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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
DENIES DRY SECRECY
Facts in Killings Are Not
Hidden'--LoWman.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. discharges
made by the Association Against
Prohibition Act, that federal pro-
hibition officials reports on dry kill
ings lack candor and fairness were
denoed today by Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury Lowman.
"I know of no reason why fed
eral enforcement officials would
want to keep back any facts with
reference to killings" Lowman said.
Il don't think they have"
Alleged suppression and admission
of facts in connection with shoot
ings by federal enforcement agents
we're cited throughout the associa-
TONS pamphlet entitled Reform
ing America With Shotgun"
Simultaneously with the publica-
ton of this pamphlet today, Mrs.
Lenna Lowe Yost, director of the
w. c. T. U. issued a statement hold
ing that prohibition enforcement is
making rapid progress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18

leyVille in serious condition from
injuries inflicted by the robber.
The deputy sheriff's car was
turned into an ambulance again
and Mrs. Morgan was taken to the
city hospital. Her condition is
serious.
The traffic accident occurred as
the sheriff's auto, siren blowing
drove on the left side Of a street
car. Fox Was driving. Mrs. Clark
stepped into the pathway of the
speeding car. She was hurled into
the air. Physicians say she suffered
broken bones and internal injuries
Upon arriving in Mickleyville the
deputies found Mrs. Morgan, her
arms bound with wire, lying on a
bed.
She told Fox and Combs that a
boarder, Graydon Cummings, %, had
thrown her on the bed, gagged her,
and, after binding her arms with
wire, had taken 500 which she had
hidden in a closet of her home.
She said Cummings crushed her
chest with his knees in attempting
to quiet her struggles and in an
effort to bind her arms.
1--WE known him all my life," she
told officers, 'he came from my
home town"
Physicians at the city hospital
said she was suffering from internal
injuries. Police and the sheriff's
Office are searching for Cummings
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18

ing in the meantime resisted all
efforts of police to coax from him
single bit of information regard
ing the circumstances of the shoot
ing.
For several weeks the police
promised action, but there were no
arrests. Finally Mayor James j.
Walker gave Police Commissioner
Joseph A. Warren an ultimatum to
produce the slayer or step out of
office. Warren stepped out, to be
succeeded by Grover Whalen.
Whalen's men soon arrested Nc
Manus as a material witness and
then an indictment charging MUIR
der was returned against him. The
district attorney, however, insisted
he could not bring McManus to
trial until he laid hands on Hyman
Biller, supposed also to have been
in the room in which Rothstein
was shot. But Biller could not be
found, and McNIanus remained in
jail.
Linked With Officials
Then came the election campaign
Fiorello La Guar0ia, Republican
candidate, and former Police Com
missioner Richard E. Enright, run
ming for mayor as the Square
Deal" candidate, charged the failure
to prosecute the Rothstein case was
due to intimate relations Of Roth
stein with city officials.
AS an answer, Tammany at
tempted to rush McManus to trial
before the election. The courts,
however, upheld the contention OF
McManus' counsel that a trial dur
ing the heat of the campaign would
be unfair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
ALL HOPE FOR
SECRETARY OF
WAR GIVEN Up
Oxygen Is Administered in
Attempt to ProIong
Life of Good.
PHYSICIANS AT BEDSIDE
President Keeps in Close
Touch With Hospital
Through Aids.
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BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-Secre-
tary of War James w. Good, des-
perately i'll at Walter Reed hospital
here following an operation last
Wednesday for appendicitis, still
was alive at 1890 p. m. today, al
though physicians had given up all
hope for his recovery.
Physicians had said they doubted
the war secretary could live through
out the morning.
The secretary, suffering from sep
tic poisoning which resulted from
an infected appendix, just was alive
at daybreak today. Oxygen was
administered during the night to
prolong his life.
Odds Grow Greater
Attending physicians remained at
the bedside throughout the night,
continuing their battle of the last
five days against odds that seemed
to grow greater momentarily. After
restless night Saturday, Good ap-
peared unable to rally as at first,
although he continued his remark
able fight Sunday night.
Only the physicians and nurses
were allowed in his room, although
Mrs. Good remained at the hospi-
tai with her sons, James w. Jr. and
Robert Edmund. The latter came
here from Northwestern university
Evanston, Ill, where he is a s.u-
dent, late Saturday, but found his
father too i'll to recognize him.
Curtis Pays Visit
President Hoover kept in close
touch with the hospital throughout
Sunday, but decided not to make
another visit to the sick room.
Other cabinet members and govern
ments officials kept informed of the
secretary's condition by telephone.
Vice-President Curtis, with his
sister, Mrs. Edward E. Gam, paid
a brief visit to the hospital early
Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
Chairman HoIComb Tells
Workers Entire City
Shares Burden.
BULLETIN
Subscriptions totaled $137, 1880
when workers made their first re-
ports at the Clayp0ol today.

