Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 73, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1931 — Page 8

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KINDLY BANDITS SCORN SAVINGS DF Tm GIRLS Money Is Taken From Safe, but Plaintive Pleas of Misses Prevail. Tough, but gallant!' Two stickup men didn’t mind holding up the J. D. Eastman Dry Cleaning Company, 818 Dorman street, today, and taking $46. but they wouldn’t hear to taking from the company's safe two envelopes containing two women employe’s 6avings—a sum totaling nearly twice as much as the money with which they escaped. The bandits, appearing to be about 25 years old, entered the cleaning company office, and pointed guns at the two women employes and W. C. Wood, 1127 BeVille avenue, representative of the Sargent Paint Company. It’s a holdup,” they said, telling Wood to face the window, but not to hold up his hands. Plead for Savings The “head bandit” sent the other one out to Wood’s automobile to remove the key, and meanwhile told Miss Ruth Johnson, 1015 College avenue, “all right, we want the money.’V “It’s in the safe,” said Miss Johnson. The bandits took $46 from the cash drawer in the safe. Then they found two large envelopes. "Oh, don’t take that,” said Miss Johnson; “that’s mine.” “Oh, don’t take that,” said Miss Sylvia Neill, 1306 North Kealing avenue; “that’s our savings.” “What are your names?” asked the “head bandit.” He was told. “Well, it says that on the envelopes,” said the “head bandit.” “Here, take them.”

Hand Money to Girls He handed Miss Johnson her envelope, containing $24, and one to Miss Neill containing $57. They said they had been saving the money since Christmas and keeping it in the office safe. As the holdup progressed Lewis A. Fisher, 120 West Twelfth street, representative of the Mail Press, a neighborhood newspaper, entered the office and was greeted with a gun pointed at him and an order to keep fns hands down. One bandit went outside and pointed a gun at William Boyce, 2021 Nowland avenue, seated in Fisher’s car, turned off the engine and took the key. Fay Steetleton, 2407 Sanford avenue, walked into the office from the pack room while the robbery was in progress and was lined up with the others, but no attempt was made to rob either employes or visitors. ‘Don’t try to call police, or we’ll kill you,” said the bandits as they left, and made their escape afoot. ASK LESLIE TO FIGHT FREIGHT RATE BOOST Commission Merchants Cite Danger to Indiana Growers. Governor Harry G. Leslie’s aid in opposing railroads’ proposed 15 per cent freight rate increase was asked today in a letter from Robert F. Blair, president of the National League of Commission Merchants. “It would be a real calamity if, In a laudable effort to improve the financial condition of the railroads, we should raise a barrier restricting the Indiana growers’ markets on one hand, and on the other denying the consuming centers of the state access to the larger producing districts in the more remote regions of the United States,” the letter said. L. J. Keach, Indianapolis, chairman of the commission merchants’ league advisory board, is expected to ask Leslie to send a representative to Chicago Aug. 31 for hearings on the railroad’s petition before the interstate commerce commission. OPPOSE NIGHT SCHOOL SUSPENSION PROGRAM Flanner House Group Terms C. of C. Tax Proposal Backward Step. School board stand opposing suspension of night schools, vocational classes and kindergartens, today had the support of the Flanner House executive committee, following adoption of a statement by the committee Monday at the Y. W. C. A. Proposal for suspension of the classes, made recently by the Chamber of Commerce as a means of paring taxes, was termed a backward step by the committee. “The hurt falls upon the people least able to bear it,” the statement points out. “The night schools, special vocational classes and kindergartens minister to the most needy and underprivileged.” FORM AIDS TAX AUDIT New State Board System Seen as Protection to Taxpayer. Protection to taxpayers has been afforded by forms devised by the state board of accounts for estimates of funds to be raised, Harry Miesse, secretary of the Indiana Taxpayers’ Association declared in a letter today to Lawrence F Orr, chief examiner of the state board of accounts. Miesse asked the board’s cooperation in advising public officials of budget law requirements. LOSES $270 IN SAVINGS Mrs. Leo Wilson Robbed During Visit to Neighbor. While taking a bucket of water from a neighbor's home to her own, Mrs. Leo Wilson, 429 Norwood street, lost $270 in savings when thieves entered her home Monday. The money was stolen from under a mattress on a bed in the Wilson home. It was her savings of several years. Quake Hits Mt. Etna Region By United Press ACI REALE. Sicily, Aug. 4 —Several houses collapsed and 100 homes suffered damage when an earthquake shook the region of Mt. Etna Monday night, according to reports , here today.

