Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 268, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1930 — Page 9

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DOHENY TRIAL FOR OIL BRIBE NEARING CLOSE Aged Millionaire Is Called ‘Bribe Giver,’ ‘Patriot’ in Arguments. JURY GETS CASE SOON Target of Bitter Sarcasm During Review of Fall ‘Loan.’ ” WASHINGTON, March 20.—Edward L. Doheny was described diversely today as a "scheming giver of bribes” and as a “patriot whose innocent loan to an old friend has been made the subject of unjust suspicion” in final arguments before the jury in the California millionaire’s bribery triai. Frank J. Hogan, brilliant defense attorney, began his argument aitf; a speeca of more than two hours in which Atlee Pomerene, former senator from Ohio, had assailed the aged defendant with biting sarcasm. The jury is expected to begin late today or Friday the task oi deciding whether Doheny gave Former Secretary of Interior Albert B. Fall a SIOOO,OOO bribe in return for rich government oil leases. Pomerene, denouncing the aged ! California millionaire as a giver of bribes, reviewed the history of the oil cases and the government’s allegations that Doheny in 1921 gave Fall r. 100.000 to influence his award of Elk Hills naval oil reserve leases j to the defendant's companies. Before the jury was called in to listen to the closing arguments, Owen J. Roberts for the prosecution and Hogan for the defense concluded their debate over matters to dc included in the charge of Justice William Hitz to the jurors. Hogan argued that if the jury concluded the SIOO,OOO was a loan, it should follow that there was no intent *o bribe. On a compromise, it was agreed to instruct the jury that evidence of the loan was “not necessarily conclusive" of innocent intent. ESTIMATE OF SHEERIN ESTATE IS $175,000 Four Daughters. Two Sons Receive Bulk of Fortune. Estate of Mrs. Mary D. Sheerin, 69, of 4330 Central avenue, who died in Nice, France, March 13, is valued at $175,000, according to her will up for probate before Judge Mahlon E. Bash. Bequests provided in the docu-: ment include SI,OOO to Bishop Jo-: seph Chartrand of the Indianapo- j lis Catholic diocese, to be used for; religious purposes, and a division of ] the remaining $150,000 in personal property and $25,000 in real estate among four daughters and two sons. HOLD CITY MEN IN JAIL Clinton Authorities Allege Local Persons Arc Hi-Jackers. K u Timi * tipeci il CLINTON. Ind., March 20.—Three j Indianapolis men were under arrest here today, under SI,OOO bonds each, on vagrancy charges, after they are alleged to have hi-jacked two autoloads of bootleggers in this vicinity Wednesday night. They gave their names as Theodore Geisking. 22. of 1128 Central avenue; George Evans, 34. of 1040 North Delaware street, and Lawrence Hyatt, 28, of 1662 South Belmont avenue. The men pleaded not guilty and will be tried Friday morning in city j court. Police said they found a loaded rifle in their possession. G. oTpTaSPIRANTS TALK Speak of Weekly Meeting o Northeast Republican Club. Various candidates in the Republican primary spoke at the weekly meeting of the Northeast Reoublican Club in Compton hall Wednesday night. The speakers included W. Todd Young, candidate for sheriff; Judson L. Stark, candidate for re-election as prosecutor; Henry Campbell, candidate for county surveyor; Patsy Butler, candidate for county auditor; H, E. Eickhoff. candidate for first district Commissioner; Fred Akin, candidate for assessor, and John Marshall, candidate for councilman. SEEK ALCOHOL PROCESS Wealthy Real Estate Man Held for Formula, N. Y. Telegram Says. S United Frets NEW YORK. March 20.—The New York Telegram said today that Samuel Barron, wealthy real esta\ man. we kidnaped recently and held for 105 hours, because gangsters wanted to obtain from him a secret process for eliminating poison from alcohol. The information was obtained, The Telegram said, from an unnamed informant who contended that members of an alcohol ring had been trying to get the formula from Barron for years. Suicide Theory Unfounded By Times Special PIERCETON. Ind., March 20. Death from acute Indigestion was the verdict of Paul Eandis. Kosciusko county coroner, in the case of John Bell, druggist here, disproving a suicide theory advanced when the body was found Saturday.

