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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
ASK MORAY PARDON
Congressman Wood Re-
news Plea to Hoover.

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, April 17.-Rep-
resentative Will R. Wood Of Indiana
called on President Hoover today to
renew his plea for a full pardon for
former Governor Warren T. Nc
Cray Of Indiana, now free on parole.
Wood endeavored to get Presi-
dent Calvin Coolidge to pardon Nc
Cray as one of his last acts before
leaving the White House, but was
unsuccessful, in spite Of a large
number of letters and kilograms sent
to the President by Governor Harry
G. Leslie and other state leaders.
He said today he was hopeful Of
early action by Hoover.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17

little thing like that didn't stump
a resourceful man ike Cohen. He
sent the men back with acetylene
torches and in trice the tractor
was trash. 1t was easy enough
to load the piece on a truck,
transport them to a junkyard and
sell them for $50.
Everybody was happy. The
woman had the unsightly junk"
away from her street, the work
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17

DACK in 1928 Nathan Cohen,
ID 2450 North Delaware street,
operator OF a secondhand store
at 623 East Washington street,
vas a trusting soul.
People called Cohen on the tel
ephone anf told him things and
Cohen believed them-implicitly.
For instance there was that sad
day when a woman phoned some
thing like this:
There's an old tractor sitting
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
ColortlH Scenes Mark P1.ying of Baseball Lid

Top, A truck-load Of policemen
and fremen; center left, Bruno
Bethel, Indians manager, with the
lucky bat and flowers given him
by fans. Center right, Columbia
Club float; lower left, James
Perry and Miss Florence Killilea,
owners of Indians and Brewers,
surrounded by girls from Indian
apolis Power and Light Company;
lower right, Shorty Burch of
program-selling fame, calling his
inimitable: Get yer batting ord
ers for today's game"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17

out in front of my house in West
Minnesota street. Mr. Cohen, and
you can have it for the trouble of
hauling it away"
Cohen didn't even get her
name. but out went Cohen's CO.
horts IN a truck. Strong those
Cohen cohorts. but they couldn't
lift that tractor.
No one. apparently, thought OF
trying to start it.
The men reported to Cohen. A
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17

and get that tractor we left on
that job"
That was the beginning OF the
rnisfortunes Of Cohen.
The contractors employe neigh
bors traced the tractor to Cohen
and learned what had been done.
A wild-eyed executive, fig
urateIy tearing his hair, de-
scended upon Cohen, demanding
redress. Two thousand dollar
pieces of machinery are difficult
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
Entry Into War Allowed
Allies to Win, Says
Late Chief.
CLEMENCEAU CRITICISED
Accuses War Premier of
Wasting Fruits of
Victory.
BY RALPH HEINZEN
United Press STAFF Correspondent

PARIS. April 17.-Tribute to the
United States Army, whose entry
into the conflict allowed the allies
10 win the war" is paid by Marshal
Ferdinand Foch in the first biog-
raphy of the allied commander-in-
chief published since his death,
which appeared today.
The book, by Raymond Recouly,
noted French journalist and author
is almost an autobiography, since it
consists Of a series Of interviews
with Foch. 1t is entitled Memoir
ial De Foch'
The sensation of the book is
Fochs denunciatiOn of former Pre-
mier Georges Clemenceau. whom he
accuses OF wasting the fruits of vic
tory.
The tribute to the United States
Army comes in a passage where
Foch commended:
only the arrival of the Amer
leans permitted us to fill the hole
caused by Rusisa's collapse and al
lowed the allies to win the war"
Should Hold Rhine
The book contains bitter criticism
OF Clemcnceau who, Foch contended,
lost the advantages of the victory by
abandoning the French claim to the
left bank Of the Rhine Foch
charged that Clemenceau and others
tried to keep him away from the
peace conference and would not
permit him to have contact with
Woodrow Wilson and David Lloyd
George.
Foch accused the Tiger of stub
bornesS, recalling that both Foch
and Poincare urged France to keep
the Rhine frontier, but Clenenceau
refused to consider POincare's obser-
vations any more than mine. France
committed a sort of harakari by
leaving the Rhine"
Foch was particularly angered
by Clemenceau'S refusal to make
him a member Of the French official
peace delegation. He asked:
Was this because he was Jealous
of the military men or. desired to
affirm the supremacy of the civil
forces. or feared to see a general
enter diplomatic, negotiations"
The author of the book, Recouly,
served as a captain during the
war, is an officer of the Legion of
Honor and wears the croiX de guerre.
Clemenceau Answers
Clemenceau was angered by the
attacks on him in Recouly's book.
Il hesitate to start polemicS
around a coffin but 1 must defend
myself against these untruths," the
aged but vigorous wartime premier
told the United Press. II will reply
point by point to the attacks Of
Marshal Foch and NJ. Poincare.
Marshal FOch reproaches me for
not anneXing the Rhineland, but if
we started along that Ioad, there
would be no end. We Would try to
annex China and everything"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
ACCUSED
TALKS AT ANGOLA

