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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
CITY TO serve
GAS TRANSFER
NOTICE TODAY
Mayor Ready to Appear
Before Works Board
With Demand.

The city's machinery for acquir-
ing the Citizens Gas Company prop
erty was set up today and ready tc
be put in operation by the formal
conveyance from the gas company
trustees.
AS announced Saturday in The
Times, Mayor L. Ert Slack was
ready to appear before the board o1
public works this afternoon with a
formal demand for the properties
The legal notice that the city in
tends to enforce it's option on the
property, whose value is estimated
at from $17,000,000 to $20,000,0O0
resulted from series of round table
conferences between city and gas
company lawyers.
Theodore Dammeyer, EmSley
Johnson and John G. McCloskey,
works board members, were expect
ed to approve the notice this after
noon and transmit it to the gas off,
cials.
, Thomas L. Sullivan, gas trustees
president, declared a formal ac-
acknowledgement of the city notice
will be issued as soon as the trustees
receive the demand from the city.
Sullivan said the gas company
officials are Gin agreement with the
city, on the plan to turn the COM
pany over to the municipality. A
number of gas trustees and directors
are out of the city, preventing a
meeting at once to consider the pro-
posal.
Unless we find that absence from
the city of several of the gas officials
will materially delay things we will
await their return so there will be
full attendance at the meeting, I"
Sullivan announced.
John r. WEIGH, president of the
gas company directors, said the
company is "going to do what it
always intended to-"
There is nothing else to be said.
The company never intended to do
anything else but turn the property
over to the proper officials when
the time came. Attorneys for the
gas company helped to prepare the
demand and have worked together
with legal representatives of the
city all the time" Welch declared.
This formal sep Of the city is ex-
pected to be the signal for one OF
more of the three groups holding
large blocks of certificates of stock
if they plan to contest in court the
citys plan to obtain possession of
the property.
Mayor Slack said every precau-
ton to protect the city's position
had been taken to avoid the pos
sibility of those opposed to the city
ownership blocking the program
through an injunction suit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
Times Sport Staff Again
Is on Top of Everything
Are we downhearted?"
Right on top of everything!

Right top of everything!
That's The Times sports department,
spciest and speedest service possible
Wednesday "scooped world when
Eddie AaSt Times sports editor told Times
Commissioner Lands investigating certain alleged
deals between
in serious losing their star Spencer
The story broke" Saturday Spencer declared free
agent by Lands The Times three days ahead of
On Feb Norman sports editor
fans that I'VE picking Frankfort
won the state high school basketball championship.
And just few moments after the which
state championship edition the
streets with complete description of the contest by
of The Times sports staff.
Right top of everything!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
. Die i'm Duel
OUer Poker With
Hands CZaSbed

By United Press
TEAMBURG, Tenn, March 18.
A. Il Their left hands clasped
after the fashion of frontier
days, Roy Parkeson, 40, and Dill
Cavett, 45, shot each other to
death here after a quarrel over a
poker game.
The two, who were brought up
in the Iawless Reelfoot lake
area, agreed to lock their left
hands and let the best man win.
Cavett, Tiptonville farmer, fell
dead with five bullets in his body.
Parkeson, Hamburg fisherman,
died thirty minutes later of pistol
shots in the breast.
Parkerson, less than year ago,
killed Roy Wallace in a brawl and
was sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary. He had appealed his
case and was awaiting a new trial.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
Iowa City Inundated

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, March 1s.-
The worst food conditions in forty
five years prevailed here today, with
several square miles of business and
residential districts covered with
water, principal industries at a
standstill and the waterworks closed
to prevent pollution Of water.
The Cedar river went over its
banks on the upper side Of the city
today and swept aside mile of
sandbags which had been hastily
thrown TO protect the section.
Several streets were inundated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18

street, said he saw the man walking
west on the track and whistled a
warning. He said he thought the
man had gotten off the track until
a hagman on a freight train on
another track signalled him to stop.
The engine was stopped about 100
feet from the point of the tragedy.
Mr.. Wazulik's only survivor, the
widow, Rose, said he had been out
of work for two years and left home
this morning. hoping against hope
that at last he would obtain en-
ployment.
Mr.. Wazulik was born in Austria.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
CaughtinBear Trap,
Fights Death f Days
BU United Press

