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Woman Ace, With Man as Aid, Speeding Over Ocean to Paris Upper—Lieutenant W. S. McLaren and Bcrl Hart. Loner—The plane Trade Wind,” first to start with pay load to Paris.

Leave on Two-Stop Trip, Planning to Get Fuel at Bermuda. By tinted Pr?** N/ORTH BEACH AIRPORT, L. 1.. Jan. 3.—Mrs. Beryl Hart and Captain William S. MacLaren left here today in a Bellanca seaplane on a two-stop flight for Paris. The first goal of the fliers was Bermuda, some 700 miles to the southwest. From there they planned to hop to the Azores. The purpose of the flight, they said, was to demonstrate the feasibility of round trip air transportation between America and Europe over the southern route. Dr. James H. Kimball, meterologist. of the government weather bureau here, forecasted .favorable weather for the first leg of the flight. Holds Unlimited License Mrs. Hart, who is one of the few American women holding an unlimited transport pilot's license, was at the controls of the plane as it soared away from North Beach airport at 5:50 a. m. it still was dark when the craft circling the bay once, headed southeastward—a dim white blur in the faint moonlight. Captain McLaren, who is co-pilot, said he and Mrs. Hart expected to arrive in Bermuda in eight hours. The Trade Wind, as the plane was named, carried a small amount of payload. night of 4,211 Miles The two pilots, who spent several months preparing for the flight, intend to refuel in Bermuda and start at dawn Sunday for Horta, in the Azores, a flight of 2,042 miles over the ocean. At Horta there will be another refueling and they will attempt to complete the final lap of 1,520 miles to Paris early on Monday. The total distance of the flight, as plotted by MacLaren. an experienced navigator and a West Point graduate, is 4.211 miles. The fliers planned to relieve each other at the controls, but Mrs. Hart will have to do most of the piloting while her partner is checking the plane's position. FIREMAN INJURED IN RILEY HOSPITAL FIRE Jean Burnett Suffers Cut and Broken Leg. Jean Burnett. 2365 Parker avenue, city fireman with engine house No. 1, was sent to city hospital early today with his right leg fractured and his knee gashed when an ax handle slipped in his hand, while he and his mates fought a S4O fire in the Riley hospital carpenter and paint shop. Michigan and Hiawatha streets. The building, formerly a nurses’ home, is a two-story frame structure. located about one and one-half blocks from the hospital. The blaze originated in the basement. A corner of the house was destroyed. 6 FIREMEN APPOINTED Two Officers Promoted. Another Reduced by Safety Board. Six appointments to the city fire department were announced today by the safety board after an unannounced meeting late Friday with Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan. Two firemen were promoted and another was demoted after the caucus. Those named to the department: Harold J. Klein. 1951 Broadway: Roy Taylor. 2121 East Forty-sixth street: Oeorae H. Cook. 754 Park avenue: Delbert G. Emhardt. 1940 Shelby street: Henry Schmid. SS4 Cable street, and Connor Gallagher. 458 Centennial streets. Frank Quinn, lieutenant at Engine House 4, was promoted to captain: Captain A. J. Baskerville at Engine House 16 was demoted to lieutenant, and Louis Stanley, chauffeur at Engine House 16, was promoted to lieutenant. In the Air Weathar conditions at 9 a. nv: Southwest, wind, eleven miles an hour, temperature, 36: visibility, five ceiling, 3.500 feet, overcast: barometric pressure :at j*a level 30.05, field, fair.

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1919 TAXES ORDERED WOMAN IS TAR, FEATHER VICTIM Homesteader Attacked in California Hills. By United Press RIVERSIDE, Cal., Jan. 3.—Search was renewed by deputy sheriffs today for two men who tarred and feathered Mrs. Anna. Wood at the isolated' homestead where she keeps a herd pi goats in the San Jacinto foothills. Mrs. Wood was foflnd twentyfour .hours after the attack. She .was semi-conscious and hysterical. Recovering . today, she. said , she believed her assailants w'ere cattlemen who often had warned her to abandon her homestead. Hearing a disturbance among the goats on New Year’s eve, Mrs. Wood went to a barn to investigate. She was seized by a masked man who tore away her clothing. A second man aided applying tar and feathers. , . Mrs.'Wood said she was unconscious for several hours, then crawled back to her home, where friends found her. REMAINS OF ICE AGE ANIMAL DISCOVERED Knife With Body of Sloth Links Man to Prehistoric Era. Bn Scicnee Bert ice LAS VEGAS. Nev., Jan. 3.—Another remarkable discovery of the remains of the shaggy, tawny, lumbering old ground sloth who lived in the Ice age of prehistoric America, has been made in the now famous Gypsum cave near here, by thp joint expedition of the Southwest museum and the California Institute of Technology, M. R. Harrington, leader of the expedition, just has announced. An oval flint knife of unusual make also has been found in a deep layer of earth in the floor of the cave, and in this same deep layer is ground sloth refuse. All of this adds weight to the evidence which the expedition first uncovered last spring, to the effect that man inhabited America before the disappearance of the strange creatures of the Pleistocene or Ice age. Harrington said. The dryness of the cavern has preserved the sloth remains through thousands of years.

