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STOCKS MART AGAIN IS BACK TO NORMALCY Prices Drift Lower, but Not Under Pressure to Sell. CALL MONEY IS EASIER Ample Credit Is Deterrent to Sharp Reductions; G. E. Breaks. Sv United Prrns NEW YORK. Nov. 18.—Stock Exchange activities got back to what traders called normal today. Sales fell off considerably and tickers nearly were abreast of the market toward 'the close. Prices drifted irregularly lower, but there was no pressure to sell and a few made fair gains though they generally were under the opening levels. Large amounts of United States Steel were offered, more than offsetting buying orders. Sales today, exclusive of odd lots totaled 2,737,000 shares. Irregular at Opening At the outset, the market was irregular. Gains of 1 to 3 points were offest in smaller number by losses that ranged to more than 2 points. In no issue was pressure exerted, indicating to the trading community that the activity of the Stock Exchange and Curb to check up on bear raiders, was having its effect. Steel was watched carefully. It opened at 1631: It then rose to 164 Li, the previous close., and later fell to 161. It oscillated unevenly between that figure and 160, where it was at 12:30. General Electric broke to 190 and other leaders slid lower as the close neared. The feature of the day was a distinctly easier tone in call money. After renewing at 514 per cent call funds dropped to 5 per cent nad loans were arranged outside the Stock Exchange as low as 4 per cent. Time money was easier in tone. Bond Market Firm This ease of funds helped the bond market where all save the convertible issues were firm and active. United States government issues rose sharply, three of the issues rising to new high ground for the year. Ample credit also was a deterrent to sharp reductions in stock prices. Another factor was the effort of the administration to stimulate future business. The stock market community looked forward eagerly to President Hoover's business conferences which get under way Tuesday. Secretary of Commerce Lamont stated today that the administration hoped to carry out its plan of business maintenance through use of existing agencies. This was taken to mean that the work would be expedited without the need of building up of a vast unwieldy new organization. FIREMEN USE SHOVELS Replace Fifty Tons of Burning Coal When Blaze Is Conquered. By United Press EVANSTON, 111.. Nov. 18.—Water failed to extinguish fire in fifty tons of coal in the basement of a six-story apartment building, so the chief ordered the firemen to shovel it into an alley. For two hours and a half they shoveled. When the coal ceased smoldering, they were ordered to shovel it back Into the basement again. OCEAN LINERS DELAYED Ships Two Days Late Due to Fog and Heavy Seas. B” United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—TransAtlantic passenger liners are being delayed from twelve hours to two days in docking here, due to heavy 6eas and fog in the ship lanes. The White Star boat Olympic will dock Wednesday instead of Tuesday and the French liner France will arrive either Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. 18 LOST IN SHIP WRECK Vessel Battled Storms for Four Days Off Tobasco Coast. Bu United Press MEXICO CITY, Nov. 18.—Tile Villa Hermosa correspondent of the newspaper Universal reported today that twelve passengers and six members of the crew were lost in the wrbek of the steamship Villa Hermosa off the Tabasco coast. The ship battled storms for four days, reports to the department of the interior said. SUGAR FIGHT DELAYED Senate Takes Up Tobacco Rates in Tariff Measure. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. IP.—The senate today agreed to postpone its Rebate on sugar rates until some of the less controversial schedules of the tariff bill have been settled, in order to hasten progress on the measure. Instead of beginning on the sugar schedule today, as previously planned, the senate too tup the tobacco rates.