United
ENVER ColoY March 18Facing the suf-
- ferng from Schneider and
apper lay In hospital here today told experiences
haVlg oeen caught in bear trap for four
Whe gathering pine needles to his
thrust his hands into huge steel trap.
eazng that death by infection and starvation
unless he could release himself Schneider struggled
He laped into was tortured
by hunger thirst.
failed -
Finally the the tran
under his knees and the springs hands
Almost exhausted he walked twelve miles Toland
nearest point medical attention available
Sunday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18

campus before their march down.
. town headed by the band and the
r. o. T. G. units in uniform. The
girls glee club and the drum corps
had a part in the parade.
The students marching four
abreast took more than a half
hour to pass a given point. Milo
H. Stuart, principal, was the speak
er and presented block "TS" to the
basketball stars. Tim Campbell,
coach, was cheered by students.
Boys Fought Hard
"We didn't get just what we
wanted at the tournament, but Tn
satisfied, the boys all fought hard to
the finish" Campbell said. ~~1
Coach Campbell's speech was
answered with the cheers and songs
Of the thousands of students.
Although Tech was defeated 20 to
% by Frankfort, Tech rooters were
satisfied. 1t was the first time in
many years that local team re-
manned in the tournament until the
final game. The athletic association
OF the school will honor TIE team
with a dinner in the near future,
Stuart announced.
Mayor L. Ert Slack rendered
official congratulations to the team
Sunday.
The fine play of the Technical
high school basketball team revives
a spirit among all Indianapolis
schools and is the forerunner of
what the state basketball tourna-
ment may expect next year." he
said. "All Indianapolis is proud of
Tech"
Celebrate Saturday Night
Saturday night after the game
more than 5000 students and
friendsthronged the downtown
streets celebrating until Sunday
morning. The crowd was noisy, but
did little damage. Police joined in
the spirit of the noise making. A
small crowd tried to crash the gate
at downtown theater, but police
quickly cleared the sidewalks and
restored order.
A large bonfire was kindled on
the south steps on the monument,
and a call was sent for the police
and firemen. While firemen were
extinguishing the flames students
jerked ladders from the trucks,
pulled the bells and blew the sirens.
Firemen rushed the students good
naturedly and the crowd diSbanded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
FLOOD DEAD ESTIMATED
AT MORE Than 100 BY
GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA

He fretted all day and at times talked rrationally
Sunday night neighbor heard groans in the
McDwire fiat He found Mrs. McDwre on the floor
with her throat cut. Her husband was in the bath
room, his throat slashed.
EYES, he did it," Mrs. McDwire murmured. 'It
was kindness. He didn't want me to suffer any
more"
her to recover.
McDwire, the wage Garner, housekeeper and
nurse, probably will die
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
COP KILLS BANDIT:
Slain in HoIdup After Gun
Battle.
Boz United Press

bW UWIJtU PTG65
CHICAGO, March 18.-An I'M
identified bandit who single-handed
held up a crowded restaurant was
shot to death here early today after
a five-minute gun battle with a
policeman. More than 400 specta-
tors witnessed the shooting from
the protection of door and alley
ways.
After eating in the restaurant,
the bandit walked up to the CASH
ier, brandished two revolvers and
scooped up the contents Of the cash
register.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1929
KindeSt Act
soa~o~~o~-=o~-so~-po~ u~a~-~os.nos--.us~no %
Cuts Invalid Wife'S
Throat After Years
of Love and Care.
ofAII Fails

CHICAGO, March 18.-For thirteen years Edwin
~ McDwire, "a, an elevated train guard, was wage
Garner housekeeper and nurse for his invalid wife,
Mabel, 49,
Every morning before going to work. he arose.
bathed his wife, cooked their breakfast and her
lunch and tidied the rooms.
At night he prepared dinner, washed the dishes
and then spent the evening reading to his wife, who
had been bed ridden with rheumatism thirteen of
their fifteen years
Friday McDwire was i'll and did not go to work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
DRY AGENT JAILED

Gets Life Sentence for Killing Su-
perior Officer.
B1 United Press
HAGERSTOWN, Md, March ia
Reginald E. Walter, former federal
prohibition agent, was sentenced TO-
day to life imprisonment for the
murder Of Hunter r. Stotler, his
immediate superior in the dry forces
in this district.
The sentence followed Walters
second trial, at which he was corr
vieted Of first degree murder with
recommendation for leniency.
A motion for another new trial
was overruled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
RUN GUN GANTLET
Two Negroes Seized by
Mob; Critically Wounded.

