Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 72, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 August 1929 — Page 3

AUG. 3. 1929.

PEACE REIGNS IN RIOT-TORN KANSAS PRISON Leavensworth Inmates Eat First Meal Since Rebellion. B’i r . ,w r,r LEAVENWORTH Kan.. Aue 3 F'sice reigned at battle-scared Leavenworth federal penitentiary today after a hectic thirty-six-hour rekvilirn anione the inmates. Order Anally was restored v hen the prisoners, confined to tiifir cell 1 - "ince Thursday's seven-hour riot ** as quelled b- guard.- guns promised to behave and were led forth for (heir firM meal since the trouble began Arrangement- *ere made to pipe drinking water into the cell houses which had been waterless since the mutinous prisoners broke the mains. Officials -'ould arid nothing to ft eir .statement, that all is quiet” pvrept that any information regarding prison affairs will be given out in Washington.” Austin H Mac Cormack. newly appointed superintendent of federal penitentiarir is expected here toV ~ht to make a study of the eondit.ons believed responsible for the insurrection in which one convict n as kilferi. three were seriously inured and twenty spra-ed bv buck- ’ shot. Officials. continued to attribute the trouble to over-rrowrieti conditions. Problem for Hoover fi; I „,t, ,1 r, ■ . WASHINGTON. Auc. 3—rresident Herbert Hoover has before him for study at his Rapidan. Va.. summer camp this week-end a report on crowded conditions a' Lea v enworth prison where one convict was killed and three were wounded in a riot Thursday. Federal prison authorities, who recalled that prison outbreaks usually follow a cycle, carefully were watching for any indications suggr ting recurrence of the outbreaks at Leavenworth. Kan . Auburn and , Dannemora. N Y.. prisons within a week. There are 13.600 federal prisoners in the three federal penitentiar- . ies—Atlanta, Ca.; Leavenworth, Kan.; McNeil Island. Wash.—and the two other institutions for women and young men at Alderson. W. Va.. and Chillicothe. O. This is more than twice the number these jails were built to accomodate. In addition, the federal government has 9.000 of its prisoners in states and county jails throughout the country. SMART SET THRILLED AT REGATTA RACES Navy Pilot Drives Seaplane 130 Miles An Hour Ru I ,i U r! I'i , NEWPORT. R 1.. Aug. 3—Their hankering for thrills whetted by Friday's events, members of America's smart social set flocked here today for what promised to bo an exciting windup of the annual motorboat and seaplane races of the Narragansett Bay Regatta Association. H. B Smith, chief aviation pilot of the U. S. S. Wright Friday drove his J-5 torpedo seaplane sixty miles at an average speed of 130 miles an hour, th is establishing anew record p*tor this typo >4 plane. ® Walter H More ton's runabout Dalton upset while speeding over the choppy bay waters and coast guards rushed to the aid of its crew. ARNDT BAND TO PLAY AT GARFIELD TODAY Concert Also to be Presented in Christian Park Sunday. Programs to be given by the Arndt concert band, under direction of Herman Arndt, in Garfield park this afternoon at 4:30 and in Christian park Sunday afternoon at the same hour, were announced todav as follows: Garfield park, today: "Semper Fidelis." from "Babes in Toy land.” medley of popular songs, cornet solo. "Orpheus." selections from Rose Marie." sextette from 'Lucia.' "Valse Blue." selections from "Bohemian Girl." T 863." "Some Sweet Day." and "Star Spangled Banner." Christian park. Sunday: "The Diplomat." selections from "Rose Marie," "My Old Kentucky Home." medley of popular songs, "Stradella,” selections from II Trovatore." "The Doll Dance." Humoreske." selections from The Merry Widow.” "Hostrausers " and "Star Spangled Banner."

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to the police as stolen belong to: Joe Eisenhut. 950 West Twentyseventh street. Chevrolet coupe, from Michigan and Illinois streets. Ernest Ellin. 1531 Lexington avenue. Chevrolet sedan from Ohio street and Senate avenue. Fred H. Lamb. 326 West Georgia street. Willys-Knight sedan. 736-297. from Georgia and Missouri streets. Roscoe Westfall Jr . 914 Grant avenue. Whippet coach. 716-252. lrom Noble and Washington streets. Henry Grady. 48 West St. Joe street. Fora roadster. 6-530 A. from Capitol avenue and Market street. C T Bragg. 2602 North Illinois street. Chevrolet sedan. 67-546. from down town parking space. Howard R. Isenthal. 1927 Parker avenue. Chevrolet coach. 31-573. from 1620 Brookside avenue.

