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COHN LOSES FIGHT ON LETTERS BARING DIVIDEND ‘BURDEN’ Meyer-Kiser Officials Complained Year Before Bank Closed That Payments Were Difficult, Receiver Says. MISSIVES SENT BY ACCUSED CITED Fralich Company Insolvent Most of Time Checks Were Mailed Stockholders, Gary Man Testifies. Officials of the Meyer-Kiser hank complained more than a year before the hank closed its doors that it was getting “round shouldered” from hearing the dividend load of its subsidiary realty companies, it was revealed today in the embezzlement trial of Melville S. Cohn, Meyer-Kiser vicepresident and director. The revelation came through a letter dated Sept. 13, 1029, from Mr. Cohn to J. J. Kelly, Gary, receiver for the Fralich Realty Company. The defense objected strenuously as Floyd Mattice, chief deputy prosecutor, introduced five letters from Mr. Cohn to Mr. Kelly, but Special Judge Alexander G. Cavins overruled the objections.

Mr. Kelly was on the stand as a state witness as the state continued its drive to prove charges that bank funds were used to pay dividends to stockholders of realty companies in receivership. In a letter dated April 8. 1929. Mr. Cohn .stated that the bank had &99.140 tied up in the realty company and that the bank had paid *6.750 to real estate company stockholders as dividends. Tells of Receivership The realty company went into receivership in 1928 and according to Mr. Kelly's testimony, he was appointed receiver to look after the bank's interests. He testified that the Fralich company was insolvent during most of the time that the j bank was paying dividends to stock- i holders. Mr. Kelly said that rent from an apartment building owned by the realty company was used to repay the bank, but that the funds were insufficient. A letter dated July 12, 1929. from Mr. Cohn stated that the bank had a delinquent balance of $8,050 on the realty company’s account. Mr. Kelly said that in the time that he was receiver that he had never paid any dividends to stockholders or retired any stock. Cross- | examination by defense attorney be- j gan shortly before noon recess. Lawyers Clash Frequently Yesterday's session was marked by frequent clashes between state and defense attorneys with the latter objecting to the procedure adopted by Mr. Mattice. State witnesses included Thomas F. Garvin, receiver for the bank; | Miss Grace Jackson, a former bank vice-president; Albert Blue. 4550 North Illinois street, a preferred j stockholder in the Fralich Realty > Company, and Mr. Kelly. Miss Jackson declared she signed official Meyer-Kiser checks and other bond documents requiring signature of an officer. She identified her signature to a Fralich dividend check for $37.50 made out to Mr Blue by the bank “in lieu of dividends of the Fralich Realty Company.” *T had no specific authority to sign the check to Mr. Blue,” Miss Jackson replied to questions by Mr.: Mattice. Mr. Blue Identifies Check “Whatever was placed on niv desk I signed,” she added to the astonishment of the court. “Even though thousands of dollars of checks came to your desk you would not ask anybody about j them?” Judge Cavins asked the wit- i ness. “No. I would not,” Miss Jackson replied. “It was nol my business to."; Mr. Blue followed Miss Jackson to the stand and identified the check made out to him. He testified that he received the check and then deposited it to his account in another bank. _______________ WORK 25 YEARS. GET HITLER'S BOOK—FREE “Big-Hearted” Adolf to Reward Loyal Railroaders. ByLmted Press j BERLIN. July 18 —Hereafter any German railway man who renders loyal service for twenty-five years i will receive free a copy of Chan- ; cellor Adolf Hitler's book, “Mein Kampf.” it was decreed officially today. Times Index Page | Auto News 6 Berg Cartoon 10 Bridge 4 Broun 9 Classified 14 Comics 15 Crossword Puzzle 7 Curious World 15 Editorial 10 Financial 11 Hirkman—Theaters 13 ; Let s Go Fishing 13 Lippmann 9 Pegler 9 j Radio 7 ( Serial Story 15 j Sports 12. 13: State News 6 Vital Statistics u ' Woman s Pages 4, 5

