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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
AUTO STRIKES BOY
Several Others Hurt in HoIi-
day Accidents.

Running from behind 4 parked
automobile in the 500 block on Elm
street into the path Of a car driven
by Ned Moore, Negro. 81. Of 955
Hosbrook street, Charles Fosso Jr.,
4. of 1923 Easa Market street, was
injured on the head Thursday.
T. H. Davis, Washington hotel,
was cut on the hand when his
coupe overturned at Twenty ninth
street and Northwestern avenue. His
car collided with that Of Clyde
Jones. Negro, 2227 Northwestern
avenue.
Miss Margaret Adams. q, of 114O
Hoyt avenue, and William Griffith,
81. of 1922 East Raymond street,
riding in the rumble seat of
roadster driven by an unidentified
man. we're injured when it side
swiped the machine Of Frank John
son. 2022 Valley avenue, plunged
into q ditch and struck telephone
pole.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
DURANT FLAYS
RESERVE BOARD
Actions Have Made America
Laughing Stock.

F-' TrHr@ Pres.
PARIS. MAY 2t.-Tillism c. d.
rant. millionaire motor noagnate,
New York. today addressing the
American Club here. violently at
tackled the recent actions Of the
United States federal reserve board.
which he said was making America
the laughing stock of European
financial circles.
The reserve board. he asserted, is
causing losses of hundreds OF mil
lions of dollars and destroying the
confidence of investors. He pre-
dicted that at the next session of
congress q. bill will be introduced
that will not die in committee,
defining strictly the functions of the
reserve board.
Durant said the federal reserve
board. by creating an atmosphere
Of uncertaintv, has accomplished
what it sought to avoid. Namely:
The increase Of pure gambling in
securities and the driving out of
the serious investor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
SLAIN WOMAN
FOUND BY BOYS
Body Discovered in Woods
Near Hebron.
By United Prces

~ : NfJCG E|tCS
HEBRON, Ind, May 31--An in
vestigation is being made today into
the finding of an unidentified wom-
ans body in a clump OF trees near
here.
Inspection revealed she had been
killed by a blow on the head. There
we're no further marks of violence,
Coroner f. J. Miller said.
The body, discovered by two small
boys. was believed to have been in
the woods more than ten days.
A man who had hunted mush-
rooms in the vicinity told police he
saw a man and woman drive into
the woods. He explained that ma
chimes rarely frequented that sec
tons because of the bad condition
of the roads.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
TWO INJURED BY AUTOS
Pedestrian Run Down: Passenger
Hurt in Crash.

John Miller, so. Of 1909 South I'LL
nois street, was injured when
knocked to the pavement in the
2800 block South Meridian Thurs
DAY night by an automobile driven
by Kenneth May, 18, Anderson, Ind.
May said Miller stepped from be-
tween two cars parked at the curb.
He was taken to city hospital.
Lawrence wise. 19. Of 1910 Harlan
street. was cut by flying glass when
d car operated by Joseph Harvey.
IS. of 2750 Adams street, in which
he was riding struck two cars
parked on North Rural street at 10
p. m. Thursday. Harvey told police
he fell asleep at the wheel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
FOUND IN AUTO
Driver Arrested After Accident on
Two Charges.

Joseph Facconi, II, South Della
ware street, was held on charges of
vagrancy and driving an automobile
without license plates, following an
accident Thursday. His car collided
with one driven by Elmer Duvall.
80 Trowbridge street. at Southeast
ern and State avenues. Five old
rifles wre found in Facconi's car,
police said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
BOND CASE HALTED

Arguments on Claim Against Sulli-
van Bank Set for June II.
BIZ Times Special
VINCENNES, Ind, May 31.-The
suit of William j. Abbott, Spencer,
on a claim for 100000 against the
new defunct Citizens Trust Com
pany Bank Of Sullivan, came to an
abrupt halt in Knox circuit court
here today when Judge w. F. CAL
verley announced that no further
proceedings would be had until final
arguments are made June II,
Evidence for both Abbott and Ben
G. Crowder. receiver of the bank,
was closed today when witnesses in
rebuttal we're heard. They test
fed regarding the character of Alb
bott and James M. Lang, former
head of the company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
DEATH FOLLOWS FALL
Aged City Man Fatally Injured in
Drop From window.

