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‘DOUBLE CROSS’ CHARGE FLUNG AT COFFIN AID Commissioner Threatens to •Spill Beans on County Corruption.’ CALLS MIDDLETON THIEF Snider Fairly Begs Ninth Ward G. 0. P. Chief to “Put Up His Fists.’ Courthouse today was the scene of a political battle which featured waving fists, bitter denunciation and threats to ‘ tell all" about county political corruption. Combatants were George Snider, oounty commissioner and long-time •cun y office holder, and Albert •liddleton. Coffin Ninth ward chairman and courthouse custodian. Out of the battle grew verbal condemnations by Snider that county government under Coffin rule is tainted with fraud, deceit and maladministration, and sounded a heated promise to make “the voters so disgusted they'll never cast a Coffin vote again" Snider “To Tell'' It brought a promise from Snider to reveal “enough political corruption that people will surrender in dismay." It all began when Snider went in conference this morning with Middleton. Out of the ertf#J!i*ssioners office almost immediately came Snider's shouts. Spectators took choice seats to hear Middleton branded “doublecrosser,” “crook” and “thief.” Later disclosures revealed that Middleton. in pulling election strings, overrode the choice of antiCoffin politicians, by naming his own election board to the Fifteenth precinct of the Ninth ward. Snider charged this was contrary to Middleton’s agreement to name a slate of Snider's choice. > Waves His Fists Red-faced and trembling, Snider hurled this accution at Middleton. He brandished fists viciously in Middleton's face, begging Middleton to “show fight." Pale and ruffled. Middleton stood his ground, offering whispered explanation. but meeting only with Snider's threats “to bust his nose through his face.” “I'll do it," Snider shouted hoarsely again and again, “and so help me heaven, I'll pay the fine, $lO or a SI.000." Snider accused Middleton of using underhand methods in naming election boards “to suit the Coffin taste." He charged that such “deceit is occurring over and over,” and that “it is pulling the wool over the people's eyes.” The verbal battle waged for almost half an hour with Snider repeat d’y begging Middleton to fight but tit latter, considerably smaller in st;*.ire, declined. "You’ve been the crookedest ward chairman I ever saw in my life,” Snider charged, “and you're just like the rest of your gang.” Snider has held county offices the last twenty years. “Expect You're Right" “I expect you're right," Middleton responded, rising finally from his chair. “I ll see what I can do about It,” he added. He elbowed his way from the official chambers whistling. Snider's final retort was, "I’m going to expose enough to Indianapolis papers to blow the whole works out of water.” Investigation disclosed that the election board of Snider's choice was filed officially with election commissioners naming the following persons as poll officials: Samuel Bennett. 23 Brookville road, inspector, with Henry Pfeister and Robert Powell, named judge and sheriff, respectively. Records produced by election commissioner show that late Monday night by orders of Martin Hugg, county G. O. P chairman, the names were substituted by Earl W. Kingham. 423 North Kealing avenue, named inspector in Bennett's stead. Snider charged that Kingham is a "well known Coffin puppet.” and that his selection was made through "Coffin greed." Notable among lookers-on at the fray was Charles Riddle, Coffin politician, who recently encountered a filling-station bandit without knowing it. Til give anybody $lO if they’ll get Snider to say the same thing to me," he said rubbing his fist. CAROLS MAY GO HOME Prince Reported Attempting to Break With Mme. Lupescu. B<i U ntlfil Prfg* VIENNA, Austria. April 29.—Further reports that Prince Carol of Rumania was seeking to break off his liaison with Madame Magda Lupescu and restore himself to the good graces of his former wife were circulated here today. Collar Bone Is Fractured Fred Thompson. 22, of 1516 West Twenty-third street, suffered a fractured collar bone and other injuries when struck this afternoon by a car driven by Mrs. George Pogenberger, Carmel, Ind., in the 1300 block on North Meridian street*

