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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
WORKMAN KILLED
FIRST DAY ON lob
Husband Seeks Bread for
Family Only to Die,

After trying once a day for thirty
days to obtain work at the Beveriidge
Paper Mills. III w Washington ST.
Rid McCaluster. 30, Of 716 Chadwick
St. succeeded at Z a. m. today. Fif
teen minutes later he was crushed to
death when bale OF wood pulp fell
on him
McCallister, according to Harry
Ross, TAI w. Washington St. assist
ant superintendent, told OF his wife
and 10-months-old baby being III at
home with measles. Ross gave him a
place in the beater room. On the first
trip to the stock room, where large
stacks of pulp are stored. a 450-pound
bale fell upon him. Coroner Paul f.
Robinson said It appeared McCallister
had pulled a support from under the
bale.
John Kennedy, 2O9 Bright St, a
fellow workman, found him.
Robinson said death came almost in
stantly.
According to friends. McCallister
and his family came here seven
months ago from Bowling Green. KY,
where mis- parents live.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
CLEAN Up SHOW
OR CLOSE DOWN,
MANAGER IS TOLD
Lieut., Summers Issues Warn
ing on Performance at
Broadway,

Keep the show clean or close up. If
you don't I'm going 10 close you"
were orders issued to Glenn Black,
manager Of the Broadway Theater by
Lieut.. Charles Summers, special in
vestigator for Police Chief Rikhof, to-
day.
Summers visited the theater follow
ing fling Of a report Tuesday by Mrs.
A NJ. Buck. policewoman. in which
she termed the show too vulgar to
desCrib
Summers said in a report today to
the chief that he saw nothing in the
show Wednesday afternoon that would
give rise % such report as Mrs.
Buck submitted. On the other hand,
ne said he was known at the theater
and that fact might have caused the
show to be altered This caused him
to issue his order to the manager.
Black ridiculed a report that a sig
nal hight from the box office to the
stage was installed to notify the act
crs of police officers arrival
Summers said that he went back
stage and explained to the actors and
actresses the nature OF his visit and
told them arrests would he made II
the performance was not clean.
Black assured Summers shows
would be "of the same high calibre"
as the one seen Wednesday by the
lieutenant.
Chief Rikhoff instructed Mrs. Buck
to make arrests in future instances
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
JURY COSTS S1,167

each at restaurants, $3.50 at the
Washington for room and $3.50
for pay.
The State also has paid SLIGHT
to A. c. Metcalf, official Criminal
Court reporter, for reporting and
transcribing proceedings before
the grand jury which returned in
dictments against McCray, 81 400
to Special Prosecutor Clarence w.
Nichols and $1,000 10 the estate
of Charles w. MooTes, who died
shortly, after resigning as special
prosecutor.
Nichols and Eph Inman, ap-
pointed to assist the prosecution.
have put in three weeks OF trial
which will have to be paid for by
another special appropriation by
the county council, as the IS 900
set aside for the work is ex-
hausted
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
$3.50 CLUB WILL MEET
Third Ward Organization Gets To-
gether" at Charles Reeds.

All ward organizations of the Dem
ocratic Fifty Fifty Club will meet at
the Democratic Club. E. Vermont ST.,
Friday. William Headrick, attorney,
viii speak on THE Need Of the Hour"
A Third ward meeting was held at
the home Of Charles Reed, 1926 n.
Illinois St, candidate for nomination
for coroner Wednesday night. An
other meeting Of the ward club will
be held ther next Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
Forecast

INCREASING cloudiness and
J. warmer is the weather pre-
diction for this vicinity tonight.
Friday probably showers is the
local forecast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
SMALLPOX IS INCREASING
State Health Board Reports 100 Per
Cent More Cases.

More than Zoe per cent increase
was reported today in smallpox
cases in the State for the week end
ing March % A decrease was noted
in measle cases. The State health
boards report.
Measles, 631 cases; smallpox, 1913;
scarlet fever, 90, whooplng cough, 76;
Influenza SO; diphtheria, 81; chicken
pox, 40, pneumonia, % typhoid, 3,
tuberculosis, 8, and meningitis, /.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03

Marion County paid s1,167.7O to
obtain the jury trying Governor
Warren T. McCray in Criminal
Court on charges of embezzlement
and grand larceny.
Each time a prospective juror
ambled into the jury box old John
Q. Taxpayer planked down 1852.
And from the manner in which
attorneys for both State and de-
fense excused the talesmen be-
cause of fixed opinions, II seemed
probable for a time the county
would have to float a bond Issue
to cover expenses.
In all. 129 talesmen were ex-
amined before twelve men were
discovered who couldn't or didn't
want to produce an alibi or con-
vince all hands they were preju-
diced against anybody The twelve
at present are costing S1.95 a day
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
BOTTLES AND SCISSORS
When a Man MarTies, Etc.-0scar
Poole Seeks Divorce.