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VOLUME 41—NUMBER 163

TRY M’MANUS FOR MURDER OF ROTHSTEIN

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Sketched in court at the opening of New York’s most sensational murder trial in recent years, George A. McManus, upper left, and his attorney, James D. C. Murray, here are depicted by Artist George Clark of the NEA Service-Indianapolis Times staff. McManus is accused of the murder of Arnold Rothstein, lower center, gambler and racketeer, who was slain one year ago. Left is Assistant District Attorney Anthony Pecora, trial lawyer for the prosecution, and at the right is District Attorney J. H. Banton, who has been bitterly criticised for his delay in bring the case to trial. BY MORRIS DE HAVEN TRACY United Press Start Correspondent NEW YORK, Noy. 18.—The state of New York made another and successful attempt today to bring to trial George McManus for the alleged murder of Arnold Rothstein. The first attempt had been made last week, but was abandoned when it developed that Titanic Thompson, gambler—real name, Alvin C. Thomas—was ill in a Milwaukee hospital. Today court opened with high hopes of uninterrupted progress. McManus, a little more solemn than a week ago when he laughed and smiled with everyone, was in court five minutes early. When court was called and the defense was asked if it were ready, McManus arose and answered "ready” for himself, instead of waiting for his lawyer.

Judge John Nott proceeded with a’ statement to the jury panel calling attention to the fact that each member already had stated he had no prejudice against capital punishment. The witness list then was read to the panel. * The witness list included numerous interesting names, among them Mrs. Ann Putnam, Ashville, N. C. one of the “mystery witnesses,” only recently brought to life; Hans Mandel , cashier of the Bank of America and others. "There also may be a witness named Novotny, who is a sporting goods dealer in St. Palu, Minn,” George N. Brothers, in charge of the prosecution said. Questioning of Gilbert Taylor, the first prospective puror drawn, began immediately. He was excused for cause after two questions. It developed Taylor had undergone a change of opinion on the matter of capital punishment and now is against it. That disqualified him. It was understood, however, that Mrs. Putnam saw Rothstein, his hands clutched over his wound, go down the servants’ stairs from the third floor of the hotel to the lobby, where he was found writhing in pain, and that she saw a man standing in the doorway of the room in which the state charges he was shot—a room which had been taken in McManus’ name. Charges Double-Cross A financial transaction in which Rothstein double-crossed his former bodyguard will be advanced by the state as the motive for the shooting, it is believed, and to establish this motive it is expected the prosecution will present a comprehensive picture of Rothstein’s varied activities. McManus, big, expansive, and ever-smiling, is confident he will be acquitted. But as the trial began he preferred to let his lawyer do the talking. That gentleman, James D. C. Murray, busy putting the final touches to his case, had but one thing to say. And that was to repeat his assertion that McManus is being made "the goat” to protect someone else. “The minutes of the grand jury and the circumstances surrounding the investigation will show beyond all doubt that the police used every method possible to pin the murder on McManus to protect someone.” the lawyer declared. The jury will be /mpleted in three days, it is expected, and District Attorney Joab Banton estimates three weeks will be required for presentation of the testimony. Police Head Fired The slaying of Rothstein cost the job of a New York police commissioner and was one of the chief issues raised against Tammany Hall in the recent city election. The gambler was shot Nov. 4, 1928. He died later, hav-

ing in the meantime resisted all efforts of police to coax from him a single bit of information regarding the circumstances of the shooting. For several weeks the police promised action, but there were no arrests. Finally Mayor James J. Walker gave Police Commissioner Joseph A. Warren an ultimatum to produce the slayer or step out of office. Warren stepped out, to be succeeded by Grover Whalen. Whalen’s men soon arrested McManus as a material witness and then an indictment charging murder was returned against him. The district attorney, however, insisted he could not bring McManus to trial until he laid hands on Hyman Biller, supposed also to have been in the room in which Rothstein was shot. But Biller could not be found, and McManus remained in jail. Linked With Officials Then came the election campaign. Fiorello La Guaraia, Republican candidate, and former Police Commissioner Richard E. Enright, running for mayor as the "Square Deal” candidate, charged the failure to prosecute the Rothstein case was due to intimate relations of Rothstein with city officials. • As an answer, Tammany attempted to rush McManus to trial before the election. The courts, however, upheld the contention of McManus’ counsel that a trial during the heat of the campaign would be unfair. DAWES VISITS PREMIER U. S. Ambassador Spends Only Few Minutes With MacDonald. Bu Unitid Press LONDON, Nov. 18.—Ambassador Charles G. Dawes called on Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald today. The ambassador, whose conversations with the prime minister featured the early Anglo-American naval negotiations, remained only about thirty minutes. -

SPANKING DRIVES GIRL TO SUICIDE

By United PPess HAMILTON, 0., Nov. 18.—Jane Leah Lepley, 13-year-old school girl, died here tpday from a bullet wound, self-inflicted, police said, because of a parental spanking. The child shot herself Sunday night with a little revolver her father had given her, because the father. Clarence Lepley, spanked her for “telling a lie,” Coroner Edward Cook said. Earlier in the day Jane went to the home of her chum.

