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33-CAR LIMIT FOR 500-MILE RACE ORDERED Drastic Change Is Made to Prevent Accidents on Indianapolis Track. •DRIVER JURY’ NAMED Stock-Autos-Only Plan Is Voted Down by Board at Detroit. The field In the 1934 Indianapolis 500-mile race at the Motor Speedway will be limited to thirty-three ears, the result of a drastic rule change agreed on late Thursday by the contest board of the American Automobile Association meeting at Detroit. Forty-two racing cars started in the speed event here last Memorial day and the change was agreed on in a desperate eflort to reduce the accident hazard in the race. The proposal of Colonel E. V. < Eddie) Rickenbaeker, president of the Speedway Corporation, to limit the field in 1934 to stock cars only w’fl.s turned down flatly by the contest, board, The Times learned today from authoritative sources. Empty Field Feared The contest board, it is understood, feared that an “empty field" would be the result of such a drastic siep. The rulers of the speed sport are said to feel that mast of the large automobile will not take part in the race under any circumstances. The manufacturers, engineers say, believe their castl.v investments w'ould be periled by "racing luck.” More rigid inspection of applicants for entry trials was recommended to the Indianapolis Speedway by the board, additional reports from Detroit said. A committee representing the contest board, the drivers, and the Speedway was selected as a jury' to pass upon the qualifications and abilities of the drivers and the eligibility of their automobiles before the qualifying trials start. Time Trials Are Same The committee is comprised of T. E. Myers, vice-president and general manager of the Speedway; Charles Mcrz, Lee Oldfield, and Lotus Schwitzer, all Indianapolis automotive engineers, who are members of the contest board, and Leon Durav and Harry Hartz of Los Angeles, and Dave Evans of Columbus. Ind.. racing drivers. The qualification tests for the 500-mile race will remain the same as last year, a minimum speed of 100 miles an hour being required for a distance of twenty-five miles. The thirty-three fastest cars will be allowed to start. The fort.v-two-car limit for the 500-mile race was put into effect three years ago and its withdrawal now is seen as evidence of the rule's failure. 'Too Much Traffic' Blamed The five fatalities in the 1933 race were attributed to "too much traffic” by Colonel Rickenbaeker, who said at Detroit that the new' rule will tend to promote safety. Fuel tanks, it was agreed at the meeting, w ill remain with a fifteengallon total capacity, the same as last year, with an oil tank capacity of six and a half gallons, also the same as last year.

FINAL FAREWELL SAID TO LAST MAN CLUB Sol** Survivor of Civil War Group Will Not Drink Toast This Year. Rt, I n'ttvri Perss STILLWATER. Minn.. July 15 The famous Last Man's Club of Civil war veterans will meet no more. Charles M. Lockwood, nearly !\jf years old. the sole survivor, announced today that he doesn't feel strong enough to attend the traditional annual banquet July 21. His decision means that none will drink the toast to departed comrades that has been drunk each year since 1885. Fearing he would be unable to attend this year's banquet. Lockwood drank a toast last year. The chib was organized In 1885 with thirty-four members. Lockwood spent last winter at the Minnesota soldiers’ home and returned to his home in Chamberlain. S. D, this spring. PIG ADOPTED BY COLLIE Dog Raises Animal After Death of One of Six Puppies. By t /rffrd Press MT. VERNON. Ind., July 15. A collie dog owned by Adam Schmitt, near Cynthia, adopted an eight-weeks-old pig when one of its six puppies died Times Index Amusement Page 2 Big Bend—The Last Frontier— Series 12 Book-a-Dav 12 Bridge 6 Broun Column 4 Church News 12 Classified ■... 10 Comics 11 Conservation 6 Crossword Puzzle 9 Curious World 11 Dietz On Science 6 Editorial 4 Financial 9 Fishing 6 Kirby Cartoon 4 Radio 9 Serial Story 11 Sports 7 Vital Statistics 9 Woman's Page 5

he Indianapolis Times Fair tonight and Sunday with moderate temperatures.

