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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08

her heart-was thankfulness that Tom was getting well.
 One afternoon when she had been reading aloud to him, as she turned from one magazine article to another, Jessie Porter was conscious of her hus- bands eyes fixed upon her.
 She looked up at him-a soft pink flushing her cheeks. happy light shining in her eyes in the smile up on her lips.
 "A penny for your thoughts, Tom my 1" A>
 There was no flattery in the ad- miring look he gave her--in the dead in-earnest voice in which he answered. He meant. he felt every word of it.
 Il was thinking, dear, how sweet and pretty you looked-and how remarkably young"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08

k Fsther--Yes there are. A whole box
 of Napeleons. broke myself on them yesterday. x ' Jtck-There isn't one This little do hicky's empty. Father-I must have put them some
 where else. We'll my pipes on my desk --1if mums doesn't mind. Jack--It isn't here, dad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08

The king crab, formerly found in mercantable quantities only near Japan, has invaded the waters of Cook Inlet, off Sitka and Boring Sea, in such numbers that four canneries are now packing this shellfish in Alaska.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08

I> Fath<r--well \ cisarstts. Out of 1 the little rel box on the table, Jack There's not one left.
 Father tin the light of . sudden 1 thought )--Well, by George! PhyIlisi But the chair on the right is emrty I-P1 His having the moment before
 silendy and unobstrusively slid under lsTTa 7, (Quick curtain.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
FARES INCREASE
S1,1OO FIRST DAY
Car Official Gives Figure on
Result of Boost,

Increase in revenue for the In
dianapolis Street Railway Company
as a result of higher fare was
81, 100 Wednesday. the first day of
the new rates, Joseph A. MCGOWAN.
secretary treasurer. said today.
The increase represents the diff
ference between $12.750, the earn
ings for Wednesday of the same
week in 1928, and $13.S5O taken in
last Wednesday, Thursdays earn
ings were being checked today.
MCGOWAN said rs per cent of the
passengers are buying tickets, four
for a quarter. He said the percent
age will reach so, the same as when
tickets were sold five years ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
CHARGE MANSLAUGHTER
Grand Jury Indicts Man in Division
st. Shooting.

William H. Craig, AZ. of Ingomar
Ave, was indicted today by the
grand jury on charge of voluntary
manslaughter. Craig shot and killed
John Evans, AZ, of 915 Division ST.,
it is alleged.
Evans appeared at the Craig home
to demand explanation of a story
Craig was said to have repeated con-
cerning the murdered man and a
woman, according to witnesses. Ev-
ans seized Mrs. Craig by an injured
arm, it was said, and Craig shot him.
Frank Riegel, arrested in connec-
tion with fatal shooting of a Big
Four switchman by Policeman John
Sheehan. is charged with robbery
and larceny.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23

Here's their story:
we arrived in indianapolis last
Monday and registered at a hotel.
At dance we met a nice fellow. We
told him we wanted to go to CIeve-
land, Ohio, hoping to get work
there.
The next day he drove up to us
with two other fellows. and said:
An aboard for Cleveland and we
started. At a. m Wednesday we
stopped in a restaurant at Dayton.
The fellows said the car had a Mat
tire they wanted to get fixed That's
the last we saw of them.
The police told us they had ar.
rested the fellows in the car from
indianapolis. We didn't know 1t
was stolen. They said the fellows
escaped, stole another car from a
garage and made a getaway"
The car in which the girls rode
TO Dayton was taken from the ga.
rage Of Roscoe Sawyer. 1912 E. Mar
ket St.. detectives say. Tuesday eve
ming.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
CRASH VICTIMS BETTER
Funeral of Thomas Martin Is Held
at Frankfort, Ind.

Five Indianapolis women injured
in an auto accident near Frankfort,
Ind. Thursday were reported resting
easy at that city today.
Funeral services for Thomas, g.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Martin
of Lafayette. killed in the accident,
were held today at Frankfort. Burial
was at Monon, Ind.
Mrs. Walter Martin sustained a
fractured rib and cuts and bruises
Mrs. Harry Tezzman, driver, suf-
fered a fractured rib and bad bruises
Mrs. J. o. Hymer had both legs
broken. Mrs. Robert Matheson was
the only one in the car who escaped
injury.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
TWO HELD AFTER CRASH
Police Say They Found Liquor in
Overturned Auto.

