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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
BOND OFFICIAL DIES
Frank |, GrubbS SuCCumbS
to Stroke.

Frank I. Grubbs. II, secretary
treasurer of the Standard Invest
ment and Securities Company, died
suddenly at hiss home, 2060 North
Delaware street, at 2:30 a. m. today
of heart disease.
Mr.. Grubbs was stricken as he
arose from bed shortly after /
o'clock. He died soon after the ar
rival of a physician.
Mr.. Grubbs. nephew Of Daniel w.
Grubbs, once mayor of Indianapolis,
had been identified with the Stand
ard Investment companys since its
organization fifteen years ago. He
was a native of Knightstown, Ind,
and one time editor Of a Lafayette
newspaper. He was connected with
the office Of secretary of state in
Governor J. Frank Hanley's admin
istration. All his life he retained
his membership in the printers
union which he joined as a youth,
He was a member of the Column
bia Club and the First Presbyterian
church. Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Katy GrubbS, and one sister,
Mrs. Gertrude Keyp Of Los Angeles.
Funeral services will be private at
the home Monday, 1890 p. M, with
burial at KnightStOWn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
COLLEGE HEAD
TO DO RESEARCH
Little, Retiring Michigan y.
Chief, to Study Cancer.
BIZ United Press


ANN ARBOR, Mich, April 26.-
Plans for President Clarence C. Lit
tie of the University of Michigan
were made known today when DR..
Little, in a communication to the
board of regents, asked that the
transfer of the work in cancer re-
search that he has been doing here,
to a new laboratory at Bar Harbor.
Me. be approved. The transfer will
include the removal of the entire
staff from here.
Organization of a Roscoe B. Jack
son memorial laboratory is under
way now, trustees of which will be
the present hackers of the work.
The research is now being carried
on here, with these hackers proVid-
ing up to $4,000 a year for five
years and the university giving So
600 yearly. The agreement between
the university and donors of these
funds is now in its second year.
The program provides for an at
tack on cancer from the biological
standpoint, rather than medical,
experiments being carried on with
mice.
The board Of regents also named
DR.. John w Eaton. formerly of the
University of Saskatchewan, chair
man of the department of German,
after accepting the resignation of
DR.. Max Winkler. Professor Wink
Ter. who has headed the department.
for twenty-nine years, will remain
as professor of German.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
WANT WILD PROBE
Bank Savers Ready to Give
Evidence Against Officers.

Members Of the Depositors' Pro-
tectiVe League of the j. F. Wild &
Co. State Bank today announced
their readiness to present what evil
dence they have pointing to pos
sible law violations by bank officials
prior to the closing of the institu-
tons doors, to the Marion county
grand jury.
League members desire to present
the evidence in view Of the fact that
Prosecutor JudSon L. Stark, after
an investigation, in which he was
aided by Homer Elliott as special
deputy, declared there was no evil
dence which could make a court
case.
I'VE have evidence that should go
before some county investigating
body and we will present it if we
are given a chance" Joseph Will
Hams. league attorney, said. Il have
the statement Of a bank director
who went to the state bank eXamin-
ers and asked them to close the
bank because of the terrible finan-
cial condition.
Although he has not taken any
action. Stark has stated several
times that he will consider anything
presented him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
JUDGE ROLLS
DICE TO Decide
FATE0F JAILED
Fr0WnS on Law, Declares
Worker Entitled to
Be Drunk.

