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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31
Quiet House
Hush of Death-F Fear
Grips Home of Miss
ing Girl.

BIZ Times Special
INVEST TERRE HAUTE, Ind,
w Jan, Silt is possible for
eight children in one house to
be quiet day after day.
Eight children IN the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Dierdorf here
have not laughed or played since
Sunday. They are the brothers
and sisters of Edith Mae Dierdorf,
10, missing since she left home
five days ago to carry a news
paper route and attend Sunday
school.
Edith Mae was fond of music,
but since Sunday there has been
no music III her home. The cover
of a piano is closed over its keys
a violin is shut tight in its case.
THE grieylng mother describes
i her growing terror-by an
odd coincidence her little girl,
who was fond of the movies, was
looking forward to the time when
she could see "The Terror"
Mrs. Dierdorf recalls Sunday
forenoon when Edith failed to
come home.
eve had dinner almost ready,
but no one set the table. That
was always Edith's work.
The hours dragged on. At 3
in the afternoon the chlid's older
sister called police headquarters
and hospitals. She received no
information. Next, members Of
the family scattered through the
neighborhood in search of Edith.
No one had seen her.
THE Dierdorr home was d
u gathering place for all the
children living near by. Edith
Mae attended the Evangelical
church Sunday school, but Prot
estantS and Catholics were her
friends.
Her mother says:
every one loved her, little
Catholic and Protestant girls
alike. One little Catholic girl
asked the Sisters of Providence
at her school to have the children
pray that Edith Mae be found"
Edith's friends call at her home
to ask if there is any news. They
have little to say-childish awe
in the shadow OF death keeps
them quiet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31
ICE WEDDING CAKE
FOR MYSTERY GIRL
Don t Miss IT

TINE BLACK PIGEON"
Il Anne Austin new mys-
terry thriller, which began in
The Times Wednesday, is on
Page z today. Start this fas-
cinating story now. Don't miss
a single installment.
Later on you will have op-
portunity to test your own
powers of observation and de-
ductions. You will have a,
chance to send in your own
solution to "The Black Pigeon"
mystery and win a prize.
An announcement will be
made that will be of interest to
every reader of The Times.
Meanwhile, if you want a daily
thrill, and if you want the OPP
portunity to solve the mystery
yourself, be sure to follow this
absorbing new serial every day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31
FILE IN ATKINS SUIT
Injunction Against Tax Re-
fund Sought.

Final brief in the z, C. Atkins g.
Co. injunction suit in federal court
to prevent refund Of $8,O00,0 900 taxes
collected in 1919, 1920 and 1921, un-
der horizontal increase order, was
fled today byattorneys for the COM
pany.
Oral arguments will be heard Feb.
8. Officials of the civil city, school
city and Marion county are de-
PENDANTS.
The brief sets out that the refund
would be illegal because the Atkins
company and 900 other Marion
county corporations were assessed
directly by the state tax board and
would not receive refund, but would
be taxed to pay refund to other tax
payers assessed by township as
seSorS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31
Chewing Gum and Automobile Ride Sus-
pected as Having Enticed Missing
Terre Haute Child to DOOM
RADIO IS USED TO AID IN HUNT
Investigators Fear Body Was Thrown Into
Creek After Staying; Dragging
Fails to Reveal CleW.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Jan. 31-Chewng gum and an au-
omobe ride believed to have formed the death lure
Edith Mae Derdorf 10year-od missing West Terre Hauta
child and the object of search which is at most without
precedent in the history of western Indiana.
Clarence Brothers, local grocer has identified picture
Edith that Of child who his Sunday the day
of her disappearance and bought package chewing gum
then left and entered Chevrolet landau Brothers did
the cars license number get description Of any person it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31
AIDS SECRECY FIGHT
Dawes Ruling Boosts Jones
Resolution.
Ba United Press

