Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 57, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 July 1929 — Page 9

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‘BE patient; RELIEF BOARD ASKS FARMER Appeals for Spectacular Action Are Resisted by Members. CAUTION IS ADVOCATED ‘Aid for One-Third of People of U, S. Must Be Deliberate.’ BY AVFLL CHURCH. Press Stiff Correspondent WASHINGTON. July 17. The federal farm board Is counseling farmers to be patient while the fundamental fork necessary to permanent improvement nf agriculture i; done. There has been strong pressure for spectacular action immediately to cohvince the farmers that the board means business, but the men appointed by President, Herbert Hoover to deal with this problem have resisted such appeals. “Any enterprise involving the direct weftare of one-third of the people of America." the board stated. and the indirect welfare of the other two-thirds, must be approached deliberately." Working on the theory that, direct rontacts with co-operative marketing groups would prove the best, basis for acquainting board members with the problems of specific commodities, the board announcen it would attend the annual meeting of the American Institution of Cooperation at Baton Rouge. La., July 29. Plan Meetings Co-operative leaders from all sections of the country n il] be present at the meeting, providing an unusual opportunity tor development of co-operative policies. The board further intends to hold regional commodity meeting, as soon as time will permit in sections of the United States where the need for such commodity gatherings becomes apparent. “Much has been said about the costs of distribution of farm products between producer and ultimate consumer, and about the possibility that returns to producers may be Increased without any corresponding increase in prices to the ultimate consumer." said a statement issued by the board today. Develop Co-Operatives “The board firmly believes that In many instances this is possible tlirough the development of widespread farmer groups for co-opera-tive marketing, through greater efficiency in management of cooperative institutions, and through more direct avenues of trade between producer and consumer than are now found to exist in many' farm commodities." Chairman Alexander H. Legge attributed the jump in wheat prices earlier this week to weather conditions rather than to the beginning, of the board's work. We want what credit we can set! for a more favorable outlook in the grain situation." Legge said, "but i the fact is recent weather conditions have not affected the grains of the United States as unfavorably as in Canada and in the Argentine, for instance."

150 BATTERY DEALERS OPEN CONVENTION HERE Pvest-O-Lite Distributors Plan Busy Program. Convention of approximately 150 Prest-O-Lite Storage Battery Corporation distributors opened today with a trip through the plant and ajrplane rides for some of the visitors in the Prest-O-Lite Ryan monoplane at Capitol airport this morning. Program for the remainder of the day included luncheon at the plant, business session from 1 to 4 p. ingroup photograph and airplane rides, dinner at the Indianapolis Athletic Club at 7 p. m. and theater party at the Indiana at 9 p. m. Approximately thirty-five sales representatives whose convention has iust closed remained over for the distributors' meeting. GALE ALGER AGAIN HELD Pair Indicted for Auto Theft Found Starting Motorcycle. Gale Alger. 17. of 409 North Walcott street, and Lowell Edwards. 17, of 450 North Walcott street, under grand jury indictment on vehicle talcing charges, today were held on grand larceny charges for investigation of an alleged attempt to start a motorcycle in an alley in the rear o: 1617 Steam avenue Monday nighri Patrolman Frank Dailey fired a ahot at rhe youths as they fled. They were arrested later. Detective John Dugan and Charles Golder found the motorcycle is owned by Thomas Sullivan. 144 North Arsenal avenue. Municipal Judge Pro Tern Sol Rabb bound the youths oi-er to the grand jury under SI,OOO bond each, CLUB LAUDS J. a7 PERRY Relative* Receive Vote of Sympathy From Universal Group. Relatr es of James A Perry, owner of the Indianapolis Baseball Club, who was killed in an airplane crash at Pt. Benjamin Harrison, today received a resolution of sympathy from the Universal Club. The resolution praised Mr. Perry's public spirited activities.

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ljp| Miss Elizabeth Adams (standing) and Mrs. William H. Barrere Jr. In one of the matches of the title flight. Tuesday, first round in the women's state golf championship tournament at Meridian Hills, the above players were paired, and Miss Adams. Avalon, won from Mrs. barrere of Highland. 7 to 6. Miss Abbott, one of the youthful stars of the city's feminine players, met her mother, Mrs. M. -J. Abbott, also of Avalon. In a quarter-finals match today.

