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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-12
THREATENING COLD
ENDED QUICK WAY
Relief Began Instantly When
Doctor Advised Home Use of
Pleasant Hospital Method

Realizing that every common
cold may be the forerunner of
pneumonia - unless treated prop
erly in tirne-hospital physicians
are advising pleasant remedy
that is ideal for use at home. And
numbers of indianapolis people find
that it brings almost instant relief
then quickly drives the cold out
of ones system.
Mrs. L. R. Snyder, for instance,
had such a stuffy cold she couldn't
breathe thru her nose and coughed
so deep she feared pneumonia.
Then her doctor prescribed double
strength doses of Ayers Pectoral
"a concentrated mixture of wild
cherry, terpin nydrate and other
ingredients which have relieved
the most extreme hospital cases.
Relief began with the first pleas
ant swallow. She felt its comfort
ing, healing warmth from her nose
passages deep down into her chest.
In few hours she began to get
relief from the ''feverish, grippy"
feeling and in another day or SO,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-12

Note: Other cases reported daily
all certified by attending physician.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-12
PAGE 8

the Democratic party, but the bill
passed.
Marion county municipal court
judges Will receive a $1,000 salary
boost if a bill passed in the last
few hours is approved by Governor
Harry Z. Leslie.
The statute of limitations extern
sion measure, passed early in the
senate session, was approved By the
house.
Armistice day, Nov. IL, viii be a
legal holiday under one of the
bills passed by the house during
the closing hours. The bill was
passed by the senate several weeks
ago.
The Governor win be empowered
to call a conference Of leading BUSH
ness men and farmers of the state
to discuss tax problems under pro-
visions of a resolution passed by
the senate Monday afternoon and
concurred in by the house.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-12
DISCUSS NEXT
ACTION IN GAS
COMP ANY CASE
City and Utility Officials
Confer; Seek Early
Settlement.

City officials today held a. pre-
liminary conference to determine
the procedure in taking over the
Citizens Gas Company properties in
accordance with the provision of the
enabling acts" recently passed by
the Indiana legislature. The laws
carry emergency clauses and are
effective at once.
Mayor L. Ert Slack and Oren s.
Hack, city corporation counsel, met
with John w. Hoffman and Fred
c. Cause, special city gas case coun-
sci.
It tentatively has been agreed that
early action would be advisable.
O7S law provides that the mayor
shat name two members of utility
district created by the new legisla-
ton. The circuit judge shall name
two and the city council the fifth
member.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-12
Noted Pacitfst VIII Be
Speaker at City Club
Roger Baldwin of Civil Lib
critics Union Here
March q.

Roger n. Baldwin, director of the
American Civil Liberties Union,
paciist and internationalist, will
speak at the Athenaeum at 5 p. m.
March %, it was announced today
by Alex Vonnegut, secretary of the
indianapolis group Of the liberties
body.
Baldwin first attained national
prominence during the World war
when he organized the National
Civic Liberties Bureau to oppose
CONSUMPTION, aid conscientious OBJ
jectors and defend persons prose-
cuted for opinions against war, He
has been active with the American
Civil Liberties Union since 1920.
He recently returned from year
abroad, studying particularly Euro
pean relationships and making a
two months survey of liberty and
repression in Russia.
The speech here is part of a tour
of the middle west and south in
which Baldwin is stirring interest
in a new program against racial
and religious determinations and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-12
RApS TRAFFIC CODE
Mayor Urges More Liberty,
Pleads for Fewer Laws.

A plea flor fewer statutory re-
strictions was made by Mayor L.
Ert Slack Monday before the
Service Club at the Lincoln.
eve have so many laws and reg
ulations nowadays that people re-
sent them. I believe we should
have more freedom and elasticity"
Slack said.
Slack took rap at the nun1er-
Gus detailed regulations Of the new
city traffic code, urging greater
discretion for police officers in han
ding traffic problems.
Abiding to the abandonment of
the bell system on Washington
street, Slack said:
Traffic is purely a police prob
lem. You can't write everything
into the statute and settle it for all
time. There should be elasticity
instead of hard and fast rules.
There is a different problem at each
cOrner''
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-12
SUIT ASKS RECEIVER
FOR LUMBER COMPANY

