Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 54, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 July 1931 — Page 3

•TOLY 13, 1931

TAXPAYER BODY TO IGNORE BOND ISSUE DECISION Petitions Still to Be Filed With Tax Board, Says Miesse. Despite the decision of Indian- ! •polls bonding attorneys, backed in : • measure by an opinion from the ; attorney-general, JLo abolish “home i rule" and make the state tax com- j mlssioners dictators over all local . bond Issues, the Indiana Taxpayers’ j Association will continue to file review petitions as the law provides. This stand was announced today ' by Harry Miesse, secretary of the j association. He still Is of the opin- • ion that the law confers on the tax ; board only appellate powers, he said. “But regardless of the interpre- 1 tation of the budget limitation stat- ' Ute, we want to show that it is home j rule’ under which the tax board re- I views bond issues, since the local I taxpayers, who bear the burdens, Sign the petitions of appeal,” Miesse explained. Stand of Attorneys “Home ruse” or not, he plans on taking all bond Issues before the board during the next two years. This is the stand taken by bonding attorneys, who have decided to refuse to O. K. bonds which the state tax board has not approved. The only difference is that Miesse will bring in the issues for review Under petition, while the bonding attorneys and an opinion from the attorney-general’s office holds that they must be brought in automatically under the budget limitation Jaw passed by the 1931 legislature. The new law limits local governmental budgets for the next two years to those In effect in 1930. Contractors interested in promotier. of public works contend that the legislators didn’t mean to curb bond issues, but only current budget expenditures. That also is the interpretation of the law taken by the tax commissioners themselves. Scoots Works Charge Miesse scouts the contention that Indiana local units are not backing Hoover’s unemployment program by fostering public works through bond Issues. A tabulation by his association shows that up until June of this year, the proposed bond issues nearly were double those of 1930 for the same period, he said. Three-mile gravel road bond proposals amounted to $3,262,929 on 225 projects, sixty-nine county unit road bond proposals amounted to $2,450,858; twelve schools, $608,837, and appropriations” $675,283, placing a total of $6,997,907., “Additional appropriations” does not include any construction, but money sought by bond issue where local governments have exceeded their budget expenditures. This does not include poor relief, Miesse declared, and asserts it is “inexcusable and checkmates the budget law.” Federal aid appropriations for highway construction was increased $154,249,000 over 1930, but due to the decrease in local road work, the total Increase for the United States on all road construction is but $15.000,000 more than 1930, according to figures from the federal bureau of roads. Indiana is not one of the states where cuts have been made, however, Miesse contends. VALLEE AND WIFE TO SEPARATE THIS FALL But It's Solely in Interest of Her Health, Rudy Explains. By United Press ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 13, *-Rudy Vallee and his bride, the former Fay Webb, actress, will separate in the fall—solely in the interests of Mrs. Vallee’s health, the radio crooner has announced. The Vallees, here for a brief weekend honeymoon, made the announcement in advance so that *when Mrs. Vallee boards a train for the Pacific coast no one will fhink our romance is over.” Mrs. Vallee, who had a severe attack of pneumonia last winter, has been ordered by physicians to spend her winters in a mild, sunny climate, Rudy said. TOWN FIGHT RENEWED Jtavrnswod Town Board Member Arrested for Trespass. Another altercation flared in Ravenswood over the week-end, resulting in the arrest of Robert Stamm, town board president, on a trespass charge. The charge was filed against the town official by Grover C. Smith, town clerk, who alleged Stamm made an undue call regarding town’s business and trespassed on his property. Stamm denied this, asserting he tailed only to determine names of merchants who had failed to pay their business license fees. ARREST PASTOR’S SON De Von Wicks, 17, Is Held as Alleged Hit-Run Driver. Charged as the hit-and-run motorist who struck Carl Yoh, 51, of Zionsville, at Sixteenth and Meridian streets, Saturday night, De Von Wicks, 17, son of the Rev. F. S. C. Wicks, pastor of All Souls Unitarian church, was arrested today at municipal airport, where he is employed by the city. Police say the youth admitted having struck Yoh with his car, but said that he stopped, turned around, became frightened and drove on. Truck Kills Boy By United Press KENDALLVILLLE, Ind., July 13. Rex, 5-year-old son of Charles Aldric, farmer livings east of here, was killed instantly when he fell from • truck Aldric was driving and was crushed beneath the wheels. Two brothers also saw the boy killed. Fall May Cause Death 9v Times Special HUNTINGTON. Ind., July 13. Miss Mary Miller, 30, is expected to die of a fractured skull suffered when she fell while picking cherries. Negro Slain By United Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 13.Bert Carr, 40, Negro, died here of gunshot wounds inflicted, according to police reports, by Dewey Norton, 39,. Negro.

Going Home

Paris soon will see this home town girl who made good in Hollywood. Lily Damita is going back to her native France for a brief visit, and the vivacious screen star had this smile for the cameraman when she arrived in New York shortly before sailing.

