Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 83, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 August 1930 — Page 2

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FRANCE FEARS 1 DRIVE ON PACT ! OF VERSAILLES Charges German Agitation ; is Creating ‘Deplorable l Suspicion/ Bv United Press PARIS, Aug. 15.—France continued uneasy today concerning effort* of German* for revision of the Versailles treaty despite the assurances of Ambassador Leopold Von Hoesch that the blunt speeches of Gottfried Trevlranus, German minister without portfolio, wholly were unofficial, and not representative of the German government's ■element. Coincident with advices from Berlin that a determined campaign for treaty revision may be started soon, semi-official quarters here said the Reich* foreign policy In the last two months had created “deplorable suspicion” In the minds of various European countries. General French opinion is that German agitation is making neighboring states fearful, especially Poland, which Thursday formally protested to the German charge d'affaires at Warsaw against Trevtranus’s speech urging changes in the Polish-German frontier. BAD CHECK TENDERED IN PAYMENT OF FINE Farmer Convicted of Trespass Faces Another Charge. Bu Time* Special CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind., Aug. 15—Ira Magruder, farmer, convicted of trespass in city court here and fined $lO and costs, a total of $23 45 by Mayor Thomas L. Cooksey, is alleged to have paid with a bad check. After receiving a check from Magruder the mayor sent It to a bank and it was returned with the statement that no funds to cover it were on deposit. Authorities declare that drastic action will be taken against such practice in the future, and intimated that acceptance of checks in payment of fines may be discontinued. DRIVERS AWAIT RULING Two Given License Hearing Before State Agent at Columbus. Bv Timet Special COLUMBUS, Ind.. Aug. 15. Judge John G. McCord of the state automobile license bureau heard evidence here in the cases of Mrs. Pearl Graffa, local restaurant owner, and Elmer Cole, to determine if their licenses to drive automobiles shall be revoked or suspended. He took the cases under advisement and defendants will be notified by letter of his decisions. Mrs. Graffa was charged with failure to give her name and address following an accident in which her car bumped into the rear of one driven by Mrs. Lillian Bowlen Gottschalk. Cole was charged with operating a motor vehicle without headlights and causing an accident north of here in which seven persons were hurt.

RAILROADER IS BURNED Beech Grove Worker in Critical Condition at Hospital. While starting a blaze in an engine's fire-box. Denny Misler. 24, of New Bethel, was burned severely today as his clothing ignited at the Beech Grove shops of the Big Four Railroad. He was taken to the Methodist hospital, where his condition is critical. POLICEMAN IS SLAIN Portland (Me.) Officer Found With Skull Battered In. Bv United Prctt PORTLAND. Me., Aug. 15.—With his skull crushed, the body of patrolman Michael T. Connolly, 47, of the Portland police department, was found today at the foot of a ledge on Ft. Ethan Allen park. He evidently had been murdered. FORMER BANKER DEAD Lorenzo D. Johnson to Be Laid to Best at Crown HilL Funeral services for Lorenzo DJohnson. 79, former Clayton State bank president, who died Wednesday, will be held at 2:30 p. m. Saturday at the residence of a daughter, Mrs. B. R. Quinn. 3616 Salem street. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Chicken Ate Diamond Bv United Prrtt INGALLS, Ind.. Aug. 15.—A diamond setting from Mrs. Claude Rummell's engagement ring, which was lost in the yard of her home. May 25, was recovered in the gizzard of a white leghorn hen. Mrs. Russell was doubly fortunate, for chicken thieves recently overlooked the hen when they stole several from a flock. Woman, 80, Dies Suddenly Bv Timet Special CARLOS. Ind.. Aug. 15.—Mrs. Amanda Sharp. 80. died suddenly near here following an illness of a half hour. She leaves two sons. Alonzo and Andy Sharp, and a daughter. Mrs. Olive Edwards, near Huntsville.

An Abuse Attention of The Times has been called to abuse of its “Times Readers’ Views," a daily feature of the editorial page. On July 28, a letter above the name of Silas Bainbridge, 243 Kansas street, was published. Another, with the name of Paul (Jake) Klemmons. 242 Kansas street, was printed in the same column Aug. 7. Both were forgeries, composed by other persons. The Times is informed. The column is conducted to allow expression of popular opinion, and such abuse of its functions calls for remedy. The Times warns perpetrators that they are law violators.

