Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 251, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 February 1928 — Page 3

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REPORT INDUSTRIAL WAR THREATENED FROM STRIKE

SENATORS FIND COAL REGIONS BREEMCRIME Investigations Discover Hotbeds of Reds in AntiAmerican Work. EARLY REMEDY NEEDED Gooding Brands Situation in Pittsburgh as Menace to U. S. Welfare. BY JOSEPH S. WASNEY United Press Staff Correspondent INDIANA, Pa., Feb. 27.—Senator Gooding (Rep.) of Idaho, declared today an immediate remedy must be found to relieve conditions in the bituminous coal fields of Pennsylvania. Gooding, chairman of the State Interstate Commerce sub-Commit-tee, investigating conditions which have resulted from a controversy between operators and the United Mine .Workers of America, said the welfare of the entire country was endangered by industrial war. ‘‘Conditions which exist in the strike-torn coal regions of the Pittsburgh district are a blotch upon American civilization,” Gooding said. ‘‘lt is inconceivable that such squalor, suffering, misery and distress should be tolerated in the heart of one of the richeste industrial centers of the world. Living in Hovels “The committee found men, women and children living in hovels which are more insanitary than a modern swine-pen. There are breeding places of sickness and crime. ‘‘They constitute fertile fie 1 ' for the sower of commirism, anc. her doctrines which tc:.ch the r srthrow of American government. Industrial leaders of America cannot permit such conditions to continue. ‘‘The dispute in the Pittsburgh soft coal fields is more than a local fight between a union and a group of coal operators. It is an industrial war that affects the entire nation. A remedy must be found to relieve the shocking conditions which the committee has found in its firsthand survey in the coal mines and camps.”

Reds Gain Foothold Gooding said his statement expressed the sentiment of the entire committee. He said the Communist party was already gaining a foothold in Pennsylvania, and this menace should be curbed before America becomes Russianized. The investigators today continued their survey of the mines, living conditions of strikers, and strikebreakers. The Senators took a tour in central Pennsylvania, visiting first Rossiter, a storm center in the mine war. Working all of Sunday, the Senators had four separate hearings. Says Wages Too Low The charge that communists were in the coal fields was made by Gooding in Pittsburgh during a conversation with Horace F. Baker, president of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation. Gooding told Baker that the communists were rapidly gaining strength and that workers could not live on the wages they were paid. He likewise paid tribute to John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, as doing great help for the Government. Baker in response said he had no fear of communistic activity and that non-union workers were paid as well as workers in other industries. $35,000 LOSS BY FIRE Downtown Drug Store Damaged at Vincennes Today. By United Press VINCENNES, Ind., Feb. 27. A slow fire that stubbornly resisted efforts to extinguish it was responsible today for $35,000 damage to the Duesters & Kramer downtown drug store. Most of the loss was caused by smoke and water. The fire was discovered in the basement of the building. Spantaneous combustion of chemicals was believed to have been the cause.

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Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to: Frank Horuff, 5130 N. Meridian St., Chrysler, 3-215, from 4451 Broadway. \ Murray Slaughter, 447 E. ThirtyEighth St., Jordan, 645-905, from Thirty-Eighth and Illinois. Robert H. Owens, R. R. C. Box 196, 642-728, from Washington St. and Senate Ave. Edward Gutfleisch, 830 N. Oxford St., Chevrolet, 16-378, from Washing and Delaware Sts. Charles C. Gray, 628 Oakland Ave., Chevrolet, 624-184, from Maryland and Meridian Sts. A. Mack Hodge, Coatsville, Ind., Ford, from Ohio St. and Capitol Ave.