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ALL HOPE FOR SECRETARY OF WARGIVEN OP Oxygen Is Administered in Attempt to Prolong Life of Good. PHYSICIANS AT BEDSIDE President Keeps in Close Touch With Hospital Through Aids. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—Secretary of War James W. Good, desperately 111 at Walter Reed hospital here following an operation last Wednesday for appendicitis, still was alive at 12:30 p. m. today, although physicians had given up all hope for his recovery. Physicians had said they doubted the war secretary could live throughout the morning. The secretary, suffering from septic poisoning which resulted from an infected appendix, just was alive at daybreak today. Oxygen was administered during the night to prolong his life. Odds Grow Greater Attending physicians remained at the bedside throughout the night, continuing their battle of the last five days against odds that seemed to grow greater momentarily. After a restless night Saturday, Good appeared unable to rally as at first, although he continued his remarkable fight Sunday night. Only the physicians and nurses were allowed in his room, although Mrs. Good remained at the hospital v/ith her sons, James W. Jr. and Robert Edmund. The latter came here from Northwestern university, Evanston, 111., where he is a student, late Saturday, but found his father too ill to recognize him. Curtis Pays Visit President Hoover kept In close touch with the hospital throughout Sunday, but decided not to make another visit to the sick room. Other cabinet members and governments officials kept informed of the secretary’s condition by telephone. Vice-President Curtis, with his sister, Mrs. Edward E. Gann, paid a brief visit to the hospital early Sunday. DENIES DRY SECRECY ‘Facts in Killings Are Not Hidden' —Lowman. Bn United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—Charges made by the Association Against Prohibition Act, that federal prohibition officials reports on dry killings lack candor and fairness were denoed today by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Lowman. “I know of no reason why federal enforcement officials would want to keep back any facts with reference to killings,” Lowman said. “I don’t think they have.” Alleged suppression and admission of facts in connection with shootings by federal enforcement agents were cited throughout the association’s pamphlet entitled "Reforming America With a Shotgun.” Simultaneously with the publication of this pamphlet today, Mra Lenna Lowe Yost, director of the W. C. T. U. issued a statement holding that prohibition enforcement is making rapid progress. SNOW DUE TONIGHT Sub-Freezing Weather Is Expected Tuesday. Rains tonight will turn to snow, with an abrupt drop in temperature, J. H. Armington, meteorologist, predicted. The lowest temperature probably will be reached early Tuesday morning, when the thermometer may show sub-freezing w'eather, he said. The condition will be general throughout the state, Armington said. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m..... 40 10 a. m 41 7a. m 40 11 a. m 42 Ba. m 41 12 (noon).. 43 9 a. m 41 1 p. m..... 45

"If any one calls,” she told the chum, "I’m not here.” Lepley called a short time later and asked for her, but the chum obeyed orders. When Jane returned home, according to Coroner Cook, Lepley accused Jane of lying and administered an old-fashioned spanking. The girl went to her room on the second floor and a moment later a shot was heard. A bullet had penetrated her right temple and she died today.

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8 Tots Cry for Missing Mother

Bn United Press CHICAGO, Nov. 18. —The women folk in the block were mothering the eight Baran children in Blue Island today and trying to evade the question, "Why doesn’t mother come home.” Herbert Baran, the father, sitting white faced and silent in a front room, knew the answer, for he had been to the morgue in St. Francis hospital, where Mrs. Victoria Baran lay on a slab, the victim of a hit-and-run driver who knocked her down and then sped on. Mrs. Baran had been shopping, buying groceries for the family supper, and she had promised candy for the younger tots. On her arm was a basket, filled with her purchases. Her body, the life crushed out, fell in the roadway. Another car passed over it. The driver, Mrs. Alda Koehn, backed up, saw the crushed form and notified a policeman. That explains why a neighbor went to the Baran home today and announced gruffly, trying to conceal his sympathy: "My wife fixed some lunch, Baran. We’ll watch the kids, too.” "Thanks,” was the quiet answer.

