Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 280, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1934 — Page 3

APRIL 3, 1934.

PENNSYLANIA MINERS BACK AT WORK AFTER DAY OF RIOT AND DISORDER AT UNIONTOWN Dozen Persons Injured During* Fighting Which Marked Anniversary of 8-Hour Day for Pit Workers; Rival Unions Clash. By United Perm UNIONTOWN, Pa., April 3.—Miners were back in their pits today and Uniontown and its nearby mining towns in the heart of the southwestern Pennsylvania soft coal fields were quiet after a day of rioting and disorders.

and city police and Sheri fT Hackney said they anticipated no further trouble today. Most of the miners left for their homes by last midnight. The last truck load pulled out of Uniontown about 12:30 a. m., police said. The only extra guards called into play yesterday w'ere twenty firemen who were deputized by the city po- ■ lice department. They patrolled the i city yesterday and last night, but | were equipped only with their regular sidearms. Police said about a dozen persons were injured in the fighting which broke out yesterday during the celebration of the thirty-sixth anni-i versarv of the eight-hour working! day for the miners. John Kurnat, 27. of Ada, was the : most seriously injured. He was found shot through the neck. One \ other man was reported shot; through a leg. The fighting was mostly between members of the United Mine Workers of America and the Miners In- ! dependent Brotherhood. Sporadic street fighting broke out j In Uniontown last night and police \ closed the beer selling establishments as a preventive measure. BURLINGTON CARS TO HAVE CONDITIONED AIR Improvement Program to Cost SIOO,000 to Be Started at Once. In line with the Burlington Railroad's program of contributing to the economic recovery, dining and observation cars on all crack trains will be air-conditions, it is announced by O. G. Hagemann, Indianapolis, general / agent of the Burlington route. The work will be started at an expense in excess of SIOO,OOO. The air-conditioned cars will be available for summer travel. The trains included in this improvement are the Aristocrat, operating between Chicago and Denver; the North Coast Limited and the Empire Builder, between Chicago. St. Paul-Minneapolis, and Seattle, Tacoma, and Portland; the Black Hawk and the Mississippi Riverview. between Chicago and St. Paul-Minneapolis; the Ak-Sar-Ben, between Chicago, Omaha, and Lincoln; the American Royal, between Chicago and Kansas City; Colorado Limited trains 14 and 15, between St. Louis and Denver, and trains 20, 21, 26 and 27, between Kansas City and Omaha. ‘PIRATES' HUNTED IN KILLING OF COTTAGERS Motorboat Marauders Sought in Brutal Slaying of Six. By United Pres* BREMERTON. Wash.. April 3. The fantastic theory' that Pudget j Sound “pirates” may have killed six j persons found in an Erland’s Point j cottage received official attention today. Authorities sought a band of thieves known as the “motorboat pirates” in their investigation of the wholesale killings in the cottage owned by Frank Flieder. The thieves have visited many cottages and stores in the vicinity recently and have fled from their raids in motorboats. Victims of the “most ghastly' crime in the northwest's history” were Fleider and his wife; Fred Balcom. a Bremerton bartender; Magnus Jordan. a retired sailor, and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Chenevert, known to vaudeville as Bert and Peggy Vincent.

STUDENT'S BODY IS TURNING TO STONE Ohio State Youth, 24, Treated by by University Doctor. B’i United f'nsc COLUMBUS. 0.. April 3.—Gradual ossification of a 24-year-old student at Ohio State university was revealed today by Dr. George N. Curtis, professor of surgery and surgical research at the institution. The case. Dr. Curtis said, is somewhat similar to that of a 7-year-old Pennsylvania boy whose body is turning to stone. The name of the student was withheld. The symptoms in the case here are not identical with the Pennsylvania case, Dr. Curtis said. The condition was discovered two months ago and has responded partially to treatment, the surgeon said. THIEF STEALS $28.50 FROM BRIDGE PARTY Gains Entrance Through Window, Takes Guests’ Purses. A thief made a grand slam for $28.50 last night while Dan J. Anderson. 3436 Winthrop avenue, and a group of friends were playing bridge. Using a can for a step-ladder, the thief gained entrance through a rear window and entering a guest room, stole purses containing money. The emptied purses were found in an alley near the home. BRIDGE CLUB MEETS Spink-Arms Studio Celebrates First Anniversary. Spink-Arms Contract Bridge Studio celebrated its first anniversary Saturday night with a dinner bridge. Winners were Mrs. Verna Magee and C. E. Plummer. Mra. M. E. A. McManus and Mrs. C. A. Fry. Mrs. Edith Carey, M. H. Fuller, Mrs. Marian Warrick and H. C. Hildebrand.

