Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 115, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 September 1934 — Page 2

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G. 0. P. WILL GO TO COURTS IN KYLE FIGHT Election Board Rules Gary Republican's Name Off Ballots. Republican leaders planned today to carry to the courts the refusal of the state election board to place the name of Joseph B. K> ie. Gary, on state ballots as Republican candidate for Lieutenant-Governor. By a two to one vote, the board ruled against the Republican theory that the office of Lieutenan*Governor has b*en vacated by M. Clifford Townsend when he accepted a state administrative position. Governor Paul V. McNutt and W. V-' Spencer. Democratic members of the election commission, voted against placing Mr. Kyle's name on the ballots. Fred C. Gause, Republican member, voted to accept him •s a candidate. Application of Don B Irwin. Republican state chairman, for a hearing was rejected on the ground the Court is the proper place to decide the controversy. Solon J. Carter. Republican legal committee chairman, said he would confer today on arrangements to take the case into court. Minton Denies Charge Promise to continue his present campaign of ridicule of “those selfappointed defenders of the Constitution ’ was made by Sherman Minton, Democratic nominee for United States senator, at a meeting of Negro Democratic clubs in the Walker casino last night. Charges that he himself had been ridiculing the Constitution in his speeches vigorously were denounced by Mr. Minton. He declared that he never had done such a thing, that he studied the Constitution under William Howard Taft and that he was a member of the Americay army fighting in defense of the document. Superior Judge John W Kern, nominee for mayor, asserted that it is the duty of patriotic citizens of Indianapolis to continue the Democratic municipal administration because It has given "efficient and honest government.” Introduction of a bill to raise the maximum old age pension to $25 a month and reduce the age requirement from TO to 05 years was promised by Walter E. Paul, formerly assistant state safety director of the Civilian works adminisistration. . Ralph Scott to Speak Ralph A. Scott, Eleventh district Republican congressional nominee, | will speak at a meeting in the Cumberland community house at 8 Wednesday night. The meeting will be under auspices of the War- ; ren Township Republican Club and the Cumberland Republican com-i mittee. John Shearer, township chairman, will preside. Township and county candidates will be introduced. Senator Raps M'Nutt By Time . Spceint SOUTH Bend. Sept. 22—Permanent employment for the 11.000.000 men and women out of work is the only solution of the present economic situation. Senator Arthur R. Robinson told St. Joseph county Republicans at a meeting here yesterday. National as well as state issues [ were discussed by the senator. Center of his attack was on the “brain trust” surrounding President Roosevelt. The spoils system in Indiana penal and welfare institutions also was denounced by the speaker, who assailed the domination of Governor Paul V. McNutt’s political machine. LABOR CO-OPERATES IN IMPROVING TEXAS CITY Man M.elinc Hrid to I’l.n Civic Enterprises. By Unit'd Pr<M RANOER. Tex.. Sept. 22 Labor will co-operate with city leaders in promoting enterprises here which will benefit the city in the future. This was the expression heard at a mass meet mg here recently w hen plans were discussed for improving the city, bringing in new industries and adding to payrolls. Charles Hutchison outlined the purpose of the meeting The group discussed improving unpaved streets which pass by schools, and considered plans to provide for increased water supply needed for industries which later may locate here. RADIOPHONE INSTALLED TO FRIGHTEN BURGLARS Alarm Costs $250; Dog Barks. Voice Asks "Who's There?” By Cuffed Prett LONDON. Sept. 22—A woman has just paid $250 for a radiophone —to play one record only. When it is played, a dog's bark is heard, followed by a mans cry of “Whos there?” The purchaser is a widow, living with an elderly maid in a district which has had epidemics of burglaries. With her new radiophone loudspeakers will be installed in every room, the radiophone will be connected with "invisible light” alarms across each window, and any wouldbe thief will get the shock of his life if he tries to enter.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

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Stoles automobiles recovered bv police belong to Dr J I gtaiker. JO*T North Deiavrare street. Dos*• sedan. Sound at taenty•ighth and 1 treeta. vere C- Button. Muncte. Dodge sedan found is ailcv near Sheffield avenue and McCarty afreet Paul MeDuff ll North Euclid avenue. Plymouth sedan, found outaide city limits by sheriff Paige sedan no license plates, no gerti&cate of title motor number It L tJSiPT. found at 3Mt Ralston avenue.

