Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 3, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 May 1932 Edition 02 — Page 2

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BABY BEATEN IN LEARNING TESTS BY CHIMPANZEE I. U. Psychologist Uses His Own Child as Subject of Experiment. UH Timrt fiprrtal BLOOMINGTON, Ind, May 14. —How a baby chimpanzee was taken into a human home, reared with a human baby approximately its own age, and surpassed the human baby in learning ability, memicry and co-operative spirit, was the strange story related here today before members of the Midwestern Psychological Association by Dr. W. N. Kellogg, Indiana university psychologist. Using their own baby boy as the basis of comparison, Dr. and Mrs. Kellogg took a chimpanzee into their home at Orange Park, Fla., about a year ago. They sought a thorough, scientific test of the theory that environment plays such a large part in life that the ape can be made largely human, if reared in a human environment. Results of the experiment point definitely m that direction, wPhin the age limits reached. Played Together The two babies lived together under exactly the same conditions of the human heme. They played together. They ate together. They were clothed alike. The ape behaved in practically all respects, Dr. Kellogg reported, like their own baby boy. When the testing began, to see which had progressed the farthest, the chimpanzee actually won out over the human being. The ape’s superior progress is attributable largely to its relatively shorter life and to the fact that it reaches maturity earlier than the child, the experimenter explained. Dr. Kellogg tested the learning ability of the tjvo infants by many experiments such as tying slip knots on their wrists and feet and seeing which could undo the knots most quickly. The chimpanzee did best. Another test was that of ability to use the hoe or rake as a tool. Here again the chimpanzee learned faster. Better in Memory Dr. Kellogg used memory tests to see which had the best retentivity. He arranged two doors, for instance, in full view of the chimpanzee and the baby boy. and disappeared through one of the doors. The problem was to see which of the two infants could remember longest the door Dr. Kellogg went through. The chimpanzee could remember as long as thirty minutes, while the human baby could remember no longer than five minutes. The ape showed superior co-oper-ation, when compared with the human baby, by responding more quickly w’>en called and by doing things more readily than did the child. Dr Kellogg was not able to teach the chimpanzee to speak and thinks it unlikely that the ape will ever learn to talk, contrary to the belief of one or two earlier investigators who have reported that they succeeded in getting apes to say a few words. Dr. Kellogg pointed out, however, that the parrot and some other birds, much lower in the biological scale than the ape or the monkey, easily can be taught to articulate human words.

POLICEMAN’S QUICK ACT SAVES PARTNER’S LIFE Calvin Simmons Knocks Gun From Theft Suspect's Hands. Knocking a revolver from the hand of a theft suspect Friday night, patrolman Calvin Simmons was credited with saving the life of officer Michael McAllen, his ‘ partner.” Asa result. Ernest Hancock, 36, Negro, of 1252 Yandes street, was arrested on charges -of vagrancy, drawing deadly weapons, and carrying concealed weapons. McAllen and Simmons were watching a section of Massachusetts avenue in a search for two thieves who had stolen some shoes. They saw Hancock and called him to the police car. As Hancock approached, McAllen seized him by the overall bib, while Simmons walked around the car to search the suspect. At this point. Hancock is alleged to have leveled a .22-caliber revolver at McAllen. Simmons' fist crashed into the suspect’! jaw. and the weappn dropped to the sidewalk. MAKE f6uiToF _ FbRESTS Legion Conservation Chiefs Start Two-Day Inspection Trip. Fifty district and post conservation officers of the American Legion assembled from throughout the state today to make a two-day tour of state .orests, parks and fish hatcheries. The delegation assembled at the statehouse and the tour is under the direction of Ralph Wilcox, chairman of the conservation committee of the Indiana Legion. Wilcox is also the state forester.. After visiting the hatcheries here the party will proceed to the Mor-gan-Monroe state forest to spend the night in log cabins. The Sunday program includes inspection of game preserves and the new Brown county state park. Oust Road Hog Signs BRONXVILLE. N. Y., May 14 "Don't Bea Road Hog” signs, which include a huge picture of a pig are to be removed from Bronx River parkway. The signs weren’t aimed at protesting Bronxvillions. but at fast folks from New York, the park superintendent explained.

