Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 272, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1931 — Page 2

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JOSEPH LEITER WINS FIGHT TO HANDLE ESTATE Second Court Rules Son of . Famed Merchant Ably Manages Millions. r Bv FREDERICK C. OTTOMAN United Pre Stiff CorreaDondcnt CHICAGO, March 23.—The intensely dramatic saga of the Letter family in its rise to enormous riches and then to international social prestige reaches another climax with the appellate court holding Joseph Leiter capable of managing the $30,000,000 Leiter estate. The decision ended a legal atrugglc of years standing in which

Leiter, who described himself as a “hard headed American business man,” battled with four British noblewomen ever administration of the Leiter millions. Joseph's sister, Lady Marguerite Hyde, countess of Suffolk and Berks, led the fight

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against him. She was suported by the baroness of Ravcnsdalr, Lady Cynthia Mosely and Lady Alexandra Metcalf, all daughters of the late Mary Leiter Curon, wife of the late Lord Curon, viceroy of India, Lady Curon also was a sister of Joseph Leiter. Father Pioneer Merchant Their father, Levi Z. Leiter, was n pioneer Chicago merchant. His business prospered so well that he socn became known as “the merchant prince of the middlewest,’’ the owner of vast riches in the form of stores, i factories, coal mines, ranches and forests. In the nineties he aided his son Joseph in an almost fabulous corner in the grain market, a deal which made his name a household word around the globe. When Levi died he left his estate to his four children, three daughters and • Joseph, with the instruction that the latter be made manager of its affairs. Two of the daughters, in becoming Lady Hyde and Lady Curzon, were in the vanguard of middlewestern heiresses who obtained British titles through marriage. Nancy on Brother’s Side The other daughter, Nancy, remained in America, married, and when the litigation started in 1926, aligned herself on her brother's side. The duchesses, baronesses and ladies of Leiter heritage came to Chicago for the court trial, thus Riving local society writers the thrill of their lives. The titled women glared at baldheaded Leiter in court, testified that they thought him unfit and too extravagant to manage the Leiter fortune, and brought out among other things that he once ordered fifty dozen pairs of silk socks for his personal use. “I am a hard-headed American business man,’’ Leiter replied. “While my sisters were going to Europe, marrying titles, I stayed by our property -and managed it.’’ Knits Shawls in Court Nancy Leiter Campbell, in odd contrast to her brilliantly gowned relatives from England, sat in court throughout the trial, dressed plainly, knitting shawls. Occasionally she smiled and nodded encouragement to her brother. The case was settled in Joseph’s favor by Superior Judge Denis E. Sullivan in 1927. The other heirs fiied an appeal, to which today’s decision was an answer. The final opinion set forth, incidentally, that during the twentysix years Leiter has managed the widely scattered properties he has increased his working capital from $12,920,000 to $17,387,000 cash.

INTERURBAN SCRAPPING BRIEF IN TEN DAYS Greenfield Only Objector to Abandonment of T. H., I. & E. Line. Attorneys representing the city of Greenfield, who were the only official protestants at a hearing on a plea to abandon the Richmond division of the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern traction line, have been given ten days in which to file briefs, it was announced today by Commissioner Jere West of the public service commission. West was in charge of the hearing before the commission Tuesday and other commissioners sat with him. City Attorney Robert E. Reeves and William Hough, former tax board member, appeared on behalf of the city of Greenfield. They will urge in briefs that the line be retained as far as Greenfield at least. Abandonment plea of Elmer W. Stout, receiver, is based on the ground that the line operates with growing loss. President David E. Watson of the T. H., I. & E. was principal witness regarding the losses. REPORT HOLDUPS, THEFT Negroes Rob Two Men; Clothes Are Stolen From Room. As he parked his car in his garage early today, Clifford Phillips. 1129 Ashland avenue, was robbed of sl3 by two Negroes, he informed police. Theft of clothing valued at $125 from his room was reported to police by Paul Payne, 54 North West street. Two Negroes late Tuesday robbed Henry B. Long, 1622 West Twelfth street, operator of a street car, of $7, he told police.

