Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 58, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 July 1932 — Page 12

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TWO SUICIDES BALKED i GIRL DOES TO DEATH Firemen Battle Desperate Man Under Water to Thwart Doom. By Utiitrd Print CHICAGO, July 18.—To two men and a girl, within a space of a few hours in Chicago, came thoughts of self-inflicted death. A weird battle fifteen feet below the surface of Calumet river saved one man. The sudden insight of a brother saved the other. Only a merry jest prevented a would-be rescuer from deterring the young woman. Those whose lives were saved w'ere Anthony Spolt, 42, and Charles Dittrich, 44. Helen Johnson, 24, alone fulfilled her desire for death. Financial troubles motivated the men. tw'o unhappy marriages preyed on the mind of the girl. Firemen Dive to Rescue Firemen Frank Blackburn and Edward Sheridan of the flreboat Graeme Stewart saw Spolt leap from a bridge into the Calumet river. They plunged after him. A strange struggle began. Sheridan reached Spoit's side, but the determined man slipped below the surface of the water. Blackburn dived and grappled with Spolt on the river botton, fifteen feet down. The men fought in the semi-darkness of the murky water. Exhausted, Blackburn was about to give up, when Sheridan, swimming under water, joined the paii and broke them apart,. All three men rose to the surface. Finally, the firemen beat Spolt to submission and completed the rescue. Dittrich was saved by his brother Francis. Dittrich’s wife and tw‘o children appeared at the brother's home. They said Dittrich had sent them away and refused to come himself. Saved From Gas Death Acting on a sudden impulse, the brother rushed to the Dittrich home. There he found the kitchen filled with gas and his brother unconscious on the floor. Firemen revived hin\. Miss Johnson, a taxi dancer, whose home is at Wheeling, W. Va., succeeded in taking her life by parrying with a jest the suspicions of a taxi driver. Hailing the taxi at daybreak, the young woman asked to be taken to the shores of Lake Michigan. The driver was suspicious. "Not figurin' on committing suicide, are you?” he asked. "On a perfect morning like this?” she laughed. His fears increasing, however, after he had left the taxi dancer at the lake shore, the driver followed her. Finding she had vanished, he called police, who recovered the body an hour later.

MEN'S ROUNDUP TO BE HELD AT INDIANA U. Athletic Events to Feature Annual Get-Together Event. By Timex Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. July 18.—, Sixth annual men’s roundup for Indiana. university summer students will be held Wednesday evening, July 20, with Professor R. M. Holmstedt of the I. U. school of education as general chairman. The event is sponsored by the I. U. school Os education as part of the entertainment planned for the students attending the university summer session. John Harmon of the physical education department is chairman of the entertainment committee. The program will open at 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon with athletic events and organized play, and attempt will be made to get each person present to take part in some phase of the activities. An informal supper will be served in the I. U. field house at 6 o'clock, with Professor C. Roy Williams, history critic teacher, in charge. President William Lowe Bryan, Dean H. L. Smith, and Dean Paul V. McNutt will speak at the program, including singing. boxing and wrestling matches, following the dinner. TRIO MISSING IN PLANE Fear Felt for Wealthy Flier and Ills Companions. R\j Vniicd Prcsx SHEDIAC. *N. 8.. July 18.—New Brunswick authorities today sought to locate an amphibian plane containing a party of three New Yorkers which took off Sunday for a flight over wild New Brunswick territory and has been unreported since. * The plane contained David McCullough, wealthy New York sportsman; his pilot, Edward McDonald, and his mechanic. After the plane's takeoff from Shediac bay, fierce electrical storms swept the maritime provinces. The party was bound for New York. In the plane was a bear cub, captured during McCullough’s hunting expedition.