BACK HOME AGAIN

Stolen automobiles recovered by the police are: Oidsmobile sedan. 6-767. found at Woodlawn avenue and Shelby street. Chevrolet sedan. 98-927. found at York street and Senate avenue. Willis Knight sedan. 736-297. found at McCarty street and Capitol avenue.

Deadline Time Draws Near in Times Physical Culture ‘ Race ’

Entries for Contest M usl Be hool’nr coHcr<\ but yo'Vil' find . V

Entries for Contest Must Be Filed Not Later Than Aug. 10. Within a week the deadline wil’ be reached in The Times physical culture contest. The time limit, girls should bear in mind, is Aug. TO. Entries that are not tn the mail by then will not be considered by the committee. Indianapolis and environs undoubtedly have more athletically inclined, robust giris than the committee imagined, if it were to be guided by the response of this annual call for physical culture entries The finely constructed, vital type of healthy girlhood is not limited only to those who attend high school or college, but you will find them among stenographers, bookkeepers. salesladies, girls who stay at home and waitresses. Health is the foundation upon which all happiness rests and is something which everybody is striving to attain. Wherever you go. you find activity on the part of the girls. A survey of the various beaches this week-end showed the hand-ball courts crowded with women, exercising. limbering up and getting themselves in trim. The tennis courts were flooded with girls. The waters were spotted with female swimmers, stroking out strongly and forcefully, building up their bodies. Noted Judges to Serve When one considers that Americas Physical Culture Girl will be declared by such a prominent committee as Benarr Macfadden, father of physical culture, and sponsor of the campaign; Mrs. Bernarr Macfadden. representing the motherhood. and Florenz Ziegfeld. David Belasco. Martin Starr, Haskell Coffin, and Neysa McMcin, it easily can be -seen that the decision will be one that will win the acclaim and indorsements of the vast army of men and women interested in the results annually of the search for America's Physical Culture Girl. You owe it to yourself to be declared in on this local contest, whereby girls picked with their mothers, will be the guests of Physical Culture Magazine during the pageant in which the finals will come off here in New York. Even though you may not win, if you only conic before the judges, you at least will be able to say that you were a finalist in one of the most important campaigns of the year. Get Your Photo In Beauty of body will far outdistance beauty of face in this campaign. This is no personality contest, and the winner's mother will get 61.000 in cash, simply a\ an added award. In mailing your photographic application. which must be in a bathing suit, don't forget to put the following information on the back of it: Your name, address, age and occupation, height <in stocking feet), weight (in bathing suit), color of hair, how worn, color ol eyes, size of neck. bust, waist, hips, thigh, calf and ankle. Should you not have a recent picture of yourself, the courtesy is extended to you to be photographed free at The Times. TONY FERRACANE IS SUING FOR DIVORCE Alleged Liquor Ringleader Alleges Desertion. Tony Ferracane. 5409 Winthrop a\enue. who was known as the ringleader oi an alleged liquor conspiracy which resulted in his federal court trial and conviction, today has a divorce suit pending in superior court three against, his wife, Mrs, Emma Ferracane. 1815 College avenue. The complaint alleged Mrs. Ferracanr abandoned him two years ago. Ferracane seeks the custody of his daughter Rita Catherine. 3. Mr. and Mrs. Ferracane were married in May 1919. and separated in Septembr,\ 1927. Ferracane received a twoyear federal prison sentence and w as fined $5,000 in the case. MEXICO DEMOBILIZES Twenty-Three Thousand Soldiers Are Mustered Out. p.j ( Press MEXICO CITY. Aug. 3.—Twentythree thousand .Agrarian soldiers, enrolled for service when the March revolution broke out. have been mustered ou* of the ranks, it was announced by the war office today.

Here are six of the numerous entrants in The Times Physical Culture contest. In the upper row (left to right) are Vivian Sharkey. 421 Harlan street: Roberta Hornung, Route. 6. Box 580: Georgia Wright, Route 3, Box 553. and Merle Flake. 1418 Kelly street. Below deft) Amelia Hess, 450 Parkway, and (right) Marge Slaughter. 653 South Division street.

