Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1935 — Page 2

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NOTES RECORD TRAGIC STORY OF BABY DOE Cryptic Scribblings Reveal Loneliness, Suffering of Final Days. BY CLARA A. SHEPHERD t'nit.4 Pr. Mils rarrr.pon4.nt CoptrrSiht. ISIS trr Uni'ed Pr**. LEADVILLE, Colo. March 16In cryptic, notes scrawled on the pages of two calendars. Baby Doe Tabor, once the celebrated and beautiful queen of the sliver empire of H A. W ■ Silver Dollan Tabor, recorded the tragic story of the closing months of her lonely life beside the Matchless mine. The calendars came to light today, the final records of a unique life. In 1363 a beautiful blord 21-year-old girl, the wife of Har -y Doe, arrived in the pioneer min ug camp of Leadville where Tabor . Iready had amassed a fortune. Tabor lover her at first sight. She divorced her husband and he divorced the wife of his poverty. Tabor was appointed Senator and with President Arthur among the guerts. he and the blond girl, whom admiring miners had named "Baby Doe" were married. For a number of years she had Jewels and mansions and clothes worth fortunes. Then Tabor lost his money. When he died In 1899 he told her to keep the Matchless silver mine because some day it would make her rich again Lived in Direst Poverty From that year until last week, Baby Doe lived in a shack beside the mine, m direst poverty, fighting off persons claiming the mine, fighting off even sight-seers. Last week she was found dead of pneumonia. She was 73 years old. Yesterday she was buried and today came the calendar records of her last pathetic years. The calendars revealed that toward the last, Baby Doe's mind was growing dim. It reconstructed the years of her glamour in dreams of golden horses and of silver. On March 6. 1934. she wrote: "O terrible, no food left, need bread. Alone. Went down to Leadville from Matchless mine in snow so terrible I had to go down on my hands and knees and creep from cabin door to 7th-st. Mr. Zaits’ driver drov* me to our get-off place and he helped pull me to cabin, I i falling down through snow every minute. God bless him.”

Dreamed of Daughter Baby Doe had two daughters by Tabor. One was called Silver Dollar, in commemoration of the basis of the then Tabor fortune. Silver Dollar died but she was in her mother’s last thoughts. On June 16. 1934, she wrote: “Dreamed of Baby Silver and a gold horse.” On the back of the sheet, was written: "Today I dreamed of Honeymaid and gold red big horse, O so big. as big as four or live horses facing south.” From the first entry, written Jan. 22. 1934. to the last, inscribed after her last trip to Leadville, a mile from the lonely cabin, the calendars told of an aging, lonely, destitute woman, harassed bv visions of devils, delighted by visions of “lovely spirits.” pleased by calls from true friends, and infuriated by the vis.ts of curiosity-seekers. That first entry told of visions which were to recur to her more and more frequently in the 14 months before neighbors found her dead, her body frozen, on the floor of the cabin. It read: “A wonder vision, and talked with two spirits, one bad. but the bad one fled.”

Talks With Spirits Perhaps a hundred times thereafter she recorded “talks with spirits.” or tells of seeing “visions.” Some times "hundreds” of the spirits appeared to her at once, and she talked to them. Some she described as "purple, gold and pink.” Again she wrote of “purple on the wall, deep purple.” And one notation told a “vision of death in purple, writing my vision.” Shortly after this entry occurs one saying only, “attacked by devils,” and again a little later she wrote, “two deathly times, something in mv nose and mouth. Devils.” Once she saw "a dragon in my coffee cup.” and four days later, says the calendar, “something terrible happened today.” Through the winter of 1934. there were frequent entries such as "terrible cold.” “awful deep snow.” “the water and everything frozen up.” and little records of her trips to LeadviUe for supplies, her battle through the deep drifts, her frequent falls. Lonely in Winter The winter days made her conscious of loneliness. Such entries as ’O so cold, alone.” “terrible snow, alone.” “terrible blizzard, alone." occurred Increasing. Other entries told of sunshiny skies, and of the visits of “lovely people.” Those who came out of curiosity were "devils.” “Lots of awful folks. I did not let them in.” and “men. I did not like, came in.” are recurring entries. When her friends came, she recorded their names if she knew them. If not. they were entered as “lovely man.” or "lovely girl, with white earrings." One visitor she did not like received more than usual mention. He was ‘elegant dressed man. lot* of white shin open at neck, black clothes, not a good man.” Visited by Priest. Nuns Gifts of wood. food, clothing, from friends are mentioned, always with the notation, “lovely man." or “lovely woman." “Sue” is written beside many dates, apparently referring to calls from Mi'S Sue Bonney. a neighbor who was one of those who found the body. Even time she received or sent a letter. It was recorded. Every time the priest visited her. It was mentioned. as were visits of nuns. That she loved news from the outaide world was proved by an entry of Sept. 30. 1934. reading. “A kind and lovely man left me the Sunday Post. Big paper. I must And out how to thank him ” On Dec. 7. 1934. not remembering that It was Friday, she inadvertently ate meat, and recorded the act. which seemed to her a terrible sin. on her calendar. Sept. 24. 1934. was her birthday, and she wrote these simple, touching phrases: “Polks and cars. Real crld My birthday. - Across the date of Decy-TS, she wrote only Xmas.” /

