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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-13
Building Permits

Z. Edwards. dwelling. 1922 North Hard
&. Edwards. dwelling. 5000 North Hard
Ing. IS, 400. .,--,. .,,o
J. Lekss. garage. sig North haugn. >S0g,
= Townsend. dwelling and garage. l02
North Sheridan. IS GOO
T. Campbell reroof. $500 Central $3.50.
@. c. Cloud dwelling ana garage. I24
watson road. Sl2.75o.
O. A Day. dwelling. 2SSs Boulevard
place. $500. 49, .,oo
q Moore garage 1899 Somerset. $3.50.
G. = Dickmeyer. garage. $50 Holly. $3.50.
z SwenSon. dwelling. 1926 BrookSioe
parkway $500
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200 AIRPLANES
WING WAY TO
BATTLE SCENE
100000 Mythical Soldiers
viii Be Used in Great
Army ManeuverS.
BY HARRY WILSON SHARPE
United Press STAFF CorreSDopd.rt


COLUMBUS, o., May 13.-While
200 airplanes winged their way to-
ward Columbus and Dayton. 100000
mythical soldiers we're being con-
centrated" on the banks of the Big
Darby. west of here today, for the
army air ground naneuverS. begin
ming Thursday.
The soldiers. the armies of the
reds and the "blueS," actually rep
resented by panels which will be
moved about on military maps-Wll
battle for the control Of Column
bus. the hypothetical capital of a
hypothetical nation, next week.
The planes, including bombers,
pursuit and observation craft will
be divided, 100 going to the blue
army. which will attack Columbus,
and the remainder to the reds
who will seek to repel the invaders.
Concentrate Near Dayton
The "blue" army's fighting ships
will concentrate at Fairfield, near
Dayton, while the red" planes will
use Norton field here as their base.
War on the nation dominated by
the reds will be declared when
the 200 ships, fully commissioned.
soar into the air and battle for SUI
premacy.
Movement of the 100000 land
forces will hinge on the outcome Of
the battle. If the red planes arc
shot down. the red army bivouacked
on the east bank of the Big Darby,
will retreat to Columbus, on the
theory that the victorious blue
planes have shattered the red line
and prepared the way for an adj
vance.
Concentration of the two "hos~
tile" armies will be completed Tues
day in preparation for the formal
declaration of war at midnight
Wednesday.
Cincinnati to Be Attacked
Between Wednesday night and
Thursday, the opposing planes will
feel out the enemy, seeking infor-
nation as to front lines. ammuni-
ton depots, communications and
supplies.
First phase of the maneuVerS will
end with an attack on Cincinnati
including a battle in which most OF
the 200 planes will participate.
The ground spectacle will be play
for every one except the air men
and land officers and men partici-
pating in the mancuVerS. To the
latter an actual state Of war will
exist.
Problems must be solved, armies
must be moved about on the check
erboard maps, and plans for combat
and retreat must be drawn. Radio
communication between the ground
and the planes must be used extern
sively for the first time in the
maneuyerS.
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Bandit Couples Get $3.50

y y 7 ITTT' " 7 ~
VINCENNES, Ind, May 13.-For
bandits. two men and two women,
held up a filling station here to-
day and escaped with $3.50. Frank
lin Dodds, attendant was bound and
gagged. after he had opened a safe
to change a $40 bill The car in
which the four escaped bore a. New
York license.
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Births


Jack and Anne Kirby. sos University.
Beulsh Msy PAXTON 1925 North Gale
Lloyd and Helen Wilson. 1918 North
Rural
George and Addie snecd. 2l2s Boule-
ward place
Wayne and Helen Young. 1918 South
state
BOYS
James and Dorothy Rigs. 63l Eas. New
York
Esther and Corean Harrison. $50 Burd-
cal Parkway.
Robert and Lorraine O'NeaL Methodist
hospital.
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GAS BOARD TO MEET
Trustees to Gather Tuesday and
Organize.

Members of the city utility board
will meet Tuesday to receive their
commissions and organize.
A date to elect the seven direc-
tors who will operate the iCtizens
Gas Company when it is turned
over to the city will be selected. The
statute provides that the board
choose directors within thirty days.
Mayor L. Ert Slack will explain the
statute under which the city in
tends to operate the utility
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vision superintendent; Thomas B.
Eastland and Walter S. Marvin, San
Francisco. directors; J. v. Magee,
vice president; Pat Murphy, assist
ant to the traffic manager; two
women, Pilot H. H. Gallup, and
c. M. Bradley.
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BARROW TO DEBATE DRY
Contest on Prohibition to Take Place
in Baltimore Tonight.

