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SAFETY BOARD PLANS SMASH AT RACE BETS Considers Two Ordinances to Stamp Out Gaming in City. LOTTERIES ALSO TARGET Proposed Law Makes News of Ponies’ Results Liable to Fine. % Two proposed ordinances designed fto remove a legal stumbling block if to prosecution of gambling cases Ifwere recommended by the safety f board today. One would make unlawful possession for sale of any lottery or baseball pool ticket, or book, record, ticket, receipt or memoranda used to register a wager on the result of any horse race or game. The second would prohibit dissemination or reception of information relative to any bet, or a wager, on a horse race or any game, by telephone or telegraph. The ordinances were drawn by James Deery, city attorney, and presented to the board and Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan by Walter Lewis, board secretary, in a session this morning. The first reads: Illegality Is Defined “It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his possession, for the purpose of sale, any lottery or baseball pool ticket, or any book, (record, ticket, receipt or memoranda, used or to be used for the purpose of registering or recording any bet, wager or pool, on the result of any horse race or any games. “It shall be unlawful for the owner or the lessee of any building or room within the city of Indianapolis to knowingly permit any person having in his possession, for the purposeof sale, any lottery or baseball pool ticket, or any book, record, ticket, receipt or memoranda, used or to be used by such person for registering or recording any bet or pool, on the result of any horse race or any garnet, to be in or occupy any such building or room. S3OO Fine Suggested “Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall upon conviction, be fined in any sum not exceeding S3OO, to which may be added imprisonment not exceeding six months.’” The second ordinance is: “It shall be unlawful for any p ;r----son to send or receive by telephone • or telegraph within the city of In- ■ dianapolis any bet or wager or information of any kind relative to any bet or wager on the result of any horse race, baseball game, or other contest, or for any telephone or telegraph company to knowingly permit any person to transmit any bet, wager, or information relative to any bet, or wager, on the result of any horse race, baseball game, or any other game or contest, over any telephone or telegraph lines maintained and operated by such telephone or telegraph company between points within the city of Indianapolis, or from any place within said city and any place within the state of Indiana.” Penalties Are Similar Its penalties on conviction are similar to that of the preceding proposed bill. Purpose of the ordinance, which will be recommended to the city council at its next meeting Monday, is a legal barrage against gambling in the city, after city officials and police have found themselves unable to prove to satisfaction of municipal courts that tickets actually represent wagers in which money was won or lost in some contest. Deery this morning also reminded the board that under an old statute, a poolroom is defined as a single room. The statute, he said, would affect many places having rooms partitioned off for drinking or gambling purposes. ___ ARREST SUSPECTS IN FUR, RUG ROBBERIES Crawfordsville Police Holding Men Traveling With Road Show. Solution of several fur and rug robberies in Indiana during the last month was believed near today with the arrest of several men in CrawfordsviUe. E. L. Osborne, head of the state criminal bureau, received word that Crawfordsville authorities are holding the men and several autos. The men are said to be members of a road show from Mississippi. Crawfordsville police informed Osborne identification tags had been removed from the articles. Robberies were committed in Indianapolis, Bloomington. Lebanon and Kokomo recently. Owners of stolen property will go to Crawfordsfordsville in an attempt to identify the articles. COP’S VERDICT PENDING Safety Board Takes Duty Neglect Case Under Advisement. Case of Patrolman Eldo Landis, charged with neglect of duty, after lie Is alleged to have played pool at 465 North Belmont avenue, was taken under advisement today by the safety board. Landis admitted participating In pool games.

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N. Y. Democrats Name Roosevelt; Cheer A l Smith Ex-Presidential Candidate Breaks Political Silence to Pledge Party Honesty. BY THOMAS G. FORD United Press Staff Corresoondent SYRACUSE, N. Y., Sept. 30. Franklin D. Roosevelt today was nominated as the Democratic candidate for Governor of New York to succeed himself. The nomination was made after former Governor Alfred E. Smith, breaking two years of political silence, had placed him in nomination

with a speech which was alike a pledge of party honesty and a warning to those accused of corruption that they must clear themselves or be read out of the ranks of Democracy. Roosevelt’s nomination was by acclamation.

