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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-05
Pope HonOrs Hoosier

BIZ Times Special
EAST CHICAGO. Ind. March S.
Col. Walter j. Riley, local banker,
has been made a Knight of Malta
by Pope Plus XXI. The knighthood
was conferred recently when Colonel
Riley had an audience with the
Pope at the vatican in Rome.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-05
Park Assistant Gives a Few
Suggestions for Spring
Gardening.

This is the first Of a series of six
exclusive interviews with Assistant
Park Superintendent George Morgan
on spring planting which will appear in
The Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
TWO GIRLS ARE
FOUND SLAIN
Young Victims Carefully
Laid Out on Road.
By United Press

By United Press
BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. IT,
Carefully laid out within a few feet
of each other at the side of the An
napolis road, two young girls today
were found dead, their heads
crushed and their dresses torn off.
Police believe they were the vic
TINS of either a hit-and-run driver
or of a criminal attack.
1t was taken for granted at first
that they had been struck by an
automobile, but further investiga-
ton failed to uncover anything to
substantiate this theory.
A search of the road for several
hundred yards showed no traces of
blood or broken glass. Neither did
the road show marks of automobile
brakes suddenly applied, nor any
traces of torn clothing.
The girls, who had been missing
from their homes for t-~elve hours
when found, were identified at a
Glenburnie morgue as Maria Srolba,
16, and Thelma Vlack, IS, who live
in the same block.
: Their disappearance overnight
had not caused an alarm to be
raised, as the parents of the girls,
who were cousins, believed their
daughters were staying at the
others house.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
Rum Trade!
Husband Swaps Fruit OF
Sick Family for
Spirits.

A NTONY traded his share of
IN glory in Rome for a kiss
from Cleopatra.
ESau traded his inheritance for
a mess of pottage.
New York was traded for $24
worth of beads and firewater.
African kings traded their sub
jects for silk hats.
But it was left for George Mont
fort, 1924 West Twenty-third
street, to trade his wife's canned
fruit for liquor, while a son lay
i'll in bed, his home was without
coal and his family almost with
out food, according to police.
And to add insult to injury, Mrs.
Elizabeth Montfort told police that
he came home drunk on the pro-
ceeds Of the canned fruit and
cursed and reviled her and the
children.
Montfort was held on charges
of child neglect and disorderly
conduct.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17

secular matters at services and the
ballots were not distributed to these
congregations. A number of priests
and rectors, however, expressed COM
plete sympathy with tr0 movement.
Several churches plan to take the
matter up later, due to the fact that
it is necessary to obtain sanctions
from deacons or elders.
246 Votes for Peace
OF the churches that did vote,
the Broadway Methodist Sunday
school turned in the largest vote
after the Kellogg pact was ex-
planned by the pastor, the Rev. j.
w. MacFall. The vote was 246 for
peace.
Forty-eight members of Roberts
Park Methodist church signed for
peace after the Rev. Edwin Dunlavy
explained the movement.
Declaring America is "at the
crossroads" today, the Rev. Eden
H. Mills, First Friends church
minister, urged the senate to act
speedily on the Kellogg peace
treaty.
"The whole world has its eyes
fixed on America. What the SEN
ate does points us to one path or
another" Mr.. Mills said.
Mr.. Mills traced the history of the
Hague peace conferences and
showed how practical men who
said that what they wanted could
not be obtained by arbitration" are
responsible for the conditions in
Russia and Germany today.
Pacifist Not Peril
"It will not be the pacifist who
wrecks America, but the practical
man who says we can not get what
we want by peaceful means, but by
armament. War has been a funda-
mental principle of government for
centuries. We have a secretary OF
war, why not a secretary of peace?
Let's make peace a function of
government" Mr.. Mills pleaded.
There were 108 ballots, unani-
mously in favor of the Kellogg pact,
signed by members of the congre-
cation.
DR.. Frank H. Streightoff, 3342
North New Jersey street, Butler uni
versity professor, distributed ballots
Friday night at Church night
meeting" and urged members to
write Senators Watson and Robin
son. Scores of the congregation
signified intention of sending letters.
Illinois College Approves
The "heart approval" of the facul-
ty of Monmouth college, Monmouth,
ILL.,, of the Scripps- Howard news
papers move to secure Endorsement
of the pact by Christmas was for
warded The Times today by M. M.
Maynard, faculty secretary.
This government could not make
finer Christmas present to the
world" said the letter.
The faculty also directed that the
Illinois senators be informed Of its
action, the communication said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
GUN GIRL NOT
Slayer, new
CLEW HINTS
Seen in Akron at Hour Coal
Man Was Shot, Is ~
~
Revelation. "a, "
IDENTIFIED BY PHOTO
Unexpected Angle Probed;
Husband Sticks to Sui
eide Story.

