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SURVEY REVEALS CITY IS ‘WIDE OPEN'

Lake Treasurer Is Missing; Close Bank

ll'j I nitri I’rrsi i EAST CHICAGO. Ind., Sept. 20. The American State bank, with deposits of $600,000. was closed today by J. E. Myers, state bank examiner, following the disappearance of H. K. Groves, the bank's president and Lake county treasurer.

Fairest at the Fair

Queen of the air is Miss Bernadine Hayes, picture above, and as such she’ll reign over the radio world's fair next week in New York City. The redheaded blues singer of Station WBBM, Chicago, was selected from broadcasting stars throughout .the nation as the most beautiful radio artist.

Thrilling Story of Last Days of Andree Arctic Party Told by Diary

BY FREDERICK LAUDON United Press Staff Correspondent STOCKHOLM. Sweden. Sept. 20.—The story of Salomon Auguste Andrews last, days, written as he and two explorer companions wandered toward starvation and death in the Arctic, is told in a communique issued by the Swedish government, based on Andree’s 142-page diary. Andree, Niles Strindberg and Knut Frankel tried to fly to the north pole by balloon in 1897. They were forced down and they died on White Island after more than two months of wandering on foot through the arctic wastes. The flight began from Dane's island, Spitsbergen, July 11, 1897. Andree's last notation in his diary was made Oct. 2, 1897. It said: “With such comrades, one should be able to get through any circumstances.” Remains of Andree's camp were found on Aug. 6, last, thirty-three years after the balloonists started north, waving to a small group that had gathered to watch their start.

The wanderings of the trio over j the ice and their suffering are vividly described in extracts pub- | Wished from Andree's diary. Their flight lasted only three days. Fire broke, out in the gondola, of their balloon at 7 a. m„ on July 14. hut was easily extinguished. The balloon had been forced down so that it repeatedly touched the ice on the first two days of the •Journey. Slow Progress Made The balloon's position on July 14 was 83 north latitude, 30 east longitude, some 500 miles short of their objective, the north pole, and about 200 miles north of there the remains of their camps were found. The exact, causes for abandoning the flight are not revealed in the diary, but. Andree opened the valves of the balloon to prepare for a safe landing. A landing in this case meant descending on the jagged and shifting ice of the Artie circle. Andree and his companions, well versed 'n the ways of northern explorers, devoted eight days to preparing their sleds and equipment for their southward journey on foot in hope of rescue. “I am a bit scanty regarding the actual goal of these ice wanderings,” Andree wrote, as the party left the balloon. Engulfed by Arctic Eight days later, on July 30. Andre wrote that the expedition had decided not to attempt to reach supply stations in Spitzbergeii, but had headed for Franz Joseph land. Their progress was painfully slow. They made only a few kilometers daily, but at all times made observations which they were confident would be of ultimate historical and scientific value. On Aug. 4 the trio had reached 82:17 north latitude, 29.43 east longitude. Fifteen days of wandering had brought them only a few degrees south of the spot where their balloon had come down on the ice Their food and other provisions were dwindling steadily. Fraenke! and Strindberg were suffering constantly from stomach trouble and bad teeth, aggravated by the lack of proper food. The explorers gave up hope of reaching Franz Joseph land. The hopeless battle against the northland seemed to engulf them slowly, although they joked with each

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No statement regarding the condition of the bank was available early today. Thomas D. Barr, assistant state banking commissioner, was notified and wr.s expected to arrive in East Chicago to take personal charge of the investigation before noon.

