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INSULL, AIDED BY NEW SIO,OOO FUND, CONTINUES BATTLE Utilities Man Puffs Turkish Cigarets as Lawyers Attempt to Stave Off His Extradition to U. S. ARREST ILLEGAL, FUGITIVE CLAIMS Turkey Proceeds With Plans to Send Aged Magnate Back to Stand Trial for Alleged Fraud. By United Press ISTANBUL, Turkey, April 5. —Samuel Insull puffed at Turkish cigarets and read the London newspapers today while his lawyers, armed with SIO,OOO from London, fought on for his freedom. Despite statements of authorities that they mean to extradite Insull to the United States for trial no matter what

his lawyers do, the attorneys found new’ grounds for appeal. They protested today to the supreme appeals court at Eskicher that Insull's arrest itself was illegal, and the order on which it was made. They demanded his release on bail, also—a demand which the authorities so far showed no disposition to grant. But the 74-year-old utilities man. his morale higher with the arrival of the SIO,OOO from his London agents, smoked the cigarettes as substitutes for his favorite cigars, his supply having become exhausted since he was taken forcibly from his chartered Greek steamship Maiotis. lie slept soundly last night, having been advised by cable that the money—a great sum now to the man who once had $100,000,000 and lavished funds on grand ppera—was en route. Turkish authorities, though expressing determination to send Insull home to answer charges of fraud in the collapse of his utilities companies, remained most considerate of his comfort. At the order of Kenan Bey, chief state prosecutor, a modern wood burning stove was substituted for the primitive open charcoal burning one in Insull's comfortably furnished room in the detention house. It is unseasonably chilly, and a depressing cold rain beats against Insull's windows. Funds Are Raised By United Press LONDON, April 5. The Daily Telegraph reported today that Samuel Insull's funds were coming from almost inexhaustible sources friends in Great Britain who had raised many thousands of pounds for him and persons in the United States, and hence willing to send any reasonable sum to keep him away. The newspaper added that if he were returning there would be plenty of money for his defense. CANADIAN COMMUTERS CRITICISED AT HEARING Ousting U. S. Workers in Detroit, Hoosier Declares. By United Press WASHINGTON. April s—Approximately five times as many Canadian citizens commute daily to jobs in United States’ cities as do Americans into Canada. John F. Simmons, speaking for the state department. told the house immigration committee today. Mr. Simmons testified on a bill to prohibit aliens from commuting across the United States border. Representative William T. Schulte (Dem., Ind.L author of the bill, pointed out that Canadian workers are displacing Americans in many jobs in Detroit automobile plants. $11,000,000 FIRE CLAIM IS REJECTED BY HOUSE Minnesotans Seek Amount for 1918 Forest Blaze. By United Pr< ss WASHINGTON, April s.—The house defeated today the Hoidale bill to pay approximately $11,000,000 to Minnesotans who suffered losses in the 1918 forest fire which swept a wide area and killed 500 persons. The bill was sponsored in behaif of claimants who have been unable to sue the government for fire losses. The fire occurred while the government was operating the railroads. MRSr~E.~H GARY~ DIES Widow of L?.e Chairman off. S. Steel Passes in New Yorl . By United Press NEW YORK. April s.—Mrs. Elbert H. Gary, widow of the late chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, died today at her home in Fifth avenue. Times Index Page Berg Cartoon 14 Bridge 21 Broun 13 Classified 19. 20 Comics 21 Crossword Puzzle 21 Curious World 21 Editorial 14 Financial .... 16 Good Old Days 3 Hickman-Theaters 13 Lippmann 16 Pegler 13 Radio 22 Sporta 18, 19 State News 5 ■Wallace Series 2 Woman’s Pages 8, 9