BALTIMORE. Md, May 10
Clarence Darrow, the famed liberal.
and DR.. Clarence True Wilson. gen.
eral secretary of the Methodist
Episcopal Board of Prohibition,
Temperance and Public Morals, ar
rived here today preparatory to their
debate on prohibition tonight
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V. F. w. TO FETE CHIEF
National Commander VIII Be Guest
at Banquet Here Tonight.

Eugene P. Carver. Jr., Of BOtson,
commander in chief Of the veterans
of Foreign Wars. will be the guest
of honor at a dinner to be given by
Indiana members Of the organiza-
ton at the Calypool at 745 this
evening.
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Euronean Beauties Sail for U. S,

LIE HAVRE, France, May 10
Seven European beauty queens who
have been selected to participate in
the international contest at Gal
weston. sailed for New York in the
liner Rochambeau today.
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PLANE CRASHES
TAKE LIFE TOLL
Aviators Die When Ma
chimes Go Into Dives. .

BIZ United Press
LONG BEACH, Cal. May 13.-
The motor of an airplane failed
here, causing the plane to crash
from an altitude of 300 feet and re-
sulting in the death of Raymond
and Gordon Kettenhoffen, brothers.
Gordon was plotting the ship at the
time.
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Banks and Exchange
INDIANAPOLIS STATEMENT

INDIANAPOLIS STATEMENT
Indianapolis hank clearings Monday
MAY Is, - 932 900. debts. s8.562 600.
NEW YORK STATEMENT
81 HiiCd Press
NEW YORK MAY ID BAN clearings
1891 600 900. clearing house balance. S124.-
5000; federal reserve bank credit bal
snce. sl2l.0O0000.
TREASURY STATEMENT
81 JHifrd Press
WASHINGTON. May f3-Thc treasury
net balance NAV 10. Si6l 49,. 254 9S. Gus
toms receipts TO that date. si6308. 09t39.
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Marion Filler Here

Harold Barnes of the Marion air
port. landed at Hoosier airport
Saturday in Waco biplane with
one passenger. later returning to
Marion.
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BjpIane Lands Here

Eddie Blish. flying an Eaglerock
biplane, landed at Hoosier airport
Saturday night from. Seymour.
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Steamer Runs Aground

BIZ Nifcd Prcss
NEW YORK May 13.-The Brit
ish steamer Gypsum Prince ran
aground near the quarantine dock
while entering the harbor at lis p.
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PROFIT-TAKINC
FORCES STOCK
| PRICES LOWER
Traders Take Profits on All
BuIgeS: Few Issues
Gain.
Average Stock Prices

Average Of tVentv indrs,rials Saturday
vas 324 80. OF III. Acreage Of twenty
rsiis Vae 1871. Up o. Average Of forty
bonds vas % 49, of 10.
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AUXILIARY INITIATES so
Delegates From Three Cities Attend
D. of I. Session.

With delegations present from
Terre Haute, Brookville and Rich
mond, sixty candidates were re-
ceived into the Daughters of Isa-
bella, auxiliary to the Knights OF
Columbus, at initiation ceremonies
at the Claypool, Sunday afternoon.
The D. Of 7, glee club, a quartet
and solos by Miss Ella Laurie and
the Rev. Francis Mellon provided
the entertainment.
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Local Wagon Wheat

CITY grain elevators are paying sl.o2
for No. red wheat and CSC for No. 2,
hard
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Hogs
Cattle
ReceiDts. $50; m;

Receipts. $50; market, steady.
Beef cow .................. S.5O4l1.00
Low cutters and cutter COWS. $500 800
Bulk stock and feeder steers 5000 100
CALVES
Receipts. $50; market, steady.
Rast ,oals OOG14. so
Heavy calves .-............... ll.9O4 l2.OU
-ShcPD-
The Washington times., 1929-10-12
Shelby GrilIed For an Hour
By Justice Department Men

mystery death investigation.
The police official. like all other
witnesses, refused to state what the
nature Of his testimony was, refer
ring all such inquiries to the agents
in charge.
Before his appearance at the Jus.
tice Department Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Coppertithe, owners OF a boat
house, were closeted with the in.
vestigators. They are. supposed to
have testified regarding an incident
on the river last summer when the
pretty nurses life was endangered
by one of her male companions.
No other witnesses We're called
during the forenoon. although it Is
expected that DR.. Thomas Ballard,
of New York. former sutton of the
slain girl, will again take the stand
early this afternoon. 1t is known
that he is still in Washington and
subject to call by investigators
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Fiue Deep Cuts on Head ShOW
HODze MerciLessLY Beaten