AUTO CRASH ‘WAVE’ BRINGS BALM SUIT

Bv Times Rprei/il COLUMBUS. Ind.. July 17.—Following tnree automobile accidents which occurred in front of his home north of this city on U. S. Road 31, William P. Keller has filed suit of attachment in a justice of the peace court against O. P. Montgomery, Chicago, as payment for damages to his property. A car owned by Montgomery and driven by his daughter, Mrs. Fay Thompson, Chicago, in which her children and her mother, Mrs. Montgomery’. Indianapolis, and another daughter. Mrs. Zola Bums and children, Fondulac, Wis.. were riding. left the road and went over an embankment crashing into the hedge at the Keller home. Sixty feet of the hedge were plowed up and several large posts were torn dO7TI. Mrs. Montgomery and Mrs. Burns were severely injured and were

GRINDING POVERTY IS BARED BY RAID

Bv Timrs £veciol SHELBYVILLE. Ind.. July 17— Shelby county authorities and police here are confronted with two dry law cases Involving the father of seven children and a 16-year-old boy which are instances of what can exist despite prohibition. Clarence Lee, the father, was arrested at an unusual home in JAIL ALTERED' Board Adds $5,000 to Estimates. 1 The board of safety increased its bond issue request for repairing the city jail from. *25.000 to $30,000 today. Building Commissioner William F. Hurd had estimated the cost at $25,000. Cell capacity will be increased 100 per cent, revamping the attic into cell rooms. With the increased space classes of offenders can be segregated, according to Fred W. Connell, .safety board president, and the jail will be good for twenty-five years longer. The walls are seventeen inches thick, enough to support two added stories, according to Hurd. Addition of two fire escapes and an elevator will insure safety. $207,213,005 INCOME OF INDIANAPOLIS IN 1928 Real Estate Board Survey Shows 96.191 Families. Income of Indianapolis’ 382.100 population in 1928 was $207,213,005. according to a survey made recently for the Indianapolis Real Estate Board to show the buying power of the city. The analysis of annual expendtures shows food led all other expenditures. with $47,658,894. and other necessities were as follows: rent, $38,335,740: furniture. $6,838,022: laundry. $5,490,954: men's clothing. $12,432,775: women’s clothing. $17,820,316: children's clothing. $13.676.057. and shoes $6,216,388. There are 96.191 families in the city, according to. the survey which divided the city into ten residential and one business district for purposes of comparison of Income and •jypenditurefc

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taken to the Keller home. The accident occurred when the Montgomery car siaeswiped a sedan driven by T. C. Wade, in which his wife and daughter and a boy were passengers. That car also went over the embankment, and the boy was slightly injured. At the same time the accident occurred a. large sedan in which Mrs. Tipton Blish. of Seymour, was riding, turned over in almost the same place. Mrs. Blish was slightly injured. A passing motorist watching a ■wrecking crew at work in righting the machines, stopped his car suddenly and a. small coupe driven by an Indianapolis man in which his mother was riding crashed into it. The mother was thrown through the windshield and her nose was broken and she was otherwise hurt. She too was taken into the Keller home.

Washington township—two abandoned school hacks and a tent —in which he, his wife and seven children live. Sheriff George Nigh found a small still, improvised with a wash boiler, and a jug partially filled with liquor when he made a raid on what the family calls home Lee was arrested charged with possession of the still and liquor. The officers found pitiable eondi- | tions at the home. Few household articles furnished the hacks and ! tent and the children were poorly clothed. unable to give bond, is in | the county jail here awaiting trial. A ca.se being handled by Shelbyville police is that of Floyd Woolridge. 16. who was found lying in an alley in a crazed condition due tc liquor. His condition was so serious that he was treated at a hospital and for a time was kept in a straitjacket due to violent hysteria. Police are endeavoring to learn where he obtained the liquor. CIVIL WAR VETERAN" DIES AT AGE OF 89 Funeral for Daniel Pickle t-o Be Held Thursday, Daniel Pickle. 89 years old. Civil j war veteran, will be buried from his ' home one mile south of McCords- * ville Thursday morning at. 10. Pickle died at his home Tuesday. Mr. Pickle was born in Marion j county and attended school in a log cabin. He served six years in Company K, Eleventh Indiana infantry, j He was a harness maker and followed that trade in Oaklandon for more than twenty years after the • Civil war. CENTER SCHOOL TALKED City Education Board Meets to Acquire Building. The Indianapolis school board met at 1:30 p. m. today to confer with the Center township trustee and advisory board in regard to the city acquiring the township school in territory recently annexed by city council. Before the meeting the board received report, of the coal committee on bids received for coal for JS29-193&