VOLUME 45—NUMBER 56

Captain Refuses to Quit Post on Blazing Tanker; Dies in Sea; 34 Rescued Two Aids Go Down With Master, 160 Miles Off Coast: Story of Ocean Heroism Tersely Described in Message From Ship That Picks Up Crew of Sinking Vessel. By f nitrd Press NEW YORK, July 15.—Captain F. L. Sears, master of the Tanker Cities Service Petrol, shouted to rescuers from the how of his blazing ship off the North Carolina coast, that he wouid go down with the ship. A few minutes later the Petrol plunged stern first to the ocean bottom. Two members of the crew accompanied Captain Sears to a seaman’s death. Thirty-four others were rescued by the tanker Gulf Gem.

. This heroism of the sea was described tersely in the messages the master of the Gulf Gem handed his wireless operator w'hile he directed the movement of lifeboats across a rough sea lighted by the Petrol’s flaming hulk Friday night. Finally when at 11:30 p. m. the Petrol, blazing from foremast to poop, plunged to the bottom, the Gulf Gem saluted her master with a series of blasts from her horn, and proceed toward Charleston, S. C., where she will land the survivors tonight or Sunday. One of the men who died with Captain Sears was George Binninger. The other's name was not known. Life Boats Picked I'p The series of messages front the Gulfgem was picked up by radiomarine's Tuckerton <N. J.> station. The Gulfgem, bound from Port Arthur, Tex., to New York with a cargo of crude oil, came upon the petrol, her middle quarters ablaze, approximately 160 miles due east of Wilmington, Dela. The tanker TriMountain arrived at about the same time. The Gulfgem, loaded with an infiantable cargo, did not dare approach too closely. She picked up a lifeboat containing sixteen men. The sea was mounting and the petrol was settling slowdy as the fire ate aw'ay htr sides. In the intense light of her blazing cargo of crude oil, about sixteen men could be seen huddled together on the bow, the only part of the ship not aflame. Captain Sticks to Post The Gulfgem lowered a life boat that approached the Petrol bow, and a half hour later pulled aw'ay with ten of the doomed tanker s crew. It landed them on the Gulfgem and returned for the others. Eight more men W'ere taken off. Captain Sears and two men remained. A few minutes later the Petrol plunged to the bottom. The wireless from the Gulfgem read: “The burning Cities Service Petrol sank stern first at 11:30 p. m. Just after eight men had been taken off in a heavy sea by boat crew’ off the Gulfgem. Captain refused to leave burning ship. Two others killed. Total picked up 34. some injured. Gulfgem proceeding to Charleston, S. C. with survivors.”

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LATONIA RACE TRACK. COVINGTON, Ky., July 15.—Here is the Cincinnati Trophy lineup for colts and geldings and remember that out of this crop might come the winner of next year's Kentucky Derby. Head Play won this event last | * ——

year and Broker's Tip ran third, so you see the cream of this year's j 2-year-old crop is right here. Silver Sun 117 C. E. Allen 4-1 \e.v Deal 122 S. Renriek 5-2 linir Bin HO G. South 4-1 TvranC 114 F. Burlev 10-1 Thomasville 112 No Bov 10-1 : •Son Bov 117 R. Fischer 12-1 ' ♦Trev 110 .?. Kacala 5-1 Snarton I.ad 117 K, Horvath 4-1 ♦Cloud ft'Or 117 W. Front 5-1 Captain Henrv 112 No Bov 15-1 Rons Cicero lit W. Kern 18-1 Saber Slash 110 No Bov 12-1 Swiftonrt 110 H. W. Fisher 0-1 •Crude 112 W. Garner 12-1 Horses listed arrordini to nost positions. *W. F.. Hupp entrv. ♦Audrev Stock Farm entrv. You take your pick and I'll take mine, as anything can happen in a stake race. but. a little inside info that I'm going to tell you is the horse that beats Silver Sun will turn his head from the feed box tonight. This gray son of Keive, who won his only start, is a little green I will admit and has a terrible post position for a full field race, but I'm slippin’ you the glad word that this baby has had a saddle on his back only once since he won and is a fresh nag and rarin' to go. He w’orked out Wednesday, five- j eights in 1:02. and galloped, mind you, galloped, out the three-quarters in 1:15. They veil about these gray colts not lasting, but I think he will last through the race and when the dust blows away you will find old No. 1 hanging up over the judges’ stand. The best-looking thing of the day's card and the most logical winner probably is Creta Run in the severith. Another from Uncle Moses establishment, so beware. Marmion figures to cop at Arling-,