Ba United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-Vice-
President Dawes. champion of rules
revision in the senate, lent a helping
hand today to the group fighting
for abolition of the 150-year-old
senate secrecy rule.
Dawes decided the Jones amend
ment to abolish secret sessions ex-
cept when two-thirds of the senate
votes otherwise, could be adopted Jy
majority vote. The unexpecte J
decision brought CONNER dation
from adherents of the Jones reso
luton and protests from Republican
senators desirous of sidetracking the
Jones proposal to the rules COM
mittee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31

which has been created by some
promoter for the purpose of gain.
Rather has it come as a result of
the general demand from dancers
that they be given something new
something which could be
adapted suitably. easily and grace
fr'7y to the popular sweet tunes
that are becoming so popular
over the entire nation.
Just watch The Times tomorrow
and you1l find out how you can
learn this new dance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31

Between 500 and 600 men
today are searching Busseron
creek bottoms near Paxton,
twenty-eight miles south of
here, continuing a search which
started Wednesday. Near a
bridge over the creek, on the
Dixie Bee highway, a blood
stained newspaper bag belong
ing to the child was found Tues
lay.
Some investigators hold theory
that the child, after being slain, was
hurled from an automobile into the
creek waters. But dragging of the
creek failed to reveal clew. The
creek was at flood stage Sunday and
it said a body tossed into it at that
time would probably have been
carried down stream long dis
tance.
While the posse is busy, this city
and West Terre Haute are being
carefully searched, due to theory
that the girls slayer might have
placed the newspaper bag along the
road with the intention Of throwing
investigators off the real trail.
Offer $500 Reward
A reward of $500 has been nosted
for information leading to solution
of the case, which In practically
every quarter today is considered q
kidnapping murder, the deed Of a
person of lnoronic tendencies.
The reward was arranged at q
meeting Wednesday night Of West
Terre Haute citizens, during which
100 men volunteered to join the 500
which started the search near Pax
ton.
Police Chief Jack Smock of Terrc
Haute has made an appeal by radio
asking that thorough search of
the Paxton district be made and
that any information, regardless Of
It's nature, be promptly given The
police. This is the second time
radio has been resorted to in the
search. a description of Edith hay
ing been broadcast previously.
Two Planes Aid Search
Two planes piloted respectively by
Harry Musick and Paul Cox, local
aviators, are aiding in the search.
Flights are being made over Busser-
on Creek and its desolate stretch Of
lowlands.
The State of Indiana has taken
a hand in the case. Clarence
Bridges of the state bureau of GRIM
i1al investigation and Identification,
who has been investigating the
death of Edgar D. Maple, Sullivan
banker, has been relieved of his
duties and assigned to the search
for the girl,
Terre Haute police and detectives,
Sheriffs of Sullivan and Vigo coun-
ties and citizens of towns and cities
in this section are all enlisted in
the child hunt.
Trace Down CIews
A car parked near where the
newspaper bag was found was
noticed by Henry P. Smith, Ebby
Vale Coal Company. has reported
to investigators that Sunday after
noon he saw a car parked near
where the paper bag was picked up.
He did not notice the number or
make of the car.
West Terre Haate residents near
st. Leonard's church reported they
noticed a man In an automobile
following the missing child and
some girl companions while they
were en- route to Terre Haute Sun
day morning. None is able to de-
scribe the man or car.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31
Blinds Down and All Very
Secret at Mcconnell
Home.

