Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 291, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 April 1929 — Page 19

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PLANTS KEEP FORCES SUSY IN FOUR CITIES Industries Active at Anderson, Frankfort, Muncie and Columbus. MORE GET EMPLOYMENT Record Week Since Jan. 1 Set at Ft. Wayne Office of State Bureau. BY CHARLES C. STONE. Matr Editor, The Time*. An industrial and business relew of Indiana for the week ended today shows plants at Anderson, Frankfort, Muncie and Columbus unusually busy. Every Anderson factory Is on at least full time and some are opfi..tint' on an overtime basis. The Certain-teed Products Company is operating seven days a week; full time is in effect at the De’.co-Remy plants v ith 10.183 persons on the payroll; 700 are working steadily for the Guide Lamp Corporation; an abnormally good business” Is n p irted by the Dwiggins Fence which is operating on an over; une schedule. Full working forces and operatic; hedules are In effect at the p:lints of the American Steel and \y.re Company. It. and R. Company, A.i/rican Playground Device Company, Anderson Engine and Foundry Company. National Tile Company. Howe Fire Apparatus, Ames Shovel and Tool, Barber Manufacturing Company, Forse Manufacturing Company and HillStandard Company. 400 Get Pay Increase. Overtime is in effect at the plant of the Colt Manufacturing Company, Frankfort. Four hundred employes of the Nickel Plate Railroad shops were affected by a reef nt pay increase, adding $60,000 annually to the local payroll. At Muncie. the Warner Gear Company is preparing for double ■ iiift operations in manufacturing four-speed transmissions for Gra-ham-Paige automobiles. Officials expect this situation to continue for the next few months. Three thousand automobile batteries are being produced daily at the DelcoRemy plant with 350 men steadily employed. r. j. Dickey & Sons. Columbus, hold contrac's for all window cleaning saf y devices for the cihteen-stor., Architects and Contractors’ building. Indianapolis; medical research building of Western Reserve university, and the twenty-twb story Medical Arts building. Cincinnati. Improvements to cost $12,000 will be made to the Bassett building, which will be occupied by a Scars, Roebuck <fc Cos. store. Merger Plans Dropped. Officials of the Noblitt-Sparks Industries, Inc., with plants at Columbus, Greenwood and Seymour, announce that plans to merge it with Bcrg-Warner Corporation, Chicago, have been abandoned. Noblitt-Sparks stockholders are said to have disapproved the combine proposal. Conditions in other Indiana cities are shown in the following summary : It. Wayne—All weekly records for the Indiana employment bureau here, since Jan. 1. were broken when 354 men and women were

given work. Alexandria Completion within ninety days is specified for an ad- j dition to the Johns-Manville Cor- I povation plant at a cost of $150,000. | South Bend—First shipments of , radio sets from the new Colin B. K> nnedy Company plant were made ! this week. Within ninety days, it’ is expected the daily output will be 100 and that 1.000 persons will be employed. G< -hen The Manufacturing Company has bought at receiver's sale the plant and equipment of the Art Novelty Company, providing room for expansion. The buildings purchased will be put to use immediately. Evansville The Vulcan Plow Company has bought the Peoria Drill and Seeder Company factory at Peoria. 111., the largest concern of its kind in the country. Decatur—A controlling block of stuck in the Cloverleaf Creameries. Inc., here has been bought by the Kraft-Phoenix Cheese Company, largest concern of its kind in the country. Valparaiso—The French Motor Company has awarded a contract for a $32,000 garage-sales building. Oakdale—The Peru Canning Company anounces a $30,000 addition to its plant here. On completion of the structure krauf will be added to the company's output of canned goods, which now includes peas, beans, corn and pumpkin. Hartford City—The Orpheum, Jefferson and Royal theaters have been sold by Mrs. Frank Walters to Frank G. Culberson and Mathias Scheidler, local business men. Steel Production High. Gary—Another peak month in production is forecast for the Gary works of the Illinois Steel Corporation as a result of operation during April of ten blast furnaces at full capacity. Hammond—Excavation for sev-enty-two new ovens in Plant 2 of the Inland Stlel Company has started, the first move in an expansion program for this year which will include an open hearth furnace, a ten-inch mill and powerline extensions.

Michigan City—The C. A. Dunham Company of Chicago annoaices plans for a $1,000,000 addr Jm to its plant here, permitting er.ployment of 250 more persons. A (ontract wil" be awarded May 7 for erecting the addition.

