Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 272, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1930 — Page 9

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Hee-Haw It Was Mules First, Then the Men, According to A. E. F. Rules.

A T sea it's women and children first. In the A. E. F., at times, it was mules first and. then the men. That’s the amu&ing angle brought out in the first of the doughbuy yams spun in today's World, war storjf contest being conducted by The Times. First prize for the best, story printed during the week is $lO and second is $5. Get your yam in now. making it short. The Times is printing all these stories for which space ran be found. Prize winners for last week will bo announced in Wednesday’s Times. n a a Ernest H. Shields , R. R. fi, Bloomington, Ind., Headquarters Company, T wentieth Field artillery, tells the first one: GJTRICT orders were always to put gas masks on the animals before donning our own. Shortly after one offensive started, one wear}’ mule skinner, having reached his destination near the front, tried to get some sleep. He couldn’t return, anyway, for traffic was yet in a jam. Gas alarms sounded throughout the night, but. little gas ever reached the W. M. S. and. tired of so many false alarms, he at last fell asleep. The supply officer came along about the time another gas alarm sounded, and knowing the mule skinner was some place near, called out, "Brown, have you got masks on those animals?” No answer. Again, and louder, "Brown, have you got masks on those animals?” The answer we heard was long drawn and full of disgust. "Gas masks, h ! I haint even got my boots on yet.” B * JJ. L. Harper. 116 North Senate avenue, private, Thir-ty-sixth engineers, enjoyed, this one on. the “looie”: NONE of the misery outside and at the life saving station bothered those in the office of Company C. Thity-sixth engineers. Lieutenant McCotter, company commander, was reading some reports on his desk. A buck private farther back in the building was making a brave effort, to play ' Home Sweet Home" on a fiddle that had two strings missing. Sergeant company clerk and office manac ..as sitting close to a stove in th. office reading the latest issue of the Stors and Stripes cA. F. F. newspaper) md trying to smoke a fireproof cigar. He stopped reading and said: “Lieutenant, here is some news. The head cook at this camn has been awarded the. D. S. C. for feeding the American soldiers that have passed through Brest What do you say about that?’’ “Well, well!” remarked the lieutenant. “To think T was at West Point four years and I am a soldier without a’ D. S. C. to show unfriends and neighbors when T get hack home. 1 wish I had learned to cook.” ft a 0 The bayonet almost got him, but Henry Friedman, 837 North Sherman drive, earns through unscathed, to relate his experience: AFTER two weeks at Camp Up>on, New York. I set sail for France, only to land at Liverpool, where the troops were marched to Camp Knotty Ash. some two miles out of town. This camp was inclosed by high fences and well sentried. with strict orders that. no thorough-going troops be given leave of camp, to prevent losing stragglers before reaching France. But strict confinement to ship and camp were unnerving, and I. for one, was resolved to see Liverpool before leaving for France. One day, after getting the lay of the land, I discovered the sergeant of the guard on duty happened to belong to- my fraternity, so we worked out a scheme. At dusk, between 4 to 6, my buddy and I would scale the fence at post No. 6. which sentry was fixed. Our return was to be at the same post between 12 and 2 p. m. I was to whistle thrice as a notice to our sentry that it was us returning. He was to whistle back acknowledgment- ♦ At the fixed hour we scaled the fence Our getaway was perfect. Well Tubby and I maneuvered about town and met up with two Scotch chorines in a music hall. We ate and Tubby suggested going places. The two chorines assented and asked us to wait while they cleaned up a bit at their hotel. Tubby and I were good waiters, but our time being limited we finally gave them up, and after a few drinks we went back to camp. I whistled thrice, then again and again, but no response. Then Tubby and I decided our sentry had taken a nap. We scaled the wall. No sooner had we landed than a sentry, with drawn bayonet, sprang up in front of us, shouting. Halt! Who's there?” **Sh —sh—It’s us,” advancing a step. “Halt! Stay where you are or m fire!” shouting, "Corporal of the guard. No. 6.” It was time to act. Something had happened. The guard post had been changed. I lunged forward and snapped the bayonet asid“. kicking Tubby at the same time I shouted, "Make for tent." The darkness was our friend and we made our getaway.

