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The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18

BIRGER is SANE;
Dies THURSDAY
ON GALLOWS
Doomed GangSter Loses in
Final Court Battle to
Cheat Moose.

BENTON, ILL.,, April 18.-Defeated
IN every move to avert execution
Charlie Birger, southern Illinois
gang lord, faces death on the GAL
lows Thursday. His sanity hearing
which extended his life from Fri
day the 18th, until he was resent
enced, came to a sudden conclusion
Tuesday afternoon and it took the
jury only twelve minutes to agree
that Birger was as sane as ever.
The defense which had claimed il
would call dozen or more witnesses
and perhaps a few alienists-to
prove that the gangster's mind had
become urh need since he was
first sentcr ! to die, presented a
weak case. II offered the testimonv
Gleason, barbecue stand proprietor.
to support its point.
When the verdict came in Circuit
Judge Charles Miller sentenced
Birger to hang at 10 a. m. Thursday.
Birger was convicted of hiring
two young henchmen, Harry and
Elmo Thomason to assassinate
Mayor Joe Adams, of West City,
during a bitter gang war with his
rivals, Carl, Earl and Bernie Shelton
over the southern Illinois bootleg
trade,
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18
SENATE PROBES
CUBAN CHARGES
Investigate Accusations of
DeSpOtiC Rule.

~ Nttu JJtNS
WASHINGTON, April 13.-Sen-
ator Shipstead (Farm-Labor), Min
neapolis, today lined up support for
his resolution calling on the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee to in
vestigate alleged chaotic conditions
in Cuba.
Shipstead offered the resolution
Tuesday. II directs the committee
to establish whether the Platt
Amendment enacted by Congress in
1901 as a condition to Cuban liberty,
is being violated in the island re-
public.
The resolution recites complaints
of Americans in Cuba that they are
being deprived of property without
legal right and that the present
Cuban regime is a virtual dictator
ship marked by assasSinations
farcial court procedure and denial
of citizens elementary rights.
Power of subpoena would be
granted the investigating body
under the resolution. The commit
tee would report its findings to the
Senate.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18
Three BANDITS
Get S97 FROM
TRUCK DRIVERS
Rob Laundry Wagons; Flee
From Police Squads
in North Side.

Three bandits in WhippeJ coach
held up three laundry truck drivers
on the north side this morning,
obtaining $97 loot and escaped from
more than half a dozen squads OF
police who hunted the north sec
ton of the city.
Motor Policemen Roeder and De
Vault sighted the bandits shortly
after the third hold-up at Fifty
Second st. and keystone Ave and
chased them four miles at a fifty
mile-an-hour speed, but we're eluded.
The bandit car, speeding east on
F'ifty-Second St, nearly collided
with the police car headed north on
keystone Ave. BY the time the
police had turned around the ban
dts were speeding south on the AL
lison Rd.
The police pursued them to Key
stone Ave. and the Allisonville Rd.,
where several other roads intersect,
and were unable to find out which
route the bandits had taken before
they we're out of sight.
Gordon 2. Dickie, 1911 N. Gale
ST.. driver for the Crown Laundry
and Dry Cleaning Company was
the first victim. He parked in the
1000 block ON Ruckle St., when the
bandit car stopped beside him.
Three men jumped out one flourish
ing a gun and took $40.
Fifteen minutes later the same
men held up John F. Morris, 2O34
Bellefontaine St, Excelsior Laundry
Company driver in front of 1925
Sutherland Ave.
Morris was just getting out OF his
truck when two of the men seized
him and grabbed $26. The third
bandit remained at the wheel Of the
machine.
The third hOld-up was at Man
love Ave. and Forty-Ninth st. Eu-
gene Golden. TAT Terrace Ave,
Progress Laundry Company driver,
was robbed of $51.
The three hold-ups occurred with
in a forty-five-minute period.
One bandit was described as 35
and work a dark suit and black soft
hat. Another was said to be about
27, and no definite description was
obtained of the third.
The blue Whippet was stolen from
Pennsylvania and North Sts. Tues
day night, Carrie A. Grice, $40 W.
Twenty Eighth St., reported to po-
lice early today.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18
START EVALUATI0N OF
STATE IMSULL HOLDINGS
Tax Board Fixes Values on Indiana
Utilities.