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Murdered! The body of a woman is hidden on the Cheshire road, mecca of parking and petting couples. No one knows it is there except Mary Della Chubb, Robert Henley Calkman lll—and the Red Mask, the killer. Mary Della is the beauty of the clock shop, a pert, snappy flapper, hardboiled and tenderhearted. Robert Calkman 111 is of the Detroit Calkmans, with a barrel of money. He's going to Yale and meets Mary Della by the simple expedient of running her down with his dashing yellow roadster. He starts with her U> the hospital, but they wind up on Petters’ Road, where Robert is slugged and the mysterious woman is slain by the Red Mask, terror of the city. Robert becomes engaged to Marjorie Marabee, whose parents cannily have ascertained the size of his Dankroll. Mary Della has Joe Sparks as a steady. So, complications, after Robert and Mary meet. Now turn to Page 6 and start this fascinating story, if you haven’t read the previous installments. You liked “Chickie,” but that story will have to hustle to be as good as “Mary Della.”

LESLIE SCORES PRINTING FIRM ‘Rotten Frameup’ in Bids Charged at Meeting. State printing specifications are a “rotten frame-up.” the state printing board is a joke, and the members are being made monkeys, Governor Harry G. Leslie charged at a special meeting of the board today. The meeting was called to hear complaints of departments and institutions whose printing was delayed by the Ft. Wayne Printing Company. * The board was asked to take the $150,000 two-year contract away from the company, which has had it.for the last five mohths. President John Wilding of the company was on hand to plead for another chance and promised more prompt deliveries. “Your Ft. Wayne company is one of but three in the state equipped to handle this contract,” Leslie told Wilding. “The way these specifications are framed makes the whole matter rotten. “This practice of bidding low r on materials that will not be needed and soaking the state for those we have to use will be cut out. The whole matter is filled with skullduggery and rotten to the core.” The Ft. Wayne Company won class one, which consists of printing for the state .schools and briefs for the attorney-general. The only ether bidder in this class was the William Burford Company. Indianapolis. 200 DEAD IN WRECK Tornado Blows Over Steamer on River in India. Bu United Press CALCUTTA, India, April 29. Two hundred persons were drowned when the steamer Condor was blowm over by a tornado in the Padma river Monday. ACTRESS SELLS CASTLE Pola Negri Receives $104,000 for Chateau Near Paris. Bu United Press PARIS, April 29.—P01a Negri's castle, the Chateau de Seraincouri, near Paris, has been sold for 2.600,000 francs (about $104,000), the mo tion picture actress’ servants sa' . today. When Miss Negri, the wife of Prince Serge Mdivani, last visited the castle, she remarked that she had “been hard hit by the Wall Street decline, but I've still got my castle.” SULLIVANS TAKE TO AIR Mayor, Father Are Given Flight in Standard Oil Plane. Thomas L. Sullivan, 83, twice mayor and father of Mayor Reginald H. Sulllivan, took “wings" today for the first time. The mayor and his father were guests of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana for a flight in the Stanolind 111. Other city officials were given flights.

ECLIPSE STUMPS VOLIVA, BUT HE STILL BELIEVES WORLD IS FLAT

Bv tnited Press ZION CITY, 111.. April 29. Eclipse of the sun Monday was a mysterious phenomenon which can not be explained satisfactorily, in the opinion of Wilbur Glenn Voliva, famed exponent of the theory that the world is flat. “The eclipse does not fit in with the facts of the case at all," the United Press was informed by Voliva, who is head of the prosperous Zion church and religious community here. He recently made a trip to Europe especially ( to prove to himself that his theory was correct. When he returned he announced that his journey across the Atlantic had convinced him thoroughly that the world is flat and