By United Prctj
CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 1.-THE
theory that Mrs. Margaret Held
man, the phantom gun-woman"
did not kill Vernard Fesrn, Waco
coal dealer, was adopted today by
County Prosecutor Henry w. Har-
ter.
The gun girl was shot to death
Thursday night as her husband
Wilbur, Lorain furnace salesman,
said he was returning her to Can
ton to surrender her for the muir
der of Fearn. He claimed she COM
mitted suicide.
Heldman is under arrest as a
"coroner's witness"
Seen in Akron
Harter said he adopted the new
theory after he was informed that
Mrs. Heldman had been seen in
the Akron interurban station wait
ing room at $3.50 p. m, Dec. 6, al
most the same hour Fearn was
called to the door of his home and
shot down.
Harter said the person who gave
him his information identified the
woman he saw in the waiting room
as Mrs. Heldman after seeing news
paper photographs of her. The
name of the informant was with
held.
At the time Fearn was shot to
death, police followed out the
theory that man, impersonating
the gun-girl, killed the coal dealer.
Nothing tangible developed, how
ever and the theory was temporar-
lily abandoned.
Noted SIeuth to Aid
Harter announced today that Ora
Slater, noted Cincinnati detective
who helped solve the famous Mes
bitt and other murder mysteries,
has been employed and will take
charge of the inquiry Tuesday.
Heldman today tenaciously clung
to his story that Mrs. Heldman
killed Fearn because he made her
life "hell on earth" and that the
gun woman killed herself rather
than face disgrace and the ordeal
Of a trial.
Meantime, a series of letters she
is supposed to have written are
scanned by authorities.
The letters-five of them, pur-
ported to reveal indiscretions be-
tween Mrs. Heldman and Fearn.
The letters were written by the
gun woman and Heldman and told
of Heldman's plans to obtain a d.
vorce. 1t was also brought out that
Heldman on several occasions had
denied the paternity Of the gun
woman's four -months-old baby, En-
NETT, who is at the childrens bur-
eau here.
Admit Lying to Husband
Heldman, writing to Margaret's
sister, Mary Horner, in Dubois, Pa,
accused his wife of indiscretions with
three other men, both before and
after they were married.
The gun girl, writing to her sis
ter, Mrs. Roy Pierce, in Canton, ad-
mitted lying to her husband and
told of her meeting with Fearn.
Coroner T. G. NcQuate conducted
another post-morten examination Of
the girls body in Dubois Sunday,
where 1t had been taken for burial,
in an effort to discover from which
angle the bullet that killed her was
fired
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BAR BABY IN
ASYLUM CRIB
Head of Institution Not to
Admit Infant.
By United Press

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 17.-Betty Ann
Zalis, 2 months old, whose mother
is going to the state asylum for the
insane because she murdered one
child, will not spend her childhood
in the asylum, but her future is in
doubt.
R. T. Hinton, superintendent of
the Elgin hospital, said Betty AMI
cannot go to the state hospital with
her mother despite the ruling of
Judge Thomas Lynch, before the
mother was tried, that he would not
separate the two.
"The zalis baby will not be per-
nlitted in the asylum" Hinton said.
1--WE never have accepted baby
because it is no place for one.
Babies have been born here, but
they were removed as soon as pos
sible."
Several organizations and indi-
vidualS have asked to adopt Betty
Ann.
1t is possible Betty Ann will go
to her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dominick Balchus, of Hart, Mich,
who already have taken the other
zaliS child.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
NO EXTRA DRY DRIVE
Special Efforts Not to Be
Made New Years Eve.
By United Press

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 17.-There will
be no special orders for enforce
ment of prohibition NewsYears eve.
Mrs. Mabel Walker WiIlebrandt, as
sistant attorney general of the
United States in charge of dry law
prosecutions, said here.
Conferences with United States
district attorneys will be held at
various points on her way to the
coast. Mrs. Willebrandt said this
would be the first Christmas she
has spent with her father and
mother in eight years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
SLATED FOR CABINET
John |. Lewis May Be Next
Secretary of Labor.