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Flier Is Saved From Death in Sea by Crack Team of Rescuers

Ky United Prru Aboard s. s. president ROOSEVELT. EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK. May 14—Lou Relchers. young New Jersey flier, who lost a gallant.fight to span the Atlantic, was under care of ships surgeon today, pulled out of an angry ocean by America's most famous maritime rescue team. Captain Georg* W. Fried and chief officer, Harry Manning. The Fried-Manning combination. already honored for its phenomenal ability to be in the right place at the right time for a sea rescue, add to do Its work precisely in the face of danger, “clicked - ’ again. Reichers’ airplane Liberty, the highest-powered aircraft ever to venture over the Atlantic, was claimed by the ocean. Manning’s

Evicted Family Starts ‘ Home ' on Courthouse Lawn; Ousted

Clashes Follow Action by Constable; Furniture Is Taken to Station. Attempt to evict a World war veteran and his family Friday brought a chain of trouble today. It included removal by police of the family’s furniture from the south lawn of the courthouse and a clash involving a municipal judge and an attorney. Besides, it aroused a show of anger by a police official whert he was questioned about photographing and measuring, like a criminal, a man accused of interfering with legal process of law'. Merle Ayres, jobless, with a record of sixteen months - service in the World war, is the head of the family, which includes his wife; a son Frank, 20. and two daughters, Erma. 14, and Esther, 12. The parents and the son are together. The two girls are being cared for by relatives. They lived at 2340 Calhoun street. Mrs. Ayres has a hand handaged. She asserts it was injured in a struggle with a “constable,’’ Charles W. Freeman, 136 North Delaware street, when he attempted to serve the eviction writ, issued from the court of T. S. Crutcher. Irvington justice of the peace. He was accompanied by another constable, O. P. Bebingcr, 6506 College avenue. A well-dressed man paused today to survey the situation on the lawn.

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“My God!” he exclaimed, “the country I fought for can do this!” A hat was passed among the crowd of 200. One of the contributors was a poorly dressed woman. Opening a shabby purse, she drew out a dollar bill and handed it to Mrs. Ayres. “Sorry I can’t do more,” the giver said. A young man addressed the crowd, bitterly denouncing Freeman. Smoke curled ,rom the pi'pe of a dilapidated stove. A table, two chairs and a bed completed the furnishings of the open air home. There were two signs. “Our only, home, sweet home,” one read. “A No Mean City. Tough! Sure, It's Tough.” The othei sign reads: “Home, sweet home.” There is a drawing of a bird from whose mouth musical notes issue. Furniture Is Moved After the furniture had been on the lawn for several hours, courthouse employes moved it to a sidewalk. Capt. Louis Johnson, police traffic director, informed the family the sidewalk must not be blocked. He called a truck and the furniture was moved to the basement of police headquarters. In the meantime, two persons arrested during a disturbance Friday when the eviction was attempted, appeared before Municipal Judge William H. Sheaffer. They are Mrs. Fay Allen, 30, of 2338 Calhoun street, mother of four children, one a baby in arms, and William Grose. 31, Terrace and Keystone avenue. He has a son 4 and his wife and a newlv-bom baby are in a hosptlal. Mrs. Allen appeared in court with her attorney, Ernest E. Owens, and filed an affidavit for a change of judge. Sheaffer demanded if she made the affidavit, and she replied that she did. Judge AsaiLs Attorney Sheaffer then asserted: ‘‘Your attorney is prejudiced against me. He came into my office and tried to lick me,” the judge asserted. Owens denied this. Sheaffer then submitted names of Re ms ter Bingham. William H. Remy, and Fred C. Gause as special judge candidates. The state eliminated Bingham, and the defense eliminated Remy, leaving Gause to try the case, set for May 20. Mrs. Allen is charged with inciting to riot and resisting legal process, and Grose faces only the latter charge. Grose was not in court. Owen" explained that he was at police headquarters being photographed and measured. Picture Held Up Donald Tooley. detective lieutenant, was asked if this was an unusual procedure in a case of the kind. •'We’ve been doing it right along," he said. "What others were treated like that?” was the next question. “Oh, hell, I don’t know who they all are,” Tooley replied. Later Tooley said the picture and measurements of Grose would be “held up.” pending disposition of the case in court. After the courtroom episode, Owens made a statement concerning his clash with Sheaffer. "A few days ago.” the attorney said. “ a client of mine was convicted on a traffic charge. I asked Sheaffer to set the amount of ap-