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Beauty in Elopement

life ' ’ t Margaret Ann Howe of Hammond

Itu Times Special HAMMOND, Ind., April 26.—Miss Margaret Ann Howe, who emerged from the 1927 national beauty contest as winner of the middle western division, is a bride, following her elopement to Waukegan, 111., with George Arthur Geyer, cm- ; ployea in the office ol' the Federal Cement Tile Company here. Although the bride’s mother, Mrs. I William H. Howe, apparently had l not been informed of the approach- ; ing marriage, Geyer’s mother, Mrs. j George Geyer, when found in Chi- i cago, was evasive under persistent j questioning, but finally weakened to j a point where she admitted “there j may be something for publication ; within a few days.” Geyer was more talkative than ' his mother. After saying that it 1 had been intended to keep the marriage a secret for several days pend- j ing formal announcement, he ad- j mitted that the ceremony had taken i place in the Methodist Episcopal I Church at Waukegan. Geyer re- i ceived his education in the Ham- ! mond schools and also attended I Purdue university. Mrs. Beyer is said to have con- j siaerable talent as an artist. She attended the Chicago School of j Fine Arts, following her preliminary i education in Hammond schools. She is a member of the art staff of an advertising company. FRUIT FLY KNOWN TO WORLD HUNDRED YEARS Makes First Visit to U. S., Causing Havoc in Florida. 7 WASHINGTON, April 26.—The Mediterranean fruit fly, now causing havoc in Florida, has been known to science for 100 years, but has never before invaded the United States. It is one of the most destructive insect pests in the world and is capable of causing immense damage to fruit and vegetable crops In warm climates. In appearance, the fly resembles an ordinary house fly. but differs greatly in its color patterns. Brown, yellow, black and white are predominating colors. The female bores a minute hole in the skin of the fruit attacked and buries her eggs within the fruit. When hatched, the young burrow through the fruit in all directions. ENGINEERS TO DEBATE | Students to Discuss Proportion of Nontechnical Courses. The proportion of nontechnical courses required for graduation in engineering schools will be debated ; by teams from Purdue university and Rose Polytechnic Institute before the Indianapolis section, American Society of Mechanical Engineers. at the Chamber of Commerce Friday evening. May 3, Rose Poly debaters will contend the proportion of nontechnical courses should be increased. Purdue taking the negative. The debate will follow a dinner at 6:30 p. m. Asks Legal Death Decree Bn Times Special MARION, Ind.. April 26.—John Norris. 77. has filed a suit here to have declared legally dead his sons, Dorsey and Claude Norris. They disappeared in May, 1909. and the father has not heard from or about them since. Dorsey was 35 and Claude 25, at the time of their disappearance. *

TERROR OF DYING WITHIN ‘FOUR WALLS’ CAUSES SUICIDE AMID FLOWERS IN PARK

Bv Initrfl Prrts . „ . CHICAGO. April 26.—Terror of dying wiihin “four walls" was greater than the fear of death itself for Paul Huhl. 68-year-old invalid bachelor, who chose a geranium plot for a death bed and cheated disease with suicide.

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GOVERNOR WILL SPEAK AT GARY Republican Club to Give Banquet Saturday. Bn Times Special GARY. Ind., April 25.—Governor Harry G. Leslie is among those who ' have accepted invitations to attend j the annual banquet of the Gary Republican Club to be held in the lake front park pavilion Saturday night. The Governor and Otto G. Fifield, secretary of state, will be among principal speakers, who will also include Mayor Floyd E. Williams, with an address of welcome; W. J. McAleer, Tenth district Republican chairman, and Walter E. Schrage, Whiting mayor and Lake county chairman. Besides the Governor and Fifield, with Mrs. Leslie and Mrs. Fifield, the Indianapolis delegation to the banquet will include Mrs. Grace Banta Urbahns. state treasurer; j Auditor and Mrs. Archie N. Bobbitt; Attorney-General and Mrs. Janies M. Ogden. Appellate Judge and Mrs. Willis C. McMahan, Charles Beiderwolf. state supreme court clerk, and Mrs. Beiderwolf; Miss Genevieve Brown, reporter of the supreme and appellate courts; Roy P. Wisehart, state superintendent of public instruction; Elza C. Rogers, state Republican chairman; Miss Mary Sleeth, state Republican chairwoman; Harry Fenton, state Republican committee secretary; M. Bert Thurman, national committeeman from Indiana, and Miss Dorothy Cunningham, committeewoman. MEETING OF DIOCESE WILL OPEN TUESDAY • Northern Indiana Episcopalians to Gather at Mishawaka. Bn Times Special MISHAWAKA. Ind., April 26, The annual meeting of the Northern Indiana diocese of the Episcopal Church will open here Tuesday to continue two days, during which some part of the program will be given in South Bend. The women’s auxiliary meeting and the diocesan dinner are on the program for Tuesday. The diocesan council session will be held Wednesday. Speakers will include Miss Elizabeth Matthews, Glendale. 0., chairman of religious education of the House of Church Women, province of the mid-west, and the Rt. Rev. John Newton McCormick, bishop of western Michigan. ROAD SCHOOL BEGINS Banquet Guests at Marion Tonight to Hear Highway Chief. | Bn r nitcQ Press MARION, Ind.. April 26.—The second annual road school opened ; here today with street and highway officials from eighteen northern Indiana counties in attendance. A banquet tonight will be a feature of the school. John J. Browm, ! director of the state highway commission, will be the principal speaker. A. J. Wedeking, chairman of the state commission, also will make an address. Saturday a demonstration of equipment and materials will be ' given.