Curb ‘Kick ’ By Unitrd Prrti LOUISVILLE, Ky.. March 25. —A team of sleek black mules and a wagon in which Eugene Howell. 30, and Eugene Greenwell, 26, were caught hauling liquor, were ordered forfeited here to the federal government. Howell and Greenw” * --od guilty to violating the prohibition law and were sentenced to six months. The government has taken many automobiles because of liquor transportation, but this was believed the fl-st time a team of mules was impounded. *

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With a bullet wound in his head, another in his abdomen and a third in his right leg. John Sink, 31, lay in city hospital today, expected to pay with his life for his attempted holdup of a grocer Tuesday night. As Sink and Ills two accomplices fled from a grocery at 3764 West Washington street after robbing Carey Harlan, the proprietor, Harlan swept their car with rifle fire, wounding Sink probably fatally. HEARSAY ONLY WARRANT FOR RAID ON HOME Negro's House Searched With No Court Authority, Police Admit. Her home raided by police who admitted they had no search warrant, Mrs. Elnora Wathen, Negro, 2911 Paris avenue, today awaited action of the federal grand jury on a charge of illegal possession of a still. According to police reports, officers entered Mrs. Wathen’s residence Monday afternoon without a warrant, armed only with hearsay complaints that the liquor law was being violated on the premises. The officers, headed by Sergeant John T. Welch, are alleged to have gone to the kitchen of the house, where they said they found two gallons of liquor in a kettle. Mrs. Wathen refused them admittance to the basement, police said, and then Welch called Sergeant Irwin Landers and requested that he “bring a federal man” to the house. Enter Basement Revelation of the raid without a warrant today recalled various other activities of police and enforcement authorities who have broken into private homes without warrants or with “John Doe” writs, and, sometimes, faulty ones, on complaint of persons. Police, in the raid on the Paris avenue residence, said that after Landers and a federal agent named Wilson arrived, they gained entrance to the basement, where they claim they found a ten-gallon still, warm from operation, and five gallons of alleged liquor. In his report. Welch said the officers went to Mrs. Wathen’s home on information that had been supplied one of the patrolmen. Evidence Lacking “We tried to gain enough evidence to get a search warrant, knowing that Judge Clifton R. Cameron would not issue a search warrant without the proper evidence,” the report read. “We were admitted bv Elnora Wathen. 32. We smelled liquor and walked to the kitchen, where we found a two-gallon kettle of whisky. “We were refused admittance to the basement without a search warrant. “Called Sergeant Landers and squad and told him to bring a federal officer, after which we entered the basement and found a ten-gal-lon still which recently had been operated, as it was warm.” Lander’s report tells of taking the “federal men” to the house and arresting “Elnora Walthan’ 'for illegal possesison of a still. The rail, according to records, was made Monday afternoon, but reports were ,rt recorded until Tuesday.

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THE evil spirits that haunted the white gold wedding ring and wrist watch of Mrs. Ellen Huelsman. 919 Park avenue, are gone. And so are the watch and the ring, valued at $lO2. Mrs. Huelsman told her tale of e’.;l spirits and woe to the poll' e today. She said that last Thursday she took the jewelry to Madam Fay, fortune teller, 803 Ft. Wayne avenue. It was the duty of Madam Fay to shoo away those spirits. She guaranteed A-l service and told Mrs. Huelsman to return within a few days. Mrs. Huelsman returned to the Ft. Wayne street address today and found the place vacant. Neighbors said Madam and her large family had "fay-ded’’ the day after Mrs. Huelsman's visit. Mre. Huelsman did not impart to police just what trouble she had had with the spirits. CITY ATTORNEY FACES CITING FOR CONTEMPT Accused of Trying to "Influence and Intimidate" State Witness. Accused of having attempted to “influence and intimidate" a prosecuting witness to stay out of court,, Horace H. Garvin, attorney, 18131 North New Jersey street, was ordered to appear before Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker this afternoon and show cause why he should not be cited for contempt of court. Prosecutor Herbert E. Wilson said Garvin approached Dorothy Wycoff- | man, 17, of 927 East Eleventh street, and urged her to get out of town and not testify against her father, John \Vyc£ffman, who will go on trial today on § statutory charge,