Tired of Being Second Fiddle to Dummy, Wife Gets Divorce From Ventriloquist

By l nited Press CHICAGO. July 15.—Mrs. Sally Osmon Levy divorced her husband Herbert today, because she said she grew tired of "playing second fiddle to a ventriloquist's dummy.” The case involved some sort of an "eternal triangle." although one of the three persons involved was only a dummv. Some of the things Mrs. Levy charges against her ventriloquist husband and his dummv. Charlie, were; That when Herbert cam° home at night he caressed the dummy instead of her.

KIDNAPERS MAY FREE BANKER Release Is Believed Near: •Good News’ Received, Says Negotiator. By l nitrd Press ALTON, 111,, July 15.—Receipt of good new's” by the family of August Luer, 77, banker and packer, dragged from his home by kidnapers last Monday, w'as announced today by Lawrence Keller Jr., one of two negotiators apopinted by the famiily. Keller refused to discuss his announcement that "good news nas been received.” * In reply to questions of whether the ‘good news” meant that the family had rceeived a message in the aged banker's handwriting as requested in a public appeal, Keller said "that's a good suggestion.” Shortly after the announcement, four men hurriedly left the Luer home and sped away in an automobile. The identity of the men or their destination was not revealed. In a statement issued. Friday by the negotiators, it was revealed “several demand notes” had been received by the family. The amount of ransom asked was not revealed. The negotiators said they had not complied with the instructions in the notes because the writers had failed to include a direct message from the banker. FOUR HURT IN ACCIDENT Cit.v Family Injured When Car Crashes Into Ditch. Dr. O. L. Deitch, 1211 Oliver avenue, his wife, their daughter and granddaughter w’ere injured when their automobile overturned in a ditch near Tusocla. 111., it was reported here today. Dr. Deitch was the most severely injured, having suffered cuts, bruises and a w’renched back.

ton as a good thing and Gold Basis and Mr. Khayyam will have to battle it out for the big classic. Personally, I think Gold Basis has a whisker the best of the argument, but I don't want any part of the race myself. Today’s Selections .4/ Latonia—1. Le Ministre, Iredell. Mom's Polly. 2. Broadcaster, Gneipa. Vitmain B. 3. Camp Boss. Auf Wiedersehen. Otherwise. 4. La Feria. Edith A. Contraband. 5. Chimney Sweep, Nell Kuhlman. Plumage. 6. Silver Sun, New Deal. Audrey entry. 7. Creta Run. Popo, Axtel. 8. Prince Farthing. Bourbon Prince, George Weber. Best—Creta Run. Track —Fast. .4/ Arlington Park—1. Wise Daughter. Sun Tempest. Full Tilt, 2. Pancho Lopez. Miss Tulsa. Rubio. 3. Wotan. Prose and Poetry. Eskimo. 4. Indian Runner, Caterwaul, Rush Hour. 5. Marmion. Rocky News. Yonkel. 6. Gold Basis. Mr. Khavvam. Head Play. 7. Polydorus. Larranaga. Dyac. 8. Annimessic. Tickery Took, Potentate. Best— Marmion. Track—Fast.

That somebody around the house always was calling her names, and she was never able to figure out whether it was Herbert or Charlie. That whenever she stepped into a dark room, somebody always shouted "boo.” and she couldn't tell for certain where the shout came from. That whenever she had cantaloupe for breakfast unseen persons always asked how the bacon and eggs tasted. That, eventually she grew to like Charlie better than she did Herbert because while Charlie was dumb. Herbert was entirely "too smart.”

