Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 35, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 June 1931 — Page 3
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CONNIE PONDERS ALIENATION SUIT AGAINST ARNO ‘Warned Him Number of Times,’ Says Vanderbilt of Desert Chase. BY EARL K. LEIF United I*resa Staff Correspondent RENO, New, June 20. —Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., aggressor in a gun race across the Nevada desert, was "seriously considering" today an alienation of affection suit against Peter Arno, winner of the race, as in aftermath of his surprise divorce action against Mrs. Vanderbilt. The young society author took matters into his own hands when he unsuccessfully pursued the handsome cartoonist with an unloaded revolver, but he disclosed today that he was not prepared to end the conflict there. 'Yes,' he said, "I am discussing with my attorney a suit against Amo for alienation of affections.” Contest Is Faced The sudden divorce suit, filed in Washoe county courts just as a conference of attorneys had been called to discuss a separate maintenance action, was promised a contest when Mrs. Vanderbilt said she will possibly file a cross complaint. The suit, along with many others, will be on the “washday" docket of the divorce courts next Monday. William Woodburn, counsel for Mrs. Vanderbilt, declared >that “if anybody gets a divorce it will be Mrs.! Vanderbilt.” "Vanderbilt charges cruelty,” he said, “but if there was any cruelty it was on his side, not hers. We will fight the suit every inch of the I way.” Woodburn said a counter-suit “may not be necessary.” Caused by ‘Arno Incident’ Sam Platt, attorney for Vanderbilt, replied that “each issue xWll be met.” The suit, taking advantage of Nevada laws, made no specific charges beyond stating the cause of action. Vanderbilt and Platt both lndi- , cated the suit grew out of the now 1 famous “Arno incident.” when Van- j derbilt claimed his wife was escorted to the door of their home early last Monday by the caricaturist. Asked to recount again the details of the affair, Vanderbilt said i he could see the pair approaching ; through a small glass aperture in | the door. “I seized a gun and exhibited it through the glass and cried: “‘See what I’ve got here! I’m going to kill Arno.’ “Mrs. Vanderbilt turned and screamed, ‘Look out—he’s going to get you!’ Admits Making Threat “Arno disappeared as I opened the door. I was in pajamas and slippers. I ran after him for some distance, and then turned my weak ankle slightly. I decided to return to my home.” Mrs. Vanderbilt and Arno, however, claimed that all thre had been i to a night club and returned for “an amiable visit." Arno said that, to his surprise. Vanderbilt telephoned him the next morning and threatened him. Vanderbilt readily admitted the threats today. “I gave him fair warning a number of times,” he said. “Several days before the affair of this week- i end I called him up and told him to stay away from my wife." ALTENHEIM HOME TO CELEBRATE FOUNDING Program Sunday Will Mark Twentysecond Anniversary of Institution. Twrtity-second anniversary of the Altenheim Old Folks home. Capitol avenue and Twentieth street, will be celebrated at 4 Sunday afternoon. Joseph Gardner, president of the home, will give the address of welcome and Superior Judge John W.t Kern will speak. Selections will be given by the Murat chanters. Other numbers on the program will include violin solo. Miss Sarah Olinger, accompanied by Miss Frances Wishard; soprano solo. Miss Erma Day; reading Miss Lena Bos; piano solo. Miss Mabel Pruitt; : prayer and benediction, the Rev. | Theo Schorv. Supper will be served by the , ladies’ auxiliary.
Gone, but Not Forgotten
Automobiles reported to police as stolen belong to: <">eoree Amt. 621 Virginia avenue. Ford coupe 740-770. from 621 Virginia avenue. Oliver Moulelien. 5606 Oslsam avenue. Chevrolet coupe. 39-824. from Indiana avenue and North street.
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Stolen automobile* recovered br police 'oelon* to; Sdwurd Baldwin. Ccatsvllle. Ind.. Ford edn. found at Brooks end Twelfth streets. Cfhrvsler sedan. 58-383, 'ound in rear of *5? West Walnut street. YOUTH DIES OF WOUNDS Albert Murphey, 19, of Providence. Ky.. has achieved his goal after ten days of waiting. He died Friday night in city hospital from self-inflicted wounds following his suicide,attempt June 9. Murphey shot himself in the head. Murphey hitch-hiked to Acton where he obtained a job in a barbecue. He became despondent when he failed to receive letters from his home.
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Flo Ziegfeld, the Broadway showman, has cast an appraising eye over thousands of beautiful girls during his career, and here are his choices as the two best o' th m ell. ’lh°v a—’ rhh (Mrs. Ziegfeld) and daughter, Patricia, pictured at Los Angeles.