The State tax board today began
the valuation for taxation purposes
of the Samuel insult utility holdings
in Indiana.
The valuation of the Gary Rail
way Company was set at $1,547,256,
an increase of $224,16O from 1927.
The companys earnings have in
creased and its stock is now paying
8 per cent dividends, it was brought
out.
The East Chicago Gas Company
valuation was increased from $780,
coo to 100000. The Kokomo Gas
and Fuel Company figure was
boosted from 1878, 400 to $392,OOO.
The Public Service Pipe Line Com
pany, Gary, valuation was set at
$5OO,00O, the same as last year.
Attorney William McInerny,
South Bend, and a corps Of assist
ants represented the insult interests.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18
PICKS FUND DRIVE AIDS

County Chairmen TO Direct Teach
ers' College Endowment Campaign
Mrs. F. d. Norris, alumnae chair
man of the indianapolis district for
the Eliza A. Blaker memorial en-
dowment campaign for the Teach
ers' Colleeg of indianapolis, an
nounced the following chairmen for
neighboring counties: Shelby. Miss
Mary Powell; Hamilton, Miss Mil
dred Anne Coffin; Upton, Miss
Nettie Ruth Scroggs; Hendricks,
Miss Beulah Biggs; Morgan, Mrs
Mildred Thompson; Boone, Mrs
Mark Adler; Johnson, Miss Blanche
Wright; Hancock, Miss Janice Mere
dith RaSch.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18
Daily Comment
Babe Ruth
Spent Million

Babe Ruth, home run king of
the world, admits that he has
spent and given away a million
dollars. He tells how he gave a
taxi driver in New Orleans a
thousand dollar bill, but the
Babe has learned the folly of
his liberality. He is saving his
money now and says that he
saved 100000 last year.
Many famous men have
thrown away fortunes, but
those who save regularly are
the ones who are happy and
care-free when they grow old.
We suggest that you save
definite amount each week at
the City Trust Company.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18
Don't Blame Food
for Indigestion

When pain and discomfort follow
a meal, don't blame the food and
decide to go on diet. Nine times
out of ten indigestion, acidity, flatu-
lence and heartburn are caused by
excess stomach acid and food fer
.xlnentation.
, Even the worst attacks, however,
are quickly stopped by taking
Mayr'S Wonderful Remedy, which
instantly neutralizes the excess acid
ity, stops fermentation and soothes
and heals the d-inf1amed stom-
ach lining. Make a special point of
Agetsing a bottle of Mayr's Wonder
fs 2emedy from your druggist to-
w, and so follow the example Of
busands of men and women all
er the country who used Mayr's
bnderful Remedy to end indiges-
IN and allied stomach troubles.
ith Mayr's Wonderful Remedy to
up your stomach you can eat
enjoy whatever you fancy with
fear of pain or discomfort to
w.
hial Agent: Hook Drug Co.
FRA Il.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18
TWO PERSONS MISSING

Police today searched for Albert
William, 16, who ran away from his
home near Danville, Ind. Tuesday.
The youth is a ward of the Board
of ChildrenS Guardians
Ed Phillips, so, left his home at
535 w. Twenty Eighth ST., with $50
on his person and has not been seen
since, a son told police
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18
PLAN LINCOLN DRIVE
Fifty Campaign Captains VIII
Meet Thursday Night.

Plans for the Indianapolis cam
paign for the Lincoln Memorial in
Spencer County will be perfected at
a meeting at the Claypool Thursday
night
A. NJ. Glossbrenner, city chair
man, will preside, and Vice Chair
man Fred Hoke will deliver the prin-
ipal address.
Fifty men, who will be team cap
tains during the drive, will attend.
These men will form group of
$50 voluntary solicitors, who will
start operations here May 10.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18
FEW POLICIES
ARE TAKEN OUT
ON STRUCTURES
$45, 100000 Property Is
Virtually Unprotected
Against Flames.
PREMIUMS DETERRENT
Remedial Efforts So Far
Fail; Repair Fund
Suggested.
PREMIUMS DETERRENT