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22 INOiCTED BY GRAND JURORS Eleven Discharges Are in Report to Collins. Indictments against twenty-two persons were returned today by the county grand jury in a ninth report this year to Criminal Judge James A. Collins. Nineteen true bills and eleven discharges were reported. Jesse Bryant, now In Marlon county jail, known to police as a bootlegger, was indicted for alleged bribing of George Rubush, Indianapolis policeman, Feb. 27. The bill charges Bryant with paying Rubush $5 “to allow the defendant to sell liquor.” William Myles and Thomas Morris. alias Rhodes, were charged with auto banditry and robbery in connection with the robbery of a Haag drug store Feb. 28, when they are alleged to have taken $35 from Ralph Studley, 2158 College avenue, clerk. Charged with robbing James Nichols. 1501 Pruitt street, of $350 on March 4, Ernest Tate, 529 Coffey street, was indicted for robbery and vehicle taking. The defendant is alleged to have used a stolen car in the robbery. Earl Tierce, 340 West Regent street, and Richard Madden, 1244 North Illinois street, were charged separately with transporting liquor. Other charges ranged from larceny to embezzlement, and a majority of the defendants are being held at the county jail awaiting trial. HOME, CHURCH RITES FOR HEART VICTIM Funeral Services Slated Saturday for Thomas Donahue. Funeral services for Thomas J. Donahue, 48. 407 West McCarty street, who died Wednesday while working in grocery store at 1102 North Tremont avenue, will be held at 8:15 a. m. Saturday at the home of a lister, Mrs. Catherine Holloran, 3850 West Washington street. Burial will be In Holy Cross cemetery. Following services at the home, short rites will be held at 9 at St. John's Catholic church. Donahue was found dead on the floor of the store by a brother, David Donahue, owner of the store. Surviving him are three sisters, Mrs. Mary Costello, Mrs. Holloran, and Mrs. Celia Reeder, and three brothers, David, John and Jeremiah Donahue.

AUTO TAX DODGERS MUST PAY COUNTY

Five thousand taxpayers who failed to list automobiles for taxation in 1929 have been called to account and will be forced to pay additional taxes totaling $53,350, Frank J. Brattain, Center township assessor, announced today. Recovery of taxes on that number of autos reached after a probe of eight months, represents a total assessed valuation of $1,885,190, Brattain said. Notices have been forwarded to owners of unlisted cars, demanding payment of taxes, although not

THREE WORDS BY 130-YEAR-OLD PARROT MAY SOLVE OLD MURDER

By United Press LISBON, March 20.—A parrot, 130 years old, whose raucous voice never shrieks anything but a repetition of three words—- “ Help! Help! Macßreck!”—may solve an ancient murder mystery involving an Italian opera singer, a Portuguese queen, and a dashing British naval officer.

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BY DAN THOMAS NEA Service Writer Hollywood, cal., March 20. —Mary Astor is carrying on. For months, during which she had no work, Mary’s spirits were kept buoyed up by her husband, Kenneth Hawks, prominent film director. Hawks had faith in his actress wife. He knew that all she needed was a break and she would attain even higher success in the talkies than she had in silent pictures. He instilled this faith and confidence in Mary and she kept hoping for the break he knew would come. tt tt a THEN came that fateful plane crasn early in January that sent Hawks and nine other studio workers to their deaths. That was when Fate stepped in with all her irony. Hawks’ body scarcely had been recovered from the blue Pacific when Mary started getting offers of jobs. She didn’t want to work—she didn’t want to do anything. But she thought of Ken, his faith and his hopes for her and decided to carry on—for him. tt a tt FIRST the auburn-haired actress went to Paramount to play opposite George Bancroft in “Ladies Love Brutes.” Then she moved over to the RKO lot and played the leading feminine role in “Cooking Her Goose.” And she is moving back to Paramount again in a week or so to appear with Gary Cooper in his next film, as yet untitled. After that she will make three more pictures on that lot. RKO wants her for two more films. And First National is seeking her services for one or two productions. tt tt u ALL of that, when her only reason for working are because she knows Ken would want her to and so that she won’t have time to grieve. Mary doesn’t like to talk about Ken, preferring to think of him when she is by herself. She has taken good nany blows on the chin since coming into this business and she believes she can take a few more without spilling her sorrows to the world. Jump Prevents Arrest By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., March 20.—An unidentified man jumped through a second-story window and escaped when police raided the alleged gambling resort of Jerry Chappell. Thirteen others face charges of gaming and frequenting a gambling resort.

assessing a delinquent fee, the assessor said. Coincident with the survey, costing the county less than $5,000 additional miscellaneous property of an assessed valuation of $551,870 has been located. Revenue on this amounts to $15,617, Brattain said. Under the probe system inaugurated by Brattain for the first time in Marion county, a check will be available on every auto owner who fails to list his car for future taxation. Hereafter delinquency charges will be levied, he indicated.