DR. A. E. BULSON DIES Ft. Wayne Eye Expert. Professor at Indiana U. Since 1908. fir/ Vnitai fire** FT. WAYNE. Ind.. July 18.—Dr. Albert E. Bulson. 64. prominent local physician, died at his home here after six weeks’ illness. Dr. Bulson had been a professor of ophthalmology at Indiana university since 1908 and had been head of the department of ophthalmology at the university for several years. He had been editor of the Indiana State Medical Journal since 1908 and was chairman of the section on ophthalmology of the American Medical Association. Order Electric Rates Cut Electric rates ’at Plymouth were reduced SII,OOO in a public service commission order today directed to the Northern Indiana Public Service Company. The new schedule becomes effective Aug. 1 for an emerg°ncy period pending complete audit and appraisal. Baby Burned by Stove Joan Weeks. 1. of 634 Coffey street, was taken to the city hospital Sunday afternoon for treatment of burns on her right arm and wrist, received when she stumbled against a stove at her home.

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The fourth annual Times-Broad Ripple Learn-to-Swim week will be featured at Broad Ripple pool July 18 to 23. The Ripple tank, one of the largest and cleanest in the country, is shown above.

MINERS DEFY PICKET ORDER Hungry Hoosiers Seek Arrest to Get Meals. By I iiilnl Press SULLIVAN, Ind., July 18— Nearly 1,000 miners gathered at Ebbw Vale mine near here today despite a federal restraining order against picketing. The mine is operating on a non-union basis. Last Saturday 180 miners were arrested when they appeared at the mine. Sheriff Wesley Williams and deputies w'ere at the shaft today to prevent violence. It was reported unofficially that the throng would go from the Ebbw Vale mine to the Hoosier mine near Dugger, which also is operating on a non-union basis. Many of the miners said they were hungry and were willing to be arrested so they would be fed. Plans to picket the Ebbw Vale and Hoosier mines were reported made at a mass meeting of miners here Sunday.

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ROOSEVTLT IS GIVEN OVATION 50,000 Hail Nominee; NonPoltical Talk Made. Bjl T'tiifcd Prcsx LITTLE BOARS HEAD, N. H., July 18.—Franklin D. Roosevelt headed toward Albany today, his coastal cruise ended, but not without several campaign achievements en route, including a “non-political” Sunday welcome by 50,000 admirers at Hampton Beach. The Democratic nominee received ovations wherever he stopped during his six-day voyage, but the greatest was that at Hampton Beach. Voters fro mfour states, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire, were represented in the throng, but Roosevelt refused to make his speech political because it was Sunday. He confined himself to anecdotes of his association with the neighborhood. Another significant meeting of the cruise was that of Roosevelt and Chief justice W. R. Pattangall of the Maine supreme court. Justice Pattangall at one time was a powerful factor in Maine Democracy, but in 1928 he bolted the party to support President Hoover. He was appointed to his present post by a Republican Governor. Another political conference was scheduled today with Colonel Edward M. House at Manchester, Mass.

TRIES SUICIDE THRICE Woman Slashes Wrists, Swallows Poison, Turns on Gas; Still Lives. “No business,” Simon Camhi, 35, replied when he was asked why he attempted suicide today in the basement of his home at 1118 South Illinois street, by inhaling gas. A pulmotor was used to revive him. His condition is not serious. Following three attempts at suicide, Mrs. Ethel Owen, 42, of 1127 U East Washington street, is in serious condition at city hospital. She slashed her wrists with a razor, swallowed some disinfectant and turned on burners of a gas stove, according to a statement to police by a son, Ralph Owen. He said she was despondent because of illness.

CRASH KILLS WOMAN Brownsburg Resident Fatally Hurt in Automobile Accident. Mrs. Rose Scott. 44. Brownsburg, died Saturday night in city hosiptal of injuries suffered Friday night in an automobile accident on the Zionsville road, three-fourths of a mile east of Road 52. Her skull was fractured. An automobile in which Mrs. Scott was a passenger collided with one driven by Tine L. Mitchell. 36. of 1055 Roache street. He was arrested on a reckless driving ‘charge. Hard Boiled, but Thaws fi y l nUt’/i Prrst CHICAGO, July 18.—Victims of robberies who identified Mrs. Billy Foster. 29, said she was a “hard boiled’’ gunwoman who never quailed in her bandit career. But when she appeared at the detective bureau showup, Mrs. Foster, contrary to her reputation, fainted.