BIZ United Press
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Dec. IT,
John L. Lewis, international presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers
of America, may be offered the Sec
retary of labor post in President
Elect Hoover's cabinet, it was
rumored here today.
Several of the states political
leaders are supporting Lewis and
it is understood that he has the
backing of the large union officials.
Lewis was reelected president of
the United Mine Workers last week
without opposition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
Hundreds of Ballots Are
Signed After Pastors
Praise Movement.

The Times and Scripps-H Howard
newspapers campaign to get the
Kellogg anti-war treaty through the
United States senate before Christ
mas was given great impetus by city
Protestant ministers at services
Sunday.
Ballots were passed in several
churches, and sentiment was
virtually unanimous for the move
ment.
Rules of Catholic and Episcopal
churches prohibit consideration of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
FIND AGED MAN DEAD
Body of F. SchIegeI Discovered by
Wife, Hanging From Rafter.

Frederick Schlegel, SO, of 2511
Shelby street, who has operated a
produce stand at city market for
a number of years, was found hang
ing from a rafter in the garage at
his home by his wife, Mrs. Louise
Schlegel, today.
Motor Policemen George Tipps
and William GliSpie found his heart
still beating when they arrived after
his wife had cut down the body and
called police.
Artificial respiration was at
tempted but the man died before a
doctor and city hospital ambulance
arrived.
Schlegel had been in i'll health
and respondent since the death of
son year ago, members of the
family said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
Check Cheek i!
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
COLUMBUS, o., Dec. IL
An Indiana sheriff has cold
checked" Governor Vic Dona-
hey's executive staff. The
sheriff paid the Governors
office a visit and arranged for
the extradition of a Hoosier
wanted on non-support
charges. He paid his IS fee
with a check. The check has
been returned marked worth
less" The Governors secre-
tary refused to reveal the
Sheriff'S name.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
DINNER FOR FORTUNE
President of Peace Society to Be
HOnOred Tonight.

Election of William Fortune OF
indianapolis as president of the
American Peace Society will be
celebrated this evening at a din =
ner for prominent citizens given By
Felix McWhirter, banker and di
rector of the society, at the Marott
Paul V. McNutt, national COM
mander of the American Legion has
sent letter Hongratulating For
tune and promising "the loyal sup
port and cooperation" of the legion
and looking forward to "a year OF
service with you in the cause Of
permanent international peace
based upon justice to all peoples. :"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
PLEADS FOR PEACE
Kellogg Pact to Abolish
War Urged by Woman.

More than a generation will be
required to restore the physical nor
malcy of the war ridden countries
of Europe, declared Miss Elizabeth
March, general secretary board of
young Friends activities, Sunday at
First Friends church. She pleaded
for the adoption of the Kellogg
peace pact by the senate.
Miss Marsh said adults working
in European countries last year
frequently were mistaken for chill
dren doing mems work." because of
their dwarfed bodies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
COLD WAVE COMING
Temperature Drop of 20 to
rs Degrees Predicted.

A 20 to 25 degree temperature
drop by night, ending the warm
wave which has held sway here
since Dec. 9, was predicted today
by j. H. Armington, United States
weather bureau head.
The light rain which has been
falling intermittently for several
days will change to snow tonight,
Armington said.
The low temperature tonight will
be 25 to 80 degrees above zero and
the mercury will continue at freez-
ing or below probably for several
days, Arlington said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
Tow Disabled Ship to Port

By Hfted Press
CORDOVA, Alaska, Dec. 1.-THE
disabled steamer Starr early today
was being towed to port by the
steamer Alameda. The Alameda
and four fishing boats went to the
rescue of the Starr after she went
aground off Dark island early last
week
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17

Sheriff Bert Lucas of Martins
vile today asked Indianapolis police
to watch for thieves who stolen 1000
skins, valued at $1,000 from the
Hoosier Feed Barns at Martins
vile. The loot included red fox,
mink, muskrat, weasel, coon, possum
and skunk skins.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
CHURCH THIEF SOUGHT
Steals Purse as Woman Kneels at
Prayer.