‘NO MERCY FOR gun-toter: is BAKER’S PLEDGE Heaviest Penalties None Too Severe, Declares Criminal Judge. No leniency can or will be shown in Marion criminal court for men who, armed to the teeth, set out to rob and pillage, and to kill if necessary. This ultimatum to the lawless was decreed by Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker before the Indian-

apolis Purchasing Agents’ Associa- | tion at the Sever in Tuesday, i It was a statei ment of policy from the man who i assumed the criminal court bench Jan. 1, succeeding James A. Collins, criminal judge for sixten years. The hea v i est penalties the law ] provides are none too severe for the j potential killer,

| Baker declared. Pleas of politicians and friends of | the defendant or of the court will have no effect in preventing the j carrying out of stern justice, he said. No Back Room Whispers “I shall be glad in open com*t to 5 hear everything that can be said in a man’s favor in making up my sentence, but I don’t want any of my friends or my enemies coming to me in a back room and whispering in my ear,” Baker said. Dcubting the possibility of ever 1 completely halting crime, Baker declared he believed heavy penalties will have a tendency to curb activities of gunmen. He commented that some of the j penalties he has imposed have been ! criticised as too severe, but that in ! his own mind he doubted if they 1 really were severe enough. Effect of the prohibition law in filling prisons was touched on briefly by the speaker when he referred to building of the new reformatory at Pendleton several years ago. Two Schools of Thought “The board of trustees were perplexed as to how large an institution to build,” he said. “We just had passed the Volstead law to clamp down the lid upon intoxicating liquor and there developed two schools of thought at that time. “One group felt that now we had outlawed liquor that a prison to house 600 inmates would be sufficiently large. The other thought it ought to run up into 1,600 or 1,700. “Finally we compromised by building a prison which would hold 1,250. It was thought this would be sufficient for all time. “Checking upon it recently. I find that there are, at the present time, in the Pendleton reformatory, in a prison built for 1,250 persons, 2,155 prisoners. The prison up north likewise is much overcrowded.” 810 ON SCHOOL LOAN ACCEPTED BY BOARD ! School 56 Construction Estimates Arc Submitted, Bid of the Merchants National bank and the Indiana Trust Company on a SIOO,OOO temporary loan to meet current expenses until spring tax installment is received was accepted at a special school board meeting Tuesday night. The bid was for 3 per cent interest with a premium of $39. The American Construction Company submitted the lowest base bid for general construction of School 56, Twenty-fourth street and Martindale avenue, the bid being $79,000. Bids of eleven other companies | ranged as high as $95,875. Final i award may be affected by several I alternates. Strong Brothers’ bid of $30,546 | was low on heating and ventilating, j while Roland M. Cotton's base bid i of $9,981 on plumbing was low. Low base bid of $4,887 on eiec- : trical installations was submitted by ! Robbins Electrical Company. Bids will be tabulated and the tabulations will be submitted at the meeting next Tuesday night. | There now are more than 290 ! persons living on Robinson Crusoe’s island.

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Her Error! By United Press DENVER, March 25.—Mrs. Franklin Hornaday, socially prominent young Denver matron. gained distinction six months ago when she exercised her feminine eloquence to win for the affirmative a debate entitled “Are Husbands Worth Holding?" The emphasis she placed upon her personal experience had much to do with her victory. Tuesday Mrs. Hornaday filed suit for divorce, charging that her husband, a singer, failed to support her and her 2-year-old daughter.

STAY OF 000 M IS GRANTED TO NEGROSLAYER St. Joseph Judge Recalls Death Warrant Signed for Frank Scott. Frank Scott, South Bend Negro, knows today that he will not die in the electric chair in Indiana state prison at Michigan City at midnight Thursday, as scheduled. Judge J. Elmer Peak of St. Joseph superior court recalled the death warrant late Tuesday following arguments in his court at South Bend by R. L. Bailey, Indianapolis Negro attorney. Sheriff Walter I. Fagan of St. Joseph county visited Scott in his death celi, where he remains, Tuesday night, and told him of the warrant recall. “I prayed and God heard me," Scott declared, filled with joy over the sheriff’s message. Holds for Two Weeks The warrant recall will hold for at least two weeks from last Saturday, when former Judge Orlo R. Deahl, who sentenced Scott last Nov. 24, first signed the court order. His failure to sign had been disclosed by Bailey in investigating the case at South Bend. Bailey declared today that at least two weeks must elapse from the time the court order is signed before a death warrant may be issued. He won the warrant recall from Judge Peak by proving that a death warrant had been issued without the court order ever having been signed. Peak succeeded Deahl on the superior bench Jan. 1. In recalling the warrant, he did not grant any definite stay of execution in the matter of time. Serves Appeal Notice Bailey stated he is studying the case in regard to further procedure. While in South Bend Tuesday, he served notice on the St. Joseph county prosecutor of an appeal to the supreme court. Bailey and his partner, R. L. Brockenburr, Negro, originally planned to file appeal with the supreme court and secure a stay of execution there. L. O. Chasey, secretary to Governor Harry G. Leslie, had assured them that, if necessary, the Governor likely would grant reprieve so that appeal could be perfected. But the warrant recall puts a new complexion on the entire matter and the case may be reopened for retrial in the lower court, instead of on appeal, Bailey declared today. Scott was sentenc ;d for the murder of Isham Hampt m, Negro, whom he alleges stole his wife. He was defended by a pauper attorney appointed by the court. No motion for anew trial or appeal was taken, as he was without funds. His was the first death sentence in St. Joseph comity in the last forty years. ASKS $1,500 JUDGMENT Rub-Tex Products Firm Sued for Alleged Unpaid Royalties. Suit for a $1,500 judgment against the Rub-Tex Products Company, Inc., alleging breach of a contract for royalties on a machine used in the manufacture of auto battery boxes, was filed in superior court five Tuesday by Louis W. Hottel, 25 West Forty-ninth street. Hottel avers he holds the patent rights on the machine, and that, according to a contract with the Rub-Tex company, he was to receive a 2-cent royalty on each box manufactured. To date, $1,358 is unpaid and owing, he charges.

