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New Britain herald., 1927-07-27
JUNE MATHIS DIES
 WATCHING MOVIES
Noted Scenario Writer Probable
 Heart Disease Victim

New York, June 27 Rl-June Mathis. noted scenario writer and the highest paid woman executive in motion pictures, is dead. the vic tim of a heart attack while attend ing a performance in a Broadway theater.
 While seated beside her mother, Mrs. Emily Hawks at a perform ance of The Squall' at the Forty Eighth street theater last night, Miss Mathis suddenly threw her arms about her mothers neck and screamed:
 "Oh. mother I'm dying I'm dy- ing" she sobbed.
 Scores of persons arose from their seats, the players paused uncertain- ly in their lines and ushers hurried to Miss Mathis and carried her to the alleyway alongside the theater. A few moments later two physicians from the audience announced she was dead.
 Mrs. Hawks, who was standing alongside weeping, screamed and fell to her knees beside her daughter pleading with her to speak. She re- fused to believe her daughter was dead and rubbed her wrists in hope of imparting life until the medical examiner arrived and the body was removed to a funeral parlor.
 The mother was then taken to an apartment hotel where she and her daughter had been living since their arrival from Los Angeles two months ago.
 Miss Mathis, who was about 35 years old, was considered the most successful of women motion picture executives. Her greatest achieve- ment probably was her discovery of Rudolph Valentino.
 Impressed with the motion pie ture possibilities of Ibanez's novel, The Four Horsemen of the Apoca- lypse." Miss Mathis convinced Sam uel Goldwyn to produce it and in sisted it be produced her way and with Valentino. then an unknown dancer and movie extra. in the cast.
 Made Her Reputation
 The picture established both her self and Valentino. She said later that at the time she had advocated Nalentinos selection she had seen him in but one picture and never had seen him in person.
 Others of Miss Mathis outstand- ing successes were: Ben Hur." dur ing the filming of which Godwyn in- sured her life for a s100o, 900 be- cause of her value to the film: "The Ten Commandments" "Blood and Sand.' and The Rajah,' the two latter starring Valentino
 Miss Mathis entered the movies about ten years ago after a career of several years on the stage in ingenue parts, having roles in "Brewster's Millions" and "Thc Fas- cinating Widow" She was also in vaudeville.
 She was married in December, 1924, to Silvanio Balboni a motion picture director, whom she met in Italy while engaged in making the film Ben Hur." He is now in Cali fornia.
 The exact cause of Miss Mathis
New Britain herald., 1927-07-27

Their execution, originally set for July 10. has been stayed until August 10, to permit the governor and a special advisory committee named by him, to review the cele- brated case which has attracted world wide interest
 The governor personally measured the distance from the factory to that of another building nearby from which a government witness testified he had seen the two convicted men in the automobile. Mir. Fuller made the measurement to satisfy himself whether from the distance it could have been possible for the witness to have identified the pair.
 Takes Measurements
 He also measured the distance from the factory to railroad cross ing on which, inthe face of an ap- preaching train, the slayers sped and were lost in sight. His purpose there was the same, the determination of the possibility of other witnesses who have sworn they saw the two men to have done so.
 1t was Governor Fuller's second first hand contacts with the case. Last week he paid a surprise visit to the Charlestown state prison where he talked with the men and with Celestino Madeiros, who is awaiting death for another murder and whose confession eXonerating Sacco and NanZetti was the basis of their last unsuccessful appeal for a new trial.
 Sacco and Nanzetti are hunger striking in protest against the secre- cy which has surrounded the closed door hearings of both the eX-gover- nor and his advisory committee. Sac co has not eaten since week ago last Sunday while Nanzetti has touched only a negligible amount of food. Neither however is apparently the worse for his self-imposed ab- stinence.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-27
AT THE LYCEUM

Fighting Love-" starring Jetta Goudal, Victor Varconi and Henry B. Walthall. is an amazing exposi- tion of elemental human passions with climax unsurpassed for vigor and originality. A spectacular drama that ranges from sunny Italy to the desert sands of Africa from the luxury-loving indolent nobles to the fierce nomadic tribes of the Sahara. It is Jetta Goudal in the finest role of her career.
 "The Handicap" featuring Derek Glynne and Virginia Warwick, is a pleasing thriller with the high point in the action, spectacular horse race screened at the Tia Juana race track.
 Saturday Afternoon" starring Harry Langdon, is another feature of the bill.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-27
Woman's Footprints May Solve Bank Robbery