house that the jewellers were X .ep-
Ing them awake.
Two policemen were dispatched
to the scene. but did not arrive
until after Douglas was shot and
killed.
Douglas was to have left for New
York today to seek another job,
and the party was his going
away" party. His sweetheart, his
best friend and the latter's girl,
were his companions. according to
the story Smoot and the girls told.
A picture of Mrs. Campbell, who
was Douglas girl friend" police
say, was found in a billfold on his
body.
Howe was in great pain but re.
lated his account of the events pre-
ceding the shooting to mis- follow
officers who came to his assistance
too late.
When he knocked on the door
Of the apartment, he said. one OF
the young women asked, Who's
there?"
Don't let him in" said one man,
After a short time, during which
there were sounds of much scurry-
ing around in the apartment. the
door was opened. Howe said he
heard crashing noises which made
him believe liquor bottles were be-
ing broken.
The liquor had been thrown out
of the window, and police said
they found the broken bottles In
an alley adjoining the apartment
The Washington times., 1929-10-12
LEC|ONBANQUET
SET NOV. Il

SANDY SPRING, Md. Oct. a.
The date for the annual banquet
Of Norman Price Post, American
Legion, was set for Armistice Day,
Nov. II, at the regular quarterly
meeting Of the post held at Sandy
Spring last night. Commander H.
M. Carroll has appointed as the
committee in charge OF arrange.
ments for the banquet ]. F. Barns
ley, Thomas Hyde ", and r. W.
Kemp.
The post voted to continue its
award Of Legion bronze medals to
the outstanding boy and girl in the
graduating class of Sherwood Gram.
mar School in 1880.
The entertainment committee,
consisting of J. F. Barnsley, Ed.
ward Snowden, and r. W. Kemp,
was instructed to plan for the hold
ing Of one or two dances or enter
tainments to raise funds for the
post and to report on the same at
special meeting of the post to
be held next Monday, October IA.
AT the same time under the direc-
ton of the building committee,
which includes j. F. Barnsley, A. D.
Farquhar, and III. H. Adams, mem.
bers Of the post will prepare their
recently acquired war trophies for
display and put their headquarters
IN shape for the winter meetings
Of the post.
the committee on the disposal Of
the lighting plant belonging to the
post reported that no sale as vet
mad been made, members of the
COMMITTEES being A. D. Farquhar,
H. H. Adams, and Edward Snowden
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Ne was shot once In the abdomen
aad twice in the chest. A physician
from Emergency Hospital said he
had died Immediately.
Smoot, taken to Police Head
quarters, faced a battery of detec'
lives in the line up. For some
time he was closeted with the
detectives in the squad room and
then taken to the Eighth precinct,
whore he will be- detained to face
the charge of assaulting an officer.
!. Both telephone operators are held
Oh the House Of Detention. At
teMpts by the press to communicate
with them have been unavailing
and 1t Ii understood that they will
he held incommunicado until after
the inquest.
Howe was given first aid at
Emergency Hospital by the same
doctor who pronounced Douglas
dead.
Policeman Howe, has been on
the police force about four years
and has been stationed at the
Eighth precinct the whole time. He
lives on Bates Street Northwest,
near North Capitol.
Five deep cuts were on Howze's
scalp. He is being given further
treatment by DIR. Daniel L. Borden,
police surgeon.
At the time Howe. attracted by
the noise, headed for the apart
ment, police at his station had
already received complaints from
other persons in the apartment
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Showing the strain under which he
has been laboring since the Grand
Jury demanded that he be disci-
plined, Inspector William S. Shelby,
a brkoen man, appeared again at the
Department of Justice and was
grilled for more than an hour by
agents in charge of the investigation
of the mysterious strangling Of
Mrs. Virginia Mcpherson.
Inspector Shelby with Lieut.. Ed.
ward j. Kelly made a cursory exam
ination Of the apartment in the Park
Lane, where the pretty nurses body,
pajama cord knotted about the
throat, was found by her husband
Robert A. Mcpherson. jr., Septem'
Der IA.
1t was the insistence Of the two
officers. that the girl had died by
her own hand. and the subsequent
destruction of vital clues to the
identity Of her supposed slayer,
which caused the reopening of the
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.BLEASE FLAYS
POLICE HEADS