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VICE-PRESIDENT SAYS SENATE IS MOST VALUABLE Curtis Defends Upper House) Rules After 36 Years in Congress. BY WILLIAM C. MURPHY JR. 1/nitvd Cress Staff Correspondent (CoDvrleht. 1931. bv United Press) WASHINGTON. March 25.—After observing the United States senate 1 from both sides of the presiding , officers desk for more than twenty ; years. Vice-President Charles Curtis j ! still thinks that much criticised j body is “among the most valuable | branches of cur governmental sys- ' tern.” j “My two years of service presiding j over the senate as Vice-President ! have not in anyway altered my

thinks a reasonable amount of delay often is valuable for “cooling off” purposes. “The senate provides an opportunity for careful consideration of important questions of governmental policy,” he said. “It was designed for just that purpose, and it is np disrespect to any other department of the government to point out the | senate’s unique position in that re|gard. “There are some who criticize • certain of the senate rules, parj ticularly that permitting unlimited ! debate. “When I was in the senate I tried on several occasions to bring about some modification of that rule. The present cloture rule, adopted during the Wilson administration, is a modification of one which I had proposed LNffore. “Also, it has seemed to me at times that it would be wise to limit debate somewhat during the closing days of a session. However, those are questions for the senate itself to determine and I made my views known while I was a. senator.” But the present rules are not at all had in the Vice-President’s opinion and he has had ample time arul opportunity to formulate that opinion. For fourteen years he served in the house of representatives, then for twenty years in the senate, and now he has just completed two years as Vice-President. There is no member of the house today who was in that body when Curtis was sworn in. MAN RECOVERS MEMORY Amnesia Victim Identifies Self as Joseph Ellis, Muncie. Recovering at city hospital today, a man who was found wandering on the National road by a motorist on Monday night, told authorities he is Joseph Ellis of Muncie. The man appeared to be suffering from amnesia when he was found forty miles west of Indianapolis. He also had sustained a hand wound prior to being picked up. Form Roosvclt-Prcsident Club By United Press COLUMBUS, 0., March 25.—Articles of incorporation for the Franklin D. Roosevelt-for-Presi-dent Club were filed with Secrej tary Clarence J. Brown today by a- | group of Cleveland men who listed ; themselves as the incorporators. Asthma So Bad He Couldn’t Work Now Works in Smoke and Steam, ■Without Cough or Wheeze. People whose asthma or bronchial cough is aggravated by smoke-filled air will be glad to read this letter from Frank Paul, 1342 South East St., Indianapolis, Ind.: “I had asthma and bronchial cough for 3 years, and couldn’t work for weeks at a time. I was desperate when 1 started taking Nucor. It gave me prompt relief, and now I am feeling fine. I am a machinist in a roundhouse. The smoke and steam do not bother me a bit now. I don’t wheeze or even breathe hard.” Hundreds of people who suffered for years from asthma and bronchial coughs, state that their trouble left and has not returned. Their letters and a booklet of vital Information will be sent free by Nacor Medicine Cos. 408 State Life Bldg.. Indianapolis. Ind.' Call or write for this free irformation. and find out how thousands have found lasting relief.—Advertisement.