n NE8 S,rtjce
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April 20
1T may not be law but it's justice, -
sa-5 Judge H. 3. Abernethy, vet
Gran jurist Of the jefferson county
court Of misdemeanors, who has his
own way Of disposing Of petty cases
that come before him for trial.
Il try 70 decide cases on their
merit and keep the law in the back
ground, says Judge Alb. If a hard
working man comes before me on
a charge of drunkenness, I seldom
fine him. because if he has worked
hard all week he is entitled to a
little dram, providing he doesn't
disturb any one.
In many cases that come before
me. the persons are guilty of vio-
Iating the law but the circumstances
are such that they should not be
punished.
A man was once brought before
me for beating his wife. He adj
lnitted that he had whipped her,
but when 7 found out she had gone
cut with another man and lett her
two small children at home with 2
Negro nurse, I freed the husband
and told him he had a right to whip
his wife if that was the only way
to make her behave and care for
her babies.
Il don't allow lawyers to bring
law books into my court. 1 don't
reed them. I know enough law to
run my court and if they are not
satisfied with my verdict they can
appeal"
Many of the prisoners brought
before Judge Abernethy are Negroes,
and with them he deals out justice
uniquely.
Judge Alb. as he is Familiarity
known. keeps a pair OF dice in his
desk ana when a Negro is brought
before him on charge Of craps
shooting he brings them out.
Boy" ne says, eve are going to
shoot craps to see if you go free or
get ten days in jail"
Judge Alb turns up his sleeves and
rolls the dice out on MS bench. II
he throws a natural or makes his
point the Negro goes to jail; if he
fails. the prisoner goes free. Just to
show that the dice aren't loaded. he
occasionally let's a prisoner roll the
bones.
No oath is taken on the Bible in
Judge Abs court: he keeps on his
bench a human skull, obtained from
a medical college, which he uses for
this purpose.
boy. put your right hand on
that skull and swear to tell the
truth" he will tell a Negro witness
And the dusky witness, with tremb-
ling fingers and bUlging eyes.
usually tells the whole truth-and
nothing but.
But they seldom appeal, for Judge
Abs brand of honest justice IS liked
in Birmingham and both Negroes
and whites admire him. He is
great favorite with the Negroes who
trust him implicitly and ne often
speaks at their churches and at
tends their ball games.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
TORNADO HITS
NORTHERN OHIO
Miniature TwiSter Causes
Much Damage.

BU United Press
CLEVELAND. O.. April 26.-Three
persons were dead today and dam
ages estimated at thousands Of dol
lars remained in the wake OF ter
rife wind, hail and electrical storm
that struck northern Ohio late
Thursday. a miniature twister ac
companied the main storm in some
sections.
Mrs. Frank Schultz Of near Me-
dina died in local hospital from
burns sustained when a small chick
en- house in which she was working
collapsed from the force of the tor
nado and was set fire by an oil
heater.
George Hrusby. u. Cleveland
newsboy. was killed by a bolt of
lightning while the storm was at
its height
Mrs. Sarah H. Miller, rs, of Mil
lerSburg. was struck by an auto
mobile and killed. The driver had
been blinded by the rain,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
GRAND DUKE is DEAD
End Comes to Michael of
Russia in London.

BIZ JHited Press
LONDON, April 26.-Grand Duke
Michael of Russia dled at his home
in Regents park at $50 a. m. today.
He was 81 years old.
The grand duke was a first cousin
of the former Gar Nicholas II and
was born at Peterhof, near Petro-
grad, now Leningrad, Oct. 4, 1861.
Michael was brother of Grand
Duke Alexander, who came to
last fall to lecture.
A son and two daughters known
as the Count and Countesses Torby
were born of his morganatic mar
riage with Sophia, countess of
Nuremberg, who was later given the
title Of Countess Torby by the
grand duke of Luxembourg.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
NELL ON CUSTER
CASE REOPENS
Treasury Heads Business
Holdings Questioned.

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, April 26.-The
senate judiciary committee will re-
sumo its investigation into Secre-
tary of Treasury Andrew Melons
right to hold Office at a meeting
Saturday, Chairman George Norris,
Nebraska, announced today.
The committee will attempt to
determine whether Melons owner
ship of certain business stocks con-
stitutes violation Of the law estab-
fishing the office of secretary OF
treasury which prohibited any oc-
cupant of that Office from being in
terested directly or indirectly in
trade or commerce.
The investigation has been held
I'D for a week while members of
the committee studied the law and
precedence involved. At the last
meeting a letter from Mellon setting
forth his financial connections and
an opinion from AttOrney-Genera
Mitchell that they do not violate
the law, were received by the COM
mittee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
KING OF RELIGIOUS
CULT ACCUSED OF
Staying WOMAN
Ex-S Sweetheart Says Victim
Was Clicked to Death in
Love Nest
BIZ LHited PrcH&