John La Vale, so, Of 294612 Cliff
ton street who fell from his bed
room window Tuesday night. died
in city hospital at $50 this morn
ing.
Members OF the family today con-
tradicted q police report that he was
drunk. Mrs. Charles Evans, 1921
Congress avenue. said he had a
nervous breakdown recently and
cameto visit with his mother. Aris-
ing from. bed to get a glass of wa
ter, she said, he walked out of the
open window. fracturing a leg.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
Drinking and Vandalism
CHARGED to School Boys
IN Times SpccigJ

n SDcc1l
ELWOOD May 3A party attended BY high school seniors
T. greater portion of bottled beer is said to
have been the which vandalism
committed against automobiles investigation by police
today
accused all boys said to nave let air out OF tires OF
Christian church where rehearsal for
entertainment progress disconnected wires and
carried away the have notified
they malicious destruction OF
erty
boys according police confessed his in the
his companions
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
GIRL MURDERED IN BED
Believed Shot Through Window;
Police Seek Husband.

Mrs. Julia Washington. 20, Negro,
2o16 Yandes street, was found by
her mother. Mrs. Villa Steele. early
today. dead in bed with bullet
wound i'll the back Of the head. A
window nearby was open.
Police are searching for her hus-
band. Ernest. from whom She has
been separated for three months.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
BALL TO END SHOW
Aviation Dance to Be Given
Saturday Night.

The Indianapolis aircraft show at
the state Playground will be CHI
NAKED Saturday night with an
aviation ball.
The dance vii lbe free to all air
show visitors. Lee H. Hotel. show
manager, announced. Music will be
provided by the Palmer Laycock
orchestra.
Saturday will be Boy Scout day
and Sunday will be f1yaway day.
Large crowds have attended the
show since its opening Monday
night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
GAS LINES ARE SOUGHT
Civic Body Objects TO Paving Before
Mains Put in.

Paving Of Shelby street south of
Troy avenue without gas mains to
serve that territory vii be protested
tonight, at meeting of the Nc
GAINESVILLE Civic Improvement Asso-
citation at the community hall, Troy
and Carson avenues.
Civic leaders desire the construc-
ton of gas lines by the Citizns Gas
Company before the improvement is
made.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
HOLD SERVICES SUNDAY
First Ward Republicans TO Honor
Dead Members.

Annual memorial services for de-
ceased members Of the First Ward
Republican Club will be held in IN
dianapolis cemeteries Sunday after
noon.
Meeting at the clubroons in
Compton hall, 2001 Winter avenue
at l p. m. members will form mo-
tor procession to the cemeteries
where graves Of former members
will be decorated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
STARTS
$4,000 FIRE IN OIL

owner of the Leader company, TO
operate a pump in unloading a
tank car, caused the kerosene ex-
plosion.
AS the backflre occurred Wrey
jumped into a truck and drove
rapidly away. He was not hurt.
All parts of Danville we're shaken
by the blast and it was felt in the
country districts within radius of
five miles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
Woman Escapes From Snake

N IWcs Npcci0T
MARION, Ind, May 81 Mrs.
Mary Walmer narrowly escaped at
tack by large blacksnake which
had found its way into the cellar of
her home. The snake, killed by
neighbors. was more than five feet
long.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
Allies viii Pay Bills of
Army of Occupation in
Rhineland.
FULL ACCORD IS NEAR
Conferees Expect to End
Reparations Farley in
Short Time.
BY SAMUEL DASHIELL