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INSURANCE ON EXECUTED MAN BEING SOUGHT Parents of Harry Diamond. Wife Slayer, Fife Unique Suit. DEATH HELD ACCIDENT Loeb-Leopold Attorneys at Chicago Handle Case, Asking SIO,OOO. Bv Times Special MICHIGAN CITY. Ind., March 25. —A suit has been filed in federal court In Chicago to collect SIO,OOO insurance on the !i*e of Harry Diamond. East Chicago wife murderer, put to death in the electric chair at the state prison here Nov. 14, 1924. Parents of the executed man, who reside in Gary, are plaintiffs in the suit, and the New York Life Insurance Company is defendant. The case was filed by Bachrach & Bachrach. Chicago law firm, noted for its work in the Leopold-Loeb murder case. Two years ago the parents collected SIO,OOO on two $5,000 policies which are the basis' of the present suit, but now ask another SIO,OOO under a clause providing double payment in case of accidental death. It is alleged that taking of Diamond’s life tn the chair is within the definition of accidental death. The case is said to be without precedence in the history of insurance litigation. Arguments presented to Federal Judge Woodward by insurance company counsel cited the old English law that a man executed forfeits his property to the state. The plaintiffs’ attorneys declare Indiana, law does not provide for such forfeiture. Judge Woodward has taken the case under advisement and It Is not likely an early decision will be made, owing to the unusual nature of the case, as much research and study will be required as a basis for a decision. Diamond shot and beat his wife to death Feb. 14 t 1924, and at the same time attempted to slay his Negro chauffeur, Harry Armstrong. The Negro survived wounds and was the state’s chief witness against Diamond. LEAF MAY BE FATAL Girl Jumps From Window in Kokomo. With both legs fractured and suffering from a brain concussion, Mrs. Juanita. Freels Bosdyk, alias Riggan, alias Knomas, 26, today was in a critical condition at city hospital alter her ninth suicide attempt, a leap from a second-story Kokomo hotel window Mrs. Bosdyk, registered at city hospital under the Riggan alias, was a companion of Prince Ali, appearing at a Kokomo theater as an Oriental seer, and Abdul Kaahn, his partner in the occult, on a drinking party Sunday night, according to Kokomo police. She was brought here Monday night, from Howard county hospi’al in Kokomo.

Found in Creek

Henry Worley, 72. who disappeared from his home, 629 East Twenty-fifth street, Monday noon, md "as found today drowned, on the soutl bank of Fall creek in the rear of 2702 Sutherland avenue.

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State News in Brief

Liu Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 25. —Mrs. Emma Hutchinson, who suffered a broken neck in an automobile accident two weeks ago, has recovered sufficiently to be removed from a hospital to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bert Beldon. RICHMOND, Ind., March 25.—A 926-pound bell, bought eighty-four years ago, will ring from the remodeled tower of St. Paul’s Episcopal church here. For six years the bell has been in storage, but will be replaced as soon as the tower is completed. MARION, Ind., March 25.—Between fifteen and twenty cases of an illness said to be the result of Jamaica ginger drinking are believed by doctors to exist in and around Marion. It is reported one man has lest his right and a few others are mentally unbalanced in addition to suffering from paralysis as to victims in various parts of the country. SHELBURN, Ind., March 25.Richard Kirk, cashier of the First State bank here when it was closed by state examiners, followed by a prison term of two to fourteen years for its president, Jassup F. Bolinger, convicted of forgery, is preparing to resume his position with a bank at Detroit, following failure of a jury to find him guilty of embezzlement. GREENCASTLE, Tnd., March 20. —About sixty 4-H Club leaders, board of education members and county high school members are meeting here to outline programs for next year. Miss Mae Masten and F. M. Shrnklin, Lafayette, were speakers. Two hundred Putnam county boys and girls are engaged in 4-H Club work. GREENCASTLE, Ind., March 25. —The De Pauw university school of music will present “The Mikado” as its musical production of the year. The dates have been set for April 24 and 25. Tryouts are now being held for the leading roles. Professor Jharles W. Pearson is in charge. GREENCASTLE. Ind., March 25. —Delta Chi fraternity has initiated Harry W. Armstrong, South Bend; Robert W. Brunow, Seymour; Ben H. Taylor, Odon; Robert S. Justice, Logansport; Loren A. Deer, Lebanon; Dale E. Hooten, Wawaka; Charles 3. Spangler. Bryan, O.; Earl E. Wolfe, Deputy, and Harold A. Sha.rkey, Greenwood. GREENCASTLE, Ind., March 25. —Less than twelve hours after an operation Laurence Reeves, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reeves, north of here, died at the Methodist hospital. Besides his parents, he leaves a sister and three brothers. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 25. Miss Ruby Fuhr, a teacher v- the Woodrow Wilson school here, has been commissioned by Hendrik Van Loon, writer of international reputation, to be his collaborator in authorship of anew book, the nature of which has not been disclosed. JASONVILLE. Ind., March 25. A coroner’s inquest exonerated Police Chief Dean Manuel for the fatal shooting of Dorsie Furnas, poolroom operator here, Friday night. SHELBYVIL.LE, Ind., March 25Dale Sweet, Marietta, is at liberty under bond pending trial on charge of stealing a tractor from the farm of Charles F. Sullivan south of here. It is charged Sweet sold the machine to Lowenstine - Brothers here. GREENCASTLE, Ind., March 25. —A. R. Woodard, Greenfield. Mass., won the De Pauw university sophomore gold medal of the Hogate rifle marksmanship awards, with a score of 149 out of a possible 150. GARY, Ind., March 25.—Raymond Garcia, Gary barber, settled the question of barbering on Sunday by pleading guilty to a “blue” law violation, after his trial had been postponed twice. He was fined $1 and costs. GREENSBURG, Ind., March 25. —Roy C. Kanouse, 57, member of the city council here, a shoe merchant and widely known in Indiana as an entertainer, is dead following an operation. MONTGOMERY, Ind., March 25. —Thomas Fisher, 66, town marshal here, is expected to recover from a bullet wnund in the chest, inflicted when he refused to “stick ’em up” as commanded by an unidentified man. EVANSVILLE. Ind.. March 25. This city’s murder rate is higher than that of Chicago, it is revealed in figures announced by Dr. Frederick L Hoffman, insurance statistician. Memphis, Tenn. GREENCASTLE, Ind., March 25. —Work on the improvement of State Road 43, which will Include thirteen miles of pavement from the National road south to the Owen county line, will be started at once.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1930