The tenth annual Community
Fund drive, which began Friday,
will be conducted swiftly and
thoroughly, j. I. Holcomb, general
chairman, told drive workers today
in the first daily report meeting at
the Claypool.
Thirty-f1ve social agencies in the
city will share in the 1880 fund, for
which a goal has been set at $786, 1858
"Organized charity in a city as
large as Indianapolis eliminates du-
plication and waste" said Hugh
NICK. Landon, president of the COM
munity fund. "This plan is fol-
lowed in $50 cities in the United
States, and none of them can beast
of a better, or more efficient, man
agement than we have in Indian
apolis."
Workers Give More
The first firm in the employees di-
vision to report contributions from
all it's employees was the Polk Sani-
tary Milk Company, where 335 en-
ployeS subscribed $1,472.35.
Last year employees of the same
firm pledged $404. The firm pledged
$404. The firms subscription was
raised from 81 300 to $4,000.
Emphasizing the necessity to
reach the goal set this year, Landon
pointed out that if the $786,853 is
not raised the thirty-five social
service organizations in the city
will be crippled.
Every Citizen Responsible
Success can be won if Indian
apolis will remember. that the Com
munity Fund is the joint re-
sponsibility of every citizen" Hol-
comb said at the meeting.
For the next week this respon-
sibility is being carried largely by
1000 volunteer workers, but first re-
sponsibility rests squarely upon all
of u.s."
Talking motion pictures of Lam
don delivering a Community Fund
message are being shown at the In
diana, Circle and Apollo theaters.
The drive closes Nov. 25.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
AUTO STARTER
BOMB is FATAL
Marion (Ind.) Labor Union
Official Succumbs.

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MARION, Ind, Nov. 18.-Andrew
Legos, 35, victim of a bomb which
exploded as he stepped on the
starter of his automobile several
weeks ago, died of his injuries
today.
Legos was secretary of the
moIders' union. Previous to the
bombing, in which his body was
shattered, two men were killed
when bomb exploded during a
meeting of the union in the labor
temple at Marion. Police believe
that the same men were responsible
for both crimes, although they
have found no evidence of labor
troubles.
A reward of $500 has been
offered for arrest and conviction of
the men who placed the bomb in
Legos' car at the garage back Of
his home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
STOCKS MART
AGAIN IS BACK
TO NORMALCY
Prices Drift Lower, but Not
Under Pressure to
Sell.
CALL MONEY IS EASIER
Ample Credit Is Deterrent
to Sharp Reductions;
G. E. Breaks.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Nov. 18.-Stock Ex-
change activities got back to what
traders called normal today.
Sales fell off considerably and
tickers nearly we're abreast of the
market toward the close.
Prices drifted irregularly lower,
but there was no pressure to sell
and few made fair gains though
they generally were under the
opening levels.
Large amounts of United States
Steel were offered, more than off,
setting buying orders.
Sales today, exclusive of odd lots
totaled 2,737000 shares.
Irregular at Opening
At the outset, the market was ir-
regular. Gains of to points were
offest in smaller number by losses
that ranged to more than points.
In no issue was pressure exerted, in
dicating to the trading community
that the activity of the Stock Ex-
change and Curb to check up on
bear raiders, was having its effect.
Steel was watched carefully. 1t
opened at 1872 It then rose to
164K. the previous close. and later
fell to 161. 1t oscillated unevenly
between that figure and $50, where
it was at 1890.
General Electric broke to 100 and
other leaders slid lower as the close
neared.
The feature of the day was a dis
tinctly easier tone in call money.
After renewing at 512 per cent call
funds dropped to per cent mad
loans we're arranged outside the
Stock Exchange as low as 4 per cent.
Time money was easier in tone.
Bond Market Firm
This ease of funds helped the
bond market where all save the
convertible issues were firm and
active. United States government
issues rose sharply, three of the is
sues rising to new high ground for
the year.
Ample credit also was deterrent
TO sharp reductions in stock prices.
Another factor was the effort of the
administration to stimulate future
business. The stock market COM
munity looked forward eagerly to
President Hoover's business confer
enceS which get under way Tues
day.
Secretary of Commerce Lamont
stated today that the administra-
ton hoped to carry out its plan Of
business maintenance through use
of existing agencies. This was TAX
en- to mean that the work would be
expedited without the need of
building up of vast unwieldy new
organization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
RUBIO ELECTED
MEXICAN CHIEF
Rioting and Sayings Mark
National BaIIoting.