PARIS, May 31.-Germa11y Will be
relieved Of the heavy burden of
footing the bills for maintenance Of
the allied army of occupation in the
Rhineland as soon as the Young
plan Of reparations payments has
supplanted the Dawes plan, it was
learned by the United Press today.
The allies have allowed this point
TO the Reich elegation to the con-
ference of reparations experts as q,
special concession for accepting the
annuities terms stipulated in the
Owen D. Young agreement for q
final settlement of the long standing
war debt problem.
The allied occupation OF the
Rhineland may continue as long as
the Versailles treaty allows, which
is until 1885, or may be shortened
by 2, f uture conference between the
allied nations and Germany. The
powers Of the reparations experts to
discuss such political matters as
complete evacuation of the occupied
territory being limited, this ques-
ton must b. solved at later cor-
ference
Lifts Heavy Burden
Meanwhile, however. one thing IS
certain-the allies, beginning Sept.
I. when the Young plan probably
will become effective. will have to
divide the costs Of maintaining their
army Of occupation among them
selves.
This will relieve Germany of the
burden OF paying nearly 100000 a
month, the approximate costs Of the
occupation army maintenance.
Offlcials Of the French govern
ment confirmed reports that the
allies in the future would share the
occupation costs among themselves.
but insisted that there we're no
plans at present for q conference
to discuss tn problem of shortening
the occupation period.
From an economic point Of view,
they emphasized. it is just as cheap
for the governments to feed and
house their troops in the Rhineland
as it would be in their own coun-
tries.
Under the inspiration Of Young
himself. the experts today worked
at high speed on the remaining
problems. and it was hoped that by
this evening everything would be in
shape for a final sediment on all
points.
Want to Get Home
All the delegations are anxious
for a speedy conclusion to the ne
gotiations. The Americans want to
go home, as do the Britishers. The
French wish. to clear the problem up
for economic reasons and the Ger
mans want a complete settlement
Immediately so that they can take
up the question of the evacuation of
the Rhineland at the League of
Nations meeting at Madrid on
June 10.
The conference has reached a
point now where even DR.. Hjalmar
Schacht, head of the German dele
cation, has ceased his dilatory tao
tics and is helping to speed matters
along, so that he can go home.
Practically all delegates are agreed
that nothing can keep the confer
ence from reaching an agreement.
The Belgian francs settlement, with
the demand by Brussels that Ger
many pay for the gold francs con-
fiscated from Belgium during The
war. is about the only matter of
disagreement left and even that is
rapidly vanishing as a serious
problem
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
ROBINSON HEADS 100
SHRINERS TO CONCLAVE
City Delegates Leave on Special for
Los Angeles.

Headed BY Senator Arthur T.
Robinson. potentate and delegate,
100 members Of Murat Shrine left
Memorial day on special train to
attend the conclave Of the Imperial
Council session Of the Temple
Mystic Shrine in OILS Angeles. The
meeting begins June and con-
tinues through June 6.
A feature Of the trip was to be
q visit to Grand Canyon.
The special was due to arrive in
Los Angeles Monday.
Many wives of the Shriners &C
companied their husbands on the
Trip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
FAKES AUTO WRECK
Beat Mother-i Law, Then Caused
Accident to Cover Up Crime.

IN lUifCG Press
MUSHROOM. Mich, May 81
Harry Anderson. 36. confessed today
that he deliberately wrecked his
automobile after beating Mrs. Lulu
Hontoon. his mother in-laW in
sensible. He thought the fake &C
cident would cover his crime. Mrs.
Hontoon will recover, and Anderson
is suffering only slight injuries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
Wife Desertion Charged

MARION, Ind, May 31.-Joy j.
Straub, 30, employed in a Marion
garage, has been arrested on request
Of Milwaukee CWis) authorities,
who hold warrant for him charg-
ing wife desertion. He is being held
in the Grant county jail pending
arrival OF Milwaukee officers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
COOLER WEATHER DUE
High Mark of Season. SO. Recorded
Thursday Afternoon.