Charles Lang, who has been liv-
ing at the Lincoln. but whose home,
police say, is in Cleveland, Ohio, is
in a serious condition today from
injuries received when the auto he
was driving turned over at Canal
and Meridian SITS.
Lang and Albert Peart, St. Louis,
Mo, a passenger in the car, were
charged with operating a blind tiger
and transportation of liquor. Lang
was also charged with driving while
intoxicated. Police say they found
liquor in the machine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
COURT REFUSES
DILLON'S APPEAL
Republican Ward Leader
Must Serve Six Months,

State Supreme Court today over
ruled petition of Thomas B. Dillon,
Twelfth ward Republican leader, for
rehearing on his appeal from a
Criminal Court fine Of $500 and a
six months sentence to the Indiana
State Farm, on charges Of operating
a gambling house.
The court affirmed the Criminal
Courts decision Feb. 21, 1924 Dillon
will start his sentence Immediately.
Dillon was indicted by the Marion
County grand jury on charges OF
operating a gambling game in his
saloon on S. Capitol Ave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
n. \. CENTRAL IS
DECLARED TRUST
ReCeiyerShip Also Asked by
Minority Stockholders,
BIZ Tnited Prcsa

By United Press
CLEVELAND. May 23.-Dissolu.
ton Of the dominion of the New
York Central Railway Company over
the Big Four. Michigan Central and
all subsidiary lines covering half the
United States was asked in a suit
filed in Federal Court here today.
The suit fed by the minority
stockholders in the Big Four Rail
road. which charged the combination
is a violation of the Sherman anti
trust act and also Unconstitutional
asked that a receiver be named to
take charge of the holdings Of the
New York Central in the Big Four
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23

n EEMINGLY worried more be-
cause they were to be taken
INTO city court with ruffled
locks and without powder and
rouge than because they were
charged with vehicle taking, follow
ing a ride to Dayton. Ohio. three
young women sat in city prison.
one said. My kingdom for a
comb"
Supplied with a comb by a re-
porter she and her companions told
the story Of their adventures.
They gave their names as Betty
Powell alias Elizabeth Kelley, 90.
and Kathryn Neal. 20. both of Terre
Haute, Ind, and Ada Summers, 21,
formerly Of Henderson, Ky. All said
they We're separated from their hus
bands. Ada said she was married a
month ago.
All are pretty. wen-dressed in
sport clothes, and carried swagger
sticks. Ada called hers a "Hoodoo
Club"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23

T7TANDING proudly together,
y Mrs. Edward Franklin White
and her daughter, Miss Mira
White, today defied sKeptics to prove
a woman can not De d politician and
good mother and wife at the same
time.
She's exhibit "A" Mrs. White
explained. Didn't I do q good job?''
Il don't know how she does it all.
but she certainly is a good mother, "
said Miss White. who is Just old
enough TO vote"
Mrs. White. assistant attorney gen.
eral of Indiana, spent her first morn
ing as Republican nominee for re-
porter Of Supreme Court in a most
unpOHticianlike way. She fitted
dresses and shopped in preparation
for trip TO California.
With her daughter she leaves on
Tuesday for Los Angeles to attend
the national convention CT the Gen
eral Federation Of Women's Clubs
She is a candidate for vice presi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
INTERPRETER IS CALLED
Will in German Leaves Property to
F. L. HOllweg.

Attaches of Probate Court strug-
gled today to transcribe the will of
Mrs. Marie Witte, former Indian
apohs resident, who died Jan. 6,
1922. in Gutersloh, Germany. It was
in German, and an official translator
had to be summoned, as John Vein
brecht, and Mrs. Lena Goodspeed,
probate clerks. could make no head
way.
Mrs. Witte. widow OF Edward
Witte, returned to Germany on the
death of her husband, who was
merchant. She left her estate OF
$4,000 to F. L Hollweg. Indian
apolis merchant. In the will she
said her intention to return to Amer
lea was prevented by the war. The
alien property custodian holds the
property. Indiana Trust Company
was appointed administrator.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
i. s. FLIERS MAY
REST FOR WEEK
Planes to Be 0verhauIed-
Respite Is Welcome.