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MERCHANTS TO AID DEPLETED CHARITY FUND Directors of City Group Vote to Poll Members for Relief. COMMITTEE TO WORK Six to Be Named by Leiber to Handle Details of Collection. Merchants of Indianapolis will come to the aid of the impoverished relief coffers of the community fund, it. was decided today at a meeting of the directorate of the Indianapolis Merchants Association in the Illinois building. Directors, headed by Herman P. i Lieber, association president, decided to poll the body’s membership for i contributions to the fund’s relief work. ‘lt was the opinion of the directors that an emergency had arisen thiough unemployment similar to emergencies arising out of cyclone or flood disasters necessitating the heavy expenditure of relief money,” Lieber said. “The directors believed the community fund is not responsible for depletion of its funds.” A committee of six members of the association will be named by Lieber to handle details for collection of money for contribution to the fund's relief work. Community Fund directors say that but $4,000 remains of the $104,000 appropriated for relief of destitute families of the city. Unemployment forced the heavy expenditure of the relief* fund, they say. Other avenues Offering ways to replenish coffers of the fund were discussed Monday afternoon at the Indianapolis Athletic Club, where county officials met with fund heads and a city committee on stabilization of employment. Pleas for assistance from the public, churches, civic organizations and industries were sounded at the session, and assertions were made that the unemployment situation has reached drastic extremes, pointing toward heavier future demands on charity organizations. hustonlts rumor Denies Threats to Reveal Last Campaign Secrets. Bu t'nited Press WASHINGTON April 29.—Claudius H. Huston, chairman of the Republican national committee, today in a formal statement repudiated reports circulating here that he w r as threatening to expose inside secrets of the Hoover-Smith presidential campaign if he were forced out of office due to revelations before the senate lobby committee. U. S. PROVIDES MANY MILLIONS TO GIVE JOBS Increase In Public Works Is Expected to Aid Employment. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, April 29.—The federal government has made available more than $100,000,000, to be used in affording employment throughout the country, it was made known today in an administration review of the unemployment situation. The sum .nay go as high as $125.000,000, if pending plans are carried through. The administration looks upon increases in public roads, public buildings and public works construction appropriations as being a constructive program in the face of the period of business depression. CALL MRS. M'CORMICK Senate to Hear Primary Campaign Expense Report Thursday. BiiUnited Press WASHINGTON. April 29.—Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick and Senator Deneen (Rep., 111.), rivals in the recent Republican senatorial primary in Illinois, were called by the senate campaign funds committee today to appear Thursday to present statements of their campaign expenditures.

that it does not revolve around the sun. “Inasmuch as the earth is flat,” he said, “and both the sun and moon are above the horizon, it is physically impossible for the shadow of the moon to cause an eclipse.” “Still there was an eclipse and there must have been some reason for it. I am frank to admit that I do not know what this reason was. but the moon certainly hsd nothing to do with it.” 0 0 0 NEW YORK, April 29.—The sun and the moon got their heads together Tuesday, but as far as New York was concerned, it might just as well have been a policeman walking into a speakeasy. v 1

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 29,1930

Score of Ohio Convicts Reported Wounded as Guards Shoot Down Rioters; Martial Law Is Declared

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BORAH LASHES JIIDSEJARKEfI Senator’s Blast Is Followed by Quick Defense. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, April 29.—John J. Parker either was a bad lawyer or a jurist with preconceived notions of the validity o' the “yellow dog contract” when he made his famous miner decision, Senator Borah of Idaho told the senate today. Closing his two-day attack against rtrker's confirmation to the supreme court, Borah said he could find no justification in law for Parker’s verdict restraining union men from peacefully persuading nonunion-men to join the union. Borah, ignoring the opposition voiced by Negroes, concentrated on the issue of the “yellow dog” contract. declaring that to seat a judge who had gone as far in supporting such contracts as Parker had would be equivalent to a decision by the senate in favor of “yellow dog” contracts. Borah’s blast was followed by an immediate defense from Parker himself and from Senator Gillett (Rep., Mass.) Parker wired Senator Overman (Dem., N. C.), denying the new charge that he had withheld from the court evidence of the innocence of those whom he was prosecuting in the war frauds cases nine years ago.

Barely True Wounded Father Should Have Confined His Story to Fist.