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HOTEL AUDITOR HURTINCRASH W. J. Duncan, 54, May Lose Arm, After Accident. Blinded by lights, W. J. Duncan, 54, auditor of the Claypool, swerved his auto and crashed with a meat truck in \he 3800 block Madison road Monday night. His left arm was crushed, and may be amputated. At city hospital today his condition was fair. The truck was driven by Percel Smith, 36, of New Albany, and was laden with 13,000 pounds of meat. Mrs. Duncan suffered lacerations. Annabell Little, 8, of 555 North Belmont avenue, ran across the street near her home Monday and was struck by an auto, knocked down and bruised. June Mierson, 15, Negrq, 1516 East Seventeenth street, was cut and bruised when her bicycle was struck by an automobile at Sheldon avenue and Twenty-fourth street Monday. Charles Donnegan, 22, of 722 North Euclid avenue, suffered serious injuries when his motorcycle collided with a car at Bosart avenue and Tenth street Monday night.

CORN PEST SPREADS Borer Now Is in 14 More Townships in State. Fourteen additional townships in Indiana have been invaded by the European corn borer thus far this year, first reports of federal scouts to Frank Wallace, state entomologist, disclosed today. The newly infected townships add anew belt to the south and west of the state’s 1930 infested area. The quarantine will be extended accordingly next summer, since thirteen of the fourteen new townships are beyond bounds of the present restricted area. Townships added to the infested list: Adams in Madison county; Adams, Jackson and Miami, in Cass; Cicero and Liberty in Tipton; Center in Howard; Jackson and Thrown in Hancock; Jackson in Hamilton; Noble and Union in Rush; Union in Fulton, and Waterloo in Fayette. Today’s reports were the first indications the pests have reached Cass, Tipton and Hancock counties. Os the fourteen, only Waterloo township in Fayette is within the present quarantined area. BURNED AS CAR FLARES Eugene Lewis, 18, Seared Attempting to Put Out Blaze. His clothing igniting as he attempted to extinguish a fire in his automobile today, 18-year-old Eugene Lewis, 1307 Hiatt street, was burned seriously before aid reached him. Lewis was working on his automobile in front of 2111 Martha street when it suddenly caught fire, He does not know the cause. Linza and Cecil Strange, youths who live at the Martha street address, saw his clothing aflame, helped him put out the blaze and then earned him into the house, where city firemen administered first aid before he was sent to city hospital. SUPPLY FRAUD HALTED Huge Food Order of Unknown Man Proves to Be Hoax. Introducing himself as a member of a New York construction firm building a dam and warehouse in Redkey, Ind., a well-dressed, api parently well educated man placed j several large orders with IndianapJ olis firms Monday, but none were filled. He ordered 665 pies to be delivered Monday night, Wednesday and double that amount Friday. He requested large quantities of bread, and ordered $20,000 worth of hams from a packing firm. One firm phoned Redkey, found no construction under way. The merchandise was not shipped. Wheat Is Marriage Fee By United Press DODGE CITY, Kan., Aug. 4 Ten bushels of wheat paid for Frank Craig’s marriage. He tendered the wheat to Judge S. E. Evans, in lieu of a fee and it was accept- ! ed. Craig will take his bride, Fay Mae Rinehart of Augusta, to a home on a 700-acre wheat farm in Kearne? county.

