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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20
CONFESSION OF
POISON WIDOW
ISSUE I'M Trial
Court Battle Looms Over Ad-
mission of Document
Woman RepudiateS 1t.

BIZ United Press
CROWN POINT, Ind, July 20
The confession of Mrs. Anna Cum
ningham that she poisoned three OF
her children today furnished n Is
sue of battle in the murder trial or
Gary's poison widow"
Defense attorneys fought to pre-
vent admission of the confession as
evidence, while the State attempted
to clinch it's case with the document.
Repudiates 1t
Taking the stand just before week
end adjournment, Mrs. Cunningham
repudiated every detail of the con-
fession. which was made after her
arrest last April.
Mental experts for the State, who
examined her, said they found no
trace of mental arrangement in the
woman and that she was thorough
ly competent to have made the state
ment.
Held Sane
To combat this expert testimony,
the defense is expected to call other
physicians in an attempt to show
Mrs. Cunningham was subject to
fainting spells and periods of coma.
Upon the ruling of Judge Smith
OH admissibility of the confession
depends Mrs. Cunningham's fate. 3
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20
ARTICLES IN MACHINE

Police found an auto reported
by Fred E. Hoover. Muncie,
Ind, at 1912 Holloway Ave. Sunday.
After they discovered three ladies'
coats. a bathing suit, mirror and
several other articles they concluded
that the car had been used in a
burglary and are trying to locate
the owner of the clothing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20
CHURCH BREAKS GROUND
Work on CarrolltOn Ave. Building
Will Start Soon.

Work on the new $4,000 building
of the Carrollton Avenue Reformed
Church will be begun soon, John A.
Bernloehr, finance committee chair
man, said today.
The Rev. ]. G. Horning of st. Jo-
seph, No., western superintendent
of the home missionary board, spoke
al ground breaking services at
Forty-Fourth St. and Carrollton
Ave, Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20
ROCKIES HANDLE RIFLES
Citizen Soldiers Take Up Firing on
Range-Inspection Tuesday.

Firing on the range was taken up
today by companies C and d of the
Citizens Military Training Camp at
FIT. Benjamin Harrison. Other COM
panies will fire in turn until all
citizen-soldiers have had experience
on the range.
Maj. Gen. Robert L. Howe, new
fifth corps area commander, accom-
panied by Brig. Gen. Hugh A. Drum,
general training officer, will inspect
the camp Tuesday.
Merle Sidener. advertising man, adj
dressed the cadets Sunday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20
BACK HOME AGAIN

Automobiles reported found by
police belong to:
Marie Youngman, 106 La Clede
Ave, Ford, at Henry and Illinois
SITS.
Ralph D. Keller, r. f. 2, Ford, at
Capitol Ave. and South SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20
Gone But Not Forgotten


If you see any automobiles bearing
these license numbers. call the p95lce or
The indianapolis Times. Main 5000. The
owner may be able to do the same for
you some time.
Automobiles reported stolen to
police belong to-:
Frank Boulard, 921 Laurel St,
Buick, 479-172 from yard at 921
Laurel st.
Hibben and Hollweg Company,
191 S. Meridian ST., Nash, S17-447
from garage at GIG w. Merrill st.
DR.. William P. Garshwiller, 716
Pythian Bldg, Ford, 1882, from
Pennsylvania St. and Massachusetts
Ave.
Frank f. Wocher, 201S N. Penn
sylvania ST., Oldsmobile, 493-SS1,
from Georgia and Meridian SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20
SAFE WOULD NOT OPEN
Burglars Take Clothing at Store
Other Thefts Reported.

Burglars who entered the dry
goods store of Mrs. Elizabeth Cake,
go Indiana Ave-, failed in their at
tempt to open the safe Saturday.
Clothing valued at $50 was taken.
Cash register at Losey-Nash Auto
Company, 400 N. Capitol Ave, was
rifled of $23. Small amount of
stock was stolen by burglars who
entered Kroger grocery, 1926 E.
Twenty-Fifth ST., Sunday. Grip con-
tanning clothing valued at $47.50 was
stolen from Mrs. c. J. Gault, 1920
Bellefontaine ST., Saturday. Pick
pockets obtained Sc from Mrs. S.
Zimmerman, $50 w. Walnut ST., and
$12 from Miss Kate Mason, Carmel,
Ind, Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20

at East Tenth Street NJ. E. Church
at 2;S0 p. m. Tuesday.
Mr.. Foster died Friday at the
Methodist Hospital. He was a mem
Der OF Logan Lodge, Il. and A. M.
and Modern Woodmen OF America.
Besides the widow, two sons, James
and Arthur Foster. survive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20
CHURCH RAISES FUND
Zion Evangelical Congregation to
Build Parish House.

