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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
BOOK BUILDING SOLD
University Buys Bobbs-
Merrill Site for $125,OOO.

Purchase of the old Bobbs- Merrill
building and it's site at 122 e. Mich
igan st. by Indiana University for
use as a headquarters for its Indian
apolis extension classes, from the
Automobile Underwriters Inc, was
completed today. Consideration
was $l25,000.
The university will begin remodel
ing at once.
Emerson w. Chaille & Co. nego-
tiated the sale. The old BobbS-
Merrill building, three-story brick
structure, formerly was located at
50 E. Vermont st. It was moved to
its present location a year ago to
make way for the World War
memorial.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23

on the gas and made for home, the
aspiring bandit in hot pursuit. AS
Mrs. Puckett pulled into her drive,
he parked across the street.
Then followed a wild scramble
while Mrs. Puckett quit her ma
chine, unlocked the house door and
got within reach Of her revolver.
Nothing daunted that her pursuer
was on the lawn, Mrs. Pickett in
vited the young man to depart, sun
less he felt like stopping a bunch
of lead" Bachelor, police said,
continued to stand, regarding the
Pickett car with covetous eyes.
"He didn't move, so 1 shot him.
I wasn't going to let him get my
car" explains Mrs. Puckett.
When police arrived in response
to Mrs. Puckett's call, the youth
was trying to start the car OF
Emory Baxter, 1901 Broadway,
parked in front of the Baxter home.
The would-be bandit was arrested
on a vagrancy charge. Ownership
of the car he was driving has not
been determined.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
Talk a Mile
New Loud Speaker Will
Enable Million Persons
to Hear Address.

NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-Politi-
IN clans, boxing announcers and
champion hog callers were
shamed to approximate silence
today, with announcement that a
loud speaker had been perfected
to throw the human voice a mile
without distortion.
The speaker has been developed
by the Bell Telephone laboratories
and a private demonstration was
arranged. A group of engineers
and witnesses climbed to Castle
Stevens Bluff, Hoboken, where was
stationed field telephone.
DR.. R. w. King was the first to
speak.
Hello, there, tug captain" he
said in q normal tone.
Five seconds later, from across
the Hudson River, came the
words back with a deep boom.
The voice had gone over the tele-
phone wire to a small moving di-
aphragm made of aluminium al
10y at the back of the new loud
speaker. The diaphragm is a
little larger than an ordinary
watch and is thinner than gold
leaf.
The powerful instrument was
designed primarily for public adj
dresses and for reproduction of
speech and music in connection
with talking motion pictures. Z
Telephone officials estimated
that the device would enable
100000 persons in an area up to
a mile away to hear reproduc-
tions of sound.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
Believe Girl Ran Away

By United Press
NORTHAMPTON, Mass, Jan. %.
Belief grew today that pretty
Frances Smith, freshman at Smith
College, who has been missing since
Jan. 13, had purposely run away
So strong was this belief that the
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. st. John
Smith, broadcast letter to their
missing daughter. They believed
the girl may have sought quiet and
different life.
The letter, made public by the
father, read:
Dearest Frances:
"We want you to know we are
thinking of nothing but your safety
and happiness.
IF you are safe and wish to make
u different life for yourself, we do
not want to interfere, but to help
it we can.
But we do want to know that
you are safe. Won't you write to
your Aunt Susie or M. T. and say
that you are?
"They will see that your con-
fldence is respected and your wishes
are carried out. Above all, we want
you to come home, but if you wish
quiet and seclusion, we will see that
you have 1t.
I'VE want no explanation. We
only want to care for you and know
you are safe. We get through the
days only because we hope every
hour to hear from you,
With dearest love, =
MOTHER AND FATHER ~
The missing girl was extremely
shy, somewhat inclined toward
moodiness, and had few close
friends. She grieved because one of
the girls she had chummed with
had grown a bit distant since the
two started in Smith this fall.
Also, she was worried about her
grades. While she was not failing,
her marks were not high.
These may have combined Co
cause her to leave the school and
seek a haven where she was not
known, authorities believed.
State police continued searching
through the woods near here for the
. girl, while a close watch was kept
on Connecticut River, where it wa:
reported that an object had beer
sen which yesembleds q girls body
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
HEARING Is HELD ON
SALE OF GAS STOCK
Arguments FavOring Disposal of
$1,OOO,OOO Issue Made.