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Royal Family Assembles at Anniversary Tea for Congratulations. BY HARRY L. PERCY United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Aug. 4.—The duchess of York, pretty and vivf-cious daughter-in-law of the king and queen, observed her thirty-first birthday anniversary quietly today. There was none of the expectancy that marked her thirtieth anniversary a year ago. Last year the duchess, wife of the second son of the British ruler, was at Glamis castle, in Scotland, awaiting the birth of her second daughter, Princess Margaret Rose. This year, with little Princess Elizabeth rapidly growing into a “big girl,” and Princess Margaret Rose nearly a year old, the duchess has her time thoroughly occupied. There were no rumors of a further addition, to the York family that gathered at Lady Doris Vyner’s residence at Sudletroyal, near Ripon, for tea to congratulate the young duchess on her birthday. In fact, it is well-known that the births of her two daughters were occasions which caused deep concern for the duchess, and there is a growing belief that she may not have any more children. Like others of the royal family, the duchess has occupied the year with continuous and sometimes monotonous round of public duties. Her almost daily program has included opening bazars and fetes, dedicating hospitals and public institutes, and patronizing charity shows.

‘PEEPER’ SLAYER TO FACE COURT HEARING Exoneration Likely at Arraignment On Vagrancy Charge. Harley D. Cooke, 38, of 805 North Denny street, who killed John G. Gnas, 28, a “peeper,” will be arraigned on Aug. 11 in the court of Municipal Judge William H. Sheafer. Cook is charged with vagrancy. He was released on his own recognizance by Coroner Fred W. Vehling. It is understood that he will be exonerated of blame for the shooting. COoke told police Gnas had been prowling about his home, peeping in windows, for over a month. Police records in Evansville show that Gnas was arrested on a prowling charge in that city on July 17, 1928. He was fined $5 and costs and sentenced to thirty days in jail. An uncle, Harry W. Hitch, boarded Gnas during his stay in Evansville, reports say.

ROBINSON LENDS AID IN LIMESTONE FIGHT Protests Contract Award for Granite on Clark Memorial. Senator Arthur R. Robinson today brought up his guns to help Indiana limestone interests in their fight for use of Hoosier stone in construction of the George Rogers Clark memorial at Vincennes. The memorial commission has awarded the contract to W. R. Heath, Greencastle, specifying granite shall be used for the base and superstructure. Telegrams to Senator James E. Watson, commission member; Representative Will R. Wood, chairman of the house appropriation’s committee, and Controller-General J. R. McCarl, Senator Robinson protested the award, asking the decision be rescinded and new bids received. ‘IZAAK WALTON’ THIEVES Fishing Tackle, Flashlight Loot in Pharmacy Robbery. Removing a loqk on a basement door, thieves entered the Floyd Beck pharmacy, 2602 Shelby street, early today. They left outfitted for a midsummer vacation at a lake, or along some stream where fish leap at flies. Fishing tackle and flashlights valued at S2O were missing. They also robbed a postal substation in the building, but no estimates of the loss there was made until government officials make a check. MADDEN GETS POST Appointed Sales Manager of Brightwood Auto Firm. S. W. Madden has been appointed sales manager of the Brightwood Automobile Company, 2346 Station street, it was announced today by Charles Gibson, general manager. Madden has engaged in automobile sales in Indianapolis for twelve years, with the exception of three years when he was in charge of a Ft. Wayne sales staff. He was connected with a large Indianapolis motor car manufacturer for four years.

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knocked him down. When he started to get up. he was knocked down again. a a a Surber’s employers today vouched for his reputation and his worth as a dependable workman. He is employed by the Stolte Stoking Company. Their comments were: FRED STOLTE—Surber is a dependable workman, his reputation is good, and w r e think a lot of him around here. W. C. WOODRING (superintendent)—l never heard of Ralph Surber being in any kind of trouble before. He is an exceptionally dependable young man. a a a Another witness who does not live in the neighborhood but who witnessed the arrest from the sidewalk, where he was preparing to step into his automobile, gave his version of the affair. He gave The Times his name and address, but requested that they be withheld, because publicity might endanger his job. He said: “I saw the whole thing. The policemen were utterly unjustified in their attack on Surber. Surber did not attempt to strike a policeman. He did not talk back to them. He did not use profane language. It was unwarranted brutality.” a a In Surber’s car at the time of the arrest were three passengers—John Wiltermood, 19, of 1016 Fleming street; Miss Catherine Powers, 447 North Amolda avenue, and Miss Eileen Van Ostran, 1410 Oliver avenue. They also gave statements: WILTERMOOD—RaIph Surber did not do a thing to provoke the policemen. If he had ustd profane language, I would not be afraid to say so. I dont’ know why the officers were angry. MISS POWERS—We were surprised when the officer first struck Ralph. Why did they wait until we had gone a dozen or more blocks after Ralph yelled at them before they arrested him? MISS VAN OSTRAN—Why, of course, Ralph threw his hands up to cover his face when the officer first struck him. Maybe that is why the policeman thought Ralph was going to hit him.