FOX’S BATTLE RIVALS PLOTS OF HIS FILMS Movie Magnate Is Fighting Grimly to Beat Off Powerful Foes. $190,000,000 AT STAKE Immigrant Boy Realizes His Dream of Owning Great Theater Chain. IJlte th* tales of hi* motioD picture plots reads the mans’-sided story of William Fox and his current efforts to retain control of his vast theatrical enterprises. For weeks, suit and countersuit have developed with such aroaiinir complexity that it has been difficult to appraise the lejjal and financial maneuvers of Fox and opposing interests. Herewith, in the first of * series, tbe United Press presents an account of the battle of millions that (to into the makine of modern movies. BY PAUL W. WHITE United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK. March 25.—The story of William Fox’s way to wealth has the ring of the familiar. It Is the story of the immigrant boy who with Alger-like persistence overcame privation and hardship, flouted powerful rivals and made good. The fact is simply that he knew what he wanted. What he wanted—while he still was in his teens —was a theater. He got one. Later he was to get around 950 of them. The battle for their control, as well as the control of what was showrn in them w r as to result in a dozen legal and financial clashes with more than $190,000,000 as the stake. Fox was born Jan. 1, 1879, In Tulchva, Hungary. While he was still an infant, his family moved from their rambling native hills to the brick-and-dust of New York’s east side. Fox went to the public schools and, at 15, started to work. He sponged suits and he got $5 a week. Os this sum he kept out 60 cents for himself. A dime gained him weekly admission to a theater. Hopes Are Jeered When his boss heard of such extravagance he was indignant. Os what use would this boy become who squandered his money in a theater? And Fox’s mother also was unsympathetic when William first broached the idea that he should some day buy a showhouse. Fox’s salary advanced until it reached sl7 a week. He had saved S6OO and when the proprietor refused to pay him more, he bought the busjness. Soon he was to have sucient capital to buy, in 1904, a theater on Broadway, Brooklyn, at a cost of $1,666.66. When the camp chair seats of this tiny theater were filled —and this happy condition obtained but rarely—the gross receipts were $7.30. Only a year or so ago the palatial Roxy theater in New York, one of the Fox chain, took in $700,000 over a, four-week showing of “The CockEyed World.” Rothschild Is Scoffer In the early days of the movies, Edmund Rothschild, Fox’s early employer and now a. prosperous banker, called at the small theater and saw one of the flickering films. It is a Hollywood legend that Rothschild announced that, the show was terrible; that Fox himself was slightly crazed, and that the whole idea, was unsound. “For why should a good workman like yourself,” Rothschild was quoted as saying, “take real money and show such a foolishness as horse cowboys jumping, murderers firing guns. Is this then a business?” But the little “hole in the wall” began to provide profits and within the first five years Fox had built a fortune of $250,000 that enabled him to put twenty theaters in operation. Then be began to encounter obstacles. The General Film Corporation—producers’ combine—prevented him from showing its pictures. He was forced to take second-rate films until the corporation was dissolved by governmental order. Organizes Corporation Fox determined to take no more chances on buying pictures made by others. Accordingly, in 1913, he organized the Fox Film Corporation. capitalized at $500,000. Whether, on his own, Fox could have made a success, in producing motion pictures, is at least debatable, but he found another man to help him revolutionize the new industry. Fox supplied the money brains. For the showmanship brains he depended on the genial, volatile Winfield Sheehan. A few days ago Sheehan announced he was oDnosed to Fox on the problem of refinancing the Fox properties. The break between the two had been forecast, but it was none the less upsetting. The trade has yet to believe that Bill Fox and Winnie Sheehan are, for all time, “through.” SCREAMS FOIL ATTACK Girl Beats Off Attempt of Men to Drag Her Into Car. Attempts ot two men to drag Miss Lois Thatcher, 19, residing at Capitol avenue and Hampton drive, into an automobile near her home Monday night, were foiled by her struggles and screams which drew residents of the neighborhood to her aid. . . Indianapolis police are seeking .Miss Victoria St. Clair, Columbus. Ind., Svho lef v her home with an unidentified. man in an automobile Monday night The car bore an Ohio license.