PREPARE FOR SADDLE CLUB'S ROUNDUP OCT. 14 AT GREGG FARM

IWt to Right—Maurice L. Mendenhall. C. F. Greg g. R. D. Coleman. Adjutant-General E. F. Straub, Captain 11. E. Willet, Colonel Paul E. Tombaugh and Chief Mike Morrissey. Preliminary arrangements are under way for the Indiana Saddle Horse Associations second annual round-up and “fun fest - ’ to be held Oct. 14 on the Charles F. Gregg farm, North Meridian and One Hundred and Sixth streets. Members of the public safety committee, headed by Adjutant-General E. F. Straub, met yesterday to discuss safety measures, policing of the grounds and traffic problems. Members not in the picture include Al G. Feeney, state safety director; Charles 'Buck) Sumner, Marion county sheriff; Frank Hattery, Noblesville, Hamilton county sheriff, and E. A. Cassey, Lebanon.

Officer Pleads Guilty to Attempt to Defraud Fourteen Indiana National Guardsmen Deny Charges, Eight Face Trial in Federal Court Nov. 4. Eight of fifteen Indiana national guard officers arraigned before Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell yesterday on charges of attempting to defraud the government will be tried in federal court here Nov. 14.

GASOLINE MEN CRACKED CASE Suspicion of Manager Led to Hauptmann Arrest, Police Disclose. By United Prett NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—One of the busiest gasoliee filling stations in the city today was the one where the $lO gold certificate in the Lindbergh case was passed. More than a dozen policemen were kept busy keeping lanes clear for customers who wanted to buy gasoline from Walter Lyle, the manager, whose suspicion prompted him to mark down the license number of the automobile owned by Bruno Richard Hauptmann. Lyle's notation finally “broke” the Lindbergh case. It was about 10 a. m. last Saturday that a tall, heavy-set man wearing a gray felt hat drove up in a Dodge sedan and asked for five gallons of gasoline. In payment, he handed Lyle a SlO goldback. “Are you sure it's legal to accept this?” the manager asked. “Os course,” the customer assured him. “It's perfectly good. I've got hundreds of ’em.” As the patron drove off, Lyle scribbled the license number across the face of the bill. Later, he and his assistants, John Lyons and Joseph McCarthy, went to the nearby branch of the Corn Exchange Bank and Trust Company. Their suspicion that it was one of the Lindbergh ransom bills was confirmed. Police were notified and the three men were sworn to secrecy. Lyons and McCarthy said police told them “if the case breaks” they would get a trip to Europe “and a slice of the reward money.” RETURNS MARRIAGE LICENSE: IT'S UNUSED By United Prt*t FT. WORTH, Tex , Sept. 22.—Deputy County Clerk R. M. Reaves is looking for someone who would like to buy a “slightly used” marriage license. He issued the license on July 7 to a 21-year-old Stephenville youth who gave the name of a 23-year-old girl as the bride-to-be. Now’ the license has been returned to Reaves. Across the face the youth had written tersely: “Not used. Thanks.”

Indiana in Brief

By Time* Special COLUMBUS. Sept. 22.—Arrests on intoxication charges in Columbus during the past summer were more than 100 per cent greater than during the same period of 1933. according to figures taken from police records. j . 4 . The citv does not have a beer sales regulatory ordinance, and the city council' showpd little interest in enacting such a measure when the subject was broached recently by Mayor H. Karl Volland. Beer dispensing places are open until 3 and 4 0 clock in the morning. At least 50 per cent of the intoxication arrests are made after 11 at night according to police. As many as twenty persons appear in city court on drunkenness charges following week ends. A year ago six was considered unusually large. nun nun

