Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 194, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1929 — Page 1

DARKER’ CALM AT BALLYHOO FORJRS LIFE Harvey L. Smith Who Worked for Carnival Is Accused of Slaying. ALL ELKHART AT TRIAL Defense Will Contend Body Not That of Mrs. Genevieve Stults. BY ARCH STEINEL Times Staff Correspondent ELKHART, Ind.. Jan. 3.—Death is ballyhooing in Elkhart superior court here today where Harvey L. Smith, former carnival barker, evangelist and private detective is on trial for the murder of Mrs. Genevieve Stults. The state asks that. Smith pay with his life in the electric chair. The body of Mrs. Stultz, divorcee and Mishawaka beauty parlor operator, was found in a shallow lime-filled grave near here Oct. 16, by a hunter. She had been missing since March 24. Robert E. Proctor, Elkhart, former state senator, and Smith’s counsel, is confident of acquittal. He declares the state has only circumstantial evidence against Smith. He • will attempt to prove that the body found was not that of Mrs. Stults. thus raising the question of corpus delicti, and will offer in evidence an unsigned letter received by Smith while in jail awaiting trial which it is believed contains names of persons involved in the case which have not been mentioned previously. Sought to Stop Love Affair Strong reliance is being placed by the state on testimony which will be offered by Charles Reyher, South Bend real estate dealer, and his wife, Mrs. Janie Reyher. Smith admits that Mrs. Reyher gave him : 3 to get Mrs. Stults “out of the way,” because of a love affair between her and Reyher. It Is the contention of the state that Smith interpreted “out of the -■"tray* to mean murdering the woman, but the defense will assert that Smith turned the SSO over to two strangers and with that act, ended his connection with the case. Courtroom Crowded Business here is almost at a standstill, as every resident who can possibly spare the time is attending the trial. This is the second day of the hearing, and efforts to obtain a jury which were started Wednesday are being continued, with the poss*'ffity a panel may be completed late this afternoon and -gening statements completed. Besides his counsel, Smith has as companions in court deputy sheriffs acting as guards; his father, Thomas T. Smith, Hagerstown, Md., and his wife and son, Robert Joyce Smith. 10 months old. The accused man shows little concern over his plight. Shortly before his arrest, Smith was the “barker” for an illusion show at Goshen, where between court sessions he is now a prisoner. They’ve Heard Him Before Here in a courtroom with stained glass windows like those of a church, * the acdused man listens to state and defense as efforts are being made to obtain an audience for another “illusion show”—an audience from the same farmer folk that listened to Smith's ballyhoo in Goshen. Smith has a drooping left eye. He lets it drop a little extra as he ieans toward his counsel to say that some talesman is not desirable as a juryman. The stained glass windows may carry back to Smit hanother period of his career, that of an evangelist in a Washington (D. C.) church, where he was a “barker” in the calling of soul saving. Calm demeanor of the defendant is not shared by his father and his wife. They are restless. Once when Prosecutor Glen Sawyer was questioning a prospective juror about his views on the death penalty. the elder Smith wipe daway tears. 3 LOST ON MOUNTAIN Search Party Starts Hunt for Trio Missing in Storm. Bn United Frets DENVER, Colo.. Jan. 3.—Three unidentified men believed lost in a blizzard on the slopes of Long's peak today were being sought by a rescue party of five men, headed by ranger John Preston, according to a report received here. Preston and his men left Estes park, a resort village in Rocky Mountain National park. Wednesday night, the report said. 32 INJURED IN BUS Sideswipeu by Truck on Icy Pavement in Ohio. TOLEDO, 0., Jan. 3.—Thirtytwo persons were injured seven more or less seriously, when a truck rides wiped a Greyhound bus en route from Cincinnati to Detroit, near Bowling preen, 0., Wednesday midnight. The crash apparently occurred when the truck skidded on the icy pavement. Those seriously injured Were brought to Williams sanitariiam here.