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STATE RESTS IN MURDER TRIAL Defense Starts Evidence in Effort tc Save City Woman From Chair. By I irit Press CHARLESTON. 111., July 18.— The state today rested its case in the trial of Mrs. Ann Sandstrom of Indianapolis, on a charge of slaying Carl Thompson, 43, casket salesman, also of Indianapolis. The defense then began presenting evidence. In concluding its case, the state gained what state's attorney J. V. Dilsaver considered an important point in the admission of an alleged confession by Mrs. Sandstrom that she shot Mr. Thompson to death while they were in a hotel room at Mattoon several weeks ago. First witness for the defense today was Mrs. Mary Clark, Indianapolis, owner of the building where Mrs. Sandstrom had an apartment and which is said to have been given the woman defendant by Thompson in furtherance of an alleged romance between the two. Mrs. Clark's testimony centered on an operation which Mrs. Sandstrom had in June. 1932, and which so affected her that it caused her to become nervous and caused "mental agony,” a point which Defense Attorney Will H. Remy is stressing. HOWARD BUCK IS GIVEN 5-YEAR TERM •Noble Experiment' Goes Wrong Once More. Howard J. Buck. 33. one time noble experiment in criminology, was sentenced to one to five years in Indiana state prison today by Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker following a guilty plea to petit larceny charges. During the term of former Governor Harry G. Leslie. Buck was haled before the courts to answer forgery charges. He claimed that he was a former athlete, injured in a Chicago-Purdue football game, and that a terrific pressure in his head lead him to crime. Governor Leslie, a former Purdue grid star, intervened and had an operation performed on Buck. Later Buck was sentenced in Ohio for forgery charges. His later appearance in Indianapolis courts came after he was alleged to have forged the name of Bert C. Fuller. 3902 College avenue, former Leslie campaign manager, on a check. JEWEL THIEVES RAID N. Y. FIRM: SLUG TWO Bandits Drop $250,000 in Gems Making Escape. By United Press NEW YORK. July 18.—Four bandits escaped with jewels of undetermined value from the manufacturing plant of Charles P. Goldsmith & Cos., today, after dropping one package containing gems worth $250,000. Posing as customers, they gained admittance to the firm's offices, whipped out guns and, after bludgeoning Goldsmith and H. W. Kerl. a salesman, took quantities of jewels in black and brown bags. EXPLORER'S WIFE ILL Martin Johnson Rushing by Plane to London. By United Peru CAIRO. Egypt, July 18—Martin Johnson, American big game hunter, was speeding toward London today in one of his amphibian airplanes to obtain medical treatment for his wife, taken ill in the African interior. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were expected here today from Luxor.

The Indianapolis Times Fair tonight becoming unsettled tomorrow; rather high temperatures.

An informant said he had talked to Williams, who did not appear excited. about 4 Monday morning. He quoted Williams as saying he was going to hitch-hike to Louisville, Ky., to visit a brother. Another informant, who had worked with Williams on the Pearson farm, said that Williams would absent himself from his work in the fields for long intervals while Pearson was away, spending this time at the farmhouse. Williams is quoted as saying one time, “Don’t tell Dan I was away. Tell him I was working with you.” A heavy stake, sharpened at the end and matted with hair and blood, was found yesterday afternoon in the farmyard near where a large police dog was chained. Reporters had seen the stake Monday and had dismissed it as evidence, while the deputy sheriffs did not find the alleged weapon until later. Mr. Pearson was discovered Monday lying dead in his bed, apparently the victim of terrific blows on the head. His forehead was crushed and sheets on the bed were bloody. Funeral services for the slain man will be held at 2 tomorrow afternoon in the home. R. R. 5, Box 580. Burial will be in Floral Park cemetery. CITY FIRE LOSSES UP, CHIEF'S REPORT SHOWS 2,176 Alarms, 6 “Seconds,” Are Answered in Half Year. Increase in local fire losses for the first six months of this year was shown in the report submitted to the safety board yesterday by Chief Harry E. Voshell. The total loss for the period was $197,000 as compared to $183,529 for the first six months of 1933. Six second alarm fires were answered in the period. A total of 2,176 alarms were answered, 395 more than the corresponding period last year. 120 FEARED DROWNED IN POLISH CLOUDBURST Flood Follows 50 Hours’ Constant Rain: Farms Inundated. By United Press WARSAW. July 18.—Terror stricken peasants in south Poland prayed for deliverance from what they feared was another world flood today, when after fifty hours of rains of unprecedented severity they surveyed inundated farms. It was feared a minimum of 120 persons drowned in the rains. A check was impossible because the downpour continued and was spreading to middle Poland. Ted Hosing Is Sued for Divorce By United Press RENO. Nev., July 18.—Mrs. Helen G. Husing sued Edward (Ted) R. Husing, New York radio announcer, for divorce today, charging cruelty. She was expected to win a decree later today, V

