Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 184, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 December 1929 — Page 3

DEC. 12, 1929

SEASICKNESS IS CAUSE OF SUIT FOR HUGE SUM Famous Singer Contracts Tour; Cancels, Leaving Promoter Loser. fill T'nitrrt Prrnn PARIS, Dec 12,—Hereafter international impresarios and artiste should be crafty enough to have a seasickness clause inserted in their contracts. The sudden refusal of Raquel Mel.er to leave for Argentine and other countries of South America has orought about a two million franc suit, which will be settled this month in the Paris courts. The Spanish singer, according to the story, was engaged by the Argentine impresario, M, Quairo, to nake a tour beginning at Buenos Aires, and proceeding thence to Uruguay, Paraguay and 'other countries. The sets were said to lave been painted, the costumes deled and the orchestra engaged. Last Minute Note When all was ready, it is asserted ♦hat M Quairo received a sudden, impulsive note from the artist saying she had decided not to go to South America. Her note read in part: “Most decidedly, I can not leave. I am afraid of the water. The moment I pass the gangplank, I am seized by an illness of the most implacable pains, insupportable and odious, above all for a pretty woman, this sea sickness is unthinkable.” Claims Damages Tlie impresario then demanded that if Miss Meller could not depart that she must pay the damages, which amount to 400,000 pesetas, stipulated in the contract. “It is impossible to leave,” replied Miss Meller, “I have seasickness. I have medical certificates attesting the exactitude of my claims. As for paying, I can not, it is entirely too much money.” And so the civil tribunal was called upon to settle the matter. SUICIDE IS ATTEMPTED Halted Twice From Taking Poison, Slashes Artery in Wrist. Balked twice in attempts to take poison Wednesday, Crawford Livingstone, 40, of 1630 Shelby street, made an attempt to end his life in city prison Wednesday night, when he tore up a tin cup and used the metal to saw through an artery in his right wrist. He was taken to city hospital and will recover. He purchased poison twice Wednesday, one dose being taken away from him by his wife and the second by police, after which he was locked up. Suicide Attempt Fails Hii T’nitnl Prcsx BRAZIL, Ind., Dec. 12.—Death was preferred to a state farm sentence by Fred Allen, Putnam county farmer, but his suicide attempt by poison was unsuccessful. Allen was convicted of driving an automobile while intoxicated.

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“Yeah?” says Police Chief Claude M. Worley (need we say “left”) to Officer Leavitt of Miami, who complains of having “lost fifty pounds.” Florida’s traveling “cop” was the guest of Indianapolis today and directed traffic at Washington and Illinois streets, the thirty-fifth large j city which he has served as traffic officer. Frank < Soldier; Leavitt. 38, of Miami,'Fla., weighs 330 pounds and | is six feet tall. He came to Indianapolis as a guest of T. E. Jarrard, ; Marmon Motor Car Company sales manager, as a result of a meeting j with Jarrard in Miami. Leavitt, a traffic officer in Miami, was made an honorary mem- j ber of the Indianapolis police department by Claude M. Worley, chief < of police, and took a turn at traffic direction. He has traveled over the country as a publicity emissary for Miami. In 1918 he was champion wrestler of the A. E. F. in France, but retired from wrestling in 1921 due to. a broken shoulder and went to Florida. He has been a member of the Florida city’s police department ! six years.

RUM RUNNER ESCAPES Police Give Up Frantic Auto Chase Over W’et Roads. Taking desperate chances on the rain-slick pavement a rum runner escaped arrest in a 70-mile-an-hour chase on the Allisonville road Wednesday night. • Motor patrolmen Reidenbach and Steele abandoned pursuit fifteen miles from the city, after the rum runner ignored bullets fired at his car. John Prather, 18, Negro, of Hopkinsville, Ky., who police said left the automobile at r _ vventy-third street and Martindale avenue, to deliver a five-gallon tin of alcohol, was arrested. GETS $150,000 BEQUEST Woman Who Nursed Chicago Broker in Last Illness Named in Will. Ci/ i iiitnl In kh CHICAGO, Dec. 12.—A $150,000 bequest to Mrs. Lillian R. Weil, who nursed Alfred M. Syndacker during his last illness, was disclosed when the will of the pioneer Chicago broker was probated. The United Charities of Chicago

and the Mount Sinai hospital of New York will receive $400,000 jointly. Interest on this money will go to Mrs. Laura Hilson, a sister, and her three children, during their lifetime.

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EGYPTIAN MOVE OF LABORITES DRAWS_CENSURE Government Is Rebuked by House of Lords for Recent Action. flu 1 nilt (I Prrg* LONDON, Dee. 12.—For the third time in recent weeks, the Labor government has been rebuked by the House of Lords, the latest censure taking the form of a condemnation of the “precipitation” of the government in pursing its policy of granting” greater freedom to Egypt. The motion of condemnation was proposed Wednesday by Lord Salisbury. after extended debate on the Egyptian question, during which he suggested that Great Britain should have a policy similar to the Monroe Doctrine of the United States’. Lord Salisbury’s motion was adopted by a vote of 46 to 13. In his Monroe Doctrine suggestions, Lord Salisbury said: “There is a like doctrine we should profess. It ought to be

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understood In world diplomacy that there are certain regions where British interests are so paramount that we can nQt allow interference bv any other power.” Lord Lloyd, former high commissioner, attacked the government’s policy, declaring that the draft of the new Anglo-Egyptian treaty gave Egypt all the advantages of a member of the British Empire with none of the responsibilities. , “The treaty means that in event of k crisis in any part of the empire, involving relations with a foreign power, we are bound to consult Egypt and invite her co-opera-tion,” Lord Lloyd said. “This engagement we hesitate to give if we are allying ourselves with the most powerful foreign countries in the world. Thieves Behead Chickens ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 12.—Dr. K. E. Flinn found chickens’ heads scattered over the lawn of his home. Thieves raided a coop at the home while members of the family were asleep, stole thirty-five chickens and killed eighteen of them on the premises. Ten chickens were not molested.

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