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AIDS OF BOGUS MONEY MAKER BEING SOUGHT Federal Agents Take Hand in Probe Following Arrest of Columbus Man. COSTLY OUTFIT SEIZED Spurious Paper Closely Resembles Real Currency, Business Men Admit. Bv Tim fa Special COLUMBUS. Ind.. July 17Agents of the United States treasury department and police here are endeavoring to find confederates of Harold Brumfield. 40. at whose home here a SI,OOO counterfeit money making outfit was seized with nearly S7OO in spurious currency. A preliminary investigation has been made here by Charles Mazey, Indianapolis, an operative of the United States treasury department, and he agrees with Columbus police that there is little doubt Brumfield was aided in his operations. Arrest of Brumfield on complaint of his wife. Mrs. Aha Brumfield, who accused him of beating her and a son. Leonard, a local barber. led to seizure of the counterfeit evidence. Liquor Recipes Found.

Officers found, two printing presses. plates, a large camera and hundreds of recipes for making alcoholic beverages at the Brumfield home, but a quart of home brew was the only liquor discovered. Most of the money seized was in $lO Federal reserve notes, and there was a small quantity of coins, including imitation silver dollars and a bad $lO gold piece. The paper money was tied in bundles marked "first choice" and "second choice," the difference being that, only the first had threads like real money. Bankers and other business men here admit that the money is so much like the real thing that had it been offered to them, they would have accepted it without hesitation. There is a slight difference in the paper of the real and bogus. Threatened Family. Mrs. Brumfield said that three years ago boxes and barrels began arriving at the home, which were closely guarded by her husband. She declares he threatened her and the son with death if they ever told of his counterfeiting operation#. The wife quotes Brumfield as announcing a few months after his start in the bad money game that he would “make us millionaires,” but did not explain how. He showed her some $lO bills and asked if she could distinguish between them and real money. The Brumfield family came here from Nortonburg fourteen years ago and he worked industriously as an automobile mechanic until four years ago when he became a filling station attendant. Since then, his wife charges, he has used intoxicating liquor in increasing quantity and has been cruel to her and the son, showing a dislike amounting to a. mania, toward any one entering the home.

Lottie Pick ford to Wed? She Just Can't Decide It

Bv Unittd Prtafi HOLLYWOOD, Ca!., July 17.—Lottie Pickford. member of the Pickford screen family. is not at all sure when sne will be married to Russell Gillard. 33, an undertaker. she said today. Miss Rosamond Rice, head of the marriage license bureau, thought the former screen player was a little uncertain, even

when she filed her notice of intention yesterday. “I don't know.” Miss Pickford answered the marriage query today. “I don't want to talk.” The actress and Gillard walked into the bureau just beore it closed yesterday. Miss Pickford assumed dark -colored glasses and a veil, but her disguise was not sufficient. Miss Pickford's age was listed as 33 on the application. She at first denied her identity. She

BOARD WILL ASSIST IN CHOICE OF JUDGES Ogden to Name Committee to Study Candidates Merits. A commission to study the qualifications of candidates for judgeships and make their findings public. may be named by Attorney General James M. Ogden and members of the board of control of the Indiana Bar Association at a meeting Friday noon at the Columbia Club. The decision to have a commission on judgeships was made at the Gary convention recently, following a bitter arraignment of the bench by James Bingham. Indianapolis attorney. Ogden also will appoint a special committee to aid the Governor in making a success of the law enforcement conference which is planned Xor this Wi>