DRAFT GAMING LAW Ordinance Aimed at Cards, Dominoes in Poolrooms. The only games permitted in poolrooms would be pool and billiards, if an ordinance introduced at city council session Monday night is passed. The ordinance, which was drafted to aid police in their drive against gamblers, bans cards, dominoes and all games of chance, as well as checks redeemable for cash or merchandise, in any poolroom or any room to which access may be had directly from a room in which billiard tables are located. The council killed an ordinance, pending since May 18, which would have defined junk dealers and required any person or firm actually engaging in the junk business to take out a license. Hearing of views of junk dealers on the ordinance was postponed. A new ordinance on the subject will be drafted. RITES ARRANGED FOR TWO CITY RESIDENTS Services Today for Mrs. Tatman; Wednesday for Mrs. McCracken. Funeral arrangements were being completed today for two lifelong residents of Indianapolis. Miss Sarah Tatman, 73, of 2345 Station street, who died Sunday in city hospital, after being ill a week, will be buried in Crown Hill cemetery this afternoon after last rites at 3 at the E. E. Tyner undertaking establishments, 328 West Thirtieth street. Since childhood she had been a member of the Methodist church. Last rites will be held at 9 on Wednesday at SS. Peter and Paul cathedral for Mrs. Myrtle McCracken, 59, who died Monday at her home, 1610 Central avenue. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. She had been ill a week. Mrs. McCracken was married forty-two years ago to Edward J. McCracken, who had been dead two years. FINANCIAL REVERSES BLAMED FOR SUICIDE William H. Stein, Former Lumberman, Shoots Himself in Temple. Almost three years brooding over financial losses led William H. Stein, 59, to commit suicide today in the basement of his home at 5631 Broadway. Seated in a swing there he rested a .32-caliber revolver against his temple and pressed the trigger. Upstairs Mrs. Stein heard the shot, guessed its meaning and screamed for aid. Neighbors who answered her cries found Stein’s body slumped in the swing. Formerly he was vice-presi-dent of the O. D. Haskett Lumber Company, and when it failed lost a large sum of money, it is said. Since then he has had no commercial connections, and has been despondent over losses. The widow survives him.

Had Hard Red Pimples. Ashamed to Be Seen. Cuticura Healed. ' “My shoulders, back, arms and face were affected with pimples. They were hard and red and later became very large and sore and festered. They itched and I used to scratch them until they would bleed. I was ashamed to be seen because they looked so badly, and I lost sleep at night. My clothing aggravated them. “I used a number of other remedies but none of them seemed to help me. I began using Cuticura Soap and Ointment and in three weeks I began to experience results, and in about a month I was completely healed.” (Signed) Miss Regina Kuczewski, R. 3, Box 1246, Detroit, Mich. Soap 25c. Ointment 25 and 50c. Talcum 25c. Sold everywhere. Sample each free. Adore**: “Cubeera UktntvriM. Dept. H, Malden. Mae*.”