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Automobiles reported found by police belong to: Ida Owens, 1446 S. East St., Ford, found at Harding St. and Crawfordsville Rd. H. F. Geizendanner, 2120 Ashland Ave., Ford, Indiana Ave. and Tenth st. Victoria Mussio, 206 Fulton St., Ford, Division St. Briscoe touring car, no license, found lytiddle and Muskingum Sts. Hupmobile, license 509-977, found at 127 W--Eleventh St. Willlaih-'”'Hendrickson. 1903 S. Delaware St.. Ford, 1047 5. West St,

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ACTION DELAYED IN WATER PLAN Private Engineer to Offer Sanatorium Remedy. Further delay in fixing a remedy of the water shortage that has periled Sunnyside Tuberculosis Sanatorium several weeks was seen today. Engineer Harry Best after an investigation of the situation will recommend a sedimentation and filtration plant making possible a reserve supply of 200,000 gallons. The reserve now is 15,000 gallons. A plan for a reserve of approximately 92,000 gallons was decided on two weeks ago by county commissioners, and plans and specifications were ordered. Managers of the institution were unconvinced that this resen/e would be sufficient. The private engineer was called to make a survey. His plan will be presented Wednesday. Neither plan contemplates drilling of another well.

THREE TAKE POISON Two Women, Man Attempt to Commit Suicide. Three persons attempting suicide by poison are recovering at city hospital today, after being taken there : over the week-end. Mrs. Lena Ryan, 20. of 622 E. | North St., was reported improved after taking poison Saturday night. Her mother, Mrs. Arizona Fisher, had scolded her for going out nights and leaving her infant daughter, police said. Thomas Boling, 27, was reported recovering, as the result of poison which he took Saturday night at the home of his sister, Ms. Charles Mitchell, 116 N. Bloomington St. Mrs. Stella Harris, 25, Negro, 855 W. Pratt St., took poison because her husband was intoxicated and beat her, she told police. She will recover. APPLAUD JEWISH PLAY “Ding Dumb Bell’’ Shown Before Capacity Audience. The “Ding Dumb Bell” revenue of the Jewish Community Center Association was aplauded by a capacity audience Sunday night at the Kirshbaum Communitl Center. In the leading roles were Morris Strauss, Israel Zimelman, Lela Laepsky, Joseph Schenker, Dorothy Jackson, Bobby Lipton. Others in the cast were Rose Hartman, Edward Cohn, Esther Lisker, Lillian Lenowitz, Molly Saphire, Ben Goldman, Alvin Barnett, Ida Levy, Abe Lehner, Anne Brody, Irving Arnold, Celia Rothstein, Ruth Caplan, Anne Greenwald, Mae Ladin, Esther Miller, Leonard Levy, Lylvia Levy, Anna Lampel and William B. Miller. CHURCH PLEDGES $6,000 Garfield M. E. Congregation Subscribes to Building Fund. Approximately $7,000 was pledged to the Garfield Ave. M. E. Church building fund at annual home-com-ing Sunday. The Rev. L. C. Murr, Indiana State reformatory chaplain, spoke in the evening. Dr. Orien W. Fifer, Indianapolis district superintendent, preached In the morning. GOODELL MEETINGS END “The problem of the high cost of life is more important than the high cost of living,” declared Dr. Charles L. Goodell, Sunday, at Roberts Park M. E. Church. Dr. Goodell, Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America secretary, closed a series of pre-Easter meetings under auspices o£ the Church Federation Sunday.

TWO KILLED AS TANK EXPLODES Four Others Injured in Gas Blast at Toledo. By United Press TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 27.—Two workmen were killed and four were injured when a 10,000-gallon tank of gasoline exploded at the Sun Oil Company plant here during the night. The blast rocked half of Toledo and was heard tor miles. Fire which followed the explosion was still raging early today and tw lesser detonations menaced the lives of firemen who fought the blaze. The explosion was caused when gasoline seeping through the bottom of the tank became ignited. Flames, fanned by a high wind, shot hundreds of feet in the air, imperiling firemen who fought to save eight othe>: tanks containing machine gun oil. * Franke Kreuse, 50, was killed outright. Verne L. Sinclaire, 29, died in a hospital. Kreuse’s body was charred almost beyond recognition. None of the injured will die, it was believed. The explosion caused a temporary panic among nearby residents, whose houses rocked on their foundations. Scores of terror-stricken persons ran into the streets. The blaze was one of the most spectacular seen here in years. Thousands of persons gathered to watch it.