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Noted Naval Officer Is Victim of Short Heart Disease Illness. D’l United Press WASHINGTON, March 25.—Rear Admiral Charles P. Plunkett, retired, 67, died Tuesday night at the naval hospital. He had been under treatment for heart disease for the past ten days. He was graduated from the naval academy at the age of 20, in 1884. He served as a lieutenant with Dewey at the battle of Manila bay. After serving as executive officer successively of the battleships Texas and Georgia, Mr. Plunkett took command of the Missouri and later of the South Dakota, relinquishing the latter post when in 1915 he was assigned to the staff of the war college. When the United States entered the World war Plunkett, with the rank of rear admiral, was put in charge of the navy’s battery in France. Here he worked out what has been looked upon as his greatest achievement —the successful organization and training of naval forces for land duty. For his services in France Admiral Plunkett won the distinguished service medal, the legion of honor and the Portuguese order of the tower and sword. After the war he commanded the Atlantic destroyer fleet, later becoming president of the naval war college at Newport, R. I. At the time of his retirement in 1928 he was in charge of the third naval district. Prior to his retirement he gained considerable press notice by his demand for censorship of the war play, “What Price Glory,” as well as by his demands for preparedness. He also engaged in a controversy with the Red Cross over solicitation of funds from men in the Brooklyn navy yard. HINDUS TO BE HERE Author Will Lecture at Kirshbaum Open Forum. “The Russian Problem” will be discussed Sunday night in the open forum of the Jewish Community Center Asociation at Kirshbaum auditorium following an address by Maurice G. Hindus, Russian author. Hindus has gained widespread recognition as an authority on Russian affairs, because of his writings and discourses. Born in Russia he came to America as a youngster and worked his way through Harvard and Colgate universities. He re-visited Russia and working as a peasant laborer learned the atxM.tude of the people. He is best known for his book, “Humanity Uprooted.” ISnndits Slay Patrolman By Unitod Press CINCINNATI, March 25.—Patrolman William Sorrell, 28, was shot to doiath here Tuesday night when he walked into a drug store while two Negro bandits were robbing the place. The bandits escaped.

$225,000 State of Indiana, Board of Agriculture Bonds / Dated March 15,1931 Due Serially Principal and Semi-Annual Interest, January and July 15th. Payable at the Fletcher American National Bank, Indianapolis, Indiana. DENOMINATIONS, SI,OOO and SSOO THE FLETCHER AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF INDIANAPOLIS, Trust** Exempt from all Local , State and Federal Taxes, excepting Inheritance Taxes — MATURITIES Ju y 15, 1933 $20,000 July 15, 1938 $30,000 July 15, 1934 25,000 July 15, 1936 $30,000 July 15, 1939 30,000 July 15, 1935 30,000 July 15, 1937 30,000 July 15, 1940 30,000 FINANCIAL STATEMENT Assessed Valuation, State of Indiana, 1929 !... $5,166,896,475 Value of Property controlled by Board of Agriculture, as estimated November 15, 1930 $3,454,380 Total Debt of Board (including this issue) $1,000,000 Population, State of Indiana, 1930 3.238.503 The Indiana, Board of Agriculture, created by the Legislature of the State of Indiana, controls and operates the Indiana State Fair Grounds which comprises 214 acres of improved land fronting on the south, the Thirty-eighth Street Boulevard and on the east, the Fall Creek Boulevard, in the City of Indianapolis. The title to this property, located in one of the most desirable residential districts of the city, is held by the State of Indiana, as trustee. The Legislature of the State of Indiana enacted a lav* in 1923 authorizing the Board to issue $1,000,000 of bonds to provide for liquidation of outstanding debts and additional improvements to its property. First Mortgage Bonds, dated May Ist, 1923, were issued in such amount. On March 3, 1931, the Legislature amended the Act of 1923, so that additional bonds might be issued in such amount as the bonds issued in 1923 had matured, which maturities amount to $225,000. In accordance with this amendment, these bonds, secured by a general mortgage on all land and improvements controlled by the Board of Agriculture are being issued to provide funds for the construction of a modern, concrete grandstand at the State Fair Grounds, which will cost approximately $225,000. Funds for the payment of principal and interest on these bonds and those issued in 1923 are provided for by the levy of a tax upon all the property within the State of 3 1 /$ mills on each SIOO assessed valuation. Under a ruling of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, dated March 23, 1923, these bonds are free from Federal Income Tax. The legality of all matters in connection with this issue have been approved by Messrs. Matson, Ross, McCord and Clifford, Indianapolis; Smith, Rcmster, Hornbrook and Smith, Indianapolis; Chapman and Cutler, Chicago; and the Attorney General of the State of Indiana. - Priced to Yield 4% Fletcher American Company Affiliated with The Fletcher American National Ban* INDIANAPOLIS