other in an effort to keep up their j courage. Hunt Polar Bears, Seals As the food supplies became shorter the trio began to hunt polar bears and seals. Fraenkel w r as the chief cook, and the diary humorously observes that he made delicious “polar bear meat pancakes” j which seemed very tasty to them at j the time. Hope that they could use their i canvas boat to reach Spitzbergen ! was shattered by the shifting ice. Their tiny craft could have made no ] headway in the pitching sea of ice j blocks that stood between them and j possible rescue. Meanwhile cold and storms, the j first blasts of the Arctic winter, be- \ gan to increase and the explorers decided to spend the winter on the j ice. Cold Increases Increasing cold between Sept. 12 and Sept. 17. caused them to hasten their reach for a suitable place to resist the rigors of the winter. They sighted White island on Sept. 17, which Andree named “New Iceland.” Supplies were alarmingly low and the explorers started on a hunting expedition to obtain enough food to last them through the months they had to spend locked in the north, until spring would enable them to continue their journey. By Sept. 20 the men had killed enough polar bears, seals and other game to lasi them until April. 1898. They then built the hut which they called home, and near which they later sank into the sleep of death in the Arctic. Tribute to Comrades The first severe storm of the, northern winter, which struck their camp on Oct. 2, swept away part of their provisions and their equipment, despite valiant efforts to save them. Andree made the last observation in his diary on that day. Apparently he was attempting to bolster the spirits of his comrades, but his efforts appeared futile. The last scribbled note in the diary paid the tribute of a leader to the men who died with him: "With such comrades one should be able to get through under any circums&nccs."

No trace of the missing president could be found this morning. The state board of accounts had not been notified early today of the absence of J. K. Groves, Lake county treasurer, whose bank at

NEGRO FREE IN QUIZ OF GIRL’S KNIFEMURDER Fingerprints Do Not Tally, Experts Decide After Close Study. Bu Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. 20. Police here today were virtually without clews to the mystery of the murder of 17-year-old Alice Woitman almost a week ago, they admitted following release of Edward Smith, 21, Negro, held since then. His fingerprints and those left by the murderer on a window sill of ; the Woltman home did not tally, Chicago Bertillon experts discovered when they compared the sill and Smith’s prints Friday. The sole theory upon which detectives worked today to solve the case was sthat of jealousy, and mistaken identity. They believe the murderer, or murderess, in the early morning gloom mistook Alice for her 20-year-old sister Henrietta, sleeping in the same bedroom when the girl’s ! throat was cut. Members of the Woltman family i are to be recalled by detectives for • questioning. They are believed to have hidden some facts investigators wish to obtain.

BANKER DENIES GUILT IN $1,000,000 THEFT Ex-Treasurer Held for Trial After Maintaining Innocence. Du United I’ress CONCORD, N. H„ Sept. 19. Arthur H. Hale, former treasurer of the defunct Merrimack River Savings bank, pleaded not guilty in superior court here today to 118 counts in seven indictments charging him with the embezzlement of more than $1,000,000 from the institution. He was held for trial in bonds of $25,000, No date was set for disposal of the case, although AttorneyGeneral Ralph W. Davis asked the court for immediate trial. Hale was indicted by a Hillsboro county grand jury last Wednesday. SAMUEL ROSENBURG BURIAL RITES TODAY Cremation to Follow Funeral for Insurance Man. Funeral services were to be held at 1:30 today at the Flannel' & Buchanan mortuary for Samuel C. Rosenberg, 70, insurance dealer, who died of heart disease Friday at St. Vincent's hospital. Cremation will follow'. An outstanding figure in the insurance business, particularly in Illinois, Mr. Rosenberg lived at the Marott hotel. He was bom in Racine, Wis., and attended the University of Wissconsin. He was active in civic and fraternal work, and was a member of the Shrine, Scottish Rite, Vreve Coeur Club and the Optimist Club. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Jane Church Rosenberg, and a brother, H. B. Rosenberg of Chicago.

KOS RETRIAL MAY BE CONCLUDED MONDAY Dozen Witnesses Called by Defense In Manslaughter Case. Criminal court jury trial of Max S. Kos lor involuntary manslaughter will be resumed Monday when the defense is expetced to rest its case. Kos. war veteran and insurance salesman, is accused by the state of being drunk when his sedan ran into two workmen for the Indianapolis Street Railway Company, New Year s eve. 1928, at Linwood avenue and East Washington street, injuring them fatally. A dozen witnesses were called to the witness stand Friday to relute the state’s accusation and to tell ol Kos’ good character. Harvey A. Grabill is trial judge. COUNTY MEETINGS ARE ARRANGED BY G. 0. P. James 31. Ogden to Talk Wednesday Night at Albion. A series of county meetings have been arranged for next week by the Republican state committee. James M. Ogden, attorney-general, will speak Wednesday night at Albion and Thursday night at Auburn. Lieutenant-Governor Edgar D. Bush will speak at Hagerstown Friday night and Rollin Turner of Greensburg will speak the same night in Versailles. Representative Fred S. Purnell, Ninth district, and Noble Johnson, Fifth district, will speak at the Parke county barbecue at Rockville Saturday, *