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‘I’LL POP you: SHOUTS HUEY ‘Kingfish’ Threatens to Step Outside, Smack Foe at Hearing. By United Press WASHINGTON, April s.—Senator Huey P. Long (Dem., La.), offered today to "step outside” the senate finance committee room and “smack” the jaw of Edward Rightor, attorney for D. D. Moore, whose appointment as internal revenue collector Long is opposing. Long threatened Mr. Rightor just before Colonel E. R. Bradley, famous Kentucky sportsman, testified hes contributed $5,000 to Long’s campaign for Governor of Louisiana in 1928. The "Kingfish’’ became incensed when Mr. Rightor referred to a New Orleans race track as "your track,” but Chairman Pat Harrison (Dem., Miss.), succeeded in maintaining order before any blows were struck. It was the second day of a hearing on the fitness of Mr. Moore for the internal revenue post. Long was in a pugnacious mood when the hearing started and engaged in a sharp clash with Senator Harrison immediately. Long charged Senator Harrison was prejudiced against him. The Kingfish was reprimanded by Senator James Couzens (Rep., Mich.). Colonel Bradley said he met John Sullivan, who Long charged is a "gambling partner” of Colonel Bradley and who is backing Mr. Moore's candidacy, in New Orleans in 1928, just after Long was elected Governor. "Sullivan told me: ‘We’ve elected a very good man for Governor,’ ” Colonel Bradley said. "He said. ‘l'd like to help him clean out his debts. I'd like to contribute $5,000 to his campaign fund..’ "I said I'd give him the money. The next morning I met Long in the Roosevelt hotel and Long said, ‘l’d like to thank you for the donation.’ “I said. ‘‘Don’t thank me, thank John Sullivan.’ ” FACTORY PAY ROLLS SOAR TO RECORD HIGH 12 Per Cent Gain for February Largest in 15 years. By United Press WASHINGTON, April s—February factory pay rolls and employment hit a new’ high for the recovery period, the commerce department reported today in its monthly survey of current businesses. The pay roll gain was 12 per cent over January and was the largest for any month in the fifteen year period for which data are available, the department reported. NORRIS’ POLITICAL BAN UPSET BY DEMOCRATS Nebraskan Sought Nonpartisan Setup in Home Loan Bank. By l nited Pr< ss WASHINGTON. April s.—The house banking committee today sidetracked Senator George W. Norris’ proposal to ban politics in all appointments in the Home Loan bank system. The patronage issue came to the fore as soon as the house began debate on the bill. Republicans supported the President’s efforts to keep politics out of government affairs. Patronage-hungry Democrats felt otherwise. WOODIN IS IMPROVED Continued Progress Is Reported by New York Doctors. By United Press NEW YORK. April s.—Continued improvement in the condition of William H. Woodin. former secretary of the treasury, was reported today by his physicians at the Manhattan eye. ear and throat hospital, where the financier has been confined with a recurrent throat ailment. Three Assassins Convicted By United Press BUCHAREST. Rumania. April 5. —Three of the men on trial for the assassination of Premier lon G. Duca were convicted today and sentenced to life imprisonment. All the others were acquitted.

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By United Press BOSTON. April s.—Mrs. Thelma Hall, 25, was under treatment at city hospital today after trumping her partner's ace in a bridge game. Doctors described her injuries as painful but not serious. Police sought William Hall, her brother-in-law, as the irate partner accused of beating her. DILLINGER'S ‘FRIEND’ REPORTED MISSING Outlaw Seen Near City, Informer Claims. An informant who yesterday told The Times that he had received a gift of $lO from John Dillinger, Indiana desperado in front of a general store in Maywood Monday, could not be located today. The man, known to be a former school chum and life-long acquaintance of the ‘‘terror mob” leader, said that he expected to have another rendezvous with Dillinger before the latter left Indianapolis. Inquiries at the informant’s address elicited the information that the man had not been home since Tuesday night. He was expected momentarily, having left his clothing at the furnished room he occupies in the northern section of the city. DILLINGER PAL’S GUN LINKED TO JAIL GUARD Weapon Used in Slaying Was Stolen From Crown Point. By United Press PORT HURON. Mich., April 5. The gun with which Herbert Youngblood, Negro pal of John Dillinger, shot undersheriff Charles A. Cavanaugh to death here March 16, was identified Wednesday as having belonged to a guard at the Crown Point (Ind.) jail from which Dillinger and Youngblood escaped. Lillian Holley, Crown Point sheriff, notified officers here that the gun belonged to a deputy on guard when the couple escaped. Youngblood was fatally wounded in the gunfight here. MINTON OFFERS HELP IN U. S. RATE SURVEY •> Places Himself and Office at Disposal of Power Board. Sherman Minton, public counselor for the public service commission, announced today that he had volunteered his personal services and the services of his office to the federal power commission in a nationwide survey being conducted on electric light rates. “This is a timely and much needed investigation,” said Mr. Minton. "It is about time the people of Indiana and the rest of the nation got some relief from the exorbitant electric rates being charged in so many communities.’’ 3 Held in Counterfeit Plot By United Press CLEVELAND, April s.—Two men and a woman, said by federal officials to have passed more than SIOO,OOO in counterfeit $lO bills were arrested today by secret service men. Hidden behind baseboards in the house were found 157 of the spurious bills.