BRIDGES AWARDED Contracts on Sixteen Spans Totai $237,000. Contracts on sixteen proposed bridges, tots! cost of which will exceed $237,000 were let Friday by the state highway commission. An extension will be built to the Wabash river bridge, west of Covington. in Fountain county, by R. McCalman, Inc., of Danville, 111., for $80,248.56. Other contract were: Two bridges south of Lafayette, in Tippecanoe county. Harold Thard, Fountain City. Ind.. $32,339.42; three bridges in White county, north of Brookston. W. H. Sons. Freeport. 111., $32,583.83; two bridges north of Greensburg. in Decatur county, Harry Hicks, North Vernon. Ind., $29,116.87; one bridge in Kosciusko county. Elkhart Bridge and Iron Company, Elkhart. Ind.; one bridge west of Washington, in Daviess county. Watt Construction Company. Winchester. 111., $6,499.69; three bridges east of Princeton, in Gibson count. A. B. Kremp & Son. Jasper. Ind. $27,390.24. and three bridges in White and Pulaski counties. Kruzick Brothers. Winamac, Ind . $21,187.79. NURSERY SCHOOL TO OPEN ON SEPT 2 Claire Ann Shover Institution Soon to Begin Fourth Year. Tn Claire Ann Shover Nursery school will open its fourth year on Sept. 12. according to Mrs. Emma Lieber. The school is located at 3265 North New Jersey street and each year instructs a limited number of children between the ages of 2 and 5 years. The Shover school is the only private nursery school in Indianapolis and since inception four years ago has trained 200 children of preschool age. This school prepares the little ones to better meet the problems that will confront them when they reach public school age, Mrs. Lieber says. GREAT MONUMENT IS PLANNED IN CHINA Tribute to Ruler to Be Built at Cost of 57.000.000. i Rn 1 nitrd rrrss PEIPING. China. Aug. 3. The greatest monument in all China, to be built at a cost oi $7,000,000 gold, has been planned for the latr- Marshal Chang Tso-Lin. for fifteen years ruler of the three eastern provinces of Manchuria. A site has been selected at the foot of Mt. Tiehpeishan in Man- : churia. and work will begin soon. Chang's son. Chang Hseuh-Liang. has contributed $5,000,000 silver for the memorial, and the people of the provinces Marshal Chang ruled will give the rest. Pulmotor Saves Life F.’i 7 i m ' s Snrri'il ANDERSON. Ind.. Aug. 3.—The city fire department pulmotor was used an hour to revive Fred Brocks. 22. overcome by gas while helping repair a high pressure gas main in the west section of this city. The main was broken by workmen excavating for a driveway to a factory.

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Robbing Done at Home Rn 'linn* Slirritil ANDERSON. Ind.. Aug. 3.John Barlow, motor bus driver, was entering the yard of his home Friday night when two masked bandits accosted him. One of the bandits kept Barlow covered with a revolver while the other robbed him of a purse containing $36.

PHONE RAISE DENIED State Commission Refuses to Reopen La Porte Case. Having listened to an oral argument on reopening the La Porte County Telephone Company rate increase case, public service commissioners Friday afternoon turned down the proposal to rehear the rate increase petition. State Senator Earl Rowley. La Porte, company attorney, and E. L. Kline, manager, announced they will appeal the case to court. They asserted the failure to grant the increase means a receivership if the company attempts to make the $140,000 storm repairs needed since the damage to lines last spring. The refusal to rehear the petition was voted by four commissioners, Howell Ellis not participating. Slight increase in rates was granted the New Salem Telephone Company. The order pointed out the rate asked will not guarantee a fair return on the investment. The New York, Chicago <<c St. Louis railroad was granted permission to discontinue passenger service from Connersville to Ft. Wayne. GERMANY PERFECTING FOG-MAKING MACHINE Apparatus Is Planned to Protect From Aerial Attack. B>/ l nitrrl Prcss BERLIN. Aug. 3.—Unable to prepare for war in the air under the terms of the Versailles treaty. Germany is perfecting a fog-making apparatus as a defense from aerial attack. The apparatus is designed to throw a dense fog over a designated area to conceal effectually the probable target of an enemy bomber. Experiments in the practicability of the apparatus were held in east Prussia with the Friedland waterpower works to be defended. The devices used were fire-ex-tinguishes altered by a Berlin factory. The change from extinguisher to fog maker requires but a few minutes, it was said.