Tacoma to Tokio Aviator Lays Plans Carefully for Long Hop

Youthful War Veteran to Fly Alone Across Seas to Japan. Tjtntenant Harold Brornlor. art-year-old Canadian irar -eteran. has srrittoD for The Times and NEA Ser-rice his own story of his plans for a nonstop flight from Taeoma. Wash., to Tokio. Japan, at an ea-ly date. Tacoma business men are barking the Sight. BV LIEUTENANT HAROLD BROMLEY BURBANK. Cal.. July 17.—Scientific and mechanical progress of the last two years have made it possible for a pilot to undertake alone a longer nonstop flight than could have been possible in 1927 when Lindbergh made his lone flight across the Atlantic. It is n 'ith the assurance that- my mechanical and navigational problems h* ve been solved that I will hop off in a few weeks from Tacoma, Wash., for Tokio. Japan—4.762 miles west. lam taking every safety provision possible, that no element of the flight, will be left to chance. These take form not only in frequent inspections of the plane during its final assembly, but also in careful consideration of the weather and preparations to carry radio apparatus that will function under any conditions.

ip Open Cockpit My plane will be a special lowering Lockheed. T will sit near the tail in an open cockpit, I decided on a low-wine job for several reasons. one of the most important being the added lift it will give when taking off with my heavy load. The plane will be powered with a Wasp 425-horsepower engine. This engine is "super-inspected." That means every bit of metal in the motor has been microscopically examined. and that no flaws will develop in it during the flight. In fact, the engine twice was su-per-inspected. Following the first, it was torn down and again completely inspected with microscopes. Prior to taking off. the plane 11111 be loaded progressively and tested from dry lake beds near here. On each take-off the length of run and time will be measured, wind direction and altitude being taken into consideration. Will Fly Alone Thus we can determine exactly what load the plane can lift at Seattle under given wind conditions. In considering the Tacoma-Tokio flight I decided to fly alone when I learned I could use the system of navigation devised by Commodore P. V. H. Weems of the navy- In practice I have determined my position at night in forty-eight seconds! Thus I can handle the bubble sextant and do my calculating with one hand while flying the ship with the other. Trip in 35 Hours When I take off the plane will have in her tanks approximately 885 gallons of gasoline and 30 gallons of oil. With the special N. A. C. A. cowling, the plane should cruise at least 150 miles an hour. On that basis and assuming fairly favorable flying weather, the flight should be completed in not more than thirty-five hours, of which only three and one-half hours will be flown in darkness. I will follow the great circle route along the Aleutian chain of islands. This will carry me near five Russian and American radio stations.

signed the intention as Lotta Rupp. When Miss Rice pointed out that Lotta Hennessey and John Smith were mentioned as the parents in the application Miss Pickford had signed for a previous marriage, the actress insisted, “That's .iust a coincidence." ‘‘l don't want anything about this marriage in the papers.

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she said, and then, as she was leaving the bureau, "You can tear up that application; I’ve changed my mind.” A second later she again changed her mind and remarked: “Well, let it ride.” Miss Pickford married Albert Rupp in New York in May, 1918, divorcing him in 1920. In January. 1922. she married Allen Forrest Fisher. She divorced him in Paris.

LOVED HIS FOOD MORE So New York Woman .Asks Divorce From 332-Pound Broker. Bu United Prees NEW YORK. July 17.—A 332pound man should diet, and not cheat by eating at restaurants. Mrs. Charlotte C. Samuels said here in her petition for separation from Donald L. Samuels, broker. “He loved his food more than he cared for me,” Mrs. Samuels said in her complaint. "He promised to diet and reduce, but he’d stop in restaurants on the way to work and cheat on his promise.” FOUR BURN to DEATH Two Babies, Elderly Couple Victims of Ontario Blaze. Bn United Prct* CORNWALL. Ont.. July 17.—Four persons were burned to death and four others injured today in a fire which destroyed four buildings here. The dead are Osais Givoque. his wife and 9-months-old grandchild, And Cecil* Pinh*£

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Lieutenant Harold Browley. soon to undertake a lone nonstop flight across the Pacific ocean from Tacoma to Tokio. is shovn abo e vu h the map of his route. He hopes to make the trip in thirty-five hours. He is shown here with a bubble sextant with which he can ascertain his position in a few seconds. Below is his open cockpit plane.