Huhl, told by physicians that he was dying, shuffled from his hotel room to the chapel of A. Fred Klaner. an undertaker, and lifelong friend. “Fred,” the invalid said, “the doctors give irie one more week.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1929

WOMAN TELLS OF BRIBES AT LIQUOR TRIAL Witness at Ft. Wayne Testifies Price Cut From 5250 to sllO. ‘PAY OFF’ ,N ELEVATOR Former Federal Employe Among 17 Accused Describes Method. It" 1 imri Special FT. WAYNE. Ind., April 26.—Testimony regarding “cut rate” graft was before the federal court jury here today in the trial of seventeen persons charged with conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law. Mrs. Lucy Snell, roadhouse proprietor, from the witness stand declared that on one occasion John Voegtlin, former United States deputy marshal, one of the defendants, asked her for $250, came down to $l5O and finally to sllO. She borrowed the latter sum from a neighbor and paid. “Little Message” on "Buys” According to Mrs. Snell, Ralph Rosenwinkle, former Allen county deputy sheriff, among the seventeen j accused, said he had "a little mes- j sage” for her. She went to the Federal building and there Rosenwinkle showed her some sheets of paper bearing a list of names which he said were those of federal dry agents who had made "liquor buys” at her place. It was then that protection money was arranged for, the witness testified. Paul Harshbarger, former elevator operator at the federal building here, who has pleaded guilty to the plot charge, testifying as a government witness, said bribe money paid dry officers during portions of 1927 and 1928 totaled SIO,OOO, payments from liquor dealers ranging from $25 to SIOO a month. Case of “Up and Down” According to Harshbarger, those j paying usually gave him the money j while they were passengers on the elevator he operated. The money. J he testified, was divided between j him, Voegtlin, Rosenwinkle and j Frank Conroy, former prohibition [ agent, also one of the alleged plot- j ters. The trial may end late today or j tonight. Judge Thomas W. Slick, j announcing his desire to close the case speedily, called court to order an hour earlier this 'morning and indicated a night session would be held if necessary to get the case before the jury by Saturday. ' G. 0. P. WORKERS WIN Three Freed in Mississippi Job Graft Case. Bu United Press MERIDIAN, Miss., April 26. j Perry W. Howard, Negro. Repub- 1 lican national committeeman, I charged with receiving money in j connection with postoffice appoint- j ments, was found not guilty in fed- ; eral district court today. The case of Howard, charged jointly with James G. Buchanan, former United States marshal for the southern district of Mississippi, and George F. McClelland, former Newton postmaster, was given to the jury at 3:30 p. m. Thursday and the j acquittal verdict of all three was re- ! turned soon after court opened at 9 | a. m. today. WILD FLOWERS WILL GROW ON 23 ACRES Sanctuary Established on Tippecanoe River Near Delphi. B" Timm Special DELPHI. Ind.. April 26.—Twentythree acres of land on the Tippecanoe river four miles northwest of here has been designated as wild flower sanctuary by Prof. Frederick J. Breeze, head of the department of science at Ball State Teachers College, Muncie. Most of the area is a high, steep i bluff on which red cedar trees now | grow, which will also afford a refi uge for birds. Prof. Breeze plans to plant the tract in several species of flowers which are in danger of becoming extinct. The sanctuary will be opened to the public within two or three years. Except for on eacre, givqn over to roses, the entire tract will be planted in wild flowers. FORMER ENVOY DIES Logansport Man Was Ambassador During Cleveland Administration. B i/ 'i imes Special LOGANSPORT, Ind., April 26Funeral arrangements for Rufus Magee. 83, ambassador to Norway and Sweden during the Grover Cleveland administration, who died at his home here, not been completed today. Magee held many appointive positions in the government and served I one term as state senator.