lifeboat also was abandoned, after Reichers had bjen taken out of his gold and black speed machine, his nose broken and his face lacerated. The flier said he was forced to land because one wing of his plane was damaged and his precious fuel supply almost was gone. He was sighted at 9:10 p. m. (4:10 p. m. EST, forty-seven miles from Fastnet and four miles off Cape Clear, Ireland. The weather near the cape was anything but clear. Visibility was poor. Mist hung over the If the luck of Freid and Manning had not held good and if Reichers had been a few miles farther off his course, the officer on watch might never have sighted the airplane, a mere speck buffeted about in high seas.

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Mrs. Merle Ayres, mother of three children, with her furniture on the courthouse lawn, following an attempt to evict the family for nonpayment of rent.

peal bond, and was informed the court would look after that.” Owens said he later conferred with Sheaffer in chambers and that the judge told him he did not like the way he practiced law. Owens asserts he protested, saying he was as fair as any other lawyer practicing in municipal court, and demanded an explanation. “Come into the courtroom and say that,” he quoted Sheaffer. “You’re a coward,” “You forget you are judge for ten minutes and I think I can make you take that back,” is Owens version of his reply. Charged With Riot A few days ago Mrs. Allen and two other persons were discharged in municipal court on riot inciting charges. Arrests were made during a demonstration of jobless at the statehouse against imprisonment of Theodore Luesse, unemployed leader, serving a penal farm term for interfering with an eviction. A moving van was ready to take the Ayres household goods away Friday, but friends moved the furniture to the yard of the Allen home. “Who moved you here?” a police officer asked Mrs. Ayres today. “I don’t know,” she replied. Delegation of seven called on Dow A. Vorhlcs, county commissioner, asking aid for the family. “There is no way to do it,” he said. “See the trustee, see the Chamber of Commerce, or go to the poor farm.” MAP ECONOMY MOVE Business, Civic Leaders to Demand U. S. Saving. Demands for reduction in federal expenditures will be made by Indiana business and civic leaders who will go to Washington soon ! under sponsorship of the Chamber of Commerce, it was announced today. A meeting of a hundred representatives of business and civic organization in the Chamber building Friday adopted a resolution, presented by William Fortune, urging Indiana legislators to favor legislation which will reduce the cost of federal government. Fortune pointed out that governmental expenditures have risen 32 per cent in four years, and that industrial production has declined by the same percentage in the same period. SERVICE STAR TO LILLY Kiwanis Club Award to Be Made at Business Women's Parley. Award of the state star service j medal of Indiana Kiwanis Club | will be made to J. K. Lilly, head of Eli Lilly <fc Cos., at a meeting of the Indiana Federation of Business and Professional Women Sunday in Evansville, it was announced today. The medal is in recognition of j citizenship service. Lilly also received the erganizai lion's Indianapolis citation, as one of twenty persons in the state to receive the honor.