FUND DRIVE TEAMS GIVE FIRST REPORT

Quite Quiet Bv United Press EVANSTON, 111., Nov. 18.— The fastidiousness of Joseph H. Jackson, displayed when he asked for “cream colored spats” in a men’s furnishings store and walked out with a full dress suit and a Tuxedo while the clerk was looking for the spats, was exceeded by the resourcefulness of Officer Hubert Kelsh. Jackson demurred at having his fingerprints taken at police headquarters. He fidgeted each time and the prints were smudged. "Come for a ride,” invited Officer Kelsh. Arrived at St. Francis hospital, Jackson was strapped in a chair and an interne administered ether. His fingerprints came out fine.

AUTO STARTER BOMBISFATAL Marion (Ind.) Labor Union Official Succumbs. Bv United Press MARION, Ind., Nov. 18.—Andrew Legos, 35, victim of a bomb which exploded as he stepped on the starter of his automobile several weeks ago, died of his injuries today. Legos was secretary of the molders’ union. Previous to the bombing, in which his body was shattered, two men were killed when a bomb exploded during a meeting of the union in the labor temple at Marion. Police believe that the same men were responsible for both crimes, although they have found no evidence of labor troubles. A reward of $1,500 has been offered for arrest and conviction of the men who placed the bomb in Legos’ car at the garage back of his home.

WOMAN HURT BY POLICE EMERGENCY

Speeding to the home of a woman who had been attacked, bound, gagged and robbed by a boarder, a sheriff’s emergency car today struck Mrs. Maude Clark, 48, of R. R. 8, Box 69, at Illinois and Maryland streets, injuring her seriously. Mrs. Clark was taken to city hospital by Seth Fox and Roy Combs, deputy sheriffs. Fox and Combs answered the holdup call and found Mrs. Nancy Morgan, 54, in her home in MickFLEE KENTUCKY JAIL Prisoners Bore Hole Through Wall Foot Thick; One Caught. By United Press MADISONVILLE, Ky., Nov. 18.— Police throughout the state today were searching for sixteen prisoners who escaped from the county jail here after removing the locks from three steel doors and boring their way through a twelve-inch brick wall. Most of the prisoners were serving misdemeanor sentences. Seven of them v, r ere Negroes. A seventeenth man who escaped was captured at Earlington. The break was the second in less than a month. On Nov. 2, eight prisoners escaped. A Negro trusty aroused jail attaches, who sounded an alarm. DOCTOR TREATS LINDY Fier’s Ailment Is Not Divulged, but Injury Is Denied. Bu United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 18—Charles A. Lindbergh is under threatment by Dr. Walter Phillips of Englewood, N. J., an assistant in Phillips’ office told the United Press today. The assistant refused to reveal the nature of Lindbergh’s ailment or how long he had been treated. Lindbergh could not be located. Reports persisted here the the flier had suffered a shoulder injury, but friends claimed this was not the case.

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Chairman Holcomb Tells Workers Entire City Shares Burden. BULLETIN Subscriptions totaled $137,123.90 when workers made their first reports at the Claypool today. The tenth annual Community Fund drive, which began Friday, will be conducted swiftly and thoroughly, J. I. Holcomb, general chairman, told drive workers today in the first daily report meeting at the Claypool. Thirty-five social agencies in the city will share in the 1930 fund, for which a goal has been set at $786,853 "Organized charity in a city as large as Indianapolis eliminates duplication and waste,” said Hugh McK. Landon, president of the community fund. "This plan is followed in 350 cities in the United States, and none of them can beast of a better, or more efficient, management than we have in Indianapolis.” Workers Give More The first firm in the employes’ division to report contributions from all its employes was the Polk Sanitary Milk Company, where 335 employes subscribed $1,472.35. Last year employes of the same firm pledged $404. The firm pledged $404. The firm’s subscription was raised from SI,BOO to $2,000. Emphasizing the necessity to reach the goal set this year, Landon pointed out that if the $786,853 is not raised the thirty-ffve social service organizations in the city will be crippled. Every Citizen Responsible "Success can be won if Indianapolis will remember, that the Community Fund is the joint responsibility of every citizen,” Holcomb said at the meeting. "For the next week this responsibility is being carried largely by 2,000 volunteer workers, but first responsibility rests squarely upon all of us.” Talking motion pictures of Landon delivering a Community Fund message are being shown at the Indiana, Circle and Apollo theaters. The drive closes Nov. 25.

