Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 203, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1928 — Page 3

WOMAN SOUGHT AS HICKMAN ACCOMPLICE IN MURDER

■NT GRILLED ■ ATTEMPT TO |§ET NEW CLEW Ral Staff of *The Fox’ Is " \ Busy Preparing for I His Defense. QUIZ YOUTH’S RELATIVE Gfand Jury Will Convene Tuesday for Inquiry ;f Into Crimes. £u Times Special LOS ANGELES. Cal., Jan. 2.—As police today endeavored to find a ] woman they believe may have helped William Edward Hickman in the kidnaping, slaying and mutilation of ( 12-year-old Marion Parker, the legal staff of “The Fox” was preparing its defense. i Welby Hunt. 16. was being grilled by police, who believed the bandit pal of Hickman may know more about the Parker case, in which he 'steadfastly denied having any part. Hunt and Hickman probably will be charged with the murder of Ivy Thoms, druggist, by the grand jury, convening tomorrow. Hickman already is held on one murder charge. If found guilty. Hunt probably will be given a life sentence because of his youth, authorities said. A. G. Gilmer. Oklahoma City attorney, was expected to arrive here tomorrow to prepare the defense for Hunt. Jerome Walsh, legal representative for Hickman, refused to comment on i the rumor that he had obtained the help of Joseph Ryan, former deputy district attorney. Police were confident, that Hickman had a woman accomplice in the kidnaping of Marion. In this connection they grilled Mrs. Carrie Driskel, step-grandmother of Hunt, j Protest Youth’s Release F, Vnitrii Press KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 2.—j Victims of Frank Bernoudy’s activities in Kansas City will seek in- J vestigation of Prosecutor James R Page's action in releasing the con- j fessed accomplice of Edward Hick- ; man, Frank B. Young said today. Young is proprietor of a drug | 1 store here said to have been robbed by Hickman and his gang. Bernoudy was released by Page after ho had made a statement concerning his activities with Hickman and had consented to appear at Hickman’s trial for the murder of Marion Parker in Lcs Angeles. * Pr.gJs statement that he released i the yßth: because he was unable to j find R complaining witness led to j protest from Young and Mrs. Meyer Cohn*, owner of a confectionery Bernoudy admitting robbing. ‘AIirOMOBILIOUSNESS’ ROAD COMPLAINT Legal Term Grows Out of Accident on Highway. f,'/ United Prrss LONDON, Jan. 2.—A new road complaint has brr-n found by lord Ilewart, lord chief justice of England. The complaint, described by Lord Hewart as “automobiliousness.” grew out of an injury a motorcyclist re- ' ceived in the arterial highway between here and the seaside resort, Southend. Plaintiff in the case had sued for damages, charging that the defendant had negligently driven into the middle of the road causing the accident. The defense denied that the driving was negligent, asserting that the speed was only twenty miles an hour. Lord Hewart after remarking on the apparent “dullness” of driving twenty miles an hour, diagnosed the road’s complaint as “automobiliousI ness.” 1 SMALLPOX INCREASES More New Cases Reported Than for Same Week in 1926. B,u United Press WASHINGTON. Jan. 2.—Smallpox is increasing in the United States, the public health service reported today. Reports from forty-one States for the week ended Dec. 10 showed 730 new cases of the disease developed in seven days, compared with 679 new cases for the same week last year. No deaths from smallpox were reported for the week, however. Reports on other communicable diseases showed 2,539 new cases of diphtheria developed during the week; 4,849 cases of measles, 152 cases of infantile paralysis, 3,473 cases of scarlet fever and 344 cases of typhoid fever. Swedish Workers Locked Out L\i United Press STOCKHOLM, Jan. 2.—A lockout of 17,000 paper pulp workers and 4.000 miners began today. Employers desire to increase the level of normal production, an arbitrarily fixed quantity beyond which workers are entitled to additional pay.