STOVE BLAST DESTROYS E. W. TERRY PAINT SHOP Estimate Loss at $2,500; Twenty-One Fires Reported. Firemen responded to twenty-one alarms in the city over the weekend. An oil stove explosion destroyed the E. W. Terry paint shop, 1517 Kelly St., Sunday afternoon, causing $2,500 loss. Damage estimated at $2,000 was caused to the two-story frame dwelling of Mrs. Mabel Minnick, 1918 N. Pennsylvania St., Sunday night from sparks. The fire spread.to the George Killinger home, 1922 N. Pennsylvania St., causing S2OO loss. The home of William Deymer, 918 Fletcher Ave., was damaged to the extent of $l5O from sparks Sunday morning. NEW POLITICS^NEEDED Old Atmosphere Produced Lincoln— Speaker Says. Indiana needs a political atmosphere that will again produce leadership of the Abraham Lincoln type, the Rev. Louis A. Warren, of Zionsville, declared in his sermon Sunday night at the Northwood Christian Church. He spoke under auspices of the Indiana Lincoln Union. “It was the atmosphere of early Indiana politics that created Lincoln the politician,” the Rev. Mr. Warren declared. “Two years after leaving this State he was a candidate for the Illinois legislature. When the State can again create an atmosphere that will produce men like him it will have reached the point It seeks.” I. U. PRESIDENT SPEAKS Praises Union of Dental College With University. Acquisition of the Indiana Dental College by the State and its union with Indiana University was praised by William Low Bryan, Indiana University president, at the Indiana University Club “Dentists’ Day” luncheon at the Columbia Club today. An adequate school of dentistry is necessary to the health of the people of the State, he declared. H. B. Gray, president, presided. All graduates oi the dental school were invited luncheon.

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DUDE BANDITS HOLD UP TWO STORES IN HOUR • Six Robberies Reported Over Week-End; Police Nab Suspects. Within less than an hour two well-dressed bandits robbed two grocery stores Saturday night and escaped with $55 in an automobile parked a few doors away from the stores. The bandits first entered the Kroger grocery, 1027 Alabama St., forced Paul Locke, 29, of 404 N. Tibbs Ave., manager, and Leonard Worman, 1215 N. Alabama St., clerk, to face the wall with their hands above their heads and rifled the cash register of S3O. Manager Walter J. Uebelhack, 30, of 1729 N. Oxford St., of the Standard grocery store, 2202 Brookside Ave., and two clerks were held up by the bandits while they took $25 from the cash register. Wilbur Hiatt, 1428 Tuxedo St., who was in the rear of the store, entered with a rifle and one of the bandits fired two shots at him. Drug Store Held Up A Negro bandit entered a drug store operated" at 726 W. iNew York St., by George Stockton, ordered five cents worth of candy, and while Stockton was getting it for him stuck an old rusty revolver at him and escaped with S6O from the cash register. The Negro fled down an alley near the store, Stockton told police. Two men driving a truck, held up and robbed Ray Close, 20, of 560 N. Tacoma Ave., attendant at the National Refining filling station, New York St. and Keystone Ave., of $25 Sunday morning. Patrolman Harry Mason arrested four men in an automobile at 4 a. m. today when they failed to give a good account of themselves. Mason said two of the men somewhat resembled the bandits who held up the N. Tacoma Ave. filling station. Robbed While Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Martin Finnegan, 553 N. Oakland Ave., of a Standard grocery store, 3316 E. Tenth St., were forced into the rear of the store by two armed bandits, who took S3O from the cash register. Harvey Richardson, 43, of 415 Bicking St., reported that he was robbed of S2O while visiting Mrs. Bessei Jones, 136 S. West St. Police arrested Mrs. Jones on charges of robbery and blind tiger when they found a quart of while mule whisky in her home.