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Conflicting Clews Deepen Farmer Slaying Mystery Witness Says Missing Farmhand Told Him He Planned Hitchhike to Louisville on Murder Day. Conflicting scraps of evidence picked up by deputy sheriffs today deepened the mystery of the murder Monday of Alfred C. (Dan) Pearson, Beech Grove farmer. Two persons today volunteered information regarding the strange disappearance of William Williams, hired man, who vanished at about the time of the murder.

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18,1934

VATICAN GHOSTS ARE STARTLED BY MIDDY CHEER: POPE BEAMS

By United Press VATICAN CITY. July 18.—The robust navy yell of Annapolis echoed in the sacrosanct precincts of the Vatican palace today, first to the amazement and then to the delight of the F'Pe. Pope Pius granted an audience to Admiral Hayne Ellis and a group of 400 midshipmen who are making a training cruise on the battleships Arkansas and Wyoming. After the pontiff had made a friendly address to the midshipmen, their cheer leader, performing the customary acrobatics of j the football field, led them in a j noisy cheer for the head of the : Roman Catholic church. STUDENT CHARGED WITH MURDER OF FAIR CO-ED Professor’s Daughter Was Found Dead in Cook's Home. By United Press NORMAN, Okla., July 18.—Neal Myers, University of Oklahoma pharmacy student, was charged with murder today in the death of Marian Mills, co-ed beauty queen. Miss Mills. 20, daughter of a university professor, was found dead in the apartment of Mrs. Hazel Brown, fraternity house cook, last Tuesday. She and Myers had spent the night there with Mrs. Brown, who told authorities the girl had been taking drugs in an attempt to avert motherhood. HOOSIER YOUTH DIES IN AIRPLANE CRASH Game Warden’s Son Killed in Mishap at South Bend. By United Press SOUTH BEND, Ind., July 18.— Herbert Downey, 17, was killed instantly today when the monoplane he was piloting went into a spin and crashed at Bendix-Municipal airport. Young Downey was attempting to turn the ship hen he lost control. He was the son of Clem Downey, a state game warden. HURRAH! CIRCUS IS COMING; OPENING SET Canvas to Be Spread at Old Ball Park July 1. More than one hundred railroad cars, loaded with the troupes, wagons, horses and jungle animals that comprise Ringling Brothers and Bamum & Bailey circus will arrive in Indianapolis July 31. The big top will be set up at the old ball park on West Washington street. Performances will be given at 2 p. m. and 8 p.m.

FRISCO DEFIES STRIKERS AS ARBITRATION IS ASKED

North Dakota Ruled by Troops, Governor Defies His Foes to Oust Him Langer, Ordered by Supreme Court to Quit Post, Retaliates by Placing Whole State Under Martial Law: Friends Mass in Capital. By United Press BISMARCK, N. D., July 18.—Surly mobs milled about the state capitol today, hurling epithets at the political enemies of Governor William H. Langer, as he held the entire state in the steel grip of martial law. Governor Langer, ordered by the supreme court to step