APPROVAL OF MAMMOTH RAILWAY MERGER SOUGHT

i By L'nitc4 Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Details iof the proposed consolidation of i fifty-four eastern railroads into four I great systems were received today I by the interstate commerce commission, with assurances that consider- | aticn of the plan would be expedited. The proposal formally was drafted Friday night in New York by the presidents of the New York Central. I Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio, 1 and Chesapeake & Ohio, the trunk lines about which the four great systems would be built. It was dispatched by letter to the commisison. which must give its approval before the plan can be carried cut. Representing months of negotiations. begun at the suggestion of Preeident Hoover and carried through to realization at his insistence. the four-system scheme was evolved as the railroads’ idea of how the eastern trackage map should be arranged to strengthen all lines and yet preserve competition. The submitted plan is submitted as a substitute to the commission's own pan, which calls for five sys-

REFUND BY COURT Way Paved by Ruling for 15,000 to Regain Fees Paid Under Protest, Ruling which, if upheld on appeal, would pave the way for the refund of 15.000 Marion county taxpayers of taxes paid under the horizontal tax increase of 1919, was made today at Grenfield by Circuit Judge Arthur C. Van Duyn. Deciding the cases of seven Indianapolis taxpayers, whose cases parallel that of thousands of other city residents, Judge Van Duynn ordered Marion county commissioners to refund taxes paid under protest by the seven petitioners In 1920. Almost a year ago. the same cases were ruled on by Superior Judge James M. Leathers who held that Marion county should refund an aggregate, of .$8,000,000 collected in 1919-20-21-22 under the horizontal increase. Affects One Year Only Van Duynn's ruling differed from Leather's in that today’s ruling will release Marion county from refunding taxes collected for school city, city aud township units in the years 1920, 1921, and 1922. County Auditor Harry Dunn, who with the board of county commissioners appealed Leather's ruling to Van Duynn’s court, could 'not estimate today what the refund would total. Dunn stated, however, that, the $8,000,000 contemplated refund would be reduced greatly, because Van Duynn held no refund can legally be paid on the city, township and school city levies of 1920-21 and 22. Conference to Be Held Van Duynn’s ruling was on the cases of Saul Munter, and six other Indianapolis residents. The ruling, in part, follows: “The court has concluded that the plaintiffs should recover all of the taxes paid on such horizontal increase in the spriftg of 1920 (under the 1919 levy), including not only state and county taxes, but that part assessed for township and city purposes. “This for the reason, that, as shown by the evidence, plaintiffs paid -such installment under protest.” Under that ruling, other Marion county residents who paid the 1920 installment under protest, could file suits for recovery. Dunn indicated today he would confer with Harvey A. Grabill, Marion county attorney, on an appeal to the state supreme court.

t terns in the territory east of the Mississippi, south of New England ani north of the Virginian railway. It is believed certain to draw quick protests of L. F. Loree, Delaware and Hudson president, and the Taplin brothers of Cleveland, owners with the Pennsylvania of the P. & W. Va. Both the taplins and Loree have advanced proposals for the establishing of a fifth trunkline, in accordance with the commission’s own consolidation plan, and have indicated intentions of fighting any other proposals.

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INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3,1931