BIZ United Press
MARION, Ark, March 18.-Willie
James and T. D. Robertson, Negroes.
were taken from officers by mob
today and forced to run a gantlet
of revolver. rifle and shotgun fire
after their arrest or charges of at
taeking Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Cock
erel.
They were then taken to hos
pital at Earle. where their wounds
were said to be critical.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
BLAME PLANE
MOTORS FOR
DEATH OF "A
One or Two Engines Out of
Commission, Probe
Reveals.
PILOT ONLY SURVIVOR
Accident Is Worst in His
tory of American
Aviation.
PILOT ONLY SURVIVOR
By United Press

BY Untted PfeSS
NEWARK, N. j., March 18.-The
failure of one and perhaps two
motors was blamed today for the
airplane crash that cost fourteen
lives-the worst accident to heavier
than-air machine in the history OF
American aviation, near here Sun
day.
Officials of the Colonial AirwayS
Inc, operators of the plane which
was knitted in two by steel freight
car, called meeting early today
after which they told the United
Press they were certain that Pilot
Lou Foote, realizing that something
was wrong with his engines, was
trying to make a landing when the
plane crashed against the train.
They denied reports that Foote
had only 100 hours of flying expert
ence. He has been a pilot for ten
years, they said, with a total of
1000 hours in the air and $50 hours
with the type of plane in which he
barely escaped death Sunday.
Motor Sputtering
The plane, loaded with sightseers,
just had left the Metropolitan air.
port for flight over New York City.
Casper Lamotte, sitting in an au-
tomobile nearby, saw the huge
nickel craft flash past a chimney,
heading sharply for the ground. He
lost sight of the plane when it went
beyond a railroad embankment. But
he noticed one of the three motors
was sputtering, he said, and another
one seemed dead.
Two towermen Of the New Jersey
Central Railroad were the next to
see the plane. It was travelling
about one hundred miles an hour,
they said, skimming the marsh
reeds and heading for the railroad
tracks. The towermen, Matthew
Torhan and William Murtagh, heard
the noise of terrific impact. Sand
in the open freight car shot into
the air; gasoline spurted thirty feet
from the planes tanks.
Asks for Cigaret
Torhan and Murtagh ran to the
spot. They found the plane in two
pieces, one consisting of the
smashed cabin, the other of the
wings and pilots compartment.
FToote rose from the wreckage,
swayed and toppled into the freight
car. Another man crawled out of
the compartment and stood dizzily
on the smashed and Splintered steel.
"Give me a cigaret," he gasped
and then fell into the freight car
unconscious. He was belmont Par
sons, who died today of his injuries.
Below in the cabin were the
bodies of the following:
Anton Bolles, West New York, N.
j.; Joseph Bauer, Stamford, Conn;
Raymond Helmstetter, Irvington,
N. j.; Thomas Hendrickson, Wee
hawken Heights, N. j.; Walter G.
Heintschel, Jersey City; Stephen
Hagmasi, Stamford, Conn: Andrew
Hagmasi, Stamford, Conn, his
brother; William zisser. Irvington,
NJ. j.; Patrick A. Janussi, Jersey
City, N. j.; William Margaretten,
Perth Amboy, N j.; Gertrude Stee-
yer, Bloomeld, N. j.; w. G. Steever,
Bloomfield, N. j., her brother; Regi-
nald D. woodward, Brooklyn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
THREE PETTING PARTY
BANDIT SUSPECTS HELD
Trio Believed to Have Held Up
Fifty Couples.

BB Unitcd Press
MUSKEGON, Mich, March 49,
Richard Rhodes, 18; Alving Oker-
lund, %, and Myron Hyde, 18, we're
to be arraigned today charged with
robbery, armed. They are believed
to have held up at least fifty auto
mobile "petting parties" in lovers
lane, near here, in the last five
months.
The victims, Rhodes said, included
prominent citizens of Muskegon.
Rhodes Sunday night confessed
that he shot and seriously wounded
Harry Dick, IL, poolroom proprietor,
as Dick sat in q car with Miss Dor
othy Nash, recently. Dick is re-
covering. His lung was pierced by
the bullet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
FINED FOR FIRECRACKER
Pays SIS for Celebrating at Butler
Fieidhouse.