DILL FOR CONGRESS Former Government Agent Seeks Nomination. Earl Dill. 34, 18 Hampton Court, former department of justice agent, today announced his candidacy for j the Republican nomination for Re>- j resentative in Congress from the Seventh district. Dill operates a cleaning and dyeing shop at 1523 N. Illinois St. He is a member of Knights Templar, Scottish Rite, Murat Shrine and the Columbia Club. He served as secretary of a Terre Haute sub committee of the American Railway Association committee on national defense and as district traffic inspector In New York City during the World War. He spent eight years as a department of justice agent. “I am affiliated with no political factions and will give everyone a square deal, if elected,” Dill said. MOCK TRIAL IS PLANNED Judge Thomas E. Garvin to Preside at Warren Central High. A mock trial on a robbery charge will be held Tuesday night at Warren Central High School. The “defendant” will be Walter Shearer, Marion County Farm Bureau president, in the role of Hiram HipPocket. Others in the trial are: Judge Thomas E. Garvin, judge; William Bosson, defense attorney; Mark V. Rinehart, prosectuing attorney; William Kleine, clerk of court; Dale Sargent, sheriff; C. Henry, character witness; John Shearer, character witness; S. Goodwin, technical witness; Albert W. Bade, •haracter witness, and Frank Askren, material witness. ROLLAND HEADS ILK. E. Indiana Association Elects Officers; A. J. Rucker Speaks. Indiana Delta Kappa Epsilon Association re-elected Walter P. Rolland, 4901 N. Meridian St., president, at the annual fraternity banquet at the Columbia Club Saturday night. Other officers are Ray Orr, first vice president; and John Bruhn, secretary. About 100 attended. Alvah J. Rucker, attorney, candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor, attacked utility "dominance” in government and scored public apathy. NAMED BOARD MEMBER Democratic County Chairman Leroy J. Keach has named James E. Deery, former municipal court judge, as Democratic member of the Marion County board of election commissioners. Oeery succeeds Gideon W. Blain and will serve with Ira M. Holmes, Republican board member, and George O. Hutsell, Circuit Court clerk and exofficial member. We can snppply money now for current needs. Confidential and quick. CAPITOL LOAN CO.. 141% E. Wash. St.—Advertisement.

Once Doomed, Convict Now Aids Others

Bv NEA Service ✓SAMDEN, N. J., Feb. 27.—The word defeat seemed written large in the lexicon of Jacob Pensendorfer when he stood before the judge of a Philadelphia criminal court twenty-six years ago. Pensendorfer' was there to hear himself sentenced to be hanged as a murderer. But today Pensendorfer is at least two varieties of a success rather than the dismal failure that he appeared to be that day in the courtroom. He fs a success

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These girls will take part in the play, "Frills and Furbelows,” to be given by the Young Business Women’s group of the Y. W. C. A. south side branch Tuesday night at the Immanuel Reformed Church, S. New Jersey and Prbspect Sts. They are (left to right) Misses Helen Dongus, Eleanore Stettler and Dorothy Shafer. Miss Hazel Morris is directing the play. Costumes for the play and a fashion show are to be provided by Goldstein Brothers.

COPS TO WEAR BROWNEJELTS New Summer Uniform Order Goes to Kahn Cos. Sam Browne blets, first equipment purchased by all newly commissioned .second lieutenants during the World War, are to be part of the summer uniform of the Indianapolis police department, Chief Claude M. Worley announced today. Last year puttees replaced the long trousers and now the Sam Browne belts will make the officers appear even more military. Kahn Tailoring Company has the summer uniform contract, Worley said. The local concern underbid the Cincinnati companies that have had the contracts for the past several years. The Sam Browne belts will add only about 30 cents to the total uniform costs, which includes suit, cap, belt and puttees, Worley said. He pointed out that the Sam Browne belts are being more and more adopted by metropolitan police departments. Cities now using them include Philadelphia, Cincinnati and others. With the belts the officer’s gun is in a holster at his side and makes it easier to draw, Worley asserted.