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INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1934

HOOSIER KILLS WIFEAND SELF Tobacco Grower, 62, Shoots Wife, 25, Because of Jealousy, Is Belief. By United Press JONESVILLE, Ind., April 5. A theory of murder and suicide because of jealousy was advanced by Bartholomew county authorities today in connection with the deaths of Hosea Holcomb, 62, southern Indiana tobacco planter, and his 25-year-old wife, Della. Bodies of the two were found yesterday in the kitchen of the home of Clarence Bollman, 21, friend of Mrs. Holcomb. After lengthy questioning of Bollman, sheriff J. w. Foust said he believed Holcomb had shot his wife and then committed suicide. Two small children of Mrs. Holcomb by a former marriage were at the Bollman home when the slayings occurred. Holcomb and his wife were separated two weeks ago and the young wife went to Kentucky for two weeks with Bollman, authorities were told. They returned to Bollman's home here recently and Holcomb joined them yesterday morning. Bollman said he discovered the bodies upon returning from a trip after groceries for breakfast. Two bullets from a revolver found on the floor had penetrated Mrs. Holcomb’s body and Holcomb had been shot once through the head. The Holcombs were married at Franklin last fall. Clothing and Furniture Stolen Clothing and furniture valued at S2OO were stolen from the attic of a house at 778 Middle drive, Wcodruff place, Mrs. A. L. Daugherty, 756 Middle drive, reported to police today.

McNutt Friend Gets Only Book Contract in State Bloomington Publisher’s Recently Incorporated Firm Is Honored; Governor Defends Action.* Only Indiana firm to receive a public school textbook contract is one incorporated only-one month ago by‘Paul Feltus, Bloomington publisher and one of Governor Paul V. McNutt’s stanchest supporters.

The company, the Century Press, Inc., received the contract for all the writing books used in the first eight grades of Indiana's public schools for the next five years. Century Press, Inc., was incorporated last March 6 by Mr. Feltus and two employes of his weekly newspaper, Leslie Shaw and Robert Howard. The bid submitted by the Bloomington firm was 9 cents a book wholesale against 10 cents a book formerly paid on a contract held by the Zaner-Bloser Company. There were*lower bids than 9 cents submitted. it is said. Books to be sup*plied by the Feltus company will be used by 511,119 pupils enrolled in the elementary grades of the state’s public schools. Governor McNutt and Mr. Feltus have been personal * and political friends for years. The Governor attended the funeral a few weeks ago at Bloomington of Mrs. Feltus. Preparatory to opening of textbooks bids by the state board of j education. Governor McNutt charged "the whole book business stinks and has for years. Flaying operations of publishing house lobbies, the Governor asserted, “I should like very much to know

complete sports pages in Indiana. On page one, are race selections. On the sports pages are racing results, wrestling results, baseball dope from all corners of the nation. The late Home edition finds an even more complete sports coverage. Everything of interest to the sports fan in the last twentyfour hours has been covered completely. On the late afternoon editions, the sports fan finds even more to interest him. There are the latest baseball stories from the south, the racing entries for