Complain o. ID. Haskell Firm Is
Unable to Pay Debt.
Suit asking appointment of a re-
ceiver for the o. D. Haskell Lumber
Company was fled in superior court
five Monday afternoon by Wolf &
Co., Chicago accountants. The COM
plant alleged the company is in
debted to the plaintiffs for $33s.56
and is unable to pay other debts.
w. H. Stein, vice president of the
company, said the firm now is in
the process of liquidation and no
longer is in the lumber business, the
building, stock and equipment hav-
ing been sold to the Nickel Plate
Lumber Company, shortly after the
death of o. D. Haskell, several
months ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-12
. THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

ployed, were provided in a number
of bills advanced to the Governor
in line with his recommendations.
Substitution of reasonable and
prudent" speed for the 1orty-mile
limit now in effect on state high
ways was the most important change
in motor laws.
Unless the new acts carry
emergency clauses or specific dates,
they will not take effect until the
acts are distributed, probably about
May Is.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-12
Rhine Tributaries in Flood

BERLIN, March 12.-Seyeral vii
lagos, crops and vineyards we're
damaged when sudden rise in tenn
rerature Monday caused small tribu-
taries of the Rhine in the province
of Hesse to overflow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-12
NOnpartisan Body Sought

An effort to obtain a nonpartisan
body was made by the authors of
the statute. Trustees shall name
eleven directors who will be active
ly in charge Of the company's af-
fairs.
The city council and circuit court
have sixty days, ending May IL, in
which to certify to the mayor their
choice for the utility posts. It has
been suggested by some that the
present trustees be named.
In creating the utility district
the city is empowered to take over.
manage and operate the gas COM
pany properties. and issue bonds
stock.
Purpose of the city in obtaining
passage of a law Iegalizing the
proposition before demanding the
properties was explained by Slack
Monday luncheon before the Service
Club, at the Lincoln.
Explains Delay
Passage of the enabling lsgisla-
ton by the general assembly will
make possible early completion of
plans to take over and operate the
gas plant in a way which will be
satisfactory to everyone" the mayor
said.
Referring to newspaper articles
criticising the administration for not
making a formal demand for the
The Washington times., 1929-09-13
j. s. OFFICIALS
BACK AIMS Of
CLERKS

Entire revision Of the sys-
tenn of the Governments re-
lationship with its employees
will be aired at the coming
session of Congress, it was in
dicated today, when Govern
ment officials voiced approval
Of the demands recently ex-
pressed at the national conven-
tion of the Federation of Fed
eral Employees.
One Of the principal aims OF the
federation Is for the establishment
of a new system Of classification in
the Federal service here. They
desire that the departmental service
here shall follow the systematic
basis upon which the field service is
now being classified.
Hit Present System
Officers OF the Personnel Classi-
fication Board today admitted that
the present system In regard to the
departmental service is at fault.
They pointed to the fact that hun
dreds of complaints have been re-
gistered with the board over the
classification and. specification of
positions in the departmental
service. The board is at present un.
able to keep current with appeals
from its decisions, it was stated.
In the general run of appeals at
least three months must elapse from
the date of filing to the date of
decision. This is because of the
handicap under which the board has
been placed by the ruling of
Comptroller General J. r.. McCarl in
regard to its office force. The board
now has staff OF less than so and
under the ruling of McCarl, 1t is
continually shifting and therefore is
not In the most efficient condition
to meet the requirements placed
upon it.
The board, which IL responsible
for all questions of classification,
has less than 80 employees drawn
temporarily from the Bureau of the
Budget. the Bureau Of Efficiency,
and the Civil Service Commission.
The Government employees feel
that not only should the work of
the classification board be expedited
by the assignment to 1t of a regular
staff. but they demand that q civil
service court of appeals be estab-
lished. This appellate tribunal, in
the opinion OF the clerks as voiced
at their recent convention, should
handle all matters in which en-
ployes differ with their superiors.
The Washington times., 1929-09-13
Sister FIamina Named
To Georgetown School

Sister FLAMING. of Wilmington,
Del. is the new superior at George
town University. which is i'm the
care of the Sisters Of st. Joseph
and supervised by the Georgetown
University School of Medicine.
The new superior has had long
experience in hospital administra.
ton at st. Joseph's Hospital. vii.
mington.
Sister Donata, succeeded by Sister
Flamina, has been transferred to
HopeWell. Va, where she will be in
charge Of an orphanage.
As superintendent of nurses, Sis
ter Euthrasia comes from a similar
position at ST. Joseph's Hospital,
Baltimore. to Georgetown, replacing
Sister Joanilla, who goes to
Lancaster, Pa.
The Washington times., 1929-09-13
NJ A n
HELDAS THIEF