Detectives today sought a church
thief.
The man stole purse contain
ing 81 from Mrs. j. F. Bray, 987
North Capitol avenue. Sunday as
she knelt in prayer in Our Lady
of Lourdes church.
She had placed the purse in the
seat in back of her. The man threw
his overcoat over the purse and left
hurriedly with coat and purse, witt
nesses said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
Denies He'll Quit Tammany

BIZ UHItcd Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-George M,
Olyany, leader of Tammany Hall,
returned yesterday from a brief
visit to France. He denied reports
contemplating retiring as leader Of
Tammany.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
SET FOR POLAR HOP
Wilkins May Take Off
Today on Antarctic Flight.

BIZ United Press
DECEPTION ISLAND, Dec. H.
Sir George Hubert wilkins an
nounced that if the weather is fay
orable today he will begin his south
polar flight.
Deception island, which is the base
of the Wilkins polar expedition, is
near South Shetland at latitude
62:55 south.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
BOY ADMITS KILLING
Enters Guilty Plea to Staying
Teacher.
Ru United Press

STANTON, Mich, Dec. ia
plea of guilty to the charge of mur-
dering Miss Flossie Carter, 27-year-
old Sheridan school teacher, was
made today by 15-year-old Jimmy
Deacons in Circuit Judge Royal
Hawley's court here.
AS the complaint did not specify
the degree of guilt, Judge Hawley
set day later in the week" for
hearing of testimony.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
Doubled Up
IN United Press

By United Press
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Dec.
17.-Howard France was ar
rested for forgery and one At
lantic City man is extremely
happy. The happy man Is
Frances double who has been
arrested numerous tmies for
Frances misdeeds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
MARRY AT MARATHON
Maid and Man Must Keep Moving
on Trip for License.

on Trip for License.
James Shaw of marathon A at
Days Casino and Billie Nolan of
marathon B will be married at the
Casino tomorrow night.
At noon tomorrow the couple will
be taken to the courthouse to OBJ
tain their license and afterward to
several of the downtown stores
which are giving wedding presents
to the newlyweds.
Under the rules of the marathon
contest they will be compelled to
keep their feet moving all the time
during their trip.
At noon today the contestants in
marathon A had danced 542 hours,
while the marathon B contestants
have been dancing 372 hours.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
CRAZED HOG KILLS MAN
Attacks Farmer, Severing Artery in
Victims Thigh.

BIZ United Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 17.-At-
tack by a hog while crossing his
pasture, John T. Potts, 81, farmer
residing near here, died almost in
stantly after the crazed animal had
severed a large artery in his thigh
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
LEAVES WRECK SCENE

Pal Is Injured.
Police today sought the driver
Of an automobile who deserted his
injured companion after the ma
thine collided with a parked car in
the 100 block on North Belmont
avenue Sunday.
The driver fled after forcing Ray
Small, 1881 Roche street, from the
car. Small was cut and bruised, He
was taken to city hospital. Later
he was charged with drunkenness,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
Rebel in Afghanistan

By United Press
CALCUTTA, India, Dec. Ire
bellion has broken out again in
Afghanistan, advices received today
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
SEARCH FOR BODIES

Dig in Ruins of Hotel Fire to Find
Blaze Toll.
BIZ United Press
HAZARD, KY, Dec. 17.-Firemen
continued digging in the debris of
the Combs hotel today in search of
persons reported missing after fire
destroyed the hotel, Saturday night.
Two bodies were recovered yes
terday, bringing the known death
toll to five. ,-,..l,,.lt..,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
Brothers Are Lauded