Schedule for the daily free swimming instructions this week, sponsored by The Indianapolis Times and the Broad Ripple park, in the Ripple pool, is as follows: Children, ages 8 to 12, at 10:30 a. m. High school age, 12 to 18, at 2:30 p. m. Adults at 7:30 p. m. , Enrollment is limited to the fust 1,000 presenting the coupon which appeared last week and is appear- . ing in The Times today. Bill Tomlinson and Earl Montgomery, noted swimming instructors, will be in charge of classes. Clip the coupon in The Times and that will give you a reduced rate to the pool and entitle the holder to free swimming instructions this week at the appointed hours.

LEARN TO SWIM This coupon entitles holder to a free sw'imming lesson in The Indianapoils Times-Broad Ripple pool. Learn-to-swim week is July 18-23. This does not include admission, but entitles holder to reduced rate —adults, 25 cents; children, 10 cents.

BULLIES who break up ball games of younger boys and turn playground story-telling bees into flippant "razzberry” jousts, find little sympathy from William Henry Harrison, judge pro tern of the municipal court. Harrison must have been imposed upon sometime in his school days by a "bulky” and what he didn't do to the .‘‘bully” at that time, he finished the job in court. He fined Floyd Tabor. 16, of 522 Marion street, and Robert Rose, 16, of 1319 Oliver avenue, $lO and costs and placed them on six months’ probation for playing the "heavy” roles at Riley park, Oliver and River avenues. Mrs. Mary Daly, the park matron, testified that the youths ran off with the balls usod in playground games, agitated fights, broke up story-telling hours by giving King Arthur and *his knights the "bird,” and wound up a “bully” day by telling her that “she ought to have her head examined.” "Conduct yourselves like gentlemen for six months or you'll serve out your fine and costs,” ordered the judge as he waved aside the excuses of the two youths.

HURT IN LADDER FALL Clarence Cutler Suffers Arm and Back Injuries in Tumble. Plunging twenty-eight feet to the street when a ladder on which he was wcrki.ig broke, Clarence Cutler, 29. of 440 Hanerfqpd place, suffered a broken left arm and back injuries today. He was taken to the Methodist hospital in the city ambulance. His condition is reported serious. Cutler, an employe of the C. H. Moorman Company, was painting at 2820 North Meridian street when the accident occurred.

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DOZEN DEAD IN GERMAN RIOTS Communist Guns Turn on Fascist Paraders. BY PAUL KECSKEMETI United Press Staff Correspondent BERLIN, July 18.—Germany w j as threatened with martial law' today after one of its bloodiest political | week-ends took a toll of at least | a dozen lives and caused injury to at least fifty. First move toward possible marI tial law w'as taken today, when ! public demonstrations w'ere banned j throughout the reich. The order i w r as issued by Minister of Interior Baron Wilhelm von Gayl. Communists, hiding on roof tops i and in windows, fired on several j thousand Fascists parading at Al- ! tona, a suburb of Hamburg. The Nazis and police returned the fire. | Soon the suburban streets w'ere | turned into . a battleground. Police reserves were rushed to Ali tona. Armored cars went on patrol. Authorities succeeded in establishing order, but there appeared to be no guarantee against further outbreaks. The entire police force of Hamburg w'as called to duty early today w-hen rioting spread to the city proper. There were several street affrays here over the w'eek-end : with many minor injuries reported.