Fight Coal Ordinance By Timm fprcinl BLOOMINGTON. Sept. 22. Armed with a remonstrance signed bv more than three hundred persons. Holla Morgan. Bloomington attorney, told the city council a proposed ordinance regulating coal sales, favored by Bloomington dealers. that the measure is unconstitutional and in direct violation of a state law forbidding licensing of coal and coke dealers by cities. Advocates of the ordinance state it is designed to protect local dealers from coal haulers who bring loads of fuel into the city from the Greene county mining districts. B * * Former Official Dies By Timra Sprrißl LAFAYETTE. Sept. 22—Funeral services were held today for William M. Jackson. 65. who had held two Tippecanoe county offices and had served twice as Republican county chairman. He died at his home of heart disease. Mr. Jackson served two terms as county clerk and one as county commissioner. He was engaged in the conUwctlng business and had biult maj ’ rw-rts in Indiana - l

Fourteen of the group pleaded not guilty, while one, Harry R. Piles, Greensburg, 63, retired guard captain, pleaded guilty. He was released on his own recognizance until next Saturday, when he will be sentenced. Those in the Indianapolis division pleading not guilty were Bine Plunkett. Bernard A. Sebastian. Ira C. Lee and Albert Neff, all regular army sergeants attached to the guard; Captain James C. Gabriel and Archie J. Everett, retired captain. The dubious distinction of being the first persons in the United States sentenced under the new federal law' prohibiting transportation of a kidnaped person across a state line went to Fletcher W. Rooker, 27. Brooklyn; Harlan A. Marshall, 24, Indianapolis, and Ralph F. Shideler, 23. Indianapolis. They were sentenced to ten years each in Atlanta penitentiary. After pleading guilty to hijacking a truck driven by Voyle Seewright, Indianapolis, loaded with 300 automobile batteries, near Camp Knox. Ky„ and then driving it, with Mr. Seew r right a prisoner, to near Spencer, Ind., where Mr. Seewright was released. A fourth defendant in the case, Millard J. Rooker, Brooklyn, pleaded guilty to charges of possession of the stolen batteries, which had been hidden on his farm. His sentence was taken under advisement. Thomas Franklin Holland, 20, Indianapolis. was sentenced to a year and a day in the federal reformatory in Chillicothe. 0., on embezzlement charges. Holland, a former Indiana National bank messenger, had absconded with more than SSOO in cash. In asking for light sentence. he declared he had been paid on sl2 a week. Edward B. Nicholson. Indianapolis. pleaded guilty to attempted extortion from officers of the Fletcher Trust Company by threatening letters. He will be sentenced Oct. 29. Others in Indianapolis division who pleaded guilty, the charges against them and their sentences follow: Leland Earl Pelton, counter feiting, five years; Anthony Commisano. counterfeiting, three years; James F. Manley, counterfeiting internal revenue stamps, six months and $lO fine; Homer and Robert Goodale, both Negroes, transporting liquor on which the tax had not been paid, to be sentenced Sept. 25; Kenneth Lane, possession of unlicensed still, thirty days and SIOO fine; James Morgan, narcotic lawviolation, to be sentenced Sept. 29; John Schultz, interstate transportation of a stolen car, two years; Leon Oscar Smith, interstate transportation of a stolen car. to be sentenced Sept. 29, and Jobe Davis Jr., transportation of a stolen car, three years. Cherra Punji. in the hills of Assam, is now said to be the wettest spot on earth. The average rainfall for the town, based on records gathered for forty-nine years, is 428 inches annually.