Chorged with robbery on the street,
Joseph ri. Grey. colored, a one.
legged man who came into court or,
crutches. was held for the Grand
Jury under $500 bond by Police
Court Judge Gus A. Schuldt TODAY,
Conwell Hawkins. coIored OF the
1900 block Vermont Ave. N. w,
charged that the crippled man took
SO away from him near First and
p Streets Northwest.
After Grey was arrested last night
by a policeman of the Eighth pre-.
cinct, he offered to. give the money
back with $40 extra, If Hawkins
would not prosecute him, and Haw-
kins wanted to accept the offer. bu-
the police would not let him, he
told Judge Schuldt
Grey claims he won the money
from Hawkins in cEaps game,
The Washington times., 1929-09-13
VISITING NURSE
APPOINTED

Miss Mary G. Connor, graduate
of the Lennox Hill school OF
Nursing. New York city. is the
newly appointed educational director
Of the Instructive Visiting Nurse
Society. succeeding Mrs. Dorothy
Reed, who resigned September 1.
Miss Connor has an unusual back.
ground OF executive and teaching
experience She ma iored in public
health at Columbia University, from
which she obtained a postgraduate
degree.
1t has been a busy summer for
the visiting nurses. During
August, they gave care to $500
patients. making a total of 9,052
visits. an excess of 1900 visits
over the same month in 1928.
Nurses in the headquarters Of
flee. which serves central section
of the city. including Northeast and
Southwest. SOFT visits were made
to 1,347 patients. The Southeast
office. HOO block of Pennsylvania
Ave, s. E.. carried 536 patients
and made 1888 visits.
The Brightwood office made S61
visits to 320 patients and the George.
town office made 992 visits to 297
patients.
The new center. 230O block of
Nicholas Ave, Anacostia. is ex-
pected 10 be opened October ]. 1t
will serve Anacostia, Congress
Heights. Benning, and all that
territory east of the Anacostia
River.
The Washington times., 1929-09-13

NJ LE0D TO PUSH.
|. MEASURE TO
QUICK VOTE

Representative Clarence ].
Mcleod of Michigan, chairman
Of the judiciary subcommittee
of the House District Commit
tee, will open hearings shortly
on his bill requiring District
.taxicab owners to carry liabil-
ity insurance.
The Mcleod bill is regarded by
its author as legislation which
would remedy one of the most seri.
Gus conditions prevailing in Wash.
ington - financially irresponsible
taxicab owners.
Bill Held Important
While Mcleod has a number OF
District bills slated for hearings
before the subcommittee during the
next session of Congress, 1t was
said in his behalf today that he
considers the liability insurance bill
of prime Importance and will place
it first on his calendar.
1t was said also that Mcleod will
do his best to call to the attention
of members OF both Houses Of
Congress the necessity for such q
law in the District. pointing to
specific instances in which persons
injured by taxicabs. whose owners
were not financially responsible,
were unable to collect damages.
Protective Measure
The bill is designed to be pro-
tective measure. not only for the
public but for established taxicab
companies as opposed to itinerant
driver.owners OF fly-by night cabs.
it was said.
The bill in its present form does
not specifically mention taxicaba
but applies to all motor vehicles.
1t is highly possible that before the
bill In reported to the District Com
mittee 1t will carry a definltive
clause providing for taxicabs by
name. Mcleod at present is in his
home State and is not expected TO
return to Washington until late in
the month. 1t was stated however.
that he will begin agitation for the
liability insurance bill Immediately
upon his return. i
The Washington times., 1929-09-13
WA En-
RATE DENIED

Publicity given recent reports that
boost Of the District water rate
OF 80 per cent. il in prospect lost
much OF its significance today when
the District Commissioners were
advised that the water department
has large surplus of funds.
The annual report of d. w. Hol-
ton. acting superintendent of the
water department, disclosed the
total revenue for the year Just
closed was $1,49S, ,045.35 while net
expenditures aggregated $1,195, 1855.
This leaves surplus of 1902 ,270.
Not Likely Now
While officials were reluctant Ia
discuss the situation. it was learned
that though some authorities of the
water department favor a raise in
the rates, such step is not likely
to be taken soon.
1t was said on good authority
that. though an increase is stiIl
within the realm of possibilities
there are so many angles OF the
problem action Is practically certain
W uC uVtoSUO SOtIlS TIME.
Holton's report revealed the aver.
age daily water consumption for the
year was 73. 567.771 gallons. The
mean daily per capita consumption
was about 1913 gallons.
The total consumption for the
fiscal year was 26, S52,236.5 $50 gal
Ions as compared with 28,572.O43, ,72C
gallons in the previous 12-month
period.
Many Repairs Made
Mains at street intersection in
s67 strategic locations were re.
arranged, the report disclosed. The
total length of castiron water mains
laid during the year was 1I6,f22
linear feet. marked increase over
the year before.
Thousands of repairs were made
to leaking service pipes.
I The report explained that q
minimum rate of $685. Is charged
against all consumers supplied with
water through meters. which al
lows the use of $500 cubic feet OF
water during the year; water used
in excess thereof being charged for
at the rate of cents per 100 cubic
feet"
The Washington times., 1929-09-13
Dispute Ouer Parrot
hDolUes DetectiUe