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Mercury Rises Out of Slump Milder Weather Predicted for Today; 25 or Above Tonight. The mercury showed a twentydegree rise this morning compared to the low mark of 5 above at 8 a. m. Wednesday, but another slight drop in temperature is due Friday, J. H. Armington, United States weather bureau head, predicted. The night’s low temperature was nineteen at 11 p. m., but the mercury had risen to twenty-five at 8 a. m. today. The thermometer will rise into the thirties today and the low mark tonight will be about 25, Armington said. Friday’s temperature will be 10 or 12 degrees lower than today’s he said. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 24 10 a. m 28 7 a. m 24 11 a. m 29 Ba. m 25 12 (noon).. 31 9 a. m 26 1 p. m 33 TOY IN BABY’S THROAT REMOVED; LIFE SAVED Successful Operation Ends Three Weeks’ Fight. By United Press CINCINNATI, 0., Jan. 3.—A three-weeks’ fight to save the life of Frankie Brooks, 18 months, was won Wednesday when Dr. H. H. Haggert removed a toy motorcycle from the child’s throat. Frankie swallowed the motorcycle while he was eating popcorn. It was a “prize” concealed in the package. Pneumonia set in, and it was impossible until today to operate. Frankie was kept alive by small doses of milk. PEKING NOW PEPING, • NATIONALISTS DECIDE Name of Ancient Chinese City Ordered Changed. By United Press PEPING. China. .Jan. 3.—The name of the ancient city of Pekin has been changed by a ruling of the Nanking government’s postoffice department, and now is known as Peping. The change is similar to that effected by other new governments, such as the changing of Petrogmd to Leningrad in Russia, and Queenstown in Ireland to Cobh. Peping has been chosen because Peking signified “northern capital” in Chinese, and the nationalist government does not wish that meaning to apply to any o*her city than Nanking (southern capital). CONVICT SHIP SAILS One Hundred Arc Being Carried to World’s End Prison. By United Press BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 3.—One nundred convicts sailed from here Wednesday on the transport Pampa, bound for the most remote prison in the world—Ushuaia, on lierra Del Fuego, south of the Straits of Magellan. Ten men convicted of homicide were included in the group In 1927, one prisoner escaped and made his way to Punta Arenas, j Chile, after surmounting seemingly impossible barriers. For five months | the escaped prisoner crossed glaciers and high mountains and forded icy streams. ASKS FOR VARE FUND 520,000 Appropriation in Probe Is Needed. By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—An addi- | tional authorization of $20,000 to i finance the privileges and elections j committee’s investigation of the Wilson-Vare election contest was sought in the senate today by Chairman Shortridge. His resolution was referred to committee without discussion. The sub-committee hearing the contest it is understood has spent all the money previously authorized to hear the contest between William S. Vare and William B. Wilson for | a seat in the senate. FARM RELIEF LAGS j Little Hope for Legislation This Session Seen. Bit United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Chairman Snell of the house rules committee advised President Coolidge today it did not appear likely that any farm relief legislation would be enacted during the f’ —t session of congress, which ends March 4. The President did not comment of his report, Snell said. PARTY FACES DEFICIT Democrats Close Year With Debt of $1,497,392. Bit United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—The Democratic national committee closed 1928 facing a deficit of $1,497,392 detailed campaign statistics from the committee to the clerk of the house of rejiresentatives showed today.