More than $500 has been pledged
to the proposed $150,00O fund Tor
erecting a new parish house and
remodeling the Zion Evangelical
Church, New Jersey and North Sts.,
it was announced today.
Seating capacity of the auditorium
will be increased to about 1000, the
Rev. F. R. Daries, pastor, said. j.
Hilkene, building chairman, an
nounced construction will begin next
spring. The parish house Will IN
clude a gymnasium and large
auditorium. Louis Landgrepe Is
director of religious education.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20
HELD on MURDER CHARGE

Clarence Bell, rs, eolored, b2A Hol'
ton Pl.. Is held today on a murder
charge, after police say he admitted
fatally stabbing George Fillmore. "a.
oolored. 432 w. sixteenth Pl., nc
the home OF Mrs. Emma oliver. col
ored. 1907 Northwestern Ave., Sat
urday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20
PROSECUTORS JOB
-Four Sullivan Men on Way to See
Governor.

BIZ United Press
SULLIVAN, Ind, July 20.-A
committee of four Sullivan County
citizens. whose m are kept
secret. was enroute to Indianapolis
today to present to Governor jack
son a petition for the removal from
office Of Prosecutor Noryal Harris.
Contents Of the petition are
shrouded in secrecy also. Harris re-
Gently paid a $40 fine for operating
a gambling game as the result of a
raid by sheriff's men and prohibition
officers on a American Legion picnic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20
RECORD BEER HAUL MADE
MiIks' Worth $4,000
Seized BY Agents.

BIZ United Press
FIT. WAYNE, Ind. July 20.-Six
thousand four hundred gallons Of
beer valued at $20, 1000 were in the
hands of Federal dry agents here
today following a raid on a re-
frigerator car of condensed milk"
Trainmen on the Nickel Plate Rail-
road found the cars seal broken and
investigation revealed the beer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20
LEGION GROUP NAMED
Delegates to Attend Annual Fidac
Congress i'm Rome.

National Commander James A.
Drain of the American Legion to-
day announced the personnel of the
Legion delegation to the annual
Fidac congress, the interallied feder-
alton Of World War veterans, which
meets in Rome, Italy, Sept. 10 to 13.
Delegates are H. Nelson Jackson.
Burlington, VT, chairman; L.. r.
GignilIiat, Culver, Ind, vice chair
man; Russell Creviston, retiring ma
tional adjutant, Indianapolis, secre-
tary; William B. Follett, Winter
Park, Fla; Joseph H. Thompson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20
BAPTIsTS TO REPORT
Quarterly Meeting of Federation Will
Be Held Tonight.

Activity reports will be heard at
the quarterly meeting of Federated
Baptist Churches tonight at the
First Baptist Church.
A. G. Woodmansee, secretary; Rob
ert MacGregor, treasurer; F. A. Hay
ward, executive secretary; DR.. l.. c.
Trent, chairman vacation Bible
schools; DR.. George C. Chandler,
chairman of city planning; DR.. Car
los M. Dinsmore, delegate to North
ern Baptist convention, and the
Rev. Lewis Grafton, delegate to Bap-
fist Young Peoples Union conven-
ton, will report. 3
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20
R U BY %INTERURBAN
Witnesses Say Man Walked in Front
of Freight Car.

Enoch Leman, Sc, of sos Fulton
St., today was recovering from head
and body bruises received when he
was struck by a freight interurban
at Naomi and Shelby SITS. Sunday.
Witnesses said Leman walked in
front Of the train. Bruce Wilson
Of Columbus, Ind, motorman, was
slated for assault and battery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20
HOUND AND PUPS TAKEN

Otto Willis, 1248 S. Illinois ST.,
said the Humane Society should In
vestigate with police a theft that
took place at his home Sunday. his
beagle hound and a litter OF four
pups valued at $165 were taken
Willis said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20

Pittsburgh, Pa; A. Piatt Andrew,
Gloucester, Mass; the Rev. William
p. O'Connor, Cincinnati. Ohio; Lem
ule Bolles, New York City, and Ed
ward L. Logan. Boston. Mass. Dele
cation will sail Aug. 10 from New
York.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20
NAN AND WIFE HELD

Theodore Wilson, 46, colored, 1928
Columbia Ave-, and his wife, Dollie,
are held today on assault land bat
cry charges. Police say Mrs. Wilson
cut her husband on the arm after
he had choked her, Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20
SERVICES AT CHURCH
John A. Foster to Be Buried Mt
Crown Hill Tuesday.