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY', JULY 15, 1933

FLYING TEAMS TAKE OFF ON OCEAN JUMPS Wiley Post, Carrying Robot Pilot, Tries for New World Mark. FIRST STOP AT BERLIN Chicagoans Start Surprise Hop to Lithuania: May Lose Licenses. BY MARION F. COLLINS United Press Staff Corresnondent FLOYD BENNETT FIELD. N. Y., July 15.—Two flying teams hqpped ! off on trans-Atlantic flights today, | one heading for Berlin on the first . leg of a round-the-world race, the other steering a course to Kaunas, Lithuania. Wiley Post, W’ith a robot pilot as j his companion, set out in the famous plane Winnie Mae in an attempt to low'er the record of eight days, fifteen hours, fifty-one minutes, for an around the w'orld flight he set with Harold Gatty tw'o years ago. His first planned stop was Berlin, thence on to Novosibirsk, Russia: Khabarowski, Nussia; Fairbanks, Alaska; Edmonton, Alberta, and New York. Post hoped to complete the flight in six days. Takeoff Surprise The Lithuanian Team, Captain Stephen Darius and Stanley T. Girenas. began their flight w'ithout official permission and faced the possibility of losing their licenses as a result. Their takeoff at 4:24 a. m. 'lndianapolis Time), was a complete surprise, as they indicated they were merely preparing for a test flight under full load. Darius and Girenas flew a Bellanca monoplane, christened the Lithuania It carried no radio or parachutes as it headed over the North Atlantic for a goal 4,900 miles ! distant. Post took off at 3:10 a. m.. (Indianapolis time', disappearing into ; the early morning haze. Darius, a w'orld w'ar veteran, w r on fame in the One hundred forty- | ninth artillery Rainbow division, land received several decorations for | "constant bravery under fire.” After the w'ar he served in the Lithuanian air service. In German Riots Then he w'ent to Klaipeda, Germany, and w'as there v/nen riots ; broke out between German peasants and the Fer.ch army of occupation. He joined the peasants and commanded a hastily-organized air squadron. Darius returned to I America in 1925. In 1927. he opened an air school in South Bend. Ind.. W'hich he opI erated until 1931, when he began flying a plane for the Chicago Daily News. He lived with his mother, Mrs. Augustine Degatis, Chicago. Girenas. born in Lithuania in 1896, came to America when 12. He was orphaned at 7 and lived W'ith his brother who w'as engaged in j the taxicab business in Chicago. He | enlisted in the army in 1917 and served in the 136th aero squadron at Kelly Field, Tex. He opened an air school in Chicago in 1926.

WOMAN’S CONSCIENCE SAVES DOOMED PAIR I Tells of Clandestine Auto Ride With Married Man to Prevent Execution. By t nit rtf Press COLUMBUS. 0.. July 15.—A woman who chose to reveal she had fulfilled a tryst with a married man \ rather than let two Negroes she be- : lieved innocent be executed, has ! brought a thirty-day stay of elec- ! trocution for James and Joseph Murphy, convicted of murder. The men were to have been executed Friday night. Governor White heard the story of Mrs. Mildred M. Bonnie, of Cincinnati, and ordered the stay. The two Negroes, brothers, w r ere convicted in the slaying of Harry Friedhoff, cashier, during an attempted holdup of the Silverton, 0., bank, Oct. 8. 1932. Mrs. Bonnie said she and George ! Sweeney. of Newton. a married man who swore to an affidavit supporting her story, were on a clandestine motor ride the night of the robbery, j and saw the Negroes as they fled The convicted men were not at the scene, she said. HAS ONLY ONE FRIEND Long Way Off, Too. Says Man When He Collapses in New York. By United Perns NEW YORK, July 15—John Bottom, 44, no address, has only I one friend, and he is a long ways off. Bottom collapsed Friday while entering a building. When removed to Bellevue hospital he asked that communication be established with his "only friend,’’ John Grant, Oklahoma City.

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Leader of the first mass airplane flight across the Atlantic, on *he long and dangerous journey from Italy to the w'orld fair at Chicago, General Italo Balbo, Italy's air chief, is showm here as he greeted America with a typical Italian gesture. The picture was taken at Cartwright, Labrador, where Balbo and the men aboard his tw'enty-four planes first touched the soil of the American continent. General Balbo started smoking the cigaret. with which he is shown here, before his take-off from Iceland and extinguished it, pocketed its stub, and relighted it upon disembarking at Cartwright. That's his practice on every hop.

