Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 234, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 February 1930 — Page 1

COPS LAUNCH DRIVE TO END GANGTERROR Civic Leaders’ Ultimatum Results in Sudden Roundup. 7 RACKETEERS NABBED Chicago Police Ordered to Halt Dynamite and Death Rule. BY RAY BLACK United Pres* Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Feb. B—Wholesale roundup by police of gangsters and racketeers was the answer of law enforcement authorities today to an ultimatum of Chicago's leading business men that gangland’s rule Os dynamite and death must end. Direct action by citizens, through vigilante committees or otherwise, was the alternative mentioned by big business, and police swung into action with startling suddenness. The police coup began at the boxing show at the coliseum Friday night. Seven racketeers w-ere arrested as they hied out after the show. When Singled Out The raid was thorough. Half an hour before the gong sounded for the first bout, twenty-five picked detectives assembled for roll call in the La Salle street railroad station. Lieutenant Maurice Byrne called the roll and distributed tickets. The detectives scattered among the 4,000 boxing fans and singled out their men. The seven arested were David (Cock-Eyed Mulligan> Albin, proprietor of the Epicure club, recently padlocked; his brother, Sam Albin; Benjamin (Buddy* Jacobson, former henchman of Morris Eller and one of those tried for murder of Octavius Granady, Negro politician; James Cohn and Frankie Foster, termed as panders by police; George Kreiss, manager of a Clark street restaurant, patronized by Moran gangsters and the scene of three killings in two years, and Izadore Lazarus, gambler and former pickpocket. John (Dingbat) Oberta, former associate of Joe Saltis, the beer runner, was stopped and searched but allowed to go. Seven Arc Warned After a warning at police headquarters that they either must leave the city or go into permanent retirement, the seven were released. Another arrest, they were told, will mean Jail, charges or no charges. Police officials and the state’s attorney were given "one more chance” to halt the tide of murder and terrorism when the executive committee of the Chicago Association of Commerce, comprised of thirty-three representatives of the city’s business life, met late Friday to devise means of stamping out the torrent of lawlessness that, in one week, led to seven gang murders and a series art bombings. Big Dusiness wall throw its millions into the war against the underworld if necessary to avoid chaos, the leaders indicated, and if an armed citizenry is the only way to establish law and order, the vigilantes of the old west may have their counterpart in Chicago. Committee to Be Named A committee of “citizens of known courage and action” will be announced today by Colonel Isham Randolph, president of the Association of Commerce, to make an immediate study of the situation and prepare a plan of action. With the success of the world's fair, to be held here in 1933, imperiled by the reign of gangdom and with business suffering because of the bloodshed and violence that has made the word Chicago synonymous with machine gun and bomb terror, the city's industrial and commercial leaders resorted to the drastic move. START HUNT FOR GIRL Young Woman Believed in Kentucky With Magazine Solicitor. Police aid in seeking a magazine circulation crew which his stepdaughter is believed to have disappeared. was asked today by W. A. Meyer. 819 North Chester avenue. Meyer told police the stepdaughter. Miss Cleo Heffelman, 19, answered an advertisement and was employed by a man registered at a downtown hotel as W. A. McWilliams. New York City, to solicit subscriptions for magazines. She was to work in Indianapolis, her stepfather was told. The man, with three other girls he hired here, left the city for Kentucky, Meyer has learned. Aged Woman Dies tv Timrs Special CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind. Feb. 8. —Mrs. Mary McKee. 60, is dead here after a long illness. She was a native of Jackson township, a daughter of Milton and Temperance Purviance. She leaves her husband, Elmer; a daughter. Mrs. Eva Shockley. Ypsilanti. Mich; a son. Walker, of this city; brother, Frank Purviance. Dayton, 0.. and an uncle, John Purrlance, New Parts, O.