Hearing on the supplemental pc
tition of the Citizens Gas Company
for $1,0OO,OOO preferred stock issue
to bear 5 per cent interest and sell
at So, was held this afternoon be-
fore Commissioner Howell Ellis OF
the Public Service Commission.
The commission already had is
sued an order permitting the
81, 100000 issue to sell at 100 and
bear 51a per cent interest. This was
upon a previous petition.
The company now holds that the
market is such, cue to publicity
given the matter, that they can
sell the 5 per cent and save money
over the proposed 51A per cent issue.
The money is to he used to retire q
q per cent issue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
LIFT FALLS; 3 HURT
Federal Building Freight
Elevator Drops 20 Feet.

Three Federal Bldg. employees
were injured today when a freight
elevator fell about twenty feet from
the first floor to the basement.
All were bruised and injured on
the backs and legs. They were Capp
Ray, 55, 1923 E. Market St., head
custodian; Lee Pryor. 81, Negro. 114O
N. PerShing Ave, and John Nav
land, 55, 2214 Coyner Ave. They
we're taken to city hospital for eX-
animation.
Harry P. Owen, 285 N. Denny ST.,
and James Pruitt, sic Highland
Ave, had just stepped of when the
cage fell.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
PLEADS GUILTY TO
STABBING; FINED $50
New Verdict for Beech Grove Man
Easier Than First.

Pleading guilty to assault and bat
terry with intent to kill, Commodore
Lawrence, So, Beech Grove, today
was fined $50 in Criminal Court by
Special Judge Frank Symmes. A
jury for the trial had been called
but was dismissed when Lawrence
entered the guilty plea.
He was charged with stabbing
Frank Flom in the chest with a
knife during fight last year. Law
renee was fined $3.50 by jury in
the same case several months ago.
Symmes, however, set the verdict
aside on the grounds that it was
excessive.
Following conference with the
court and members of the former
jury, Chief Deputy Prosecutor Jud-
son L. Stark agreed to the guilty
plea.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
LEGION WORKER QUITS
Director of Publicity Resigns to
Write Fiction Hero.

Resignation of Frederick C. Pain
ton, formerly of New York City, as
national publicity director of the
American Legion, effective Feb. Is,
was announced at Legion headquar-
ters today. No successor has been
chosen.
Painton took charge Of the pub
licity in December, 1923, after pre-
vious connection with the "Stars
and Stripes" during the World War
and later with the New York Herald
Tribune. Ell will remain in Indi-
annapolis writing fiction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
INDIANA man
DIES IN CLUB,
FIRE MURDER
Partially Burned Body Is
Found on Monroe County
Farm.
LIQUOR DEALING BLAMED
Widow Admits Young
Farmer Was on Whisky
Delivery Trip.
LIQUOR DEALING BLAMED
By United Press

By United Press
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Jan. 23.-
Motive for the CLUB and fire" slay-
ing of Ellis A. Medlock, %, formerly
in the United States Navy, be-
came clearer today when Mrs. Med
lock admitted to Sheriff w. S. Curry
that her husband left their home
to deliver a gallon of white mule to
a customer Friday, Jan. 13, the day
he vanished.
Although Mrs. Med,ock was I'M
able to name the customer, Sheriff
Curry was Of the opinion that her
admission, made after repeated re-
fuSalS to talk, strengthened his
theory that Medlock was clubbed
into insensibility, if not death. and
then set fire by vengeful bootleg
gers attempting to disfigure the
body beyond Identification.
Find Large Club
Another clew was heavy, green
branch of tree, more like log
in its formidable dimensions, found
near the thicket in which Med
locks body had lain face down.
ward, apparently since Jan. 13. It
was thought to be the weapon with
which Medlock's skull was crushed.
The fire. which appeared to have
been caused by igniting gasoline
thrown on the mans clothing,
burned one leg almost from the
body and badly charred the other
leg and both arms. 1t also ate
through ropes which had bound the
body to tree.
This released the body from It's
upright position and pitched it face
downward into soft earth in the
thicket. The plans of the slayers
were thwarted as a result, because
the fire appeared to have died out
before it reached Medlock's face,
making identification easy, accord
ing to Curry.
Robbery Not Motive
Robbery as a motive was discard
ed when 40 cents was found in Med
locks pocket. Mrs Medlock said her
husband had taken $2.40 with him,
intending to spend 50 at a KirkSvillc
grocery. 1t was learned at the gro
Gerry that he had spent the amount.
Medlock's revolver was found in
his hip pocket, the handle burned
away. One bullet was missing from
the chamber.
A point on which Curry had hope
of tracing the murderers was the
fact that Medlock's automobile has
not been found. A description of
the automobile was to be sent out
to all surrounding cities in the hope
the slayers may still be in possession
of it.
Medlock leaves his widow and two
daughters, 2 and 5. The funeral will
be held after the inquest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
THIRD CHURCH BURNS