Early Banditry Bji United Press TIFFIN, Ohio, Jan. 2. Something new in banditry has been presented for the edification of the people of Tiffin. As 8-year-old Helen Sintack returned home from the neighborhood store with a handful of change, a 10-year-old boy Jumped from an alley, struck wrist with a stick, scooped km the change which fell to the and fled.

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“Mother Hubbard's Safety First Party" will be presented by this group from the James A. Garfield school, 2201 Madison Ave., at the meeting Wednesday afternoon of the Parent-Teacher Association. Left to right; De Loris Rahm. as Miss Muffet; Imogene Kirby, as Jack; Elizabeth Stuertz, representing Bo Peep; Helen Marie Zimmer, Mistress Mary; Marjorie Keaton, Mother Hubbard; Joyce Rahm, Miss Muffet; Dorothy Skaggs, Boy Blue, and Frances Lucy Gerdts, as Gill.

OPEN LAVISH ROSE TOURNEY Annual Pasadena Pageant Begins With Flower Parade. B.u Z'nited Press PASADENA, Jan. 2.—A gorgeous floral pageant—“ States and Nations in Flowers,” wound through the palm-lined streets of this city today, as the thirty-ninth annual Pasadena Tournament of Roses began. In lavish tribute to the Southland's floral grandeur, more than 300 units, including ninety huge floats and thirty bands, moved m majestic parade along a five mile route before an audience estimated at 730.000. Thousands of tourists from all parts of the world thronged the Crown City today for the annual | East-West fotbali classic this after- j noon between Stanford and the University of Pittsburgh and to view the rose festival which was born in 1889 as a small village fiesta. The blossom-decked floats, created at a cost estimated to exceed $150,000, represented forty Pacific Coast cities and communities. An aroma of scores of varieties of flowers lingered over the streets as the parade passed along the five-mile front. The floats this year were carried out in symbols of the vaious States and nations. Beverly Hills, sweepstakes winner last year, was again considered a likely victor, while Long Beach, winner of the sweetpstakes cup in 1926, was expected to be another leading contender. STREET CARS CRASH Motorman and Conductor Hurt in Collision. Joseph Morsch, 1301 Ewing St., motorman on the College Ave. line, suffered a fractured ankle when the car he was operating struck another car at Broad Ripple Park Sunday. James Auberry, 964 Stillwell St., conductor on the first car, was cut about the head. Police said he was leaning from the rear platform, replacing the trolley. Ray Barnes, 15, of 962 N. Highland Ave., messenger boy, was injured aoout the face and body when his bicycle was struck by a “hit and run” driver at 1305 E. Tenth St. James Eubanks. Negro, 32, of 56 S. Summit Ave., was pinned beneath his automobile when it turned over after striking a safety zone guard at Noble St. and Massachusetts Ave. Removed from the wreckage uninjured, he was taken to the city prison and charged with driving while intoxicated. AIR WINNER TO SING Agnes Davis Program to Be Broadcast Jan. 8. Bet United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 2. Agnes Davis, 24-year-old soprano of Denver, who won first prize for women in the Atwater Kent foundation national radio audition, will make her first appearance since the contest in the Atwater Kent hour on Sunday, Jan. 8, it was announced here today. Miss Davis will sing two groups of songs in joint recital with Armand Tokatyan, tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company. The concert will be broadcast by WEAF and twenty-two associated stations of the National Broadcasting Company. RARE RECORDS STOLEN Disease Investigation Documents Taken From Auto. Bji United Press PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2.—Medical records of rare diseases, compiled after seven years of study at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. were stolen from an automobile here last night. The records were being taken to New York by Dr. Charles L. Suttles and Dr. R. C. Blackwell of the Baltimore Hospital. CAN SUPPLY 7 MONEY NOW needs. Confidential and LOAN CO., 1411St.—Advertisement.