HUGHES BACK IN U.S. Optimistic on Pan-Ameri-canism After Cuban Visit. By United Press NEW YORK, Feb. 27.—Charles Evans Hughes, chairman of the United States delegation to the Pan-American conference, returned from Havana with an optimistic viewpoint toward the future coursa of Pan-Americanism. Hughes, arriving here with his wife aboard the United Fruit Liner Ulua, would not discuss the conference save to say he believed inter-American relations had been clarified. Pleading he was not well Informed, Hughes declined to discuss Secretary Hoover’s candidacy. L. S. Rowe, director general of the Pan-American Union, who returned on the Ulua too, issued a statement outlining the “highly gratifying” results of the conference. WILLIAM PORTER KNODE, MISSION DIRECTOR, DIES Funeral Plans Await Arrival of Relatives. Funeral services for William Porter Knode, 69, director of the Wheeler City Mission, who died Sunday at his home, 4533 Broadway, will be completed when his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Brown, arrive from Florida. Death was caused by cerebral hemorrhage following a paralytic stroke Saturday. Born In Hagerstown, Mr. Knode came to Indianapolis in 1889. He became connected with William V. Wheeler, founder of the mission, thirty-three years ago. Mr. Knode was secretary of the Jersey Bulletin, farm publication. He was a member of the Central Ave. M. E. Church thirty-three years. Survivors include the widow, a brother, H. C. Knode, and the daughter, Mrs. Brown all of Indianapolis. TALK HOSPITAL’S NEEDS Board of health members probably will discuss the proposed sl,700,000 bond issue for the city hospital building program Thursday night. A committee of architects recommended last week that $1,500,000 be asked of the city council for building of a service building, power plant, contagious ward and additional ward. Hospital quarters are badly congested, according to Dr. William A. [Doeppers, superintendent.

financially, for while spending a quarter of a century in prison after his death sentence was commuted, Pensendorfer earned $50,000. He is a success, too, with respect to a pledge he took while still behind bars. “If I ever get out of here,” said Pensendorfer to himself, “I’ll see that some of these others birds get a real chance to go straight.” n u JUST before Christmas, 1926, Pensendorfer was pardoned. Today he is running a woodwork-

PREFERS LOSS OF LIFE TO ARM AMPUTATION Chauncey Depew’s Nephew Periled by Blood Poisoning. NEW YORK, Feb. 27.—Charles C.

Paulding, nephew of Chauncey Depew and vice president of the New York Central Railroad, refused to consent to amputation of his arm as blood poisoning threatened his life at a New York hospital. He said he’d rather die than live maimed. Doctors hope to save the arm.

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BRENNAN IN RACE Attorney Seeks Democratic Nomination as Prosecutor. Edward C. Brennan, local attorney, today became Raymond F. Murray’s rival for the Democratic nomination for Marion County prosecutor. Murray was the nominee in 1926. Brenna, 41, living at 1430 S. Meridian St., has been active in Thirteenth ward Democratic organization work most of his life. In 1917 he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for municipal judge and during the war he was a special agent of the Department of Justice. "Thoroughly understanding the grave responsibilities attending the prosecutor’s office” he said in announcing his candidacy, “and being an Uncompromising champion of good government, I feel that the real qualifications for this office are virtue and wisdom.” “Security and dignity of local government, to a very large extent, rest with the prosecutor in faithfully performing the duties of his office of trust. If nominated and elected I shall administer the affairs of this office impartially, free of any interference from any organization.” Brennan attended public and Catholic parochial schools of the city and was graduated from the Benjamin Harrison law school in 1915. SEEK FEB. 29 STAMPS Collectors Send Letters Here to Be Mailed on Leap Year Day. Enterprising stamp collectors, taking advantage of Leap Year’s opportunities, have forwarded to | Postmaster Robert H. Bryson letters to be returned on Feb. 29. Two such letters have been received from Detroti and another from Los Angeles. One bore an air mail stamp. “Maybe those stamps will be worth something In fifty years,” Bryson remarked. FAILS TO TRACE HEIR Wife of La Porte Man Searches from Toledo to Louisville. By United Press • I,A PORTE, Ind., Feb. 27.—The mystery of the disappearance of Fred L. Limbert, La Porte automobile salesman, on a trip to Louisville, Ky., to claim a $30,000 legacy, grew deeper today when Mrs. Limbert failed in efforts to trace her husband. In a telegram to friends, Mrs. Limbert said she had gone from Toledo, Ohio, to Louisville in search of her husband, but had failed to find trace of him. She believes he disappeared deliberately, but the motive is not clear. SEEK STOLEN CHECKS Merchants Warned to Watch for Southern Coal Notes. Merchants were warned by Detective Chief Jerry E. Kinney today to be on the lookout for checks on the Southern Coal Company, bearing serial numbers between 1248 and 1491. The checks were stolen from the company office Friday night and an attempt to pass a forged one was made Saturday night at a local millinery store.