BIZ United Press
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 16.-In an
election marked by nationwide
rioting, bloodshed and charges OF
fraud, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, national
revolutionary and administration
candidate, has obtained tri-
umphant majority for the presidency
of Mexico.
An accurate check of the dead was
impossible. Many deaths were con.
firned and those together with semi
official reports indicated the num-
ber killed throughout the states
would reach eighteen, with scores in
jured. Unconfirmed reports placed
the dead at twenty-six.
Leaders of the anti-re-electioniSt
party, supporting the only other
candidate, Jose Vasconcelos, con-
ceded victory to the administration
candidate, but only with claims that
the Ortiz Rubio victory was a
"fasco" and accomplished by pre-
venting the Vasconcelos supporters
from voting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
FUND DRIVE TEAMS
GIVE FIRST REPORT
Quite Quiet
BH Unitcd Press

DU 1 HttCU GTtSS
EVANSTON, Ill, Nov. 49,
The fastidiouSneSs of Joseph
H. Jackson, displayed when he
asked for cream colored
spats" in a mems furnishings
store and walked out with a
full dress suit and a Tuxedo
while the clerk was looking for
the spats, was exceeded by the
resourcefulness of Officer HUI
bert KelSh.
Jackson demurred at having
his f1ngerprints taken at po-
lice headquarters. He fdgeted
each time and the prints were
Smudged.
Come for a ride" invited
Officer KelSh. Arrived at st.
Francis hospital, Jackson was
strapped in a chair and an in
terne administered ether.
His f1ngerprintS came out
fine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18

CHICAGO mothering
~ children Blue trying evade
question why doesn't mother home"
sitting
he had the ST. Francis
hospital Victoria victim hit
knocked and then sped
had been shopping buying groceries for the family
promised the tots On
a basket, filled with her purchases.
body life crushed fell in the roadway. Another
driver Aida Koehn backed the
and notified policeman.
explains neighbor went to the home today
announced grufy trying to conceal his sympathy
my lunch Well watch the kids, too"
the quiet
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
HUNDREDS ARE RESCUED AS
Blaze SWEEPS California
HOSPITAL IN EARLY MORNING
Heroic Efforts of San Francisco Nurses,
Doctors and Volunteers Prevent Repe-
tition of Cleveland Tragedy.
TELEPHONE GIRL SOUNDS ALARM
Flames Originate in X-Ray Room of Institu-
tion and Workers Defy Poisonous Gas
in Carrying Patients to Safety.


SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18.-Heroism of 120 nurses,
doctors and volunteers prevented another Cleveland clinic
disaster today in the University of California hospital when
fire. originating in the X-ray room swept the structure in
the gray hours of dawn.
The rescuers, lodging shooting flames, carried every
terrified patient from the building and shortly thereafter
the fire brought under control No injured seri
ously.
One hundred nney-four patients in the hospital
when Juana Costenborder telephone OPERATOR stationed
just across the hall from the X-ray room, noticed the
cracking flames and sounded general alarm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
WOMAN HURT BY
POLICE EMERGENCY

Speeding to the home of woman
who had been attacked, bound,
gagged and robbed by a boarder, a
sheriff's emergency car today struck
Mrs. Maude Clark, 48, of R. r. 8,
Box So, at Illinois and Maryland
streets, injuring her seriously.
Mrs. Clark was taken to city hos
pital by Seth Fox and Roy Combs,
deputy sheriffs.
Fox and Combs answered the
holdup call and found Mrs. Nancy
Morgan, 81, in her home in Mick
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18