Bu United Press Albany, n. y., April 29.— if Howard Bennett had stuck . to his stories, nothing would have happened. As it is, he will be laid up with a gunshot wound which he received when he told his son James of his heroic combat with a bear. James is convalescing from an illness in a hospital here, and his father’s story of the bear helped him along wonderfully. “And on came the bear. Twenty feet, fifteen, ten, his ponderous paws were ready for a killing blow,” recited his father. “I raised my rifle coolly, took air, fired and he dropped into the dust, right at my feet.” James was excited. “Let me take the rifle,” he begged. The weapon was passed over. James took it coolly, and —bang! Bennett is expected to recover from a slight wound in the side. WAITING FOR STREET CAR; $lO, SAYS JUDGE Night Watchman’s New Defense for Dtunk Charge Fails. 811 United Press BUFFALO, N. J., April 29.—Waiting for a street car is no defense in Judge Clifford J. Chapman's court. Walter Link, 53, a night watchman, tried it w'hen hailed into court on a charge of intoxication but was fined $lO. “I was waiting for a street car, judge,” Link protested. “I sat down on the curb and fell asleep.”

Far more New Yorkers wrere interested in the third race at Pimlico than were concerned over what scientists are pleased to call the eclipse track. Despite a tremendous amount of advance publicity, the eclipse attracted the attention of only five persons in city hall park. Four giggling girls and one marine stood in a single group and squinted through their little piece of smoked glass. And at that, the marine’s interest in orbs seemed to be of the optical rather than celestial variety. One little girl stood on the city hall steps, placed a finger over her left eye and made an effort to look at the sun through the right;,

cloudy, becoming unsettled; moderate temperatures.

The upper picture shows one of the machine guns of the Ohio national guard—a weapon capable of firing a stream of 400 bullets a minute —trained on the Ohio prison entrance. The photo below shows soldiers guarding the walls as other armed forces penetrated the prison to capture the leaders and quash the mutiny.

BISHOP'S SON IS HELDFOR JURY Bail Denied Defendant in Slaying of Aged Man. Bn United Press NEW YORK. April 29.—James M. Maxon Jr., son of the bishop coadjutor of the Methodist Episcopal diocese of Tennessee, today was held without bail for the grand jury on a homicide charge. Two witnesses testified at a formal hearing in homicide court that Maxon was violent on the night he allegedly beat David Paynter, 73, to death with a chair. Six witnesses testific 1 at the preliminary hearing tha Maxon was on a drunken rampagi a the night of April 18. Several roomers In the lodging house said they saw Maxon beat and kick the aged man. The arresting officer testified Maxon helped him lift'Paynter to a chair and then stooped to kiss the dying man. DARROW REFUSES CASE Will Not Defend Indian Women of Witchcraft Murder Charge. Bv United Press BUFFALO, N. Y.. April 29.—Clarence Darrow definitely declined the invitation to defend Lila Jimerson and Nancy Bowen, Indians charged with the witchcraft murder of Mrs. Clothilde Marchand. he announced today.

Somebody had told her that a big dragon was coming to bite a chunk out of the sun at 4:27 p. m. Her experiment, however, was a thoroughgoing failure. Henry, the soda fountain boy, and Oscar, the elevator pilot, knocked off work long enough to go up on the roof of the Pulitzer building, there to dally with science for ten minutes. Both Henry and Oscar, as they observed the phenomenon, expressed complex theories about astronomy in general and eclipses in particular. 808 HENRY thinks it is downright wonderful that science can figure out just when an eclipse is going to foist itself off on the

Kntered as Second-Claps Matter at Poatofflce, Indianapolla

Soldiers Take Command of Penitentiary After Keepers Blaze Away at Prisoners With Sawed-Off Shotguns. BY HARRY W. SHARPE United Pres* Start Corresnondent COLUMBUS, 0.. April 29.—The Ohio State penitentiary, where 322 convicts burned to death only a few days ago, was the scene of new violence today. Guards fired with sawed-off shotguns on prisoners when they became unruly. Twenty convicts were reported to have been wounded.