By United Press
TOXIC. May 23.-American round
the-world hiers learned today that
overhauling of their planes may
force them to remain a week at
Kasumigarui naval base. Although
eager to continue their fight, they
found In the mild climate Of Japan
a welcome respite from the rigors
of the north.
Japan's welcome to the Americans
has been tempered only slightly by
the i'll feeling toward the United
States aroused by the immigra ton
controversy. One newspaper de-
clared:
Japan Is heartily welcoming the
flyers despite the exclusion act Of
Congress-"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
FIGHT FOR STATE
BERTH RESUMED
Oscar Smith May File Suit
to Dust Rats,

Speculation on the Ratts-Smith
controversy over a place on the
public service commission received
fresh impetus today.
Oscar B. Smith, Knox, whose ap.
pointment, made by Warren T. Nc
Cray shortly before he left the Gov
ernor's office. was challenged by
Oscar Rats, Paoli, whom Smith
was to succeed, was not even men
toned for Republican nomination
for Lieutenant Governor in the
State convention.
1t is believed Smith refrained
from instituting suit to drive Rats
out because he had hopes of get
ting the nomination. Now Smith
may resort to quo warranto pro-
ceedings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23

dent. Her husband. who is head OF
the legal department of Bobbs- Mer-
rill Company, will join them for the
return trip through Canada, late III
June.
Cluebwoman, politician. lawyer,
prominent speaker-to these add gar.
dener and cook.
Il work in my garden every eve
ming the weather permits" Mrs
White explained. Il raise strawber-
ries.
And every Sunday morning, /
make three dozen doughnuts before
breakfast"
Her White garden is at her home,
1922 +. Michigan st.
AS for women and politics
They are cleaning things up,
slowly and gradually" Mrs. White
asserted. Politics is a game, and
il takes a long time to learn it"
Mrs. White said that her uniform
marriage and divorce law. now pend
ing in Congress. will be pushed in
the fall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
WHITES NOT RELATED
Mrs. Edward Franklin and Edward
NJ. Had Difficulties in Campaign.

Mrs. Edward Franklin White and
Edward NJ. White both are assistant
attorney generals of Indiana. They
are not related.
Mrs. White was nominated for re-
porter of Supreme Court by the Re
publican State convention. White
was defeated for the nomination for
attorney general.
Today clerks in the office Of the
attorney general told Of difficulties
the two encountered in campaigning.
Are your children running for Of
fee, too?" one correspondent asked.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
WHOA! CALL A HALT
Weather Man Says More Storms and
Cool Breezes Are Coming.

Showers, thunderstorms, much
cooler temperature, and strong shift
Ing winds This was the bad news
Weather Bureau officials had for In
dianapOHs residents today.
Storms are due tonight and may
be continued Saturday. The cool
wave is due to be felt Saturday.
Cloudy skies and threatening
breezes prevented enjoyment OF the
rise in temperature recorded today
AT noon the Weather Bureau ther-
mometer registered IS degrees, 10
degrees higher than noon Thursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
REPUBLICANS TRY
TO GLOSS OVER
KU-KLUX ISSUE
Faction
Wins Most of Convention
Contests,

Although the State Republican
convention, which adjourned lare
Thursday. was dominated by the
ku.Klux Khan, moves We're seen to-
day by party leaders in attempt to
gloss over the Klan issue and ap-
pease all factions.
The speech Of Ed Jackson, caudi-
date for Governor. known as a
Klansman. and the Cancellation to
the Bossert- Goodrich faction in in
creasing the number of delegates %
fourteen and giving Goodrich a place
on the slate. We're declared attempts
to heal factions and attempt 10 go
into the fall campaign with the Klan
issue in the background.
The convention came TO a close
at 6:3G p. m. Thursday in Tomlinson
Hall, after a day Of listless ballotng
There were about half the weary
delegates on the floor Of the hall
at adjournment time.
The d c. Stephenson Senator
Watson slate Of candidates and dele
gates were nominated, with excep.
ton of two offices.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23

Sneed's car bumped the auto of
S. s. Long. 2023 Wilcox st. He
got out and walked around while
1 put in the gas. l asked him
if he had enough alcohol and
water"
Yes that's what he's here
about now" said Judge Collins.
II mean alcohol in the
radiotor, Judge.
Defendant discharged in both
cases" said Judge Collins. Don't
plead guilty in city court any
more"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
THIEVES VS.. RELIGION
Pastor Says Audience Depict ed by
Fear Accessories Will Be Stolen.