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VOLUME 41—NUMBER 234

Stabs Teacher; He’s Not Sorry

By l.nited Press LANCASTER, Pa., Feb. B.—For a 9-year-old boy to run about with a knife thrust in his belt playing at being a cowboy or a movie-style bad man usually is good fun. But when the desperado becomes so thorough as Just because he didn’t like her, what is to be done just because he didn’ tlike Per, what is to be done to get him to copy his actions after those of the hero rather than the villain? That was the problem which today confronted Juvenile authorities here in the case of Hiram Battle Jr. of the fourth grade. Hiram always had trouble in school. He wouldn’t

DISASTER TOLL MOUNTS TO 20 Three Members of Rescue Crew Die in Cavein. fill United Press HELPER, Utah, Feb. B—Death toll in the Standard coal mine disaster has mounted to twenty today, with the deaths of three members of a rescue crew, caught under a cave-in as they sought to find three men who had not been accounted for after an explosion rocked the mine Thursday night. The rescuers who were caught and crushed under a huge slab of rock were: Clarence E. Smith, 36, of Great Falls, Mont. John R. Loman, 24, of Vedollo, N. M. Walter Henderson, 18, of Standardville. Utah. FIRE TOLL J 200,000 Work Three Hours to Check Seattle Blaze. Bu United Press SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. B.—A second fire within a week and the third within six months struck the Seattle waterfront early today, sweeping through the Oceanic building and destroying large quantities of stored furniture and government equipment. The fire raged nearly three hours, and all equipment in the city, including flreboats, was called to check the flames. Origin of the Are was not determined. Unofficial estimates placed the damage at more than $200,000. HOGS SHOW SMALL GAIN AT CITY YARDS Cattle and Calf Receipts Low, Market Holds Steady. Hogs gained slightly at the city stockyards today, prices ranging generally 5 cents higher than Friday’s average. The bulk, 150 to 300 pounds, sold for $10.90 to $11.15. Top price paid was $11.25. Receipts were 2.500, holdoveds 597. Cattle receipts were 100. The market held steady. Calf receipts were 150, market unchanged. Sheep were steady with receipts of 100 Chicago hog receipts were 12,000, including 9,000 directs. Holdovers were 3,000. Very few loads on sale. The market opened strong with Friday’s average with 180 to 220 pound weights bid in at $10.90 to $11; $10.50 bid on 2GO pounders. Cattle receipts were 2,000. sheep 4,000.

POPE ASSAILS RUSSIA Bitterly Condemns “Perpetration of Wickedness Against God.” Bu United Press VATICAN CITY, Feb. B.—Pope Pius XI, in a letter to Cardinal Pompili today, bitterly condemns "the horrible and sacrilegious wickedness perpetrated in Russian against God.” The Soviet union has closed many churches in Russia and encouraged anti-religious campaigns.

In the Stock Market

(Bv Thomson & McKinnon* NEW YORK. Feb. B.—The summary of business conditions, both present and prospective, prepared by the United States Chamber of Commerce, is probably the outstanding news of the day. Many industries report excellent improvement in business with substantial additions to pay rolls. It states that such hesitancy as may exist at present will probably disappear within sixty days and justifies the assumption that general business will be in full swing within a matter of weeks. Obviously the lowered discount rates will materially aid this movement toward normal prosperity. We can not agree with the theory advanced in some quarters that the security markets have fully measured the recovery from last falls depression. Quite a long list of excellent securities that show .no falling off in earning power are still selling on a basis of generous yield and there appears to me to be ample justification for expecting the upward readjustment in values to go quite a long distance before the line of overvaluation has been reached. I find, encouragement in the almost dally development of business and financial news of a constructive character. The splitting up of Canadian Pacific stock may be the forerunner of a similar movement in our own high priced rails and the plan to effect a huge merger in the rubber industry can not but be helpful.

or couldn't get his lessons and he took his spite out ©n the teachers. An unloaded revolver and bread knife were taken away from him after he had threatened teachers with them. Friday he climaxed his bad bold career by stabbing Miss Dorothy V. Wiley with a three-inch blade. Had a temporary stay in the police station been enough to cure him? It was difficult to tell. True, his bravado gave way to tears and he wailed: “I know the bad man in the movies didn’t cry, but I don’t care. I want to go home." But he still seemed to harbor deep resentment, “What if I did stab my teacher? She hit me, didn’t she?”