They’ve advised me to take to my bed and prepare to die, but I don’t want to have my last look at life in a room with four white walls. ‘Til probably die on my feet, and I want you to see that I have

FATE OF AIMEE’S JUDGE IS PLACED IN HANDS OF CALIFORNIA JURORS

Hardy Makes Dramatic P’sa to Close Trial on Impeachment Charges. BY HOMER L. ROBERTS United Press Staff Correspondent SACRAMENTO, Cal., April 26.-* The fate of Superior Judge Carlos S. Hardy, charged with misconduct of office in connection with the mysterious Aimee Semple McPherson kidnaping case, was in the hands of the California senate court of impeachment today. Before nightfall the accused jurist probably will know whether the legislative jury has decided to remove him from office on the charge that he accepted as a legal fee a $2,500 check from the Angeius Temple evangelist. Dramatic Close to Trial Judge Hardy’s extended trial came to a dramatic close Thursday night. As the fiery-haired Mrs. McPherson sought in vain to control her tears, the white-haired jurist made a stirring appeal for the court to recognize his activities for the evangelist as those of “friendship.” 'Since the near-midnight session Tuesday when she smilingly countered with “I can not remember” all prosecution questions, the evangelist of the Four Square gospel had been in the spotlight. She had been embarrassed by the order of the president of the senate court forbidding members of the court to converse with her. Several legislators were reprimanded after the president had seen them chatting with the evangelist in the corridor. She had borne the brunt of the prosecution’s final pleas and had given way to tears when Assemblyman William Hornblower assailed her kidnaping story as an “unmitigated fabrication.” Son in Eloquent Plea She had heard her name linked with that of her former radio operator, Kenneth G. Ormiston, as his -isaerted companion in the “love nest” at Carmel-by-the-Sea. And the $2,500 check which she gave Judge Hardy as a “love offering’* was discussed in none too gentle tones by the prosecutors. Rex Hardy, son of the accused jurist, made an eloquent plea for hi? father but it was far overshadowed by the dramatic appeal of the aged judge himself. ARMORIES DEFENDED Kershner Says Plan Made Possible 30 Buildings. Adjutant-General William H. Kershner staunchly defended the “closed corporation” armory build- j ing program conducted, during the j Jackson administration in an ad- | dress on “the new armory” situation before the Optimist Club luncheon at Claypool today. He declared that under the program, which was investigated and halted by the 1929 senate, thirty armories have been made possible to the Indiana National Guard which otherwise they would not have had. The guard now is well equipped, he declared. ITALY TO BAR BAN ON RENTING TO CHILDREN Landlords Refusing to Admit Families of Children to Face Penalty. Bp United Press ROME, April 26.—The “no children” sign so frequently seen on I advertisements of apartments to let ! is to be banned in Rome in the near future, it was learned today. The commissioner of the fascist national federation of real estate owners, Enrisco Parisi, has issued an order to all the members of the various fascist associations grouped in the federations, informing them that the including of the “no children” warning or other words barring children will result in the immediate expulsion of the offender from the federation and from the real estate owners’ association. Student Play Filmed Bn Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., April 26.—Anderson went Hollywood when eighty members of the high school senior class paraded the downtown streets while motion picture cameras recorded the scene as a part of the student movie production, “Collegianc.” A pep session was filmed at night as the students snake ! danced about a huge bonfire on the I campus. Club Plants Trees I Bu Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., April 26. Spruce trees are being planted on | the lawn of the local armory by I the United Workers club, winner | of the merit flag at the recent . Eighth district convention of the Indiana Federation of Women’s Clubs. Election Officials Chosen MARION, Ind., April 26.—Members of the city election commission named by the respective chairmen are John Campbell. Republican, and Thomas Longfellow, Democrat.

a decent burial, and I’d like a grave in a sunny spot in Rosehill cemetery.” Klaners attempts to cheer the invalid did not prevent Huhl from drawing up a burial contract. The undertaker accepted the agree-

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.Left—Maxine Lambert, 2329 North La Salle street: right, Dorothy Mabey, 2325 Coyner avenue, entrants in The Timcs-Junior League dancing contest.