Woodstock, Va. July 27 H1lm- prints of four dainty French heels in soft ground near the sparsely set- fled Devils Hole mountain section about 30 miles from here yesterday convinced a sheriff's posse that it was on the trail the two men and their fashionably dressed wom- an companions wanted for a $2,0oO daylight holdup yesterday of the Mount Jackson. Va. national bank.
 The posse felt that there could be no doubt of the tracks being those of the fugitives as there probably was not a woman in that section of the mountains country who possess ed a pair of French h'el shoes.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-27
OH, TANK AEIRE

Beaumont, Texas, July o7-Light- ming set fire yesterday to a 35o,ooo barrel underground storage tank of the Gulf Refining company at Sour Lake, % miles from here. No one was injured and it was believed to- day the fire would not spread. Pro- perty loss will be about sg00, 1000, it was estimated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
TONY JUMPS GUN,
SAVES DIAMONDS
Two HOId-up Men Greet
Him at Garage Door.

An attempt to rob Tony Murrella.
Sal E. Merrill ST., fruit merchant, of
a diamond tie pin and ring was
made at ], a. m. today by two masked
bandits, police report.
sMurrella said he drove to his ga
rage in tho rear of his home. The
bandits stepped from the garage and
one held a revolver at him and de-
manded, stick 'em up" Murrella
refused and struck him and the
other bandit hit Murrella with a
blackjack. Murrella ran and the
two got into Murrellas Chrysler
roadster, license 23-2O9, and drove
south.
Murrella's diamonds are said to be
worth several thousand sdollars.
A hold-up man who evidently
studied the habits Of William c. Huff,
1902 n. Cornell Ave, Brookside
street ear conductor, held him up
at midnight at the end of the line,
Twentieth and Olney Sts., androbbed
him of S44, tokens. a money changer
and a punch. The punch and changer
were found 800 feet away.
Elmer Crowley, motorman. 2162
y. Gale ST., sat in the cab unaware
of the robbery.
Huff had hoped off thA rear of
the car and was in the street when
held up.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
Motor Club Shows
Right Derby Route

Hposiers Louisville-bound by motor
for, the Kentucky Derby, Saturday,
should travel over one of two
routes, according to officials of the
Hoosier Motor Club. They are:
Go south on Meridian ST.. bear
left on Madison Ave-, and follow
State Road 81 through Franklin,
Columbus, Seymour, Crothersville,
Scottsburg, Seilersburg and Jeffer-
sonville. Ferry Ohio River to Louis
vile. Distance is 126 miles. IIow-
ever, this mileage does not include
the detours.
The road is paved from Indian
apolis to just south of Amity. Then
it is necessary to detour to Edin-
burg. There is five miles of pave
ment from Edinburg to Taylorville,
then a detour will be encountered to
Columbus. There is fresh gravel
distributed between Columbus and
two miles south of Jonesboro and a
bridge run around nine miles south
of, Columbus. Pavement is con-
tinuous to Jeffersonvi!le except for
a short detour.
An optional but longer route is:
South on Meridian st. to the 1900
block. Bear right on State Road
81. through Martinsville, Blooming
ton. Bedford to, Paoli; United States
Road $50 from Paoli to Louisville.
Distance 147 miles with about fifty
miles of gravel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
SLAYER'S SHELLS
HINT RELOAD|NG
Found in Yard Near Carter
Death Scene.

Belief that the slayer Of PATROL
man Charles f. Carter 2Oll Brook
side Ave. hid in the yard at the
rear of the indianapolis Scale Com
pany. 636 L. Washington St. Satur-
day night and reloaded his revolver.
was expressed today by police.
Finding of five .3S-cabiler cart
ridges, three fired, by S. l.. Yeager,
1876 S. California St, employe, was
reported by Sergt. Jack Small. Yea
ger said that he found them Nednes-
day evening when he went into the
company yard. Search Of junk piles
for the revolver. possibly Hidden
there, was fruitless, Yeager said.
An alley leads from the duel
scene where Garter was killed by an
armed drink or drug-craZed man who
had terrorized residents and pedes-
trians in the 500 block j.. Court st.
Police have found no clews that
establish the murderer's identity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
STEVE DAMAGE
TRIAL DEFERRED
convict's Lawyers Granted
Time for Appearance.

