Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 130, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 October 1930 — Page 9

Second Section

NICHOLSON DODGES MOVING DAY GRIEF

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The new home of Meredith Nicholson at 5417 North Meridian street.

GIRL IN PRISON FOR CAP THEFT; MERCY ASKED Plea Viewed as Political Activity by Leslie; Offense Petty. Governor Harry G. Leslie today was inclined to view as a political document the letter of Attorney S. C. Ki'ett of Martinsville, asking parole or pardon for Miss Prances Haase, 22, of Martinsville, who is serving a one-to-eight-year sentence for theft at the Indiana Woman’s prison. Kivett is campaigning against Judge Joseph W. Williams of Morgan circuit court, who passed the sentence and who is seeking reelection on the Republican ticket, it was said. The Martinsville attorney, who aided the prosecutor in sending the girl to prison, wrote the Governor a long letter assailing the judge for passing the sentence and refusing to be a party to a parole petition. Convicted for Cap Theft According to the .appellate court record, the girl was found guilty of stealing a $2.50 boy’s leather cap from the Kelso & Son store at Mart‘ ■'sville on Oct. 15, 1926. Sentenced >rison and fined sl, the case was appealed by her attorney, John E. - dwick, and only recently was afnrmed by the appellate court. When arrested, the girl, 18 years old, was a senior in Martinsville high school. She was reported at the time as the leader of a group of petty thieves among the girl students. Kivett was appointed by Judge Williams to aid the prosecutor in blocking motion for anew trial. In his letter to Leslie, he points out that the store owners* and Prosecutor William Bray favor executive clemency, but the judge does not, although he has asked it for bank bandits in the past. He says the cap was worth only 98 cents. Attorney Is Confused Mrs. Frank M. Hohenberger of Martinsville has joined Kivett in the clemency plea. It was recalled today that when Sedwlck made oral argument before the appellate court he seemed a bit befuddled when asked for dates. Finally, he blurted out to the judges: “Say, if you don’t understand this case, i’can’t help it. I can’t be on the bench and argue here, too.’

HOUSE-BREAKING LOOT ESTIMATED AT SSOO Clothing and Jewelry Plunder in Three Robberies. Loot valued at SSOO was obtained by house ransackers in three house breakings Wednesday night, according to reports to police. Mrs. J. A. French. 5201 North New Jersey street, reported clothing and jewelry worth S2OO taken. Clothing valued at S3OO was stolen from the J. Frank Holmes residence, 4924 Washington boulevard. Mrs. G. W. Meeker. 1517 Ashland avenue, said her house was ransacked. She was unable to determine if loot was obtained. CHAIRMEN SELECTED FOR G. 0. P. BUREAU Rogers Announces Veterans’ Group Officers in Twelve Districts. Appointment of twelve district chairmen of the Republican Veterans’ bureau of the Republican state committee were announced today by Elza O. Rogers, state chairman. The appointments were made upon recommendation of Linn S. Kidd, Brazil, state chairman of the bureau, and with approval of district party chairmen. Those appointed are: First district. French Clements. Evansville; Second. Elmer W. Sherwood. Bloomfield: Third. Chester V. Lorch, New Albany; Fourth. Howard P. Robinson. Franklin; FUth. James A. Raper. Brazil; Sixth. Mcllis G. Talbert, Morristown: Eighth.' Glenn Selss. Anderson; Ninth. Harry S. Rogers. Kokomo: Tenth. Dr. A. R. Killian. Lafayette; Eleventh.! Harry R. Hall. Marlon: Thirteenth. Floyd O. Jelllsoa. South Bend. APPEALS BEFORE COURT Holt, Butler Petitions Studied by United States Tribunal. • The United States circuit court of appeals in Chicago today had under advisement the appeals of Olin R. Holt and Ora C. Butler, both of Kokomo, from their conviction in federal court here on charges of conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. Arguments on the appeal were heard in Chicago Wednesday by Judges E. A. Evans, Will M. Sparks and George M. Page. Indicted here last May\ the men were convicted of having formed the Hoosier Protective Association, membership in which entitled the holder to counsel when arrested on prohibition charges.