Publication by Dr. Silveira Cardoso, the eminent historian, of a book dealing with the life of the court of King John VI, during its exile in Brazil when Napoleon invaded Portugal, revealed part of the story. The family of Mario Gouvarinho, owners of the parrot, revealed the rest.

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1930

SUITS ASSERT BANKER SLAIN AT SULLIVAN Insurance Claimants Deny Edgar D. Maple Died by Own Hand. SHELBURN CASE HEARD Former Cashier Being Tried on Charge of Embezzlement. The federal court at Terre Haute and circuit court at Sullivan are the ~-"nes of two aftermaths of Ranking troubles in Sullivan county. On the federal court docket are three suits seeking to collect on insurance poljcie" carried by Edgar D. Maple, found fatally shot in the building of the People’s National Bank and Trust Company at Sullivan. He was the company’s trust officer. Two of the suits are by the banker’s widow, Mrs. Joy D. Maple, and the other by the People's company, and the now defunct National bank of Sullivan. Insurance companies are resisting payment on the ground that Maple killed himself. The plaintiffs rely on a finding by W. H. McGrew, Sullivan county coroner, he was murdered. Maple was found dead following dosing of the First State bank of Shelburn, whose president, Jessup F. Bolinger, is serving a two to fourteen year prison term for forgery. Notes of the Shelburn bank were held by Maple’s bank. In the circuit court at Sullivan, Richard Kirk, former cashier of the Shelburn bank, is on trial charged with banker’s embezzlement. It is alleged he accepted a deposit by German & Miller, Shelburn contracting firm, at a time when he knew the bank was insolvent. Bolinger has been returned to Sullivan from the prison at Michigan City to be a witness in the case. " Attorneys George Humphreys of Greer-’ county is special judge in the trial. Many residents of Shelburn are attending the proceedings and at times have become so noisy that Judge Humphreys threatened to clear the room. Most of them apparently are in sympathy with Kirk.

‘GUN WOMAN’ SCORES POINT Wins Right to Attempt to Prove Insanity. By United Press NEWCASTLE, Pa., March 20. Irene Schroeder was recalled to the witness stand to prove herself insane after defense attorneys scored a victory over the prosecution in the tenth day of her trial on a charge of murder in connection with the slaying of Coporal Brady Paul last Dec. 27. The defense triumph came when Judge R. L. Hildebrand ruled that evidence may be introduced to prove Mrs. Schroeder’s life was controlled by irresistible impulses to “rob, steal and flee.” If this narrow form of insanity defense is successful, It means the gun girl was at the scene of the Paul killing and legal’y, but not mentally, responsible for the Butler chain store robbery which preceded the fatal shooting. TWO CONVICT SLAYERS GIVEN LIFE TERMS Third of Trio Which Escaped May Not Be Tried for Killing. Bu United Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 20. —Two of three convicts who escaped from the Connecticut state penitentiary at Wethersfield Jan. 4 and wound up by killing a detective herd Jan. 17, today faced life imprisonment following trial and conviction on charges of first degree murder. The two convicted were Watson Moullhrope and Roland Lalone. Leo Landry, third member of the gang, who turned state’s evidence, probably will have all Florida charges against him dropped in return for his gesture, which he said was prompted by the belief the shooting of Detective W. D. Smith was “unfair and unjustified.” HONORED ON BIRTHDAY Retired Veteran Engineer Feted by Friends at His Home. The birthday of Newton M. Campbell, 79, retired veteran engineer of the Big Four railroad, was celebrated today by friends with an open house at Campbell’s home, 1005 Fletcher avenue. Campbell retired from active railroad service nine years ago. He became an engineer at the age of 21 and throughout his service never had an accident.