MURDER STORY IS RIDICULED Quiz Witness Is Reported Pushed Under Train. By United P tss NEW YORK, July 13.—Reports that a man saw Traugott F. Keller, chief engineer of the dock department, pushed in front of the subway train which killed him last Friday while he was on his way to testify in the city-wide legislative investigation, were belittled by police today. The witness, Robert Humsart, was said to have made an affidavit swearing that Keller did not commit suicide, as generally believed, but was pushed to his death by two men. Police said they knew of no such affidavit. " “I have a witness who saw nobody near the spot where Keller had been," said acting police captain Thomas F. Murrey. “This witness was coming down the stairs of the subway station when he heard the brakes of the train grinding. No man could have got off the platform without having been seen by this witness. Os course, it is possible that Keller might have been pushed off, but it is highly improbable.” SENTENCED TO LIFE Jail Cell ‘Boss’ Loses His ‘Berth’ in Court. Frank Coe, Negro, 31, has lost his Job. He has been cell boss at the county jail because he has been a model prisoner and repentant of his crime. But today Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker and the law of Indiana stepped in to dislodge Coe from his berth at the county jail. Pleading guilty to the gun slaying of two Negroes at Washington park May 19, Coe was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state prison at Michigan City. He admitted he shot William Woods, Negro, with whom he had had an argument over a woman and fatally wounded Edgar Harrison, Negro, an innocent bystander. Coe told Baker that he hoped future gobd behavior will win him an honorary post at the state prison. ACTRESS WEDS ACTOR Helen Brooks Becomes Bride of Lewis Martin in East. By United Press GREENWICH, Conn., July 13. Helen Brooks, 23-year-old actress, and Lewis Martin, 32, an actor, were married here Sunday. Mrs. Martin, who has appeared in “Jonesey,” “A Most Immortal Lady,” “Jenny,” “The Long Road” and “The Vinegar Tree’’ on Broadway, joined a cast of the Federated Civic Theater As- ‘ sociation here tw r o weeks ago. FLEE DETENTION HOME Two Girls, Escaping Through Fire Exit, Sought by PoliceTwo girls, 16 and 17, who fled the county detention home Sunday by a fire escape, are sought by authorities today. Mrs. Susan Pray, superintendent, told police the older gird had been confined four months while the other only two days. State of Siege Is Declared By United Press SAN SALV ADORE, Salvador, July 13.—Congress declared a state of siege in Salvador today.

Week-End EXCURSIONS CHICAGO seroo # Ground Each Friday } Saturday and Sunday Leave Indianapolis 11:30 a.m. Friday, 2:30 a.m. or 11:30 a.nx, Saturday, or 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Returning to reach Indianapolis not later than 4:05 a.m. Tuesday following date of sale. Coach Service Only For tickets snd full particulars apply to CITY TICKET OFFICE 116 Monument Place Phone Riley 9331 Pennsylvania Railroad 144 \

CADETS READY FOR DRILL TEST Competition to Climax Four Weeks of Training. Extensive preparations are under way by companies of Ft. Benjamift Harrison citizens’ military training camp for the competitive drill Friday which will climax the four

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weeks’ training period closing this week-end. Judges for 'he rifle company close order drill will be Captain Paul D. Carter, Lieutenant F. H. Curtis and Lieutenant T. L. Sherbeme Jr. Machine gun company competition will be judged by Captain Roger M. Still and Lieutenant W. G. Stephenson. Brigadier-General Edward L. King is expected to visit the fort Tuesday for inspection on his way to Camp Knox and Ft. Thomas, Ky. Major William J. O’Callahan, faculty member of Culver military academy will assist a board of officers Tuesday to select a candidate eligible for a scholarship offered by

the academy. The man selected must be able to play either the trombone or the clarinet. Negro Wounded By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., July 13.—John Anderson, 40. Negro, is in a serious condition with a bullet wound in the chest and his wife Violet, 35, in jail charged with shooting with intent to kill. Electric Shock Fatal By United Press WASHINGTON. Ind., July 13. Charles Cook, 45, Bloomingdale, was electrocuted near here when a steam shovel on which he was riding came in contact with a high tension wire.

RETURN BODY OF CHEMIST TO CITY

T. Richard Francis, Former Druggist Here, Dies in Florida. The body of J. Richaid Francis, 60, chemist and inventor, who died Saturday in a hospital in Miami Beach, Fla., will arrive here on Wednesday for burial. Word of Mr. Francis' death was

received by a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Dean D. Francis, 5235 Washington bouelavrd. Funeral arrangements will be made upon the arrival of the body at the Hisey & Titus mortuary. Mr. Francis formerly owmed the drug store at the southwest corner of Ohio and Pennsylvania streets, Which is now occupied by the Hook Drug Company. ; He established the Marvel Car-

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buretor Company of Flint. Mich., and was the inventor or its product. Mr. Francis was vice-president at the Borg-Wamer Company of Chicago. Surviving besides the son. Dean D. Francis, president of the Wheeler-Schebler Carburetor Company, is the widow, Mrs. .Helen Dalyrimple Francis. Mr. Francis had his winter home in Miami Beach and was director of a committee of 100 Miami citizens who are leaders in business and finance. He graduated from Purdue university in 1893.