Trial of the $10,60O damage suit
of Mrs. Nettie Stephenson Brehm
against ID. c. Stephenson, former
Khan leader, was postponed indefi-
nitely today in Superior Court One,
because attorneys for Stephenson,
who is serving a life sentence in
Michigan City prison, have defaulted
and attorneys Paul Newman and
Lloyd Hill have asked the court to
grant time to file appearance for
Stephenson.
Mrs. Brehm seeks the money To
support Stephenson ll-year-old
daughter. Florence Catherine.
\ Governor Jackson, who has been
made a garnishee defendant in the
action. will come into court next
Wednesday and verbally deny he mas
any property Of the convict's. After
being brought into the case he filed
answer denying possession of any
property.
Mrs. Martha Dickinson OF Seymour,
Ind, ex-confidante of Stephenson,
is TO appear as a garnishee defendant
next Friday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
1917 Enemies Are
1927 Co-WorkerS

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, May 12-Ten years
ago two machine gunners stared
out into the Blackness of no mans
land sniping at each other.
One was a German the other a
Canadian
Today they continue staring at
each other but it is over a glass
Topped desk where the two work for
the Western Electric Company here.
This came to light when Harry
Radcliffe, former Canadian machine
gunner and William Seligmann, a
member of the Kaiser's army, re.
counted their war experiences in a
lull of business.
Seligmanpezlived at Frankfurt-on-
the-Main. Ratcliffe, of Winnipeg.
Manitoba enlisted with the Little
Black Devils, 9th battalion.
They were on opposite isdes in the
bitter fighting around Passchendaele
on Nov. 5, 1917 Seligmann was one
Of fifteen men who escaped after the
Canadians attacked.
A comparison of maps and times
showed that both men were manning
guns, aimed at each other, in the
bitter engagement. Both were cited
for bravery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
UNCLE SAM OPENS
WAR ON NAUGHTY
BOOK IMPORTING
Campaign to Keep Us From
Reading Spicy Litera-
ture Launched.

BIZ IHted Press
WASHINGTON, May 12.--Moral
standards for literature may be
drafted today when importers, Gus
toms officials, authors and purists
meet with Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury Andrews to discuss
literature"
Andrews has the task of deciding
what foreign publications are fit for
American readers.
Seizure of a shipment of Arabian
Nights and Boccacio's Decameron
by customs officials at New York
opened the subject. Importers con.
tend the books are classics, while
customs officials hold they are OBJ
scene.
Andrews said that while
every reasonable doubt would be
recognized in reviewing books, the
customs laws forbidding obscene lit
erature would be obeyed.
At present each customs official
acts as an individual censor, but
under Andrews plan there would
be certain standard for books to
pass.
Andrews is cooperating with post
office authorities to suppress
obscene books, periodicals and
pictures.
Donnelly declared publication Of
/ obscene matter has increased
tremendously since the war, Treas
ury and postal officials attributed
the increase to thrill-seeking
tendency among youth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
CITES BLOW TO
POLITICAL BOSS
City Clerk BoyCe Refers to
Larger Council.

Defeat of the bill by the last
Legislature increasing the number
of city councilmen from nine to
fifteen was q defeat for the political
boss, says City Clerk William A.
Boyce Jr., in an article in The
American City for May.
Forcing the Political Boss Into
the Open" is the title Of the article
which deals with killing the bill.
Discussing the proposal to elect
councilmen from individual wards
Boyce said this condition of affairs
would bring about political horse
trading among ward councilmen
from each of the fifteen wards that
without a doubt would work serious
injury to the best interests of the
city of indianapolis"
THUS died one Of the most vicious
and certainly one of the most un-
popular measures in the 1927
session." he concluded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
CROSSING CRASH
)HURTS2 BADLY
Shelby Gateman HeId-ln-
jured Pinned Under Wreck.