U. S. Rushes to Aid of Indian Ghd, Facing Trial in Murder

Peering through jail bars is Henri Marchand, art director of the Buffalo Museum of Natural Sciences, held as a material witness in the murder of his wife. Below is Lila Jimerson, right, his girl model from the Seneca Indian tribe, who is alleged to have

Federal Attorney Takes Charge of Defense to Save Government’s Ward From Death.

Bv United Press ... BUFFALO. N. Y„ March 25.—The United States government today came to the aid of its ward, Lila Jimerson. in an attempt to keep the gaunt Indian model from dying in the electric chair. She is charged with the murder of Mrs. Clothilde Marchand. Richard H. Templeton, United States attorney, took charge of the defense, after he had notified the court that he had received instructions to that effect from Attorney-General Mitchell. When Templeton announced he would take over the defense. Guy B. Moore, district attorney, leaped to his feet.

“Your honor,” he shouted, “I want it understood I deeply resent the interference of the United States in the case. .We have reached the stage now’ where the Washington government feels it can dominate the respective states. I protest." “May the court please,” Templeton said, “ I haven’t come here to listen to all this. I object.” Templeton then asked for an adjournment until 2 p. m. to prepare his case. The court granted the motion. Federal Intervention lends the strangest aspect of all to this strange case that grew’ out of Indian superstition high up in the hills where, for the Senecas, witches still prowl the border-lines of the Cattagauras reservation. There the Senecas sound their tom-toms at evening in the hope that the Great Spirit will come to the aid of Lila Jimerson, w’ho to them is the innocent “Red Lilac,” caught in the meshes of a law they do not attempt to understand. In jail sits Mrs. Nancy Bow’en, an Indian crone who is accused by the state of New York of beating the life out of Mrs. Marchand with a 10-cent hammer. Also in jail is Henri Marchand, a suave French artist, who used

BIDS ARE OPENED ON 70 MILES OF ROAD

The state highway commission today opened bids for paving of seventy miles of Indiana roads, the largest single group of bids considered by the commission this year. When the contracts are let, a total of 315 miles of paving will have been contracted for so far in 1930. Today’s bids covered paving projects and one grading job. The projects and bids were; State Road 53—Montmorenci to Vanetta ditch, 8.9 miles in Tippecanoe and White counties. Low bidder. Calumet Paving Company, Gary, $165,183.10. Engineer’s estimate, $209,140.81. State Road 53—Vanetta ditch to TT. S 24, south of Wolcott. 9.2 miles in White county, low bidder, Charles McAffee, Bluffton, $170,088.19. Engineer’s estimate, $208,930 76. U. S. Road 27—From two miles south of Jay-Adams county line to Berne, 8.3 miles in Jay and Adams counties. low bidder, Hinton & Smalley Company, Celina. 0.. *159,090.79. Engineer's estimate, $190,517.08. State Road 56—Three miles west of Arthur to Arthur, 3 miles in Pike county. Low bidder. Harry A. Carpenter, Brazil, $66,264.43. Enigneer’s estimate. $76,285.85. Bid Is Quarter Million 6tate Road 43—Crawfordsville to onehalf mile south of Romney. 13.1 miles In Montgomery and Tippecanoe counties. Low bidder. Berns Construction Company. Indianapolis. $259,792.70. Engineers’ estimate. $293,338.37. State Road 43—Half mile south Romney to Lafayette. 11 miles In Tippecanoee county. Low bidder. Calufcet Paving Company. Gary. *203,295.22. Engineers’ estimate. $256,608.99. State Foad 61—Arthur to Petersburg. 12.1 miles In Pike county. Low bidder. Lenahanas and Konen Company, Vincennes, 4270.994.48. Engineers’ estimate *308.841.94. V. 8. Road 31—South Bend north to In-diana-Michlgan state line, widening 4'i miles in St. Joseph county from 18 feet to 40 fee*. For bituminious concrete, low bidder. Rieth Riley Construction Company. Goshen. 5218.305.33. Engineers’ bid. *251.564.41. For concrete. Tri-Lake Construction Company. Columbia City. $148,871.22. Engineers’ estimate. $174,355.71. Short Job Schedule V. S. Road 41—Paring .7 mile approach