CITY ASKED TO BUY STREET RAIL SYSTEM • - ■ Security Holders’ Proposal Made After Rejection of Insull Plan. NEXT STEP UNDECIDED Mayor’s Committee Unable to Go Ahead Without Further Orders. Whether Insull interests have withdrawn with finality from the proposed purchase of the defunct Indianapolis Street Railway Company, presented anew problem today to city officials as they turned to consideration of steps for municipal ownership of the utility. In a statement issued by attorneys for proponents of jthe Insull purchase, including street railway security holders, the city's rejection of the proposal was scored and the attorneys said security holders would “welcome a chance to sell the property to the city at its fair cash value.” Arthur L. Gilliom, attorney for proponents, today said he could not make any statement on the probable action by the Insull organization. Officials Favor Plan “Charles W. Chase of the Midland United Company is the only man who could answer the question of future moves of the Insull organization,” he said. “There will be no further moves that we know of. That is all I can say.” The city hall street car committee, headed by E. Kirk McKinney, has no immediate plans for the future, members said, because they had been named only to consider the Insull proposal and would await directions from Mayor Reginald H.. Sullivan. It is reported that majority of city officials are sympathetic with municipal ownership of the utility and Sullivan is expected to assign the present committee or name another to take up municipal ownership. Statement Presented The statement of attorneys representing security holders follows: The response dt the mayor's committee to the service at cost franchise heretofore submitted by us to the mayor, manifests a hostile attitude on the part of the city a&dministn.tion to any Service at cost franchise, or indeed to any municipal franchise. We very much regret this attitude, as it seems to preclude any adequate rehabilitation of the street railway system such as is reauired for the purpose of furnishing good service, and in which the nubUc vitally is interested. The representatives of the security holders have given much time in an effort to place before the- ctiy administration a plan which offered the basis for rendering a real service to the public and at the same time protecting the rights of security holders. This effort apparently has been futile, but we trust that in the end it may have proved helpful' in a solution of the existing difficult stiuation. During the public hearings statements were made by various persons that there were methods of handling the situation other then that which had been proposed. One of these, and that most insisted upon, was a purchase of the property of the city. i Without assuming to express any opinion as to the wisdom of public ownership, the security holders, from a selfish standpoint, would welcome a chance to sell the property to the citv at its fair cash value. We shall, of course, take steps to protect in every practical way the interests of the security holders, and meanwhile shall urge the receiver to give to the public the very best service possible under existing conditions. In turning down the Insull proposal the city set out twelve reasons for its not being acceptable. Twelve Reasons Given Included were: The proposal called for a perpetual franchise that would preclude the city’s rights; Insull sought a monopoly on all on all forms of transportation in the city; the proposed service-at-cost provisions were not acceptable; city would have no control over issuance of securities; there was no possibility of altering the rate of return, despite business conditions; fixed bus lares were not feasible; acquisition of a taxi monopoly could not be included in any franchise; proposed arbitration methods would prevent the city from exercising any control; Insull sought to have the city maintain the streets; the city was excluded from knowledge of existing liabilities on street car property, and that any rights of the city could be wiped out by state legislation. KILLED BY GOLD TOOTH Slips Down Throat and Into Lung, Causing Pneumonia. By United Press CHICAGO, Jan. 3.—The death of Mrs. Minnie Tuefel, 31, was attributed today to pneumonia, which developed from an inflammation caused by a gold tooth which slipped down her throat and into her lung, while she was under an anesthetic.

Stocks Up; All Groups Gain Early Steel, Railroad Shares in Good Demand; Trading Active. By United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Stocks continued to advance today after their bullish performance Friday. Early' gains amounted to more than a point and embraced all groups in fairly active trading. Steel shares were in demand with United States Steel up %, at 142%, anew high on the present movement. A. M. Byers gained 114, to 41%, and Vanadium 1, to 55. Railroad shares continued in demand, being helped by agreement on a consolidation plan by the four principal eastern carrier heads. Coppers in Demand Baltimore & Ohio spurted nearly 2 points to 73%, while New York Central rose % to 117%; Pennsylvania % to 58%, and Chesapeake & Ohio % to 41%. Coppers were in demand, led by American Smelting, which rose 114 to 43%. American Telephone and International Telephone made good gains, the former rising % to 182%, and International 1% to 22%. Amusements, oils, utilities and foods were higher. Motor shqges were steady to firm and motor equipments continued in demand. Standard Gas was up more than a point in the utilities at 63%; Westinghouse Airbrake rose a point to 33% in the railroad equipments. Up Trend Continues During the early trading the upward trend continued. Steel firmed up. Strength in eastern rails was caught by other issues of the carrier group with Southern Railway a feature, rising 1% to 50%. American Smelting continued to make progress on the upside while Sears, Roebuck gained a point to 48%. Woolworth also was in demand. Stock of Delaware & Hudson which will be assigned to the four major systems in the east soared 7 points to 143%.

You Needn’t Be a Wallflower Dancing time is here. It’s always here, but more so now than ever, these co’d winter eveningr. And there's good news for Times readers who like to dance and keep up-to-date. Starting Tuesday night, every reader of The Times will be welcome at the Louis Stockman studios, Sixteenth and Illinois streets, to start a series of six free lessons in ballr.com dancing. Thorough instruction will be given by Stockman and his staff of expert teachers in the Tango, which will lead in popularity this winter. All you need do is to sign the coupon, printed on Page 3 today, send it to The Times dance editor, and give your name and address when you go to the studio, where they will be checked against the coupon list. Lessons will be given Tuesday and Thursday nights, starting at 8:30, for the next three weeks.