A large; white wedding cake was
iced, the guests were assembled and
the bride and groom ready for the
nutptials which were to mark the
last exciting chapter in the cross
country romance of Miss Ruth Nc
Connell, .27, art student, and Ken
meth B. Coulter, 43, Clifton Springs
IN. " capitalist, here this after
noon.
Details of the wedding we're as
closely guarded up to the final mo-
mentS as they had been ever since
Monday, when Coulter, an invalid
who travels in q wheel chair, first
was observed on the front porch
of the residence of Henry Earl Nc
Connell, 1923 Broadway, father Of
the bride 1t was believed the we'd
ding would occur at the Mcconnell
residence.
The only break in the veil of Sc
crecy around the wedding came this
afternoon, when Miss Mcconnell,
finally reached on the telephone by
reporter, said:
I'VE can't tell you when the cere-
nony will be performed We have
not made up our minds ourselves.
You may kno wnothing until to-
morrow"
Refuse to Answer Questions
A deep-voiced man refused to call
Miss Mcconnell to the telephone
earlier in the day or answer ques-
tions. The same mystery which
shrouded Miss McConnells dash
from Rochester, N. Y, to San Fran
cisco by train, pursued by DR.. D. o.
Meeker, friend of Coulter. by air.
plane, week before Christmas
shrouded all movements of the prin-
cipalS today.
The couple obtained a marriage
license Tuesday afternoon just as
the county clerks Office was clos
ing. Miss Mcconnell appeared
happy and willing to &c married,
despite dispatches which indicated
she had said that her fight in De-
cember was due to desire to avoid
marrying Coulter.
Activities at the Mcconnell home
began early this morning.
A man came out and swept side
walk and the porch free Of snow. A
woman came to the door and took
in two quart bottles of milk.
Blinds Pulled Down
Soon a husky gentleman, perhaps
one of the two weu-dressed attend
ants who wait upon Coulter, came
out and surveyed the weather.
He hardly had disappeared than
all the blinds in the front of the
house were jerked down.
No signs of life appeared until
about 10 a. M, when Mrs. McCon-
nell was observed in the kitchen
icing large, white cake. She ap-
peared quite happy.
One of the wheel chair attend
ants came out and walked around
the house.
About 1890 a. m. Mcconnell and
middle-aged woman none of the
neighbors recognized came out and
drove away nthe Mcconnell car.
Enter. the Barber
Soon afterward w. L. King, bar
Der and Miss Mona Harvey, cos
metologiSt from a shop at Thirty
fourth and Illinois streets, drove up
in Kings car. They entered, car
rying tools and package which ap-
peared to be towels.
Later the barber appeared ON the
back porch and shook out large
white covering. apparently having
trimmed the brides bobbed hair.
1t was learned that the beauty
operator gave Miss Mcconnell q
man sure. She said the girl was a
charming young woman. There was
no discussion of the wedding while
she Was in the house
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31

they glide across the floor. There
is no apparent hurry in the
Camel Glide" although those in
clined for speed can get from the
dance all the action they might
desire.
AS a matter of fact, the new
steps, which are made to sweet
and smooth" music, as the dancers
say. carry a faint suggestion OF
the oId-tirne waltz. so popular in
the preceding generation.
And the new step is not one
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31

weary Of the fast pace set in re-
cent years.
In this new terpsichorean crea-
ton. there is no frantic rushing
Of feet. as though the dancers
were on a huge red d-flot gridiron.
Neither is there a more or less re-
pulsive combination of erratic and
ic-Sy movements. such as have
been characteristic Of most recent
popular dances.
Instead, the dancers present
picture Of grace and rhythm as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31
7 BILLION CIGARS SOLD

Cigaret Consumption in u. S. in
Year Totals 1O5,OOO,0OO,o 900.
BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON. Jan. 31.-United
States smokers consumed mere than
100 900 100000 individual cigarets.
1853 600, 900 pounds Of manufactured
tobacco and snuff, and 100000, 900
cigars last year, the stamp tax re-
port of the internal revenue bureau
disclosed today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31
Born in Indianapolis

Although no hopeful clew has yet
been uncovered, nothing viii be left
undone in so far as is possible TO
solve the mysterious disappearance
Of l0-year-old Edith Mae Dierdorf
West Terre Haute, believed abducted
and possibly slain. her three uncles,
Adolph, Christian and John EN-
hardt Of Indianapolis said toany.
The little girl visited her as lite
as last fall and was the gue7t Of her
uncles here each summer FIR a lshin-
ber Of years past.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31
THE TIMES and Indiana ball.

THE TIMES and Indiana ball
L room instructors will teach
you the latest dance. which is
taking the country by storm,
new step that heralds the passing
OF the hippety-hop, herky- jerky
contortions of jazz
It's the Camel Glide" and its
popularity indicates that the
young people of America, as well
as the less ambitious and more
tired elderly ones, are growing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31
TWO GET LIFE Term
Found Guilty of Killing Mail
Truck Driver.
BIZ Uniteo Press

7
ELIZABETH, N. j., Jan. 81
Canice Neary and William Tanning
were found guilty of first degree
murder and sentenced to life i'm
prisonment here today for the kill
ing of John Enz, mail truck driver,
and the wounding of two guards in
Elizabeth. Oct. IA, 1926. The jury
recommended mercy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31
SCHOOL BIDS WAITED
Board to Get Offers for Bond Is.
sue Saturday.