BABY KIDNAPED, OFFICIALTHINKS Prosecutor Not Satisfied With Agents’ View in Connor Case. By United Press HARTSDALE. N. Y„ July 18.— The five-day disappearance of 2-year-old Robert Connor threatened to develop new mysteries today because a skeptical district attorney wants to find the answer to several puzzling questions. Bobby was found in a serious condition yesterday in the woods not fai* from his home. At Grasslands hospital he was reported improving slightly. He was weakened by insufficient food and water and scratched by brambles. Federal agents announced the case was closed and that Bobby had been lost in the underbrush for five days. But District Attorney Frank H. Coyne said today he was not satisfied and that, until otherwise convinced, he would proceed on the theory that the child v/as kidnaped and returned to the woods not long before he was found. Police and many persons skeptical that a child could survice under such conditions agreed with him. They wanted to know: 1. How a 21-months-old child who was not very strong could wander half a mile through thick underbrush. 2. How one of his white shoes could have been removed with a sock in it. 3. Why state police refuse to discuss reports that a mysterious telephone call was received at the White Plains station shortly before patrolmen went directly to the spot where the baby was found. 4. Why the first examination of the baby convinced officials that he had been attended by an adult not long before, yet later federal agents said it was merely a case of being lost. Mr. Coyne took issue with Frank X. Fay, federal agent in charge, and also refused to accept the Grasslands hospital report that Bobby apparently had been exposed to the elements tor five days. CATTLE DIE AS SUN BAKES SOUTHWEST Crops, Even Hardy Cotton, Withered by Rays. By United Press KANSAS CITY. July 18—Unbroken weeks of burning sunshine and parching winds brought southwestern states today to a critical point of crop and livestock losses. Cattlemen carried rifles into their ranges to shoot animals too weakened to stand the long drive to water or stockyards. Even the hardy cotton, which grows where other crops wither, was dying. Farmers of Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri, whose early grain burned in the fields during a spring drought, rushed livestock to markets as hopes for late feed dwindled. Serious water crises appeared in half a dozen states where farmers and townsmen hauled water in tank wagons to their homes and barns. Streams and wells were dry. ZOO KEEPER KILLED BY HEAT-CRAZED GRIZZLIES Seventy - Year - Old Employe Attacked; Police Shoot Bears. By United Press DENVER. Colo., July 18.—Maddened by the heat, two grizzly bears at the city park zoo turned on Charles E. Wyman, 70, their keeper, late yesterday, and killed him. Police squads were forced to kill the grizzlies before Mr. Wyman's body could be removed. Employed at the zoo for twenty years, Mr. Wyman was cleaning the pit when attacked. 17 Hurt in Train Wreck By United Press MEXICO CITY, July 18.—Seventeen persons were injured, six critically, when the Missouri-Pacifo international train from St. Lou s was derailed sixty miles north of Mexico City last night. Railway officials said that no Americans were i injured.