leyville in a serious condition from injuries inflicted by the robber. The deputy sheriff’s car was turned into an ambulance again and Mrs. Morgan was taken to the city hospital. Her condition is serious. The traffic accident occurred as the sheriff’s auto, siren blowing, drove on the left side of a street car. Fox was driving. Mrs. Clark stepped into the pathway of the speeding car. She was hurled into the air. Physicians say she suffered broken bones and internal injuries. Upon arriving in Mickleyville the deputies found Mrs. Morgan, her arms bound with wire, lying on a bed. She told Fox and Combs that a boarder, Graydon Cummings, 23, had thrown her on the bed, gagged her, and, after binding her arms with wire, had taken SIOO which she had hidden in a closet of her home. She said Cummings crushed her chest with his knees in attempting to quiet her struggles and in an effort to bind her arms. “I’ve known him all my life,” she told officers, "he came from my home town.” Physicians at the city hospital said she was suffering from internal injuries. Police and the sheriff’s office are searching for Cummings.

ROB CARD PLAYERS OF MONEY, JEWELS

Two bandits who walked into a poolroom in the basement of the Colonial hotel, where a card game was in progress early today, lined eight men against the wall, bound and gagged them and took more than $315 in money and diamonds valued at almost SI,OOO. Only two of the victims reported their losses to police. A third appeared at headquarters, but refused to give his name, or the amount he 1 surrendered to the gunmen. i

HUNDREDS ARE RESCUED AS BLAZE SWEEPS CALIFORNIA ' HOSPITAL IN EARLY MORNING Heroic Efforts of San Francisco Nurses, Doctors and Volunteers Prevent Repetition of Cleveland Tragedy. TELEPHONE GIRL SOUNDS ALARM Flames Originate in X-Ray Room of Institution and Workers Defy Poisonous Gas in Carrying Patients to Safety. Bu United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18.—Heroism of 120 nurses, doctors and volunteers prevented another Cleveland clinic disaster today in the University of California hospital when fire, originating in the X-ray room, swept the structure in the gray hours of dawn. The rescuers, dodging shooting flames, carried every terrified patient from the building and shortly thereafter the fire was brought under control. No one was injured seriously. One hundred ninety-four patients were in the hospital when Juanita Costenborder, telephone operator, stationed just across the hall from the X-ray room, noticed the crackling flames and sounded a general alarm.

RUBIO ELECTED MEXICAN CHIEF Rioting and Slayings Mark National Balloting. Bu United Press MEXICO CITY, Nov. 16.—1n an election marked by nation-wide rioting, bloodshed and charges of fraud, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, national revolutionary and administration candidate, has obtained a triumphant majority for the presidency of Mexico. An accurate check of the dead was impossible. Many deaths were confirmed and those together with semiofficial reports Indicated the number killed throughout the states would reach eighten, with scores injured. Unconfirmed reports placed the dead at twenty-six. Leaders of the anti-re-electionist party, supporting the only other candidate, Jose Vasconcelos, conceded victory to the administration candidate, but only with claims that the Ortiz Rubio victory was a “fiasco” and accomplished by preventing the Vasconcelos supporters from voting.