Cooler weather is in prospect. the
weather bureau said today as it re-
corded a new high temperature for
the Season-89 degrees-at 4 p. m.
Thursday.
Mostly cloudy and cooler tonight
anu Saturday; probably unsettled at
tines was the forecast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
RyTincs Special

e. Times Special
DANVILLE. Ind May 3l.-Dam-
age estimated at $4,000 was caused
by fire which destroyed two tanks
filled with kerosene and gasoline
here
II is estimated that 5000 gallons
Of kerosene and $4,000 gallons OF
gasoline were destroyed.
Back fire from a gasoline engine
being used by william Wrey, part
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
BUS CRASH KILLS ONE
Two Believed Dying; Is Injured,
When Tire Blew Out.

81 { Ut5en PreeS
GENEVA, o., May 31.-Two of the
eighteen persons injured near here
when a Great Lakes stage bus
crashed into a tree after a front
tire blew out. we're said to be in
serious condition today.
Funeral services for Miss Har-
nit Woodruff. killed in the accident,
were to be held today at Ashtabula.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
DAVIS TO SAIL SOON
New Philippines Governor General
to Leave June Is.

OH / Ntt6u FT6SS
WASHINGTON. May 31.-For-
mer Secretary Of War Dwight w.
Davis will sail from Seattle, June
Is, to assume his new duties as
encouragement of the Philippines,
he told the United Press today.
Davis will be accompanied by his
niece, Alta Davis, and his daugh-
ter Alice. Mrs. Davis, who has been
seriously i'll at Johns Hopkins hos
pital. Baltimore. probably will join
the governor general ii Manila next
winter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
IRISH WIFE BOSSES 'SCARFACE AL


HICAGo May 3 Capone of the tough Chicago
~ inspired Chcagoan than any
other who ever lived. is afraid of his wife
bidding squads Of hired killers
spring instant action OF the nehes qees husbands
in al jail in Philadelphia
the underworld,
half all tngbu in the brick
where family lives he
band Hy discipline that lesser husbands
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
DESTROY WALL
Knock Down Portion of New
Building.

TandalS. believed small boys.
Thursday knocked down a portion
Of the front brick wall on a new
building he is constructing at $40
North Illinois street. NJ. NJ. Andrews,
4C5 Peoples bank building, told de-
tectives today. His workmen put up
the wall Thursday. he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
Wire Pierces Foot

81 lWts NDecfnI
MT. MERIDIAN. Ind, May 81
Chasing poultry out of the back
yard OF his home proved unfortu-
nate for Grin Kirett, when a piece
of wire penetrated the ball Of one
of his feet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
AIRPORT CHECKS GIVEN
City Closes Land Purchases for
Municipal Field.

Sixteen checks totaling S267,000
for the 1,000-acre municipal airport
site south Of Ben Davis were deliv-
cred to landowners To-Day by Smiley
N. Chambers, assistant city attor-
ney,-and L. J. McMasters, realtor.
The city obtained deeds for the
property from the various land
owners.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
AMERICANS CELEBRATE
Ponselle and Hagen Join the
Election Night Festivities.

hU UITfN iIto9
LONDON. May 3l.-RoSa Pom
selle. American grand opera prima
donna, was among the celebrants in
election night festivities at the
Hotel Savoy.
Walter Hagen, American golf star,
also Joined in the celebration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31