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MOVING day turns Mister , Average Man into a “dodger” who would rival those hired by carnivals for eluding baseballs flung by revelers, and it’s no different with Meredith Nicholson, Hoosier novelist. Nicholson moved Wednesday from his Golden Hill residence to an imposing new colonial type mansion at 5417 North Meridian street. Today Mrs. Nicholson, in reporting on the writer’s capability to tack carpets, hang pictures and hang doors, said, “He’s a pretty good dodger when it comes "to moving time.” The Nicholson’s new home is located on a hillock north of Fifty-fourth street. It is constructed of red colonial brick veneer, trimmed in Bedford limestone. The roof is of black slate. Eight 'wood columns guard the porch. The home has six bedrooms and five baths. The entryway is floored in marble. The hall contains a circular' stairway, with a living room, solarium, dining room, library, breakfast room and kitchen on the first floor. The house's color scheme is antique ivory, with fixtures of colonial design. A three-car garage in the rear of the residence is of the same construction as the home. The proper;,:/ has a depth of 300 feet, with 109-foot frontage on Meridian street. EX-ARMY FLIER CRASH VICTIM Hired to Bring Back Plane Stolen at Marion. flu f’uitci/ Picks ROSEVILLE, Mich., Oct. 9.—ln the crash of an airplane reported stolen at Marion, Ind., and recovered near here by Detroit detectives, Julius Kelly, 32, former United States army flier, was killed and Detective Peter Sprott, 32, of Detroit, was injured seriously late Wednesday. Kelley and Sprott had taken off in the recovered plane and were circling Packard field when the tiny monocoupe crashed from an altitude of about 100 feet. The plane recently was reported stolen by Lee Phelps of Marion.

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NEW YORK. Oct. 9.—Texas Guinan. fond of saying that things get pretty hot in her new night club, the Argonaut, was Tighter than she knew. Fire swept through the club Wednesday a few hours after the hostess and the last of her “suckers” had called it a morning and closed up. The blaze,-which started from a short-circuit, did damage estimated at between $40,000 and $50,000. The club will be refurnished and open anew- on Saturday night.

Wickersham Explains Exactly How He Stands

Hu l nited Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—Niceties of word choice, which served him well on the road to the top in the legal profession, still are at the command of Chairman George W. Wickersham of the law enforcement commission. Pressed for his views on personal liberty, Wickersham replied: “I am a strong advocate of personal liberty. “But I believe personal liberty should be restrained for adequate cause.” And then, for good measure, Wickersham helped his questioners define his alignment in the prohibition debate. “I never have been a wet,” said the chairman. “I never have been a dry* “But, I have been classified sometimes as a ‘moist.’ ”

The Indianapolis Times

MIGHTY FLEET TO RULE IN AIR IS JAPAN GOAL Mammoth Sham Battle at Sea Will Demonstrate Nation’s Needs. HOPE TO TRIPLE FORCE Money Saved by Limiting Navy May Be Spent in Sky Defense. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Seri dds-Ho ward Foreien Editoi WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—“ln the seas somewhere south of Japan,” as Tokio puts it, “the Japanese navy is preparing to fight a titanic sham battle to pave the way for doubling or tripling the empire’s air forces. Following what appears to be the accepted policy of other powers, Japan intends using money saved at the London naval conference to make herself stronger in the air. Despite the world’s best efforts to limit armaments, therefore, not even the surface of this great problem has been scratched. Money saved by limiting one arm, as happened after the Washington conference of 1922, immediately is earmarked to increase the strength of another. No Limit in Air Britain, America and Japan, the three leading sea powers, have agreed to limit their navies, but their armies, air forces and all the other newer and far more deadly weapons of war now emerging from the fertile brain of science have only the sky for limit. Realizing the danger, the League of Nations, at Geneva, tried to fix a date for a general disarmament meeting, but was forced to adjourn without doing so, on account of the present unsettled condition of the universe. At London, Japan agreed to a reduction of 26,000 tons in submarines in exchange for a slight increase in other directions. So the Japanese naval maneuvers the week of Oct. 20 to 28, somewhere between Yokohama and Manila, are designed to demonstrate how much the London agreement weakened her. Drive for Increase Already, however, a drive for a greater air force is on. Japanese ratification, in fact, was partly contingent upon aerial expansion. Approximately $260,000,000 was saved at London out of eth next five-year program and the navy general staff plans to spend most of this on aircraft. The staff wants to spend $225.000,000 on the navy, but the politicians, with an eye on the elections, want to limit the amount to $175,000.000. Emperor Hirohito will command from his flagship during the final phases the battle. About seventy first line ships will be in action at one time. The “blue fleet” will defend the empire from a base in the southern part of the islands, steaming out to meet the “red fleet” coming up from the general directioii of the Philippines. Naval tacticians admit that the smaller the navies of the world become, and the larger the air forces, the stronger Japan will be in the western Pacific.