Building of MethOdists at Carbon
Destroyed; Loss $4,000.
By United Press
BRAZIL, Ind, Jan. 23.-The
Methodist Episcopal Church at Car
bon was destroyed by fire Sunday
night for the third time in recent
years. The loss was $4,000, partly
covered by insurance. The building
was seven years old.
Brands from the blazing church
were carried by high winds to
nearby residences, but the Brazil
fire department sent aid and held
the flames in check.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
MOTHER WITH FOX
Arrives on Coast to Aid Son
= at Death Trial.

BN United Press
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23.-Mrs.
Eva Hickman arrived here today
from her home in Kansas City, Mo-,
to join the fight to save her son,
Edward from the gallows.
Mrs. Hickman avoided newspaper
men and photographers and went
to the home of an unnamed friend.
There she prepared to meet her son
in his cell.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
U. S. Supreme Court Recesses
ALLEGED CHICKEN THIEF
FATALLY SHOT AT GARY
Victim of Police Identified as Jess
Harris, Bass Lake.
By United Press

By Ontted Press
GARY, Ind, Jan. 23.-A man
identified as Jess Harris, 35, Bass
Lake, Ind, believed by police to
have been the leader of q band of
chicken thieves operating in north
ern Indiana, was shot and killed by
police today when he attempted to
escape a trap set for the gang.
The gangs supposed headquarters
was discovered in an old barn on
the outskirts of Gary. An ambush
was made and police say Harris and
a Nego companion drove there today
In a stolen automobile loaded with
chickens.
Harris reached for his gun when
police appeared, but the latter's bull
lets struck him before he could fire.
His companion escaped.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
HEFLIN FILLS GALLERY
Crowds Wait for Renewal Attack on
Catholicism and Smith.
BR United Press
WASHINGTON

Bg United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. %. = The
largest crowd of this session was
packed in the Senate galleries this
afternoon to hear Senator Hefiin OF
Alabama, who had announced he
would renew his attack upon the
Catholic Church and Governor AZ
Smith of New York.
Long before Heflin was scheduled
to speak, Senate rules we're waived
so spectators could sit on the steps
in gallery aisles. Even this con-
cesSion failed to accommodate all
visitors. Long lines waited outside
entrance doors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
TAXI DRIVERS
! STORY SPURS
/ HUNTFOR GIRL
Washington Scene of
Hunt for Lost Student;
Luggage CIeW.
WOMAN TALKS QUEERLY
Strange Conversation in
Cab Causes Suspicion;
Northampton Label.
BIZ United Press