CYCLIST SUCCUMBS TO CRASH INJURIES
County Traffic Toll Raised to 77 by Death of i Youth. Auto death toll in Marion county reached seventy-seven since Jan. 1 today following the death of Sol Mesalan, 24, of 2329 Shelby street, in city hospital from injuries received Wednesday night in a traffic crash. Mesalan, driving anew motor-
cycle, crashed into the side of an auto driven by Marcus Stapert, 21, of 1522 Linden street at Shelby street and Southern avenue. Mesalan was hurled
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over the auto and suffered compound leg and skull fractures. His parents ‘survive him at Elwood, where the body will be taken for burial. Coble M. English, Ft. Harrison soldier, narrowly escaped death Friday night when he drove in front of a train at the Big Four crossing on Thirty-eighth street. Apparently not hearing the train whistle, witnesses said English did not see the train until it was but a few feet from his auto. English’s injuries are not serious. He vras taken to the post hospital. Lying more than half an hour in the street 'at East and Washington streets early today, John Given, 48. Linden hotel, was found in critical condition from injuries inflicted by a hit-and-run truck. He was taken to the city hospital. Given was unable to describe the truck that hit him. Given is an employe of the postoffice. Miss Albert Webber, 23. of 533 South Alabama street, sustained a broken left arm Friday night when the car she was driving collided with another on Kentucky avenue. Derrell Garrigus, 4255 South State avenue, driver of the other car, took Miss Webber to the city hospital. DOGS, FURS STOLEN Burglars Enter Home: Loot totals $660. Heat wave warped the judgment of thieves Friday, dogs and furs comprising part of the loot reported stolen. Entering the home of Mrs. C. D. Green, 208 East Thirty-eighth street. Apartment 7, burglars stole furs and jewelry valued at $660, she informed police. Mrs. Dan C. Gill, 3045 Park avenue, told officers that a man who looked at a Chinese chow pup at her home late Friday stole the one he “thought he might buy" and another, both valued at $l5O. Mrs. Gill said he asked her to watch for an auto from a garage i that was to tow in his car, which : was “broken down." While she i looked the thief started his car and : fied with the dogs. Tables, lamps, a victrola and 100 records were stolen from the resi- I dence of Mrs. M .rgaret Reybold,! 64S Birch avenue, she told police. I REPTILE BITES -SKIPPY’ Percy Crosby's Baby Son in No Danger After Experience. By United Press WASHINGTON. June 20. —The real “Skippy" has had his first great adventure. He was bitten by a snake. This “Skippy" is Percy Crosby Jr., 1-year-old son of the creator of the moving picture and cartoon youngster. Percy Jr. was playing in the yard of the Crosby estate when a fivefoot black snake struck his arm. Crosby killed the snake, cut the wound with a razor and sucked to remove venom from the wound. Examination of the reptile proved it | to be nonpoisonous. A physician : said “Skippy" was in no danger. Raises Baby Squirrels on Spoon ST. PAUL. June 20. —Frances Law- j ton, 12, is raising three babylsquirrels on a spoon. They objected to ! milk from a bottle. She gives them peanut butter for dessert.
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Perfect Mate By T utted Pres* CHICACO. June 20.—1n the will of a 30-year-old woman was found today the perfect tribute to a husband. “I earnestly request,” wrote Mrs. Naoma Hartford Ashbeck, just before she died last May 2, “that at the earliest moment possible my husband remarry some good woman and that he sha’l make her life as happy as he has made mine." The husband. William L. Ashbeck. was left an estate worth SIO,OOO. A daughter, Lois, 6. was bequeathed $4,000 worth of jewelry.
PASTOR ADMITS HANGING HOAX Tried to End His Life, He Tells Congregation. 1 By United Press DALLAS, Tex., June 20. —Speaking from the same pulpit over which he was found hanging from a chandelier Thursday, the Rev. B. P. Brown, 30-year-old Baptist minister, confessed Friday night to his congregation that his story about four men trying to lynch him was a hoax. “I intended to kill myself and then just couldn't do it when I was hanging there and looking death right in the face,” declared the young minister who was struck on the head by burglars last year and whose story of the “lynching" attracted nation-wide attention. To his congregation, assembled for a revival, Brown told in detail of how he enered the church at night, taped his own mouth, stripped off his clothes, climbed upon a chair, : hanged himself to the chandelier above the pulpit, kicked the chair —and then changed his mind. Realizing, he said, that he slowly was strangling to death, he fought desperately until, as the new rope stretched, he was able to rest his toes upon the chair and keep life in his body until he was found hours later. HOSPITAL CONTRACT LET City Finn Will Build $127,097 Addition at Ft. Harrison. Contract for a hospital addition at Ft. Benjamin Harrison has been awarded at Washington to the American Construction Company here. The work will cost $127,097. The addition is a part of a general building program at the fort, authorized by the last session of congress. The local work is a part of $2,000.000 in contracts let at Washington Friday by the quartermastergeneral . MRS' AUMANN IS DEAD Funeral Services for City Native to Be Held on Monday. Mrs. Minnie Aumann. 71. a native of Indianapolis, died Friday night at her residence, 637 Home place. She had been ill since the death of her husband, Charles F. Aumann. Feb. 19, 1930. Mr. Aumann until his retirement a year before his death was connected with E. C. Atkins & Cos., saw makers, for fifty-nine years. Funeral services for Mrs. Aumann will be held at Monday at the home.