above, to the Broad Ripple byways where traffic isn’t too congested and they can cycle to their heart’s content. The Cycle Club has headquarters at the bicycle shop operated by H. H. (Dutch) Behrent at 803 East Sixty-third street. Left to right, Mrs. Herbert Behrent, 6346 Park avenue; Mrs. David Burton, 6342 Park avenue; Mrs. E. W. Roehm, 5347 College avenue; Mrs. Robert Dugdale. 6415 Park avenue; Mrs. Harold Harris, 2345 Broadway, and Mrs. Lawrence Behrent, 2315 Coyner avenue.

City Hotel Man Slain in Argument Over 25 Cents Alleged Murderer Waives Examination and Is Held Without Bail for Grand Jury Hearing. Displaying no outward signs of emotion, William Hitchcock. 58, 4304 East Washington street, waived examination when arraigned in municipal court today before Judge Dewey Myers, charged with the murder of Frederick E. Heier, 68, veteran hotel proprietor, late yesterday at 12

South New Jersey street. Coolly Hitchcock listened to a clerk read the charges which accused him of murdering the hotel man over a quarrel resulting from an effort by Hitchcock to borrow 25 cents from the hotel proprietor. Hitchcock was held without bond for a hearing before the grand jury. Mr. Heier was shot four times during an altercation and died several hours later at city hospital. Police said Hitchcock, who had been drinking, admitted the shooting, blaming it on a quarrel over refusal of Mr. Heier to pay Hitchcock 25 cents for a button torn from his shirt during a scuffle. Before his death, Mr. Heier told roporters Hitchcock shot, him when he refused to loan him 25 cents. After the shooting, Hitchcock left the scene ana was arrested a few minutes later in his room, where police said they found the pistol. Mr. Heier, who has been in the hotel business here forty years, lived at the home of a daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Hazel Breidenbach, 411 North Bancroft street. Besides the daughter, he is survived by the widow and a brother, John Heier, Indianapolis. STOCK BILL IS ON ILIST House Will Act in Proposed Measure, Speaker Says. By United Press WASHINGTON, April 5. Stock market regulation legislation is definitely on the legislative program this session, Speaker Henry T. Rainey said today. He predicted the house might be ready to adjourn May 15.

who is now and has been in the past on the pay roll of the American Book Company. He added he would remove summarily any one on the board of education found to be connected in any way with any publishing company. In announcing readoptions and contracts, the board said it had been inclined to accept lowest bids consistent with good educational standards. Governor McNutt defended the contract avyard to Mr. Feltus with the statement today that he ‘‘sees no reason why a man should be barred because he is a friend of mine.” The Governor declared quality alone determined the award. The winning book was written by Emma Grayce Peed, writing supervisor of the Indianapolis public schools. Bids on the writing books ranged from 5 to 10 cents, the Governor said, and the board’s vote for the Bloomington firm bid was unanimous except for the ballot of Lieu-tenant-Governor Clifford Townsend. The lieutenant-governor voted for the National Book Company’s book, a 10-cent product, the Governor said.