Kenneth Mills, 81, of Muncie, was
fined SIS and costs by Municipal
Judge Clifton r. Cameron today on
a charge of having set off a fire.
cracker outside the Butler university
fieldhouse Saturday afternoon.
Mills declared he was celebrating
Technicars victory over Washing
ton in the basketball tournament.
The man who caused his arrest and
claimed to have been hit by stone
thrown by the firecracker, threat
ened the policeman before the Of
dcer would arrest him, Mills said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
AGED TOOLMAkER KILLED
BY PASSENGER TRAIN

Joseph Wazulik, 70, toolmaker,
1882 Arnolda avenue, was injured
fatally when struck by q Chicago
bound Big Four passenger train
near Concord street shortly after
noon today. He died before he could
be removed to a hospital.
]. A. Worley, engineer, 131 Dixon
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
FoCH GROWS WEAKER

Pulse Rises; Anxiety Increases for
War Leader.
By United Press
PARIS. March 18.-Newly devel-
oped weakness of Marshal Ferdi-
nand Foch's heart caused increased
anxiety for the aged war leader to-
day. The marshal's condition was
indicated by a rise of his pulse to
100, his temperature was 80 degrees.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
Martial Law Is Declared in
Stricken Towns as
Looting Spreads.
LOSS AT $15,000,000
Order All Persons in Area
InoCuIated Against
Disease.

BIZ United Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 18.
Governor Bibb Graves announced
today that rescue workers had in
formed him the death toll in the
Alabama floods would exceed 100.
Only seventeen bodies have been re-
covered.
Martial law prevails in Elba and
Geneva, Ala, today. Adjutant-gen-
eral w. E. Persons of the Alabama
National Guard took the action
Sunday night after Colonel Milton
Stone of Governor Graves personal
staff, reported to the Governor there
were insufficient guardsmen in the
f1ood-Stricken areas of the state to
cope with the situation.
Looting was reported growing, and
although the public health service
reported disease well under control,
guardsmen were ordered to instruct
all persons now in the area to pre-
sent themselves at the various res
cue camps for incubation.
S25O,OOO Asked for Relief
The health service has reported
but nineteen cases Of measles and
less than a dozen cases of infiu-
enza, saying al lof these had been
segregated. Colonel Persons, how
ever, is reported to have asked Gov
ernor Graves for permission to
force those persons still in the
towns of Elba and Geneva to leave
to prevent spread of disease and
looting.
Governor Graves, it is reported,
has issued statement asking re-
lief fund of $250,O00. He announced
1 late Sunday the funds wGuld con-
tinue to be received by Charles A.
Moffett, chairman of the state
board Of administration, until
Tuesday. Then, the Governor said,
a program will be mapped out to
rehabilitate the wrecked areas.
The flood waters in their three
day rampage have caused damage
amounting to $15,000,000, ccording
to the most accurate reports OBJ
tainable today.
The muddy waters in the Elba
section have receded, leaving in
their wake $4,000 homeless persons,
but Opp, Ala, where 300 Elba refu-
gees were taken after being rescued,
is reported isolated and calling for
medical aid and food. Selma, Ala,
is reported in straits almost as seri-
Gus. At least 1000 persons are
homeless there.
Town Mud Flat
In southwestern Georgia the Flint
river again is out Of it's banks, the
people of Newton, Ca, already hav-
ing left their homes for the third
time this year The grand total of
damage is expected to rise consid-
erably as a result.
Elba, which apparently bore the
brunt of the suffering, is now but
a vast mud fiat, in ruins and prac-
tically abandoned.
The property damage here alone
is estimated at $4,000,000 by Y, w.
Rainey, president Of the Elba bank.
This business man, one of those
trapped in the Courthouse, despairs
Of the rebuilding Of the town.
Not a building In the mud covered
town Is undamaged. Hundreds Of
them were completely destroyed and
scores were carried away on the
crest Of the food and swept down
the Pea river.
Red Cross on Scene
All Of the homeless OF the town
are being cared for by the Red
Cross. They are being fed and
given warm blankets along with the
refugees from Geneva, Flomaton,
and several other stricken COM
munities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
KILL ME? REVENGE!
81 to See to It. #

RU United Press
,DROCKTON, Mass, March 18-n he were
I'D slain there would be thirty persons
who would avenge his DEATH United States
Senator J. Thomas Heflin of Alabama told
Ku-KIux Klan gathering here Sunday.
"I'm a crusader and I'm fighting for
principle, and I'm willing to die for it," he
shouted.
He added that he had the signatures of
thirty y-seven persons from three fraternal orders
who promised to avenge his death if he were
killed.
AS Hefflin entered the hall he was jeered
by small crowd and as he left after his speech
boy threw a handful of gravel at him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
5000 HONOR
Tech Basket
F|vEON circle
Glasses Dismissed for
March Downtown and
Celebration.