U. S. Dry Agents Seize $430,000 Worth of Booze

125 Stills Are Taken in State During 1928, Says Winkler. Liquor valued at more than $430,000 at bootleg prices, was confiscated and destroyed by Federal prohibition agents under George L. Winkler, deputy dry administrator, in Indiana during the past year. During the period covered by Winkler's report, from Jan. 18. 1927, the day he took office, until the present, charges were filed against 1.799 persons. Sentences imposed on liquor charges reached the staggering total of 87.774 days to 125.554 days, the variance being due to some indeterminate sentences. 32 Go to U. S’. Prison Seventeen persons were sentenced to State prison for a total of twentyfour to 136 years. Jail and State farm sentences reached a total of 60,068 days. Thirty-two persons were sentenced to Federal prison for a total cf forty-three years, eight months and eleven days. During the year agents confiscated 4.624 gallons of whisky and alcohol valued at $92,500, bootleg prices; 5.659 gallons of beer, valued at $11,318, and 2.899 gallons of wine, valued at $34,788. In addition, 128,313 gallons of mash, which if distilled would have produced approximately 18,400 gallons of moonshine whisky, valued at $293,280, was confiscated. 125 Stills Are Taken Other articles confiscated included 125 stills, thirty automobiles, and 2.479 barrels and vats. Fines assessed on Federal prisoners in Federal and State courts amounted to $116,531. Through activities of dry agents. 231 abatement suits were filed and 143 permanent injunctions ordered. TWO AUTOS CATCH FIRE Department Called to Extinguish Car Blazes. The fire department was called to extinguish two blazing automobiles Sunday. Ben Hodapp, 1319 N. penny St., was driving in the alley near North St. and Eastern Ave., when his automobile skidded and mired. In his efforts to get out. Hodapp overheated the car. An automobile owned by M. F. Roberts, 339 E. North Stcaught fire while parked at Market and Pennsylvania Sts. Firemen blamed short circuits.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to: Ralph Flick, 1310 Shelby St.. Ford. 549-220. from Twenty-Ninth and Clifton Sts. W. A. Lucas, French Lick, Ind., Chevrolet, from Capitol Ave. and Market St. Oscar Smith, 527 Vinton St., Buick, 571-534, from 900 block on S. West St. W. C. Campbell. 2735 N. Meridian St., Chrysler, from 26 W. TwentySeventh St. Mary Rapia, 818 W. New York St., Ford, from in front of that address. WOMAN IS CUT IN FALL Taken to Hospital After Plunge Through Door. Mrs. Olive McKinney, 26, of 1740 Morgan St., was taken to the city hospital just as the New Year was arriving, suffering from bad cuts about the thighs. Police said she and her husband Estelle, were returning from a party and when they arrived home Mrs. McKinney fell through the plate glass of the door. Switchman Killed Bn Timex fiver,lni EVANSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 2.—0. E. Klauss, 25, Illinois Central Railroad switchman, was killed here when run over by a yard switch engine. Poison Victim Dead Mrs. Frances Jackson, Negro, 807'h Indiana Ave., died at city hospital today of poison taken Dec. 24, police said.