Judge John Mott proceeded with
a. statement to the jury panel
calling attention to the fact that
each member already had stated he
had no prejudice against capital
punishment.
The witness list. then was read to
the panel.
The witness list included num-
erous interesting names, among
them Mrs. Ann Putnam, Ashville, N.
c.. one of the mystery witnesses" /"
only recently brought to life; Hans
Mandel cashier of the Bank of
America and others.
There also may be a witness
named Novotny, who is sporting
goods dealer in st. Palu, MINI"
George N. Brothers, in charge of the
prosecution said.
Questioning of Gilbert Taylor, the
first prospective puror drawn, be-
gan Immediately. He was excused
for cause after two questions.
1t developed Taylor had under
gone a change of opinion on the
matter of capital punishment and
now is against it. That disqualified
him.
1t was understood. however, that
Mrs. Putnam saw Eothstein, his
hands clutched over his wound, go
down the servants stairs from the
third floor of the hotel to the lobby,
where he was found writhing in
pain, and that she saw man
standing in the doorway of the
room in which the state charges
he was shot-a room which had
been taken in McManuS' name.
Charges Double Gross
A financial transaction in which
Rothstein double-crossed his for
mer bodyguard will be advanced by
the state as the motive for the
shooting, it is believed, and TO
establish this motive it is expected
the prosecution will present COM
prehensive picture of Rothstein's
varied activities.
McManus, big. expansive, and
ever-smiling. is confident he will be
acquitted. But as the trial began
he preferred to let his lawyer do
the talking. That gentleman, James
D. G. Murray, busy putting the final
touches to his case, had but one
thing to say. And that was to re-
peat his assertion that McNanus is
being made "the goat to protect
some one else.
The minutes of the grand jury
and the circumstances surrounding
the investigation will show beyond
all doubt that the police used every
method possible to pin the murder
on McManus to protect some one. "
the lawyer declared.
The jury will be completed in
three days, it is expected, and Dis
trict Attorney Joab Banton esti-
mates three weeks will be required
for presentation Of the testimony.
Police Head Fired
The Staying of Rothstein cost the
job Of a New York police commits
sioner and was one of the chief
issues raised against Tammany Hall
in the recent city election.
The gambler was shot Nov. 4.
1928. He died two weeks later. hav-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
NEW SUB LAUNCHED
Great French U-Boat Can
Carry SeapIane.

BU United Press
CHERBOURG, France, Nov. 49,
The worlds greatest undersea craft,
the French submarine cruiser Sur
couf, was launched here today.
Surprising by 1000 tons the finest
submarines that America and Great
Britain ever have conceived, the
Surcouf represents the type of craft,
which France has declared it must
retain as an arm Of defense.
The new craft can cruise halfway
around the world without refueling,
can carry a seaplane, is provided
with broadside as well as bow and
stern torpedo tubes and has an ar
mored deck to protect against shells
and air bombs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
SPANKING DRIVES
GIRL TO SUICIDE

"If any one calls" she told the
chum, I'm not here"
Lepley called short time later
and asked for her, but the chum
obeyed orders. When Jane returned
home, according to Coroner Cook,
Lepley accused Jane of lying and
administered an fashioned
spanking.
The girl went to her room on
the second floor and moment
later shot was heard A bullet
had penetrated her right temple
and she died today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18

BIZ United Press
HAMILTON, O., Nov. 18.-Jane
Leah Lepley, 13-year-old school
girl, died here today from a bullet
wound, inflicted, police said, be-
cause of a parental spanking.
The child shot herself Sunday
night with a little revolver her
father had given her, because the
father. Clarence Lepley. spanked
her for telling lie" Coroner Ed
ward Cook said.
Earlier in the day Jane went to
the home OF her chum.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18

Two bandits who walked into a
poolroom in the basement of the
Colonial hotel, where card game
was in progress early today. lined
eight men against the wall, bound
and gagged them and took more
than S315 in money and diamonds
valued at almost $1,000.
Only two of the victims reported
their losses to police. A third ap-
peared at headquarters, but refused
to give his name, or the amount he
surrendered to the gunmen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
ROB GARD PLAYERS
OF MONEY, JEWELS

Joe Guiffre, 1853 Guilford avenue,
said the bandits took diamonds
worth $3.50 and SITS in money from
him. Chubby Scruggs, Colonial
hotel, reported loss of diamond val
ued at $500 and $40 in money.
Carrying automatic pistols, the
bandits forced each Of the eight
men to leave the wall. sit in a
chair and be bound and gagged. The
gunmen were in the poolroom more
than an hour.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
DOCTOR TREATS LINDY
Fier's AiIment Is Not DivuIged, but
Injury Is Denied.
BIZ United Press