I. U. Given Portrait By Timet Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Sept. 22. A portrait of the late Baskin E. Rhoads, former Indiana university law professor, and a gold-headed cane which was presented to him by •the law class of 1877, have been given to the university by his widow, Mrs. Ida M. Rhoads. Terre Haute. Professor Roads was a member of the law school faculty from 1870 to 1877. He served as a member of the lower branch of the Indiana legislature and was a former judge of Vigo superior court. n n n Beer Sales Regulated By T iMf* Special CRAWFORDSVILLE. Sept. 22. Following two months of discussion, the city council has adopted an ordinance regulating beer sales in the city and in a territory within a radius of four fhiles of the city limits. On week days, beer sales between midnight and 6 a. m. are prohibited by the ordinance, which provides that none shall be sold from - Saturday until noon

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‘JAFSIE’ WAITS POLIGEACTION Old, White-Haired Man Is Believed Near Vindication. By United Prett NEW YORK, Sept. 2U—An old. white-haired man—victim of a heart-breaking swindle with the life of a baby at stake—returned to his home today after trying to decide according to his own conscience if Bruno Richard Hauptmann was the “John” to whom he paid $50,000 for the return to Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. Dr. John F. Condon, the amiable “Jafsie” whom authorities are convinced paid Lindbergh’s money to the actual kidnaper, partly identified Hauptmann. But there still was a possibility of doubt in his mind, and he went home to consult his conscience. “My lips are sealed,” he said. Dr. Condon felt that he was near his vindication when he was led into a room at Greenwich street police station last night. There had been inuendos at the time he pi id the ransom, and he had dedicated his life to vindicating himself. Twenty men were lined up in the rom, all staring at him. Inspector John J. Lyons invited him to pick “John” out. “May I proceed by elimination?” he asked. “Os course.” Condon walked straight up to Hauptmann. He then picked out three detectives. These four he lined up and questioned individually, particularly about the spelling andpronunciation of their names. He listened intently as each man spoke. He then sat down and wrote two notes. The first he handed to Hauptmann. “Read aloud,” he said. Hauptmann read: “I always keep my word. If the baby is returned in good health, I will do everything to help you.” Hauptmann was nervous, inclined to tremble. Condon ignored the other three men, handing Hauptmann the second note. Hauptmann read: “Are you ready to act? We can not wait longer. He will smash me.” Then Condon asked permission to talk to the prisoner alone. They conversed in a corner for a few minutes. Condon turned away without comment. Police said he had made a ‘partial identification.” HAUPTMANN CLEVER, SLY, SAY GERMANS Saxon Authorities Explain Suspect’s Escape. By United Prett KAMENZ, Saxony, Sept. 21. Bruno Richard Hauptmann, held in New York in the Lindbergh case, escaped in dramatic circumstances from prison here in 1923, Saxon criminal authorities told the United Press today. They described Hauptmann as “sly and clever.” Hauptmann was taken before authorities to be examined on a robbery charge, they said, while he already was serving five years on two previous charges. During an interim in the examination, they said, he escaped “We simply found his clothes in front of the prison door one morning,” a spokesman said. “We saw neither hide nor hair of him thereafter.” RADIO MAY BE USED IN AFRICAN SCHOOLS Ruler of Gold Coast Plans Unique Courses in English. By United Prett LONDON. Sept. 22.—Wireless will be used to teach English to dusky young native of the African Gold Coast. Nana Sir Ofori Atta, the paramount chief of the Gold Coast, \lsited the great radio show at Olympia, and bought a seven-tube set for experimenting among the more avanced pupils in this country. Sir Ofori is well known for his modern outlook in the matter of education. Nevertheless he clings to tradition in the matter of dress. He never appears without his gold crown, flowing robes, and large, fringed umbrella held over him. GETS INTO WRONG CAR Alleged Drunk Wants to “Go Places;” Taken to Jail. By U nited Prett BELLINGHAM. Wash., Sept. 21. “Move over, we’re going places!” commanded a young woman as she climbed into a car occupied by two men. She went to jail on a drunk charge. The men were Chief of Max L. Laaae and Sergeant eorge Stillman.