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U. S. ROUNDS UP ST, PAUL HOODLUMS Friends of Dillinger’s Pal Are Questioned. By United Press ST. PAUL, April s—The machine gun escape of John Dillinger, outlaw killer, and his St. Paul associate, Eugene Green, now a seriously wounded captive, today threw the city’s underworld into a turmoil as nearly fifty federal agents rounded up Green's gangster pals. The federal drive centered on frequenters of the saloon formerly run by Dan (Dapper Danny) Hogan, who died in a bomb explosion after an alleged ‘‘double cross” when pay roll robbers were forced to return their loot. Grim strangers have tapped meaningly on the sholders of more than twenty unsuspecting hoodlums since the fingerprints of Dillinger and his lieutenant, John Hamilton, were indentified in Washington Monday. PLANE CRASH SURVIVOR IS FOUND IN JUNGLES Indians Report Four Companions of American Were Killed. By United Press CALI, Colombia, April s.—lndians reported today the finding in the jungles of Newton C. Marshall, American mining engineer, sole survivor of a passenger plane which crashed on the banks of the Sipi river in Columbia three weeks ago. The plane left Buenaventura on •the Pacific coast of Colombia March 10 for Medellin, in the interior. Five persons were aboard. Indians who located the craft said all aboard had been .killed except Mr. Marshall, who was in a critical condition. SHOWDOWN WITH LION PUT OFF BY BEATTY Confusion Due to Circus Opening Makes Postponement Necessary. By United Press NEW YORK, April 5. Waiting for the circus to settle down to a normal routine, Clyde Beatty, lion tamer, has postponed his "show down” with Sammy, his belligerant lion, for a few days. Because the circus has only just opened the arena is crowded each morning with performers practicing their acts, | giving Beatty no opportunity to | have his big cage set up in Madison Square Garden. Meantime Beatty does not plan to j use Sammy until he can get him | alone, with no audience present, to ! learn if the big cat has turned ! “killer.” Goett Named Receiver Henry O. Goett, city clerk, was named receiver of the Midwest Insurance Company, home office in Circle Tower building, today by Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox. The receivership request was made by William D. Vogel.

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FLOOD DEATH TOLL REACHES 19; SCORE REPORTED MISSING $2,000,000 Property Damage Estimated as Swollen, Raging Rivers Surge Over Two Midwestern States. NINE BODIES FOUND IN OKLAHOMA Equal Number Claimed by Wisconsin Deluge; Persons Unaccounted for Are Feared Drowned; U. S. Aid Asked. Bv United Press A death toll which already has reached nineteen and may be nearly double that number when relief workers account for a score of missing persons was claimed today by flood waters in Wisconsin and Oklahoma Property damage mounted to near .$2,000,000 and there were threats of more damages from the swollen, raging riv-

BEN DAVIS BOY FOUNDHANGEB 16-Year-Old Youth May Be Suicide; Reason for Act Mystery. Body of Clayton Geisendorff, 16, of R. R. 3. Box 250 X, was found hanging in a clothes closet in a vacant house at 6332 Dunway street at noon today. Deputy sheriffs who investigated said he had been dead probably since last night. The youth, a pupil of the Ben Davis high school, last was seen yesterday afternoon on the way to school. When he did not return home a brother, Richard, 21, vainly sought for him. The vacant house had been frequented by pupils of the school, and the body was discovered today by Forest Strong, 16, of 1301 Dukane street. The body was suspended from a belt, extending a hole in the ceiling into the attic above the closet. The brother was unable to ascribe any reason for suicide. UNTERMYER OPPCSES PENDING STOCK BILL Advocate of Wall St. Reform Heard by Senate Commi tee. By United Press WASHINGTON. April s.—Samuel Untermyer, militant advocate of Wall Street reform opposed the pending Fletcher-Rayburn stock market control bill before the senate banking comittee today. Mr. Untermyer, reinforced by twenty-five years of study of stock market reform legislation, punctuatled his testimony with numerous references to abuses of the past which should be corrected, chief of which was the charge that Lee Higginson Cos. was responsible for a ‘‘colossal swindle” on the security holders of the Krueger and Toll properties. STATE SENATE UPSETS LEHMAN UTILITY PLAN Democratic Controlled Branch Balks at Municipal Operation. By United Press ALEANY, N. Y., April s.—Governor Henry H. Lehman's proposal for municipal operation of utility j plants, major provision of his broad power reform program, was defeated today in the Democratic controlled senate. The vote was 22 to 22. The defeat came as a complete rebuff to the Governor, and in the midst of preparations for a broad investigation into alleged political connections of the utility companies. KOKOMO PLANT HIKES WAGES 10 PER CENT 200 Haynes Stellite Workers to Benefit by Increase. By United Pr< ss KOKOMO. Ind., April 5.—A 10 per cent wage increase, effective April 10, to all factory employes of j the Haynes Stellite Company h: ■*-. was announced today by James H. Maguire, manager. The increase affects approxii mately two hundred workers, the i announcement said. A similar adjustment of office workers’ salaries is planned soon, I Mr. Maguire said. Seeks Second Divorce . By United Press I HOT SPRINGS. Ark., April 5. Mrs. Anne Cannon Reynolds Smith, | daughter of a millionaire North Carolina linen manufacturer, filed suit for divorce today against her ! second husband. F. Brandon Smith Jr., Charlotte, N. C„ real estate dealer.