EDWIN C. WEIR SUCCUMBS TD SHORnLLNESS Official of Meat Packing Firm Dies at Home; Funeral Tomorrow. Following an illness of two weeks, Edwin C. Weir, 67, secretary of Brown Brothers, Inc., meat packers, died yesterday in his home, 2340 Park avenue. He had lived in Indianapolis for thirty-five years. Funeral services will be held in the home at 2 tomorrow, w r ith burial in Crown Hill cemetery. Surviving Mr. Weir are a son, E. Lowell Weir, Indianapolis; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret W. Stanley, Glencoe, 111 ; tw r o sistesr, Miss Anna Weir. Indianapolis, and Mrs. Minnie George. Madison, and a brother, David Weir, Omaha, Neb. Isaiah C. Crane Dead Isaiah C. Crane, 79, retired Indianapolis jew'eler, living near Carmel, died yesterday morning, following a. long illness. Funeral services will be held in the Royster & Askin funeral home at 3 tomorrow. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Mr. Crane came to Indianapolis in 1873 and operated jewelry stores on Washington street and Virginia avenue. Surviving hirri are the widow', Mrs. Blanche Crane; a son, Stephen D. Crane; a daughter, Mrs. Fannie Hutto; a brother, E. W. Crane, and a sister, Mrs. J. B. Pansier, all of Indianapolis.

Last Rites for Mrs. Goebel Following an illness of a year, Mrs. Theresa Goebel, 83, died Sunday at the home of Mrs. J. J. Kasper, 1933 North New Jersey streej. where she had lived for the last twelve years. Father Jerome Pfau of St. Marys-of-the-Woods, a relative of Mrs. Goebel, was celebrant of a mass at 9 this morning in SS. Peter and Paul cathedral. Burial was in Holy Cross cemetery. Surviving Mrs. Goebel is a sister, Mrs. Cecelia Siersdorfer, Indianapolis. Mrs. Ellen Yates Barker Passes Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen Yates Barker, 62, of 1049 West Twenty-ninth street, will be held at 2:30 Thursday in the Tyner undertaking establishment. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Mrs. Barker died yesterday in her home. Surviving her are the widower, Jacob E. Barker: two sons, Edward Yates, and Marshall Yates, and a daughter, Miss Grace Yates. (’anaday Rites Are Held Funeral services for William Marion Canaday, 62. former Indianapolis real estate broker, were held yesterday in the Friends church of Vermilion Grove. 111. Mr. Canaday died Friday in St. Anthony’s hospital, Terre Haute. Lurton D. Foist Succumbs The funeral of Lurton D. Foist, 818 Church street, will be held in the J. C. Wilson funeral home at 2 tomorrow. The body will be taken to Franklin for burial. Mr. Foist died yesterday in his home, after an illness of six years. Surviving him are the widow, Mrs. Clara Foist; three daughters, Mrs. Ray G. Blauvelt, Mrs. Hadley Ferguson and Mrs. Fouts; three sons. Charles Foist, Cecil Foist and Orbis Foist, all of Indianapolis, and a sister. Mrs. Florence Saddler, Oxford. O.

Funeral for Mrs. Cecelia Jonas Services for Mrs. Cecelia Jonas, 63, were held at 8:30 this morning in her home. 228 North Summit street, and at 9 in Holy Cross Catholic church. Burial was in Holy Cross cemetery. Mrs. Jonas died Friday in her home. Mrs. Mary Frances Pegg Dead Mrs. Mary Frances Pegg. 80, died yesterday in the Central State hospital. She had been a resident of Indianapolis for twenty-five years. Funeral services will be held at 2 tomorrow afternoon in the Little & Son funeral home, with burial in Floral Park cemetery. Surviving Mrs. Pegg are the widower. Milton A. Pegg. 3516 Rockville road, and two children, Mrs. Lillian Romans, Cincinnati, and Mrs. Jessie Reintjes, Los Angeles. Last Rites for Herschei Bailey Funeral services for Herschei Bailey. 53. 2301 North Capitol avenue, were to be held at 2 this afternoon in the Mt. Paran Baptist church. Burial was to be in Crown Hill cemetery. Mr. Bailey was injured fatally Saturday night when he was struck by an automobile in front of his home. Survivors are the widow. Mrs. Lillie Bailey; a daughter, and a brother. Pneumonia Attack Fatal Pneumonia, following an attack of measles, caused the death yesterday of June Mullane. 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merlin D. Mullane. 339 Burgess avenue. The child was taken to the Methodist hospital Thursday. Funeral services will be held in the Downey Avenue Christian church Thursday. The child is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mullane. She attended the Irvington kindergotten.