played upon the superstitions of Nancy Bowen, left, to get her to murder Mrs. Marchand as a witch. The upper picture shows some of Merchand’s Indian figures for which he posed Lila as a model. The sketches show some of the methods of sorcery by which Nancy first tried to slay Mrs. Marchand.

Miss Jimerson as a. model until she became infatuated with him, and, according to the prosecution, persuaded Mrs. Bowen to kill Mrs. Marchand. Marchand is held as a material witness; Mrs. Bowen, jointly indicted with the Jimerson woman, goes on trial on a charge of murder at the conclusion of the present case. * There was a sense of elation on the Cattaguras reservation today, for the Senecas believed that their prayers were answered by the great white father who had come to save the red lilac. With the jury completed Monday, the case today resolved itself into an incongruous struggle between the state of New York on one hand and the full power of the federal government, backed by the incantations of the Senecar, on the other. White men knew, however, one thing that the Senecas do not seem to realize —that it will matter little whether Lila is convicted. Physicians say that if she escapes execution, she will die anyway, within two years, because she is suffering from an incurable lung diseasfi.

to anew overhead bridge south of Morocco in Newton county. Low bidder, C. W. * Bridges, CoatesviUe, $15,528.54. Engineer’s estimate, $22,677.73. Short Job Schedule T 7. 8 Road 50 —Grading and construction of bridge in preparation for paving southeast of Wheatland to Maysville, three miles in Knox and Daviess counties. Low bidder, Isaac Putnam Company, Van Wert, 0., $51,607.19. Engineers’ estimate, $90,804.80. There were two combination bids: State Road 53—Montmorenci to U. S. 24, south of Wolcott, 19 1 miles In Tippecanoe and White counties. Low bidder, Charles McAffee. Bluff con, $33,537.11. Engineers’ estimate $419,306.73. State Road 56 and State Road 61—Three miles west of Arthur to Petersburg)!, 15.1 miles in Pike county. Low bidder, Foulkes Construction Company, Terre Haute. *336,364.67. Engineers’ estimate $385,020.42.

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MAN. CHILD IN RUM BOUT CASE Alleged Wager on Capacity Nearly Kills Boy, A nickel bet endangered the life of James Roberts, 10, of 207 South Davidson street, Monday night, police charge William Wilson, 32, of 143 South Oriental street, is facing charges of contributing to delinquency of a minor in juvenile court today. Bond on the charge was fixed at $2,500. Wilson is alleged to nave bet the boy a nickel that he could not consume as much liquor as the man. The lad drank more than half a pint of liquor in an effort to win the bet, police declare. Stomach pumps were used to save his life, when he was taken to city hospital. The boy, with two companions, was playing in an alley east of the 200 block on South Davidson street when they said Wilson approached, boasted of his drinking ability, and made the bet. MAN KILLS HIMSELF Illness Blamed for Action of John D, Bremer. Because of 'excruciating pain and hopelessness of recovery from an old ailment, John D. Bremer, 76. shot and fatally w’ounded himself in his home at 2339 Shelby street Monday afternoon. He died Monday night. Calling his son, Elmer Bremer, this city, to his bedside, Mr. Bremer complained of the pain, and when the son stepped from the room to call a physician, the father shot himself -with a revolver. The son and a daughter, Mrs. Marie Reed, of the Shelby street address, survive him. M'CLURE FILES IN RACE Representative Candidate in Favor of Speeding Up Courts. Remedial legislation “which will speed up legal machinery both in criminal and civil courts, thereby relieving congestion of our jails and assuring speedy justice to the litigants in civil cases,” is favored by Edwin McClure, lawyer in the Fletcher Savings and Trust building, who has announced for the Republican nomination for state representative from Marion county.