YOUTH TO FACE TRIAL IN DEATH OF SWEETHEART ‘American Tragedy’ Case Will Be Heard in Eastern Court. By United Prett WILKESBARRE, Pa., Sept. 2 r .. The “American Tragedy” murder case of Bobbie Edwards will be called for trial soon. Bobbie, according to police charges, by hi" own confession, spur, a triangular web about himself. He killed his childhood sweetheart in order to be free to continue another romance. Theodore Dreiser's novel, “An American Tragedy,” was re-enacted in almost every detail, police say, by the 23-year-old mining engineer, although the youth contends he never has read the story. Childhood Sweethearts Robert A. Edwards and Freda MeKechnie, 26, an Edwardsvillc church worker, were childhood sweethearts. They had planned to marc/ and Freda was to become a mother in four months. But Bobbie met another girl while he was attending college and carried on a dual courtship. Edwards, like Clyde Griffiths in the novel, posed as a sophisticated, masterful youth who knew much of life. But when he found out that Freda was “in trouble” he was at a loss. The Lake—a Boat Like Dreiser’s Roberta, there was Miss MeKechnie facing motherhood, pleading for marriage. Then Edwards, police charge, planned, much like the novel—the lake—a boat—tell her you intend to marry her—and if necessary strike a light blow so as to stun her—so that falling into the water she will drown the more easily.” Bobbie, according to police, said in his confesson that he was torn between two desires. The other “girl” in the triangle was Margaret Crain, 23, a music teacher of East Aurora, N. Y. Thomas M. Lewis, Luzerne county prosecutor, charges that Bobbie wanted to get rid of Freda so he would be free to marry Margaret. On the night of July 30, police charge that Bobby and Freda drove to Harvey’s lake, a summer resort near here. Despite a storm they charge that Bobbie had hidden a blackjack in his bathing suit. First Admission Lewis charges Edwards now admitted he “walloped her on the head.” In his first confession, police say, the youth claimed Freda fainted in a row boat and he then hit her, intending to make her death appear accidental. Then, like Sandra in the novel, Margaret Crain rushed to Edwards’ aid. At the time of her sweetheart's arrest she was visiting a brother in Rochester, N. Y. He drove the girl 225 miles to the Wyoming state police barracks so that she could talk with and comfort Bobbie. “I'll stick by him no matter what happens,” Miss Crain said when she left Edwards. They kissed and embraced and she promised to return. Bobbie hasn’t heard from her since. Final Chapter Unwritten The final chapter in Pennsylvania's own “American Tragedy” will be written in the courtroom here. Dreiser’s mythical character “Clyde” was electrocuted. The commonwealth announced it would demand the death penalty for Edwards, following a grand jury indictment for murder. The defense has given no intimation of what case it will present. Edwards has shown no remorse for the act with which he is charged and whirh he freely admits. His one concern, according to keepers, is whether Margaret will attend the trial. WILD FOWL REFUGE IS STOCKED IN UTAH Two Artificial Lakes Built, Filled With Bass. By United Prett SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 22.—Utah nimrods are looking forward to some great shooting within a few years. Anew wild fowl refuge at Locomotive Springs has been completed by PWA workers. The project includes two lakes, covering approximately five square miles, which were formed by construction of seven miles of dikes. The lakes are being stocked with bass by the state fish and game department.

Modernize Your Home BY ROGER B. WHITMAN

One day last winter, with the temperature at zero and the wind howling, a neighbor asked me what to do about a room on the exposed side of his house that was too cold to use. I said that one trouble was the leaking in of outdoor air around the window sash. He thought the sashes were too tightly fitted for that, and felt that he proved it by showing me there was no looseness. But I took a yard-long piece of thread and pinned it by one end so that it hung in the angle between one side of a sash and the frame. If he had been right the thread would have hung motionless. But it did not. It was in a continual flutter. With cold air leaking in around all the windows of the room—three of them—it was no wonder that the room was cold, that the radiator could not deliver enough heat to warm the outside air as fast as it was coming in. One part of the remedy is in weather stripping and the rest in a storm sash. Any of the weather strips on the market will make window joints tight, when new and if carefully put on. Applying these is a job for a professional. because of the special tools that are needed and the various forms of stripping that must be used for different parts of windows and doors. Good metal weather strips should make a saving of from 15 to 20 per cent in the fuel bill. With storm sash added, the saving should run up to 30 per cent. Air also 14 likely to leak Into a

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“Ridiculous,” was all Mrs. Ellen Tuck French Astor would say after publication of reports of a spat between the pretty New York socialite and her husband, John Jacob Astor 111. The couple, shown above, are reported to have separated after their dispute.