out of office, issued a proclamation of military law and called in state troops in a coup d'etat intended to thwart his ouster. With all civil law suspended, he claimed that any writ served on him by the high court would be void. The swift piece of strategy was regarded as a stall for time inasmuch as Governor Langer has convened the state legislature for Thursday to determine whether he is qualified to continue in office. He faces a prison sentence following his conviction on charges of soliciting political funds from federal relief workers. The legislature is composed of men overwhelmingly allied with Langer. Shout Insults at Jurists Yelling crowds strode along streets leading to the Capitol building. where soldiers were bivouacked. Many of the demonstrators were relief workers and avid Langer supporters. They halted before the homes of five supreme court justices who made the ruling ousting Governor Langer and shouted insults. State Treasurer Albert Dale, antiLanger man, was beaten in a hotel lobby last night after a political argument, he reported. Soldiers Form Bodyguard The crowds in the streets claimed that other Langer supporters from nearby' communities would swell their numbers. Meanwhile, Lieutenant-Governor Ole Olson, whom the supreme court called the “real Governor of North Dakota,” issued orders rescinding the special legislative session called by Governor Langer. The status of the order remained doubtful. A bodyguard of state troopers stood guard over the executive offices and soldiers followed Governor Langer wherever he went. CONVICT ESCAPES AT BROTHER’S FUNERAL Flees State Guard as They Reach Grave. By United Press MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., July 18. —Escape of another state prison convict was revealed today by Warden Louis E. Kunkel. The prisoner, Joseph Wachewicz, ran away while attending the funeral of his brother Frank at Calumet City. He was in custody of Harry Westphal, a prison guard, at the time, Mr. Kunkel said that Westphal followed the customary procedure of unshackling Wachewicz during the funeral. After the party reached the grave the convict fled. No action will be taken against Westphal, the warden indicated. Wachewicz was sentenced from Lake county on charges of petit larceny. TWO WOMEN HELD IN CRASH; CITY MAN HURT Motorcyclist Suffers Fracture of Leg and Bruises. Brook Conder, 22, of 1120 North Pennsylvania, a motorcycle delivery man, was injured seriously last night when he was struck by an automobile at Pennsylvania street and Fall Creek boulevard. Mr. Conder’s cycle, was struck by a car driven by Mrs. Ralph Jordan, 24, of 133 West Twentieth street, who with her passenger, Mrs. Helen Howard, 134 West Twentieth street, was arrested on drunkeness charges. Mr. Conder suffered a broken leg and body injuries. He was sent to city hospital. $24,000 IN JEWELRY STOLEN FROM WOMAN Wealthy Chicago Matron Is Victim in Rhode Island Theft. By United Pre.ss WATCH HILL, R. 1., July 18.— Jewels valued at $24,000 have been stolen from Mrs. Russell Forgan, wealthy Chicago woman and Watch Hill summer resident, it was learned today. The theft, which apparently occurred between Sunday night and Monday afternoon, was reported to police belatedly. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 74 10 a. m,.... 84 7 a. m..... 76 11 a. m 85 8 a. m 80 12 (noon).. 87 9 a. m 82 X P. m 88

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Public and Private Agencies Start Tossing Off Shackles, Resume Operations in Face of Labor Unions’ Orders. 350 BUTCHER SHOPS ARE OPENED Workers’ Leaders Await Outcome of Proposals for Parley; 'Licensed’ Restaurants Increased to 70. By United Press , SAN FRANCISCO, July 18. While strike leaders awaited outcome of their proposals for arbitration, public and private agencies today began shaking off the shackles of the San Francisco general strike. The result was a definite easing of the food shortage, and signs of improvement in the general situation. There were, here and there, cases of open defiance on the part of the business community, of the so-called “dictation by the general strike committee. The city-owned and operated municipal railways announced it would run buses on Third street, which leads to the Southern Pacific passenger station, and on which street strikers have tied up the Market street railway service.

SEATTLE POLICE FIGHT STRIKERS Many Are Gassed in Fight on Dock Front; Fear Minneapolis ‘War.’ By United Press SEATTLE, July 18.—Police battled 1,000 strikers at Smith Cove, scene of strike-breaking activities, in a renewal of riot action on Seattle’s waterfront today. Many strikers were gassed. Violence Is Feared By United Press MINNEAPOLIS, July 18.-The creeping paralysis of a strike halting 90 per cent of a city’s commercial traffic struck forcefully today at the industries and homes of 600,000 persons. A thousand national guardsmen waited under arms for development of violence in a strike of 6,000 truck drivers and 1,600 laundry workers. Several important industries halted operations and activity of dozens of others was threatened by an embargo on movement of commercial vehicles. Hundreds of militant pickets roamed the streets in automobiles and afoot, enforcing their edict that only the carriers of a few essential services may operate. Pickets at the city’s edge fought several brisk battles with stubborn nonunion drivers. One group of pickets, unarmed in accordance with a union order, was forced to stand aside when the driver of a truck they halted enforced his opposition with a threatening shotgun. Strike Foes Disagree By United Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. July 18 Union spokesman and textile mill operators were in sharp disagreement today over effectivenrss of a state-wide textile strike as the walkout entered its second day. Operators reported that only one-third of the state’s 31,000 textile employes were participating. Union headquarters termed the strike successful, predicting that the industry would be paralyzed by the end of the week. Pickets Relax Blockade By United Press KOHLER, Wis., July 18.—Pickets stubbornly relaxed their blockade around the Kohler Manufacturing plant today as a federal mediator opened negotiations for settlement of the first strike ever called in this “industrial Utopia.” The strikers, who continued to parade the streets of this “garden spot” village today, are demanding recognition of their federal union for collective bargaining purposes, a thirty-hour week and a minimum hourly wage of 65 cents. NEGRO, BITTEN BY DOG, IS EXPECTED TO DIE No Police Report Found on Case of Injured Man. George Cook, Negro gardener at 2501 Churchman avenue, is in a critical condition in city hospital today as the result of a dog bite. Although Cook was admitted to the hospital yesterday, suffering from lockjaw, there is no police report of the case. City hospital attaches said that the patient, who had been bitten by a dog, was not expected to live. U. S. AGENT ACCUSED IN SLAYING SUSPENDED Federal Man Relieved of Duties as St. Louis Head, By United Press WASHINGTON, July 18.—Federal Agent Lear B. Reed, accused of the fatal shooting of Mrs. Dessie Masterson in a raid early Saturday, today was suspended from his position as chief of the St. Louis corps og agents,