PLANE PASSES 48-HOUR MARK IN TIME TEST Question Mark Is Refueled Three Times in Air During Night. CREW OF 5 CONFIDENT Spend Time at Cards as Craft Roars on After . New Record. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 3. More than forty-eight hours aloft and still going strong was the latest report today from the army monoplane Question Mark in which a crew of five men, are attempting to set anew world record for sustained flight. At 7:26 a. m. (Pacific coast time) the sturdy three-motored craft which takes on fuel and food from another plane while In full flight, completed its second day in the air. Crew Is Confident Notes dropped by the Question Mark’s crew expressed confidence that the plane would exceed all previous endurance records. From the ground, as the plane raced back and forth between Los Angeles and San Diego, its three motors could be heard purring in perfect unison. During the night supply planes experienced some difficulty with refueling, presumably because of bad weather, but dawn revealed that no permanent harm had been done. On the first contact, established after some difficulty in the morning hours, 100 gallons of gasoline passed from the Van Nuys refueling ship to the Question Mark. On the second, 150 gallons were transferred as the forty-eight-h6>ur mark passed and on the third oil for the motors and breakfast for the crew were swung aboard. Pass Time Playing Cards Major Carl Spatz, flight commander, signaled that all was well with his crew composed of Captain Ira Eaker, Lieutenants E. Quesada and Harry Halversen and Sergeant Roy Hooe. One record already has fallen before the Question Mark, the American refueling endurance record of 37 hours and 15 minutes, set by Lieutenants L. Smith and Paul Richter in an army plane in 1923, at San Diego. The Question Mark will be driven on and on until its motors wear away or its men break under the strain. For the most part the members of the crew, when off duty, spend their time playing cards and reading, MaMjor Spatz messaged. Girl Smashes Record By United Press LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 3 Miss Bobbie Trout, 18-year-old Los Angeles aviatrix, was the new world’s champion woman endurance flier today, having flown her airplane continuously for twelve hours and eleven minutes. She landed at the Metropolitan airport at Van Nuys Wednesday night at 6:36 after having been in the air since 6:25. The former endurance record was nine hours six minutes, set by Viola Gentry at Mitchel Field, N. Y. Mrs. L. D. Trout said her daughter took up aviation because she did not like to do housework and after she had quit the University of Southern California. ‘Pickup’ Flight Ends Bn United Press MARSHALL, Mo.. Jan. 3.—Although their attempt to set anew endurance flight record ended in failure, pilots of the diminutive Barling NB-3 were enthusiastic over the success of their method of refueling the plane from the ground. The proposed sustained flight ended Wednesday night, ten hours and fifty-four minutes after they had taken off, after Leonard Rhiner oi Kansas City, co-pilot, accidentally permitted the wheels of the small ship to touch ground when he was attempting to throw out a note and a broken chain. During the time they were in the air, they had made ten pickups of fuel and toher supplies by means • f the “synchronized ejector pickup,” which hurled them gasoline in fourgallon containers. The device used to pick up gasoline and provisions consists of a cannon-like device in which containers filled with fuel are placed. From the plane hangs a cable with a hook attached. As the plane flies over a frame the hook makes contact with the containers which are catapulated simultaneously from the cannon-like device. The containers then are drawn into the plane by the pilot. LAWLESSNESS SCORED New Bay State Governor Sees Peril in Indifference. By United Press BOSTON, Jan. 3.—lndifference in the observance of laws is one of the gravest dangers facing America, Governor Frank '■G. Allen declared in his inaugural address today. “Open violation and evasion of the spirit of the law threaten our free and most treasured institutions,” he said addressing both branches of the newly convened Massachusetts legislature.

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Bank bandits best had stay out of range of the new patrol cars of the sheriff’s rangers. The photograph shows one of the cars, equipped with bullet-proof windshield and side wings. Deputy Sheriff Harvey Shipp is shown in position with a high-powered rifle to shoot at a car ahead, while the windshield and wing protect him from bandit bullets. Sheriff George Winkler (left) is inspecting the car and Deputy Sheriff Harry Bendel, in charge of the new road patrols, is at the right.

BUS FIRM MAY LOSE FRANCHISE Service Commission Chief Acts Following Crash. After reading the investigator’s report on the Pony Express Line* bus accident, which killed one man and injured thirteen other passengers at Elkhart, Dec. 23, Commissioner Howell Ellis today announced tha„ he will ask the other members of the public service commission to join in an order citing the company officials to show cause why they should not be forbidden to operate on Indiana roads. The reason for the accident, according to the report, was that the driver of the bus had been on the machine three days and was stupid from loss of sleep. He didn’t even know when he took the wheel, it was said. He had traded turns with another driver, but neither of them left the bus. They snatched sleep in the chairs. “Our commission has a rule that bus drivers must drive six hours, rest one and then drive three more as the limit out of every twentyfour,” Ellis declared. TRAFFIC POLICE ADDED Force Increased to Educate Public to New Code. Additional police today were assigned to educate motorists to provisions of the new traffic code. No arrests were made Wednesday under the new regulations as a period of leniency has been granted by Police Chief Claude M. Worley to allow motorists to become familiar with the rules. The supply of copies of the code was exhausted Wednesday, but additional copies were received today.