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YOUNG EDISONS AGREE TO MEET IN TEN YEARS Contestants in ‘Brain Race' to Assemble anti Compare Notes. B<! I llltnt I’n .• WEST ORANGE. N. J„ Aug. 3. The forty-nine boys who came here from all parts of the United States to compete for the Thomas A. Edison scholarship will assemble ten years from now to compare notes on the success they have attained. Naturally, they will be most interested in the career of Wilbur B. Huston of Seattle, who won the examination. Huston will receive tuition from Edison for a course at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After the choice of Huston had been announced Friday, ihp boys formed a club and agreed io meet in 1939. Huston won by a slight margin, it being necessary for the judges to call in five l*>ys Friday and give them an oral examination before selecting the winner. The four who ran Huston ?. close race arc Charles H Brunissen. West Redding. Conn.: Ivan A. Grtting, Pittsburgh: James Seth. Santa Fc. N, M„ and Bernard Sturgis. Butler. Ind. So pleased was Edison with the examination papers of the four boys that lie decided to give them scholarships also, reserving for Huston the privilege of being his protege. Huston made 92 on the examination. It was the boy's general knowledge as well as his scientific information that helped him to victory. Refusing to reveal the answers he save to all the questions, he told enough of them to show the scope of his knowledge. Tn answer to the question. "Who was Jenny Lind?” he not only wrote that she was a Swedish singer, but that she toured this country under the management of P. T. Barnuni. Asked about the question. "When is it permissible to lie?" Huston said he answered: “It is permissible to lie to save another person when the lie does not benefit you in any way.’’ BRITTEN’S WIFE ILL Convalescing in France From Appendicitis Operation. Hu I nitrd Press CHERBOURG, France, Aug. 3. Mrs. Fred Britten, wife of the Chicago congressman, who is chairman of the house of representatives naval affairs committee, was seriously ill when she arrived here today aboard : the Leviathan. Mrs. Britten is convalescing from an appendicitis operation performed aboard the Leviathan on the voyage from New York.

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Bronze Plaque of Block Store Founder Unveiled

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Employes' Memorial Gift Accepted by Son, Meier S. Block. "I consider tha' the late William H. Block was an important factor in the growth of our city." said DickMiller, president of the city Trust Company, who spoke at the unveiling of a bronze placque on the first floor of the Block store, of Mr. Block, founder of the William H. Block Company. "His foresight and faith in the development of Indianapolis gave inspiration to numerous movements of inestimable value to the business life of our city." Herman Lieber, president of the Merchants Association, said that Mr. Block had always been a. valued member of the association. "He was part, of our city. He did much that has never been realized toward its growth," he added. The plaque to Mr. Block's memory. which bears an excellent likeness of him. was the offering to the

William H. Block Plaque

store by t.hr employes. None of the employes was solicited, their con- | tributions being entirely voluntary. S. B. Walker, office manager, pre- ! seated the plaque to Meier S. Block, son of the founder, who gave a speech of acceptance Jacob H. Hays, chairman of the employes' committee, was in charge of the ! ceremonies

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YOUTH. 11. IS CONFRONTED GY MURDER CHARGE Judged Normal by Doctors: May Take Course of Law. p,n i nitrd rn *s OLEAN. N. Y., Aug. 3.—Eleven-year-old Arthur Gerken of Roche, ter may face trial for the murri' oi Henry King, 13. whom he fatal',, wounded last week in an attempt , scare him from the farm where A: thur was visiting. Adjudged a normal, bright be by Dr. Clara Harrison Town, at a psychological test, it was pcctcd Arthur would be submitted ihc course of the law. Today he spent most of his tim* in the Salvation Army headquarter his present prison, sobbing over h; deed and fearing with childish horrors vision of execution. “Will they send me to tlie electric ■ hair, do you s'pose?" the Roches* ier boy tearfully asked. He was consoled and fold nothing would happen to him penning the coroner's inquest. The King boy died after Gerken had fired a .22-calibcr gun out, of the window of the Earl E. Clayson farmhouse while the lad was atiempting to get a drink of water. Arthur said he didn't l’kc the bey's locks and “meant only to scare him ,iw v.-pen the gun went off ” NEW BAND UNIFORMS holier ami Firemen tn Get Snappy Outfits. Purchase of snappy gray uniforms for the Pnliee and Firemen's band was contemplated today by the board of safety. It is likely that the uniforms will be bought from the police and firemen's emergency fund. Howard Robertson, safety board secretary and band manager, said. The forty uniforms will cost about SI.BOO. It Is proposed to buy caps to match maroon puttees and Sam Brown belts.