Milk bottles and scissors played an
important part in the domestic un-
happiness Of Oscar Poole Of 1925
Ethel ST., according to a divorce com
plant filed by him in Superior Court
today.
According to the complaint, Mrs.
Lillian Poole had on different occa-
sions thrown milk bottles" and had
"drawn scissors and threatened him. l"
Charges were denied on behalf f lie
fendant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
CHICKENS ARE WILLIN'
Seven Hens Lay Eight Eggs in a
Day; One Is Double.

Whether it's a sign of spring or
just a plain outright unusual flock OF
hens can't be determined, but Mrs.
Sam Cunningham, 3147 Ethel St, re-
ported to The Times today that her
seven hens laid eight eggs in one
day! One egg was larger than
duck egg and contained two yolks.
That's efficiency" declared Mrs.
Cunningham. as she told of her Rhode
Island Reds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
FARM PROTECTION URGED
agriculture Entitled to Equal OppOr-
tunity," Says Meiks.

agriculture is entitled to an equal
opportunity with other industries. If
the United States is to maintain its
policy of protection, it must apply to
all INDUSTRIES Scott Meiks, vice
president of the Indiana farm bureau,
said today in a letter to Representa-
tive Richard n. Elliot urging passage
of the McNary- -Haugen agricultural
relief bill now pending before the
House.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
LAFOLLETTEL LEAD
NOW TOTALS1,01O
Smith Ahead of McAdoo in
Wisconsin,

BU nItfQ Press
MILWAUKEE, Wis. April g.
Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette today
increased his lead over President
Coolidge in the Wisconsin primary to
more than so. 600 in returns from
l.192 of the 2.574 precincts. The
count for each slate of delegates
stood:
La Toilette. 150. .109; Coolidge, SO. 9S3
In the Democratic returns Governor
Al Smith Of New York had this lead
over William Gibbs McAdoo in 971
precincts.
Smith, 3S,341; McAdco. 24,932.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
Her Honor, the Mayor, Bans Petti1g

BIZ United Press
COLUMBUS CITY, Iowa, April g.
Eva Brets, school teacher-mayor of
Columbus City and her cabinet of
women today served notice on all
law-breakers here to come into the
fold Or get out OF town.
1--WE shall not tolerate bootlegging
or any other form of law breaking, "
she declared.
Mayor Brets also Is against bobbed
hair and cigarettes for women.
Every elective Office y town fell to
the women. Two other teachers, Miss
Mary Moore and Miss Nellie Moore.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
FIFTY LAWYERS IN CASE
Arguments Open in NorthcIif Wiz
Litigation.

bU JUIItu IFefe
LONDON. April 3.-The little court
Of chancery presented an unusual
sight when an argument reaching
three technicanties in the will of the
late Lord Northclife involving 100000
pounds began. A total Of so lawyers
represented the litigants, practically
filling the courtroom.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03

occupy the posts of treasurer and as
SCISSOR, respectively.
1--WE shall endeavor to SHOW how
a city should be rum" Mayor Brets
said. I'VE don't want bootleggers,
petting parties, the mixirg of gin
with automobiles-an 1 am opposed
to women smoking cigarettes or bob
bing their hair"
Mayor Brets, for eighteen years a
school teacher, isn't making any prom
ises, but lawbreakers had better get
out from under.
As If to guard against the rigor of
an all.spinster regime, the town
placed Eve married women In the
counoN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
OHIO EDITOR SUMMONED
Publisher win Be Questioned as tC
Political Deal in 1920.