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Art Battle Rages On Museum Director Resents Charges of Politics and ‘Czarism’; Asks Dissenters to Make Probe.

BY JOHN THOMPSON Time* Staff Writer INDIANA art traditionalists today arrayed themselves for a finish battle with Wilbur D. Peat, John Herron Museum director, over the method of selecting pictures for the Indiana Artists Exhibition. Mr. Peat today demanded that E. E. Speniner. a traditionialist, appoint a committee of sympathetic artists to go over the files for the last five exhibitions, judged by out-of-statc- juries, and to search for any evidence of “political control or Czarism.” Mr. Peat said he was calling for the appointment of the committee and the investigation “first, to clear me of these insinuations of intrigue, and second, to assist in formulating a better and more honest plan” of judging exhibitions. a a "YTOU realize, of course, that I JL am not seriously concerned about any individual opinion regarding the specific paintings in the exhibition, the personal bias of

OLYMPIC EQUESTRIANS TO PERFORM IN CITY V. S. Team to Make One Appearance Here May 5. A single performance by the famed United States Olympic equestrian teams will be sponsored by the Indiana Saddle Horse Association at 3 Sunday afternoon, May 5. in the Fairground Coliseum. The decision to promote one performance instead of a matinee and evening show was reached yesterday at a meeting of the executive committee in the office of its chairman. Gen. Robert H. Tyndall. More than 3000 seats will be available to persons desiring to see the teams which will represent the United States in the Olympic trials in 1936 in Berlin. WHITE RUSSIANS KEEP JOBS IN MANCHOUKUO Chinese Eastern Railroad Control Shift Not to Affect Emigres. By l niferf Prfs HARBIN. Manchoukuo. March 16. —The Mauchouquo government announced today that It has decided to retain all white Russian employes of the Chinese Eastern Railway when it takes full control of the railroad within the next few: months. The announcement set at rest fears for the plight of the white Russians, emigres of the czarist regime in Russia and sworn enemies of the Communist element now controlling that nation. 12 POSTMASTERS NAMED Senate Studies Nominations for Indiana Posts. By Tims Spreinl WASHINGTON. March 16—Indiana post mastership nominations sent to the Senate for confirmation yesterday were: Mrs. Helen B. Fultz. Crothersville. and Walter R. Meinert. Silver Lake. Have Color in Cheeks If your skin is yellow—complexion pallid—tongue coated—appetite poor —you have a bad taste in your mouth—a lazy, no-good feeling—you should try Olive "'ablets. Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets—a substitute few calomel—were prepared by Dr. Edwards after 20 years of study. Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable compound. Know them by their olive color. To have a clear, pink skin, bright eyes, no pimples, a feeling of buoyancy like childhood days, you must get at the cause. Dr E<itrd* Olive Tablet* act on the bowel* like calomel—yet bar* no dangerous after effect a. Thf v begl overcome constipation. Try hem an<! note the pleating remit*. Million* of boxes *old yearly. 1&, 90c. 60c.— Advertisement.

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Hoping to shatter the RossiCodos long distance non-stop record of 5627 miles, James E. Prosser, 38. and Gilbert E. Stoll, 25, veteran Cleveland <O.l pilots, plan a 6400-mile goodwill hop, over jungles, mountains, and a 100-milt water stretch, from Bahia Blanca, Argentina, to Cleveland. Map shows the course over which they will fly in the Bellanca plane, top photo, built for the late Russell Boardman.