Fireworks? Couzens Going to Have Long Talk With Son-in-Law.

By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. B.—Senator James Couzens of Detroit thinks his new son-in-law is a "nice young man,” but he wants to have a “long, long talk with him,” one of these days. The senator met youthful William J. Chewning who, a week ago, eloped with his daughter, Margot Couzens, for the first time Friday, when Mrs. Chewning brought her husband to the capitol to see her father. Someone asked the senator afterwards if his son-in-law would continue working as a Washington bank clerk, now that he had married the daughter of the richest man in the senate. “He’d better,” said the senator smiling. “He’s married now.” “I haven’t any idea of butting in on their affairs,” Couzens explained, “but he will have to prove himself just as did my own son, Frank, and my other son-in-law. They both had to make good on “their own.” It was then that he opined young Chewning seemed to be a “very nice young man.” “However,” said the senator, “I want to have a long, long talk with him later on.”

THREE UNDER ARREST IN AUTOMOBILE THEFT Prisoners at Crawfordsville Said to Admit Crime. Bv Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Feb. S. —Three men, who gave their names as William E. Bradford, 20, Columbus, O.; Jack Adams, 24, Denison, 0., and John Smith, Ironton, 0., were arrested by police here on a charge of violating the Dyer act, and admitted they stole an automobile they were driving at Danville, 111. The trio stopped at Waynetown, west of here, and one of them pawned a watch to obtain money for gasoline and oil for the car. The filling station proprietor where the watch was pawned became suspicious and called the home of State Officer Merle Remley at Waynetown. The officer was not at home so Mrs. Remley called police here, who caught the men as they entered the city. Police Chief Harrison Young, Captain Charles Curtin and Officer Jesse Bennett made the arrests. Bradford admitted that he had jumped bond in an Ohio city where he was arrested on a charge of transportation and possession of liquor. He also told of hijacking episodes in which he had taken part.

HOOVERS HONOR ENVOY Entertain Retiring Sir Esme In White House Dinner. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. —President and Mrs. Hoover entertained a distinguished company at the White House Friday night in honor of Sir Esme Howard, the retiring British ambassador, and Lady Howard. The guests included members of the cabinet and of the British embassy staff, General John J. Pershing, several members of the senate and the house. Dean Roscoe Pound of Harvard, Miss Mabel Boardman and others.

ELECTRIC BED LATEST Yale Professor Gets Rays From Tubes While Sleeping. Bv Times Special NEW YORK, Feb. B.—Professor Irving Fisher, Yale’s great economist sleeps in an electric bed, reads an article in Fortune, the new business magazine. Ganglia of electri-cally-lighted tubes surround the bed. From these emanate rays almost as invigorating as the sun’s. To keep the Fisher body cool there is an a.g cooling device. At his desk, Professor Fisher sits ir n electric chair which does not s k, but merely titillates. Most c( t twenty-seven assistants have „,„d it at one or smother time, but never the Negro office porter.

DEMURE LITTLE ‘GALS’ REAL MENACE IN HOLLYWOOD

Bu Times Special Hollywood, cal., Feb. 8 The deadly, dangerous women of Hollywood that one must be wary of are not the wicked, worldly Negris, Naldis and Swansons, but the demure, shy, little Gishes, Gaynors and Brians, according to Gladys Hall writing in Motion Picture Classic. They are the ones who, says this writer, ruin men’s lives, who

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8,1930

DRY TRANSFER BEFOREHOUSE Close Vote Is Expected on Alcohol Control. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. B.—The house prepared to vote today on the first of the Wlckersham prohibition reform bills proposing transfer of prohibition enforcement from Secretary of Treasury Mellon to Attorney-General Mitchell. A close vote is expected on the only point which has aroused much debate, the cause leaving the industrial alcohol unit in the treasury, but giving the attorney-general the veto power over issuance of permits. House leaders expected the bill to pass with probably no more than fifty votes against it, but the question about the alcohol provision is too closely contested to warrant predictions. Wet and dry lines have been shattered in the fight. The minority group in the expenditures committee favored taking the whole thing out of Mellon's hands and they are offering such an amendment. A third group, with much less strength than the other two, plans to offer an amendment giving the attorneygeneral more than divided veto authority with Mellon over permits, but leaving the alcohol unit in the treasury, subject to the attorneygeneral’s regulation.