CITY WARES SHOWN Indianapolis Day Observed at Exposition. Wares of Indianapolis Industries were arrayed before citizens today attending the “Indianapolis day” program at the Indiana Industrial Exposition in the cattle barn at the state fairground. Exhibitors were laying plan? today for the big display of the show Friday, designated as Manufacturers’ day in honor of those who have made the show possible. A banquet for exhibitors and guests will be held at the Claypool Friday night. At Educational day Saturday, the closing of the show, exhibits of various Indiana educational institutions will be featured. Groups of school children will attend. I. A. C. EXTENDS DRIVE Members Campaign Will Include Radius of Sixty Miles. Indianapolis Athletic Club will extend its membership campaign within a radius of sixty miles of the city, Fred E. Barrett, drive chairman, said today following a committee of sixty meeting. Wednesday night Barrett reported membership has increased to 1,608 since the drive opened. BICKEL BOOK PUBLISHED Volume by United Press President to Be Issued Soon. IS ii l nil ed Press PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9.—Among the books listed for fall publication by Lippincott's is “New Empires: the Newspaper and Radio,” by Karl A. Bickel, president of the United Press Associations.

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1930

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FARMERS WILL HEAR NATIONAL BUREAUS HEAD Meeting Near Dublin Friday to Be Addressed by Sam Thompson. Bu Times Special DUBLIN, Ind., Oct. 9.—Sam H. Thompson, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, will address a meeting of the Eighth Farm Bureau district Friday, which will be in the form of a state picnic for the Indiana Farm Bureau. The meeting will oe held in a large tent at Locust Law farm, the home of James K. Mason, director of the district. The farm is located four miles south of Dublin, on Federal Road 40, about fifty-two miles east of Indianapolis. Heads Largest Group President Thompson is one of the outstanding figures in agriculture today. As leader of the largest organization of farmers in the history of the world, he has taken a leading part in the fight to obtain national recognition of the agricultural industry. The business session for the district will start at 10 a. m. A pitchin dinner will be served at noon and again at 6 p. m. A bail game between teams of the Fourth and Eighth farm bureau districts will be called at 12:30 p. m. Mrs. Harold B. Ogden of Greensburg will lead community singing and there will be numbers by the Johnson county quartet, the Mason sisters and a 4H club band from Gings Station. College President to Speak The evening session will feature a farm bureau playlet designed to show the needs for a revised state Constitution and to urge a favorable vote on a referendum for a constitutional convention, and an address by L. A. Pittenger, president of Ball Teachers’ college, Muncie, on the new constitutional movement. “We have invited President Thompson to be our guest Friday and to address the citizens of our community and the state on the national farm problems of today, and we are anxious that the city people also attend these sessions,” Mason announces. “There are questions of great importance which confront our state and nation and their solution depends upon the cooperation of the people in all walks of life.” Y. M. C. A. CAMPUS CLUB TO HOLD OPEN FORUM

Wales Smith to Preside at Session of Butler Organization. Open forum of the Butler University Y. M. C. A. Campus Club

was held at 6:30 i p. m. today with Wales Smith, president, presiding. This annual meeting is held to ] acquaint freshmen j with upper classmen. Professor A. T. De Groot, college of religion, will speak on “Needed Reforms in Our Religious Li f e.” Other speakers will be Professor Ralph W. Keahey,

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history department, and Warren Isom of the sei ior class.

COURT JUST CAN’T DODGE LIMELIGHT

Arthur Court won’t stay out of headlines. Though he bemoans continued front page appearances, episodes of his life since a British thoroughbred. Trigo. enriched him $84,000 fifteen months ago, have deviated sufficiently from the ordinary gamut of Hoosier existence to arouse interest of his neighbors. For instance, Court at present has an abode in Hamilton county jail, at Noblesville, because county authorities say, besides owning two expensive farms, he possessed a small quantity of liquor when they dropped around to his country home one day with a search warrant. His jail residence may be enforced until he is tried on the liquor charge late this month or in November. The man who a year ago could have signed bonds for a handful of felons today can’t supply SI,OOO bail for his liberty until the trial.