LOS ANGELES, April ga dis
ciple of Holy City, a religious cult
in the Santa Cruz mountains, was
sought today by district attorneys
investigators in connection with the
charge that William E. Rikert,
king" of the flock, choked a wom-
an to death in 1927.
In an affidavit presented to the
state supreme court i'll San Fran
cisco, Mrs. Evelyn Rosenkrantz ac-
cused Rikert of Strangling a Mrs.
Margaret White, whom she said was
wife he deserted i'll Minneapolis.
She named Walter Kundert, a dis
ciple, as the man who helped Ri
kert dispose of the body.
Mrs. Rosenkrantz said that the
woman came to the love nest" she
assertedly occupied in Culver City
with Rikert and that the leader
strangled the woman because she
said she could send him to the gal
lows.
Quiz king" of Flock
Rikert was located at the house
near Culver City, which was named
as the scene of the asserted murder
and taken to the district attorneys
office. After several hours he was
released
Investigators said they wished to
question Kundert, but as yet had
found no indication that there was
a murder committed. Rikert denied
the existence of such woman as
Mrs. White.
Mrs. ROsenkratz is serving a life
term in Sar Quentin penitentiary
as an habitual criminal and her
affidavit was made in a plea that
she was imprisoned Illegally.
Failed to Buy Plane
In January, 1913. she sued Rikert
for breach of promise, charging that
she had occupied a love nest with
with him and that he had promised
to star her in motion picture en-
titled THE Ideal Woman" but had
not done so.
She also charged that Rikert had
not kept a promise to buy her an
airplane for a flight from California
to Rome.
Mrs. RoSenkrantz was sent to
prison on a spurious check charge
before the suit could be tried.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
Four Trips Daily Around
Thriller Assure Safety
of ReVeIerS.
Track walker on a roller-coaster!

Track walker on a roller-coaster!
Irwin Blickenstaff, SO, of 1148
West TWenty-ninth street, has that
job at Riverside park and submits
it as job unique in Indianapolis.
At least four times daily in spring,
summer and fall Blickenstaf makes
the rounds of the Thriller, coaster
ride at the park. Early each morn
ing, Blickenstaff, armed with
wrenches and oil can, climbs the
dizzy heights and descends into the
valleys Of steel and timber, care
fully testing each nut and bolt of
the scenic railway.
Four trips over the right of way
each day constitute his daily task
in order that the train loads of
merrymakers each night may pass
in safety over the rails.
Then, before the device is opened
to the public each night, Blicken-
staff sends train heavily loaded
with sand bags over the thriller
the load being greatly in excess Of
any human freight that might
crowd the cars. The train load of
sand bags rumbles down the grades
and up over the make believe noun
tains, around the sharp curves, IN
til it roars into the loading plat
form safe and sound.
Then the track walker raises his
hand to the operators in signal that
everything is clear and safe, puts
on his coat. picks up his lunch box
and trudges off to his nearby home,
with the satisfaction of duty we'll
done.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
7LhHd

The Home Of Thoughtful Service.
1929 Union St 1919 N. Illinois
DR. 2551.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
DUVALL DAMAGE SUIT
BRINGS NEW CHARGES
Refusal to Rob City Brought
Custer, EX- Mayor Ayers.

Refusal to Rob City Brought
Custer, Ex-Mayor Ayers.
Alleging that he was "ousted
from Office because he would not
conspire to loot and rob the city
treasury" John L. Duvall, former
mayor, reopened his $3.50 900 circuit
court damage suit today when he
filed an amended complain against
local persons, including Mayor L.
Ert Slack.
The complaint, for the most part,
reiterated allegations carried in the
first suit with some additions.
Duvall now alleges the defendants
wanted ito elect some person as
mayor who was willing to assist i'll
unlawful activities"
The complaint alleged Duvall was
offered $4,000 to "see there was no
interference with the merger of the
Indianapolis Light and Heat Com
pany and the Merchants Heat and
Light Company" now known as the
Indianapolis Power and Light Com
pany.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
DRUNK FOR 3 YEARS

Judge Grants Divorce to Wife of
Tippler.
By Chited Press
CLEVELAND, April 26.-Mrs.
Mary Podpadec was in court re-
Gently suing for a divorce from her
husband Joseph.
Does your husband drink?'
Judge Ruhl asked her.
yes" she replied, for the past
three years"
Does he ever get intoxicated"
the judge asked.
Once" Mrs. Podpadec returned.
ooh, you mean that he is still in
toxicated?" the judge queried.
Mrs. Podpadec replied affirma-
lively and the judge granted the
divorce. The Podpadecs had been
married thirty years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
TWO HURT IN FALLS
Ladders of Workers Taking
Down Sign Crash.

Two men were injured today while
taking a signboard down at 116 West
Washington street.
One of the men, Everett Boyer,
"a, of $50 North Capitol avenue,
was taken to St. Vincent's hospital,
badly bruised. His companion,
James Brown, 23. of $40 South Me-
ridian street, suffered cut right
hand.
The ladder upon which Boyer was
standing slipped, causing him to fall
ten feet to the sidewalk When
Boyer fell he knocked over the lad
der upon which Brown was stand
ing. The sign fell at the same time,
striking Browns hand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
SEX AUTHOR
PREFERS JAIL
Mother Convicted for Ad-
vice to Sons Won't Pay.