John A. Foster, 81, Of 1924 n. Gale
St., was buried in Crown Hill
Cemetery following funeral services
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-20
BARBER USES LADDER
Girl, IA, Says Someone Entered
Room and Cut Her Hair.

May Fite, IA, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. P. H. Ffte, S4S w. New York
ST., told police someone entered her
bedroom late Saturday by climbing
up a ladder and cut her hair.
please do not whip May for I
cut her hair" was written on a
piece Of paper left by the alleged in
truder.
Police investigated the story.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-09-19
Making Windn,ills Work

Rigid tests are being applied to the
invention Of Berlin scientist, Major
Bilau, who has erected on a farm in
Hertfordshire a windmill which he
claims will develop enough electric
power to light village and can easily
supply sufficient power to operate all
the machinery on large farm or
ranch. 1t is curious looking wind
mill. having great arms shaped much
like the blades Of an airplane propel-
Ter, and so constructed that suction is
brought into play to get every ounce
Of turning power from the wind. As
the propellers revolve they put in mo-
ton a set of gears that drive dyna-
mo contained in balloonlike at
tachment Immediately behind them.
Near by four other windmills Of vari-
GUS types are operating and the power
they develop is registered in testing
shed and compared daily with the
work done by Bilau mill.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-09-19
Strips Ignition of Rivals
Auto, Paws $25 Fine

Milwaukee.-The eternal triangle
made its appearance in police court in
a new form with disastrous results to
the bank account Of the man who tried
to wreck it.
George Polanski, nineteen, and Irwin
Krenn, twenty-three, both court the
same girl. Krenn has a car and young
Polanski has not. Somebody got the
dates mixed the other night and when
George called at the young woman's
home he found Irwin there ahead Of
him.
When the young woman excused her
self to George, he started to see red.
Spotting his rivals car at the curb he
determined to make Irwin walk home.
He stripped the ignition and when
irwin left at midnight he had to have
the car towed in.
George was arrested and charged
with malicious destruction Of property.
Judge Page fined him $25.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-09-19
Filling Zuyder Zee

When the draining of the Zuyder zee
has been completed 80 or more years
hence about $4,000 acres Of fertile
land will have been reclaimed-enough
to take care of $4,000 Hollanders who
otherwise would be forced to emigrate
by the steadily increasing overproduc-
ton Of the Netherlands. What will be-
come Of the 5000 fishermen who now
earn their living by fishing is another
question. The government has taken
far-reaching measures to compensate
the fishermen or to aid them by shift
ing the scene Of their activity to the
coast Moreover a small lake will be
left in the center of the present sea
so that fishing will not be permitted to
die by inches. The greater number Of
the Zuyder zee fishermen will be
trained in inland navigation. Recently
the first training ship left Amsterdam
for trip along the Dutch rivers in
order to prepare the fishermen for
their new jobs. Within few weeks
several of those on the isle Of Marker
will 60 up for examination. Several
other fishermen already have become
"landlubbers." One may see them
road mending in their picturesque fish
ermen's dresses.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-09-19
Death of Girl Reveals
6 Years. Work as Miner

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Revelation that a
girl, dressed in mems clothing, had
dug coal in mine near Bridgeville
for six years came with the death of
Anna Smoley, aged twenty-three.
Crushed by fall of slate, the young
woman died in a local hospital to
which she had been taken.
Morgue attaches said the girl had
worked side by side with other men,
bers Of her family in a small mine
operated by her father. The latter
said he had tried to persuade her to
engage in less strenuous work, but
thar she had insisted on working in the
mine. The fall Of slate which resulted
in her death occurred an hour after
she had entered the mine. Neighbors
worked an hour before they could re-
move her.
County authorities will investigate
the death.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-09-19
PET DOG STRAYS,
MAN KILLS SELF
Master Carries Out His Oft Re-
peated Threat.