Rn Tfnlea SnccinL

D IWF8 NVCEIWF
NEW ALBANY, Ind, April
17,-Mrs. Mary Gass, 40, and
her son, Fred Gass, 80, French
Lick, are under sentence Of the
federal court here on con-
viction of violating the prohi-
bition law. The mother was
fined 5000, and the son 5000
with a four months Jail SEN
tenCe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17

men basked in the memory of a
tough job we'll done and Cohen
he had the $50.
DAYS after Cohen's strong
H. rnen had done their work an
official of the j. H. King Com
pany, sewer contractors, issued
an order to a subordinate:
go out on Minnesota street
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
PAVING CONTRACT LET
Evansville Company to Surface
$50 Miles of State Road 81.

A contract was let today by the
state highway commission for $50
miles of paving on State Road 81,
known as the Petersburg Vincennes
road. The stretch is from Petersburg
to five miles northwest. The Glove
Construction Company of Evans
vile got the contract with bid of
$104,855.48.
The commission will open bids on
100000 barrels of cement April %.
The cost is expected to be more
than two and half million dollars.
1t represents about 1926 miles of
paving. More than 1000 barrels Of
cement are needed for each mile
of road, according to William Titus,
chef engineer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
NEW BOULEVARD ALONG
WHITE RIVER PROPOSED
Suggested as Means to Divert
Traffic to Bluff Road.

Construction of a boulevard along
the east bank of White river, from
Morris to Raymond streets, was
considered today by city officials.
The boulevard would connect with
Bluff road and provide an outlet
for traffic to the southwest section
of the state. Extension of West
street to Bluff road also is con-
sidered as a means Of diverting the
Bluff road traffic from Meridian
street.
Mayor L. Ert Slack asked that
Bluff road and Bethel avenue cross
ings remain open at a track eleva-
ton conference Tuesday between
the Belt railroad officials and city
officials. Work has started on the
Belt bridge over White river which
is the first step in the south side
elevation program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
NO WARRANT, SIX FREED
Arrested in Gambling Raid; Charges
Dismissed.

William Levine, $40 West WASH
ington street, was discharged today
in Municipal Judge Paul Wetter's
court on a charge Of keeping a
gambling house.
Arresting officers testified they
arrested Levine and five other men
on a complaint and that they did
not have a search warrant. The
Ave other men charged with visiting
a gambling house also we're dis
charged.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
NURSE EXPERTS TO TALK
Employees Fellowship to Hear Health
Officials.

DR.. Herman G. Morgan, city
health secretary, and Miss Marie
Winkler, assistant superintendent of
the Public Health Nursing Associ-
alton, will speak tonight at the Sew
erin before the Employees Commu-
nifty Fund Fellowship.
Nursing services available to the
public through public and private
agencies will be outlined.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
WORLD TRADE NEEDS
PEACE, SAYS LAMONT

Commerce Secretary Addresses Ex-
pOrters' Convention.
BIZ UHiCd Press
BALTIMORE. April 17-Ameri-
can imports reflect a high standard
Of living and an elaborate industrial
system, Secretary of Commerce
Robert P. Lamont told the National
Foreign Trade convention today.
He stressed the necessity of world
peace as an aid to foreign trade.
"All shat is necessary to assure
steady and large growth of foreign
trade throughout the world and Of
our trade in particular, is peace, "
Lamont said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
Train PIunges Into Greek

Ru JuitFd Press
ITHACA. n. Y. April 1.-TWO
members Of the crew OF a fast Le
high Valley train were injured seri-
ously and passengers we're tumbled
from their seats when the engine
and seven cars plunged into a creek
bed at Newfleld station. nine miles
south OF here today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
PEDALS OVER CHANNEL

French HydrOcyclist Makes Trip in
Less Than Hours.
BH United Press
DOVER, England, April H.
Roger Vincent of France arrived
here at 12:45 p. m. today, after
pedalling his way across the Eng
lish channel on a hydrocycle in five
hours and forty-fve minutes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
ROOT FAVORS COURT

Urges United States to Action on
World Tribunal.
BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, April 1.-THE
friendly attitude displayed by men,
bers Of the world court at Geneva
to the proposal of Americas try
should INSPIRE the hope that the
United States will take favorable
action" Elihu Root said today upon
his return from Europe, aboard the
lie De France.
Root, accompanied by Professor
Philip Jessup of Columbia univer-
sity, returned after spending sew
eral weeks at Geneva comforting
with the committee on revision Of
statutes of the world court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
LAFAYETTE RATES CUT
Public Service Group Orders Water
Service Reduction.