BH Times special
BROOKLYN, April 26.-Unshaken
in her determination to 90 to ja;!
rather than pay a fine for writing
a book on sex which a jury found
obscene, Mrs. Mary Ware bennett is
awaiting her appearance in fed
eral court before Judge Warren Is.
Burrows Monday, when she will be
sentenced.
Judge Burrows Thursday refused
to grant motion filed by Mrs.
Dement'S counsel, Morris L. Ernst,
to have the verdict set aside, and
set Monday as the day for SEN
tence. Mrs. bennett is liable to
maximum penalty Of five years in
prison and a $4,000 fine for sending
obscene matter through the mails.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
FIND TORSO IN RIVER
Woman'S MutiIated Body
Dragged From Hudson.
BVT Hitcd Press

BIZ aited Press
JERSEY CITY, April 26.-The
nude, headless body of a woman,
with arms and right leg missing,
was found floating today in a Hud-
son river inlet by a steamship pier
Waterman.
The torso apparently had be>@
in the water a considerable time
Police said the victim was between
20 and IS.
Whether the head, arms and leg
had been severed by a knife or the
propeller blades Of a ship could not
be determined.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
LIBERALS DEFY BAN
0uSted Pittsburgh Universe
ty Club Plans Meeting.

BIZ United Press
PITTSBURGH. Pa. April 20
The University of Pittsburgh Liberal
Club prepared to day to hold a
meeting despite a decree of univer-
sity officials disbanding the club as
a school organization.
Free speech and free asSemblage
was the subject DR.. Harry Elmer
Barnes, noted Sociologist, was sched-
uled to deliver to the club before he
was driven from the campus last
Monday.
The meeting was to discuss the
Mooney Billings case, involving an
attempt to win a pardon for the
California labor leaders. alleged to
have pbeen framed" thirteen years
ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
NEW HIGH TO BE ASKED
Delegation Will Petition Board for
Broad Ripple School.

Request for immediate construc-
ton of new Broad Ripple high
school building will be made at the
indianapolis school board meeting
Tuesday night by delegation from
the district.
All north side residents and tax
payers have been urged to attend
the meeting, Mrs. Clyde E. Young,
52o1 Broadway, announced today.
Members of the Broad Ripple Par
ent-Teachers' Association and of
the Broad Ripple Chamber OF Com
merce also have been asked to at
tend.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
ROBBER CATCHES RIDE
I'M OFFICERS AUTO
luck" in Getting Glitch" Lands
Porter in Jail.

BIZ z Elffd Press
BILLINGS. Mont. April 26.-Wal-
ter Scott. Negro porter, Will be very
careful with whom he rides in the
future
He left q barber shop, where he
was employed, taking some hair
tonic. appliances. and loose cash
with him. Catching a ride out Of
town the following day. he was
forced to take to the road again
when the truck became begged in
a mudhole. His luck held out, APP
parently, as he approached another
car that had stopped on the road.
Scott was given a ride to Hardin,
then escorted into the police station
there by his kindly benefactor who
happened to be a deputy sheriff
from Billings who had heard of the
barber shop robbery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
OIL COMBINE TO
KEEP SINCLAIR,
REPORT CLAIMS
Directors Said to Have
Voiced Confidence in
Convicted Head.

BIZ Jnitcd Press
NEW YORK, April 26.-Directors
Of the Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Company were reported today to
have asked Harry F. Sinclair to re-
main at the head of the $50,0O0,O0O
combine.
1t is understood the directors de-
cision was conveyed to the oil man
through formal vote of confidence
taken at q regular board meeting
recently.
Sinclair must enter common
jail within a fortnight to serve
ninety days for contempt of the
senate in the Teapot Dome oil case.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
.TALLEY CONTROLLED BY
SPIRITS. SAYS SISTER
Psychic Influences Caused Her to
Quit Opera, Relative Believes,

b. united Press
NEW YORK, April 26.-Marion
Talley'S decision to quit her grand
opera career was caused by psychic
influences. in the opinion of her sis
ter, Florence
Marion Is not conscious of the
mysterious powers that guide her
actions Florence, who is older than
Marion. said. But mother and I
have known it all the time. When
she suddenly told lis that she had
decided to quit opera We weren't a
bit surprised"
Florence Tauey denied that Mar
ion contemplated marriage and said
that hundreds of offers of farms to
which the young singer might retire
have been received.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
PIONEERS BURIAL HERE
Body of Hervey Bates is Returned
From California.