Besides a few small policies carried
directly by the institutions, the
State Of Indiana has no fire in
Surance upon the $45, 100000 worth
of State-oWned buildings, it was dis
closed today.
Attention of State officials was re-
directed to the insurance problem
by the loss of $1,000 in a roof fire at
the Governors mansion on Fall
Greek two weeks ago.
Various movements have been
started by State organizations to de-
velop plans whereby State property
might be insured at a small
premium, but all of these attempts
have come to naught, Louis Bow
man, State auditor said.
Although several of the buildings
are of fireproof construction they
house equipment, valued in millions
of dollars, which is inf1ammable.
No Action by Committee
An audit made in September, 1926,
by Bowman in order to determine
the value of State buildings showed
$36,591 ,204 in buildings and $8,482,-
447 in equipment. Since that time,
however, Bowman said the State
has added more than $1,0G0,000 to
its holdings, none of which is pro-
tected by insurance,
In an effort to devise some means
whereby protection could be OBJ
tanned, a committee headed by Dr.
F. L. Ross Of Richmond was ap-
pointed by the State institution sec
ton of the State conference on So
cial work.
The appointment was made at the
October conference in La Porte. The
committee has not met.
Individual members of the COM
nittee we're asked to devise methods
whereby State insurance could be
obtained.
Research on the insurance prob
lem has revealed that it would cost
the State very large sum for
premiums on the protection and this
in a measure has been a deterrent"
ABoWnlan said.
8 The auditor is working on plan
TO be submitted to the next Legisla-
Y 3;ure which will enable the State to
carry its own insurance.
Bowman proposes that the Legis-
lature appropriate $5O0,O00 to be de-
posted in State banks to bear in
terest, as an insurance fund.
State Fund Suggested
In event Of a fire or other dis
saster to any of the property the in
Aterest on this fund would, if the
SSlage was not too great, provide
the repair. If the damage would
% great that the cost of repairs
d cut into the principal, the
tgTslature would make up the
ef1cit by an appropriation.
I'm this way the State would not
E ave to pay large premiums to the
hsurance companies and there
fould be a reserve fund adequate
ssto pay for any repairs necessary as
a result of disaster" Bowman said.
The State situation is similar to
that Of Marion County. The Times
disclosed several weeks ago that the
county is permitting insurance poll
cies to lapse because county council
failed to appropriate money for PEE
miums or create an insurance re.
serve fund.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18
BTger'S Friend Held

BV IIWcs NDCcidL
HAMMOND, Ind, April 18.-
Claude Bauman, 30, who says he is
a friend Of Charlie Birger, notorious
Illinois gangster sentenced to hang
Thursday, is held by police here. He
is wanted in Illinois on murder
charge.
Police say Bauman has thirty-two
buckshot wounds in his back and
head. They believe the wounds we're
suffered six months ago.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18
SERVICE SHOP ROBBED

Owner Reports Loss of $500 Worth
Of Batteries.
Robert Mccoy reported to police
today that burglars took $500 worth
of batteries from his service shop,
135 w. Sixteenth ST., TUESDAY night.
During four hour absence of the
family, burglars entered the home
of E. S. Howe, 43 S. Gray ST., and
took clothing valued at $50.
Principal Eva Wiles reported
School IL, McCarty and Chadwick
Sts., entered Tuesday night and
some tools taken.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18
Finds Tooth of Mastodon

BIZ Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, April 10
Omer Cassell found a mastodon
tooth buried near the Big Four
railroad tunnel here. The tooth is
six inches long and three inches
wide.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18
win Interstate Mnsic Test

The Arsenal Technical high school
male quartet composed of Vincent
Haines, first tenor; Daniel Shattuck,
second tenor; Ira Hopper, baritone,
and William Jones, bass, won first
place at the Music Supervisors Ma
tional Conference in Chicago Mon
day. Quartets from twenty-five
nther States comnetited.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18
PRECINCT BOUNDARIES
MUDDLE INTO COURT
Barred Candidate Files Suit Test
ing Election Board Power.

Marion Superior Court -Four was
called on 70 settle confusion regard
ing authority of county commission
ers to change precinct boundary
lines, and the election boards
authority to veto such changes.
Ralph E. Jones, attorney for Jesse
A. Evans, 1924 N. Olney ST., filed
suit to mandate the elec-
ton board to recognize his filing
in the Eighteenth precinct of the
First ward, the precinct he filed in
after the changes we're ordered.
After filing closed the election
board vtoed the changes, throwing
out the filing of Evans, along with
other candidates.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18
ORDERS DRIVERS STOP
Car, Bus Men Must Give Right-Of-
Way to Police.