Way Back in the Days of Long Ago This is the eleventh of a series of pictures and scenes and people depicting “the good old days' ’ in Indmnapohs. Others have recalled sites and people belonging to the past.

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Remove Politics From Police, Legion Demands

‘SPARE MY PANTIES/ DANCER BEGS; ‘GET A FAN/ SAY BANDITS

By United Pres CHICAGO, April 3.—Miss Tally Keith is a night club dancer whose costumes are scanty. She w’as driving to the Palm Beach Gardens with Eddie Makins, song w’riter, when two gunmen halted their car. Into Sally’s pocketbook went one of the bandits. He took two pairs of panties, one of cellophane and the other of grass, as w’ell as $6 and a w’rist w’atch. “Take my money and my w'atch, but leave me my costumes, please,” begged Sally. “What will I do?” “Go buy yourself a fan,” retorted the bandits.

ILLINOIS TO ELECT 27 CHESSMEN ‘New Deal’ Faces Test in Primary Balloting. By United Pre* SPRINGFIELD. 111., April 3. The first electoral test of the national “new deal” will come a week from today when voters of Illinois go to the polls to ballot on candidates for twenty-seven seats in the lower house of congress in a primary election. The seventeen Democratic congressmen are candidates for reelection and each is a staunch supporter of the Roosevelt program, with gray-haired Speaker Henry T. Rainey carrying the administration banner. Os the Democrats, all but six are faced with opposition and it is in the eleven downstate districts that the “new deal” policies will be in the foreground as the major issue to be decided by the voters. AIR MAIL STOCK SALE INQUIRY ABANDONED Senate Banking Committee Will Not Spend Money. By United Pre** WASHINGTON. April 3.—The senate banking committee voted today to discontinue its investigation into air mail company stock tranactions just prior to cancellation of the air mail contracts because of the heavy’ expense involved in making a thorough inquiry. Senator Hamilton F. Kean Rep., N. J.), who offered the original resolution, withdrew it with the explanation that he understood a thorough investigation into the motives of those who sold their stock would cost about SIOO,OOO. He suggested that Committee Investigator Ferdinand Pecora report whatever the investigators have learned thus far. Resigns Democratic Post By United Pre** WASHINGTON. April 3. Miss Mary H. Ward has resigned as Democratic national committeewoman from Massachusetts, it was learned today. Her resignation was submitted when she took the position of commissioner of immigration last September.

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National Campaign Opened by Veterans After Hayes’ Approval. “Divorce law enforcement from politics!” This cry was sounded today by Edward A. Hayes, national commander of the American Legion w'hen he approved a recommendation for a campaign along these lines by the executive committee of the law and order committee of the legion, under the leadership of Charles F. Ely. Westfield, Mass. Mr. Hayes said a report of the committee w’ould be distributed to the 10,879 legion posts of the nation with a request that they encourage better co-ordination between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The committee, in its reoprt, urges that law enforcement be made a profession and not. just a job. Removal of politics from all police work is urged. Other members of the committee besides it’s chairman, Mr. Ely, are Vincent A. Carroll, Philadelphia; Judge Benjamin D. Farrar, Rock Island county, Illinois; Judge B. P. Mills of Shreveport, La., and John Elden, Cleveland.