Martial law was declared within the prison. Warden Preston E. Thomas surren-

KOHLER’S FILES UNDER SCRUTINY Judge Warns State Is Not Implicating Governor. Bu United Press SHEBOYGAN, Wis.. April 29. Prosecution in the trial of Walter J. Kohler, multimillionaire Governor of Wisconsin, plowed through a mass of ledgers, loose leaf flies and myriads of vouchers today endeavoring to show that the books of the $44,000,000 Kohler company hide campaign expenditures in excess of the amount the state law permits. Voucher after voucher was introduced by Harold M. Wilkie, special prosecutor, until the defense asked that all be submitted in one exhibit and thereby shorten the trial of the Governor, who is charged with excessive campaign expenditures. Herbert H. Thomas, one of Kohler’s attorneys, indicated the defense would agree to introduction of anything found in the tableful of books and documents brought into court by the prosecution today. Wilkie was warned by Judge Gustav Gehrz that the court “does not think that the state has established the political nature” of several trips the Kohler village band took during the Kohler campaign.

publie. Oscar is equally bewildered by the thought that some day, in his opinion, the moop. and the sun are going to bump into each other. And when that great collision occurs, to use Oscar’s words, “hell is going to pop.” “Just what,” said Henry, wrinkling his Buddy Rogers brow, “causes these here eclipses?” “Well," vouchsafed Oscar, “it’s a kinda complicated thing. When you get right down to brass tacks, though, it ain’t nothing but a freak. That’s all it is—a freak.” “Yes.” agreed Henry, “it’s undoubtedly nothing but a freak.” And that settled any misgivings the two young men might have entertained about solar and lunar co-ordinatioix

dered command of the penitentiary to Colonel Robert Haubrich. commanding the troops. Anew machine gun unit was sent ; from the regular army pat at Ft. Hayes to assist national guardsmen ; in maintaining order. Colonel Haubrich entered the cell j block where the trouble centered 1 and where the prisoners were shouting “butchers” at the guards. He spoke to the convicts. “There’ll be no more shooting here,” he said he told them, "except on my orders." “Some of the convicts called out, “We'll play ball,’ ” he reported. Marks End of Violence j It was believed that Haubrich’s entry into the prison marked the end of the morning’s violence. Governor Myers Y. Cooper issued a statement while the trouble was in progress saying that “order must be restored” and explaining that “the civil authority of the warden has been reinforced with such use of the national guard as is necessary.” “The Governor feels that sufficient j consideration has been given for • the extraordinary conditions re- | suiting from the fire and loss of life J and the time has now come when ; the regular routine of the institution ! must be established," the Governor's , statement said. Firemen Ready for Trouble • All morning there had been unrest ; and an ugly spirit in the prison. During the night city firemen had : come into the prison and prepared , to train fire hose on the convicts in event of trouble. Officials also had recognized the Increasingly irritated situation by preparing to declare martial law in case of further trouble, and this was done eventually. This morning guards and troops were proceeding with the work of segregating prisoners, isolating the agitators. Presence of the firemen was believed to have set off a demonstration while the work of segregation was proceeding. A few windows were said to have been broken by the demonstrators. Answer With Volley Guards lined at the partition between the cells and guard rooms, according to information coming out of the prison, answered the demonstrators with a volley from sawedoff shotguns. Convicts fled for cover shouting “butchers” while the guards stood with cocked guns ready to fire again. “Look at the dead men in here,” came the cries from the convicts. “If you don’t tear this place down we will.” Fife apparatus and then stretcherbearers were moved into the frison inclosure while troops and guards kept the prisoners covered. Situation Is Quieted At 11 a. m. the situation had quieted sufficiently to permit Colonel Haubrich to enter and notify the convicts that he was In charge under the declaration of martial law. Walter Kohberger, Warden Thomas' secretary', revealed that during the melee the seven prisoners in death row r awaiting execution were liberated and were mingling with the other men. Other prisoners apparently released the death row men though this was not verified. FIRE HITS CHURCH First Congregational Damaged by Flames. While no accurate estimate of loss was set, damage of a two-alarm fire in the First Congregational church, Sixteenth and Delaware street, Monday night today was said to be approximately $2,500. Apparently the fire originated in a pile of kindling near the furnace. Firemen were forced to chop their way into the walls and threw water from six hose lines on the blaze. • Services will be held in the church Sunday, but Sunday school rooms were damaged and will be abandoned temporarily. Firemen, donning gas masks to penetrate the smoke, confined the blaze chiefly to the western portion of the building, behind the cliurch auditorium, on the first floor. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 59 10 a. m 69 7a. m 59 11 a. m 74 Ba. m 62 12 (noon).. 75 | 9a. m 68 Ip. BL,„