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Indiana's drought made “water lines” on state farms. Upper Photo—Cows on the farm of Mrs. Rose Butler, Morgantown, waiting for water to trickle from a spring. Lower Photo Horses at the farm pump, to which stock made daily pilgrimages during the dry spell.

JURY TO PROBE FOODSUYINGS Mob Menaces Farmer Who Shot Hungry Pair. By United Press TOLEDO, Aug. 15.—Lester Coy, 23-year-old farmer, who Wednesday shot and killed a destitute father and his young son who were stealing potatoes for food, was at liberty today awaiting promised action of a county grand jury. The victims, Elmer Tilton, 45, and his son Louis, 17. were killed when Coy opened fire with a pump shotgun as they attempted to escape with about $2 worth of potatoes. Coy appealed to the sheriff’s office Thursday night for protection against a small mob which appeared before his home at the scene of the shooting. The crowd numbering about sixty men, dispersed without trouble. niton, father of seven children, had been out of work for months and his family was destitute. New Dry Raiders in Debut By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—The justice department’s dry raiders made their debut here Thursday night in the first raid conducted since prohibition enforcement was transferred from the treasury department. Six persons were arrested in a home on fashionable Sixteenth street. The government cabinet of Italy has voted to increase the military budget by $26,000,000.

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UNIFORM LAW ON DIVORCE IS GIVENMCKING Residence of Year in All States Is Required by Proposed Statute. By United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 15—A uniform divorce jurisdiction act, applicable to all states, will be presented to the American Bar Association for approval, It was announced today at the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws. The act provides a residence period of a year before starting action for divorce in any state. Several states, notably Nevada, now require residence of only a few months. Full recognition would be given in each state to divorces granted in every other state, under the provisions of the act. Freight on Street Opposed B" Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. 15. Threat of the city council to pass an ordinance prohibiting operation of Indiana Railroad freight trains through the business district except between the hours of 11 p. m. and 7 a. m. has brought a promise from officials of the railroad to comply with the city’s wishes if granted a ! thirty-day period of grace in which to revise schedules. The request was ' granted by Mayor J. H. Mellett.

Whoa, Back! By United Press LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15. Two St. Louis boys, Charles Creighton and James D. Harris, were preparing today for their automobile trip back across the continent in reverse gear. They arrived here Thursday from New York, setting a record of eighteen days for the first journey of the kind on record.

SEALED GRAVE MYSTERY KEY Wife Thought Dead, Returns; Husband Remarried. Bu United Press SPRINGFIELD, Vt, Aug. 15.—A cemetery plot at Chester was believed to hold the answer to the mystery of the year-long separation of George Packard and his wife Catherine and, likewise, the identity of the body buried under the name of Mrs. Packard as a suicide. Mrs. Packard has reappeared, after being found in Manchester, N. H., and has opened a strange mystery case. Her husband is honeymooning with a waitress he married after he believed his wife had committed suicide in an attack of melancholia. But with reappearance of Mrs. Packard, authorities today sought identity of that body buried at Chester, and have called upon Pack--1 ard to come here and aid them.

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ENGLISH CHURCH GROUP ACTS ON BIRTHJONTROL Divorced Person, With ExPartner Alive, Would Be Refused New Marriage. By United Press LONDON, Aug. 15.—Attitude of the church toward modern life again became the subject of heated controversy today, with publication of the Lambeth conference resolutions providing for the guidance of Christian principles In practice of birth controL The resolutions also recommended that a divorced person whose former partner is still alive be refused celebration of a second marriage according to rites of the church. The birth control resolution emphasized the need for sex education. “Where there is clearly felt a moral obligation to limit or avoid parenthood, the method must be desided on Christian principles,” the resolution says. The conference strongly condemned birth control practiced for “motives of selfishness, luxury or mere convenience.” Legislation placing definite restrictions on birth control information was recommended “in view of widespread and increasing irregular unions.”

Man, 91, Found Dead Bu Times Special BENTONVILLE, Ind., Aug. 15. Louis Kimmer, 91, was found dead in she yard at his home near here.

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