WICKERSHAM IDEA RAPPED BY WRIGHT

Frank 1 Bone Dry" Wright, author of the Indiana prohibition enforcement statute, one of the most arid extant, today approved partially the Wickersham program of state against, federal enforcement, as outlined in a letter read by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, at the Governors’ conference in New London, Conn. t “I agree heartily with George W. Wickersham. head of the Hoover crime commission, when he says the states should bear the brunt of dry law nforcement,” Wright declared today. “I part company with him, however, when he says they should undertake the whole program and fed-

GOVERNOR AGAIN IS TARGET OF JUDGE

Bit Times Special RICHMOND. Ind.. July 17.—Twice in a week Judge G. H. Hoelscher of Wayne circuit court has condemned Governor Harry G. Leslie for granting paroles to men sentenced by the court. The latest case is that of Paul

PAVING SUIT HEARD English Avenue Injunction Taken Under Advisement. Judge Byron Is. Elliott, in superior court 4. today took under advisement the petition for an injunction restraining the board of public works from letting contracts for the resurfacing of English avenue, from Southeastern avenue to the Brookville road. The suit was brought by Stephen J. and Catherine D. Ward, whose property is affected by the proposed improvement. The Wards allege the improvement was authorized in two board of works resolutions, at a total cost of $145,000. The valuation of the property on the street, they say, is $112,000. RULES ON CANAL SPAN White Valley Company Must Build Bridge at Connersville. The White Water Valley Canal Company must finance a state highway bridge over the canal on State Road 1. it has been ruled by Attor-ney-General James M. Ogden. The bridge is at Connersville and its construction will eliminate a dangerous curve in the road, the highway officials stated. Indiana Firemen Meet El/Ur ift Pr< GARY, Ind.. July 17.—Business meetings and fire fighting demonstrations featured the opening here today of the Indiana State Firemen’s Association twelfth annual convention. More than a thousand fixemea axe

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eral enforcement be wiped out so far as intra-state liquor traffic is concerned. That merely would mean the old A1 Smith plan for letting the wet states be wet and the dry states dry. I am sure Indiana would fall in the latter classification. But the wet states are wet enough now, from all accounts, without passing jaws to contribute to their delinquency," Wright thinks that the wickersham letter may be the opening gun in a battle for modification of the Volstead act. which he opposes. The fact that Governor Roosevelt read the letter, indicates that the lineup will be nonpartisan, wet and dry. since the New York Governor is a Democrat, he pointed out.

| M. McGowan, sentenced to five to j twenty-one years on a plea of guilty j to a criminal attack charge, and : paroled after serving less than half i the term. Sentence was passed April 28. 1927. Commenting on the paroles, Judge Hoelscher declared: “The Governor is not in possession of all the facts concerning such cases. Announcement of the parole of McGowan, who had a bad record before he was arrested on the attack charge, came to me like a bolt out of a clear sky. I had no information that an effort was being made to secure this man’s parole.” McGowan's attorney. William S. Clendenin, asserts the board of pardons was acquainted with all facts in the case before it granted the parole. In the other case which aroused the judge, the Governor paroled Carl Roberts and Jack Pritchard, former policemen at Ft. Wayne, sentenced after pleading guilty to robbing a Hagerstown bank. Like McGowan, they had not served half of their minimum sentences at the time of release. ARNDT BAND TO PLAY Musicians will give Concert at Camp Sullivan Tonight. The Arndt concert band, under direction of Herman Arndt, will play j the following program at Camp Sullivan tonight at 7:50. “Spirit of Independence.” “South- ! ern Plantation songs,” “The Merry' ; Widow Waltz,” “Vilia,” “The Bohemian Girl." “Hard Boiled Herman.” “Rose Marie.” “Totem Pole Dance,” “Why Shouldn't We?” "Indian Love Call,” “Door of My ; Dreams.” “Lucia.” “1863 Medley.'' “Charity Bazar." “Ze English Language.” “The Time, the Place, and the Girl.” “Love Me, Love My Dog.” “I Want What LWant When I Want It.” “Keokuk Culture Club.” ' “Kiss Me Again.” and “The Star-