Twenty per cent reduction in
water service Of the Lafayette Water
Company, municipal corporation,
has been ordered by the public serv-
ice commission.
This is to be effective for the next
eight months. when further reduce
tons may be made, the commits
sioners stated.
The present profits Of the COM
pany are S59,076 annually and will
be reduced to $4,000 by commission
orders.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
FARM AID ACT PRAISED
Agriculture VIII Benefit by House
Bill, Says Dickinson.

Dill, says DIChIlSUH.
BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON. April 17.-Farm-
ers will feel the benefits of the pro-
posed house agriculture relief bill as
soon as the federal farm board as
sumeS Jurisdiction over commodities,
Representative Lester j. Dickinson
(Rep. Iowa., predicted today.
Dickinson, considered one of the
staunchest friends of the farmers in
congress. analysed for the United
Press how the pending legislation
would benefit agriculture. He
characterized the bill as a per-
manent farm program rather than
an emergency measure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17

to put back together when cut
up with blow torches.
Cohen refused to pay.
II
THE last chapter was unfolded
l. in superior court three Tues
day afternoon when jury award
ed the King company s1,278 DAM
ages against Cohen.
Contrary to popular report, the
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
remains urlsold.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
DREISER'S NOVEL READ
AT PUBLISHERS TRIAL
Author Testifes at Hearing on
ObsCenity Charges.

BV JHifcd Press
BOSTON. April threading of
Theodore Dreiser's An American
Tragedy" was expected to take I'D
most of today's session of the trial
OF Donald S. Friede, New York pub
Usher. charged with selling a book
containing obscene, indecent. and
impure language, manifestly tend
ing to corrupt the morals of youth"
Dresser, on the stand Tuesday. was
permitted to answer a few questions
dealing with his birthplace, age,
and the writing Of the novel in ques-
ton
Attorneys for the government sue
ceeded in excluding questions which
would involve discussion by him Of
modern standards of literary frank
ness and also the question. Can
one get an idea Of the background
of the book by reading less than the
entire book?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
UTILITY VALUATION UP
Assessment of insult Firm Increased
SS,97I.644.

Taxable valuation OF the insult
owned Northern Indiana Public
Service Corporation was increased
s3.971 ga by the state tax board
Tuesday. The 1928 valuation was
fixed at SAL .360,747 as compared
with s37.3Se. 103 year ago.
William McInerny. OF South Bend
utility lawyer ana insult lobbyist
headed a delegation OF insult At
torneys and officials at the hearing
one other valuation was fixed TO-
dav by the tax GARD. The Kokomc
Gas and Fuel Company was left al
1892 ,000-last years figure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
NOy ASK

BU Times Special
RUSHVILLE, Ind, April II.
Ben Grass Of Brazil was
fined $40 and costs here on an
intoxication charge after he
accosted Sheriff L. M. Coons,
among several persons he had
stopped while walking on Main
street, making inquiry as to
where he could buy liquor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
BANDITS GET QUICK
TRIAL, LONG TERMS
Ohio Men Sentenced Seven Days
After Bank HoIdup.

AtLer BANK hOluup.
BIZ United Press
BUFFALO, N. Y, April 17.-Just
seven days after they had held up
and robbed the Manufacturers and
Traders'-Peoples Bank here Of S.
200. Frank Leagen, 20, of Cleveland
and Claude Udwine, 81, OF Dayton
O.. were on their way today to Au-
burn prison to begin serving SEN
fences aggregating not less than
fifty-fve years.
Brought before Justice Alonzo
Hinkley in supreme court today,
Udwine was sentenced to serve not
less than thirty years and Leagen
not less than twenty-five years. A
longer record than Leagen cost I'd
wine at least five more years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
FLEEING MAN SHOT
Penal Farm Fugitive Sought to
Eyade Capture.

BIZ United Press
VINCENNES. Ind. April 17.-Shot
in the leg when he attempted to
elude arrest, Charles Chanley. %,
who escaped from the state penal
farm several weeks ago is in a hos
pital here today.
Deputy Sheriff Chauncey Carr
said the first shot was fired into the
air in an effort to halt Chanley
without injuring him, police said.
Chanley was serving a farm term
for larceny.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
BANQUET Set for Thursday

BIZ Times SDecfqf
LAFAYETTE, Ind, April 1.-THE
annual spring gridiron razz ban-
quet of Sigma Delta Chi. Journal
istic fraternity, will be held Thurs
day night at Purdue university.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-17
Austin Bank Charter Renewed

state charter board members to-
day approved the Austin State
Bank charter renewal and discussed,
but withheld action, on the pro-
posed Citizens safe Bank Of Gary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-04
LIFE span SET
BY MOSES YET
REMAINS LIMIT
Modern Science Unable to
Increase 1t Past 70
Years.