Bids on a $185. 600 school bond
issue viii be received by the Indi-
annapolis school board at II a. m.
Saturday. The bond issue is to pro-
vide funds for purchase of real es-
tate.
Additional ground at Crispus At
tucks and Washington high schools
and sites for Schools So. Sc, 81. SO,
SO and 80 would be included. The
bonds will draw per cent interest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31
LOOK-A BALLOON!
Oxygen Girl to Get Doll, Too

DERRY Kan. 31-Margaret Brown,
Wednesday, arousng
fought death with lungs asked father
a balloon.
condition the gifts receipt
a.
reported improved.
Margaret you Balloon" eager reply
wanted most?" queried father OF the child
- ..ooa L.r5o - L.s father balloon
90 i0 oOu Oe0Uo Ao4 Oe0' lao
nanoS lunnhng penno nr
doctors
Idon received for Christmas Margaret waiting
welyve watching blue uniforms buttons
other doll
Of a
life by vigis at
tank-pumping frenen friends-Nith
have promised the doll uniform
It's doll that looks like fire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31
BRIBE CHARGE HURLED
Ohio Treasurer Accused of Masking
1t As Company Funds.

1t As Company Funds.
BIZ United Press
COLUMBUS, o., Jan. 31.-An at
tempt to show that Bert B. Buckley,
state treasurer, tried to mask an al
legged bribe as campaign contri-
button after the federal grand jury
began investigation of the jackson
Brewery, Cincinnati, was made by
District Attorney Hayeth e. Mau, at
Buckley's bribery trial today
Buckley is charged with attempt
ing to hribe John Eckhart, assist
ant district federal prohibition en-
forcement chief, to tip him and his
associates when raids on the brew
cry were contemplated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31
Retired Admiral Dies

BV United Press
WASHINGTON. Jan. 31.--Rear
Admiral Francis H. Delano, United
States. navy retired. died at the Ia
val hospital today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31
High School Girl Kills Self

bU OHtted Press
DARLINGTON, Ind, Jan. 81
When her foster parents forbade
her going to a high school party.
Miss Dartha Hopkins, II, drank
poison and died.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31
BobS a HOOUer- -Smither

Brown county
has a
politician who
is a politician.
For Bobbie
Kennedy, 5
(above), a
cOSmopolite of
the town of
Nashville, has
left the Demo-
cratic ranks,
Joined the
Republicans, but
is still a
Democrat.
Brown county
is Democratic.
So was Bobbie
until he met
Frank Gentry
Of circus
fame. Gentry,
a Republican,,
and Bobbie
became buddieS..
whats your
politics now,
Bobbie?y' queried
those who
know of
BObbie'S
dilemma over
his friends
political
afiliation.
Neutral" shouts
BObbie, as he
claims his
allegiance to
the nations
newest party,
the one he
founded, the
Republican,
Democrat
party.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31
SANITY BEING PROVEN
Society Woman Who Shot Husband
Calm and NermaI.'

Calm and Normal
BIZ UHitcd Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 3i.-Mrs.
Esther Evans Wilson. society woman
convicted of shooting her husband
was described today by an examin-
ing physician as a calm and ap-
parently normal prisoner in the
Bellevue psycopathic ward. She is
undergoing observation as friends
believed this was advisable before
sentence is pronounced unpon her.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31

The two f1remen who saved her
life by long vigils at the oxygen
tank-pumping up and down
have promised her the doll.
It's doll that looks like a fire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31

mankind Of statue to the epic
battle she's won with the help of
her firemen friends-With a blue
uniform and brass buttons that
can be moved up and down"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-31