BV United Press
NEW YORK, Nov. 18.-Charles
A. Lindbergh is under threatment
by DR.. Walter Phillips of Engle-
wood, N. j., an assistant in Phillips
office told the United Press today.
The assistant refused to reveal
the nature of Lindbergh's ailment
or how long he had been treated.
Lindbergh could not be located. Re-
ports persisted here the the flier
had suffered a shoulder injury, but
friends claimed this was not the
case.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
FLEE KENTUCKY JAIL
Prisoners Bore Hole Through Wall
Foot Thick; One Caught.
BIZ United Press

BH United Press
MADISONVILLE, KY, Nov. 1S.-
Police throughout the state today
were searching for sixteen prisoners
who escaped from the county Jail
here after removing the locks from
three steel doors and boring their
way through twelve-inch brick
wall.
Most of the prisoners were serving
misdemeanor sentences. Seven of
them were Negroes. A seventeenth
man who escaped was captured at
darlington.
The break was the second in less
than month. On Nov. 2, eight
prisoners escaped. A Negro trusty
aroused Jail attaches, who sounded
an alarm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
DAWES VISITS PREMIER
u. S. Ambassador Spends Only Few
Minutes With Macdonald.

BV United Press
LONDON, Nov. 1S.-Ambassador
Charles G. Dawes called on Prime
Minister Ramsay Macdonald today.
The ambassador, whose conversa-
tions with the prime minister fea-
tured the early Anglo-American
naval negotiations, remained only
about thirty minutes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
SUGAR FIGHT DELAYED
Senate Takes Up Tobacco Rates In
Tariff Measure.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1e.-The
senate today agreed to postpone its
debate on sugar rates until some OF
the less controversial schedules OF
the tariff bill have been settled, in
order to hasten progress on the
measure.
Instead of beginning on the sugar
schedule today, as previously
planned. the senate too kup the to-
bacco rates
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
FIREMEN USE SH0VELS
Replace Fifty Tons of Burning Coal
When Blaze Is Conquered.

Bu United Press
EVANSTON, Ill, Nov. 1S.-Water
failed to extinguish fire in fifty
tons of coal in the basement of a
six-Story apartment building, so the
chief ordered the firemen to shovel
it into an alley. For two hours and
a half they shoveled.
When the coal ceased smoldering,
they we're ordered to shovel it back
into the basement again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
SNOW DUE TONIGHT
Sub b-Freezing Weather Is
Expected Tuesday.

Rains tonight will turn to snow,
with an abrupt drop in temperature,
]. H. Armington. meteorologist, pre-
dicted.
The lowest temperature probably
will be reached early Tuesday morn
ing, when the thermometer may
show sub-freezing weather, he said.
The condition will be general
throughout the state, Arlington
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
HUNT MANIAC SLAYER
Germans Start Intensive Search for
Ripper Murderer.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
DUSSELDORF, Germany, Nov.
18.-Led by officials from Berlin,
policemen from every town in this
area of the Rhineland assembled
today and started an intensive hunt
for a maniac-murderer who Is be-
lieved to have killed nineteen per-
sons in recent weeks.
AS the hunt started police were
without a clew to the vicious. Grim
inal whose activities have spread
hysteria through the region. The
search extended over the entire
area in which the ripper" murders
have been committed. All build
ings were searched, especially public
houses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
18 LOST IN SHIP WRECK
Vessel Battled Storms for Four
Days Of Tobasco Coast.

BIZ United Press
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 18.-The
Villa Hermosa correspondent of the
newspaper Universal reported today
that twelve passengers and six
members of the crew were lost in
the wreck of the steamship Villa
HermoSa of the Tabasco coast.
The ship battled storms for four
days, reports to the department of
the interior said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-18
OCEAN LINERS DELAYED
Ships Two Days Late Due to Fog
and Heavy Seas.
BIZ United Press

BIZ Hifed FTfSs
NEW YORK, Nov. 18.-Trans-
Atlantic passenger liners are being
delayed from twelve hours to two
days in docking here. due to heavy
seas and fog In the ship lanes.
The White Star boat Olympic will
dock Wednesday instead of Tues
day and the French liner France
will arrive either Tuesday night or
Wednesday morning.