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ment of the District has the most
inefficient direction Of any city in
the world.
mo mind could possibly imagine
the inefficiency OF the Detective Blu
reau in the Mcpherson case. There
was no attempt to follow the Gus
whether a suicide or a murder had
been committed.
1T was rushed through and
hushed up SO thoroughly that there
was no opportunity to find the
facts"
King Asks Delay
Senator William H. King. of Utah
urged the committee to delay the
investigation until after the Nc
Pherson case Is disposed Of in the
courts.
THE agitation which such an In
vestigation inevitably would cause, "
King argued, would inflame the
public mind at this time, and would
make it exceedingly difficult to get
a jury"
He suggested that the probe be
delayed until the next regular SEES
sion. This view, however. was
strongly opposed by Senator Blaine.
who insisted that the Senate has
asked in this resolution for q full
against the District government to
be made at the earliest possible
moment.
Hits Congress Probes
Senator King finally declared that
he was willing to allow the investi-
CATION to be referred to the subcom-
mittee on police and fire, headed by
Senator F. NJ. Sackett of Kentucky.
Sixty per cent of the inVestiga-
lions authorized by Congress. and
have been responsible for many
of Them" King declared, ARE OBJ
solutely vaiueless. A great deal of
testimony Is taken, and 1t is printed.
and a report made, but nobody ever
reads it. and nothing is ever done
about it."
There is greater percentage
than that" remarked Senator Yves
ley M. Jones Of Washington.
Senators Jones and 'Vandenbers
are members of the police and fire
subcommittee, but they told Senator
Capper today that their work on the
tariff bill probably would engage
most of Their time. Senator Cafper
announced that he had appointed
Blease to the subcommittee, and
that the work could be undertaken
by Senators Sackett, Blease and
Copeland.
Following the meeting, Blease an
nounced that he would confer with
Senator Sackett on Monday, and
asked him to subpoena records from
the Grand Jury, the District Attor'
ney's office and the Police Depart
ment touching on various phases
of the proposed investigation.
Senator Saekett left Washington
last night for his home in Louisville.
KY.
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OPENING. GRAVE
! Of GIRL TODAY

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Mt. Zion reformer church until to-
day.
The mere arrival of the agents in
Salisbury, however. was enough to
send newspaper correspondents out
to the lonely graveyard In the ealy
morning hours. They waited in the
chill of the morning air for hours
before it was learned that the ex.
humation had been postponed until
today.
The grave Of the victim of
Washington's tragedy adjoins the
plot occupied by the remains of her
brother, Otis e. Hurley, who died
in 1917. when he was 81 years old,
about the same age as that at
tanned by the young nurse when
her half-nude body was discovered
by her husband, Robert A. McPher.
son, IT., in their apartment on
September IA.
The husband Is now in Jail await.
Ing trial on an indictment charging
him with numbering his wife of is
months.
The question on every lip in this
little community is will the body
Of the young nurse, when it is
lifted from its coffin today, rise to
testify against the young bank
clerk, whose impetuous wooing won
her from another sweetheart.
Principal points to be covered by
the trio of agents in their examina.
ton of the body will be the presence
of any scars. marks. or bruises not
noticed by DR.. A. Magruder Mac.
Donald. deputy coroner Of Wash.
ington, when he performed the
autopsy which was reported to the
Coroner's Jury and resulted in the
verdict of suicide.
Another point of close examina.
ton will be the lefthand of the
young woman. the hand from which
diamond solitaire was found mys-
teriouslv missing after finding Of
her body. On this point. the ex-
animation will be minute, in an eff
fort to determine whether or not
the ring was wrenched forcibly from
her hand.
" 1t has not been announced
whether the vital organs of the
young woman will be examined, but
1T is believed that this course will
be followed in order to settle the
point which has been raised as to
whether or not the nurse had been
subject to violation Immediately
prior to her death.
Marks on the neck left by the
Strangulation cord will also be
studied in detail. So far as has
been determined by previous
medical examination there were no
marks on the neck except the
round welt left by the pressure of
the cord.
The Washington times., 1929-10-12
Believe Mcpherson
Girls Neck Broken
Times staff Photo.