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER2O,I93O

East Chicago was closed following his disappearance Friday night. Lawrence F. Odd, chief examiner, was in Lake county Friday and attaches so his offfice believed he probably would go to East Chicago before returning to Indianapolis.

Holdup Men Halt Auto, Rob Couple After blocking the roadway with a stolen auto, two thieves smashed the door glass from the sedan of Guy McMorris, 2212 East New York street, Friday night, and robbed him of $65 and a watch valued at SSO alter forcing him and Miss Myrtle Colbert, 2416 North Sherman drive, from the car. The robbery occurred near Cold Spring road and Windmere avenue. McMorris told police bandits trained revolvers on him and Miss Colbert after breaking the door glass. They demanded rings from Miss Colbert, but failed to take tnem after making a thorough search of the car, police were told. Police said the bandits’ car had been stolen earlier from a downtown parking place. A lone bandit obtained SSO Friday night when he robbed Adolph Hoffman, clerk in the Charles Frang pharmacy, 1354 South East street, police were informed.

BROWN TO LEAD CHARITY DRIVE Community Fund Campaign to Be Oct. 17 to 27. Charity will hold the limelight in Indianapolis in October with the announcement today that the Indianapolis Community Fund will make its annual drive Oct. 17 to 27. The drive unofficially began today when the special gifts division of the fund started solicitation of money from the large donors to the fund. With the announcement of the dates for the drive by William H. Insley, president of the fund, Arthur V. Browui, president of the Union Trust Company, was selected to direct the 1930-1931 campaign. Although this year’s goal has not been set, it is believed that unemployment and excessive needs of charitable institutions during* the present depression will increase the amount sought. In accepting the chairmanship of the drive Brown said, “I believe our 2,500 workers will meet a contributing public which is already convinced that severities of the coming winter can be met only with increased contributions.” He cited the $40,000 deficit sustained by the funh in the past year due to unemployment conditions and urged this year's goal be reached if Indianapolis is to avoid further social unrest.

COOL WEATHER DUE 10 to 15*Dogree Drop Is Expected Tonight. Drop of from 10 to 15 degrees in temperature here is expected tonight or early Sunday, the United States weather bureau declared this morning. Weather over Indiana will be fair, with higher temperatures returning to northwestern Indiana Sunday. The cold wave is moving in rapidly from Western Canada. Lowest temperature this morning was 61 degrees at 7 a. m. J. H. Armington, senior meteorologist at the bureau, said he expected temperature here as low as 45 degrees, but without frost. DR. EMERSON STRICKEN I. U. Dean of Medicine Goes Under Emergency Operation for Hernia. Dr. Charles P. Emerson, dean of the Indiana university school of medicine and hospitals, is recovering today from an emergency operation for hernia performed Friday at the hospital. Dr. Emerson wal stricken while in class at the medical center. $450 IS BURGLAR LOOT Mrs. Amelia Galloway’s Home Entered, Jewelry Stolen. Mrs. Amelia Galloway. 666 East drive. Woodruff Place, today informed police her home was ransacked Friday night and jewelry valued at $450 was stolen. Slayer Convicted Bu United Preen VARPARAISO. Ind., Sept. 20.—A Porter county circuit court jury found Nicholas Vanderaa guilty oi manslaughter, carrying a penalty of from two to twenty-one years imprisonment, in the killing of Guy Wade Thorpe, his employe, on his farm. Evidence showed that Vanderaa killed Thorpe May 3 in a quarrel over wages. Bgth had been drinking liquor, evidence disclosed.