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STRIKES CAUSE ABANDONMENT OF OHIO MINES Walkouts, Violence Climax War Between Rival Unions. By United Press ST. CLAIRBVILLE, 0., June 20. —The coal mining industry of eastern Ohio was paralyzed today with the abandonment of mines as the result of successive strikes led by conflicting labor unions. I Spreading rapidly to every sec- | tion of the area, the strike was : climaxed with the announcement of the Clarkson Coal Company that j the company would close two of its* ! largest mines. The company’s action was believed in answer to separate strikes called at the Provident mine by the National Miners Union and the United Mine Workers of America. Abandonment of the Provident mine and the Fairpoint mine No. 2 of the company is a severe blow to St. Clairesville business interests. The two mines constitute the larg- | est industry in this community of 2,500 persons. Citizens of the town are petitioning the mine owners to ; reconsider their decision. Jails Are Crowded White St. Clairsville was fighting I for existence, authorities sought to prevent similar action of mine owners in Jefferson county by arresting representatives of the radical National Miners Union, who are picketing mines in that county. Over twenty persons were taken ipto custody by special deputies Friday, and are held on open charges. Jails in Belmont, Jefferson and Harrison counties are crowded with strikers arrested during hand-to--1 hand struggles with deputies and mine guards. Governor George White has been 1 asked to confer with .the conflicting j unions and operators in hope of relieving thq, situation. Situation Is Tense % Over a score of persons have been injured in clashes between mine guards, deputies and strikers since the walk-outs started two weeks ago. With other w r alkouts scheduled for today, authorities moved to reinforce guards at the mines, and to strengthen highway patrols. Criminal syndicalism charges were lodged against Leo Thompson, Pittsburgh, an avowed Communist, and three other strike leaders who allegedly led demonstrations and attacks on county officials. They are held under $5,000 bond. Agents representing the National Miners Union are attempting to raise security for the bail. NEW YORK BANKERS FACE PRISON TERMS j Jury Finds Them Guilty of Misapplication of Funds. By United Press NEW YORK, June 20.—Three officers of the closed Bank of United States were found guilty of willful misapplication of funds by a jury in general sessions court today. A misj trial was declared in the case of j the fourth defendant. After deliberating for nearly twelve hours, the jury returned verdicts of guilty against Bernard K. Marcus, president; Saul Singer, executive vice-president, and Singer’s son, Herbert, a 24-year-old law clerk. They face- a possible j maximum sentence of seven years ’ each in prison and fines of SI,OOO. Judge George L. Donnellan will pass sentence June 23. The trial grew out of charges the defendants made an illegal transaction involving $8,000,000. Three Held on Dry Charge Three Bloomington men who were arrested there in a dry raid, were today in the Marion county jail in lieu of SSOO bond each on federal dry law violation charges. Those arrested are James Webb, Lyman Wright and Bruce Crider. Each pleaded not guilty.