5,000 INJOB LINE Many Stand in Line All Night at Ford Plant. By United Press DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 3.—Five thousand men stormed the employment office at the Foiison plant of the Ford Motor Company this morning, as the company resumed hiring of men for the second day. Despite low temperature of eight degrees during the night, many of the men had stood in line since midnight in hopes they would be among the firve hundred to be hired daily until 30,000 new employes are added to the Ford pay roll at $5 daily for a five-day week. One fence was pushed down by the press of 30,000 men Wednesday. REBELS GRANTED LAND Mexican President Accepts Terms of Surrender. By United Press MEXICO CITY, Jan. 3.—President Emilio Portes Gil notified the military chief of operations today that the Mexican government accepts the terms of surrender asked by the famous bandit Benjamin Mendoza. Wednesday. Mendoza surrendered with 1,200 of his men, Wednesday. Grants of land will be issued to (those among the rebels who wish them and each rebel will be given $lO when he turns his rifle over to the authorities and sls for his horse. Mendoza had asked land grants and immunity for his men. 2 BROTHERS DIE IN DAY Ex-Shipping Board Member Passes Three Hours Before Capitalist. Bn United Press CHICAGO, Jan. 3.—Daniel J. Keefe, former member of the United States shipping board, whose death Wednesday preceded by only three hours the death of his brother, Thomas J. *:eefe, retired capitalist, will be buried here Saturday afternoon, it. w.-vs announced today.

Os Course Not By United Press MADISON, Wis., Jan. 3. There isn’t any beer in the Wisconsin capitol, federal prohibition agents were satisfied today after searching every nook and cranny of the big building. The best sniffers on the local dry squad failed after a long and thorough hunt to find “a truckload of beer, stored in the capitol for a celebration.” C. B. Ballard, superintendent of public property and a lifelong dry, ordered the search after he heard that a truckload of brew had been stored in the capitol.

DENIES FRAUD LINK County Clerk Scouts Charge by Waddell. County Clerk George O. Hutsell today denied that he is holding large sums of state or Marion Club trust fund money for the purpose of pocketing interest on it himself. W, R. Waddell, attorney charged with attempting to swindle stockholders of the defunct Republican organization by representing they had coming smaller sums thm actually due them and pocketing the difference, made that charge before Superior Judge Byron K. Elliott Wednesday. Hutsell declared that the law permitted him to collect 2.5 per cent interest on some funds in his custody that that amounted to about $5,000 a year. If there is any of the Marion Club trust fund money, which he is distributing to stockholders on order of the court, among the funds on which he is drawing interest it is such a small amount that the Interest amounts to only a few dollars, Hutsell said.

AUTO-MAN ARRIVES Mechanical Figure Reaches U. S.; “Just Stands and Talks.” IS ii United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—A mechanical man, who just stands around and talks, came in on the Berengaria today from England. Captain W. H. Richards is the sponsor of the mechanical man which is made of aluminum and has normal measurements. “The Duke of York was unable to open our Engineering Society meeting last year as planned, so I said, bless my soul I will make a man to open it,” Richards said. The mechanical man was made and gave a speech before the society. BUY $500,000 BONDS Two City Banks Purchase Marion County Securities. The Merchants National bank and the Indiana Trust Company today bought $350,000 worth of bonds of the Marion county general fund and $150,000 worth of bonds in the county sinking fund, County Auditor Harry Dunn announced. The banks are paying 4.39 per cent interest and will hold the bonds until June 1. The money received from sale of the bonds will be used to pay current county expenses in anticipation of the May tax payment. EX-CONGRESSMAN DIES Charles L. Knapp of New York HI Several Years. Bv United Press WATERTOWN, N. Y., Jan. 3. Charles L. Knapp, 81, who served three terms in congress, died today at his ho'.ne in Louisville, of heart trouble. Knapp had been ill several years. He was elected to the state senate in 1886 for one term and then was appointed consul-general at Montreal by President Harrison. ■