VIOLATIONS OF LAW ON LARGE SCALEJARED •Shady Moves’ by Coppers Are Alleged in Reports Given to Mayor. CLEANUP IS FORECAST Sullivan and Safety Board Hold Closed Sessions on Situation. Information pointing to widespread violations of the liquor law in Indianapolis has been laid before Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, safety board members and Jerry Kinney, police chief. The reports, which have come from various sources during the last few weeks, include one from the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, detailing many recent instances of alleged violations of the liquor law. Every report that has been received now is in the hands of enforcement officials and the reports have been the subject of closed conferences of Sullivan and department heads in the last few days.

Thorough Probe Made Many of the reports have resulted from operations of paid investigators, employed by organizations, who have combed the city seeking evidence of law violations. City officials plan further investigation of the reports. Attention of the safety board and Sullivan to alleged “wide open” activities in the city w r as called several weeks ago and since then officials have been working quietly in an effort to corroborate the information. The Anti-Saloon League report, it is known, points to actions of several police department members as being worthy of investigation by higherups. Instances of alleged “shady” moves by policemen on beats have occurred in territories heavily populated by bootleg joints, gambling places, and houses of ill fame, it was learned. Reports Given Kinney Each report that has been received by Sullivan or members of city law enforcement departments has been turned over immediately to Kinney. Kinney’s police squads have orders to check each report thoroughly and obtain evidence sufficient for a conviction. Discussion of methods to obtain search warrants from municipal judges to make raids on various places has been one of the chief topics of the closed conference, it w r as learned. The safety board has before It numerous instances in which officers were prevented from arresting persons in known violation of the law because they first had to obtain search warrants. Law Violators Escape Attorneys of the Anti-Saloon League, as well as city and county prosecutors, have been faced with this situation time and time again, reports to the officials revel. Often when liquor law violations are seen by police officers, it has been necessary for them to procure a warrant which gave the law-breakers time to escape, reports show. In the last few months, according to police records, arrests for violations of liquor and gaming laws, and convictions on such charges, have fallen off considerably.'

How the Market Opened

NEW YORK, Sett. 20.—Further declines were registered in the stock market today following the 5-point drop in the industrial average Friday,which placed the list where it was am onth ago. Recessions at the opening were mostly fractional and trading was quieter than Friday. In the early trading, however, little support was encountered and many issues made new lows on the reaction. . Westinghouse Electric made anew low on the move at 141, off I*4 on 3.500 shares. United States Steel opened at 163. off !s and then dipped to 162*2, anew low on the move. Loew’s declined 1% to 72*2 and fractional recessions were noted in Texas Gulf Sulphur, Warner Brothers Pictures, Woolworth, SearsRoebuck, Columbia Gas, United Corporation and American Can. A few advances were sprinkled through the list. These included Radio-Keith-Orpheum 32, up *4; Texas Corporation 51*8, up %; Atlantic Refining 32*8, up *s; General Motors 43’g, up *i; Electric Power & Light 69'A, up U, and American & Foreign Power 67 ?i, up !s. Loew’s preferred without warrants made anew record high at 99, up *2. J. I. Case rose I*4 to 164. United States Steel dipped to 162’s and then met support which canned back to around 163. The market generally Was irregular and trading quiet in the early trading. General Motors Chiefs Gather WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va., Sept. 20.—Three hundred executives of the General Motors Corporation began a three-day business conference today, arriving by special train from Detroit.