It’s Mother She’s the Sweetest Girl in Town, Say Times Contest Letters.

‘•'T'HE Sweetest Girl in IndianA apolis is my mother.” That is the contention of seven of the first ten entrants in The Times “Sweetest Girl” contest, in which a prize of S2OO will be awarded the winning candidate and $25 will be given the one who nominates the victor. Twenty-two entries were received the first day and scores more are expected before the contest ends Saturday at midnight. The “Sweetest Girl” in Indianapolis may be your mothers, your grandmother, your wife, your sister, or one of your friends in the neighborhood. She may be a home maker, or she may work in factory, office or department store. She need not be beautiful in the ordinary sense. This is not a beauty contest of the hackneyed kind. But her character must.be beautiful. THE “Sweetest Girl” will be one who always is kind and considerate, ever ready to lend a helping hand, one who has outstanding sweetness of character, one to whom you would go in time of trouble for comfort. This girl or woman will be modest. She will not nominate herself for the honor. So it’s up to you, Times’ reader, to do the nominating. Write a letter, 300 words or less, to describe her, giving her name, address, and the qualifications you think she has for the title of “Sweetest Girl.” Send your letter to the Sweetest Girl Contest Editor of The Times before midnight Saturday. Announcement of the winner will be made at a meeting of the judges Oct. 16, and it will be printed in The Times Oct. 17. THE Sweetest Girl contest is being conducted by The Times in conjunction with candy dealers and manufacturers of Indianapolis, preceding “Sweetest day,” Saturday, Oct. 18, which will be nationally observed. The candy industry chooses this time of year to spread joy among orphans, cripples, shut-ins and all others ’who may benefit by their kindliness, distributing thousands of dollars’ worth of confections among them. This contest is a part of their program of promoting happiness throughout the nation on this day. In addition to the prize of S2OO given the “Sweetest Girl” here, the nominator gets $25 as a reward in helping the judges to find her. Then, with the city contest won, Indianapolis “Sweetest Girl” has a chance to win the national prize, a trip to Havana during the mid-winter carnival. HELD AS BURGLAR City Man Is Arrested by Marion Police. Anthony St. Phillips, 25, of 1650 Rowland avenue, was held in Marion, Ind., today on burglary charges, according to information received by Indianapolis police. St. Phillips is alleged to have been caught preparing to take dresses and coats worth $3,000 from a women’s apparel shop at Marion. Suicide Identified FT. WAYNE, Ind., Oct. 9.—Publication in newspapers of pictures of a man who committed suicide by poisoning in a hotel here Sept. 22, resulted in fixing his identity as Wallace Webster, 26, of Newville.

Court was arrested at his second farm, a 200-acre patch in Bartholomew county, near Jonesville, on Wednesday, charged w'ith contempt of court. He was to have appeared in Hamilton circuit court Monday, but remained at work on the farm. Almost a year and a half ago, Court, a stationary engineer here, wiped his oily hands nervously as a newspaperman told him that a $1 lottery ticket on the British derby had placed $84,000 in his lap. From that minute Court's troubles began. Salesmen preyed on him. In exchange for a goodly portion of the $84,000 left him with farms, expensive automobiles, mining stock and other baubles that attracted the new-rich eye. Only recently, while he visited In Indianapolis, a thief made eway with S3OO, his last cash supply. He still owns the two farms, one on the .Allisonville road, and the other near Jonesville.

THOUSANDS AT DEDICATION OF STATE BRIDGE Governor Speaks as Span Over White River Is Put in Service. Bu L'nitcd Press PETERSBURG, Ind., Oct. 9. Several thoiffeand persons from this section of the state gathered on the Pike county side of White river today for the program formally dedicating and opening the new $275,000 steel and concrete bridge, built jointly by Knox and Pike counties. Governor Harry G. Leslie, as one of the principal speakers, enumerated some of the accomplishments of the state highway department, and pointed out that in the past two years more than 1,100 miles of roads were made all-season dustless highways, and more than 800 miles paved. Compared to other states, Indiana has outstanding accomplishments in its road progress at low cost of construction and maintenance, he said. Speaking for the highway commission, Albert J. Wedeking, chairman, presented a brief history leading up to construction of the bridge. He compared road conditions in southern Indiana today with a decade ago, when many towns were isolated for lack of adequate highways. The Petersburg bridge, he said, will insure all-sea-son traffic between this city and Vincennes, previously blocked several times each year by flood wa- | ters. Wedeking spoke at length on future plans of the highway depart- ! ment. He said it expects to absorb into the state system approximately 1,400 additional miles of highway: pave U. S. highway 50 across Indiana to each state line; j pave Road 61, the route in the de- ! velopment of a paved road system !to serve every county seat and ! town. The new bridge is a mile north of j the city. The main structure has | three spans of 200 feet and two end i spans of eighty-four feet. The enj tire structure is 1,652 feet long.