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THE President Roosevelt's passengers had finished dinner and were chatting in the salons when the ship slowed down suddenly. News that an airplane had been sighted spread rapidly. Soon the passengers were at the rail while Captain Fried gave his orders from the bridge and Manning summoned the crew of lifeboat No. 10. A strong southwest wind was blowing. The President Roosevelt's searchlights picked up the form of an airplane, a low-winged, beautifully stream-lined machine. Passengers gasped as the pilot nosed his machine down and struck the water with a crash that sent a sudden, white spray up from the black waters. The airplane righted itself and remained on top of the water, but

SCREAMS ROUT BABYJIDNAPER Sees Shadow at Window; Find Ransom Note. Screams of her nurse are believed to have prevented the kidnaping Friday night of Betty Ann Anthony, 10 months old, from the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Anthony. 1611 College avenue. The father is an automobile accessories dealer. On the slate roof of a porch where the man had stood was found an envelope on which in printed characters was “Ransom $100,000.” A thin chisel about one inch in width was near. The envelope, which was of linen paper, contained a leaf from a cheap paper tablet on which the printing was repeated. The parents were attending a theater and the nurse and baby were alone in the home. The father said that previously an attempt had been made to open a window and later a rock was hurled through a window. He said he and Mrs. Anthony are away from home only one night a week and he believes the house is watched and attempts made to enter it while they are away. Radio patrolmen were first to arrive at the home. Later an investigation was made by squads under the direction of Major Herbert Fletcher, Lieutenants Dan Cummins, Walter Claffey and John Sheehan. PUPILS GIVE PAGEANT More Than 100 Take Part in “May Day at Mt. Vernon.” “May Day at Mt. Vernon,” a pageant, was presented Friday afternoon at Manual Training high school by a cast of more than a hundred pupils. The pageant was part of the May day observance of the school, sponsored by the Girls' League. Hilda Kuchler was crowned Queen of the May. a~good~busTness school Strong business, stenographic, secretarial and accounting courses: Individual instruction in major subjects, large faculty of specialists in their respective lines. Free Employment Service. Fred W. Case. Principal CENTRAL BUSINESS COLLEGE Pennsylvania and Vermont, First Poor North V. XV. O. A. Indianapolis. lad. LOANS at reasonable rates fob AI.L WORTHY rPRFOSKS The Indianapolis Morris Plan Company Delaware sad Ohio Sts. Riley ISM mm NOW i .'.MI K. agios Kt. —3— •, IM N. Pennsylvania St STOKES i <O3 XV. Washington St.

was tossed about like a cork and in obvious danger of foundering. Meanwhile Capt. Fried maneuvered the bulk of the ocean liner alongside the plane. Manning and his crew were lowered in the lifeboat. m tu m THE thrill f the rescue at sea. the end of a lone attempt to fly the Atlantic, was described tersely by Captain Fried in his report, which ended: "They took off Lou Reichers, the lonfc pilot. Unable to salvage lifeboat or plane on account of high, rough sea. (Signed) Fried.’’ Passengers were much more excited. They rushed to the captain's cabin to congratulate the captain and chief officer, who have figured in more thrilling res-

PROBE DELAY IS DUETOCRASH Cuthbertson Says Water Survey Halted. Failure to report on his investigation of the result of the compromise rates in the Indianapolis Water Company case, as scheduled for the public service commission conference Friday, was explained by Commissioner Harry K. Cuthbertson today as due to “unavoidable delay.” Webb Gilbert, chief of the commission accounting department, has l>een unable to continue his survey of April billings of the company due to injuries received in an automobile accident, Cuthbertson x---plained. Gilbert was injured returning from the Kentucky Derby and has been unable to appear at the office. Cuthbertson was having Gilbert compile data on all April billings of the Indianapolis Water Company to show the effect of his rate compromise which consisted of both reductions and increases. The commissioner is expected to defend his rate order, which was passed by a vote of three to two, with the information thus secured. Under a motion of the commission he was to launch the investigation May 1. and report when completed. He originally had announced that the report would be ready for the conference this week. ASKS $27,500 AWARD Bank Sues Transfer Cos. Directors for Loan Payment. Judgment of $27,500 is demanded in a suit against five directors of the defunct Frank Bird Transfer Company, filed in superior court three Friday by the Indiana National bank. The suit contends the directors guaranteed payment of a loan made by the bank to the transfer company. April. 1923. Defendants are: Frank L. Braden, 661 East Twenty-seventh street and Spring Mill road; Parke A. Cooling, 5636 Washington boulevard; Frederick Grumme, 5701 Carrollton avenue, and Albert C. Metcalf Jr., 674 East Eleventh street, Apt. G.