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cant for it not only marked his first important political address since he was defeated for the presidency in 1928, but it struck militantly in the direction of New York officials said to be allied with Tammany Hall now under investigation for alleged

corruption. As Smith came to the platform to nominate the man who, in this convention, is being launched for the Democratic nomination for President in 1932, a military band crashed into the strains of “The Sidewalks of New York.” Delegates rose to cheer and then swung into the words of the famous Smith campaign song. They sang it over again and then cheered for ten minutes.

John W. Davis, who in 1924 was the party's candidate for the presidency and now is acting as chairman of the convention, recognized Smith as “Alfred E. Smith of the county of New York.” Again applause swept the convention hall. Once more the band broke into “The Sidewalks of Few York” and the delegates tried to drown it out with their cheers. Banners waved and men stood on benches to shout. Finally the demonstration subsided and Smith began his address. The party platform assails the Republican national administration for the economic depression and demanded repeal of the eighteenth amendment. A plank designed to help Governor Roosevelt in his campaign against Charles H. Tuttle, Republican gubernatorial nominee, proposed a constitutional amendment requiring office holders to waive immunity for official acts.

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SNIDER WILL FILED Estate of Business Man Is Estimated at $50,000. Estate of Albert G. Snider, president of the Hide, Leather and Belting Company, who died Saturday of self-inflicted gunshot wounds, is valued at more than $50,000, according to the will probated today. Including $40,000 in personal property and an unestimated amount of real estate, the properties will revert to the care of the widow, Mrs. Bess R. Snider. A son, Charles R. Snider, was bequeathed an income until he reaches 30 years of age, when a $50,000 bequest is to be paid him, according to the will. In event of the son’s death, onehalf of the estate will go to twelve associates of the family, and the remaining half to the Indianapolis Foundation.

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THE best cover 2 ever given Indianapolis lans on the world series is assured Times readers, when the diamond classic starts Wednesday in Philadelphia. A score of experts will write stories of the series for The Times from every conceivable angle. Every edition of The Times will present complete stories, starting in the noon edition with ail advance information on the game and carrying on through the Pinks, with full detail of every Play. As aa added treat, every fan who can pack into the streets near The Times office can hear the

Roosevelt was given a tremendous ovation exceeded only by the one given Smith when he arose to speak. Then, while the band played “Anchors Aweigh,” recalling the days when Roosevelt was assistant secretary of the navy, the convention acclaimed him its candidate by a tremendous shout. There was no roll call. All good Democrats, Smith told the convention, stand behind Governor Roosevelt “in his determination to remove from office” those guilty of corruption. Smith's appearance before the convention was doubly signifi-

DEATH CLAIMS NOTED BRITON Lord Birkenhead Victim of Pneumonia. Bu United Press LONDON, Sept. 30.—Lord Birkenhead, former secretary for India and one of Great Britain's most Lord Birkenhead c re di t e and with Lord having the best Birkenhead legal brain in Britain. When a youth in school. Lord Birkenhead told his mates that he was the future lord chancellor of the land, and in 1919 he reached his goal at the age of 47. Daily bulletins on Lord Birkenhead s battle against illness were followed with great interest throughout England. His rise to power remained a source of amazement to the British nation, where met -one careers are comparatively Visited in City The earl of Birkenhead visited Indianapolis a year ago today as guest of Harley Clark, utilities and movie magnate. He inspected the plants of the Indianapolis Power and Light Company as part of his survey of American utility methods. Birkenhead was a director of a London power and light company in which Clark was interested. AUTOMOBILE THIEF GIVES OWNER RIDE Driver of Stolen Car Unwittingly Picks Up Victim; Jailed. Bu United Press CHICAGO, Sept. 30.—Harry W. Olson was mildly surprised when he hailed a passing motorist and was offered a ride, but he really was surprised a moment later. “I've had considerable experience wagging at autos since my own was stolen three days ago, but this was the nrst one that stopped for me,” Olson told Police Sergeant Murphy. “But it was no wonder it stopped,” he added. “Because, you see, it happened to be my car. I recognized it when I got in.” Ralph Klingemaier, the driver, was charged with larceny.