TAFT MUCH BETTER Ex-Chief Justice Enjoys Restful Sleep. Bv United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. B.—Condition of William Howard Taft was so much improved that his physicians omitted, for the first time I'-.his week, the midnight call to his bedside. No doctor visited the Taft home during the evening and it was understand that for the second successive night the former chief Justice was enjoying a restful sleep. BEE SESSION - DEFERRED Course at Purdue Postponed from February Dates. Pv Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. B.—The annual beekeepers’ short course which had been scheduled to be held at Purdue university Feb. 17 to 19, has been postponed, it is announced by Professor J. J. Davis, head of the entomology department. The announcement came as Professor Davis was leaving for Washington to attend a conference called by the federal government on the European corn borer, which will be held Tuesday and another meeting concerning coddling moth control, trol.

HICCOUGHING SUBSIDES Michigan Farmer Is Recovering From Nine-Day Siege. Bu United Press LANSING, Mich., Feb. B.—William Phillips, 72, retired farmer, today was recovering from a nine-day siege of hiccoughs. It was the third time he had been a sufferer from this cause. Once he hiccoughed continually for twenty-three days. Father of Eight Dies Bv Times Special MOORELAND, Ind., Feb. B. John Pope, 76, is dead here. He leaves his widow and eight children, Edward, Ft. Recovery, O.; Pmer and Mrs. Herbert Evans, South Bend; Mrs. Granville Manhouse, Newcastle; Bessie, Elmer, John Jr., and Lawrence, near Mooreiand, and Miss Ada, at home. Evangelist Booked Bv Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. B.—Dr. H. H. Halle, Chicago, evangelist, will speak here March 2. Dr. Halle is noted for his ability to quote any portion of the Bible from memory and he is said to be probably the only person in America who has committed the entire contents of the book to memory.

leave them frustrated and embittered, while few hearts are broken by the languorous sirens. Charlies Chaplin burns temporary incense at the altar of the Negri. But he marries little iata Grey. Such men as Harold Lloyd are pursued by women the world over. But he married little Mildred Lloyd with her wide blue eyes and young pink mouth. Visiting princes come to Holly*

TONNAGE SPLIT NOW TASK FOR NAVYEXPERTS Delegates Draft Tentative Schedules for Session Next Week. BATTLESHIPS CUT TO 15 British Proposal to Slash Aircraft Carriers Is Given Opposition. BY RAYMOND CLAPPER United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Feb. B.—With the British and American major proposals for naval parity and reduction of armament before them, the fivepower experts turned their attention today to discussion of the comparatively minor problem, previously raised by France, of warship classifications. The principal delegates, in accordance with their week-end custom, rested. The experts went into session at 10 a. m., and will endeavor to draft tentative schedules of the various types of warships, from battleships to small auxiliaries and submarines, for presentation at the plenary session of the conference next Tuesday. When the conference has agreed upon the classifications, the question of splitting up the total tonnage permitted each nation among these types will be discussed. In Practice Agreement In most naval circles it is agreed that Henry L. Stimson’s exposition of the American position, and Premier J. Ramsay MacDonald’s outline of the British scheme reveal that both nations are in practical agreement as to the main objectives —immediate battleship reduction to fifteen ships, and a sliding arrangement for cruiser strength. If no other agreement were made than on this basis, the Americans would consider the five-power conference a complete success, for the arrangement would save millions of dollars and end, regarding cruisers, a dangerous rivalry. MacDonald’s suggestion regarding cutting battleships to 25,000 tons is considered academic so far as the present conference is concerned, in view of the probability of a building holiday until the next conference. Opposition Voiced Some opposition to the British suggestion for reduction of aircraftcarrier tonnage from 135,000 to 100,000 was heard today from some of the American advisers. It was pointed out that this, would leave little room for development by the United States of modern types of carriers. The United States already has built 66,000 tons in this class, leaving only 34,000 tons available for future development. This is equivalent to two small carriers. Great Britain, by contrast, has built only 45,000 tons, and could build, under the MacDonald proposal, 55,000 tons more, possibly three additional ships in all. It also was pointed out that Great Britain at least has fifty merchant ships capable of conversion to aircraft carriers, while the United States and Japan have only about fourteen each.