SMEDLEY BUTLER TO ATTEND V. OF F. W. PARLEY

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Van Zandt Also Slated to Give Address at Night Meeting Here. Thirty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be celebrated at a meeting at 8 Sunday night in Tomlinson hall and a picnic earlier in the day at Northern Woods beach. General Smedley Butler, fiery, hard-fisted former marine officer, and James Van Zandt. V. F. W. commander-in-chief, will be the speakers at the night meeting. Governor Paul V. McNutt, with whom Mr. Van Zandt. has conducted a bitter speaking sued, has been invited to attend the meeting and

OIL ATTENDANT DONS SUNDAY BEST ON JOB AFTER RANSOM TIP

By United Prett NEW YORK, Sept. 2’l.—The man who trapped the Lindbergh ransom recipient didn’t wear his overalls to work today. Walter Lyle usually wears his overalls when cranking out gasoline at a filling station in the Bronx, but today he was dressed in a fresh shirt and neat trousers. Mr. Lyle was the man out of many who handled thousands of dollars in ransom money who was quick enough to suspect its source and who had presence of mind to jot down a clew to the identity of the man who passed it. Part of the reward money for information leading to the Lindbergh kidnapers may go to him if the case against Bruno R. Hauptmann is a success. Two Get Death Sentences By United Prett EDWARDSVILLE, 111., Sept. 22. Mrs. Gertrude Puhse, 42, and Thomas J. Lehne, 43, former policeman, today were under sentence to die in the electric chair Oct. 12 for the slaying of the woman's husband.

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house through the joints between the window frames and the walls. These Joints should be air-tight when a house is new, but they may open with settlement and the drying out of woodwork. Such joints should be closed on the outside with what is called calking compound, which is like putty but does not become hard. Another usual air leak is between the top of an outside wall and the under side of a roof. This can be closed with plaster, rags, or anything else that can be stuffed in. Next—Repairing thy furnace.

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speak. Following a meeting at Marion at which time, according to Mr. Van Zandt, he was squeezed off the program because the Governor “spoke more than his alloted time,” Mr. Van Zandt has sworn to crowd the Governor's speaking time if the two should be on the same program. Governor McNutt will have the ironical task of welcoming Mr. Van Zandt and General Butler if he attends the event, V. F. W. officials say. General Butler has a brilliant record with the marine corps. He received national prominence again in 1924 when he was appointed public safety director in Philadelphia, Pa. In his customary spectacular fashion he reorganized the police force and hit hard at the criminal element until he was forced out by the Vare machine.

‘MYSTERY MAN’ TO NEIGHBORS Hauptmann Known as Reliable, Steady Person; Wife Also German. By 1 nited Prett NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—Bruno Richard Hauptmann until today was known to his neighbors as a steady, reliable man whose son bore a vague resemblance to the kidnaped child of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. When he played cards, the stakes never were high. Hauptmann also had his mysterious side, neighbors said, but this was passed off as due to taciturnity and, as far as money was concerned, to a bit of luck in Wall Street. The baby clothes of the Hauptmann child were hanging on a line in the back yard when curious persons first began assembling at the house upon word that the owner had been arrested for possessing the Lindbergh ransom money. The 10-months-old boy's name is Manfred. Mrs. Anne Hauptmann, who before her marriage was a waitress at a place on the Boston Post road, is a native German, like her husband. She is blond, buxom and pleasant appearing. “Hauptmann never did much talking,” one neighbor said. “Usually, when you met him, he’d just say, ‘hello,’ and let it go at that. He was an enthusiastic hunter, often going to Canada, and played a good hand of pinochle. PEACH WEIGHS 1 POUND Utah Boy Shows Extraordinary Fruit at Exhibit. By United Press OGDEN, Utah, Sept. 22 —A peach, weighing one pound and twelve inches in circumference, was recently exhibited here. It was grown by Tom McEntire in the Roy, Utah, district.