game by radio, through arrangements completed today with the General Baking Company. The General Baking Company’s radio-equipped truck will be stationed in front of The Times office to bring the complete broadcast of the game to the feverish fans. This truck carried the latest in RCA equipment—twelve dynamic speakers of 110 volts, the operator generating Ms own current, and carrying his own mike to make special announcements. This is one of the best and most powerful radio outfits now in use and will be operated for TheTimes and the General Baking

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GRAND JURORS INDICT PRYOR IN WIFE DEATH Vote Murder True Bill in Poison Case; Sweetheart of Defendant Freed. DICTAGRAPH IN CELLS Authorities Listen In, but Learn Little; Believe Confession Near. Bu Times Special MARTINSVILLE. Ind.. Sept. 30. Morgan county grand jury shortly after noon today returned an indict- ! ment charging Ernest Pryor with ! first degree murder of his wife, Mrs. Carrie Pryor. Pryor earlier today admitted that j a story he told, accusing his paramour. Miss Elsie Ham, of having ; poisoned Mrs. Pryor was a fabrica- : tion. “I told that she said she ‘poisoned her’ in order to get even with her. because she's caused me a lot of trouble,” admitted Pryor in confessing he lied. With his admissii of untruth, made while harried by officers, Miss Ham, admitted paramour of Pryor, was released early today from the county jail. Dictagraph Installed The grand jury probing the alleged poisoning heard its last witness this morning. Up to noon today the jury was still deliberating on whether a murder indictment should be returned against the “man of many stories.” She was placed in a cell adjoining Pryor Monday night. A dictagraph was installed in the two cells. County authorities listening over the dictagraph heard: Miss Ham: Get me out of this, Ernest. Pryor: Go on and sleep. Later, after Miss Ham was told that she had been accused of poisoning his wife, they were placed in the two cells again. Says He Is Sorry The dictagraph spoke: Pryor: I'm sorry I said what I did. Elsie. I’ll pay your way back to Brazil. During the questioning of Pryor Monday night, he said that Miss Ham told him, “I poisoned her. I told you I would get even with that woman.” Although Miss Ham, it is alleged, was forced to leave the Pryor home by her cousin, Pryor’s wife, because of her intimacy with Pryor, officials disbelieved the accused man’s story from the start. “I won’t plead guilty—l’ll take a chance,” declared Pryor throughout the questioning. Might Not Get Chair “I might not get the chair. If I plead guilty, I am sure to get life imprisonment, and I would just as scon die,” he muttered as he bowed his head on his hands in his jail cell. Authorities charge that Pryor admitted giving his wife a potion of soda water which he later changed to salt water before she died. Later he repudiated this admission and said: “I didn't give her anything before she died.” In building up a case against the accused man before the grand jury, Prosecutor William G. Gray and his witnesses have charged that collection of $3,000 insurance money on his wife was the motive for the crime. EIGHTEEN INDICTED County Grand Jury Votes More True Bills. In a seventh report to Criminal Judge James A. Collins, the grand jury today returned thirteen indictments accusing eighteen persons of felonies, and discharging nine suspects. Eight youths were named on auto theft indictments, with six others charged with burglary and larceny: one for issuing a bad check, two for statutory offenses and two for traffic law violations. ACT IN GERMAN CRISIS Bruening Cabinet to Use Ideas of Dawes Financial Plan. Bn United Press BERLIN, Sept. 30.—The cabinet of Chancellor Heinrich Bruening j moved today to solve the financial 1 crisis in Germany by announcing a ] drastic reduction of expenditures along the lines previously advised by S. Parker Gilbert. American agent-general for reparations under the Dawes plan.