Political Deal in 1920.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, April 3.-Two wit
nesses were subpoenaed today to ap-
pear before the Senate oil investIgat-
ing committee Monday.
They are Arthur j. Wolf. publisher
of the Columbus Dispatch and the
Ohio State Journal of Columbus, Ohio,
and J. B. French of Oklahoma City.
Senator Walsh will question both in
connection with reported political
deals" at the 1920SR1publican conven-
ton.
Wolf was a member OF the Ohio
Wood delegation to the convention.
French is said to have been a political
associate of the late Jake Hamon.
The Federal grand jury which
meets here April 10 will be entrusted
with criminal proceedings against at
least five men whose names have fig
ured in the oil inquiry. AT the same
time the committee will take steps to
make apparent to the country the
concrete results of it's months of work.
May Change Law
IlCy al
/. Preparation OF a report which
will sweepingly condemn policies fol-
lowed with respect to the leasing Of
naval reserves.
2. Presentation of amendments to
the leasing law and probably some
original legislation to prevent future
disposition of any part of the public
resources, without a check by Con-
gress.
Cleaning Up Loose Ends
The report will apply in the main
to the period since Walsh went to
Palm Beach in January to question
E B. Mclean, and is expected to be
one of the most scathing documents
ever presented to the Senate. 1t will
condemn the turning over of the
naval oil lands from the Navy to the
Interior Department and the manner
in which Teapot Dome and Elk Hills
were ieased TO Sinclair and Doheny.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
DRIVER is EXONERATED
Street Cleaning EmplOye Not to
Blame in Death of Passenger.

An involuntary manslaughter
charge against John Hurd, colored,
642 Douglass ST., driver for the city
street cleaning department, was dis
missed in city court today.
Hurd was arrested following the
death of Frank Keeler, go, of 1860 N
Arsenal Ave, of injuries received
when he was thrown from a truck
driven by Hurd, in an accident at New
Jersey St. and Virginia Ave,
March 15.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
GLOBE FLIERS SET TO GO
Flight Around World Start Friday
Depends on Weather.

By United Prc8S
SEATTLE, X April 3.-America's
round the world" Army flight will
be resumed at $50 a. m. Friday,
weather permitting, Maj F. L, Mar
tin. commander said today.
q willie wash" a peculiar type of
storm prevalent NEAR the Alutian Is
lands, have caused two postponemen.s
of the start. Late weather reports
We're not encouraging.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
M'AD00 WINS IN IOWA

Gets Majority of Delegates and Is
Assured National Committeeman.
BV United Press
DAVENPORT. Iowa. April 3.--Clyde
J. Herring. McAdoo leader in Iowa
won a sweeping victory in the State
Democratic caucus today, electing a
majority Of the district delegates to
the party's national convention in
New York.
The result virtually assures Herring
of election as Democratic national
committeeman from Iowa. succeeding
Wilbur W Marsh. Waterloo, conserv-
ative dictator since 1914.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
FANlL~x>~ >~4S DRIVEN OUT
Failing Ladder Injuries Fireman
Fighting Blaze

Charles Coghill. 1920 N. Capitol Ave.
fireman at Station 3, 122 w Fifteenth
St. was injured about the head early
today when LADDER fell on him while
he was fighting a blaze at the home
of H. II. Lipps. 1876 Hall Pl. Coghin
was sent home.
The fire, which was discovered by
neighbors, started from sparks from
the f1ue. Damage was estimated at
$1,000.
Awakened by shouts, Nine Lipps,
Is, and Doris Lipps. H. fed in their
night clothes. Mr.. and Mrs. Lipps
were at breakfast
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
Attorneys Mother Dies

Mrs. Regina X Scbmollinger, 81,
mother Of Albert E. Schmollinger, at
torney, Indiana Trust Bldg, died at
Tprrr IIaute, Ind, Wednesday eve
ming. Funeral services Will be at
home of a daughter, Mrs. LYDIA
Heiny, Clarksville, Ind, at 2 p. M,
Friday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
I'm A TAX ASSESSOR
Men, Boys and Police Chase Bogus
Collector.

"Who are ysu?" Mrs. Ella Wallace.
Z. E. North ST., asked a man she
found in the dining room of her home
today.
"Oh, I'm a deputy tax assessor" he
explained nonchalantly.
Are your" Mrs. Wallace asked.
Wen see."
She took down the telephone re
ceiver. The tax assessor" took to
his heels.
Several men and boys and police
emergency squad gave chase. in vain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
LOOSENED ANCHORAGE
Highway Commission Investigates
Bridge Collapse Near PaOli.

Investigation of the recent collapse
Of ninety-foot bridge between Paoli
and West Baden on State Road No.
%, showed part OF the anchorage had
been loo5ened when an automobile
crashed into it recently, according to
State highway commission report
John d. Williams. director, and four
members of the commission went to
the scene of the accident today
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
Rifle Shot Victim Improves

Paul Borders, is, of 1926 Olive ST..
ig improving at his home today after
suffering a rifle shot in his left foot
Wednesday. Police say his companion,
Asa Hudson, Is, of 1922 Ringold St.,
fell with his rift while he and Bord-
ers were walking together.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
Constable Denies Charge

Charles Freeman, SO, of 2O4s N.
Alabama ST., constable in the W. A.
Conner justice Of peace court, Bald
win Block. was arrested today An
affidavit filed by Sirlen Marcum, 1888
e. Ohio St, charges household fur
niture was taken. Freeman denied
tha charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
JACK DILLON ARRESTED
Former Prize Fight Champion Held
on Blind Tiger Charges.