NEW SUB LAUNCHED Great French U-Boat Can Carry Seaplane. Bu United Press CHERBOURG, Prance, Nov. 18.— The world’s greatest undersea craft, the French submarine cruiser Surcouf, was launched here today. Surpassing by 1,000 tons the finest submarines that America and Great Britain ever have conceived, the Surcouf represents the type of craft, which France has declared it must retain as an arm of defense. The new craft can cruise halfway around the world without refueling, can carry a seaplane, is provided with broadside as well as bow and stern torpedo tubes and has an armored deck to protect against shells and air bombs, HUNT MANIAC SLAYER Germans Start Intensive Search for ‘Ripper’ Murderer. By United Press DUESSELDORF, Germany, Nov. 18.—Led by officials from Berlin, policemen from every town in this area of the Rhineland assembled today and started an intensive hunt for a maniac-murderer who is believed to have killed nineteen persons in recent weeks. As the hunt started police were without a clew to the vicious criminal whose activities have spread hysteria through the region. The search extended over the entire area in which the “ripper” murders have been committed. All buildings were searched, especially public houses.

Joe Guiffre, 4263 Guilford avenue, said the bandits took diamonds worth $650 and $175 in money from him. Chubby Scruggs, Colonial hotel, reported loss of diamond valued at S3OO and $l4O in money. Carrying automatic pistols, the bandits forced each of the eight men to leave the wall, sit in a chair and be bound and gagged. The gunmen were in the poolroom more than an hour.

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Doctors, nurses and volunteers defied the poisonous gas and flames emanating from the films and carried the patients to a hall in the rear of the building. The rescuers concentrated on getting the patients from the cots, wrapping them in the first material that presented itself and rushing thfcm through the flames and gas. Firemen meanwhile poured stream after stream of water into the flaming building that cut a great crimson gash into the cold mist of the early morning. After the fire was controlled and tiie patients removed to safety, university authorities took stock of the material damage and estimated it at $250,000. Before the flames finally were subdued, a dozen feats of heroism were written Into university history. The fact that no lives were lost probably was due to the cool work of the nurses, aided by the doctors on duty, Charles Brennan, fire chief, told the United Press, Directed by Katherine Fores, the nurses about the rescue calmly, systematically carrying the patients out of danger. First they took those whd were ill seriously, then those not so ill and finally the convalescents. Miss Costenborder, the individual heroine, was hurt slightly when, after she had aroused every one in the hospital, she leaped through a window into a sand pile. Her ankle was wrenched. Rescue Is Orderly She stayed at her post, calling nurses and doctors until the switchboard became so hot that she had to leave. At the same time flames from the X-ray room were licking across the corridor at her face. The calmness of the rescuers reassured the patients and stayed a panic. The rescue was as orderly as a school fire drill. Damage was confined to the third and fifth floors. The third, where the X-ray room was being destroyed by the flames. Little damage was done on the lower floors by fire, but the flooding of the X-ray room with water caused some property loss below. Sheets of flame were shooting from the windows of the X-ray room when firemen arrived. Fearing a repetition of the Cleveland hospital disaster, which killed 127 persons this year, Fire Chief Brennan immediately sounded a call for his helmet squad, and that group, wearing gas masks, dared to enter the flaming X-ray room. The room and adjoining rooms were flooded with water. Doctors /\.re Trapped The heat was terrific and this handicapped the fire fighters and rescuers. All elevators went out of commission soon after the flames started and that handicapped the workers as some patients were on the fifth floor and were carried to the ground floor. The nurses gave way to womanlike tears and other manifestations of excitement after the fire was out. There was no hysteria while patients were to be saved, but there was a let-down in emotions after It was all over. Three doctors, aiding nurses in the rescue, were trapped on the blazing third floor at the height of the fire The stairway was cut off by flames and the elevators were out of commission. Thag physicians, Drs. Russob Jaelke, John Logan and John Richard, with their arms over their eyes, fought their way to a window. One of them smashed it with his firs* and the trio crawled out on the ledge, the flames following them through the shattered glass. There they hung, tongues of flame shooting through the broken window and licking at their fingers until firemen raised a laddder and took them off Just when It appeared they would have to let loose and drop to a pavement below. Their only injuries were scorched fingers. r

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