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JEWELS WORTH JI.SOOSTOLEN Marauders Hurl Padded Brick Through Window. Hurling a padded brick through a show window of the Koenig & Friedrichs jewelry store, 22 North Meridian street, marauders early this morning looted the window display of gems valued at $1,500, and escaped. Working at high speed, the vandals scooped up platinum and diamond dinner rings and wrist watches and fled before representatives of the American District Telegraph Company, warned by a burglar alarm that sounded when the brick crashed through the window, were able to reach the scene. Other jewelry in the window was undisturbed in the haste of the looters. The robbery occurred at 4:19 a. m. A. D. T. operatives were on the scene a few moments later. Estimate of the loot’s value was made by L. C. Koenig, 1018 High street, manager. TALMADGES ARE HOME Norma and Connie Deny Rumors of Divorce and Engagement. By United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Constance and Norma Talmadge, the screen stars, arrived from England today on the Berengaria and indignantly denied reports they were about to be involved in marital matters. Norma denied she had gone to Paris to divorce her husband, Schenck, president of the United Artists. Constance denied she planned to marry Townsend Netcher of Chicago, as had been rumored. “He is merely an old friend,” she said.

CARTERJIVILL FILED Bankers Trust Executor for $250,000 Estate. The Bankers Trust Company was named executor in the will of the late William W. Carter, haberdasher, 1615 North Talbott street, filed in probate court today. The will disposes of an estate estimated at $250,000, principally personal property. After payment of specific bequests of $35,000, the remainder will be held in trust by the bank for the benefit of the widow, Mrs. Nellie E. Carter; Mrs. Mary T. Carter, mother; Mrs. Anna E. Sturtevant, mother-in-law, and Mrs. Arthella C. Fishback, daughter. GUARD AIR MINISTER Anti-Fascist Demonstrations Cause for Protective Measure. By United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—General Italo Balbo, air minister of Premier Mussolini’s Italian cabinet, arrived here today after a tour of the larger cities of the country and was escorted to his hotel by detectives of the anti-radical squad. The detectives were assigned to guard him because of reports that anti-Fascist demonstrations were planned upon his arrival.

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Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. Representative LaGuardia (Rep., N. Y.) introduced a resolution in the house today providing for the printing of the Congressional Record on cornstalk paper. He said anew market would be created by encouraging cornstalk paper manufacturing

ARREST FOUR AS SUSPECTS IN $6,000 SAFE ROBBERY AT PETTIS DRY GOODS STORE

Forget—Forget! By United Press SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 3. A pagan feast of death, reminiscent of barbaric times, was the funeral of Tom Perisch, arranged for himself. Perisch ordered in his will that 300 friends and relatives assemble at his funeral to “eat, drink and be merry.” The strange interlude between life and the grave took place Wednesday, Perisch having set aside a certain portion of his $30,000 estate for that purpose. He was a case owner and died at the age of 48.

‘ORGIES’ BY MILWAUKEE SOCIETY FOLK CHARGED “Den of Inquity” Named in Divorce Petition. By United Press MILWAUKEE, Wis., Jan. 3. Leaders in Milwaukee’s social and civic life were threatened today with exposure of their alleged “orgies” at a “den of iniquity.” A divorce petition, filed by Mrs. Frances Wojnowski, 40. named her husband as the proprietor of the “den.” The petition said the place was “frequented by women of the underworld and patronized by certain persons high in the social, public and political life of this community.” The “den” is known as the Night Owl Club lunch room. COMMUNITY HOUSE TO OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT Mayor Slack Will Take Part in Brookside Dedication. Brookside’s new Community House will be formally dedicated Friday night at 8 p. m. Mayor L. Ert Slack, park board members, and civic leaders will participate in the program. Clyde Montgomery of Brookside Civic League and L. H. Harlow of Sherman-Emerson Civic League are co-operating in the program. M. E. Foley, park commissioner, and Slack will speak. An orchestra will provide music.