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| Notified that the Standard Oil Company would be allowed a permit from the strike com- ! mittee to deliver fuel and oil : to apartment houses. Philip Patchin, vice-president of the oil company, answered: “Apartment house owners will be served without limit, and our permits will be in the form of police protection.” National guardsmen assigned to protect food trucks in the wholesale district ripped from several trucks the strike committee’s permits which they were displaying. The strike committee further relaxed its embagro on foodstuffs. Having increased the number of “licensed’ restaurants yesterday to seventy, during the night the permit committee issued authorization to 350 butcher shops to open for today only, giving housewives a, chance to replenish meat supplies. It was agreed by the permit committee of the strike committee that, retailers would be allowed to drive their own automobiles to wholesale houses and haul away supplies., Trucks can not be used to deliver to retailers. Buy “Bootleg” Gas The city of San Francisco put seventy street repair trucks back into operation. City and county automobiles were buying their gasoline from two ; gasoline stations which were runI ning without “licenses" and sell, - gas “bootlegged” against the stri, committee’s orders. F. M. McAuliffe, chairman of the committee of 500 formed by Mayor Angelo Rossi, announced the or- ! ganization would proceed without leference to the possibility of arbitration. “Our purpose,” Mr. McAuliffe said, "is to see that every citizen is free to pursue his accustomed work without fear of violence or intimidation.” Numerous arrests were made during the night on both sides of San Franscisco bay. Four men were arrested in Berkeley for throwing creosote bombs on the roof of a market. First reactions of employers and others concerned, to the strike committee's arbitration proposals made last night, were not enthusiastic. Mediation Board to Meet Thomas G. Plant, president of the Waterfront Employers Association, believed ship operators as a whole would refuse to arbitrate until elections are held determining who are the bona fide spokesmen of their sea-faring employes. A. E. Boynton, managing director of the Industrial Association, maintained the strike should be ended first and arbitration discussed afterwards. The president’s mediation board, attempting to settle the maritime strike, was scheduled to meet today to consider the arbitration proposal and hasten action upon it. The arbitration proposal waa framed by conservative labor leaders and adopted last night at a stormy meeting of the general strike convention composed of delegates from all unions. One Man Is Injured Two cases of intimidation against crews of the municipal railways and a half dozen involving small shop keepers were reported to the police. In Oakland one man was taken to a hospital with injuries resulting from a fight alleged to have occurred between gangs of union men and Communists. A tavern, under the protection of a citizens* committee, was wrecked by a gang. National gardsmen were stationed in the uptown section $o aid police in emergencies. In Oakland, the national guard extended its operations, taking over the protection of the municipal piers and the Howard terminal. A. F. OF L. IS KEEPING •HANDS OFF’ STRIKE Pacific Coast Walkout Means Little to Green. By United Press CHICAGO. July 18—William H. Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, said today that the San Francisco general strike had “no national significance” and that the A. F. of L. was not entering into the controversy,