Ernest Price, alias Jack Dillon, SO,
Liberty Beach, former light heavy
weight prize fight champion, was ar
rested today on blind tiger charges
by Deputy Sheriffs Roland Snider
and H. Clausen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
Appliance Firm Receiver Asked

Andrew J. Peters has filed a petition
for a receiver fer the Capitol Ap-
nliarce Company in SUPERIOR Court
Room 5. His claim for back wages
and amounts alleged due creditors in
whose behalf he is also suing total
about $500 Danger Of insolvency is
alleged. Hearing has been set for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
ENDOWMENT OVER TOP
Wabash Students Subscribe $5O,282 to
Building Fund.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. April 3.
Wabash College students went
over the tor 100 per cent today by
subscribing s50,282 to the college ST.
900 endowment and building fund
campaign. The amount represents
subscriptions from practically every
college man toward, what was first
adopted as a $4,000 student goal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
GUNS SALUTE PERSHING
Bands Play Hail To The Chief AS
General Arrives in United States.

By United Press
NEW YORK. April 3.-Guns on
Governors Island doomed salute, Ho-
boken piers swarmed with khaki and
4 military band blared Hail to The
Chief" as Gen. John ]. Pershing ar
rived home from Europe today.
The General grinned and said:
TITS a grand old place after all,
isn't it?"
He had been abroad six months
gathering material for a book on
Americas part in the World War.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
TWO WOMEN DIE IN FIRE
Patients Carried From Burning Sani-
tarium by Nurses.

By United Press
MORGANTOWN, N. c., April s.
Two women lost their lives in fire
in a private sanitarium today.
Two other persons were seriously
burned. Thirty six escaped uninjured.
There was no panic among the pa
tients, as they were carried from the
burning building by nurses and at
tendants.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
Commissioner Candidate

John Schildmier, r. r. C, Box 230.
Indianapolis. today filed declaration
of candidacy of Democratic nomina
ton, for county commissioner of the
First District.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
One Arrested in Crash

A car driven by George Talkington,
S16 N. Delaware St, was struck by
another driven by John Brown, col
ored. 4o7 w. North ST., at Vermont
st. and Indiana Ave. today, police
say. Brown was held.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
DANCE CONFERENCE HELD
Earl COnder to Consult Three Other
Lawyers on Ordinance.

Earl Conder. president of the Church
Federation, today conferred with Po-
lice Chief Rikhoff on revision of dance
ordinance.
Conder, an attorney, who is on the
chiefs committee to revise the ordi-
nance, will consult three other law
yers in the drafting of a bill to sup
plant the present law, which had been
deemed inadequate and unenforceable
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
POLICEMAN SENT TO JAIL
Fletcher Valves Hearing on Narcotic
Charge.

Raymond Z. Fletcher. 81, of GAL n.
Meridian St, former police officer,
was arraigned before John w. Kern,
United States commissioner, today on
Federal charges of violation ,of the
anti-narcotic act. Fletcher waived
examination and upon failure to pro-
vide 1900 bond he was taken to the
Marion County jail.
Fletcher is charged with Illegal pos
session and sale of narcotics. He re-
signed as motorcycle officer on the
police force March 2S.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
Lodge Celebrates Founding

BIZ United Press
SEYMOUR, Ind. April 3.-Hermion
Lodge No. ~ knights of Pythias, cele
brates its fiftieth anniversary Thurs
day night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
End of Walk.Out Sought

By United Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo, April "A
ub-committee of the joint conference
of representatives of the $4,000 strik-
ing miners OF the southwest and en-
plcyers TO-DAY was attempting to nego-
tiate an agreement which would end
y aH.out
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
Certain Papers Seized by
Cabinet Member Also Or
dered Brought Before
Daugherty Committee by
Senator Wheeler.
ACTION IS PRECEDENT
IN SUMMONING OFFICIAL
Sale of Government SeCuri-
ties Aired and Aircraft and
Bosch Magnetic Deals Are
Barred by Former Agents of
Justice Department,
Rn I-nitcd Prsss