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CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—The political pulse of Illinois beats fastest in this city—and here the almost constant reiteration is that “Illinois will go heavily Democratic in 1932.” The unparalleled Democratic vote rolled up in the recent city election is pointed out as one sure indication of this. Then is added the statistical weight of the vote by which the picturesque, pyrotechnical orator, James Hamilton Lewis, defeated Ruth Hanna McCormick last fall. Chicago iJ unqualifiedly wetr—as every one well knows —and Chicago will vote against any dry Republican. Governor L. L. Emerson already is doomed, according to the “know it all” politicians, because of his, veto of the bill repealing the state prohibition law, so eagerly sought by all the liberal, moist, and wet groups. The tale most oft heard here is that Governor Emmerson killed the repeal bill to pave the way for an appeal to the drys as a logical candidate for the G. O. P. nomination for vice-president. a a a It is remembered that after being approved by the attorney-general of Illinois, the bill lay on the Governor’s table for several days before he took any action. Now it is said that he was waiting to hear from Washington as to what, his decision should be. Whether or not the command did come, Emmerson vetoed the bill, displeasing thousands in his own party and filling the Democrats with glee. “Illinois is wet,” they shouted when this action \fras announced. “Look at the majority accorded Lewis and he ran as an out and out wet.” However, downstate rural Illinois is dry. The prohibition movement first took root in the agricultural regions and because of the years of lecturing, preaching and campaigning against the “Demon Rum” it has become almost an obsession. a a a But urban Illinois far outnumbers agricultural Illinois, and the party leaders here may be correct in their surmises that the veto has wrought almost irreparable harm to the Republicans. Those members of both houses who fought for the passage of the bill are irate—they are vowing vengeance and the target is Emmerson. “We won’t even give him a united Illinois delegation in the national convention if he becomes a candidate for the vice-presidency,” one downstate legislator told the writer. “Os course, my constituents are satified that I fought hard and did all I could for the repeal of the prohibition law, but they feel rather disappointed with my having failed to swing the Governor over to our side, and so blame me for it,” he explained. The veto of the dry law repeal bill also has injured the Republicans in Illinois in another important manner—the pocketbook. How this is being accomplished will be discussed Wednesday. RULES IN BANK FAILURE Meyer-Kiser Receivership Suit Gets Treanor Opinion. Opinion concurring in the recent supreme court decision that the state banking commissioner has the sole right to bring receivership action against failing banks, was handed down today by Justice Walter E. Treanor. Treanor concurred in this con- 1 elusion of his colleagues when the decision was handed down, but today expounded the reasoning which led to that conclusion. The case at issue was that of the defunct Meyer-Kiser bank, whose depositors ; efforts to bring appointment of a ! receiver were halted by a supreme i court writ of prohibition issued ' against Special Superior Judge Thomas D. McGee. ASK LUESSE RELEASE Anti-War Demonstrators Assail Red Leader’s Sentence. Charging that he is forced to do “inhuman labor” at the state penal farm where he is serving a “brutal ; sentence of one year and SSOO fine,” I immediate release of Theodore Leusse, unemployed leader, is de- j manded by a resolution of protest i sent to Governor Harry G. Leslie. The resolution was adopted at an j anti-war demonstration meeting Saturday afternoon at Military park. Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker, who sentenced Leusse for alleged interference in an eviction, is assailed by the communication as “the anti-labor Judge Baker in the Marion county criminal court.” FEVER ATTACK FATAL Mrs. Mabel Ammerman Dies While on Visit in Michigan. Typhoid fever, contracted while visiting relatives in Pontiac, Mich., was fatal there Monday to Mrs Mabel Ammerman, 3908 Guilford avenue. Burial of Mrs. Ammerman, who was the wife of Charles R. Ammerman, consulting engineer, will be delayed because of the serious illness of her daughter, Miss Elizabeth Ammerman, who is studying nurs- j ing at Walter Reed hospital in Washington, D. C. She is survived by her husband and two daughters. I