ROBBERY IS CHARGED AFTER AUTO ACCIDENT Police Trobc Report City Man Was Relieved of S3OO After Crash. Report that George A. Zion, 1706 South Harding street, was robbed of S3OO following a traffic accident Thursday, was being probed today by police. Alleged theft was reported by Oscar A. Zion, 1841 Montcalm street, son of the injured man, who said the robbery was discovered after his father had been removed to city hospital following receipt of ‘ first aid in a house near the accident scene. The accident occurred in the 1500 block. Madison avenue, but was not reported to police. George Zion suffered head lacerations, his son informed police. SHELL AND STANDARD INCREASE GAS PRICE Raise of Four-Tenths of a Cent Is Announced. Gasoline prices were increased four-tenths of a cent today by the Shell and Standard Oil companies, according to announcements made at the general offices of both companies. “We are simply increasing our prices to the normal market prices. Standard Oil officials said, “as we have been operating four-tenths under the regular price since Sept. 1.” The new gas figures are: Regular, 18.3 cents; super-Shell, Solite and Ethel, 21.3 cents. Most other companies are expected to follow the increases.

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JOFFRE TAKEN BY DEATH AFTER MIRACULOUS FIGHT; PLAN NATIONAL FUNERAL

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TON OF MEAT STOLEN Packing Company Truck Recovered With Part of Cargo Missing. A portion of its cargo missing, a truck loaded with a ton of meat, §tolen today at Wabash and Pennsylvania streets, was recovered by the driver, Martin Bruning, 902 Somerset avenue, at Tenth and. Roanoke streets two hours later. The truck belonged to Swift & Company, 723 Kentucky avenue. Loaded with the meat it was worth about $1,500. Police with Bruning when the truck was found believed the robbers were frightened away while unloading the vehicle. EX-KLAN HEAD HERE Colonel Simmons Visited City New Year’s Day. The depression has hit the “organizing racket,” according to the experience here of Colonel William Joseph Simmons of Atlanta. Ga.. erstwhile head of the Knights of the Ku-Klux Klan and now engaged in saving the nation through the medium of “The White Band, Inc.” Colonel Simmons visited Indianapolis on New Year’s day. After registering at a downtown hotel, he visited various friends and attorneys in the city and sought to convert them to the White Band. The Colonel’s magic tongue failed to sway, and he did not gain any new $lO members. PRINCESS’ BAG MISSING Disappearance of Valuable at Party Is Probed by rolicc. By United Press ... BELGRADE. Jan. 3.—Disappearance of a golden hand bag adorned with emeralds, belonging to Princess Olga and last seen during a New Year’s party given by Dr. John D. Prince, United States minister, wac investigated by police today. '" Princess Olga attended the party accompanied by Prince Paul, cousin of King Alexander I of Jugo Slavia.

first Marion xynching SUSPECT FREED BY JURY

By United Press MARION, Ind., Jan. 3.—Prompt and complete defeat met the state’s first effort to mete punishment for the lynching here last Aug. 7 of two Negroes. The circuit court jury which heard the case of Robert Besbire, 43, Syrian, charged with participating in the lynching, freed

Marshal Joseph Joffre

RAIN ON WAY herEsunday Temperatures in City Will , Remain in Thirties. Rain with moderate temperatures is in store for Hoosiers tonight and Sunday, according to official forecast of the United States weather bureau today. The temperature will remain in the vicinity of the thirties and a slight drop in the mercury predicted for the northern part of the state Sunday will not have any effect in Indianapolis. The average December temperature was 1.1 degrees below normal and the snowfall two inches below normal, the monthly weather summary showed today. The mean December temperature was 31.1 degrees and the snowfall only 2.9 inches. With only nine clear days, there was a decrease in hours of possible sunshine from the normal 40 per cent to 35. PORKERS STEADY TO 5 CENTS UP AT YARDS Cattle Unchanged; Loss Shown for Week’s Trade. Hogs held steady to 5 cents higher today at the Union Stockyards, closing the week's trade with no certain trend in view. Prices for the bulk, 130 to 300 pounds, were in a range from $7.65 to $8.40. Receipts were estimated at 3,000; holdovers were 135. Cattle for the day were steady but showed for the week beef steers were 25 to 50 cents lower. Vealers held unchanged, selling at sl3 down. Calf receipts were 200. Receipts of lambs were 200, sales strong at $8 to $8.50. Four, Race Horses Burned NEW ORLEANS, .Jan. 3.—Four race horses, valued at $3,000 each, were burned to death early today when fire destroyed bam No. 8 at fairgrounds race track here.