By OHtteG Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23-Miss
Frances st. John Smith, missing
80 >- Of S~'ith College. North
ampton, Mass, was sought by a
- pO4-~e Ietan mere today, after
a taxicab driver reported he had a
passenger at $50 Sunday night, a
strange" acting young woman with
baggage initiated "E. st. j. S." and
labeled Northampton"
The taxicab driver, a man named
Flynn, described by police as "reli-
able said the young woman
dropped box when she entered the
taxi. Some hair spilled from the
box.
She explained that her hair had
just been bobbed and that she was
keeping the locks.
Flynn said the girl became very
communicative but talked queerly.
She informed him she was a student
from in Massachusetts, and that she
was in Washington with g. young
man.
Flynn told police the girl hailed
him in the center of the city. She
asked to be driven to the Capitol,
where, she said, she was to meet the
young man, but got out a block from
the building. In this section there
are numerous roolning houses and
small hotels.
Suspicion Is Aroused
AS she left his machie, Flynn said,
the girl remarked she was going to
see a friend named Mary Carlotta.
This, Flynn told police, aroused
his suspicious. He knew a family
named Carlotta that lived around
the corner.
She went in the direction of the
Carlotta girls home, Flynn said, but
subsequent questioning of the Car
lotta family and Mary Carlotta re-
vealed they knew nothing of her.
A check Of the description the
taxi driver furnished with that of
the missing Smith College student
showed, police say, tailed "identi-
cally."
The young woman. Flynn said,
was we'll dressed and seemed well
educated.
Initials Believed CIew
Flynn had not known Of the
Smith girls disappearance Jan. 13,
and reported on his fare" merely
because she acted strangely" he
said.
A check of rooming houses and
hotels failed to reveal any trace of
her, police said.
Authorities proceeded with the
search, however, on the theory that
the initials Flynn said were on the
girls bag constitute a definite clew.
A woman resembling Miss Smith
was reported to have tainted last
Wednesday in a restaurant here,
when she was accompanied by a
young man. Later, the two drove
away in a closed car.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
Read JOe'

All the world loves a fighter,
and you'll like Scrappy Joe
Williams, sports editor of the
New York Telegram, a Scripps-
Howard newspaper. Joe is
Talking 1t Over" every day
on The Indianapolis Times
sport page. His column has
a punch that delights thou
sands daily.
Williams formerly conducted
the famous Nut Cracker"
column and now is one of The
Times's staff of sports experts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
FREED IN BLUE CASE
Pittsburgh Symphony to Continue
Sunday Night Concerts.

BW Untfed PreSs
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 23.-Found
not guilty of violation of Pennsyl-
vania's blue law, the Pittsburgh
Symphony Society will proceed with
it's original plans and hold Sunday
night concerts during the winter
months, it was announced today.
Nine members of the society we're
exnonerated Of the blue law viola
ton because of a concert held on
Sunday last April.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
PREDICT RAIN TUESDAY
Mercury to Rise Tonight, but Will
Drop Again Tuesday.

Warmer temperatures tonight, but
with colder weather again Tuesday
and Tuesday night, the United
States Weather Bureau experts pre-
dicted for Indianapolis today.
Rain is likely Tuesday.
With a low temperature Of 81
Sunday, the days temperatures av-
eraged 80 degrees, 2 degrees above
normal. Today's z a. m. tempera-
ture of 20 also was 2 degrees above
normal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
GIANT FIGHTING BULL
BLOCKS MADRID TRAFFIC
Famous Matador Finally Kills AMI
NAL, Raging on Streets.

AAAN~sS ADest3AA6 OA 0gANNSo
BIZ United Press
MADRID, Jan. GA magnificent
fighting bull, long horned and pow
erful, disrupted traffic for an hour
in the center Of the city today when
it took its stand at the entrance of
the American consulate and snorted
defiance at the world.
The bull had escaped from a
breeding center. AS it whirled about
in front Of the consulate after a
brief run, tremendous crowd
gathered and all traffic halted. Anna
teur matadors in turn sought to con-
quer the bull, but vainly.
Finally the famous bull fighter,
Fortuna, arrived with a sword. He
took his stance, and with perfect
thrust, plunged the sword into the
bulls neck, killing it instantly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
DOG SENTENCED TO DIE.
Appeals Court Holds Fate of Bessie;
Biting Is Charge.

BV Unttcd Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 23.-
The court of appeals today was to
decide, the fate of Bessie, 4-year-old
police dog under sentence of death.
Bessie bit 15-year-old boy last
November. She was sentenced to
die, and since then her case has
been fought through lower courts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
G. 0. P. HEADS TO MEET
District Chairman Will Meet KitseI-
man at SEVERN Tuesday.