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Bu l niter! Press GLENDALE. Cal., Oct. 9 Laura Ingalls, 6t. Paul aviator, today claimed the women's transcontinental flight record which Ruth Alexander of San Diego recently lost her life attempting to. establish. Miss Ingalls arrived late Wednesday from New York, completing the trip, the first ever made across the United States by a woman flier, in 30 hours 27 minutes.

Lindy Jr. to Choose Own Life Work, Says Father Bu Lnited Press NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. will choose his own career when he comes of age, according to an interview with his father in the November issue of the Pictorial Review. Colonel Lindbergh laughed when the interviewer asked him about his present plans for his son’s future. “Our son hardly has reached the age to have his future determined for him.” the colonel was quoted as saying, “and in any case, it is a question he can best decide for himself when the time comes.” , Hundreds of gifts of clothing were received before the birth of the baby, Lindbergh said. They could not be returned without a personal explanation, he added, because it would be “ungracious,” nor could they be given away to charitable organizations without it appearing a “signal lack of appreciation.” Colonel Lindbergh also revealed he and Mrs. Lindbergh plan to visit Mexico and South America again soon on an extended tour.

Second Section

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Design of the United States $500,000 hospital that will be erected by the government on a thirty-acre tract on the south part of the coffin golf course, between the Cold Springs road and White river, is shown above. Park board officials today were preparing to consider a resolution on the sale of the property. After approval of the sale step by the city council, the tract will be for sale to various civic leaders who plan a campaign to raise funds to purchase the land and give it to the government.

MYERS OPPOSES LAWSREVISION High Court Judge Believes Time Is Not Ripe. Judge David A. Myers of the Indiana supreme court thinks Hoosiers are not “feeling right” at this time to rewrite their Constitution. He led an attack on the proposed constitutional convention at the Indianapolis Bar Association dinner meeting at the Athletic Club Wednesday night. Supreme, appellate and circuit judges were guests at the meeting. Several supported Myers In urging that the constitutional convention be voted down in November. “There is some agitation for a new Constitution in Indiana,” Myers declared. “But this agitation does not come from the body of the bar but from certain people who want to put something in a Constitution because they do not know of any other place to put it. “I feel that this commonwealth is not in a state of feeling to rewrite successfully the Constitution.” Myers also defended the supreme court, which has been the butt of numerous attacks because of having the “most crowded docket in history.” He said members of the court “are striving honestly to get at the correct results of all cases before them.” Chief Judge Noel C. Neal of the appellate court cited figures showing that their docket is clear.

CHECK FIRE HAZARDS Inspectors Working in Four North Side Districts. City-wide fire prevention week activities moved to the northwest section of the city today with a program scheduled for tonight at Municipal Gardens community center, White river and Seventeenth street. During the day inspectors of the fire prevention bureau inspected in four districts bounded by Thirtieth and Eighteenth streets, Concord street and Northwestern avenue. C, OF C. IN ELECTION John Fredrick Agrin Named by State Group. Re-election of John E. Fredrick of Kokomo, as president, concluded the annual meeting of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday in the Board of Trade building. Other officers re-named are: G. B. Tuthill, Elkhart, vice-president; Dick Miller, Indianapolis, treasurer, and W. H. Arnett of Kokomo, managing director. Twelve members of the board of directors were chosen for three-year terms. They are: H. Lee Bassett of Columbus. W. Rex Ball Terre Haute: Morse Dell Plain. Hammond- L. H. Ebner. Vincennes: A. M. Glossbrenner. Indianapolis: G. M. Johnson. South Bend; w. A. Rawles. Bloomington: F. M. Sayre. Michigan City; A. G. Wetmore. Plymouth: S. G. Norman. Jasper; B A. Van winkle. Hartford City, and Gilbert Bosse of Evansville. Scarlet Fever Spreads GREENCASTLE. Ind.. Oct. 9.—An epidemic of scarlet fever has developed in Greencastle and elsewhere in Putnam county. Five cases have been reported.