FORMS SOLDIER GUARD Prison Head Insists Canon City Aids Be Crack Shots. Bn United Press DENVER, Feb. B.—Patrick J. Hamrock, 55, the "fighting colonef’ of the One hundred fifty-seventh infantry during the World war, who left a sick bed to reorganize the guard system at the state penitentiary at Canon City, assumed his duties today. He announced that guards would be reorganized on a military basis and that those not adept with rifle and a revolver will be dismissed.

In the Air Weather conditions in the air at 9:30 a. m.: West wind, nine miles an hour; barometric pressure, 30.21 at sea level; temperature, 30; ceiling and visibility unlimited; field slightly frozen. Young Student Dies Bu Times Special DUBLIN, Ind., Feb. B.—Thomas L. Bradway, 18, three miles southwest of Dublin, is dead of acute diabetes. He was a student of the Bentonville high school. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bradway, and a sister Mary Louise Brad way.

wood and they remain unaware of the Swansons and the Negris. They send orchids to June Collyer. Mary Brian is said to be the greatest heart-breaker in the town of Hollywood. She can count a rosary of proposals from her throat to her feet. Fair and slender Marilyn Miller has danced on the hearts of more men than a Jetta Goudal ever will know. And so, when every young man

Gave Her Cold Shoulder!

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When Josephine Hoffman goes for a canter with her reindeer steed in the mountains, high above Los Angeles, she believes in choosing a real “he man” escort, even if he gives her a cold shoulder. The snow giant was one of the attractions at the annual winter sports carnival in Los Angeles county park, in the mountains near the city. Note the sartorial perfection, even to the laces on his huge moccasins.

CHICAGO PINS HOPE ON SALE OF TAXES

BY MERTON T. AKERS United Pres* Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Feb. B.—Hopes that weeks of disappointment have not been able to blast completely surged up again among the city’s thousands of unpaid employes, with the announcement that Herbert C. Heller, New York investment banker, would announce today whether his firm would purchase the entire 1930 tax anticipation warrant issue of $27,200,000. On that sale depends the happiness of homes all over the city where wives, mothers and children have been going without necessities while policemen, firemen and other workers tried desperate means of raising money as successive paydays went by with no pay checks. Hopes of school teachers were buoyed by the presence in New York of President H. Wallace Caldwell of the board of education. He, too, was attempting to raise money for his bankrupt departments. Still another avenue of possible relief was opened by City Controller

Opening Markets

By United Press NEW YORK, Feb. B.—Railroad shares held steady to Ann at the opening of the stock market today while the industrial list met further realizing selling that brought prices down fractions to more than a point in the majority of issues. Canadian Pacific firmed up nearly a point to 220 ls>, still under the influence of the announcement the stock was to be split upon a four for one basis. New York Central gained nearly a point to 184%; Atchison held steady at 237%,and Missouri Kansas Texas held at 54. Delaware Lackawanna and Western firmed up fractionally. Chesapeake and Ohio spurted 2 points to 230. A few of the utilities were higher with Standard Gas leading at 119%: up 1%. Oils declined with Standard of N. J., off % at 62 on a blocked of 5,000 shares. Stone and Webster rose 3 points to 98; Schulte, % to 9T4; International Combustion, 14 to 6%; Republic Iron and Steel, % to 75%; Gold Dust, %,to 45%; United Aircraft, % to 45%; ational Dairy Products, 1% to 51. Westinghouse Electric dropped 3% to 161% and smaller losses were sustained by Johns Manville, Atlantic Refining, Simmons Company, Warners Brothers Pictures, Auburn Auto and Montgomery Ward. United States Steel off % at 181% and later dipped to 181%. Trading in the issue was more quiet than at any time this week. New York Stocks Opening (By Thomson & McKinnon) —Feb. 8— Amtr Car Foundry 80 Ajn Steel Foundry 48% Am Tel and Tel 429 Am Tob (B) 227% Amer Woolen Anaconda . 7?