FIRE TRAP BAN OFF STANDS AT FAIRGROUND Hazards Will Be Removed for Exposition Opening Aug, 31, ENTRY LIST IS HEAVY Many Good Horses to Be in Races: Livestock of High Class, Condemnation of the state fairground grandstand as a fire-trap, made last fall by city fire inspectors, will be lifted by the time the fair opens. Secretary E. F. Barker of the fair board announced today. The condemnation was used in an effort to get an appropriation for a new, fireproof grandstand from the 1929 legislature, but met with no success. Consequently.‘the fire hazards are being removed and (he stand will be in readiness without danger on fair dates. Aug. 31 to Sept. 7. The hazards involved were the business activities permitted to function under the old wooden stand. These. will not be permitted this year, Barker declared. Good Horses Entered The stand will bo in first-class shape for the greatest harness racing card seen at the fair track in years, he asserted. Almost every good horse in the Grand Circuit has been entered and the lists are longer than ever before, he said. There are seventy-eight entries in the Taggart Pluto Water $1,500 2:16 pace, fifty in the Silver Flash 2:10. fifty-nine in the Marott Shoe Shop 3-year-old trot, and forty-nine in the L. S. Ayres 2:10 trot. Purses in order named are $5,000. SI,OOO and $5,000. Total purse for all fair events this year is $171,745. which is $25,000 more than offered by any other fair in the country, according to Barker. Stock Entries Heavy Stock exhibits are coming from both east and west coasts and show j cattle will be exhibited from herds ; in California, Texas and New York j which never have been shown before in the middle-west, it was said. The breeds include Jersey. Angus and Guernsey. The national swine show, held in conjunction with the state fair this ! year, has brought entries from California. Texas. lowa and Nebraska, prize-winning herds never before exhibited here. Holbert Brothers, Greeley. la., largest, importers of pure-bred Belgian and Percheroßi draft horses, have many entries listed. Barker said. He declared that the entries in all branches are far greater than ever before in state fair history, and he expects this to be the best ex- ! hibition ever staged at. the local grounds.

AUDIT COMPLETED FOR INSULL MERGER icrricp Bor, Id Plans Hearing ott Proposed Utilities Combine. Public service commission accountants’ audit, of the properties involved in the proposed $70,000,000 Insull utilities merger has been completed, Commissioner Howell Ellis, who is in charge of the case, has announced, and preparation Is ! being made for hearings before the I commissioners. The audit is to be bound and copies will be made available to each commissioner. Several weeks will be required before the engineers' reports are ready, aeeording to Ellis. AUTO PLANTS ‘SPEED UP’ MILEAGE RECORDERS Driver* Get FaHse Thrill as Speedometers Are Advanced. "Plenty of would-be dare-devil automobile drivers speed along the country reads with the speedometer showing 50 miles an hour when they really are traveling little more than 45.'’ Chief Robert L. Humes of the state police contended today in lending credence to the charge that many automobile manufacturers “speed up'’ their speedometer registration. “It would be a good thing if all pleasure car speedometers were advanced so that they record from 10 to 15 miles more an hour than the real speed,’’ the chief contended. “I think it is done quite generally now and who knows how many lives have been saved? All the reckless driver wants is to feel that he is traveling 60, 70 or 80 miles an hour and he can get the same thrill looking at a speedometer registering that mileage as if he really were traveling that fast.” CITY BUILDING SLUMPS $8,830,000 Value of Construction Work So Far This Ysar. Building operations in Indianapolis this year show a slump compared with the corresponding period in 1928, according to a report, issued by William F. Hurd, building inspector, today. The record shows $8,830,019 valuation on new building operations this year compared with $11,985,898 in 1928. Weekly estimates show the same ratio of decrease, since 221 building permits were issued in tIV week ending July 13. 1928. and only 196 issued during similar period In JAffc