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MILLIONAIRES INCREASE IN U, S. Number Now Is Largest in Nation’s History. Cm United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—The j United States now has more millionair’s than at any ether time in . history, the Treasury announced today. Income tax statistics showed 228 i persons paid last year on incomes j over $1,000,000 for 1926, while many j others had equally large incomes, j but did not pay full taxes on them ! because of allowable exemptions, j Officials said Internal Revenue | Bureau calculations indicated theVe | was at least one billionaire in Amer- | ice and possibly two. Millionaires | run into the thousands. Only twice before has the counl try boasted of more than 200 known millionaires. In 1925 there were 207 j and in 1916 there were 206. In 1921 ; there were but twenty-one persons 1 in the really wealthy class. There were 115 persons with Incomes of more than $1,000,000; 43 persons with incomes from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000 ; 33 persons with incomes from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000; 14 persons with incomes from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000; 9 persons with incomes from $4,000,000 to $5,000,000. and 14 persons with incomes more than $5,000,000 annually. WM KILLS AGAIN Chicago Adds Another to Toll as Year Ends. Bit United Press CHICAGO. Jan. 2.—Chicago's gansters rounded out the year 1927 with one more killing. The body of Frank D. Carpenter was found a few minutes after the new year started, shot through the head and neck. He had been killed shortly before midnight, police said, and apparently thrown from an automobile. Carpenter was known in police circles as a beer agent. He formerly operated a saloon here. An unidentified woman called poj lice and said she had seen Carpenter killed in a West side beer parlor after a quarrel over a girl. KEPT CHECK FiVE YEARS Doubt Now Expressed If Late War Veteran's Estate Can Get Cash. Bn Time a Svecial PORTLAND, Ind., Jan. 2—A check for $27.50 payable to Benjamin Sasser, Civil War veteran, who died here recently may never be cashed. Angry because his claim for $55 for a cow killed by a Muncie-Port-land interurban car five years ago was not allowed, Sasser never indorsed the check for $27.50 which was the company’s idea of what the cow was worth. As Sasser has never signed a release for the traction company, it is probable his estate will realize nothing from the check.

COURTHOUSE BUSY DESPITE ‘HOLIDAY’

Business as usual, or, rather, more business than usual, was on the program at the courthouse today. The new year was observed by Criminal Judge James A. Collins sitting on the bench for arraignment of all cases assigned to Criminal Court. Date of trial was set as prisoners entered pleas of not guilty. Arthur Behning. 26. who was at city hospital as an amnesia victim, was among those arraigned. He was identified by Sheriff Omer Hawkins as the man on bond facing embezzlement charges, ts He failed to appear when his case

400 PERILED IN TRAIN SMASHUP; ENGINEER DEAD Interurban Express Loaded With Celebrants Hits Local at Curve. B,u United Press CHICAGO, Jan. 2.—Rushing home a crowd of New Year’s celebrants, a South Shore interurban express train crashed into the rear end of a local just outside the city limits yesterday. One person was killed, twenty-five seriously Injured and more than a hundred others cut and bruised. Panic followed as the 400 passengers sought to escape from the smashed coaches, several of which burs; into flames. The Injured, nearly all residents of northern Indiana, were en route home after all-night celebrations in Chicago. The express train, speeding at sixty miles an hour, flashed around a curve and hit the local full force. The two coaches of the local were propelled 350 feet down the tracks. Passengers, caught in the mass of twisted steel and splintered wood, were scalded by bursting steam pipes. The swift ice house, near by, was converted into an emergency hospital and scores given first aid treatment. Those more seriously Injured were rushed to the Roseland community hospital. Edward Stafford, engineer of the express train, died without regaining consciousness. Passengers on the front platform of the train said he was unable to see the local, which had been stalled )>y frozen brakes, because of the shr.rp curve. The accident was the second In Chicago within twenty-four hours. “The Hummer,” a crack Chicago & Alton Kansas City-Chicago train, its engineer blinded by a snowstorm, had crashed into a Ch:cago-St. Louis passenger and mail train Saturday. Two persons were killed and twenty-five others seriously injured. Coroner Oscar Wolffe of Chicago started an investigation into both wrecks today.