Six thousand Technical high
school supporters gathered this
morning on the Monument Circle
for a celebration honoring their
basketball team which advanced to
the finals against Frankfort Satur-
day night at the state basketball
tournament.
Glasses were dismissed at 1890 a.
a11., and students gathered on the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
Fourteen Killed by Ford
Plane Crash i'm Jersey

This telephoto, rushed By NEA SerUice to The
Times, shoaOs derrick removing the Vreckoge of the
giant motored Ford plane aOhich crashed into sand
the tracks of the Central RaaOay of Nes0 Jersey
mile from Nea0ark (N. j. airport Sunday afternoon.
Fourteen aerial encusoniSts 0ere killed in the ishap.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-18
1000 DEAD OF FLU
Epidemic Is Reported in
Albania.

By United Press
BERLIN, March 18. - The Bel
grade newspaper Politika reported
today that 1000 persons were dead
in an influenza epidemic in Scu-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-02

good family car at a real low price
OF $500 and on easy terms. Looks Ike
new; will give 30 days guarantee Open
evenings and Sunday till noon. Equitable
Securities Co., 21s z. New York Ri. 1900.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-02
Suburban for Rent

VERMONT. W. 4925-5-room single; cleo;
garage: = acre; $40. Be. 3107-R.
3 Access rooms. cleo fruit, garage,
chicken house. Dr. 765l-R-4.
SUBURBAN-.5 rms; Arcoa heater. chick
en- hse. 1880 Layman Ave. Oh. 2239-R-2
7 ROOMS acres, poultry house. fruit,
gar; $50 Located interurbOn stop, Shade
land Rd. SOS. N. of 38th. Oh. 1662-R-2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-02
Business Places for Rent
Houses for Sale

ORANGE. 1894; COLoRED- 4-room
bungalow; nicely decorated; electric
lights. cement porch. cement walks in
price $3.50; small cash payment. bal
ance monthly; close to Fairmount Glass
Works. Gas Company. Pennsylvania and
Beech Grove shops and Tie Company;
take Shelbyville or Rushville interurban
to $500 Prospect ST., walk two blocks
south. agents on ground all day Sunday.
OSCAR LEE, 406 Castle Hall Bldg, $50
Ohm 121T
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-02
Miscellaneous for Sale
Big Four Unclaimed
Freight Station

2 fireplace ,oal or wood
plates $3.50 and $500
loyal. milk cans 81 to $3.50
Oil, gas and gasoline ranges;
medium size parlor heating
stoves ........ $4,000
/ large parlor heating
stove S0U
Stepladders, a foot Csc
Built-in ironing boards. $3.50
9-foot congoleum rugs;
a square foot 49,. .65c
Corner Capitol Ave. and
South St.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-02
Trucks
DODGE

DODGE
Three-quarter-ton with long wheelbsse
and 96-inch panel body; this will make
good lob for laundry or bakery; is Al
mechanically and priced to sell quick.
General Motors Truck Co. Used Truck
DEM 741 T. Market St. Ii. 1867.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-02
Barter and Swap

bdTItT ana swap
CABINET radio ana cleo washer: will sell
or trade for good gas range or small
mahog dining room suite. Ha 0317-M eve.
TAKE anything in trade on Majestic
radios. DOLL. 3340 Madison. DR.. 7719-J.
COMBINATION Coal and Gas range. Will
trade for gas stove Oh. 4932-R.
RADIO-Remler. 8-tube. What have you?
Oh 5706-M
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-02
Real Estate for Exchange

NEAR little Flower Parish. New bed
room home completely modern. Take
small place In trade KINN1Ck & HILL.
Ri ss25. Evenings. Ch- lss4-J.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-02

We have more than so good rebuilt
guarantee Bodies. parts for all makes
Indpls Truck g Parts Co.. 1925 E.
Georgia. Dr. 2220.
REO-ll2. Al condition; suitable for stock
or frrniture reasonable Ha 049l.
INT. l928-lia-ton e-cvl closed cab; good
tires 1888 KY. Ave Ii 6408 or Ii. 4S09.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-20

VulcaniLing Rudy's Battery Service. 1S6 l East Main St. Call 70S. Make our bat 1 tery station your battery station"
New Britain herald., 1929-04-20

STORE ON ARCH ST. FOR RENT E1- cellent buaeess location, See Aaron panslsen d Co.,. l3l Main St. or tele- phone sl21.