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ers, especially in the Elk City district of Oklahoma. Nine were dead and nine unaccounted for in Oklahoma as the Washita river surged over surrounding farm lands. Nine bodies were recovered and it was feared the nine persons missing had been drowned. In Wisconsin, nine lives were reported lost. The waters, which i spread over eight counties, had receded but many low areas were inundated with several feet of water. Schools were closed and appeals for federal aid were sent to Washington by the Red Cross. Property Damage Heavy By United Press ELK CITY. Okla., April s.—Another rise reported comingq down the swollen Washita river, which apparently already hand claimed ten or more lives and inflicted property damage upward of $1,000,000, today, threatened to hinder the search for bodies and check of persons believed drowned. Seventeen persons were missing. Only one body had been recovered, that of Stella Mae Fenter, 10. But hope had been abandoned for Mrs. Arthur Adams, her five daughters and four other members of the L. L. Fenter family. The flood struck during a heavy rainstorm, accompanied by crashing thunder, eatly yesterday. So great was the noise of the storrr. that when rushing waters of the Washita left the low banks of the river the approach of the flood was unheard. Loss of livestock was heavy. Wrecked farm houses, or empty foundations on which they had rested, dotted a seven-mile stretch of the river bottom. Hundreds of automobiles were inundated. Miles of railroad track were washed away and rail and highway bridges destroyed by the raging waters. Many Are Rescued National guardsmen, Red Cross workers, state and county authorities united in rescue work. More than a score of persons had been rescued from trees and housetops on which they had perched. Hope for Mrs. Adams and her daughters was given up after the flood destroyed their frame house. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Fenter and a son and daughter were thought drowned. Others reported missing were Mrs. Lawrence Taylor and her child, Leo Bush and his wife and child, Mrs. M. L. Wright, Mai Eason, Rusty Toller and Marry Kemp. Arthur Adams,, husband and father of that family, saved himself and a year-old daughter by grabbing the girders of a bridge against which their home was smashed to pieces. Hurl, a son, also saved himself, but the mother and five girls, ranging in age from 5 to 13, have not been found. Added to the storm toll was the death of Fred Wheeler, railroad section foreman, killed near Krebs, Okla., by lightning. Heroic Deeds Recorded Narrow escapes and stories of heroic rescues were numerous. Dramas were enacted in the darkness of early morning in scores of homes. Rainfall in this vicinity was not heavy enough to cause anxiety, and the first warning most victims had was when water entered their bedrooms. Heavy rains on the eastern slope of the Rockies and in the territory drained by the Washita and its tributaries was blamed. Relief was slow organizing, as power and telephone lines to nearby towns were washed away and most highways were impassable because of wrecked bridges. Additional deaths were almost certain to be reported, but it may be several days before an accurate check of fatalities is possible, authorities said. STANDARD OF INDIANA SHOWS PROFIT GAIN 1933 Earnings Top Those of 1932 by More Than a Million. Report of Standard Oil of Indiana and subsidiaries, issued this afternoon, shows 1933 earnings totaling $17,674,351.44, or $1.14 a share on the 15.528,504 shares outstanding at the end of the year. Earnings in 1932 totaled $16,558,281.79, or $1.04 a share. A decrease in the early part of 1933 was more than offset by a gain in the nonoperating income and by reduction in interest charges. Hourly Temperatures •a. m 49 10 a. m 59 7a. m 50 11 a. m 6* Ba. m 52 12 (noon).. 9a. m 56 Ip. m