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Mrs. Herbert Hoover Welcomed to City for Girl Scout Parley

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Pictured upon Mrs. Hoover's arrival at Union Station are (front row, left to right) Mrs. E. Blake Francis, Indianapolis Girl Scout commissioner: Mrs. Harry G. Leslie, Indiana's first lady; Mrs. Hoover and Governor Harry G. Leslie. Rear row (left), Mrs. Frederick Edey of New York, ehairman of the field division, National Girl Scouts, and Mrs. Nicholas F. Brady, New Y’ork, chairman of the organization’s national board of directors.

RIVALS SET FOR SERIES OPENER Grove and Grimes to Battle in First Fray. Bn United Press PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30.—1 t will be Lefty Grove of the Macks and Burleigh Grimes of the Red Birds in the opening game of the world series between the Philadelphia Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals here Wednesday. The A.s left-handed ace will find the veteran spitballer, Grimes, a stern foe, despite the fact that the American League champions are 7 to 10 choices to win the first game and the series, too. Manager Gabby Street of the Cards has his hustling ball club on its toes and anxious for the opening game of the classic diamond series. Fair to cool weather is predicted for the first game. Philadelphia took on the festive, excited air of a world series today, after warming rather slowly to the approaching event. All reserved seats were disposed of in the first rush Wednesday, and the bleacher line is forming, with the grayhaired old gentleman still holding his own at the head of the line.

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Bu United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3).—A man who said his name was Joseph Haldez was prevented from committing suicide when a sheperd dog jumped into San Francisco bay Monday, grasped Haldezs coat tail between his teeth and, despite the man’s struggles, dragged him to shore. tt tt a Beer Keg Kills Bu United Press MONEE, HI., Sept. 30.—Simon Longton, a bartender, died of blood poisoning which developed after the bung popped out of a keg of beer and hit him on the nose. a tt tt Jiggers, Here's Company '''"ATLANTIC CITY, Sept.- 30. Jiggers, the fox terrier who was spirited away to New York last August after being sentenced to death for biting a child, is to have company. Pal, his brother, has been given twenty-four hours to leave town. Police and firemen testified he is a vicious dog. No Kiss? Have a Pie! CHICAGO, Sept. 30. When she refused to accept a kiss instead of money in exchange for a forget-me-not on tag day, Clarence Johnson became angry and hit her in the face with a custard pie, Miss Lillian Culle, 22, told Judge Immenhausen.

ties in the country. He will handle play by play detail and the descriptive stories of the battles. Assisting him will be George Kirksey of the New York sports staff, xlixon Stewart of the Chicago sports staff, and men from the Philadelphia and St. Louis bureaus who are acquainted with the respective teams. In addition, Morris De Haven Tracy, United Press staff correspondent, who has covered sporting spectacles and important events in all parts of the country, will write daily a special story in his own characteristic vein, which will give something of the