UTILITY MAY EVADE TAX IN BOUNDARY ROW Disclosure Leads Judgfe to Urge Dissolving of Injunction. Possiblity that the boundary dispute between Perry and Decatur townships may pave the way for the Indianapolis Power and Light Company to escape paying taxes on $5,000,000 worth of property next year led Superior Judge John Kern today to favor action to prevent such a loss to the county. Judge Kern declared he favored dissolution of an order restraining the board of review from placing the South Harding street plant of the power company on the tax rolls of Decatur township . Ruling was withheld until George Burkhart, Perry township attorney, who secured the restraining order a week ago, files his objection with the court. “It seems that if this injunction is allowed to continue in force, it will prevent county officials from collecting this tax until the boundary dispute is decided. This would prevent collection next year,” Judge Kern informed attorneys for the townships. The assessment was fixed, in Decatur township by the county Doard of review, although Perry township claims land upon which the valuable property is located. Change in the course of White river resulted in the dispute. Officials of Perry township contend the power company will be saved approximately $32,000 in taxes by placing the property in Decatur, where tax rates are lower. Burkhart objects to dissolution of the order contending the boundary dispute can be decided in time to tax the property. PERFUME DRAWS BEES Finally, One Stings Woman Radiating Flowery Odor. In the happy era when flower perfume had a language all its own for human beings, Mrs. H. C. Hennessey, 3829 North Keystone avenue, was an addict—but not any more. The insect in the ointment is not a fly, but a bumble bee. The creatures, she says, have become linguistic, at least as far as perfume conversation is concerned. Radiating the breaths of her favorite perfume Monday, she went to city market. All the way, bees clustered around. Finally one stung her.

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Addle McPhail. 24 (above), flashing, dark-eyed movie actress, is to marry Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, rotund film comedian of a decade ago,' according to a studio announcement. Miss McPhail is a native of White Plains, Ky. Arbuckle is expected to receive a final divorce decree from his present wife in September.

STEVE BRIEFS FILED Darrow Paves Way for High Court Writ Ruling. Way was cleared today for the Indiana supreme court to rule on the motion of D. C. Stephenson’s attorneys to quash the high court’s writ of prohibition preventing Judge Harry L. Crumpacker of La Porte circuit court from hearing Stephenson’s habeas corpus plea. Clarence Darrow, famed Chicago attorney, who recently joined the fight to win anew trial for the ex-Klan dragon, filed final briefs with the supreme court today, as did attorneys for Judge Crumpacker. Both briefs attack the supreme court’s writ of prohibition on the ground it can not be involved except in cases of extreme emergency, such as national jeopardy. Its issuance in cases such as that preventing Judge Crumpacker from proceeding in the habeas corpus plea, is an abuse threatening “the bulwark of American liberty,” Darrow’s brief contended.

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‘ROBOT’ COP TO .GUIDE TRAFFIC AT CROSSROADS Safety Board to Give Light Trial; Delay Action on Freed Officers. Traffic at the crossroads of America, Meridian and Washington streets, will be controlled by a robot traffic cop. an automatic light, for at least ninety dtlys, the safety board decided, today. About thirty days will be required to install the light, use of which the city has free for three months before decision to keep or dispense with the light must be made. The light will have trips on all corners, and special trips for street traffic. Services of one policeman at the intersection will be saved by the light. Hear Cop’s Case After hearing testimony of seventeen witnesses the board continued the case of patrolman Ned Hoagland, charged with conduct unbecoming an officer. Hoagland was accused of beating Daniel Branam in an east side poolroom, and of failure to make an arrest when he believed Branam to be intoxicated. Judgment will be rendered next Tuesday. Five policemen discharged when convicted of conspiracy against prohibition laws in federal court, appeared today to ask reinstatement of reversal of their convictions. Daily Not Present However, they were not heard, because Frank Daily, board member, was not present when they wanted to make their plea. The case probably will be resumed next Tuesday. The board also continued unbecoming conduct charges against patrolman Elsa Carter, arrested on Monday on drunkenness charges, after a battle over a card game. HEDGES RITES TODAY Services at Sister’s Home for Former Camp Operator. David Wiley Hedges, 46, a native Hoosier, who died Sunday, will be buried in Crown Hill cemetery today following funeral sendees at the home of his sister, Mrs. H. A. Hall. 424 Bosart avenue. Mr. Hedges, who came to Indianapolis in 1904, was proprietor of the Hoosier tourist camp on the National road, east of Indianapolis. He was born in Clarksburg, Ind. His widow, a son and three daughters survive him.