Cast of characters in the murder mystery are: Benita Arletti, singer and dancer attached to John's court: Queen Car lota, and John Macßreck, the British officer. Carlota was enamored of MacBreck. Macßreck was a frequenter of Arletti’* home. Jeal-

Speedway Race This Year Will Give Real Test for Stock Cars

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Past and present in racers , . . at left, a small siagle seater and at right first of the new type racers making room for a mechanic beside the driver.

Maximum Engine Size Will Be Much Higher; Speed to Be Decreased. This year’s 500-mile Memorial day race at the Indianapolis Speedway will come closer to testing the qualities’ of the stock automobile than has any similar event heretofore. According to the new rules, participating cars must be confined in design more closely to the stock automobile than ever before. There will be larger engines, there will be no superchargers except with engines of the two-cycle or the Diesel type, valves will be limited to two for each cylinder, each car will have to carry a mechanic beside the driver, not more than two carburetors may be used on four-cycle engines, and the weight of each car is limited to a minimum of 1,750 pounds and a minimum ratio of seven and a half pounds to each cubic inch displacement. The maximum engine size is ta be 366 cubic inches, quite a jmnp from that specified for last year’s racers—ninety-one inches. The larger size permits the entry of most stock cars in use today. Maximum Much Higher That such automobiles will be entered in this event is the opinion of the officials of the Indianapolis speedway. In fact, they predict that as many as seventy-five American and several European entries, the largest number of record. Os course, the stock cars entered will not exactly conform to the types used in everyday motoring, but the engines will be practically the same. The only changes that may be expected will be limited to a racing camshaft with cams affording higher and quicker valve lifts, cylinder heads of higher compression for use of special fuels, larger valves and carburetor and a smaller differential gear ratio in order to speed up the rear wheels with the motor. Carburetor to Eight Cylinders Due to the ban on superchargers and more than two carburetors, engines of such small capacity as those used last year will not be seen on the track this year, nor will any larger than 16cylinder engines appear. One carburetor to eight cylinders in a racing car, is believed by engineers to be about the limit of usefulness. Since, however, the limit on superchargers and carburetors does not apply to two-cycle or Diesel motors, racing fans may see a few of these types on the track, more as experiments than in hopes of coming in winners. Keep Identity Secret Although many cars closely akin to the stock cars now on the streets are expected at this year’s race, some of them, if not all, will appear incognito. Only when a car comes out among the winners will its identity be known. This is done in fairness to the manufacturers entering their products in this event, in which any kind of a freak mishap or failure might put a good car out of the race or far behind. No speed records are expected to be broken this year, as a result of the new rulings. ‘ONE BLACK - CROW’ ILL Moran in Hospital at Los Angeles Recovering From Operation. By United Press LOS ANGELES, March 20. George Searcy, until reqently a member of the “Two Black Crows” stage and screen team under the name of George Moran, was in a hospital today recovering from a serious operation. Commencement in Issue By Time* Special ANDERSON, Ind., March 20. Whether formal commencement exercises will be dispensed with this year in Anderson senior high school will be decided by graduates. City school trustees ”oted to discontinue the usual program with a speaker, resulting in complaint from some seniors. Members of the class will vote on the question, the board having decided to abide by their decision.

ousy entered into the relationsliip, and one morning the opera singer was found dead, with sword thrusts across her body. An ancestor of the Gouvarinho family purchased Arletti’s belongings, including the parrot. The parrot has been handed down, outliving generation after genera-

STATE WETS LEAD IN REPEAL BALLOT

(From the Literary Digest of March 22, 1930. Second Report) For For Enforce- Modifica- For State ment tion Repeal Total California 16,709 19.377 20,847 56.933 Connecticut 1,196 2,495 4.507 8,198 District of Columbia 1,022 1,326 2,227 4,575 Georgia 2,529 2,054 2,024 6,607 Illinois 19.502 26,225 37,657 83,384 Indiana 12,355 8.842 8.271 29,468 lowa 12,9150 9,181 8,362 30,503 Kansas 11.968 4,721 3,343 20,032 Michigan 8,047 7,792 9,314 25,153 Minnesota 11,623 11.518 13.858 37,001 Missouri 13,101 11.648 18,211 42,960 Nebraska 5,051 3,291 2,683 11,025 New Jersey 6,745 12,968 19.543 39,256 New York 24,296 54,917 84.128 -163,341 North Dakota 1,160 1,085 1.179 3,424 Ohio 22.387 23.424 23,231 69,042 Oregon 3.555 2,779 1,996 8,330 Pennsylvania 1.906 3,064 5,750 10,720 South Dakota 1,370 1,118 916 3,404 Washington 6,103 5,975 5.094 17,172 Wisconsin 8,322 10,341 14,744 33,407 . 191,909 224,141 287,885 703,935