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HOOVER IS AT VIRGIN ISLANDS President to Go Home After Brief Visit. By United Press ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands, March 25.—President Hoover landed hsre from the battleship Arizona today for a brief visit before starting back to Washington. The presidential party, aboard a barge, came ashore through a lane of native boats decorated with palms. Natives shouted greetings to Hoover and chanted and playod on native instruments in his honor. Before leaving the Arizona, the presidential party threw coins into the clear water of the bay and watched diving boys scramble for them. WELL-KNOWN NAMES APPEAR ON PAROLES “Charlie Davis,” “Jimmie Walker” to Leave State Prison, “Charlie Davis,” “Jimmy Walker” and “Lincoln” were well-known names on parole grants issued by the Governor’s office today. But the band leader, New York mayor and Emancipator were not involved. Charlie Davis, who was given a sixty-day sentence on the state farm Feb. 16 on a larceny charge in Pulaski county, was given indefinite parole. Jimmy Walker, a “lifer” at the Indiana state prison for burglary and murder committed in Madison county, was given a two-day parole, with guards, to attend his son’s funeral. Elbert Lincoln, serving ten to twenty-one years at the state prison on a St. Joseph county robbery conviction, was given a twenty-one-day parole for spinal meningitis treatment at an Indianapolis hospital. . Arnold Bennett Has Transfusion By United Press LONDON. March 25.—Arnold Bennett, British author who has been seriously ill here, underwent a successful blood transfusion today.

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CALLED KILLER IN COURTROOM, ‘HYMIPSMILES Prosecutor Flings Opening Charges in Cleveland Politician’s Murder. By United Press CLEVELAND, March 25.—The Parkwood drive apartment where former Councilman William E. Potter was killed Feb. 3 was rented by “Pittsburgh Hymie” Martin, who was in Cleveland from Jan. 26 until the night of the crime, Ray T. Miller, county prosecutor, charged today in his opening statement to the jury which is trying Martin on first degree murder charges. The debonair Martin viewed the proceedings with interest. He smiled as Miller, aroused by the ardor of his own words, pointed to him accusingly and named him r,s the assassin. Under the alias of “M. J. Markus,” the Pittsburgh racketeer rented suite No. 4 in the building on Jan. 28, in a conspiracy to assassinate the former Republican leader, the prosecutor said. Martin has been identified as “Markus” by several tenants of the death flat, the state charges. While the suite was reserved for perpetration of the conspiracy, the prosecutor alleged Martin was living with his paramour, “Akron Mary” Outland at the downtown Auditorium hotel under the alias of H. Chambers, the maiden name of his sweetheart. The hour in which the couple left Cleveland for Akron on the night of the crime was setat an hour later than that claimed by the defense. In his address Miller disclosed the state was at a loss to explain the motive of Potter’s death. While asserting that the defendant was hired to engineer the deed, he admitted the principals behind the purported plot were unknown. Demolay News Editor Dies By United rress KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 25. Frank A. Marshall, newspaper man for forty years in Kansas City, died Tuesday night. On the staff of the Kansas City Journal Post for forty years prior to 1928, he then became editor of the Demolay News. He was author of the Demolay ritual. A JOYFUL SURPRISE - New 48 Hour Treatment For Rheumatism Over the Week-end Goes Pain. Agony and Swelling or Money Back, Say Hook’s Dependable Drug Stores. LARGE 8 OZ* BOTTLE 85c They call this the AUe nru week-end treatment for Rheumatism, Sciatica ami Neuritis because you can go to bed on Friday night— stay there as much a.-, possible till Monday morning and while there drive the uric acid from your ailing joints and muscles. But during that time you must take Allenru as directed—for AUenru acts with double speed when the body is relaxed and rested. You eatt purchase AUenru from Hook's Dependable Drug Stores or anv progressive druggist in America—a large 8 oz. bottle S5 cents—and monev back if it doesn't do as advertised Advertisement.