Famous Air Tour Fliers Raided for Booze, Fined at U. S. Border

Jeering Crowd Sees Choice Liquors Dumped; Hawks Reported Assessed S3O by Customs Agents. Bu L'nited Press GREAT FALLS, Mont., Sept. 20. Many bottles of fine Canadian liquors, acquired as the fliers toured the northern country, were left behind today by the national air tour planes scheduled to fly to Cheyenne, Wyo. A welcoming committee they had not expected met the tourists when they arrived late Friday from Rethbridge. Alberta, completing the day's flight of the long reliability tour which is taking them through many sections of the United States and Canada. In the ‘’reception committee” were a number of United States customs agents who cared nothing at all for a widespread belief that nothing would be done about it if the aviators brought back a few bottles of the “real stuff” when they returned across the border. While spectators and members of the official reception committee jeered, the agents searched the planes as they landed, and from some of the most unexpected places they produced enough liquor cases to make quite a fire behind the airport hangar a while later. b tt a THE ship owners who did not declare their liquor were fined the usual $5 a pint, but those who did declare the goods merely were relieved of it and dismissed. All the liquor was dumped into an old washtub behind the hangar. Spectators who attempted to scoop up drinks with their hands were chased away. Colonel C. E. Sheridan, collector of customs, refused to give out names of the fliers fined. Spectators said William S. Brock was one of those fined $5, and that liquor was taken from the planes of Frank Hawks, George Haldeman, Tom Colby, Wesley Smith and others. It was said Hawks was fined S3O for liquor taken from his famous mystery racing plane. Harry Russell, who pilots a Ford tri-motored transport, was leading the tour planes in points before the start to Cheyennne today.

Aimee

The strange story of two women who—starting with only an old circus tent to house their revivals have builded an odd religious venture into a 12,000,000 business. Read the amazing careers of Aimee Semple McPherson, “God’s Star Saleswoman,” by her own description, and her mother, Mrs, Minnie Kennedy, in •SISTER AIMEE AND MA’ Starting Monday, Sept. 22, in THE TIMES MA

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BRADFORD FREE ON $25,000 BOND AFTER BEING INDICTED ON DOPE CHARGE BY U. S. JURY Federal Authorities Will Strive to Convict Gary Politician as Member of Giant Narcotics Ring; Racketeer Also Named. Bu Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. 20.—Evidence that the United States government will seek to establish a narcotic conspiracy case of major proportions in Lake county, with Ralph G. Bradford, Gary “reform politician,” former Ku-Klux Klan leader and self-styled “maker of mayors,” as its central figure, developed today after Bradford was released undev $25,000 bond at Gary after being indicted by a federal grand jury at South Bend. Henry Lebouelf, prominent in Lake county racketeering circles and a figure in previous liquor conspiracy investigations in the Calumet, also was indicted in the same conspiracy with bond fixed at SIO,OOO. These two arrests are believed to be the forerunners of at least a score, with most of the defendants in Gary, but some in far distant points.

160 INDICTED IN FEDERAL COURT U. S. Defendants Will Be Arraigned Sept. 26. Preparation for arraignment of 160 persons named in 115 indictments returned by the federal grand jury Friday was made today by George R. Jeffrey, United States district attorney. It is believed names of ten persons arrested in an airplane liquor conspiracy are among them. The plane, owned by Dell E. Barker, 909 North Sherman drive, in which Canadian liquor is alleged to have been smuggled into Indianapolis, was confiscated at a city airport. Arraignment is set for the morning of Sept. 26 before Judge Robert C. Baltzell. No indictment was returned against Arthur Court, derby winner and operator of Trigo inn, near Noblesville, who was arrested on charge of liquor possession. Court, assertedly having lost part of his derby fortune in a year and a half, said the charge had been “planted” on him. LITTLE CHANGE NOTED IN CITY PORK PRICES Slaughter Classes Nominal in Cattle Market. Little change was noted in porkers at the city yards today, the market holding steady except for a few lightweights w’hich sold 10 cents lower than Friday. The bulk, 160 to 300 pounds, sold for $10.30 to SIO.BO, top price paid for the day being $10.90. Receipts were estimated at 2,00; holdovers were 1,053. In the cattle market, slaughter classes were nominal. Receipts were 100. Vealers were 50 cents lower, selling at sll down. Calf receipts were 100.