Second report of The Literary Digest's prohibition poll, to be announced in Friday’s issue, will show that of 29,468 ballots returned from Indiana, 12,355 favor enforcement of the prohibition amendment, 8,842 favor modification and 8,271 advocate repeal. The combined vote from Indiana

INDIANA IRYS ADOPT PLANKS Penalty for Liquor Buyer, Party Objective. Declaring that the two dominant political parties are divided internally on prohibition, nine members of the Prohibition party of Indiana today adopted a platform at their state convention in the English, determined “to eradicate the liquor traffic.” Enactment of laws that would make the buyer of intoxicating liquors equally liable with the maker and seller are advocated in the platform framed by the nine. With few exceptions the platform planks submitted to the convention by a committee headed by B. L Allen of Indianapolis, state chairman of the Prohibition party, were accepted. The party platform favors election reforms, old age pensions, compulsory reading of the Bible in public schools and economy in administration of governmental offices. A plank stating the party opposes calling of a constitutional convention of Indiana was adopted unanimuosly. An amendment calling for a law providing free text books for school pupils was voted down. Allen served as temporary chairman for the convention and Miss Hogan Richardson of Richmond as secretary. Candidates to head the party ticket in the next general election were to be selected this afternoon.

CITY ACTS TO END STREAM POLUTION

Steps to eliminate pollutions of streams in and near Indianapolis were begun today, when the city sanitary board issued an order to the Citizens Gas Company to stop the flow of a tar product from the Langsdale and Prospect street plants by June 1. Officials of the gas company were ordered to appear before the board at a hearing next Thursday, when a report on the pollution will be made by C. C. Calvert, city sanitation chemist. Repeated warnings have been issued to the utility, but its efforts

tion. It is believed to have been present when the singer was slain. So the Gou‘ arinho family, reading Dr. Cardoso’s history and listening to the parrot’s cries of “Help! Help! Macßreck!” believe they have solved the mystery, the night of the murder. Macßreck is known to have been a later caller at Axletti’s home on

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for repeal and modification is greater by 4,758 than the vote for enforcement, the report shows. Os the total of 703,935 votes received and tabulated in the current tally, 287,885, or slightly over 40 per cent, favor revoking the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead law. A total of 224,141 favor a modification to legalize sale of light wines and beers. The balance, 191,909 votes, are for “strict enforcement.” The returns announced today are from twenty states and the District of Columbia. Last week’s returns showed 291,588 votes from ten states. Os particular interest In today’s tabulation were these facts: The District of Columbia shows its vote for repeal outnumbering that for enforcement by more than two to one. Connecticut, which with Rhode Island has not yet ratified the eighteenth amendment, votes for repeal over enforcement by over three to one. Pennsylvania likewise shows a three to one vote to rescind the prohibition laws.

TWO HURT AS AUTO IS FORCED FROM ROAD City Men Recovering From Injuries Received in Accident. W. D. Keenan, 327 Layman avenue, and Earl W. Kiger, presidei* of Kiger & Cos., today were recovering from injuries received Wednesday night when the auto in which they were riding hurtled a ditch near Greencastle. Keenan, advertising director of the Star, and Kiger were accompanying M. I. Miller, state manager of the La Salle Exetnsion university, and Lester C. Nagley, Indianapolis Kiwanis Club secret ”y, to a divisional Kiwanis Cluo meeting at Greencastle. Miller, who was driving, said he was forced from the road when another car crowded his auto. He and Nagley were uninjured. Keenan was taken to the Methodist hospital suffering from a fractured knee and cuts and Kiger was taken to his home, suffering from cuts and bruises.

to abate the nuisance have not been sufficient, the letter, signed by B. J. T. Jeup, C. C. Ross and A. H. Moore, board members, declared. President Jeup announced the board will call in a representative of industries that are polluting the stream, one being taken up each week until the situation is improved. Van Camp Packing Company, Piel Brothers starch works, Columbia Conserve Company, and meat packing and slaughter houses will be among the pext to be called. Jeup declared the board had statutory authority to clean up the streams and intends to “enforce the law.” It is said there is a large amount of pollution in various sections of the city. Charles A. Brown, formerly employed as sewage engineer in the city engineering department, was appointed stream purification engineer at a monthly salary of $215. John Bott was named a truck driver pnd Alvin Hill, Negro, as helper. Brown, a Democrat, is the brother of Arthur V. Brown, Union Trust Company president.