Italian Plane Fleet , in Air Again , Heads for Chicago Balbo and Squadron Take Off From Montreal on Last Leg of Flight. BY GILBERT DRAPER United Press Staff Correspondent MONTREAL, Quebec, July 15.—Italy's fleet of twentyfour seaplanes, under command of General Italo Balbo, rose from the waters of-the St. Lawrence to fly on to Chicago, the ultimate destination of a 6,100-mile cruise from Italy.

On the final stage of 870 miles the air fleet was to follow' the St. Lawrence river and skirt lakes Ontario and Erie before crossing Michigan to alight on Lake Michigan. They were scheduled to pass over Toronto, Buffalo and Detroit. A fleet of American planes w r as to meet them at Detroit and escort them to Chicago. The fleet was refueling soon after its arrival here Friday from Shediac. N. 8., but Balbo, Italian air minister and pilot commander of the unprecedented flight, desired to aw'ait the arrival here this morning of the Italian minister to the United States, Augusto Rosso. Arrival Set for 3 P. M. Balbo planned to arrive in Chicago between 3 and 3:30 p’ m. ilndianapolis time). Once in Chicago, the fleet of military seaplanes will have completed a flight tha took it from the Italian high sea flying school at Lake Grtebello, Italy, across the Alps and the North sea, through I the North Atlantic to Iceland, up near the Arctic circle, across the Atlantic via Greenland to the bleak Labrador coast and down to New Brunswick before it veered off across New Brunswick. Maine. Quebec and j the United States-Canadian frontier on the final stages. The halts w'ere: Amsterdam. 870 miles; Londonderry. Ireland. 630 ! 1,500 miles; Reykjavik. Iceland, 930 j— 2.430 miles; Cartwright, Labrador, 1.500—3.930 miles; Shediac. N. 8., 800—4,730 miles; Montreal, 500— 5,230 miles, and Chicago, 870— 6,100 miles. Whole Fleet Celebrates During the cruise the fleet was in constant radio touch with something like thirty stations, on land and sea. Bases had been established w r eeks in advance at each landing place, in addition to an eiflergency station at Julienhaab, Greenland, and bases at New York. Shoal Harbor, Newfoundland, and Valentia, Ireland, for the homeward flight. Mast of the crew celebrated i throughout the night the prospeci tive completion of their flight to Chicago. Their spirits high, the fliers loaded their planes with champagne, | macaroni, rice, biscuits, chocolate bars and chewing gum for their | lunch between Montreal and Chicago. •FAIR FEET’ PREVENT ALL-NIGHT PARTIES Chicago Visitors Too Tired for Gaiety After Tour. By T nited Press CHICAGO, July 15.—There's a new ailment abroad, called “fair feet,” and it's doing a lot to keep hotels quiet in the hours after midnight. Loop hostelries are crowded as they haven't been in years, but midnight revelry isn't as common as during the lean summers of ’3O and '3l. according to hotel managers. The answer, they say, is "fair feet.” People get so tired tramping through the miles of exhibits at the world's fair that when they come to their hotels at night all they want is a soft mattress, not a bottle of ginger ale and a pitcher of ice. In the Air Weather conditions at 9 am.: North-northwest wind. 11 miles an hour; temperature. 75; barometric pressure. 28.86 at sea level; general conditions, scattered clouds: ceiling, unlimited; visilflity, 10 miles.