Sheep were quotably steady with receipts of 100. Chicago hog receipts were 4,000, including 3,000 direct. Holdovers were 2,000. Fresh hogs were scarce. The shipping demand was very limited. Prices were quotable around steady with $11.50 bid for good to choice 180 pound weights. No choice medium weight butchers were offered. Cattle receipts were 500, the market steady. Sheep held unchanged with receipts of 3,000 CLOUTS DEPUTY WITH ROCK DURING ARREST < Ivan Dougherty, Alleged Deranged, Subdued in Road Fight. After a roadway struggle early today, deputy sheriffs held Ivan Dougherty, R. R- 5, Box 219, pending trial on an affidavit obtained by his son, William Dougherty of | Beech Grove, alleging his father is , suffering from a mental disease. ] Ivan Dougherty has been sought ‘ for more than a week by authorities | and Deputy Sheriffs Harvey Shipp and Charles Bell overtook his speeding car, seven miles southeast of the city this morning. When they forced him to stop, he hit Bell in the head with a rock he was carrying. After a battle of several minutes, Bell and Shipp subdued him. BISHOP IS NEAR DEATH Head of Episcopal Church Sinking From Heart Attack. Bn United Hri en GAMBIER, 0., Sept. 20.—Bishop William A. Leonard. 82, titular head of the Episcopal church in the United States, was near death from heart disease today following a relapse Friday night. f

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A feature of the windup of the Bradford investigation before the jury was the arrival from Detroit of a surprise witness. William Frey, narcotic bureau chief for this territory, regarded as the government’s “ace in the hole.’’ Frey is said to have had the alleged narcotic ring under investigation for two years or more. The case is of considerable political importance, as Bradford has charged that the whole affair, which “broke” with his arrest, soon after a package of morphine, sent by air mail from New Orleans had been delivered at his office, was a Irameup by his political enemies. Politics in Turmoil Politics in the Calumet, a crucial center of Hoosier campaign, has been thrown into a turmoil by the affair. Bradford was named in one of ninety-four indictments returned by the grand jury. The names of twenty-five men and women in the South Bend division, indicted in liquor, banking, narcotic and postal fraud cases, were made public by the court clerk. The twenty-five all are persons who have been arrested previously and who are either under bond or in jail. Details of the indictments were not made public Friday night. Clay W. Metsker, publisher of the Plymouth Democrat, was indicted for postal fraud. Others Also Indicted Mildred Mott. William B. Weller and Robert D. Brown were indicted for narcotic law violations. Wilma Cushman was indicted for violation of the national banking act. A Hammond division conspiracy case goes back to the government’s investigation of alleged vote frauds in Lake county in 1929. those indicted being Lester A. Ottneheimer, East Chicago attorney; John Antonio and Hyman Cohen. They are alleged to have interferred with investigation by Leon Torrou and Everett Henthorn, department of justice agents.

Bradford Cries ‘Frameup Ru f'nit rtf prr*K GARY, Ind., Sept. 20.—The cry of “political frameup” came once more today from Ralph B. Bradford, “reform” politician of Lake county, who Is free on $25,000 bond after being indicted by the federal grand jury in South Bend on charges of narcotics and liquor law violations. Bradford was charged with buying. selling and transporting morphine, opium and cocaine, and with liquor conspiracy. Last fall, Bradford was credited with engineering a Lake county clean-up drive in which liquor and narcotics were the principal targets. In the heydey of the Ku-Klux Klan he was Lake county leader of that organization. The narcotics indictment against Bradford followed confiscation recently of a package of narcotics addressed to him at his home, and signed for by his secretary. It came from New Orleans, La. Braford has offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to conviction of his “framers.” THIEVES RIFLE AUTOS Cars Are Looted of Accessories And Wearing Apparel. Automobile sneak thieves were active Thursday night, looking cars of accessories and wearing apparel, valued at more than $l5O. according to reports to police today. Persons reporting thefts from their cars: L. E. Andrews, 3239 Broadway, tires and wheels, S4O; Algin Rose, 815 Udell street, tires, S2O; T. D. Landis, 2446 North Delaware street, tire and rim, S2O; Paul Thrun. two coats. $65, and Miss Dorothy Farber. 2440 North Meridian street, clothes, SB.