Chicago.-Edmond Van vyncht
threatened many times in the last two
years to kill himself If his brown and
white spaniel, Spot" ever left him.
Recently he made good.
AS he and Mrs. Van vyncht ate
lunch he demanded to know where
"Spot" was. Mrs. Van vyncht did not
know. Spot" she thought, had just
wandered out to investigate the neigh
borhood and would be in soon.
IF he doesn't come back soon I'll
kill myself" Van Vyncht declared,
and added despondently, Maybe they
have got him in the pound. I can't
bear to think Of him being there,
Mary, a seventeen-year-old daugh-
ter, laughed and predicted that the dog
would be back. Then she went back
to her work at the Rock Island offices.
Half an hour later neighbors heard
the report Of pistol. A few moments
more and there was another. But no
one investigated, and at 5 80 .. m. all
was quiet in the house when Mary re-
turned.
Mrs. Van Vyncht, with her head
bleeding from a bullet wound, met her
at the door.
Gle killed himself" she said. "He's
back there. Spot didn't come in.''
The girl called the police. They
listened to the story of the mother,
but at first doubted it. Her husband,
she said, took his pistol out and said
he was going to shoot himself. She
tried to get the weapon from him and
in the struggle it was discharged. The
bullet grazed her forehead and lodged
In the ceiling. When she regained
consciousness she found her husbands
body, but was too dazed to call the
police.
While the investigation was in prog
ress "Spot" walked in. He shifted the
body Of his master and whined and
when the still form was carried out to
a patrol wagon he followed to the
curb. He was sitting there, still and
forlorn. as the black wagon turned the
corner.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-09-19
Notable Cases Where
Skill Beats Strength

There are many examples in natu-
raj history of skill overcoming sheer
brute strength, and there is one illus
tration Of educated animal instinct
which comes very near to human skill.
This is the collie dog, which, by heredi-
tary and acquired skill, Is capable not
only Of controlling the movements Of
1ocks Of sheep and herds of cattle
which, as regards brute strength. are
infinitely superior to itself, but Is
further able to count the herd or flock
and discover If one Is missing from It.
Cases are on record in which collies,
missing one out of flock Of sheep,
up or found 1t dead. This is certainly
the nearest approach to human skill
exhibited in the animal kingdom.
In the jungles Of India there are
monkeys who are able by means OF
something like human skill to take
hold Of snakes which could easily kill
or crush them, in such fashion that
the reptiles cannot strike with their
fangs. The monkeys then hit the
snakes heads against stones or trees
until they are dead or stunned.
A still more curious fact Is that the
monkeys only do this when they know
they are within reach of herb which
frequently proves an antidote to the
bite Of the particular snake they at
tack.
OF marine animals the whale is
physically the most powerful. Its
most determined enemy is the thrash.
er, q fish of much inferior strength.
which, by superior skill in attack. fire.
quently comes off victor. There Is
also a kind Of shark which arranges
it's attacks so skillfully that it will
wound to death q whale which could
kill it with single stroke of its
f1ukes.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-09-19
Detective Shoots Tonsils
Out of Gunnaan Suspec,

Los Angeles, Cal.-David L. Snyder
had his tonsils removed in a pistol
affray here. The operation, though
rather informally performed, was pro-
nounced successful by receiving hos
pital surgeons, who said the bullet,
which entered his right cheek and
emerged from his left after neatly
clipping off his tonsils, had not wound
ed him fatally. Snyder, according to
police, tried to draw a gun on detec-
tives sent to arrest him on suspicion
of robbery, but they beat him to the
trigger.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-09-19
Temperatures on Mars

During the past year Investigations
to determine, as nearly as possible,
the temperatures on the planet Mars
were conducted both at the Mount
Wilson observatory in California and
at the observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz.
The observers at Mount Wilson calcu.
lated the afternoon temperatures along
the equator Of Mars to be approx
mately 10 degrees above freezing.
while those at Flagstaff estimate the
temperature at 20 above freezing
These calculations would Indicate that
Mars would be more temperate as a
summer than winter resort. In the
Marian polar regions the temperature
must be extremely low.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-09-19