him Friday night in thirty minutes after taking the case under advisement. It became apparent early in the day, as witness after witness for the state failed to identify Beshire as a mobster, that acquittal was inevitable and the courtroom crowd thinned gradually to the handful that heard the verdict. State’s attorneys declined to say. after Beshire’s acquittal, whether they would prosecute the dlher five suspects awaiting trial, and tftte two who have not .vet pleaded. Merl Wall and Earl Stroup, deputy at-torneys-general. prosecuted Beshire with the aid of Harley F. Hardin, Grant county prosecutor. Attorney-General James M. Ogden’s refusal to drop charges of neglect of duty against former Sheriff Jacob Campbell, however, even though Campbell now has been succeeded in office, was taken to indicate Ogden’s determination to prosecute as long as he feels there is any chance of obtaining x eviction.

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Heart Exhaustion Closed Great Struggle of French War Hero. RITES ON WEDNESDAY Body of 78-Year-Old Hero of Marne Will Lie . in State. BY RICHARqpD. M’MILLAN Uniietf Preis Staff Correspondent By United Press PARIS, Jan. 3.—Marshal Joseph Joffre, a great soldier who never had lost a battle during seventy-eight years of his life, surrendered to death today after a fight which his doctors said would go down in medical history as miraculous. The end came at 8:23 a. m.. an official bulletin said. Heart exhaustion, which followed a severe attack of arteriosclerosis and gangrene, was announced by physicians as the cause of death. For eight days the illustrious soldier had remained alive, amazing his country men and physicians alike, through the remarkable strength of his heart. Body Greatly Emaciated His body was greatly emaciated toward the end. He hardly was recognizable and his loose frame contrasted strangely with the bulky figure that turned the German armies back when Paris was threatened. Madame Joffre stood at the head of the marshal’s bed, but she could not tell whether he was dead or alive. ~ ' For six hours, his doctors could detect life only through the use of a stethoscope. The hero of the Marne and the savior of Paris appeared to be dead long before life actually passed from his body. : f- i Brother Ferdinand, a monk who nursed Joffre, said that “death cams like the sand in an hour glass”— none saw the actual passing of life. The marshal received absolution from Monsignor Bellesouer a few minutes before he died. In Coma for 45 Hours Premier Theodore Stceg announced that France desired to give the marshal a funeral expressing the love of a nation for one of its greatest heroes.- Final plans will be made after Joffre's last testament is opened later today. The aged soldier hovered between life and death in a comatose state for forty-five hours. He had been conscious only at rare intervals of a few minutes each since 8 p. m., Friday. The final crisis began at 6 a. m* when his pulse scarcely was per- 4 ceptible. J Joffre’s left leg had been aip* putated above the knee just fifteen days before his death. He did not allow news of his operation to be made public for eight days, because he did not wish to “cause a fuss” during the holidays. He selected the Monk’s hospital, because he believed that they could be trusted to remain silent. Madame Joffre Fatigued The marshal’s last words, so far as could be ascertained, were: “I am going. This fight is all lost.” He knew that he was dying, but continued the struggle that had thrilled all France and brought him back to consciousness after he had been given up for lost. Madame Joffre remained weeping in the room where her husband died. Fatigued by a fifteen-day vigil, she was given a soporific later and went to sleep. During the marshal's illness she was absent from the hospital only on two occasions, for two or three hours. Madame Joffre placed a crucifix in the marshal’s crossed hands as his body lay on the hospital bed. Body to Lie in State He was dressed in uniform with a white, gold-braided and gold-but-toned jacket. Government officials decided at a meeting this noon to hold a national funeral for Joffre, corresponding in many respects to the final honors tendered the late Marshal Foch. The body will lie in state Monday and Tuesday in the St. Louis chapel instead of the Are de Triomphe as in the case of Foch. at the * request of the widow who wished to spare soldiers and the public the discomforts of being exposed bareheaded to possible rain. Soldiers to Escort Body The funeral will be held Wednesday at 9 a. m. Soldiers, <>ome of whom helped Joffre hurl the German invader* back from the walls of Paris, will escort the body to the Arc De Triomphe. The cortege will stop for on* minute in front of the tomb of France’s Unknown Soldier after ♦rhich it will move' down the avenue Des Champs Ely see and along Rue Rivoll past the town hall to Notre Dame cathedra], where a requiem mass will be celebrated. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m,.... 34 8. m..... 3A 7a- m..... 34 9a. m 3t

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