U.S. HOSPITAL TO RISE HERE INIOMONTHS Construction of $500,000 Veterans’ Institution to Start Before Jan. 1. LOCATION HELD IDEAL’ 150-Bed Plant Is Expected to B? Completed by Nov. 1,1931. BY LAWRENCE SULLIVAN WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—Construction work on the $500,000 Indianapolis Veterans’ hospital will begin before Jan. 1, Colonel L. H. Tripp, chief of the construction division of the veterans’ bureau, announced today as he approved a final draft of building specifications. As soon as prints and specification are passed upon by the federal hospitalization board, which is a mere formality, the veterans’ bureau will advertise for bids on the job. Ten months will be allowed for actual construction, which means that the new 150-bed plant will be ready for occupancy about Nov. 1, 1931. The thirty-acre tract bordering Riverside park west, offered by the* city is described by Colonel Tripp as one of the most desirable hospital locations approved for a veterans’ project anywhere in the United States.

Location Is Ideal “It offers every factor desirable in hospital location,” Colonel Tripp said, in appraising the Indianapolis tract, which he inspected last week. “Is is far enough from the heart of the city to be comparatively isolated, and yet easily accessible not only to Indianapolis, but the entire state.” The construction contract will be awarded after competitive bidding. Price usually is the principal factor in this determination, but because of the pressing need for additional hospital facilities in Indiana, speed will be given much weight in evaluating the bids. This fact is regarded generally as favoring Indianapolis contractors, who will have all their men and material on the spot. The award will be made by the veterans’ bureau in Washington, where all bids will be opened on a date to be fixed. Main Building Included In addition to the hospital unit, the project involves a main administration building to house the medical staff and the Indianapolis offices of the veterans’ bureau. The entire project will be in Georgian architecture, of brick wiUa limestone facing. The tions will be equipped with every modern device for both surgery and therapy. j The original buildings will so be j placed on the plot that additional hospital units may be added from time to time in development of a state medical center. Pursuant to this plan, Representative Louis Ludlow has announced he will introduce in the new congress in December a bill to increase tht Indianapolis appropriation from $500,000 to $2,000,000, which would enlarge the project immediately from'a 150-bed hospital to a 500bed center.

Will Not Cause Delay This bill, however, will not delay work on the first unit, authorized in the general hospital bill approved | by President Hoover last March. Intensive surveys of Indiana hospitalization needs since the $500,000 appropriation was approved indicate a pressing need for immediate expansion of future facilities, according to officials of the Indiana American Legion, who have been j behind the Indianapolis project J from the beginning. The Indiana legion already lufflgi pledged vigorous support of Luo**! low's projscted expansion bill. 400 GARAGE MEN TO ATTEND CONVENTION Maintenance Groups State SessiQn Opens at C. of C. Meeting of the Indiana Automotive Maintenance Association, opening at noon today at the Chamber ol Commerce, was to be attended by more than four hundred of the leading garage men in the city and state. Speakers include: Thomas Ducgan. representative of th<* National Standard Parts Association: Clem McConaha. Richmond, president: Don Herr and E. W. Showalter. Indianapolis, and A. E. Hesslcr of Bloomington. UNEMPLOYMENT GIVEN BLAME IN LYNCHINGS 109 Per Cent In' rease in Mob Deaths Over Year Ago. Bu Lnited Press ATLANTA. Ga., Oct. 9.-The 100 per cent increase in lynching* in the United States this year over last is due in part to the unemployment situation, Robert B. Eleazer, educational director of the commission on interracial co-operation, believes. DRIVERS PAY ’BENEFIT' Taxi Men Contribute $7.50 to Local Bandits’ Association. Two taxicab drivers contributed $7.50 to the locaj bandits’ association Wednesday night, they informed police. Harold Dodds, 22, said a “passenger" robbed him of $3.50 at Tenth street and College avenue, and Fred Barnes. 539 East Vermont street, reported he was robbed of $4. Two Are Held as Vagrants John Jmies. 46 of Cincinnati, and William Jenkins, 17, of New York, were held after they were arrested in the rear of the Star store. Polics said Jenkins was carrying an iron bar.