Neighbors Of the Capone family
Prairie avenue is one Of the quiet
est. most sedate residential streets
in the city-say that the Capones
are orderly and retiring neighhors.
Boss Is Bossed
They will also tell YOU 4 little
story, Illustrating the way in which
the boss of gangland is himself
bossed.
One night, it seems. Al Cap0ne
vas out late. No one knows where
he was. but evidently it was not 2
business trip. So, when he returned
10 his house. he was in very. ver~
bad. just like any other husband
might be.
Cerone tried the front door It
was locked. He rang the bell. and
presently Mrs. Capones voice came
down through the speaking tube.
Capone said a few placatory words,
and then sheepishly turned away.
He had Just been told that he
could not come in his house that
night.
Home to Mother
The car of Chicagos gangdom
took the rebuke very meeklv.
Quietly he went around to the part
Of the house in which his mother
lives. A! summoned her and asked
her few questions about the vel
fare Of his 9-yearold boy. Sonny
had he been a good boy that Gay,
had he had q. good time, had he
been in good health. and SO on?
Then he went away to the soil
tary splendor Of his well-guarded
suite in downtown hotel.
Capone's whole life. his neigh
bors say, is wrapped up in his son.
Sonny is a quiet. well-behaTed
youngster, who knows nothing about
the business his father is in. He
is the soft spot Of hard-boiled Al
Capone; the one place where the
toughest of the gangsters is vul-
nerable
Guards Boy From Gangs
Capone mas used every effort to
guard the youngster from contact
With his own world The boy never
has heard the jargon of the under
world. Very likely he would say
that a racket was simply loud
noise
He knows nothing about bootleg
gipg, pistol battles. beer vars and
the like. When AIS bodyguard
comes into the house, every gunman
present knows it would be almost
as much as his life was worth to let
young Sonny see a revolver.
Mrs May Capone, Sonny's mother
and Al Capone's wife, is Irish
quiet, soft spoken, seldom seen much
by the neighbors, looking not at all
the way you would expect the wife
Of millionaire gang king to look.
Both she and her husband are about
30 years old
Washes Own Dishes
She has q housemaid to DO the
general work about the house, but
she is quite capable of donning an
apron and digging into a wash
boiler or sink full of dishes. She
wears clothes that are expensive,
but not f1asfy; her only jewelry
consists of Wedding ring and a
diamond ring, worn on the same
finger.
Capone's' aged mother is adored
by her son. She. Capone's wife,
and Sonny are the trinity that Ca
pone worships On his Sunday
visits Capone always donned an
apron, rolled up his sleeves-and
went to the kitchen to cook a great,
Steaming, savory mess of spaghetti.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31
TWO HELD IN STABBING
Woman Slashes Man When He
ChokeS Her.

Infatuated at things he said about
her Miss Janet Chambers, Negro,
1886 South fremont street, stabbed
Mckinley Childs. Negro, 1916 Kappes
street. three times with knife, he
told police Thursday night. She
was held on charges of assault and
battery with intent to kill, and
Childs was charged with assault and
battery. He admitted choking her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-04
FIGHTING
OIL PLANT PERMIT
Whole of Mackey Hill Up Yin
Arms Against Application
for Grant.
BY LESTER N. INSKEEP.
STAFF Correspondent of The Star,

ROSSLYN, Va, September 4.-Tak-
ing advantage Of the delay granted by
the Arlington County Zoning Commits
sion, the residents of Mackey Hill are
spending every available minute in the
preparation of data with which TO fight
the granting the Sun Oil Co. a permit
for a large oil storage plant here. The
application has aroused opposition sec
ond only to that evidenced in the re-
cent abattoir fight, 1t was said by those
working against 1t.
Opponents of the proposed oil plant
led by Capt. Crandal Mackey, who will
also act as counsel for the residents
DR.. j. N. Roberts. whose property ad-
joins and overlooks the proposed site,
and Charles Garrels, an old resident of
Mackey Hill, have until September 20
in which to prepare a case. Frequent
meetings are being held at the homes
Of citizens, and there now seems little
doubt that the oil company will have
almost the entire citizenship of the
Mackey Hill subdivision aligned against
1t.
The property on which it is proposed
to erect the plant is located to the
north Of fhe Lee highway in RoSslyn
and extends from that thoroughfare to
the river. Tentative plans of the COM
pany call for the erection of 10 large
storage tanks, a wharf or mooring posts
to which barges would be tied after
they are brought up the river by tugs.
These barges, 1t is claimed, would con-
tinuously line the Virginia shore at this
point and would offer distinct barrier
to the proposed Identification of the
Virginia shore through It's development
into a parkway.
Taking the stand that the plant
would be both a fire hazard and eye
sore, the opponents will argue that all
oil storage plants should be grouped to
the south Of Rosslyn along the railroad
tracks, where a large number of them
are now located.