DRY LAV AID BY CITIZENS IS ROPER’S PLEA Urges Mobilization System to Help Observance and Enforcement. APPEALS FOR COUNCILS Convinced Problem Can Be Solved by Plan to Form Groups. By United Press WASHINGTON, March 20.—A plan to mobilize the citizenry of the nation actively for law observance and enforcement was recommended to the house judiciary committee today by Daniel C. Roper, who inaugurated national prohibition law enforcement as internal revenue commissioner in 1919. Roper said he was convinced the law could be enforced by his plan of an appeal to citizens of the country, but if people would not obey the law after that appeal, then the law should be repealed. He urged that President Hoover call a conference of Governors of states and organize through them citizen’s law observance councils similar to the war-time councils of defense. Attorney-General Mitchell, he said, should call together all enforcement officers, and even federal judges, to work out methods of speedier prosecution. Answers Wet’s Query “I am not certain that we should not go beyond anything done In the war to organize the people,” Roper said in answer to a question by Representative La Guardia, wet (Rep., N Y.) When asked whether he thought President Hoover is trying to enforce the law’, Roper replied: “By statement, yes. By procedure, I do rot know.” “I would try to persuade the people to observe the law through the Governors of their states. If we could not get the people to obey the law that way then it ought to be repealed. It is that remarkable cooperation we had during our war period that makes me think my plan is practical.” Roper said that when he selected prohibition administrators he required that they be in loyal sym* pathy with the law. “After I Retired” , “Some of your men retired very wealthy and some got Into very serious trouble?” La Guardia asked. “That was after I retired,” Roper said. Rc-per was followed by Martha Bensley Bruere of the National Federation of Settlements, who told of improved conditions in the Rocky mountain and Pacific states, and said that the drink problem no longer is considered serious by social workers in the area from Sioux Falls, S. D., to the Pacific coast. A telegram was read from Fielding H. (Hurry Up) Yost, famous Michigan football coach, expressing the opinion that college students are not drinking as much as in preprohibition days. Mrs. Ella A. Boole, president of the W. C. T. U., was scheduled to appear later. HOLD RITES SATURDAY FOR SCHOOL TEACHER Miss Evelyn West Instructor Here for 35 Years. Last rites for Miss Evelyn R. West, 60, teacher In Indianapolis public schools for thirty-five years, who died at her home, 1063 West Thirty-first street, Wednesday, will be held a tthe home at 3 p. m. Saturday. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Funeral services will be attended by Immediate friends of the family only. Miss West was a teacher in McKinley school, No. 39, until her illness. She was bom In Plymouth and formely taught there. Miss West Is survived by a sister, Miss Mabel West, teacher In Manual high school, and a brother, Leslie West. PICKENSIN race for SUPERIOR JUDGESHIP Attorney Seeks Democratic Nomination for Court Three Bench. William A. Pickens, attorney, 1043 North Pennsylvania street, today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination as judge of superior court three in the May primary. He served as corporation counsel of Indianapolis from 1914 to 1917, and has been president of the Indiana State and Indianapolis Bar Associations. In addition, he is a member of the American Bar Association. He was a member of the committee of two that drew Indiana’s secret ballot law which, when adopted, was the first secret ballot law in the country. LAUDS SCOUT'TRAINING Criminal Court Figures Are Cited in Talk by Judge Collins. Advocating Boy Scout training for all youths, Criminal Judge James A. Collins spoke Wednesday at a committee conference of the Indianapolis district of the Boy Scouts of America In the Lincoln. He declared that of 10.000 boys between the ages of 16 and 21, who have been tried by him In court* only two were Scouts. “This has awakened me to the value of scouting,” Judge Collins said.