1.25 a bushel. Turnips—sl a hamper. —PotatoesFancy Michigan. $2.25 02.50 a 150-lb. bag: Red River Early Ohios. [email protected] 120-lb. bag; extra fancy Idaho and Colorado. 2c a pound: Kentucky Cobblers. 53® 3.25 a barrel. [email protected] a 150-lb. bag. Jersey Sweet Potatoes—sß.so®9 a barrel; Virginias. $8.25 @8.50; Carolinas. $7.50: [email protected] a third barrej. Tank Wagon Prices (Gasoline prices do not include State tax of 2e a gallon.) GASOLINE —Energee. 20c per gallon: Purol, 16c: Red Crown. 16.2 c: Diamond, 16. Cc: Silver Flash. 20c: Standolind aviation. 23.2 c. M KEROSENE—Crystalinl.7c a gallon; Moore Light. 14.5 c: Arclite. 11.7 c; Perfection. 11.7er Solvent. 3oc. NAPTHA—Lion Power Cleaners, 22.0 c a gallon: V. M. & P.,~82.5c; Standolind Cleaners, 23.5 e. 4 - Hay Market Prices Wason load lot prices hay and grain at Indianapolis are as follows: Timothy—sl9@2l a ton, new. $4 leas: mixed. $15@16; baled, sls® 10. Com—--51.25 a bushel. Oats—ss® 60c a bushel, new. 55 @ 56c.

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