WOMAN BOUTS TWO OFFICERS Others at New Albany Refuse to Help. Bn United Press NEW ALBANY, Ind., April 26. The question of who shall serve a warrant on Mrs. Delia McCarthy was a source of much argument among local authorities today. Constable Hiram Morgan went to the woman’s apartment to notify her Thursday that she would have to m r ve unless she paid her rent. A few seconds later he bounded down a flight of stairs into the arms of a deputy who had awaited him there. The woman had turned the tables and forced him from the place. Noticing the deputy who remained on the scene after the constable had taken to his heels, Mrs. McCarthy, arnfed with a hatchet, also put him to flight with pointed remarks punctuated with waving of the hatchet. Local police and the sheriff’s office refused to aid the constable and he filed an assault charge against the woman, but all were dubious as to its being served. WOMAN WATCHES AS BURGLAR LOOTS HOME Robber Takes $250 in Jewelry Before Alarm Is Given. Lying in her bed Mrs. L. D. Vos, 1224 North State avenue, early today watched a burglar enter her bedroom, take jewelry valued at $250, $5 in cash and escape. The burglar, according to Mrs. Vos, appeared to be about 40 years old and white. He entered through an open window and escaped through a kitchen door before she could find her voice to scream. Police were called, but no trace of the robber could be found. WOMAN ” DROWNS SELF Body Found in Indiana Harbor at Michigan City. Bn United Press MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., April 26. —The body of Mrs.'Samuel Taylor, 60, was found floating in Indiana harbor here. Previous to the finding of the body the elderly woman’s daughter notified authorities that her mother attempted to commit suicide. Mrs. Taylor left a note saying: “I am going to the harbor and end it all." The daughter could give no reason for the act. However, grief over the recent death of her husband was believed to have prompted the suicide. Old Wound Causes Death Bji Times Special LINTON. Ind., April 26.— Jesse Duchonoy is dead of a bullet wound inflicted three months ago by Frank Alkire. hotel proprietor. The shooting followed an alleged attack by Duchonoy upon Alkire’s wife, who had ordered him. from the hotel, where it was charged he had committed two thefts. Anderson Pioneer Dies Bu Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., April 26. Frank Moore, 70, life-long resident here, is dead at his home. He 1 leaves three sisters.

ment and forgot about it. A day later a policeman found a man’s body lying on his back in a bed of blooming geraniums in Lincoln park. The head, a bullet in the temple, rested on a pillow of turf.

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More entries were received today in The Times-Junior League dancing scholarship contest, with the time for entries growing short. All contestants will meet at 7:30 Tuesday night in the Lincoln room of the Lincoln hotel for the competition, which will be held before five of the best judges of dancing in the city. Two prizes which afford a real opportunity for any girl dancer of Indianapolis are offered. First, there is the two-term course with Louise Powell, one of the foremost teachers of dancing in this section of the country, which will be given the winner with choice of toe, acrobatic or ballet instruction in addition the victor will give her act in the Junior League Follies to be staged at the Murat May 2,3 and 4. There is no rigid age limit to the contest. No contestant need to be a member of the Junior League or any other organization. All you need do is to send your name to The Times Dancing Contest Editor, stating that you wish to compete. If you have a photograph in street or home garb or in costume, send it in; if you have none, you can make an appointment with the Platt studio, 1122 Prospect street, DRexel 0614 for a photograph, or you can enter anyway without a photo. Get busy now and send in your name. Only four days left to enter. FACES PRISON TERM Former Lawmaker to Be Sentenced Tuesday. B<u Times Special GOSHEN, Ind., April 26.—Convicted on charges* of issuing a fraudulent check, Walter A. Huffman, former state representative, will be sentenced next Tuesday. The sentence originally was to have been imposed today, but was postponed upon the request 'of his attorney, Robert E. Proctor, who was called from the county on business. Proctor intimated that-the former representative brobably would seek an appeal, but added that the matter had not been definitely settled. REPRESENTATIVE HURT Spencer-Owen County Lawmaker Struck by Automobile. Bu Times Special SPENCER, Ind., April 26.—Struck by an automobile while • crossing a state road, Harlan R. Denton, state representative from Putnam and Owen county, was in a hospital today. Denton after being struck clung to the radiator of the car and was carried fifty feet before the machine could be stopped. McGuffeyites to Meet Bu Times Special FAIRMOUNT, Ind., April 25. McGuffeyites of Grant county will meet Saturday at the First Friends church here. A program consisting of songs, declamations, readings and essays as carried out on the last day of school fifty years ago has been planned. Voters Apathetic to Primary Bu Times Special MARION, Ind., April 26.—Little interest is being shown in the approaching primary race by voters of either party. Forty candidates, twenty-five Republicans and fifteen Democrats, are seeking nominations j for the nine city offices.