Miss Marie Stiven, 2S4S Brookside
Ave. and Kenneth Morley. 1898
Linden St. are in city hospital in
serious conditions. the result of a
crash Wednesday night between
their auto and westbound Penn
sylvania freight being pulled by two
engines at the Belt Railroad Shelby
st. crossing.
Miss Stiven is suffering from in
ternal injuries. n fractured leg, posi-
BILE skull fracture and cuts and
bruises. Morley suffered cuts and
bruises.
Edward KIM. 9S1 Villa Ave, gate
keeper. is being held for criminal
neglect, on the testimony of wit
nesses that the gates were not
lowered at the time of the accident.
KIM told police thai he had started
to lower the gates when Morley
drove onto the tracks.
The car was tossed clear of the
tracks and pinned against a gate
standard. Police removed the two
and took them to the hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
CLUB AIDS EIGHT
OF POL|CEWOMEN
Group Asks City to Pay
Salaries to Fourteen.

The Woman's Department Club
today joined the fight on behalf Of
fourteen indianapolis policewomen
who have worked without pay since
Jan. j.,
The clubwomen adopted a resolu-
ton asking tina the city pay imme-
diately and ordered a letter express
ing their sentiments sent to- Mayor
Duvall.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rainey, former
State Representative, made the mo-
ton following presentation of the
situation by Mrs. a. r. Morgan Of
the COUNCIL of Irvington Clubs,
which recently took similar action.
Miss Louise Ross. business women s
committee chairman, signed the reso-
luton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
SIXTEENTH ST.
WIDENING SEEMS
MOST FAVORED
Works Board President In
dictates Project Should
Be First.

Virgil Vandagrift, works board
president, today indicated the board
will favor going ahead with plans
to widen w. Sixteenth st. between
Capitol Ave. and Meridian ST., be-
fore taking up any other widening
projects.
The city plan commission has been
considering the request ,of business
interests in the locality that T..
Michigan St, between East and
Noble Sts., be widened to relieve
traffic congestion. A hearing will
be held Friday.
Points TO Delay
Nandagrift pointed out that the
Sixteenth st. project had been pend
ing more than two years and it
would be unfair to property owners
to drop the plan and take up an
other.
He is anxious to eliminate the
hazardous intersection at Illinois St.
at the same time Sixteenth is
widened. 1t will be necessary to cut
on two corners, eliminating n log.
1T the park board will release
Capitol Ave. between Sixteenth and
Twenty-First SITS, as boulevard.
opening it to all traffic. an outlet
would be provided to Northwestern
Ave, making it unnecessary to
widen west of Capitol at present.
Vandagrift said.
Favors straight Shoot
AS soon as the public begins to
appreciate the advantage of the
thoroughfare, Nandagrifft hopes TO
extend the widening of Sixteenth
west to Delaware ST., to allow a
straight shoot" for ambulances
and police and fire vehicles.
Nandagrift and Street Commits
sioner George Woodward toured the
south side this morning inspecting
street conditions. Nandagrifft has
ordered Pleasant Run channel
cleaned at Shelby st. to prevent
water from backing up on nearby
property.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
Hospital Day Observed

National Hospital day was oh.
serYed this afternoon at the Flower
Mission Hospital. Mission directors
announced that they expect to be To-
Gated in a new 2OO.bed hospital be.
fore the annual Hospital day cele-
bration next year. A fund of SCI, 900
already has BEEN subscribed and
campaign for additional money will
be stopped next fall, it was an.
nOllnced
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
TO WRECK HOME, Or
Man Must Show Safety Board Cause
to Save House.

II. S. Humphrey, IS Union Trust
Bldg. has been ordered by the board
of safety to show cause why a home
at 1889 Broadway should not be
wrecked by the city and the cost
charged to the tax duplicate.
Building Inspector Bert ]. West
over and City Attorney John X.
Ruckelshause both sent Humphrey
notices that the property should be
remodeled or torn down in con-
formity with the order of the State
fire marshal. When Humphrey
failed to appear Tuesday. President
20. ID. Haskell ordered that he re-
ceive another registered mail notice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
vANDALS RAID SCHOOL
Upholstery Cut by Marauders and
Adhesive Tape Stolen.

Vandals, using painters ladders
at the building, entered second floor
windows at School 10 "Wednesday
night, cut upholstery on office fur
niture and damaged a number of
desks and seats, Miss Gertrude
Expert, principal, discovered today.
Police are seeking a boy suspect.
The youth, pupil, was absent to-
day. Only two adhesive tape rolls
were. reported missing from the
principals office.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
FRIDAY, THE 18TH,
SASHWEIGHT DAY
Ruth and Judd to- Hear
Death Sentence.