‘FLUNKING' OF PUPILSDROPPED Pupils Permitted to Go on With Class; Catch Up. BY JACK POWERS Vnited Pres* Staff Correspondent COLUMBUS, Ohio. Jan. 2. Flunking high schoo' students will be enabled to clear educational hurdles and break down textbook barriers with less difficulty, if the idesP of a Columbus High School principal is accepted by his colleagues. H. C. Marshall, the principal, has before other school heads here a plan through which students who fail in one semester are passed with their class, and given throughout the second semester to make up their work. It was inaugurated in his school some time ago. The idea. Marshall said, was an innovation in the educational realm. Opponents said it was merely an injustice to the pupils. “It is pernicious. Failing pupils will ‘take it easy’ with the assurance of a second chance,” they declared. With Marshall, however, results are what count. “Os seventy-eight pupils placed on trial since February,” he said, “fiftyeight have made good.” Os the number that failed the second time, Marshall explained, nearly all made the grade on the third trial. THIEVES TAKE CLOTHING Petty Depredations Are Numerous Over Week-End. Seventy-two dollars was taken from his home over the week-end, John F. Murray, 1539 S. Richland Ave., told police. Clothing thieves were active, reports show. Four overcoats valued at SBB were stolen from 739 N. Ketcham St. The lossers were Louis Stanfield. 744 Haugh St.; Frank Steger, 768 N. Warman Ave.; John Streinor, 737 Ketcham St., and Joe Smick, 926 Ketcham St. Private A. Hardin is wanted by Ft. Harrison authorities are a deserter. John K. Good charges Hardin took clothing with him belonging to Good valued at $l3B. Radio Chief Is Named B.it United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—Morse Salisbury, editor of the University of Wisconsin Press Bureau, today was appointed chief of radio service, Agriculture Department, by Secretary of Agriculture Jardine.

was set for arraignment before, and Albert Farb, his bondsman, located him in Nashville, Ind., the sheriff said. Behning told police Saturday he was an amnesia victim and was taken to the hospital. He is under suspended sentence for vehicle taking. Clyde E. Robinson took over the office of Edward A. Ramsay, county treasurer, and Harry Dunn began his second four-year term as auditor. County commissioners announced appointments and reappointments for the year. ,

Harry Hill Prosecutors

These two men, State’s Attorney Russell O. Hanson (left) and Special Prosecutor Andrew J. O’Conor, are prosecutors In the trial of Harry D. Hill of Streator, 111., for the murder of his mother. The trial Is being conducted at Ottawa, 111.

Employment Bureau Has Aided 17,000 in 3 Years

Seek to Hold Discontented Workers in Old Jobs to Sane Changes. BY GEORGE E. GILL Director o( Indianapolis Employment Bureau At the end of its third year of activity the Indianapolis Employment Bureau has registered a total of 13,413 different people seeking employment, and has given information and advice to 3,673 additional persons whom it did not register. The b.treau is maintained by the Indianapolis Foundation and serves, without charge, employers and persons seeking employment. During this time the bureau made 7,142 referrals to positions and has made 2,997 placements. Applicants Vary .Our applicants vary in age, education, ability, experience, personality and preferences. We try to help them find the kind of work they want and for which they are fitted. We realize, too, that we must send only to the employer the kind of worker he wants. If we do not have one who we feel will qualify, we say so frankly. According to cooperative arrangements with other free bureaus in Indianapolis we handle office, sales, technical and professional men and all white women: office and clerical, as well as domestic, factory, hotel and restaurant women workers. Our applicants include experienced office men and women who have held executive and semiexecutive positions, as well as capable stenographers, typists and clerical workers. • Save Many to Jobs Many of the people whom we advise, but do not register, are on the verge of quitting their jobs when they come to us. We try to make them think seriously before quitting, particularly, if they doo not have another job to which they can go. “There arc some who feel that they are not making progress fast enough. Instead of trying to find their weaknesses and correct them, they try to throw the blame on someone else, or say that their employer will not give them a square deal. Others sometimes have an opportunity in company, but fail to recognize it. We recall a case of this kind: A 32-year-old stenographer, who had been with her present employer only six months and who had been put in charge of a department where it appeared that she had a chance to show what she could do, felt that she was losing out because she did not get to take as much stenographic dictation as she formerly did. She Is Satisfied We convinced her that she had been promoted instead of being demoted. Then we set about to show her how she might grow into a bigger job. She reports that she is making excellent progress. Officers and board of directors arc Stanley Roth, chairman; John F. White, vice-chairman; Miss Pearl B. Forsyth, secretary: Eugene C. Foster, treasurer: Harry E. Calland. W. A. Hacker, W. B. Harding, J. I. Ho'comb. JoseDh A. Kebler, D. B. Luten, Merle Sidener. Miss Rhoda Welding, Dr. C. H. Winders and C. C. Winegardner. NEW PASTOR PREACHES Dr. Frank L. Roberts Takes Up Central M. E. Duties Dr. Frank Lee Roberts, new pastor of the Central Ave. M. E. Church, preached his first sermons there Sunday. “Christianity is being practiced in the world today more than at any other time in history,” he declared' in his sermon Sunday morning on "Christianity Today.” Funeral Today for Teacher Bn Times Uveciril BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Jan. 2. Funeral services were held here this morning for Mrs. Maurice Damaree, 49, formerly a teacher in schools of Indianapolis. Muncie and Blooomington. She died at her home here Saturday. Earthquake Felt in Italy Btl United Prrss ROME, Jan. 2.—A slight undulatory earthquake was felt at Moncalieri but no damage was done.