But in the face of this what spec
ial levies are asked for 1880?
They are S1.000.000 for state
library. $4,000 for a tuberculosis
sanatorium in southern Indiana
$500, 600 for the World war me-
mortal. 100000 for a psychopathic
hospital. and an increase OF $450.00o
cover salary increases at Purdue
and Indiana In addition there is
the 2-cent special levy passed by
the 1927 legislature for building con-
struction at educational institutions.
Putnam patriot., 1929-08-15
Weddings
Reardon Mongeon

Announcements have been receiy ed in Putnam of the marriage, Tues day. August 9th. at Pawtucket, K l.. of Miss Hazel G. Mongeon, daugh ter of Mir. and Mrs Clifford T Mcngeon, formerly of Bradley street Putnam. and Edward Reardcn ol Providence, son of Mir. and Mrs John Reardon of Bridgeport. Tfts wedding and nuptial high mass took place at St. Edwards church at eight clock in the morning.
 The bride was gowned Tn blue chiffon velvet with hat and slippers to match and carried bouquet cf yellow and blue larkspur. She was attended by her aunt. Mrs. August Durand of Fawtueket, as matron of honor. The bridegroom's attendant was MT. Durand.
 Mrs. Reardon is a graduate of the Putnam high school, class of 1926. and previous tc her marriage had been employed in the office of the Salesville Mills, Inc, Pawtucket. MT. Reardon is manager of an automo- bile accessory sales office in Proyi- dence. The couple will reside at 43 Walcctt street, Providence, where they are now at home.
Putnam patriot., 1929-08-15
RELIEF FROM CURSE
 OF CONSTIPATION

A Battle Creek physician says Constipation is responsible for more misery than any other cause"
 But immediate relief has been found. A tablet called Rexall Order. lies has been discovered This tablet attracts water from the system into the lazy. dry. evacuating bowel called the cclon. The water loosens the dry food waste and causes a gentle. thorough, natural movement without forming a habit or ever increasing the dose.
 Stop suffering from constipation Chew a Rexall 0rderlie at night Next day bright. Get 24 for 25 cents today at the nearest Rexall Drus Store. Willis B. Carroll.
Putnam patriot., 1929-08-15
Chair and Bureau Are
 Stolen From Reil Home

William Reil, Farrows street, em- ployed by Smith & Walker. reported Co the police. Saturday, that burglars had entered his home and stolen an antique chair that was his great grandfather's and an old-fashioned bureau in which was a wardrobe for his daughter. Miss Rita Riel, who i'm tends to enter the new junior high school on Church street when opened.
 The pieces of furniture were in a spare room that is little used. Hap pening to go into the room a member of the family noticed that the chair and bureau were gone. There are no clues.
 Mir. Riel is at loss to account for the theft. He does remember that some time ago two men came to his home and during conversation asked him if he had any antiques he cared to sell Where these men came from or where they went he does not know
Putnam patriot., 1929-08-15
Rheumatic Pains

Many rheumatic and sciatie pains are due to impurities and toxins in the blood because of poorly func- tioning kidneys. Sedatives. dopes and powerful drugs give only temporary relief and do not remove the cause. If you suffer stiffness, joint aches and rheumatic pains, oct the new. quick-acting Cystex Test at any drug store. No sedatives or mar eotics. If you don't soon feel free of pain and like new, you get your mcney back under our lr0n-Clad, Money Back Guarantee. Cystex, ape cial, only 60 cents. w. B. CARROLL, Druggist. l54 Main street, Putnam.
Putnam patriot., 1929-08-15
MISS LORENA GALLANT
 BRIDE OF DR. TETREAULT T

Announcement has been made of the marriage in Hartford Tuesday morning, of Dr.. philias F. Tetreault and Miss Lorena Gallant, both og Putnam. The wedding was a simple affair, the nuptial ceremony and mass being celebrated by Rev J. F. Bel anger at St. Anne's church.
 Miss Gallant is the older daughter of Mark Gallant. Church street. She is a trained nurse. graduating from the Hartford Hospital training school in 1925. Dr. Tetreault is a prac- tieing physician in this city.
 The bride was attended by her sister. Miss Elsie Gallant of Putnam, and the bridegroom by Alfred Gal lant. brother of the bride.
 Dr. and Mrs. Tetreault are now on a wedding trip by motor. Upon their return they will reside on Providence street.