POLICE LAUNCH DRIVE AGAINST SELLERS OF LIQUOR IN CANDIES

Paul Fry, state excise director, announced today that he has launched a drive in Indianapolis against chocolate coated by-the-drink liquor sales. His office has discovered, he said, that candy containing such ardent spirits ias whisky, brandy and other distilled liquors are being sold here. If you can stand chocolate for a wash, it gives you a sip of liquor for a nickel, he explained. This is against the law, since liquors can only be sold by the bottle at licensed liquor stores where the tax stamps are affixed, he pointed out. So Mr. Fry sought the aid of Chief Mike E. Morrissey of the Indianapolis police. The chief detailed a man to join an investigator from Mr. Fry's office and the drive is on. All candy caught full of liquor will be confiscated and the trade will be halted in the future, Mr. Fry promised. Ruptured Men Get $3.50 Truss Free Pay No Money—Now or Ever, for This Truss Kansas? City, Mo. —A newer rupture method developed hy a doctor is so successful he offers to give every ruptured man or woman who tries it. a $3.50 truss free. It does away with leg straps, elastic belts. binding springs and harsh pads. After using it. many have reported their ruptures better. Often in a very short time. Others say they no longer need any support. The doctor offers to send his method on 30 .days’ trial and. will send the 53.50 truss free with it. If the method does not help your rupture, return it and keep the $3.50 truss for your trouble. If you are ruptured just write Dr. Kaiser. 6233 Koch Bldg., 29(16 Main St., Kansas City. Mo., for his tmi offer.—Advertisement.

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CITY WILL BE DEALERS’ HOST General Electric Arranges 'Prosperity Parade’ to Attest Optimism. More than 125 electrical dealers from every section of the state and surrounding territories will meet here Thursday when the General Electric Supply Corporation, General Electric Distributor, will be host to General Electric’s “Prosperity Parade” from the merchandise department, Bridgeport, Conn., according to Paul D. Loser, Indianapolis appliance manager. Convinced that a tremendous buying surge, unprecedented in the past four years, will be in full swing by July 1, General Electric takes this means of spreading its optimism among retailers of its appliances, said Mr. Loser. The “parade,” divided into northern and southern tours, is covering more than half the United States and visiting General Electric appliance distributors and dealers in thirty-two key cities* B. C. Bowe heads the northern group which includes eight sales executives. Preceded by a luncheon at 12:30 at the Severin, dealers will witness complete presentations of new sales and advertising programs, with discussions of current trade aspects. New products also will be demonstrated. The Union Jack of Great Britain is composed of three separate crosses—those of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick.

II Unlock This Storehouse iof information The Illinois Central System is dedicated to performing personal service to meet the individual needs of shippers and travelers. Such service includes answering questions. Questions in regard to freight rates, passenger fares, train schedules \ and many other matters associated ! with transportation are asked and answered by the thousands every day all over the railroad. Special effort is made to furnish promptly and accuT rntely all information requested. The railroad is a storehouse of information of value to shippers and travelers. Questions will unlock it. Answering such questions is a defi/KJB nite part of our service. Ask any Illinois Central man. He will know or find out for you. Constructive criticism and suggek tions are invited. THE ROAD L- A. DOWNS President, Illinois Control System PERSONAL SERVICE

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Festivities in the old days w’ere not limited to adults, any more than they are today. When children visited each other, “tea parties” in the nursery’ were interesting events. Upper left; The nursery of the Julius F. Pratt home many years ago. Seated in front of the window is Mrs. Ernest Knefler, mother of Mrs. George Denny. On the floor, in front of the tea table is Mrs. William Bobbs. The other children are cousins, visiting from Massachusetts. Upper (right)—A scene at the fair, with Mrs. Wiles facing the camera. In the background are Mrs. Clarence Coffin and Mrs. William Bobbs. Lower (left)—Mr. and Mrs.-Henry’ Mock, taken in 1883. Lower (right)—John Redmond, who opened the first addition south of the city hospital in Indianapolis. Redmond street was named for him. Mr. Redmond was w’ounded in the Civil war.

State-Wide War Against Rats Now Being Mapped

Anti-Rodent Campaign Is Announced by Indiana Health Board. It takes but one-half cent a day to board a rat, but at that price, the annual menu for these rodents costs the Indiana citizenry $4,000,000 in foodstuffs. This was the startling figure brought forth by the state health department today in announcing plans for a state-wide campaign of rat eradication. Tfie program was drafted at a conference attended by Dr. Vern K. Harvey, state health director; Dr. Herman Morgan, Indianapolis health director; Dr. J. J. Davis of Purdue university and G. C. Oderkirk of the United States Biological Survey. Present plans are to launch the program here first Dr. Harvey said, but it may be delayed somewhat due to curtailment of CWA, he said. It was planned to use CWA workers on the project. Meanwhile, Dr. Harvey urged city officials to survey possibilities of proceeding with a rat eradication campaign under the anti-rat law of 1913. This gives them the power to condemn property which is rat infested where the owner refused to do anything about it. Details of the campaign plans also can from the state health department or from Mr. Oderkirk at the Purdue agricultural experiment station, Dr. Harvey announced.