Auto accessory thieves have cut
down his audiences. the Rev. A. L.
Williams, pastor of a church at 312
N. California ST, told police today.
When members of his congrega-
tion park their autos in front of the
church and attend services, the min
lister said, they are likely to find the
cars stripped of accessories when
they come out.
He asked police protection.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
JURY PROBES SHOOTING
Columbus QndD Man, 81, Says He
Fired IN Self-Defense

By United Press
COLUMBUS, Ind, May 23.-The
Bartholomew County grand jury is
today investigating death of William
Mingous, 80, who was shot by Mel
vim Mckee. 81, Wednesday. Min
gous died in the hospital Thursday.
In a statement before he died,
Mingous said Mckee shot him in a
quarrel. Mckee says he shot in
self-defense. No one witnessed the
shooting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23

city court to a charge of driving
a car while drunk on Christmas
day. 1923, he said
II didn't know what to do, so
some guy told me just plead
guilty and get it over with and
/ did didn't have a lawyer"
Sentence of thirty days caused
Sneed to stop and think Then
he hunted up a lawyer, and ap-
pealed to criminal court.
"Sneed wasn't drunk" testified
filling station attendant who
ha6 sold him gas just before
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
Everybody but Bobby and Susan
Haze Good Time at Clinic

E1=@7AF! II pp-papawahh-h"
IW password gallon or Of
L-J it will admit the child clinic
Saturday
hygiene
The clinic
VIII not aken o recently.
presents he
examination
of
alen of whic is whooping
usually protesting vigorously
whatever influence copous might WELD
to tendency
and Of he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
CASE TO GRAND JURY
Greenwood Youth Placed Under $500
Bond by Judge Wilmeth.

Roland Admire, II, of Greenwood,
Ind, was held to the grand jury on
$500 bond on charge of failure to
stop after an accident by City Judge
Delbert o. Wilmeth today.
Charges of speeding and assault
and battery We're taken under ad-
visement. Admire was alleged to
have run down Seth Mills, 807 E
Eleventh St, at the Union Railroad
tracks April 25.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
NEARLY EVERYTHING
Willie Carey Before Court Again
but Charges Are Dismissed.

Nearly everything" said Willie
Carey, 329 Kentucky Ave, when
asked in police court today what
charges he had been arrested on be-
fore.
Charge of driving an auto while
intoxicated against Carey was dis
missed today by Judge Delbert O.
Wilmeth. Thomas Ford, 743 w. New
York St, was fined 81 and costs on
charge of intoxication. The same
charge against Joe Nolan, 745 w.
New York St, was continued and
Louise Miller, 500 N. Lynn ST., and
Evelyn Wilson, 928 N. Lynn St,
were released on vagrancy charges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
BILL COLLECTOR CUT
Brothers Attack Man When He At
tempts to Get $2250.

When he attempted today to
collect a bill for $3.50. from Vernon
Wells, %, Of 1910 e. St. Clair St,
he was attacked by Wells and his
brother, Theodore Wells, 1920 Polk
St, Harold Youngs, %, of 962 w.
Twenty-Ninth St, told police.
Young, who is a collector for the
Why Clothing Company. 20 e. Ohio
St. was slashed several times with
a knife. The brothers were held.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
MOTORlST STRIKES BOY
Police Seek Driver Who Failed to
Stop After Accident.

Police seek mOtorist who struck
a bicycle ridden by Calvin Harris,
II, of 1043 Earhart St, today at the
Belt Railroad and Southwestern Ave
and drove away. The boyo was
bruised about the body.
Thomas Hook. 124 F. Fifty Second
St, was held when his auto struck
Lillian Hampton, colored 737 Indi-
ana Ave. at Indiana Ave. and Cali
fOrnia St. late Thursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
Three Children Missing

Police have a boy, 4, at the police
station who says his name is
Thomas Cummings. He cannot tell
where he lives, but was picked up
at Massachusetts, Ave. and Ala
bama SITS. Helen Collins. 3, of 1928
Nevada St; John Pherihe. 4, 1926
Nevada ST., and Jack Morris, 8, Of
S21 E Twenty-Third ST, are re-
ported lost.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
M'ADOO is CAUTIOUS
Will Let Brennan Take Stand First
on TwO-thirds Rule.