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BY BEN STERN “ \ PLATFORM which will go on the back of a postal card" is demanded by State Representative Earl Crawford of Milton, Democratic caucus chairman in the last session of the legislature. “The shorter the platform, the j more it will be read." he said. 1 Crawford also declared that he would join with other candidates nominated for the legislature, in the t primary, to demand a hand in writing the platform to be adopted by 1 the 1932 state convention. a a tt “We have a right to protest at the manner in which platforms are adopted.” he complained. “Although candidatesjor the legislature are called on to fulfill party pledges made in convention, they rarely, if ever, have a voice in framing the platform. “That is palpably unfair, as candidates will find themselves running on a platform to which they by principle could not agree.” In this connection perhaps it should be remembered that Crawford is a perfervid dry. having voted : even against the medicinal whisky bill in the last session, and is afraid of adoption of a moist plank. Asa banker, he also is prone to oppose | the retention of the income tax plank. a a a Other legislators are joining with Crawford in the demand that they have a voice in the party platform. However, with the types of candidates for the assembly which have been nominated in the last few years, it would be weeks before any creed would be adopted and then it would be of so conservative, rather reactionary, a complexion that there would be no demarcation between parties. The Democratic party's salvation! in Indiana, at any time, depends upon its adherence to a liberal policy, for the conservative voters steadfactly will remain in the Republican ranks, their natural habitat. Incidentally. Crawford, who was a candidate for the nomination for Governor in 1928, indicated he would not enter the field next year. HENRY KLEPPER DIES Veteran City Resident Was Civil War Veteran. Death Friday claimed Henry E. Klepper, 90, of 623 Pine street, a j resident of Indiana ror sixty years, j and a Civil war veteran. He was a! native of Germany. During the Civil war he enlisted with a New York regiment and served later with Company F, One hundred sixty-fifth infantry, Ohio volunteers. He learned the cabinetmaker's trade in Germany, and worked at the Big Four shops here for many years. Mr. Klepper w r as a member of the G. A. R., and belonged to a number of the old singing societies here. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 Monday morning at the home. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery.
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JOBS INCREASE IN CITY. STATE U. S. REPORTS Labor Department Bulletin Notes Improvement During May. By rimes Special WASHINGTON, June 20,-Fur-ther reduction of unemployment in Indianapolis was noted today in the labor department's monthly employment bulletin for May. In regard to Indianapolis the report said: "Tehere was a further increase j in employment reported in the i foundries, machine shops and several other industries. Building and ! construction projects increased and : absorbed a large number of build-; ing trades men and unskilled la- i borers. State road work, municipal improvements and public utility construction and repairs afforded employment for many men. A slight ! increase was noted in railroad maintenace-of-way forces. There was plenty of agricultural help fori the small demand.” The improvement was general j throughout the state, the bulletin reported, although “ a surplus of; labor prevailed in all sections of the j state."
More Improvement Seen “Increased outdoor activity resulted in an appreciable reduction in unemployment," said the report on Indiana, “and further improvement is anticipated for June. “State and county road and bridge-construction work expanded considerably and absorbed a large number of men. Municipal improvements in several cities offered employment to many laborers. “There was a seasonal increase in the forces employed in the i railroad maintenance-of-way and construction departments, while : the car-repair shops operated with curtailed forces. Reduction Is Seasonal “A further seasonal reduction in bituminous-mine production and j forces occurred during May. “The volume of building, which included many large projects, still was insufficient to absorb all the building trades men. “Although practically all plants operated, many worked part time
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Butler’s Pool to Be Opened for Summer
Miss Louise Schulmeyer
Butler swimming pool in the field house, Forty-ninth street and Boulevard place, will be open to the public for the summer, beginning Monday. Miss Louise Schulmeyer, director of physical education for women at the university. announced today. Miss Susie Harmon and Vergil Jones, member of the Red Cross life saving corps, will assist Miss Schulmeyer in supervising the pool. Jones will act as swimming instructor and life guard. The pool, of regulation size and kept clean by a chemical filter plant will be open from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. daily, except Sunday.
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it girl: blond NOW. PLANNING FILM COMEBACK •Return a Brand New Clara Bow.’ She Says, Taking Ranch Cure. By United Press NIPTON, Cal , June 20.—“ Out where the west is west and all that " to describe it in her own words. Clara Bow, a platinum blonde now, is regaining h?r health, making plans to resume her career as an actress and getting ready to write the history of her life The screen favorite is roughing it after a fashion on Rex Bell's 350,-000-acre ranch on the CaliforniaNevada border Except for a possible trip or two to Holylwood she expects to remain for a month or five weeks. During that time her main concern will be her health and she inetnds to get plenty of exercise *Hnd be faithful to the vegetable diet prscribed for her after her recent nervous breakdown. “I’m going to keep on riding horse-back and roughing it and eating only fruit and vegetables until I'm completely beter," she said. “I feel my health has improved a lot in the few’ days I’ve been here. I'm going to return to Hollywood a brand new* Clara Bow. “I just love it out here, where the west is west and all that. I have nothing to worry about and believe me that's something after what I've been -.ough the past year.” Miss Bow said that she had gained about eleven pounds, weighing 125 now. Her guess appeared conservative enough. “I go riding on Andy. He's my favorite horse." she said. “I read a bit and plan the book I'm going to write. There’s no night life here and it’s sort oY like roughing it be*cause I sleep .la what used to be the storeroom and wo have no electric lights or any such conveniences.”