NEWSPAPER IS BOMBTARGET Scranton Sun Plant Badly Damaged by Blast. B,n United Press SCRANTON. Pa., Jan. 2.—The bombing of the steel and concrete plant of the Scranton Sun, daily newspaper, Sunday, was due to the work of cranks or bootleggers incensed at the editorial policy of the paper, Mark K. Edgar, managing editor, said today. The New Year was only one minute old when the terrific exj plosion rocked the structure, ripping out the rear walls. No one was in the building, but a colored woman and her 5-year old child, in the rear of the structure, were cut by flying glass. Buildings in the vicinity were damaged and windows for blocks around were shattered. Police said a time bomb or dynamite had''been used. The explosion was the most recent of a long list of dynamitings in this region, attributed to persons against those who had opposed the crime element. LIQUOR jm LIGHT Only One Poison Victim in City Hospital. One person, M. A. O’Brien, 60„ of 522 E. North St., was the city’s only known victim of poison liquor | toda;> - O'Brien was in city hospital, sufJ feting, doctors said, from bad | booze. j A 14-year-old boy was found in j a state of coma on his father’s porch on Gale St., New Year's eve. The boy had been to a party and was deserted by several other boys when he became unconscious in a restaurant New Year's eve. The boy probably was given some drug, doctors declared. FIND CHILDREN ALONE WITH SLAIN PARENTS Pair Huddle in Bed Near Bodies for Two Days. Em United Press WHITESBURG, Ky„ Jan. 2.—Two small children, who for two days had remained in their bee* suffering from fright and bitter cold while the bullet-riddled bodies of their parents and older sister lay on the floor beside them, today were in a hospital at Jenkins. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Gary and the older girl, were killed last week. Neighbor? the home Saturday, founci me three bodies and then discovered the two smal children in bed. The children—one 4 years old and the other an infant—were suffering so acutely from shock, hunger and cold they could not tell what had happened. COPS START VACATIONS Three Will Enjoy Rest Duriing Zero Weather. Zero weather is vacation time for Patrolmen George Prindle, Robert Dennis, and Wayne Bear of the Indianapolis police department. They drew the vacation dates of Jan. 1 to 14 in the lottery last summer and commenced their annual rest with the new year. - Portguese Valley Flooded B,i/ United Press LISBON, Jan. 2.—The Tagus river valley has been flooded because of recent rainstorms and many villages were isolated completely today. Rheumatism Recipe While serving with the American Army in France I was given a prescription for Rheumatism and Neuritis that has produced most grati- j tying results in thousands of cases, j The prescription cost me nothing, so I ask nothing for it. but will send it free to any one who writes me. Ex-Sergeant Paul Case, Room 256, Quigg Bldg., Brockton, Mass.—Advertisement.