Anaconda Atchison 23 ‘ Auburn 22.*4 Beth Steel 100 Canadian Pac 220V* Ches & Ohio 230

comes to Hollywood, let him look up the Negris, the Gouldals. Let him 101 l in purring motors and bask in swooning perfumes. He will go home again and in a short time marry the girl next door. But when every young man comes to Hollywood, let him avoid for his life the Bary Brians, the Janet Gaynors. For he may, perchance, remain in Hollywood, older, sadder, wearier and wiser. Bearing the stigmata a i a Ottd dfiflMfc

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George K. Schmidt, who made the rounds of banking houses here again offering tax warrants for sale. His calls Friday were fruitless, but the city’s financial plight left no choice but to go again and again. There was a rumor that Mayor William Hale Thompson and his friends planned to come to the aid of the penniless employes by establishing anew bank to serve as a repository for city funds and otherwise aid in financing the local governments. Meanwhile city officials bickered among themselves and criticised Attorney Silas H. Strawn, head of the citizens’ “rescue committee” and dominant figure in the movement to bring aid to the tax depending bodies by raising funds within the Chicago business world. Issuanceof a $15,000 warrant to the Lake Zurich Milk Company in payment for milk delivered to the municipal tuberculosis sanitarium caused a storm of protest. The Strawn committee has opposed the policy of issuing “scrip” to pay bills and salaries.

Chicago & Northwestern 89V< Chrysler .39% Cons Gas Cos 110% Cont Can 67% Cont Motors 6% Corn Products 97 Vi Famous Players 62 V* Fisk Tire 3% General Asphalt 65% General Electric (new) 74% Geenral Motors 43V0 Hudson Motor 57% Int Har 87% Kenn Cop 61 V* Mont Ward 46 N Y Central 184% Nor Amer 101% Pennsylvania 80% Pullman 83% Real Silk 54% Rep Iron and Steel 74% 8t Paul 26 St Paul pfd 44% Sears. Roebuck 94% Sinclair 24 Studebaker 46% Union Carbide and Carbon 89 Union Pacific i. .228 Vi U S Alcohol '..118% U S Rubber 25 U S Steal 186% United Air Craft 45% Willys-Overland 10% Yellow Truck 19% New York Curb Opening (By Thomson & McKinnon) —Feb. 8— Allied Power 48% Am Super Power (A) 38% Assoc Gas 46% Ark Gas 12% Blue Ridge *V 4 Cities Service 31% Durant 9 Ford of Canada (A) 30% Ford of England ......... 13% Fox Theater 7% Goldman Sachs 39 Gulf Oil 135% Int Pete 19% Mount Prod 8% Mid West Utilities 31% Movlne 38% Newmont 129 Normanda 42 Ohio Oil 70% Penroad . 15% Salt Creek 10% Standard Oil, Ind 52% Standard Oil. Ky 35 Stutz Motor 2% Sel Industries 10 United L and P (A) 38 Utility 16% Chicago Stocks Opening (By James T. Hamill Cos.) —Feb. 8— J. D. Adams 29’/* Auburn '. 222 Vi Bendlx Aviation 39% Borg Warner *....., 29% Butler 11% Chicago Corp 14% Cord Corp 12% Cent Pub Serv 36 Grigsby Orunow 14% General Thea 43 Houd Hershey A 28 Iron Fireman 15% Insull Util com 64% Insull Util pfd 94% Libby McNeal 18% Midland United 25 Vs Middle West . ji% Natl Securities 19% Nor Amer Lt & Pwr 68% Perfect Circle 12V, Swift Internat! 133 U S Radip & Telev .. ; 8% Utility Industrial 19% United Corp 14% Zenith Radio 7% Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 28 8 a. m 28 8 A. 27 9 A. 30