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YOUTHS ADMIT BRAWL FATAL TO CAB DRIVER Father of Victim Strains I Sightless Eyes for Last Look at Son. * KEEPS VIGIL BY COFFINS I Brother Also Dead in Chain of Tragedy in Life of Guy Hereth. BY HEZE CLARK Sightless eyes straining futilely ! for a glimpse of his dead loved ones, I Guy W. Hereth, 58, of 310 North Davidson street, groped his way be- | tween two coffins In the parlor of the modest home today. One coffin held the body of his son, William P. Hereth. 23, taxi driver, woo died at the Methodist hospital Monday night, the victim of a slugging. The second held the body of the brother of the blind man, James Hereth. 48, who died Saturday, Two Youths Held Meanwhile, at police headquarters ' detectives were holding two youths i on first degree murder charges. One of them, Frank Allen. 17, of 918 East Georgia street, police say, confessed to participation in a street brawl Saturday night during which Hereth suffered fatal Injuries. Allen Implicated Artie Bishop, 21, of 515 East Wabash street. They met Hereth in an East Washington street poolroom, and left with him, walking to Pearl and East streets, where Bishop and Allen quarreled about a taxi bill, Allen is said to have :old detectives. Hereth hit Bishop, and the latter knocked the taxi driver down and ran. Bishop is said to have related. Allen then knocked Hereth down, and left him lying on the ground, the boy’s confession relates. “Sunday, Bishop came to me and said, ‘We’d better get our traveling clothes,’" Allen said. They were arrested on a Up before they fled the city. Third Year When the funeral cortege for James Hereth left home at 2 this afternoon for Crown Hffl Cemetery it was the third time within a year and the second time within sixty days that coffins have been borne through the doorway. Returning from this funeral, led back into his own home which but a few months, ago he could see with his own eyes, the father was to await the fourth funeral procession Thursday, a procession which will leave him absolutely alone in the darkness of blindness. The son, William, died Monday night without regaining consciousi ness after being found on the SideWalk beneath the railway elevation on East street near Washington street Saturday night. A blow from a blunt irstrument had fractured his skull. Believed by police to be intoxicated, he lay unconscious in a cell at city lockup for four hours until Howard Hendricks, another employe of the Checker Cab Company, visited police headquarters and found his friend was Injured. Never Regained Consciousness Taken to Methodist hospital, Hereth never regained consciousness. Detectives were unable to obtain any story of the attack on him. His cab was found abandoned at Maryland and Illinois streets several hours after his body was found. William last was seen at 8:30 Saturday night when he was dispatched on a call to Noble and Georgia streets. Refusing to surrender the only picture he has of his son, a picture his eyes can not see, the father, bewildered by the lashing of misfortune, heard of his son’s death early today. Collapse of the father was feared as he suffered from heart disease. He has been blind for fourteen months, the blindness coming gradually. Almost coincident with the fading of the light for him, misfortunes began. Mother, Wife Die His mother, Mrs. Gertie Hereth, died Jan. 16, 1929. His wife, Mrs. ■ Hattie Hereth, mother of the dead taxi driver, died March 3, 1930. The brother died last Saturday and the son died Monday night without knowing of his uncle’s death. The only living relative of the blind father Is another brother, William Shorb of Cincinnati. The father formerly was employed by the Big Four railway. The dead son also was employed by the railway as a brakeman until recently. Funeral services will be held for the son at 2 Thursday afternoon with burial at Crown Hill cemetery. POPE RECEIVES RASKOB Democratic National Chairman on Visit to Vatican City. Bv United Press VATICAN CITY, April 29.—Pope Pius today received John J. Raskob, chairman of Democratic national committee. In private audience. Raskob later Introduced his family to the pop* .... „