ing plant in West Berlin, near here, with all the business he can handle. And of his fifteen employes, nearly all are ex-convicts. Any man released from any prison can get a good job from Pensendorfer if he knows anything about woodworking. “I could use twice as many men as I have now,” he said. “We are away behind with our orders.” One of his chief aids in the factory served a 10-year term for murder. Another “did time” for embezzlement from a bank. These two, who emerged from confinement soon after Pensendorfer did, helped him set the enterprise going. Radio cabinets, ship models, humidors, inlaid tables, jewel cases and the like are the factory's products. Pensendorfer made his $50,000 while in prison by turning out similar articles in the prison shops, with as many as 150 convicts working under him. a a a mother saved the money IVJL for me,” Pensendorfer explained. “She always believed in me.” The mother is 79. Pensendorfer is 53. But he doesn’t look it. Constant activity while he was In prison, coupled with unimpaired ambition, kept him well preserved physically. “I dreamed all the time of being released and having a business of my own,” he said. “I wanted particularly to do something for the fellows around me. I saw them leave prison determined to go straight, then come back again in a few weeks because nobody would give them a chance. “When I give a fellow a job, I make him promise to stay on the level. And nearly all of them do.” Pensendorfer’s death sentence of twenty-six years ago was for the shooting of his father-in-law. He pleaded self-defense. His punishment was commuted to life imprisonment only two days before he was to hang.

REMUS TARES STAND Recalled by State in His Battle to Gain Freedom. By United Press LIMA, Ohio, Feb. 27.—The battle for the release of George Remus, former king of Cincinnati bootleggers. from the hospital for the criminally insane here was resumed today with Remus being recalled for cross-examination. Remus is seeking his liberty on a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that he is sane. He was committed to the institution after a jury acquitted him of the murder of his wife Imogene. Alienists who testified the former millionaire was sane were in court to observe him. The hearing probably will be concluded Thursday or Friday, Walter E. Siebald of the attorney general’s staff announced. SEERS DIVORCE LAW Senate to Hear Plea for Uniformity. Arguments in favor of her uniform marriage and divorce amendment to the Constitution, which has been in congressional committee since 1923, will be made before the United States Senate judiciary committee Tuesday by Mrs. Edward Franklin White, Indiana Supreme Court reporter. Mrs. White will submit a brief citing court decisions that show necessity for uniform marriage and divorce laws. A talk In favor of the amendment will also be made by Judge Joseph Sabath, Chicago Superior Court Judge. Provision of the amendment resolution, which was introduced in Senate by Arthur Capper of Kansas, and in the House by Louis W. Fairfield of Indiana provides five grounds for divorce: Adultery, with certain exceptions; cruel and inhuman treatment; abandonment or failure to provide for a year or more; Incurable insanity, and conviction of an infamous crime. Marriage will be barred to Insane persons, imbeciles, paupers, epileptics, feeble-minded, persons of close relationship. Minimum age limits for marriage are set for males at 21, or 18 with the consent of the parents; and for females at 18, or 16 with consent of the parents. An especial proviso to gain Southern support of the bill is that which guarantees the States the privilege of deciding on marriages between races, Mrs. White said. SEEKS~SHERIFF BERTH Alvin Mosley Enters Democratic Race In Marion County. Alvin Mosley, 2944 N. Talbott Ave., today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for sheriff. Mosley formerly was engaged in the contracting business in Indianapolis and has been a resident of the city for over thirty years. Until the last election he was a justice of the peace. Mosley said that his only platform would be strict enforcement of law and economy in office. Mosley was born on a farm in Jennings County. He has a wife and two sons. He has been active in Democratic politics in Marion County for many years. He formerly lived in the First ward. Rheumatism Recipe While serving with the American Army in France I was given a prescription for Rheumatism and Neuritis that has produced most gratifying results in thousands o* cases. The prescription cost me notl 'jig, so I ask nothing for it, but will sen I it free to any one who wriies me. Ex-Sergeant Paul Case, Room 256 Quigg Bldg., Brockton, Mass.—Advertisement