10-YEAR PEACE PACT IS SIGNED r • ______ ' • Italy, Britain, France and Germany Pledge Against Warfare. By I nil erf. Press ROME. July 15.—Representatives of Europe's four great pow’ers signed today a treaty binding their governments France and Germany— to keep the peace for ten years. The treaty was signed at noon at the Palazoo Venezia by Premier Benito Mussolini, Italy; Sir Ronald Graham, Brtish ambassador; Henri De Jouvenel, French ambassador, and Ulrich Von Hassel, Germany ambassador. Mussolini conceived the idea of the pact. LOVE FOR DOG NEARLY CAUSES SPEEDING FINE Man Arrested While Rushing Animal Gas Victim to Veterinary. Pity for a dog suffering from the effect of carbon monoxide gas fumes nearly cost Ralph Renner. 31. of 865 Castle avenue, a $5 fine when he was arraigned in municipal court Friday on a speeding charge. The fine w*as suspended, however, when Renner explained to Judge William H. Sheaffer that he was rushing to a veterinary with a small terrier which had become gassed when he and a friend attempted to rid a chicken house of rats by attaching a hose to the exhaust pipe of an automobile and filling the place with gas. HOURLY TEMPERATURES 6 a - m 67 8 a. m 74 ? 8- hi 68 9 a. m 77 10 a. m 79

Woman, Spare That Tree I* our Are l nder Arrest, Too Curious Boy Injured in Dispute. A TREE still was standing today at 626 East Ohio street after playing the leading role in the arrest of four women on assault and battery charges and the injury of a too-curious small boy. Under arrest are Mrs. Mary Conway, 42. an invalid, her daughter, Mrs. Edith Gwinner, 21, of 626 East Ohio street, and Mrs. Merle Lowe, 35. and Mrs. Rose Ferguson. 58. of 628 East Ohio street, the other side of a double house. The fight, in which black pepper, a hacksaw and pieces of wood are alleged to have been used as weapons, began when Mrs. Gwinner started to cut down the tree, police were told.

She had been asked to do so by her mother because the tree obscured her vision as the elded woman sat on her porch. "Oh, woman, spare that tree*." in effect, chanted the Mesdames Lowe and Ferguson, who didn't want to see one of natures noblest works destroyed. Besides, they said, the tree was in the center of the front yard of the double and they had as much ownership in it as Mrs. Conway and Mrs. Gwinner. • u n HOT words led to blows, police were told, and Mrs. Gwinner went into aetion with a barrage of pepper and led with a hacksaw. The Mesdames Lowe and Ferguson exhibited minor cuts which

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SURGERY AT PENAL FARM IS BRANDED EVASION OF LAW Operation Performed by Nurse With No License to Practice Medicine, Charge of Former Inmate. NEGLECT OF INJURED MAN ALLEGED Patient Left to Bleed for Hours Before Doctor Came to Rescue, Ex-Orderly at Prison Asserts. BY ARCH STEINEL Times Staff Writer The nightly count of the inmates of the Indiana state i penal farm is under way. Dusty, begrimed men stand before an officer as runners check their gangs. All are men serving sentences for petty; offenses. They are not felons. “Sixty-two in line. Two in the hospital,” calls one trusty to the keeper. “Forget one of a in the hospital,” curses the keeper.

RECOVERY DRIVE MOVING AHEAD Roosevelt Plans War-Time Campaign to Build Up Public Support. By I nited Press WASHINGTON, .Inly 15. A code of fair competition for the great steel industry, hub of America's industrial life, was presented today to the national Industrial recovery administration. Bv United Press Recovery developments today: Industrial production shows further gains. Bank clearings 29.7 per cent larger than last year. Industrial Administrator Hugh Johnson studies possibility of imposing compulsory minimum wage and short work week agreement on all industries pending development of individual codes. Administration prepares for wartime propaganda campaign to build up public support for recovery campaign. President Roosevelt, on week-end cruise, considers allotment of additional millions of federal funds to create jobs on public works. Agriculture department prepares to put cotton processing tax in effect Aug. 1. following pledge of growers to abandon 9,000,000 acres of growing crop. How the Market Opened BY ELMER C. WALZER United Press Financial Editor NEW YORK, July 15. Stocks opened steady today in lighter turnover than in recent sessions, while cotton advanced 6 to 12 points, the American dollar firmed up slightly, bonds were steady, and business news continued favorable. A long list of stocks opened unchanged from the previous close, including Standard of New Jersey, General Motors, Montgomery Ward, Columbia Gas, Sears Roebuck, Packard. Bethlehem Steel, American Smelting, Chrysler, and Kennecott. American Telephone eased U to 13 on a block of 1,000 shares and later firmed up from that level. The company in the second quarter had net earnings equivalent to $1.82 a share, against $1.72 in the first quarter. In the -Irst ha l ' earnings were equal to $3.54 a share, against $4.03 in the corresponding period of 1932. Loss of telephones was reported down considerably.