Answering letter sent to the
Indianapolis Street Railway Com
pany by Police Chief Claude M.
Worley, Superintendent James P.
Tretton enclosed copy of orders
sent all car and bus men of the
company and the Peoples Motor
Coach Company demanding they
stop at once and give the right-of-
way to police and emergency auto
mobiles.
Dismissal will result if the order
is not obeyed, Tretton's letter
stated. He pledged cooperation
with police in safety measures. Wor-
ley's letter had been sent when it
was reported to him that a street
car was a contributory cause in the
recent emergency car Smash-up.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18
Held Up by Two Negroes

77 While MOJOrnlan GeOTge Hail, 70,
GIT Tecumseh ST., and Conductor
". L. Mccoy of 924 Highland Ave,
prested at the end of the Indiana
Ave. car line, Fourteenth and West
Sts., Tuesday night, they we're held
up by two armed Negro bandits. A
watch valued at $55, some tokens
and 500 in change were taken.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18
Seek English Channel Gold

BV United Press
NEW YORK, April 18.-Harry l..
Bowdoin, a diver, is organizing an
expedition to recover $15,OO0,000 in
gold out of the steamship Egypt
which was sunk during the World
War in the English Channel.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18
PRAISE STATE HOSPITAL
Research Work Advances Institu-
tiOn's Standing in Nation.

Praise for the research work ac-
complished by the Central Indiana
Hospital for the Insane, which has
probably advanced it further than
any similar institution in the Ma
ton, was voiced by DR.. Albert E.
Sterne and DR.. G. E. Cottingham
fllaring discussion following a pa
illogical clinic at the hospital
lesday night.
The clinic was part of the pro-
am of the indianapolis Medical
ciety.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18

sign of it. go after it
with Listerine, the safe
antiseptic. You simply
dOuseit on fullstrength
and massage the scalp
vigorously. Keep the
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18

This is the second of a series of twelve
articles treating movie making from the
inside Tomorrow: How the Extras
Are Handled.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-04-18

clan, you will note inn
prOvement within
ten days. Lambert
Pharmacal Company,
ST. Louis, Missouri,
u. S. A.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-11
OPEN DRIVE ON
SLOT MACHINES
WorIey Launches Campaign
After Court Ruling.

Police Chief Claude M. Worley to-
day began city-wide drive on "slot
machines following dissolution of a
restraining order prohibiting police
from seizing machines by Superior
Judge Byron K. Elliott.
The board of safety this morning
ordered a special drive to arrest all
proprietors of places where the ma
chimes are being operated. Worley
ordered squads to cover the down
town section at once and bring in
all violators."
The action was decided upon fol-
lowing a conference between Fred
w. Connell, Ira Haymaker, safety
board members and John w. Holtz-
man and Edward Knight of the city
legal department.
Connell and Hayrnaker declared
the slot machine menace is "the
worst form If gambling menace" :"
because it strikes at the youth of
the city.
BY l p. m. police had seized nine
machines and made six arrests.
Many of the machines had been
removed by the owners, who fore
saw the raids would follow the dis
solution of the court order. Lieu
tenant Patrick O'Connor reported
he visited twenty-five places where
he knew there had been machines,
and found only one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-11
Wet Sm(ax)
Angry Wife Chops Up
Saloon After Husband
Gets Drunk.

II ANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. IL
IN When Mrs. Maud Wilson,
modern Carrie Nation, puts a
saloon out of business, it stays
out.
Three large for rent" signs are
displayed today on the building
that was used as a saloon until
the militant Mrs. Wilson entered
it with a hand ak and chopped it
out of business.
Hours after Mrs. Wilson had
left the glass-sprinkled place,
"Jiggs" Shindel, said to be the
proprietor, returned, had a new
plate glass window installed and
on the glass pasted three signs
"for rent"
The militant mothers visit
came after federal and local au-
thorities were said to have failed
to close the place from which her
husband and 18-year- old daugh-
ter are believed to have bought
liquor.
When her husband came home
orunk-the first time in eleven
years-Mrs. Wilson immediately
purchased a SIPS hand ak and
marched to the saloon, whacking
to pieces the cigar stand, large
mirror behind the bar and plate
glass windows.
A crowd cheered her as bar
tenders fled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-11
By United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE
Bolivian legation today notified the
Pan-American conciliation confer
ence here of its withdrawal from
that gathering.
The conference Monday adopted
resolution suggesting Bolivia and
Paraguay seek adjustment of their
boundary difficulties in accordance
with customs of international peace
settlements, but subsequently adopt
ed sort of waiting policy to avoid
possible interference with any South
American countries, especially Ar
gentina, which might be trying qui-
etly to effect an adjournment.
Meantime, Lugano dispatches ad-
vised that the League of Nations
council had authorized Aristide
BRAND to send a message to Bolivia
and Paraguay to compose their diff
ferences IN conformity with existing
treaties.
United Press dispatches of tho
League Of Nation's action to pre-
serve peace on the American con-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-11
QUITS PAN-AMERICAN
PARLEY; LEAGUE URGES PEACE