Real Estate Mortgages WE SOLICIT APPLICATIONS FOR FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS ON PREFERRED INDIANAPOLIS PROPERTY. INTEREST RATE 6%. NO COMMISSION. THE INDIANA THUST 2Z& fiSISi 52,000,000.00 THE OLDEST TRUST COMPANY IN INDIANA

.SEPT. 22, 1934

LIQUOR STATUTE CASE WILL BE HEARDMONDAY 3 Out-of-State Breweries Ask Injunction Against State Officials. Two cases of major importance and possibly a third will be Tvard in Indianapolis district federal court Monday before three Judges. Most prominent in ihe public eye will be the attempt of three large out-of-state breweries to obtain an injunction restraining state officials from enforcing the state liquor laws. The breweries charge that the state laws are unconstitutional In that they interfere with interstate commerce. They also charge that they are discriminatory and tend to set up a monopoly. The three plaintiffs are the An-heuser-Busch Company. St. Louis; the Schlitz Brewing Company. Milwaukee. and the Premior-Pabst Sales Corp. Chicago. At the same time the Rockport Water Company will seek to enjoin the state public service commimssion from enforcing recently established rates. Hearing in the Indianapolis water rate case also tentatively is set for Monday. All three hearings will be held before three judges, Louis Fltz Henry, of the circiut court of appeals. Chicago: Robert C. Baltzell of Indianapolis district court, and Thomas W. Slick, South Bend district court. ON SUSPECT'S ARREST Jon, Victim’s Brother, With Grandmother at Maine Home. By Un itrd Prett NORTH HAVEN. Me., Sept. 21. Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow, giandmother of the victim of the Lindbergh kidnaping, withheld comment today on new developments in the case. Baby Jon Lindbergh. 2-year-old brother of the late Charles Jr., has spent the summer at the Morrow home here, with Shirley Grant, a local girl, as his nursemaid. When the family returns to its winter home at Englewood. N. J., next week, it is understood that Miss Grant will remain here. Betty Gow, nurse to the slain Lindbergh infant and later to Jon. has been reported vacationing in her native Scotland, but Is expected to resume her duties at the Englewood home shortly. STATES MUST HELP. RELIEF CHIEF WARNS Withdrawal of Aid to Be Penalty, Hopkins Says. By United Prett WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—Heavy pressure will be exerted by the government on states that have failed to provide their just share of relief funds, Administrator Harry L. Hopkins said today. “I am convinced,” said Mr. Hopkins, “that many states are not putting up all the money they should, and we are going to insist they do so. That applies also to cities and counties." If necessary, it was said, the FERA will cut off relief allotments to the negligent states to force cooperation. Tolerance will be shown, however, Mr. Hopkins said, toward states unable to raise necessary funds. NEW JERSEY STANDS BY $25,000 REWARD Sum to be Paid on Conviction, Governor Indicates. By United Prett TRENTON. N. J„ Sept. 21.—A reward of $25,000 offered by the state of New Jersey for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of the kidnapers of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., was still in effect today. The reward was proclaimed by Governor A. Harry Moore under a state law authorizing rewards not exceeding $25,000 in kidnaping cases. Who, if any one. gets the reward will depend on whether there is a conviction. NEWLYWEDS TO GET BEEHIVES AS PRESENT Honey Production Falls Off, Leading to Action. By t'nit'd Prett BUDAPEST. Sept. 22. Newly married men of Kecskemet-may be satisfied they were not stung on the deal, but the city fathers are going to prove them wrong. The town is famous for its honey, but production has been falling off. So the municipality Is giving a present of a beehive with a swarm of bees. CURTIS IS ‘DELIGHTED’ Lindbergh Hoaxer Awaits Further News With Interest. By Uni* < and Prett NORFOLK. Va, Sept. 21.—John Hughes Curtis, the boat builder who duped Colonel Charles A Lindbergh into a search at sea for his kidnaped son, today expressed “delight* at new developments In the case. “I am delighted that the matter is being cleared up.” Curtis said. “I will await further developments with a great deal of interest.”