a juror, or the quality of the prize pictures—any more than anyone should be interested in my personal opinion of these. “I will agree that jurors, no matter how carefully selected, can surprise one greatly by their decisions. But if the present system is politically corrupt and if the part I play in the system has come to be a pernicious influence as has been charged, then I am pleased to take this initial step.” Mr. Peat also demanded that the committee identify artists who have not entered competition in the last five years and to ask them why; to analyze the national standings of jurors in the last five years; to determine if the artists have been painting primarily for the juries, and :o use all that information in their final verdic' about the matter. This year a regionalist painting of a Negro baptism, done in a manner traditionalists say is foreign to all precedent of the art of thestate, was selected by Grant Wood, lowa regionalist, and Henry Geogre Keller, Cleveland, as winner. n n n Traditionalists objected. Moreover they resented bitterly Mr. Wood’s flippant indictment of their principles. E. E. Spenner. a traditionialist. challenged Mr. Peat on the fairness of out-of-state juries, and charged political manipulation and Czarsm. In a letter addressed to Mr. Spenner and made public by Mr. Peat, he said: “I am still to be convinced that your newspaper interview which appeared in The Indianapolis Times on March 11 was not a direct attack upon my honesty in selecting the jury for the exhibition. “There is nothing dishonest about ’Czarism’ or a ’political system.’, but in places where these forms are not constitutionally accepted. such words become symbols of dishonesty and intrigue—and you certainly used them in thi., latter spirit in your interview.”

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WAGE RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY OVERJEUEFS Battle Carried on in Court of Public Opinion, the London Times. Bn Feienee Service LONDON, March 16. —The English are having their own battle of Dayton. Instead, however, of fighting over whether man Is descended from monkeys, the compatriots of evolutionist' Darwin are waging a religious controversy over such matters as the voice of conscience, belief in the soul and hope of immortality. Instead of being fought in a court of law as was the famous Tennessee battle, the English version of the battle of Dayton is being fought in that truly English court of public opinion, the London Times. The shot that started the London battle was fired by Dr. David Forsyth, president of the section of psychiatry of the Royal Society of Medicine, when he declared in his presidential address that science and religion are ‘‘more incompatible than ever,” when viewed from the standpoint of modern psychology. Vehement protests from fellow physicians and religious leaders immediately followed. Charges and counter-charges in the theological battle are reviewed for the benefit of American physicians by the London correspondent of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. Forsyth declared in his address that the mysterious business of gods and spirits is an example on a colossal scale of a hang-over of childish thinking. Religious thinking is ‘‘pleasure thinking, not reality thinking,” in his terms. Christianity, he charges, is often cruel, and sadistic; in other aspects it manifests a perverted enjoyment of bßing cruelly treatedThe ‘‘voice of conscience,” accordi ing to this prominent psychologist, ! is merely the voice of the father rei membered from childhood. The ’ sense of guilt, which begins to be felt around the age of seven, is al- ; ways a conflict between the child's inclinations and the parents’ wishes. Belief in a soul and the hope of immortality have simply been taken over by Christianity from primitive religions, and science has failed to discover a foundation for belief in the supernatural which Dr. Forsyth declares is the chief characteristic of religion. Six medical psychologists and several other psysicians have publicly disputed Dr. Forsyth. More largely than any other department of medicine, psychology rests on theory and speculation, they say. They' deny his charges of sadism and masochism in Christianity sexual perversions leading to cruelty and enjoyment of being cruelly treated. The dean of St. Paul s Dr. Mathews, also replied to Dr. Forsyth, admitting his argument that fantasy plays a part in some religious experience, but declaring that this is an aberration of religion. ARABIAN KING AND SON WOUNDED BY ASSASSINS Mohammedan Leader Fights Off Atta kers; Slaves Kill Two. By United Press LONDON, March 16.—King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia suffered a dozen slight wounds from bomb fragments, and his Crown Prince, Amir Saud, was wounded in the shoulder by a dagger, when three Yemenites tried to assassinate the Mohammedan fundamentalist leader yesterday, The Daily Mail reported today. Royal slaves, the correspondent said, killed two of them. The third escaped and was captured. The Yemenites were of the country which Ibn Saud defeated in war last year. Three Named to City Jobs Appointments of Miss Mary G. Killilea, 4025 Broadway, as stenographer, Miss Ethel H. Morirson, 1815 College-av. clerk, and George McDonald, 2504 N. New Jersey-st, bookkeeper In the purchasing department were announced today by

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When he speaks to Cornell University alumni at the Indianapolis Athletic Club Monday noon. Prof. Charles L. Durham will tell them of many recent educational and extra-curricular innovations at the university.

GAS SALE FINANCING NEARS FINAL STAGES Utility District Board Orders Resolution Drafted. Attorneys for the city utilities district today were preparing the final draft of the resolution authorizing the sale of bonds to finance the purchase by the city of the Citizens Gas Cos. Plans for the company’s acquisition were discussed yesterday at a meeting of the directors and trustees of the district with the law firm of Thompson, Rabb & Stevenson, district attorneys, and Mayor John W. Kern. The resolution will be adopted at a meeting early next week and it is expected that the bids will be advertised after three weeks.