run out is the report that the nurse
endeavored, a few days before she
was slain, to secure employment
for young man that she knew in
her Southern home in her school
days.
Justice agents will probably have
some startling revelations to make
as soon as the results of the new
autopsy on Virginia McPherson's
body are made known to the local
office. Until that time, however
they indicate a period Of watchful
waiting.
Young Mcpherson still main.
tains an attitude Of stoical calm
in his cell at the jail, and con.
tinues to assert that regardless of
the outcome Of the investigation
his name will be cleared, and that
he will walk from the iail a free
man
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theory that the girl was slugged by
her assailant and when in an uncon
scious condition. garroted. This in.
vestigators point out would have
been done in an effort to throw
police off the trail and tend to make
the death look to be q suicide.
Many new angles were opened
yesterday after DR.. Thomas Ballard,
Of New York, former sutton of the
slain girl. had gone over in detail
everything he knew regarding Vir-
ginia Mcpherson. One significant
point was developed yesterday.
which indicated that Ballard had
given testimony of inestimahle
value to agents. and that was the
sudden change in their attitude In
regard to the exhumation of the
nurses body.
One other anglia which In heiuo
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Miss Frye Does Not Remember
What Happened After Attack

Miss Frye. her face still showing
traces Of tears, told Times reporter
her version of the tragedy.
81 don't remember anything after
the policeman was knocked down."
she said. 1T was terrible"
Smoot, she said, had come to call
on her earlier in the night. Later
Douglas and Mrs. Campbell came to
the apartment and it was suggested
that all go for an automobile ride.
Returning from this about mid
night, they had some sandwiches to
eat.
When the policeman knocked on
the door, she said, she admitted him.
although the men protested. They
threw several bottles of liquor from
the window, the girl said.
The Washington times., 1929-10-12
DIR. WaldrOn to Preach
Anniversary Sermons

Milton waldron, pastor, will be
preached tomorrow in celebration Of
the sixty-sixth anniversary Of Shiloh
Baptist church.
The celebration will continue into
next week, and the Rev. 8. L. Nc
Dowell, pastor of the White Rock
Baptist Church, Durham, N. c., will
preach = the anniversary sermon
October 20.
The Washington times., 1929-10-12

Douglas took away Howzee's night
stick and Smoot knocked him down,
Miss Frye said. Then she tainted,
and was not revived until there
were several policemen present.
Miss Frye, a strikingly pretty
brunette, had recovered some de-
gree of composure when she told
her story. She said she is the lessee
of the apartment wheresthe tragedy
occurred and had lived there alone
for about three months. She is ex-
ployed at the North Exchange. as
is Mrs. Campbell.
The latter, according to police
was moved by the tragedy, and
was still under the influence of
drinks she had at the party, and
could not give a coherent account
of what she saw several hours later.
The Washington times., 1929-10-12
ARREST ACkER
IN RUM CASE

Seeking vengeance when he
brought them to court on assault
charges growing out of a wild
liquor search and shooting, Con.
stables Walter Good and Glenwood
Willie. of Laurel. yesterday had
William Acker. Washington law
student and aide on Governor
Ritchie's staff, arrested for speed.
ing and reckless driving. He will
be tried Wednesday.
The warrant was served when
the youth appeared before Judge
Howard w. Gore to testify that
the two men, in civilian clothes and
firing pistols. forced his machine
from the road near Laurel one
night last week. manhandled him
and left without making their
identities known.
They were traced by the license
of their car. The accused con-
stables said they were chasing a
liquor car, and mistook Acker's
machine for that pursued.
When the warrant was served on
Acker. the court postponed trial of
the officers and ordered both cases
brought up at 10 o'clock Wednes-
day morning in Hyattsville.
The Washington times., 1929-10-12
P OOLS TESTED
IN BETHESDA

BETHESDA, Nd, Oct. IA
movement to make a thorough in
vestigation of all swimming pools
in the Bethesda area has been
launched by the committee on sani-
tation and public health of the
Bethesda Chamber Of Commerce.
The action was taken following a
report made by Rossel E. Mitchell of
Chevy Chase, who declared that
numerous complaints had been made
that certain swimming pools were
not meeting the sanitation and
health requirements and that for the
welfare of the many residents Of the
Bethesda Chevy Chase area he con-
sidered an investigation should be
made.
The committee, headed by John
Imirie, will Immediately inquire into
the status of the swimming pools
ant submit report at the Novem'
Der meeting of the Chamber Of Com
merce.
The Washington times., 1929-10-12
Store Managers Plan
To Meet Here in Nav

The seventh annual conventio, Of
the Store Managers Division will be
held In Washington in May, 1880. it
was announced today by Earle
Powers. of Philadelphia, Pa, chair.
man Of its board Of directors Of the
Division.
Powers recently attended the
meeting Of the executive council of
the National Retail Dry Goods Asso.
citation in New York City, where sug.
gestions for the February conven.
ton of the association.