The body of Hervey Bates II,
pioneer indianapolis resident and
former owner of the old Bates
house. who died at his home in
Pasadena, Cal, Jan. Is, at the age
of 81, will be returned here for
burial in Crown Hill cemetery Tues
day.
Mrs. John Perrin, daughter of Mr..
Bates: her husband and Hervey
Perrin and Hervey Bates III will
accompany the body. Mr.. Bates
went TO Pasadena ten years ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
Death Notices

BARKER. CLAUDE Believer husband
OF Edna Barker and father OF Mrs. Har-
old Wright, passed away Thursday
morning az his home. 1909 E Tenth ST.
Funeral from the residence. Saturday, .
p m. Friends invited. Burial Crown
COX. HOLLOWAY WILLIAM - Beloved
husband Of Susie Cox and father OF James.
He,tzman. departed this life Thursday.
Heitz-maD. departed this life Thursday.
April IS age IS years. Funeral Satur-
day April u. at residence. 1913 Tallman
Ave. p nj. Burial Anderson cemetery.
Friends invited. Funeral under direc-
ton of Moore & Kirk.
HOHLT, FRED W. - Beloved father OF
Mrs. ]. W Whitson and W F Hohlt.
passed away at Oakland. Cal. april IS.
Funeral notice later. For further lnfor-
nation call Valid funeral parlors Dr..
-2ol,
MARY-Fassed away Thurs
day Aprll IS Funeral at Terre Haute
Monday. For further information friends
may call FINN BROS. FUNERAL HOME.
IA. 1885.
MORAN PATRICW F-Age 81 years.
brother OF Mrs. Patrick Walsh and Mar
tin Moran, Z miles n. E. OF Brownsbure,
passed away Friday april 26. at ST Vim
cent hospital Funeral notice later
For further Information call FINN BROS.
FUNERAL HOME. ia 1885
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
MAYOR UNDER ARREST
Accused of Running Stoplight at
Kendallville.

BIZ JWltfU PftSS
KENDALLVILLE, Ind, April 90
Mayor William c. Amman was to
face charges of RUNNING a stop
light" in city court this afternoon, a
traffic rule infraction that he has
opposed bitterly.
The mayor was charged with vio-
lating the rule by John Harker, who
was fined several years ago on the
same charge by Auman
The mayor of Kendallville is no
better than myself" Harker declared
when he fled the charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
DEATH AVOIDS CHURCH
Only Two Funerals Are Held in
Seventeen Years.
Ri Inftfd prfRs

BIZ United Press
FAYETTEVILLE, N. c., April Is.
The Highland Presbyterian church
here is seventeen years old; yet only
two funerals have been held from
it since it was built in 1911.
An elder of the church was buried
from it in its early years and the
edifice witnessed its second funeral
the other day when woman mem
Der of the congregation received last
rites.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
Basketball Player Hurt

BIZ TIMES Special
CLINTON. Ind, April 26-Thrown
from a truck on which he was riding
with a group Of friends. Wayne
ellis, IS, star high school basket
ball player was in a hospital here
today injured seriously. He sus-
tanned conclusion OF the brain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
'DAPPER' DON CONVICTED
Swindler Fined $1,000 and Sem
fenced for Three Years.

BIZ IImCS NDcCidt
PATERSON, N. J., April %
"Dapper" Don Collins, one of the
most sartorially elegant defendants
ever to BE- tried here, was sentenced
today to three years Of hard labor
in the New Jersey state prison and
was fined $1,000 for conspiring to
swindle Thomas Weber of Egg Har-
Dor, N. J.. out of 100000.
The sentence was the maximum
penalty& Dapper Don was convicted
by Jury wednesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
Friend of Poet Riley Dies

BIZ Times Special
GREENFIELD. Ind, April 60
Funeral services for Edmund>P Mil
likan. schoolmate and life long
friend of James Whitcomb Riley,
Hoosier poet, were held here today.
Milligan died at the home Of a
daughter in Kokomos
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26
Missionary Societies to Meet

BIZ iWeS Special
ANDERSON, Ind, April %
Foreign missionary societies of
Methodist Episcopal churches in Al
lexandria and Anderson districts will
meet at Park Place church here
May 8.