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The Real Estate Don.ah Is TODAY'S LOED SPEAKER THE twenty-fourth semi-annual increase in prices _ survey of the real estate market < made by the National Association jl Today the real estate dollar can buy oTiTal Estate Boards, of which the Indi- “ore sound value than it could in many anapolis Board is a member, was recently f years. Hundreds of people in Indianapcompleted and presents some startling olis have come to realize this to be a fact, facts-facts that will be of interest to That is why local real estate men are reeverv one who has any thought of pur- porting more activity than at any time chasing a home. durin * the !ast five or slx years ‘ The survey covers 268 leading Amer- The desire to own a home is the great ican cities, among which is Indi- ambition of the majority of peoanapo is. j dream from among the many Important statistics revealed American estates worthwhile values that abound in the survey are: 382 Circl * Tower | throughout the city. 1. Actual shortage of single family ALLISON REALTY . , ~ dwellings has been reached in the ma- 140 Delaware And there IS no mystery to jority of cities No over " the ownership of a home. While mains in any city of 200.000 population. „ , This includes Indianapolis. FIEBER & REILLY on the surface home ownership 2. Rems for single family homes in the i,t v unaware ma y seem like a complicated afma jority of cities are increasing. This , also includes Indianapolis. GREGORY & APPEL, INC. fair, the real estate men listed 247 N. Pennsylvania , -hit. j. . , The rapid absorption of de- _ bere w | ll . be happ >’ to .ff lst . 11 i. ii. hall-hottel co., INC. Ky exolaminfr in detail how eassirable rental property can mean is# e. Market dj expwiiiiug m uewu iw but one thing-a swing in the a home can be bouht - Call other direction-the quick move- *• ° n a " y ° ne ° f them today ’ • INDIANA TRUST CO. ® Indiana Trust Building Number 2 of a erm "r' ftß See the real estate series , “W hy you m e. w M hi n *t<m offered in today's should buy a home ” Times cn Page 12 WADDY & SPRINGER • 159 E. Market •

NATIONAL BAND FRATERNITY TO CONVENE HERE Kappa Kappa Psi to Hold Three-Day Parley In July. The 1935 convention of Kappa Kappa Psi, national band fraternity, will be held in Indianapolis July 6-7-8 with the Butler University chapter acting as hosts, it was announced today by J. B. Vandaworker, national president of the organization and director of the Butler band. Representatives from colleges and universities in all parts of the United States are expected to assemble here for the convention. Sessions will be held at the Claypool. The fraternity is comprised of several hundred undergraduates who are members of their schools’ bands Douglas Ewing, president of the Butler chapter, and Mr. Vandaworker head the committee in charge of arrangements for the convention. Election of three co-eds to the honor roll of Butler's college of education was announced today by Dean William L. Richardson. Thethreeare Jane Bosart, Mary Marjorie Burrin and Verna Pickerel. Each completed more than 12 hours with an average better than A during the fall semester. They are preparing themselves to enter the teaching profession upon graduation. CLUB TO HEAR GEISEL Umpire to Relate Experiences in World Series Games. Accounts of world's series baseball games in which he has participated will be discussed by Harry Geisel, big league umpire, at the Universal Club luncheon Tuesday at the Columbia Club. John G. Geiger will preside.

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BERLIN TO PRACTICE AIR DEFENSE MOVES Hitler, Goering to Participate in ‘Next War’ Rehearsal. By United Press BERLIN, March 16.—Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler and Aviation Minister Hermann Wilhelm Goering will fly over Berlin in the air defense maneuvers scheduled for next Tuesday night, it was said on reliable authority today. The entire population of the capital will be in darkness tao hmrd tal will rehears for the "next war.” For two hours, from 10 p. m. to midnight, the capital will be in darkness and inhabitants will practice the same precautions they would take if an enemy fleet were overhead, dropping bombs.

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SUBSTITUTE UTILITY BILL IS INTRODUCED Pettengill Acts for Peace in Holding Firm Fight. By United Press WASHINGTON, March 16—Rep. Samuel Pettengill <D., Ind.) offered a “peace plan" today to end the bitter fight between the Administration and utility holding companies over the Wheeler-Raybum bill. He placed a drastically liberalized substitute bill before the House Interstate Commerce Committee, which is hearing vociferous protests from utility executives and counter charges of “propaganda'’ and slush funds.” The substitute eliminates all references to holding company eradication contained in the original Wheeler-Rayburn proposal which stirred utility companies and investors to violent protest.

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