Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 52, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 July 1931 — Page 3

JULY 10, 1931.

Pirates! What a Night It Was When Marganed Met Rum Buccaneers.

Tlkla Is onr of ft MTlea of articles %t Fdw.rd C. Folk., Times staff writer, on a vacation spent In a motorboat on the Ohio river. BY EDWARD C. FITLKE •mm THAT are all these fires along * the shore, podner?” Skipper of the Marganed asked this question of a lone settler squatting on the bank of the Ohio river. His siesta must have been ruined. He twirled a considerable mustache and looked the boat over from stem to stem. “Havin’ motor trouble,” he asked In a drawl. “Them gas engines are derned tricky,” he added. The answer “Just crui sin g around” didn’t seem to satisfy him. It was apparent no explanation

“W’hat are ye doin’ in these parts?” . . . piercing eyes leveled at his questioner.

ever would be made by him of that lazy smoke column rising out of the hill a half mile to the east across the stream. The crew of the Marganed got busy at once with the “gas engine” and put out to the center of the river. “Funny guy,” remarked the Junior member of the crew. “Ho, they’re all funny guys,” surmised the other. tt a NIGHTFALL several hours later found the Marganed beached at the outskirts of a sizable town. From a window in a house a hundred yards from us a light flashed. It might have been a match, but it burned too long. The dark interior of the house set it off like a beacon. Slowly the light moved in a Bmall arc, then back again. Three

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A light flashed . . . the dark interior of the house set it off like a beacon.

times It waved thus. There was a moment of breathlessness for two observing "waifs” out for a •‘lark.” Minutes dragged by. Progs, and the auto horns in the distance were vying for honors. The opposite bank was dark and still. Almost like melodrama, it happened. A light flickered on the far bank, then burned brightly. It was blotted out three times quickly, then blazed brightly again. a a a AS if by magic, the light in the window near us flared, moved thrice in answer, and went out. Time dragged on, the moon climbed higher, shedding a pale light full over us and the Marganed. An oar creaked far out one the Ohio, then again—again. The oarsman plied his stroke steadily. At the house nearby a car drew up and stopped. It was without lights. Silence, except for the steady creak of the oars, reigned. Then suddenly the "John” boat, occupied by two men, came into view, heading straight for our wharf. The rowboat pulled near us, then glided slowly past. "Howdy, bud,” said one of its

The boatmen clambered ashore, each with a five-gallon jug . .. dashed madly to the car.

passengers, “how ya* makin’ it.” Wallace Beery couldn’t have said it more effectively. Skipper was quiet, but “crew” piped up: “O. K., mister.” The ‘John boat paddled on, and. within full sight of the writer and his buddie, scraped its keel on the bank. An occupant stood up. He whistled. An answering whistle sounded from the direction of the waiting auto. ‘Start your motor.” Out of the night the order rang clear from the “John” boat. “Open your rumble seat,” the second order came. a a a THE boatmen clambered ashore, each with a full five-gallon Jug. They raced to a clump of bushes half way up the bank. “How about it,” one of them yelled. “Well, don’t be so slow about it,” was the answer from the roadster. As if under fire, bending low, the boatmen dashed madly up the steep levy and made the car in a second. The motor whirred. Gears clashed. The roadster sped up the deserted road toward the town. “Well, I'm a such-and-such,” gasped the skipper. “Whadda ya make of that?" “They’re just runnin’ corn,” answered the “crew”; that’s nothin’.” “Well, hoodlums or no hoodlums, the Marganed’s gonna have a watch aboard tonight,” said the skipper resolutely. And the Marganed had a solitary night “watch” all that night, with the “skipper” wondering if the “bad lands” up the Kentucky river were as bad as painted by the advisers along the broad Ohio. (To 80. Continued.),

SUCCESS NEAR IN BATTLE TO SALVAGE GOLD Divers Hope Soon to Be Able to Bring Up Rich Prize. BY RICHARD D. M’MILLAN United Pres* Staff Correspondent PARIS. July 10.—Divers working all summer on the sunken wreck of the liner Egypt in the Bay of Biscay expect soon to bring the ship’s $5,000,000 in bullion to the surface. The Artiglio 11, New 'Salvage vessel, which replaced the original Artiglio blown up and destroyed when she had reached a vital stage toward salvaging the gold, resumed work today on the wreck, lying at 400 feet amidst dangerous swirling currents always threatening the lives of divers working at such depth. Hie new salvage ship, owned and manned by Italians, but operating by arrangement with London insurance brokers, who carried the insurance on the liner’s gold and had to pay when the vessel was wrecked in 1922, has had more than a month of steady, progressive work on the wreck, thanks to good weather. But the working spells have to be broken by returns to port to take aboard fresh stores. Statements made by the divers during their stay in Brest indicate that if they have two more months of fairly calm weather they may be able to crown the long fight against the sea with success, and bring the bullion chests to the surface. The salvage boat is equipped with giant cranes capable of hoisting tons of weight from the sea bottom. The divers are excited at the prospect of reaping the rich prize money promised them in the event the glittering metal is brought safely up from the Atlantic’s bottom.