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FEW ARRESTS MARK CITY'S CELEBRATION Many Police Are on Duty, but Revelers Let Joy Be Unrestrained. Indianapolis celebrated New Year’s Eve Saturday night well w’atched by police, but in the usual manner. Police Chief Claude M. Worley carried out his pledge that the city would see more policemen at the public places of celebration than ever before, but no large number of arrests was made. The revelers used extra precautions, but took their libations of forbidden liquor, those who desired, when policemen's backs were turned. Seven were arrested on blind tiger charges. William Quill, 24, of 1128 N. Illinois St., was arrested by Sergt. C. Hodges at Vermont and Illinois Sts., New Year's Eve and charged with' operating a blind tiger. Hodges said he found two half pints of whisky in his pockets. Others charged with the same offense were: Earl A. Richart, 20, Ft. Harrison; John M. Hardin, 30, of 1943 N. Pennsylvania St.; Robert Andrews, 21, of 821 S. State Ave.; Lawrence Brown, 19, of 4918 University Ave.; William M. Nail, 19, of 3017 N. Talbott Ave., and Evert Willis, 27, Negro, 514 Indiana Ave. Nine men were arrested on intoxication charges, practically all of them on the streets and in public places. 22 Taken in East Chicago Twenty-two arrests were made by Federal prohibition officers at East Chicago Saturday night in a series of New Year’s Eve raids conducted by ten Federal dry agents, headed by George L. Winkler, deputy administrator. A quantity of liquor was confiscated in the raids. The arrests were based on previous buys. Expensive in New York B. i/ United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—A greeting | expensive both in money and human life was given the new year by New York. Thousands of dollars were spent at night clubs, hotels, theaters and cases. Eighteen persons died, twelve of whom were alcoholic victims. There were forty-five fire alarms in a few hours just before and just after midnight Saturday. Most of the twelve alcohol victims died from poisoned liquor, although several were victims of acute alcoholism. One man became crazed from liquor and committed suicide. \ j Broadway did the new year's greeting in typical Broadway manner—even to cost. Theater tickets were doubled and trebled. There were four raids of cases, with more than thirty people arrested. Capital Has Noisy Fete By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—Washington today was recovering from one of the noisiest, but dryest, Nev.' Year celebrations in history. Police arres'ed only fifty-seven | persons for intoxication, ninety-nine for disorderly conduct and five for ! discharging firearms. Chicago Has Tragic Time Bet United Press j CHICAGO, Jan. 2.—The New Year was ushered in here with deaths, suicides, shootings, and a general busy evening for crime, police records revealed today. Five deaths were due to alcoholism. John Karlen, taxicab driver, announced at his home that “this New Year's stuff is the bunk. I’m going to bed.” He shot and killed himself a few minutes later. The usual New Year’s evening celebrations took place in cabarets,, hotels, and dance clubs. Prohi-* bition agents congratulated themselves on keeping down the drinking, which, they said, was less than ever before since 1918. DIVES 250 FEETrTIVES Auto Demolished; Driver Only Slightly Injured. BLUEFIELD, W. Va., Jan. 2. Ed Franklin of Laeger plunged 250 feet over an embankment and lives to tell about it. He was driving in a fog from Welch to Laeger, his home, when he lost the pavement and whirled to the foot of the cliff below. The auto was demolished, but Franklin suffered nothing more than shock and bruises. S4O LOOT FOR BANDIT Robber Takes Cash at Point of Gun and Escapes. James Hubbard, 65, of 1222 Ashland Ave.. was walking Sunday night on Twelfth St., between Ashland and College Aves., when a Negro stepped out of the dark alley and pushed a gun against his back, he told police. The bandit took S4O and ran. Police followed tracks in the snow for a block, but lost them in heavy traffic.

Some Laborer! Bu Times Bncrinl TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 2.—Max Lucas, middle- aged laborer here, faces a $20,000 suit filed by Marie Thomas, Detroit <Mich.) girl, who says he did not keep his promise to marry her. The girl says Lucas paid her fare from Detroit, entertained heP during a visit here, told her he was worth SIOO,OOO, and planned a Spanish type bungalow for their home.