they said were done with the saw by Mrs. Gwinner. Mrs. Conway, it appeared, was somewhat handicapped by her invalidism and had to play the role of cheering section for her daughter. The small boy casualty was Mason Ingram, 9, of 234 North Noble street, who was too eager to see everything and ran in front of a car driven by George Linville, 2924 Beech street. Mason got some face and knee cuts in return for his curiosity, but was not injured seriously. A milk bottle he was carrying was broken when the car struck him. Police arrested all four women and confiscated the alleged weapons.

Capital EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cent*

A few hours later a truck hauls out of the penal farm ■ g-ates a casket containing the body of the sick “ of a !” And at the next roll call the j trusty ’'forgets” and reports to the. keeper, "Sixty-two in line. Just one in the hospital.” This happened at the state farm, according to verbal statement, of one former inmate to The Times. And as for the one patient still reported in the hospital, he may have been Clarence Green or just any inmate who answered the daily sick calls for treatment in the farm's dispensary. They Remember These Things Men don't forget easily if they’ve served time in the penal farm’s hospital, and Clarence Green is one who may not forget w’hat happened there, according to affidavits made :by other former inmates to The | Times. They don t forget as easily as the I trusties do when ordered to trim I their roll calls. ' Green wanted an operation per- | formed. He wanted it done by the farm's doctor. It was a minor opI eration. But minor operations, even ! in large city hospitals, are classed as serious. j "Any operation is serious,” declares a city surgeon. Green's operation, performed under a local anesthetic, was done by a male nurse at the farm, who, ac- : cording to sworn statements of in- ! mates, hasn't the right to practice medicine or perform surgery in the state of Indiana. Search of records of the state board of licensing physicians shows no licensed doctor of the name of | the farm's nurse. Records of the Indiana university school of medicine | show his name listed as taking one course, but not receiving a diploma. The circuit court clerk's office at Greencastle shows a man with a similar name, but different initials, receiving a licease back in 1903. State farm officials admit the hospital has a male nurse with medical education.

Smart Tells Story But let Rex Smart, of Morocco, Ind., former inmate and hospital orderly at the time of Green’s operation, tell of it under notary’s seal: Smart says, "An inmate named Clarence Green was given a local anesthetic and an operation performed by "Doctor” . The wound bled about twenty-four hours. “I,” continues Smarts affidavit, “had to wrap the wound several times with gauze.” Smart related verbally how the flow of blood was so copious that throughout the night it was necessary to stanch the w'ound. “Then,” adds Smarts affidavit, "Doctor Gillespie, the regular prison doctor, came and took out the stitches and closed the artery that had bled and the bleeding stopped. Green lost considerable amount of blocd. (the male nurse who performed the operation) just told him to go to bed and stay there while it was bleeding.” No Right to Practice ‘Dr. Gillespie told me had no right to practice medicine on the outside, as he was not a licensed doctor,” Smart s notarized statement says. On another occasion, Smart relates in hLs affidavit, of a boy he calls "Wayne Rogers, Marion, Ind.,” injured while working on the farm. With a crushed finger that would have been cared for immediately as an emergency case in any Indianapolis hospital, Rogers waited for three and one-half hours for arrival of the farm's physician. "I once saw Wayne Rogers . . . brought into the hospital and kept waiting by (the male nurse* from 10 a. m. until 1:30 p. m. for Dr Gillespie to amputate his finger.” Given No Pain Relief Throughout the time waiting for the amputation Rogers was given no opiate or sedative to relieve pain, declares Smart's sworn statement. The farm's petty offenders, according to affidavits to The Times, find that the pleading of illness as an excuse for dodging work may visit upon them medicines to make them uncomfortable. The "g<fldbricker” is in danger of really being sickened by a vial of medicine as much as he is of feeling (Turn to Page Three)