WIELD RIOT STICKS TO ARREST SUSPECT Scuffle Follows Attempt of Cops ,to Nab Alleged Thief. Several were “crowned” Thursday night when relatives of Lee Rowie, Negro, 29, of 2819 Martindale avenue, atempted to prevent police from arresting him, forcing them to use riot sticks. Rowie. an alleged sneak thief, was slated on charges of vagrancy, petit larceny, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and using profanity. His sister, Wiila Mae Rowie, 2436 Sheldon avenue, was charged w’ith interfering with due process of law. Police, who arrested Rowie after he was alleged to have stolen a shirt from the dry good store of Grover Milles at 1317 East Twentysecond street, had their shirts torn from them in the scuffle. A police emergency squad arrived in time to quell the near-riot. FIND FLAW IN CRUISERS Seven Navy Ships Under Construction Are Ordered Altered. By United Press WASHINGTON, July 10.—Following revelations that five of the navy’s newest and fastest cruiserrs are defective and at the present time unable to take their place in the line of battle, it was learned today that high navy officials several months ago ordered a radical alteration in the stern design of the seven cruisers of the U. S. S. S. Chicago classification not yet launched. Rear Admiral George H. Rock, chief of navy construction, said “There Is little possibility that, with the changes effected, the uncompleted cruisers will reveal the same faults in the stern casting, supporting the rudder, which developed in the earlier vessels.” More than 600,000,000 tons of coal are mined in the United States annually.

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Henry L. Doherty (above) New York utilities magnate, and Governor Harry H. Woodring (below) of Kansas, will carry their feud over gas rates in Kansas to the courts. Doherty assailed Governor Woodring’s demand for reductions as unjustified and the state has barred the sale of stock in Doherty’s Cities Service Company. Today the utility magnate filed a $12,000,000 libel suit against the Kansas City Star for its stories on the rate fight.

PROPOSE CLUB MERGER The Arlington and Raymond Community Club will meet Saturday night in the Henninger M. E. church to consider affiliation with the South Side Civic Clubs central committee. J. Ed Burke, central committee chairman, will speak. The club will discuss plans for a picnic to be held July 18 in Christian park.

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{2.600 IN GEMS CROOKS' BOOTY IN APARTMENT Thieves, Burglars Prosper in County; S2OO in Cash is Loot. Thieves and burglars prospered in the county Thursday. They smashed an auto window, entered homes, and held up a huckster on a state highway to obtain more than S2OO in cash and almost $3,000 in jewelry and merchandise. From the apartment of Mrs. Ethel Chumley, 1142 North Pennsylvania street, a burglar who entered with a pass key stole jewels she valued at $2,669. ' Three young bandits shoved a gun at John Stewart, 3022 Station street, driving a huckster’s wagon near Oaklandon, and took S7O. A burglar took SIOO from the home of William C. Zaring, 2304 College avenue. A thief smashed a window in the car of H. D. Brumfield, 621 East Thirteenth street, in front of his home, and took clothing worth S9B. Wilson Drew of Evansville, said his car was looted of luggage with clothing worth SSO, and thieves entered the Leonard Meisberger grocery at 1146 South East street and took SSO. WOMEN DRIVERS LESS DEADLY THAN MALES Frisco Records Show Men Are Involved in More Accidents. By Stripps-Hoicard Newspaper Alliance SAN FRANCISCO, July 10.—The female of the species is less deadly than the male at the auto wheel. State division of motor vehicles reports that in 1930, 40,174 men were in motor vehicle accidents, and only 6,112 women. There are twice as many men drivers than women, but seven times as many men get tangled with mishaps. While 2.14 per cent of all men operators had traffic accidents last year, only .84 per cent of the women operators suffered mishaps. Three Robbed in Hotel By Times Special PERU, Ind., July 10.—A thief in a hotel here removed $l2O from clothing of three guests as they slept. The losers are Rex Wisehart, Fortville; J. W. McLaughlin, Ft. Wayne, and C. G. Wren, Lansing, Mich.

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