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HICKMAN-HUNT CASE MAY GO TOM TODAY Defense Attorneys Near End of Arguments in Thoms Murder. By United Press LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27.—The joint trial of William Edward Hickman and Welby Hunt for the murder of Ivy Thoms, Los Angeles druggist, neared its close today with the possibility the case may oe given to the jury late today or Tuesday. Counsel for Hickman was expected to complete its side of joint defense within two hours, but attorneys for Hunt announced they would introduce several character witnesses for Hunt before resting their case. Attorneys Jerome Walsh and Richard Cantillon for Hickman were expected to introduce today parts of a .32-caliber revolver, claimed by Hickman, which they contended would prove Hunt was the actual slayer of Thoms. Thoms, who was killed during the hold-up of his drug store Christmas Eve. a year ago, was shot with a ,38-caiiber revolver, State experts have testified. Mrs. Thoms, widow of the slain druggist and a witness to the holdup and shooting, testified Hickman shot her husband. Don Oliver, the policeman who battled with Hunt and Hickman at the drug store, testified Hunt was the actual slayer. Under California statutes, if convicted, both Hunt and Hickman are equally guilty of the murder, although Hunt, because of his youth, faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. When the jury completes deliberation of the case on the “not guilty” pleas of l.c'h Hunt and Hickman, it will be reconvened immediately to try Klckman on his plea of “not guilty by reason of insanity."

J. C. THURMAN, BROTHER OF LOCAL MAN, DIES Son Receives Word of Green Bay Accountant’s Death. John C. Thurman Sr., 62 brother of M. Bert Thurman of Indianapolis, died suddenly at his home in Green Bay, Wis., this morning according to word received by a son, John C. Thurman, Jr., accountant, 3347 N. Illinois St. Efforts were made immediately to get in touch with M. Bert Thurman, who, as national manager for Senator James E. Watson’s presidential campaign, left for conferences at Washington Sunday. Mr. Thurman was a native of New Albany, Ind., but had resided at Green Bay for thirty-one years. He was general auditor for the Green Bay and Western Railway. Surviving are the widow, two sons, Lawrence and John C. Thurman Jr, of this city, and five daughters., Mrs. R. D. Sanche and Miss Chloro Thurman, Wasaw, Wis.; Mrs. A. J. Coe. Woodvine, Iowa; Mrs. F. M. Arne, Dayton, Ohio, and Mrs. E. F. Gier, Conrad, lowa. Burial will be at Green Bay. HOLDS OPTIMISTIC VIEW FOR A. & P. TEA FIRM J. A. Lindgrcn, Jr., Addresses Sales Meeeting at ClaypooL The greatest year the company has yet experienced in Indianapolis was predicted by Vice President J. A. Lindgren, Jr., of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, in addressing the annual sales meeting and banquet of the Indianapolis district Sunday at the Claypool. The company’s fiscal year starts Feb. 27. The meeting was sponsored by the Managers’ Benefit Association. Other speakers were Treasurer B. C. Lewis, Buyer R. U. Wilson, Director of Operations J. C. Glynn and Superintendent E. P. Daly and W. W. Schappell. W. P. Jones, sales director of the Indianapolis unit, was toastmaster. CRAGHAN RITES AR? SET World War Veteran Will Be Buried Tuesday Morning. Funeral services for James W. Craghan, 38. of 728 N. Pershing Ave., who died at Sunnyside Sanatorium Sunday, will be held at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church at 9 Tuesday morning. Burial in Holy Cross cemetery. Craghan, who was a world war veteran, has been an Indianapolis resident all his life except for two years in service. Before the nineteen-month Illness that ended his life, Craghan was In the employ of Kingan & Cos. and the Indianapolis Abattoir Company. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Hannah Haley, Louisville, Ky., and two brothers, Thomas Craghan, with whom he lived, and Andrew Craghan of St. Louis, Mo. U. S. MAY JoiN~HUNT Federal Jury to Consider Casa of Deputy Slayers. The Federal grand jury, when it meets next Monday, is expected to investigate the case of John Burns and Samuel Baxter, convicts sought for the slaying of John P. Groves and Wallace H. McClure, Lafayette deputy sheriffs. The grand jury is expected to consider Federal charges of transporting a stolen automobile from Indiana to Illinois. Such Indictments would result In department of Justice agents joining In the nationwide search for the convicts. Bodies of the deputies were found r week after they had started to the State Reformatory with Bums and Baxter. The deputies’ automobile was found at Danville, IIL