1t was the first time in II years
that OrVille Wright had returned
to the scene of his great conquest.
He trudged up the loose hills until
his shoes filled with sand and
faced a brisk cool wind blowing il
from the Atlantic a scant few hun
dred feet away.
He heard himself and his brother
lauded as great Americans by Sen
ator Bingham of Connecticut, as a
huge granite boulder monument was
unvealed on the exact spot where
the first flight started.
He listened to congratulations
from foreign delegates to the In
ternational Civil Aeronautics con-
ference, who had journeyed a day
and a half from Washington to pay
him honor He stood with Captain
Bill Tate, of Coinjock, N. c., who
had befriended the two brothers in
their early and trying days of 1900
to 1908. 1t was Mrs. Tate who
sewed the cloth for the first Wright
glider and it was Tates daughters,
Irene and Pauline, who afterwards
wore dresses made from that same
cloth when the glider was wrecked.
Arguments Are Recalled
There were others who stood close
by, sons of men who had watched
the two brothers succeed in their
early experiments. There were
others like Captain Tate, who had
witnessed the first flight or who
were in the vicinity when it hap
pened.
They recalled arguments at Eliza
beth City and nearby stores and
postoffices where some of the natives
openly expressed their belief that
man should not attempt to fly.
"God didn't intend man to fly"
Captain Tate recalled as one of the
chief arguments. "If he did he
would have given him a set Of wings
on his shoulders. No, Stree, nobody
need not try to do what God didn't
intend for him to do"
When Captain Tate defended the
Wrights in the country store argu-
ments he recalled that he was told
he was "darned sight crazier than
the Wrights were"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
DEAL a PERFECT HANDS
Chances for Such 2,232 to One In
Bridge; 1t Happened.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. IT,
The chance is 2,232.24 to one that
four persons, sitting at the same
bridge table, will hold perfect
hands simultaneously, but it hap
pened here. The perfect hands
dealt after a shuttle and cut, were
given to Ralph M. Hill, Mrs. Hill
John Quinn and the latter's mother
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17

Use Out-of town telephone service.
Fast, easy, inexpensive. Basic rate
to CINCINNATI only 70 cents
Advertisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
LAKE BLUFF CHIEF DIES
Village Marshal Mention in Knaak
Case Dead of Heart Attack.

NfF0~ DOsVNA VA 4-A~t0A . @AVSI0O1A'
BIZ United Press
LAKE BLUFF, ILL.,, Dec. H.
Barney RoSenhagen, 81, village
marshal of Lake Bluff, is dead of
heart disease at his home here. Ros-
enhagen was in charge Of the local
police station, when Elfrieda Knaak,
former Waukegan school teacher
and book salesman was found dying
from burns she had received in the
station furnace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
Wrights HOnOred as Pioneers
of Air at Site of First Flight;
Dedicate Monument i'm Tribute
NotabIeS in American and
Foreign Life Join in
Ceremonies.
ALFRED p. RECK
United press stan CorresDondent

United Press stan Correspondent
KITTY HAWK, N. O., Dec. IL
Into these rolling sand hills satu-
rated with pioneering history,
Americas greatest aviation pill
grirnage wended it's way today to
pay homage to the genius of two
bicycle makers of Dayton, o., at
the exact spot where twenty-five
years ago they were the first to fly
in a -than-air machine.
One of the men-Wilbur Wright
has been dead for 16 years. The
other-Orville Wright-stood bare
headed on the slopes of Kill Devil
hill while hundreds of men prom
inent in the life of America and
many foreign nations honored the
two who opened a new era in his
tory by twelve breath-taking Sec
onds in the air.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-17
Times Peace DYiUe
Given Impetus by
Ministers of City
Cast Your Vote for World Peace
"Get the Peace Pact Out of the Senate by ChriSmas
Ratify Kellogg Treaty Americas Gift to the
Vote Eyes" if you favor this.

Text of Pact Page /, Section 2.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-02
COLLADAY STILL
6. D. P. HEAD
Times staff Photo

Edward +. Colladay will continue
as Republican national committee
men from the District of Columbia
during the coming presidential
campaign.
This much has been determined
upon by the local Republican ma
chine and a meeting is to be held
in the near future to orga niZe the
local G. o. p. forces for the cleo
toral contest.
The sending Of an uninstructed
delegate to the Kansas City con-
yention probably will be arranged
for. There Is a strong draft Cool
jdge" sentiment among local Re
publicans, and the feeling is strong
that in some way he will emerge
out OF a prospective deadlock in
the convention as the party candi-
date. despite his determination
from the contest.
The Prescott -GalliherL ittlepage-
Colladay bloc will take no part in
the contest between Hoover, Low
den, Dawes, and Curtis. hoping TO
remain in a strong and determining
nosition, so far as local appoint
ments are concerned, no matter
what Republican Administration
may come into power next March.