Charges that Headquarters Detective Howard E. Oge
interested himself unduy the dispute over ownership OF
famous swearing assistant district
attorneys office yesterday afternoon by Mrs Josephine
Sprague, of the 200 block ST. N W.
The Washington times., 1929-09-13

WINDAGE BEACON THROWS COLORED BEAM
MAJOR FRANCIS BOYLE Capt. L. H. Palmer and
Capt Dudley Howard are shown above, left to right
Inspecting the windage beacon undergoing tests
at Boiling Field. The revolving beacon with the wind
direction indicator invented by Major Boyle of this
city, and is designed to throw coored beam down
wind for distance of from one to two miles an aid
to pilots in making a landing at night.
The Washington times., 1929-09-13

the Quantico Training Camp last
month.
In competition with IS large com,
panies from large cities east OF
the Mississippi River. the 401st
Company. although organized but
two weeks. carried off first shoot.
ing honors for company rifles.
company pistols. high individual
rifle and high individual pistol,
The Washington times., 1929-09-13

fli claimant for the parrot, which
she says Is known to her as
".Jakey" Assistant District Attor.
ney Irwin Goldstein has decided that
Mrs. Neva Weir, owner of the
ShingIe Shoppe on F Street North
west, can keep the bird. Mrs. Weir
calls him Reds.
Got Bad Break
I've had a bad break all along, !"
Mrs. Sprague said yesterday. re-
farming to the prosecutors office
With her attorney. Joseph Narcelli.
never got a chance to present
my side of the case. i noticed that
pgle went into a conference with
Mr. Goldstein before it came on. =
We asked him about 1t at head
quarters yesterday and he was re-
luctant to talk and would not tell
Us where the parrot is now, said
Attorney Narcelli
HA doesn't have to. It's a civil
matter now and not a criminal
one" said Prosecutor Walter M
Shea.
Mrs, Sprague had secured writ
of replevin from Municipal Court
and Wednesday afternoon and night
and two deputy marshals, in an at;
tempt to find "Jakey' or Reds
in order that he might be confis
Gated by the Government while the
suit IL pending.
Visits In Vain
Visits to- Mrs. Weir's home, her
beauty shop and her husband i
radio store, were fruitless.
Mrs. Sprague said she encountered
Mrs. Weir at the latter's home and
claimed the latter denied her iden,
tity, even when she showed her q
newspaper photo of Mrs. Weir
taken In front of Police Court with
the parrot.
Shea and Assistant District At,
torney Hobart Newman urged Mrs
Spragne to- seek redress through
the civil court, saying their office
had done all possible in the matter
Detective Ogle, who Is a friend
OF Mr. and Mrs. Weir, accompanied
Mrs. Weir to court Wednesday and
carried the cage in which was the
parrot, although he had no official
connection with the case. He
wanted the latter fact stressed, lie
said.
Roth Love Him
Both Mrs. Weir and Mrs. Spragua
aay. they owned a parrot and that
1t flew away. Both claim posses
sion of %Jakey' or Reds and
identity him by the fact that he
sWears like a trooper.
The bird flew into a house on
Indiana Avenue Northwest. and was
claimed by Mrs Weir when she
Learned of the fact. Mrs. sprsgue
saw the pet In the beauty shop
and said she identified him ss
tJakey."
The Washington times., 1929-09-13
New School Contract
Awarded for S173.419

Contract for construction OF a
new school building on M Street be.
tween Second and Canal Streets
Southwest today was awarded by
the District Commissioners to the
c. A. Hofferberth Construction Com.
pany.
The winning bid involves an ex-
penditure Of $173,419 for the CON
struction Of an eight-room extensIbls
building. 1t will include a comLina.
uon gymnasium and assembly haIl.
The Washington times., 1929-09-13
To GET
FOOD, AYERS
HILL THIEF