ZAHND IS RE-ELECTED Indianapolis Again Selected as National Party Headquarters. John Zahnd, Indianapolis, was reelected national chairman of the National party at the eleventh annual executive meeting of the party at the Hotel English. Other officers elected: First vicechairman, Levi Steven Lewis, Denver, Colo.; secretary vice-chairman, Florence Garvin. Lonsdale, R. I.; secretary, Miss Mabel La Rue, Indianapolis; treasurer, Wiley J. Rominger, Indianapolis. Indianapolis was again selected as national headquarters. The national committee will meet at Kansas City Jan. 2, 1930. ACCUSE DEATH DRIVER Man Who Killed Two to Face Charge of Manslaughter. An affidavit charging Max S. Kos, 34, of 245 West Thirty-eighth street, apartment 110, with mansalughter for the death of two men whom he struck with his automobile Dec. 31 at Linwood avenue and Washington street, was to be filed this afternoon in criminal court. The men he killed were Carl Sulkerson, 43, of 1236 West Washington street, and William R. Osborne, 55, of 817 Rybolt street, employes of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company, who were working on the street car tracks when the accident happened. LEE SMITH LOSES PLEA Petition Against Disbarment of Ex-Klan Leader Denied. The supreme court today refused the petition of Milton Clawson, attorney for W. Lee Smith, former Ku-Klux Klan leader, who is serving a term in federal penitentiary for conspiracy in the interstate motor theft ring, to dismiss disbarment proceedings filed against Smith by Arthur L. Gilliom, former attorney-general. The petition to dismiss was filed Wednesday by Clawson.

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Chicago Gangster Nabbed as ‘Brains’ of Gang; Arrest Others Here. COPS CLOSE ON TRAIL Worley Refuses to Give Out Details; Think Inside Man Aided Yeggs. With the arrest of three men in Indianapolis and one in Chicago, city detectives today were believed close to the roundup of eight or ten men involved in the blowing of a safe and theft of $6,000 in the Pettis department store here last Thursday night. A Chicago dispatch disclosed that Detectives Claude F. Johnson and George Stone of Indianapolis had captured James E. Burke, alleged gangster and thought to be the “brains” of the gang and were close on the trail of another man. They have information there were others from Chicago and about four Indianapolis men involved, it is understood. According to. the dispatch Burke has confessed. Meanwhile police here held three men. Two of the men were arrested several days ago and the third was taken into custody today, and immediately grilled by Police Chief Claude M. Worley and Detective Chief Jerry Kinney. Details Are Refused Police Chief Worley said publicity would hamper the roundup and declined at this time to make public complete details of the plot, but it is believed the officers have the whole story pieced together. Postal Inspector A. C. Garrigus said postal authorities had been working with police on the case, but gave police credit for the captures. Statements have been taken from the local men first arrested, he said. The entire gang probably will be indicted in federal court, but the Indictments not pressed unless they escape heavy sentences in the state courts, he said. Postal officials are interested in the robbery because the loot included $25 cash, S9OO worth of stamps, and 102 unsigned, money order blanks from the Pettis postoffice substation. According to unverified reports the local and Chicago gangsters were given the description of the interior of the Pettis store by an i,“inside man.” Detectives Roy Petts, A1 Schulz, John Marren and Donald Tooley have been working on the case locally. The robbers apparently had inside help, because they knew the exact location of 27 A. D. T. alarm boxes in the store and that one of them was a blind, which if pulled, turned in an alarm instead of notifying the A. D. T. office that all was well, as the other boxes did. The yeggmen carefully “pulled” all of the boxes the nightwatchman regularly operated in making his rounds, during the three hours and a half they were in the store. Safe Is Looted / The gang got into the store last Thursday night apparently by hiding one of their number in the garage across Pearl street from the store. This gangster admitted his confederates, who apparently drove a car into the garage. Then they got into the store through a passageway, waylaid Everett M. Garrison, night-watch-man, and James Hughes, Negro, custodian, in different parts of the store, bound and gagged tl>em and taped their eyes shut, ahd then leisurely blew open the front part of a burglar-proof safe in the basement. Three attempts to burn into the heavily protected inner safe, where $15,000 was kept, failed and the bandits went back to t v - garage and drove out in their car, leaving the door open behind them. The employes worked loose and notified police a few minutes after the bandits left. SLAY~ER REWARD GROWS Total of 51,500 Put on Head of Utah Girl’s Slayer. SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Jan. 3. —Rewards totaling $1,500 have been posted for the capture of the fiend who attacked and murdered 12-year-old June Nelson, here on New Year’s day. Riley M. Beckstead, chief of detectives, has notified police throughout the west to round up all suspects. LEGIONNAIRES TolllEET 500 Officials From State Posts Convene Here Sunday. More than five hunidred American Legion post officials from all sections of Indiana will convene at the Elks Club Sunday for their annual state conference. The conference opens at 9:30 a. m. with installation of new officers, and continues throughout the day' 1