BIZ United Press
LONG ISLAND CITY. y. Y, May
12.-Alrs. Ruth Brown Snyder and
Henry Judd Gray will be taken be-
fore Justice Towsend Scudder Fri.
day the thirteenth. 10 hear them
selves sentenced TO death in the
electric chair.
On that inauspicious day Mrs.
Snyders attorney will file a mo-
ton that the verdict be set aside.
and, IL that is overruled a motion
for arrest of judgment to permit
appeal. Appeal probably will tic
the case up until fall Whether
Gray's attorneys will file similar mo.
tons was not announced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
GOOD WILLERS' AWAY
local Firm Representatives Visit
Button, Other Points.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
BLUFFTON, Ind, May 12.-Rep-
resentatives of more than twenty
indianapolis wholesale firms, on n
courtesy trip through the Wabash
Valley under auspices of the In
dianapolis Chamber Of Commerce
wholesale trade division, stopped
here today.
Dick Miller, Chamber of Com
merce president, headed the group.
Advantages Of trading in Indian
apolis were explained to merchants
in the cities passed through.
a number of Huntington business
men were guests at dinner there
Wednesday night. Peru and Lagro
were also visited The party Was
to return to indianapolis late today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
Race Day Aid Asked

Police Chief Claude f. Johnson
and Fire Chief Jesse a. Hutsell have
been ordered by the board Of safety
way officials on race day. May so.
Major George s, Greene, director of
public safety, asked the city for the
usual cooperation in police and fire
protection.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
Fifty More Buried
as Part Storm Toll

BIZ United Press
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. May 12.-
With a score of persons still missing
following the tornado which de-
stroyed the business district of Pop
lar Bluff Monday, workers continued
to explore ruins of store buildings
along main streets today, while steps
were taken toward rebuilding the
city. The known death list stands
at niney-seven. Fifty more funerals
were held today. Some of the leo
seriously injured probably will die.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12

muscles, Drawn ana brain.
A multitude of alarming symp-
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should see and feel astruly startling
Improvement in yourself each day.
But it is not only question of how
much better you look and feel, or
What your friends say and think
the scales and tape measure tell
their own story. The test will sur
prise youI
ARIUM is easy and economical to
take, and while its amazing general
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Drug Stores, Haag Drug Stores,
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
NINE GET TERMS
FOR THEFTS IN
CRIMINAL COURT
Burglary, Larceny ConviC-
tons Bring Sentences
by Collins. ~

Nine men and boys, guilty of
burglary or larceny. were sentenced
to Indiana penal institutions today
by Criminal Court Judge James A.
Collins.
Louis Hall, is, and Joseph -Alstott,
II. must serve a year on the State
Farm for robbing the store of Carl
Grow, at Alabama and Pratt SITS.
Hall was found under the counter
Sis in his pocket, after Alstott had
been arrested in front of the store
by Lieutenant Forsythe and squad
while waiting for a street car"
Plea Disregarded
Hall and Alstott both told Judge
Collins they had good jobs and good
regulations, didn't need the money
and had no reason for stealing. Plea
of Halls lawyer to send the youth
to Newcastle where his father
would make a man of him"'was de,
MED by the court. Mothers of both
UONo NEAC III AOhA anu AACAA - 1890
sons confess robbing six stores.
Omer Newsome, 80; Dudley Sneed,
81, and Fred c. Lewis, 81, were SEN
fenced to serve from two to fourteen
years in the Indiana State prison
for burglSrizing the store of Alex
Schwartz, 1908 n. Senate Ave.
Robbed Garage
Jim Smith, IS, goes to State Farm
for a year and Walter Koelling, 81,
will serve one to fourteen years at
Michigan City for robbing the
garage of Melvin Locke at Bridge
port, Ind.
Sam Yates. 30. Negro; drew a cell
in the State prison for ct least a
year and a maximum Of fourteen,
and Robert Dirt. 90. must spend a
year on the State penal farm foe
robbing the store of Burch~ Sim
mons. 1902 y. West St, the judge
decreed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
Fraud CHARGED

Jessie Quackenbush, 9t5 f. Tenth
St., was reslated today at city prison
on a grand larceny charge. Quack-
enbush represented himself as a
store agent and obtained a vacuum
cleaner from Mrs. Cecile Leubking,
4122 E.. Washington ST., it was
charged.