Bp tHttcf Press
WASHINGTON. April 3.-Senator
Burton X. Wheeler of the Daugherty
investigating committee today ordered
a subpoena issued for certain papers
seized by Secretary Of War Weeks,
when new testimony was given in
volviug the war department in the
war frauds case.
The subpoena also calls for Weeks
personal appearance.
Wheeler called TO the stand Capt
William r N0landt Of the air service
and demande that he hand over rec
ords Of Thomas F. Lane. former legal
adviser in the War Department.
Secretary Weeks has taken those
papers and he told me TO inform you
that II you wanted them you will have
to subpoena them from him." Volandt
said.
Well the subpoena will be Issued
Immediately" Wheeler said.
Lane testified that Volandt took
the papers away from me-"
Volandt admitted taking the papers
and giving them to Weeks but claimed
they were official records OF the de-
partment."
volandt said Weeks ordered the
Lane papers turned over to him.
Action Unprecedented
The action In subpoenaing Weeks
is unprecedented In congressional in.
vestigations. Usually a Cabinet Of
fcer Is merely respectfully invited"
TO appear.
The papers were records In in
vestigations by Lane in connection
with Bosch Magnetic. Standard Air
craft and Wright-Martin fraud ca ses
Lone. I'm his testimony, assailcd A.
Mitchell Palmer. former alien property
custodian, for sale OF the Rosch Mag
heto property for S4.150000.
1T should not have been sold for
$4,000 o0O." said Lane.
Lane said he took records in the
Bosch case to Assistant Attorney Gen
eral John w. II. Grim, and Grim said
1t was the "rottenest" case he ever
saw. Grim, he said, promised imme-
date action on "this great fraud"
Department Does Nothing
The witness said the Department OF
Justice had done nothing to this day,
so far as he knew
His Bosch Magnetic records were
among those taken from him by Vo-
andt. Lane said.
Going back to the sale Of 1000, 600
Of Government securities by the Bosch
Magnetic Company, Lane said. they
were sold through the brokerage firm
of Hornplower & Weeks"
Secretary OF War Weeks was a
member of that firm. He was not,
however, Secretary Of War at that
time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
GR0NINGER SAYS CITY
is NOT CONTENTIOUS
Attorney States Utility Has
Been Barely Able to Meet
Fixed Charges as Result
Penny Wise and Pound
Foolish Policy
Company Asks

Fare Of Z cents cash, four
tickets for Is cents and 1-cent
transfer charge, instead of
present rate of 5 cents cash and
2-cent transfer charge. In
crease in revenue to go to
maintenance and replacement
fund.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
City Asks

Same fare as company is ask
ing, with addition Of seventeen
tickets for 81, double transfer
privilege and city rate to
Broad Ripple. Increased rev
enue to go to maintenance and
replacement und.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
SCOUTS ADMITTED FREE
Showing of "'The Traitor Within"
Opened to Boys.

In Observance Of Scout week, Boy
Scouts will be admitted free to Cadle
Tabernacle, where the film, The
Traitor Within" is being shown. The
film will be shown until Saturday
night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-03
CANNED HEAT IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR
EIGHTEENTHDEATH
Murder Indictment Is Sought
as Result of Orgies at
Toledo,

By United Press
TOLEDO, Ohio, April 3.-The eight
eenth victim of canned heat and de-
natured alcohol orgies since Sunday
night, James Carter, So, Toledo. d.ed
at the county Jail today. He was be-
ing held as a witness by the federal
authorities.
Three others in municipal hospital
are in a critical condition.
Indictment Sought
Police Chief Christensen indicated
ne viii try to obtain an Indictment
for second degree murder against
druggist and his two clerks, arrested
on the testimony of Harry Otis, who
later died from the poison.
Otis told police ne purchased de-
natured alcohol from Meyer Selsman,
the druggist under arrest on a charge
Of conspiracy to violate the prohibi-
ton laws.
Selsman's two clerks are held on
similar charges.
Law Is Strict
Under an Ohio law when death re-
suits from alcohol sold for beverage
purposes, the seller may be found
guilty OF second degree murder.
The fatalities began Sunday night.
Six men, police said, staged a party"
IN a hotel here. Canned heat" or
sohdified alcohol. was dissolved in
rubbing alcohol and denatured alco-
hol and consumed In large quantities.
Tho civ mon urara dead bv MOuday
night.
Twelve others died from denatured
alcohol obtained at other parties"
police said. Most of the victims were
IabOrers.