13 SCHOLARSHIPS ARE OFFERED TO C. M. T. C. Majority of Awards Are Based on | High Academic Standing. Announcement that thirteen scholarships are being offered by twelve educational institutions to attending the citizens military training camp at Ft. Benjamin Harrison was made today by Colonel W. R. Standiford, camp commander. Values of the scholarships i*ange frorp S6O to SBOO. Most of the awards will be made for high aca • demic standing, while a few are on the basis of "outstanding student in camp.” Major General Hugh Drum, commander of the Fifth corps area, United States army, will make the awards. Institutions offering the scholarships are Capital university, Columbus, O.; Rio Grande college, Rio Grande, O.; Findlay college, Findlay, O.; Purdue university, Lafayette; Wabash college, Crawfords- ! ville; Davis and Elkins college, El- j kins, W. Va.; University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.; De Pauw university, .Greencastle; Franklin college, Franklin; Hanover college, Hanover; Indiana State Teachers college. Terre Haute, and Lockyear's Business college, Evansville. HART TO BE HONORED Warren Township Republican Club will honor Edgar Hart, Marion county chairman, and Mrs. Bloomfield Moore, vice-chairman, at a reception tonight at the home of John E. Shearer, Ritter avenue and ; Twenty-first street. Officers of the club are Harry N. j White, president; Myrtle K. White, vice-president; Dr. Edward Bachfield, second vice-president; Mrs. | John Askren, secretary, and Scott i Gehring, treasurer.

BONUS ARMY IN ! QUANDARY OVER ITS NEXT MOVE Congress Leaves Veterans High and Dry, Hungry and Worried. By United Pres* t WASHINGTON, July 18.—Thousands of bewildered World war veterans idled in their camps today, waiting anxiously for leaders to advance some new r means of furthering the campaign for payment of the bonus. The bonus army's last hopes of early victory dissolved when congress adjourned Saturday night, not to return until December. But there were no indications of any break-up of the army's forces. The men have another week to take advantage of the government’s loans to transport them home. "Let’s see it out, now that we're here,” was the attitude of most of the men. who have been living for w : eeks in smelly shelters and eating little but coarse beans and cracked w'heat porridge. "We just have begun to fight,” declared Walter W. Waters of Orgeon, commander of the main bonus force. "We are going to stick at it. We have no homes to go to, and w'e might as well remain right here.” Waters proposed to call a convention of the army to decide a future policy of action. Roy W. Robertson, crippled leader of the California battalion that stole the show' from Waters by its five-day siege of Capitol hill, talked vaguely of "another demonstration” and “political action.” If he had any definite plans, he kept them to himself. The siege has w'on the veterans two minor victories. Congress enacted a bill reducing the interest rate on government loans to veterans from 4Vi to 3Vi per cent. It also eliminated the previous provision that veterans could not borrow on their service certificates until two years after the certificates were >ssued. Many veterans did not seek certificates until recently. Now they immediately can borrow up to 50 per cent on them. JOBLESS GATHER HERE -■ State Unemployed to March on Statehouse Tuesday. State uriemployed will march on the statehouse to present pleas for relief before legislators at 11 Tuesday morning. The groups were gathering today at south side meeting places and police were guarding the statehouse against any demonstration w'hen the legislature opened this afternoon.

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MAKES DATE TO • ‘PAY ON WATCH’; ROBS JEWELER •Patron/ Two Bandit Aids Get Gems, Coin in Sun- . day Holdup. Jewelry and money totaling several thousand dollars formed the loot of three bandits in a daylight robbery Sunday of Max Caplan. in the Crown Jewelry Company store, 21 South Illinois street.- of which he is manager. Caplan told police that a man who gave his name as Joe Ruffino. and paid $1 toward purchase ol a watch Thursday, was the leader of the robbers. Ruffino was to complete the purchase Saturday. Late in the day he phoned that he could not meet the appointment and made one with Caplan for 9 Sunday morning. Shortly after Caplan went into I the store, Ruffino appeared with a | sprightly "Good morning." and as he spoke, drew an automatic pistol. Almost simultaneously, the other robbers entered, closing the door. Caplan was forced into the back room and compelled to open a safe. From it the robbers took S4OO. and costly jewelry, value of which has i not been checked. On the way out. diamond rings and other jewelry ; were removed from showcases and | even the show' window's were not overlooked. Threatening Caplan with death. ; the bandits blindfolded and bound 1 him.