A story OF having been in
Jail, released, unable to obtain
work at his Professionalism
and Of being on the verge of
starvation was called to the
detectives by Joseph McGowan
Daniel, 80, of Hyattsville,
Md, today when he confessed
that he had robbed seven
fashionable homes of valuable
antiques.
Before his troubles began and he
was sent to Occoquan some months
ago he told detectives his hobby
had been the collecting of antiques.
When he was broke and out of
work he planned and executed q
series OF robberies on unoccupied
homes. taking only articles he
knew, Ito be Of value to antique
dealers.
Oftentimes. he confessed, he made
several trips to each home taking
away a few articles at a time.
Entrance to the homes was usually
made by breaking the glass in a
basement window, he Is said to
have told detectives.
Arrested Wednesday
Daniel was arrested Wednesday
near Seventh and G Streets North.
west by Detective Sergeant James
Collins after he is said to have sold
to a second hand dealer three val.
liable vases stolen from the home
of former Representative John Phil.
lip Hill, in the 1900 block OF Eieh.
teenth st. N. w.
Daniell admitted robbIng not only
Hills home but the home of Mrs.
Campbell Forester, 100 block
Rhode Island Ave. N. w. of $3.50
worth OF vases and clocks; the un.
occupied residence of Col Robert
l.. Longstreet. 1900 block OF X st.
n. W.; home in the 1900 block
OF Nineteenth st. N. w; another
in the 1900 block of Massachusetts,
Ave. n. W.: a home in the 17O0
block OF r st. N. W., and one in
the 100 block OF / St. N. w.
Reports OF robberies have been re.
ceived from only two of the victims,
police said. Hill and Mrs. FORESTER
In the other cases the owners are
still out of the city and the rob.
berries we're only learned of When
Daniel confessed to them and then
guided detectives to the houses.
Much Booty Found
Thousands of dollars worth of
antiques were found in DanielIs
Hyattsville home by Detective Fl.
p. Brodie, James Collins. ID. Il.
Fletcher and John Wise. The
antiques were taken to police head
quarters and set out on tables
preparatory to visits by victims OF
the b1 sglaries.
BeS les Hill. Mrs. Forester an.
peared at headquarters and identi-
fled a number of articles stolen
from her home. Daniel is held at
the First precinct and probably will
be taken to Police Court for pre-
liminary hearing Monday morning.
The Washington times., 1929-09-13
Red Cross Ambulances
Stationed at Hams Point

Two ambulancss of the District
Chapter Of the Red Cross win be on
duty during the regatta today and
tomorrow according to information
from headquarters.
Each ambulance win have nurse
and a life saving expert in at
tendance and will be stationed at
Hains Point and the Railroad
Bridge from II a. m. TO 5 p. m.
in case any upsets or disasters
should occur.
The Washington times., 1929-09-13
Head of Marine Corps
LaudS District Reserve

Maj. Gen. Wendell G. Neville.
U. s. M. c.. commandant of the
Marine Corps, has officially COM
mended the 4O1st Volunteer Marine
Corps Reserve Company, OF Wash
ington. for It's excellent record at
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-15
The Extension Of the Front
AGAINST the Fascist Terror

organizing the defensive front
against fascism by mobilizing the
broadcast working masses, by Great
ing anti-fascist Committees in the
factories and in the districts, as well
as by rallying together all the anti
fascist forces in Austria.
The Conference welcomed with
enthusiasm the founding of the
International Anti-Fascist Commit
tee under the leadership of Henri
Barbusse and decided to affiliate to
this Committee.
The Austrian Anti-Fascist Com.
mittee decided to send an Austrian
delegation to the Anti-Fascist Con.
gress held on the 9th and 10th OF
March in Berlin.
The Conference finally adopted ar
appeal to the Austrian working class
setting forth the tasks and aims Of
the Anti-Fascist movement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-15

On 10th of February there took
place in Vienna a Conference for
the purpose of setting up an Anti
Fascist Committee. The Conference
was attended by IS delegates from
Vienna and the provinces, represent
ing "a medium sized and big factor
les, II proletarian organizations and
four district anti-Fascist Commit
tees which had been already formed.
The delegates present consisted of
members of the Social Democratic
Party, of the Communist Party and
of non-party workers.
After the report on the develop
ment of Austrian and international
fascism, the Conference elected from
its midst an Anti-Fascist Committee
in which all the factories and or
CARNATIONS which took part in the
Conference are represented.
The newly founded anti-fascist
Committee sets itself the task of