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COPS’ BULLETS CHASE BANDIT THROUGH CITY Lone Gunman, in Stolen Car, Eludes Three Squads of Police. FIGHTS GAS ATTENDANT Loses Revolver, but Opens Fire With Another During Pursuit. Shots, blows and violence marked anew outbreak of banditry and burglaries in the city Friday night and early today. One bandit escaped three police squads after a fight with a filling station attendant. Three bandlta fired a shot at a filling station attendant who refused to obey their orders. Footpads slugged one victim and left him on the street unconscious as they fled with his money. A lone bftndit, his face blacked with burnt cork, ordered Herschel J. Foxworthy, 30, of 2032 West Morris street, Shell filling station attendant at Belmont avenue and Morris street, to put up his hands. Foxworthy attacked the bandit. After a five-minute struggle Foxworthy surrendered and gave the bandit sls, but, seeing another opportunity, renewed the fight. Grabs Revolver

In the struggle he obtained the bandit's hat, skull cap and revolver, but the revolver breech broke open and cartridges fell on the floor of the filling station. Before Foxworthy could reload the gun the bandit speed away in his car, a stolen machine owned by J. H, Grime* of Danville. A police squad took up pursuit. On Morris street, almost within range of the bandit car, the police car blew a tire. Carl Losey state policeman, sighted the bandit car at Kentucky and Senate avenues and attempted to force It to the curb. The bandit opened fire with a second revolver and Loeey returned the fire. Losey lost the car in the traffic. A third squad of police under Sergeant Michael Morrisey sighted the bandit at Kentucky avenue and South street, but the police car was outdistanced by the bandit machine. The same man previously had held up a Standard filling station at 3335 West Washington street, getting S2O. The auto used was found abandoned early this morning a square from police headquarter*. Rob Filling Station Three men masked with handkerchiefs took $25 from a Supreme filling station at Troy avenue and Bluff road, escaping with a car owned by Charles Jones, 51, cf 253 North Pershing avenue, who was at the filling station at the time. The three next visited a Shell station at Tenth and Dorman streets, getting $52. Attempting a third holdup, the men fired one shot at Franklin T. Oldham, 27, of 1548 Barth avenue, filling station attendant at 1001 Virginia avenue. He ran when threatened by the trio and the shot was fired at him. A lone bandit took S2O from Reno Bixler, 19, of 5106 Pleasant Run parkway, Standard filling station attendant at Sheridan avenue and Washington street. Two Negroes, one with a patch of adhesive tape on his face, took $25 and two wrist watche* from Anthony Koskey, confectionery operator at 4602 North Keystone ave* nue. Four men held up Ben F. Holme*, of 2734 North Capitol avenue, taxi driver, taking his cab and $3 at State and English avenue. Left Unconscious George Van Pelt, 45, of 555 North Belmont avenue, was slugged by two footpads at Kentucky avenue and We.Vt street Friday night, the bandits leaving him unconscioua after stealing $14.75, Charles Ryan, 25, living in the 500 block on East New York street, was held to the grand Jury under $2,000 bond on robbery charge* In municipal court Friday afternoon by Judge Dan V. White. Similar charges against his wife, Dorothy Ryan, 18, were dismissed. The two were charged with holding up Allan Chastain, 29, and robbing him of a small amount of money, after Mrs. Ryan stopped him on the street. Ryan pressed a whisky bottle neck against Chastain’s head to imitate a revolver in the holdup, he told police. Burglars got *3 cash and $lO In candy and cigarets from the Huber Hulse grocery at 1702 West Michigan street. A shotgun end other articles were stolen from the William A. Elbrecht coal office at 1458 Bates street. Speeder KJder Killed Uu Vnitrd Pm% OARY, Ind., Feb. B.—Patrick Keenan, 46, was killed when he waa thrown from a speeder In the M. J. & W. railroad yards here. A companion escaped Injury. Manager’s Mother Die* pi / Tim i * five rial EVANSVILLE, Ind., Feb. B.—Mrs. Helen Beamer Coleman, former resident here and mother of Robert H. Coleman, manager of the Evansville team in the Three-1 basbal! league, is dead at her home In East fit, LouiJk