tinent were read by the Brazilian
ambassador before group of dele =
gates including Secretary Kellogg,
chairman of the conference, and
Charles Evans Hughes, of the
United States delegation. No COM
ment was offered.
Colombian Minister Olaya said
the situation apparently was be-
coming more delicate, but declined
to comment on the leagues ac-
ton.
An almost identical precedent for
the League of Nations councils
action was recalled by league mem
bers in the incident of 1921, when
dispute occurred between Costa
Rica and Panama.
The league council, meeting in
Paris, sent the two states identical
cablegrams which, it was under
stood, were used largely as a model
today in preparing the messages to
Bolivia and Paraguay.
BUENO6 AIRES, Dec. 11.-Latest
dispatches from Asuncion, Paraguay
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-11

and La Paz, Bolivia, today leave
little hope for an immediate amic-
able settlement of the dispute which
grew out of the border incident las
week.
Both countries blame the other
for the border clash at Fort Van
guardia, which was a climax of a
Understanding dispute over the SOW
ereignty of the Chaco region along
the frontier.
Reports to the newspaper La
Prensa said that fresh outbreaks
had occurred in the disputed terri
tory.
A much larger force could be
placed in the field by Bolivia than
by Paraguay. The Bolivian army
is at present the strongest in the
country's history, 1t was trained by
German World war veterans and is
well equipped. The air force Is
particularly strong.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-11
Thousands of New Cases
Are Reported; Warning
Is Sounded.
WORST SINCE 191s-19
Death Rate to Be Lower,
However, Belief of
Physicians.
BIZ United Press

By UHtted Press -
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE
United States public health service
said today that an influenza epi-
demic now centered in the middle
west is spreading eastward and may
sweep the nation.
Reports from twenty-six states
compiled today showed that 1898
new cases developed in the week
ended December 8, and officials said
this was probably but one-fifth OF
the total cases. In Kansas, 1886
new cases were reported officially.
Deaths so far are not numerous
and health officials, though warn
ing the public to take precautions
against the disease, said the mortal
ity rate probably would be much
lower than in the winter of 1918-19.
For the week previous 10000 new
cases were reported. The following
are statistics for states where the
epidemic is most severe:
Montana, 1880 new cases; Colo
RADIO 1896; New Mexico, ITO; Ari-
zona, 100; Wisconsin, 107; North
Dakota, t194.
So far the epidemic has not been
felt seriously in the southeastern
states.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-11
Flu Sweeps Midwest

BD United Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 11.-After claim
ing scores of lives on the west coast,
one of the worst epidemics of in-
f1uenza this country has experienced
since the war was making headway
today in numerous localities of the
middle west.
A survey of the situation, based
on United Press reports from the
entire area, is as follows:
Los Angeles reported the cpl
demic was waning there, with the
number of cases reduced to 800.
There were twenty-four deaths over
the weekend.
The University of Missouri, at Co
lumbia, was closed until after the
Christmas holidays, in an attempt
to prevent the disease from spread
ing among the students.
Other reports from the southwest
showed schools we're closed in Dear
born, Mo-, and Norton, Kan. The
Kansas health department said
there were $4,000 cases of influenza
in that state. Twenty-four hundred
students and forty-two teachers
were affected in Wichita.
The University of the South at
Sewanee, Tenn, closed after hun
dreds of influenza patients had
caused an acute congestion at the
university hospital. Reports from
Iowa City said the epidemic was
widespread among the students of
the University of Iowa, but that
classes would not be closed. Health
authorities in Chicago met today to
lay plans for combating influenza
should it break out in the proper
tions of an epidemic here.