YOUNG LOVERS END LIVES IN ROYAL SUiTE Brilliant Chemist Shoots Cleveland Woman and Self in Vienna. $60,000 LEFT TO WIFE , % Deaths in Suicide Pact Ends Police Mystery on Two Continents. - Bv United Press VIENNA, March 25. Ernest Watzl, brilliant young Austrian chemist, and a young woman believed to be Mrs. Mary MacGranahan of Cleveland. 0., died some time in the darkness of Sunday night, in the royal suite of the Hotel Sacher here, in a suicide pact that ends a police mystery of two continents. Their deaths, through the instrumentality of Watzl’s big army revolver, came only a few hours before $60,000 worth of Insurance policies, in favor of the chemist’s wife and children, back in Cleveland would have lapsed. It was Watzl’s last grand gesture, for the former Cleveland resident, according to the police, had come to the end of his financial resources in the course of his four months’ wanderings over Europe with his companion. Letter Reveals Truth While the young woman, described as elegantly dressed and of strange beauty, was registered as “Josefa Kropej Flassak,” wife of “Johann Flassak,” a letter asking that “Julia Horvat of Forty-sixth street, Cleveland, be informed that Mary MacGranauan committed suicide with Watzl,” revealed the truth of the tragedy. The couple arrived in Vienna Friday and—although practically without funds —took one of the most expensive suites in the famous Hotel Sacher. Their apartment was one which has been used by European nobility. When attempts to awaken them failed Monday, attendants broke down the doors. The girl was lying, face up, on the bed. Beside her. his face buried in the covers, was Watzl. Both were dead, bullet holes through the heart testifying to the surrness of their aim. Only two cartridges had been discharged. Disappointed at Failure The silver-tipped bullets froim Watzl’s automatic had pierced both! bodies, the girl’s penetrating the mattress and the man’s striking the wall and dropping to the floor. Photographs of Watzl’s suicide companion revealed a young woman with a sliehtly oriental cast of countenance, thick-lipped, a round, prominent chin, and great, wide eyes. She was most tastefully dressed. Letters, indieating the chemist was disappointed in his failure to carve out a career for himself in the United States, gave further reasons for Waters decision to end his romance in dramatic fashion, at the <°nd of his world-wanderings from the American city. 808 Missing Since Nov. 7 Pu United Prett CLEVELAND, March 25.—Dr. Ernest J. Watzl, chemist and amateur artist, disappeared from Ills home here last November, leaving behind him his wife and two children. With him. It. is believed, went Mrs. Mary MacGranahan, his secretary and model for his art studies. On Nov. 7. the charred wreck of his automobile was discovered the Schuylkill river, near Pottstown, Pa., but there was no trace of its owner. The mysterious payment of his insurance premium by a “Charles Warner”—the letters being written in a feminine or disguised hand—convinced the authorities that ho still *as alive. And James L. McGranahan, husband of the missing woman, was so sure of it that he sued the absent chemist for SIOO,OOO, alleging alienation of affections. SCHEDULE ALGEO RITES Services for City Woman to Be He'd at Undertaker’s. Funeral services for Mrs. Eupl'cmia Algeo, 53. widow of the late Robert P. Algeo. who died Sunday at her home, 2237 North Meridian street, will be held at 10 a. m. Wednesday at the John J. Blackwell & Sons undertaking establishment. 926 North Capitol avenue. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Surviving her are a daughter, Mrs. Helen Day; a son, Robert P. Algeo Jr.; a sister, Mrs. William H. Howard; three brothers, Joseph Whitson. James D. Whitson and John HWhitson: a foster daughter, Miss Helen Hastings, and a granddaughter Betty Allison Day. THREE FILE BANKRUPTCY Whole ale Coal Operator Defendant to Involuntary Action. Three petitions in bankruptcy were filed today tn federal court, John R. Morris, 720 Meyer-Klser Bank building, wholesale coal operator, was named ni an involuntary bill filed by outstate coal firms. Liabilities were listed at 512.818.7 L The Plaza Piano Company wa* named in another in which liability s were listed at $16,374.94. James Burkhalter. Kokomo radio dealer, listed liabilities at $3,254 in his voluntary petition and assets at $1,124.