bV LnitCu Press
McAdoo is waiting for George Bren-
nan, Democratic boss of Illinois, to
take the first definite step toward
doing away with the two-thi,5s rule
of the national Democratic conven-
tion before committing himself to
the policy of a bare majority to
nominate a presidential candidate,
Judge David L. Rockwell campaign
manager for McAdoo, said today.
McAdoo forces are mot opposed"
to abrogation of the two-thirds ma
Aa'a4-v rule. he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
SATURDAY is POPPY DAY
Legion Auxiliary to Raise Funds
for Disabled.

. American Legion Auxiliary mem
bers will sell poppies on Indianapo-
lis streets, Saturday.
Poppy Day" is the annual means
of raising funds for the auxiliary s
welfare program for disabled ex-
service men and women and their
dependents
Government hospitals provide
food, beds, nurses and hysicians,
but many small luxuries which help
to provide the home" atmosphere
must be supplied by such organiza-
ton as the auxiliary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23

~7HUCKHOLES in the street,
not intoxication, caused
IL William Sneed, 921 Lynn
ST., to lose control of his fiivver,
Sneed told Judge James A. Col
ins in criminal court. He was
:ound not guilty.
Tell the court the condition
IF the street" urged his at
,orney, Thomas Garvin.
VERY rough-just like all the
rest of them in indianapolis,
Your Honor" testified Sneed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
Chief Collins Takes Charge
Personally in Hunt for
KidnaperS of MuIti-MiI-
IiOnaire'S Son, Whose
Body Is Found in Ditch,
SCHOOL MATE GIVES
FIRST CLEW TO POLICE
Saw Lad Disappear in MyS-
teriouS Car-Father Was
on Way to Pay Ransom
Demanded, but Forgot
Where Rendezvous Was,
By United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO. May 23.-Chief of Po-
lice Collins took today personal
charge of the hunt for the kidnap-
ers and slayers of Robert Franks,
IA, son of Jacob Franks, multimil-
lionaire, whose body was found yes
terday on the outskirts of the city
after he had disappeared from an
exclusive boys school on the gold
coast.
It's one of the worst murders in
the history of the city" Chief Col
Inns said. We must and will clear
up the murder"
Hundreds Of police and detectives
under Collins directions, We're comb
ing all of Chicago today for clews
to the kidnapers. The scene of
the crime was hunted for traces Of
the boys clothing. The body was
nude when found.
Slain in Room, Belief
Collins believes the boy was slain
in some room and stripped Of the
clothing to hide his identity. The
death probably occurred Wednesday
night, Collins said. Under cover of
darkness, the body was transported
to- the little ,frequented swamp into
the culvert.
The men who did this apparent
" were nervous and for that reason
did not take steps to completely hide
the body" Collins said.
The first definite information to
the manner in which Robert disap-
peared was furnished today by Ir-
win Hartman, 10-year-old student at
the Harvard school.
Saw Car Speed Away
Hartman said he was walking
along the street after leaving the
school Wednesday afternoon when
he saw Robert walking about a half
Turn to Page I5)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
FUNDAM ENTALISTS WIN
Elect Moderator at General Assem-
bly, of Presbyterian Church.
BV United Press

JVItVW ITtcN
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, May %.
-Fundamentalists today appeared
to be in control Of the 136th General
Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church, in convention here.
DIR. Clarence MacArtney. Philadel-
pnia. late Thursday was elected
moderator, defeating DR. Charles R.
Erdman. theological professor at
Princeton University.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
DAWES PLAN REJECTED
Leaders of Nationalist Party Confer
on New Cabinet.

BIZ United NelCs
BERLIN, May 23.-Leaders of the
Nationalist party today declined
temporarily to accept the Dawes
plan in toto as basis for the par
tvs participation in the new cabi-
net. Negotiations between the party
leaders will continue. however, until
Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-23
Coolidge Back on Job

By United Press
WASHINGTON. May 23.-Presi-
dent Coolidge was back at his desk
today, announcing he was feeling
fine. His cold has improved with
rest and he was hard at work today
before any of the White House at
taches showed up for duty.