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cues than any other “team - ’ on the north Atlantic run. Captain Fried has stood on the bridge several times while Chief Officer Manning led a lifeboat to a rescue, notably in the rescue of the crew of the freighter Florida. It sank 700 miles off the Virginia coast In January, 1929. Manning and his crew braved towering seas and took off the Florida's crew against odds which appeared insurmountable. m m m THE officers were honored by the city of New York for the rescue, but it was becoming an old story. Three years before they had rescued the crew of twentyfive of the British freighter Antinoe. when they were aboard the President Roosevelt. Two of the Mannings crew were lost. The

Re-Enact Body Discoveiy

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Re-enacting his discovery of the body of Baby Lindbergh, William Allen, Negro (at right), is seen pointing to the brush-covered gulley near Mt. Rose, N. J., about four and one-half miles from the Lindbergh estate, where he came upon the baby’s skeleton. At the left is Orville Wilson, truck driver, who had

British parliament, at the request of King George, conferred medals upon the heroes. In March. 1930, Captain Fried accomplished a mission of mercy at sea when he led the transfer of Chief Engineer Frank Battam from the steamer Cranford to the 3. 8. America. • m m BATTAM "8 daughter was near death in New Orleans and he was transferred to permit him to go to her. Reichers said he was “all right” in a message to Bemarr MacFadden, New York publisher who backed his flight. He sent the following message: “Picked up at Va by President Roosevelt steamship. Ship (airplane! is total loss I am all right. Further details tomorrow.”

remained in the truck when Allen walked into the woods and discovered the corpse. The excited Negro called Wilson to the scene and the two notified Hopewell police. Soon thereafter word was flashed to the world that the seventy-two-day search for the child had come to a tragic climax.

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ANDERSON RUM CASE IS GIVEN TO JURYMEN Closing Arguments Are Completed in Trial on Plot Charges. (Continued From Page 1) defendant, to deliver the liquor to | the mayor s friend. “One day I went into my offico and found Mellett there, wrapping a gallon can of alcohol. “Take this over to Charley Otto* he ordered. “I refused, saying if I had to deliver alcohol for his friends, I would quit my job. Then he told me to tell Lavelle to deliver the alcohol, which I did, explaining it was the mayor's orders, not mine.” In addition to Riggs, Rich and Lavelle, defendants on trial are Albert Abel, Mrs. Edna Boyer, Earl Hoel, Robert Clark. Ora (Tink) Raines. Raymond (Scabby) Ross and John Stinson, alleged liquor law violators. Following close of the government's evidence, two other defendants, John Owens and Ulysses Grant Lawson, alleged bootleggers, were dismissed by the court on directed verdicts of acquittal, Lawson being rearrested immediately on another liquor charge. Defendants who have pleaded guilty and will be sentenced after the jury's reports are John Bronnenberg. Joe Galassi, Blake Gwinn. son of a police sergeant; Roscoe Hartman, Lew Llewellyn, Joo Melcher Jr., alleged liquor ring leader and son of the city garage collector; Closser Riggsby, Russell Riggsby, Bert Stinson, Robert Thrawley, and Rex and Otto White* head. In addition to the mayor, three other defendants are not on trial—. Pete Campo, under arrest in Hanoi* and resisting extradition; Tony Smello Ray Boyer, fugitives. PLAN SPEEDWAY~DINNER Technical Committee Members Ut Speak at Party May 26. Members of the technical com-Z mittee of the Indianapolis raotoi* speedway will be speakers at thtf annual race meeting of the Indian*! section, Society of Automotive En-\ gineers May 26 in the Severin. Members of the racing fraterJ nity and all local and state autoJ* motive men have been invited t<f attend the event, beginning withs! dinner. H. M. Hacklin of PurdudF will preside.

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