Thirteen Republican district
chairmen, comprising the State
central committee, and a number Of
vice chairmen will meet with the
newly elected State Chairman E.
Faye Kitselnan of Muncie, at the
Severin Tuesday.
The meeting is described by
leaders as more of social than
business affair. the new chairman
not having met most of the COM
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
SLAYING ENDS MANS
CANDY BUYING ERRAND
Father Of Four Admits Killing
Negro at Terre Haute.
BN Times Special

BN Times Special
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Jan. 23.-
Columbus Kelley, 35, white, is held
on first degree murder charge fol-
lowing the death of Nelson Waldron,
26, Negro.
Kelley admits the Staying, but de-
clares he acted in self defense, say
ing he used a knife on the Negro
following an argument over a card
game at soft drink parlor.
The accused man is married and
the father of four children. He sid
he went to the parlor to buy candy
for his family, but stayed to take
part in a card game.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
SLAYER DIES IN CHAIR
Pennsylvania Who Killed Brother
Of Sweetheart Pays Penalty.
BV United Press

BU United Press
BELLEFONTE, Pa, Jan. %. -
Leon Scovern, 20, was put to death
in the electric chair at Rockview
penitentiary today for murder.
Scovern killed his Sweetheart's
brother, Joseph BaranoSkie.
The youth was strapped into the
death chair at 7:01 a. m. Robert G..
Elliott, official executioner for Penn
sylvania and other Eastern States,
pulled the switch. One current Of
electricity at 1902 a. m. ended Sco-
Vern'S life,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
Oxygen Fails in Pneumonia Case

By United Press
CHICAGO, Jan. GA twenty
four-hour application of oxygen
with a lungmotor failed to save the
life of Mrs. Esther Englund, pneu-
monia victim.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
Urge Sex Education by Churches

OIbO DO-A 11UuOHVIUEI DJ NIuI OIIOo
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 23.-In-
stitution of sex educational branches
in churches, especially for the bene-
fit of parents, was proposed here
today at the conference of the Fed
eral Council Of Churches Of Christ.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
REPAIR HOSPITAL WELLS
Sunnyside Sanitarium Patients Re-
turn; Remedy Water Shortage.

H' AVOIHOuJ WdUoI OHOTLABes
Sunnyside tuberculosis Sanitarium
patients, removed last week when
the water supply was diminished
while repairs were being made on
the wells, returned today. Two
wells are in operation and new
pump Is to be installed on third
one within a few days.
County officials said that with a
third well in operation soon there
will be a surplus of water.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
MAS0NS TO HEAR SLACK
Mayor Will Be Guest of Calvin
Prather Lodge Tuesday.

Mayor L. Ert Slack will be guest
OF Calving Prather Masonic Lodge
Tuesday night. Slack will speak
following dinner.
The mayor has five other ad-
dresses scheduled this week. They
are: Indiana Insurance day well
come, Claypool, Tuesday; Railroad
Police Association, Sphinx Arms,
Wednesday; Anti-Saloon League
welcome, Roberts Park; Peet Stock
Food Company. Severin, and Fish
and Game dinner, Marott, Thursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23

afraid of gun but
N1 Pucket 1910 which Ralph Bachelor 49,
Edgewood testify
regret that didn't hit him." said Mrs Pucke
with the youth bent mischief Saturday night
Afraid of gun! should not was tckled to death that
I had it,"
coming heater in On
Pennsylvania following She stepped
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23

WHERE HUNDREDS EAT Dali
LY. FLETCHER CAFETERIA,
Basement Fletcher Trust Bldg. 10:S0
q. m. to 1850 p. m.-Adyertisemenk
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
GAS HEARING DENIED
U. S.. High Court Through With
Row Over City Owned Stations.


Row Over City Owned Stations.
By United Press
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23.-The
United States Supreme Court today
denied the Standard Oil Company
of Nebraska rehearing of it's in
junction suit against the city OF
Lincoln, Neb., in which the high
court a few weeks ago upheld the
city's right to operate municipai
gasoline filling stations.
U. S. Supreme Court RecesSes
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-The
United States Supreme Court re-
ceSSed today until Feb. 20.