First Lady Is Escorted to Leslie Home by Police, U. S. Agents. Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the President of the United States, slipped into Indianapolis at 7:25 this morning as unostentatiously as though she had been Mrs. John Smith. The only difference was a staff of secret service men and a corps of Indianapolis policemen, who escorted her from the train to the car of Governor Harry G. Leslie. Mrs. Hoover, dressed in a smart blue and black homespun travel suit and black accessories, smiled graciously at the curious onlookers assembled in the station. Received by Leslie She was met by Governor and Mrs. Leslie, with whom she v. T ill stay while in Indianapolis to attend the national Girl Scout convention; Mrs. E. Blake Francis, Indianapolis, Scout commissioner; Mrs. Frederick Edey, New York, chairman of the field division, and Mrs. Nicholas Brady, New York, chairman of the board of directors. The party went immediately to the Governor’s mansion, where the Leslies entertained with a breakfast. - En route to the Governor’s mansion Mrs. Hoover remarked: “The Girl Scouts must know I love them very much, because I missed a world series baseball game, wihch I was to have attended with the President, in order to be here for the opening of the national convention.” Accompanied by Secretary Mrs. Hoover was accompanied on the trip to Indianapolis by Miss Mildred Hall, her secretary. The first lady attended a national board meeting of the Girl Scouts at the Lincoln at 10 and a luncheon for board members at noon. Mrs. Hoover was national president of the Girl Scouts for two years. After participating in the opening of the national convention at 10 Wednesday morning Mrs. Hoover w'ill leave Indianapolis for Cleveland to join the President, who is to address the American Bankers’ Association in convention there. LIFT PICTURE BAN ‘Big House’ to Be Shown in Ohio Theaters. Bu Times Special COLUMBUS, 0., Sept. 30.—Ohio has lifted the ban on the talking picture, “The Big House,” and the film soon will be on display here. Dr. John L. Clifton, state director of education and head of Ohio’s board of censors, issued a statement in withdrawing the ban, stating that the board has acceded to the “seemingly state-wide demand of the public.” The story of the picture is critical in its theme of prison conditions in the United States. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 44 10 a. m 63 7a. m 47 11 a. m 60 Ba. m 51 12 (noon).. 61 9A. m 56 Ip. m 62

layman’s viewpoint of the annual classic. To insure prompt and accurate delivery of the world series report, special wires have been installed and placed under supervision and operation of expert telegraphers. ana IN addition to the thorough United Press coverage, The Times will receive world series service from the NEA Service staff, headed by William Braucher. One of Braucher’s most notable assistants will be Major. Hoople. who needs no introduction as an expert on any and every subject.

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State Asked to Enter Row Over Muncie Post.

Opponents of Mayor George Dale, Muncie, today asked Dr. William F. King, state board of health commissioner, to enter the fight between the mayor and Dr. H. D. Fair, Muncie city health commissioner. At a city council meeting Monday night Mayor Dale announced removal of Dr. Fair as health officer because the two men could not agree in a controversy concerning sewage disposel for the city. The mayor, it was said, opposed expenditure of money to improve or extend the present system. Dr. Fair, on the other hand, pleaded for an improved plant. Dr. King said today the mayor could not remove the health officer. He might, King explained, ask Dr. Fair to resign or file court charges against him. CITY PROBER ABSENT Raid Cases Are Continued by Judge Wetter. “William Cody,’’ alleged investigator for the safety board, failed to appear in Municipal court three today wffiere fifty-six defendants, taken in raids on warrants urged by Cody, awaited trial on liquor and gambling charges. All of the cases were continued by Judge Paul C. Wetter until Oct. 15, when he said he will expect Cody to be in court. The eighty-two were arrested in a series of raids last Wednesday, following exposition of alleged police corruption, gaming and liquor conditions in Indianapolis by federal agents. Judge Wetter told Lieutenant John Sheehan to inform the safety board he wanted their investigator in court on the new 7 trial date. Cody is in lowa, attending trial of a case with which he was concerned, Charles Myers, board president, and Walter Lewis, secretary, said. “We hope to have him back here,” they said when questioned as to how soon the investigator was expected to return to Indianapolis. FROSTS DUE TONIGHT Scheduled to Hit City and Vicinity, Is Warning. Frosts will recur tonight in central and northern Indiana, including Indianapolis and vicinity, the United States weather bureau here predicted today. Temperatures this morning began at 44 degrees at 6 a. m., and rose slowiy into the fifties. By afternoon, they were expected to ascend several degrees farther.

Babe Ruth, assigned by the Christy Walsh syndicate, whose articles are carried exclusively by The Times in this territory, also will write a daily story, full of meaty gossip about the athletes. To climax the whole layout, Joe Williams, sports editor of the New 7 York Telegram, and special staff writer for all other ScrippsHoward newspapers, will be on hand to describe the game in the inimitable style which has won him thousands of followers. Read The Times and listen to The Hmes-General Baking Cos., radio programs and you won’t miss a ripple in the world series.