BUTTER AND EGG MEN TO SPONSOR DANCE IN CITY TOMORROW

A “Big Butter and. Egg Men's” dance will be held tomorrow night at Tice’s Tavern, formerly the Virginia Grille, Pennsylvania and Maryland streets, under auspices of the Indianapolis Poultry. Butter and Egg Association. Tickets may be obtained at the tavern, or from Ernest C. Ambuhl, 902 Ft. Wayne avenue. MISSION CHIEF WARNS AGAINST SOLICITORS Society Not Sponsoring Benefit, Mr. Eberhardt Says. Any unauthorized person soliciting business men over the phone to purchase tickets for a benefit to be given for the Wheeler City Rescue mission should be reported to police, H. E. Eberhardt, mission superintendent, said today. He stated that the mission is not selling tickets, giving a benefit performance or soliciting clothing from door to door. The mission has never raised funds by giving benefit performances, Mr. Eberhardt said. Water is an expensive commodity in the polar regions.

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W. B. BANKHEAD LISTED FOR JOB OF RULES CHIEF

Popular Congressman Will Succeed Edward Pou, Deceased. BY MARSHALL M'NEIL TimM Special Writer WASHINGTON. April 3.—New strength will come to the sagging house leadership when Representative William B. Bankhead Dem., Ala.) Is made chairman of the powerful rules committee, perhaps this week. The death of Chairman Edward Pou iDem., N. C.t leaves the way open for Representative Bankhead's promotion which is dictated by precedent. He is now ranking Democrat of this group. The rules committee is the political committee of the house. It is not only responsible for regular procedure there, but it likewise maps the legislative program of the majority party, permitting only those bills that are on its calendar to reach the floor for a vote. Its chief function in most cases is to put the house under gag rule to cut off debate and speed favorable votes. Joins Leader Triumvirate Representative Bankhead has run the rules committee often since President Rosovelt took office because of the illness of Representative Pou. But his formal advance to the chairmanship makes him the third triumvirate that the house looks to for leadership. The other two being the speaker and the majority leader. Speaker H. T. Rainey and Leader J. W. Byrns have been under fire this entire session, and there have been rumors that the administration wants a change since the house overrode the veterans veto last week. With Representative Bankhead added to the Democratic leadership it gains not only a man the house likes and respects, but a man who is generally regarded as one of the smartest politicians among the 435. He came within an ace of being elected speaker when Mr. Rainey was chosen. Nears Sixtieth Birthday “Bill” Bankhead, at 60 he reaches that milepost next week—still has the carriage of the full back he once was. His broad shoulders are stooped now; he carries a cane. But if you dressed him in moleskins and put a helmet on his head, he would, in appearance at least, be a threatening backfield man. Representative Bankhead helped push through the house what some consider its mast, important piece of legislation this session, the Bankhead bill, written by him and his brother. Senator John Bankhead (Dem.. Ala.). This bill applies compulsion to the Roasevelt fprm program, and some see in it "the possibility that compulsion will be applied to other phases of the recovery plan. Sponsored Cotton Bill ‘Bill” Bankhead, however, apparently has no such thoughts. He and his brother talked about this bill in the south for months. Then they argued Agriculture Secretary’ Henry A. Wallace into taking a poll of cotton farmers to see if they wanted compulsion applied to the recalcitrants who thus far hadn't co-operated in acreage reduction. The poll, to the surprise of every one but “Bill” and his brother, showed the south wanted such legislation. Representative Bankhead—he is the father of Tallulah Bankhead, whom all movie fans know—has served nine terms in congress. There are thirty others, of both parties, w’ho have been there longer. But precedent today puts him in line for one of the three biggest jobs in the house. P.rnnsy Post to Meet Pennsv post. Veterans of Foreign Wars, w:i’ hold an open meeting for ex-service men and their families in the post quarters at 8 tomorrow night. Refreshments will follow the meeting.