The debate between Bishop Weldon
and the Durham signalman as to the
"selfishness'' of the railwaymen's de-
mand for higher wages ended in the
proper English fashion, with loud ap-
plause for the two protagonists." 1t
Is pleasant to find that so much fair
play is possible in the heated atmos-
John Stuart Mill, standing for West
Minister, was asked by heckler
whether it was true that he had said
the working classes were generally
liars. II did," he replied, exciting,
says a biographer. vehement ap-
plause," and he was triumphantly re-
turned.-London Observer.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-09-19
Runaway Co.O Drags
Boy, II, to His Death

Danville. Val. w. Gillie,
Jr.. fourteen years old. was
dragged to his death by run
away COW at Reidsville, N. G.
The lad was leading the cow to
pasture and had the chain
around his waist, when the COW
became frightened and ran
away.
Removed. unconscious, to a
Doctors office, after neighbors
had halted the COW, one side "
the boys face was found man.
gled and an ear was torn off.
He died within an hour.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-09-19
Oxygen for the SICK

To supply pure oxygen 10 pneurHo-
MIA patients. thus enabling them to
breathe freely and thus aiding rec0v-
cry, two New York doctors, Alvin L.
Barach of the Presbyterian hospital
and G. A. L. Binger Of the ROckefel-
Ter institute, recently invented porta-
BILE oxygen tent that Is suspended
over the patients bed by an iron
framework. says Popular Science
Monthly Oxygen Is fed to the pa
tent from tank through rubber tub
ing
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-09-19
Genius and the Brain

That genius may have its abode In a
brain much below the average In
weight is proved by the case Of the
late Anatole France. Doctor Regault.
to whom the brain was submitted.
states that it weighed only LOTT
grammes, or nearly 400 grammes be-
low the accepted figure.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-06-26
8 VARIETIES OF ICE CREAM
AT Middlings. Try it. 5-29-tf

Take your meals at the new
dining room of the Cash and Car
ry Grocery.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-06-26
VASH0N ISLANDERS
TAKE HOLIDAY TRIP

Continued from last week.
There are many beautiful large
homes though, with spacious parks
about them, and the English love
OF flowers and decorative shrub.
berry is every where in evidence.
So also were the large glazing
signs telling the price of beer and
whiskey by the gallon. But we
saw no saloons such as were so
disgracefully common along our
own city and town streets only a
| Few years ago, anG we saw nc
drunkenness. But we were told
that these allurmg signs were re.
sponsiblc for the steady stream OF
cars that were pouring into Van,
couver on that and all other hol.
idays, and that the hotels turned
away hundreds Of people who
could not be Accommodated, but we
were also told that it was not as
easy to get liquor as it had been
formerly, 1t could only be got
Through a permit from a apothc'
cary, and from all indications the
apothecaries were kept busy most.
| ly by people from the U. S.
The cousins who had spent their
childhood days on adjoining farms
| in New Brunswick had an enjoy.
able time recalling old days and
! friends of the long ago, who were
Iall talked over and the most OF
them buried in far away cemeter.
lies.
Hospitality reigned supreme,
and there was not time enough to
take in every thing that was plan
ned for the occasion, but a trip was
made over a ferry to North Van.
couver which nestles at the foot of
snow capped mountains, where
picturesque driveway leads to
1.-The Gorge Here a large park
protects the immense native trees
and natural growth that is being
so ruthlessly destroyed all over the
Northwest. In the years to come
such parks will become a greater
attraction to the traveller than the
great street signs are now, and the
coming generations will wonder
why more of our wonderful nat.
ural beauty spots have not been
held as sacred trusts to their fore
fathers.
A steel suspension foot bridge
has been built over the deep gorge
where only the most courageous
venture, after paying an admission
fee, to walk across the, swaying
structure and look down the dizzy
depths upon the rushing stream so
far below that it seems but a
thread OF silver cutting its way
between messy rocks of every hue.
Many paid the admission fee and
then looking at the bridge from
solid ground, decided that life was
ton sweet to risk that way.
The next day Stanley Park was
visited. 1t too was worth the trip
for its natural beauty and the
view of The Narrows from the
light house and signal station on
the heights, where one may look
down hundreds of feet upon all
sorts of water craft entering and
leaving Vancouver harbor at the
very feet of snowy mountains.
which can be seen across the Mar.
rows.
If Seattle had those mountains
so near, | have no doubt that