The death-glazed eyes were fixed on the majestic bronze of St. Gauden's Lincoln, illumined by the sinking sun. In the suicide’s pocket was his name and the following note: “To Fred Klaner: Remember our contract, Fred.”

HOLD WIFE IN DEATH OF‘OLD CRAB’ HUBBY Married Mate, 51, for His Money, 27-Year-old Widow Says. DENIES KILLING MAN ‘Youth, Age Don’t Mix/’ Says Girl; Inquest Set for Today. Bn United Press BRIDGEPORT, Conn., April 26. Mrs. Gladys Beardslee, an attractive, auburn-haired young woman of 27, was under arrest as a material witness today in connection with the death of Oliver Beardslee, her 51-year-old husband. A dramatic scene was promised for this afternoon, when Mrs. Beardslee, refusing to take advantage ol Connecticut laws which provide that a woman may not be forced to testify at an inquest into her husband’s death, submits to questioning at the official inquiry called to decide whether or not Beardslee committed suicide. Mrs. Beardslee maintains that her husband, whom she says she married only for his money, shot himself after a long period of drinking and quarreling. “He Was an Old Crab” The wife was brought to Bridgeport at midnight from Stratford and lodged in a cell at Hillside home. She had recovered from her state of violent intoxication of the preceding night and talked to nurses about the case. “They think I shot my husband,’* she said. “I didn’t do it, but they are blaming me for it. They haven’t got a case against me. “He was an old crab. I guess I should never have married him. Youth and old age don’t mix. “Anyway, I only married him for his money.” Husband Was Eccentric Beardslee was an anti-feminist and an eccentric. He was brought up in the sheltered surroundings of a money old New England family. Kept from association with girls, he developed a woman-hating complex. When woman suffrage was adopted in the United States he vowed he never would vote again, and he never did. Three years ago, however, Beardslee came Into some money—sloo,ooo left him by his parents. “I'm going to see life,” he announced. Lavished Gifts on Girl A short time later Beardslee was seen frequently in the company of Gladys Foster of Hartford. He lavished money and gifts upon her. “She will show him life,” Stratford neighbors murmured. They were married a short time later. There were frequent quarrels, even in the early stages of their life together. Early in 1927 Mrs. Beardslee left for Florida after Beardslee started divorce proceedings. An agreement was reached and the couple began living together again. Their Money Dwindled The money was dwindling and the Beardslees did not live so expensively as they had previously. There were frequent late night parties. Sounds of quarreling were heard. A physician summoned to the Beardslee home early Thursday found Beardslee dying. There were evidences of long drinking, a struggle and a pistol was found in the wildly confused bed-clothing. Before he died in Bridgeport hospital Beardslee was asked if he had shot himself. “No,” he replied, according to Sergeant Patrick Flannigan. “Did she shoot you?” Flannigan asked. Cite Dying Man’s Words “Yes,” was the answer, Flannigan says. There was some question as to whether Flannigan had a witness to the dying man’s words. The state asserts there was a witness, and promised to produce him at the inquest if it were necessary in order to have a charge of murder placed against Mrs. Beardslee. Otherwise, the witness will be held back for the trial, it was said. FREE GASOLINE COSTLY Anderson Man Arrested With Stolen Car After Refusal to Pay. Bu Timm Special ANDERSON, Ind., April 26. Charged with the theft of an automobile here, James Taylor, 27, and : Kenneth Calvert. 20, have been returned from Portsmouth, 0., where : they were arrested after refusing i to pay a garage attendant for gasoj line. Calvert has confessed, police said. ! Taylor, who was released from the Indiana state farm on parole last January, denied knowledge that the car was stolen when he accompa- ; nied Calvert. The latter had a pis- ; tol in his possession. 00G BLAMED IN DEATH Child Trying to Escape From Animal Killed by Auto. Bu Times Special COVINGTON, Ind., Apri 1 26. William Miller is asking SIO,OOO damages in Fountain court here as the result of the death of his little daughter, killed by an automobile after she ran into a street to escape from a dog. Note Furr and Earl Gouty, alleged owners of the dog, are defendants in the case. The child was killed in front of Gouty’s home.