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SURVEY BRINGS ACTION IN POOR FARM MISERY Pitiful Conditions at Marion County Institution Is Bared by Times. COUNCIL WILL MEET Admit Finds Are ‘Exactly the Case; Squalor Is Described. BY EDWARD C. FULKE Spurred by disclosures by The Times this morning that drastic improvements must be made at the poor farm if inmates are to be decently housed this winter, officials at noon announced the council will be called into session to discuss the raising of funds for correcting the . evils. County Auditor Harry Dunn said a call will be issued for councilmcn to meet within two weeks to consider a $195,000 bond issue with which to construct new buildings and to make general improvements. Dunn and county commissioners today described findings of The Times as “exactly the case.” Dunn said condition of the institution is “awful.” Crowded into one antiquated building originally intended to house two hundred men, more than 350 aged male dependents now are enduring what a member of the board of county commissioners termed “one of the most terrible conditions in the county.” This condition does r.ot exist in the women’s quarters, where conditions are less crowded and accommodations generally are respectable. Relief Only Temporary Dire condition of male inmates has been iaid before officials repeatedly by the grand jury, but only temporary relief has been provided. These hundreds of aged and infirm, denied everything but barest necessities, are existing in one instance in a building which has been condemned several times as a fire trap. At least a dozen inmates in that building, the men’s quarters, are sleeping on straw “ticks” on the floors of cold hallways. On the second floor of this building four bunks are crowded into a dark and ill-ventilated hallway. Investigation showed that 350 male inmates, including Negroes, are housed in this building, oldest on the premises, which Byron Carter, assistant to J. V. Carter, superintendent, admits is “dangerous.” “Doing the Best Wc Can” “We’re doing the best we can with what we have,” Carter says. Inmates share quarters so small as to be unbearable, with spring cots, a few broken chairs, and bare walls the only furnishings. Plans of county commissioners to relieve the condition are up against the proverbial stone wall, because the political county council can not “get together” to appropriate $195,000 for improvements. Commissioners John E. Shearer and George Snider said the appropriation to be considered by the council calls for general improvements in and around the institution, with provision for erecting four residence buildings and two hospital wards. Under those plans, it was pointed out, the men’s “building” will be razed, bidding the institution of its worst eye-sore. On its site the new structures ould be placed. Illness Is Taking Toll The men’s quarters is the “poorest excuse” of the wealthiest county in the state to keep its infirm under shelter, Snider admitted. Illness is taking its toll, the probe disclosed, with many inmates complaining. “There are an unusual number of sick cases,” an attendant told reporters, adding: “We don’t know what causes it, butit’s a fact.” Ventilation problems, hospital accommodations, and kitcheh problems ! have become questions which Carter ■ says can not be solved without help of governing officials. Scrutiny of linens, food and the steam kitchen show Carter is making every effort to provide inmates with as many decencies as facilities permit. Industrial depression threatens to I enlarge the inmate roll to unheard j of proportions, Carter said, although [ the institution now is operating far beyond capacity. An average of 100 more persons are being cared for daily this year than in 1929. Facilities Are Overtaxed Facilities oi the superintendent are being overtaxed to feed the growing population, and it is prob- ! able meals will have to be served in “shifts” this winter. Limited cooking apparatus makes diet changes almost impossible, according to Carter, and it has become necessary to combat resultant diseases. Tubercular patients occupy four small “shanties” at the west boundary of the grounds. These structures should be razed for sanitary reasons, Carter declared. The last grand jury reported the men’s quarters “should be torn down.” Carter was lauded by jurors as doing “splendid work, considering facilities available.” This condition is recognized by j each member of the commissioners board. Shearer declared “something i should be done about it.” He placed i the burden of responsibility on the j council