By Science SeTUics
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 4-When
Moses stated that seventy years was
the length Of mans life, save for
exceptional cases, he set limit that
all our modern science has not been
able to overstep.
In spite of the remarkable progress
in public health practices and In
medicine during the last century,
We can not hope that the span of
human life will be heightened, DR..
I. Dublin told members Of the Amer
lean Public Health Association here
today.
A study Of the mortality figures
since 1920 among the general pop
ulation OF the country and among
the insured of the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company shows a de-
creased ability for people to live
much longer than sixty-five years,
DR.. Dublin said.
''The expectation of life has in
creased, but the span Of life has
remained stationary. A fundamental
distinction must be made between the
two. The former, which is the av-
erage length Of life of people in
stationary population, has shown
appreciable gains and will continue
to increase as public health i'm
proves and more and more diseases
are brought under control.
1.-THE latter has remained sta
tionary for a long time and it is
altogether unlikely that man will
be able to do anything to change it
The span of life seems to be fixed
by the nature of man himself. His
internal structure wears out after
so many years of work and use and
he appears unable to master. its
weakness or give it stamina to last
longer.
That twenty years have been
added to the average length of
human life since public health work
began to be practiced actively in the
early eightieSSof the last century is
true. But this gain can be traced
to the reduced mortality of infants
and to the cutting down of the I'M
necessary and preventable deaths of
young people from typhoid fever,
dlphtheria, scarlet fever: smallpox
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-04

that has been made to interest those
In middle life in the conditions Of
Their health.
such campaigns as center around
the physical examinations are very
desirable, but their value, so far as
they go to extending the life span.
is questionable. Their greatest
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-04

and a host Of other diseases, which
for the most part affect persons
under 40 years Of age.
Improvement, after the age Of
40. has been slight and limited al
most altogether to women. This
lack of improvement is all the more
striking in view of the great effort
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-04

worth is in making old age freer
of discomfort" DR.. Dublin declared.
In other words, more babies will
survive the perils Of infancy and
childhood and grow to be men and
women, but the grown men and
women today will die at the same
age as they did a century ago.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
McWilliams Finds EN- Reading
Las Vegas Age in Oregon Town

Having gained % pounds on a
trip up the coast to Vancouver. B.
c., and back for his health, j. T.
NTcWilliams, county surveyor, ar
rived in Las Vegas yesterday, feel
ing "the best in years"
IT found lots of folks talking
about Las Vegas up the line"
he said. "Of course there were
some who hadn't heard of Vegas,
but there was one incident that
showed me how much Las Vegas is
in the public eye.
IN a little town a short ways
north of klamath Falls, I walked
into a real estate office and found
a man reading the Las Vegas Age.
Said he'd subscribed for it several
months ago, and was going to go to
Las Vegas eventually. I found a
good many who wanted to know
about the town and the country.
Most OF them know it's hot here
and are waiting for the cooler wea-
ther in the fall, and then expect
there will be plenty of them COM
ing here. from the way they talked.
McWilliams started, with Mrs. Nc
Williams. first for Death Valley
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
Mother Admits
Burning Baby
In Its Carriage
Couldn't Pay the Milk Bill"
Says Woman; Threw
Match into Child's Buggy;
Life Was Insured.

LOS ANGELES. July SUR
Calmly and quietly, in :he presence
OF her 20-year-old husband, Mrs
Josephine Valente, 10, confessed to
police tonight that she threw a
match into a carriage containing
her eight -months old son, Dominick,
and burned the baby to death.
Her reason for the crime, accord
ing to police, was that her huS-
band refused to give her money. and
she was ashamed to meet the milk
man to whom she owed bill.
AS he sat across the room listen
ing to his wife's recital, Sabintino
Valente. father of the child, denied
her charge and said he gave his wife
50 for groceries this morning.
Il couldn't pay the milk BILL" the
mother said, "and I knew the milk
man would leave us no more milk.
SO this morning bathed the baby
and put him in his carriage near
the house to sleep. Then went by
and threw a lighted match into the
carriage and walked out-in front to
talk to my mother-in-law until l
heard someone shout fire
When we ran to the carriage the
Eaby was dead
While police accepted Mrs. Va
lente's story, Detective Lieutenant
Condaffer said he had learned a
$375 insurance policy was carried on
the baby's life and that the investi-
cation would continue.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
Bank Statement
Shows Growth
. OfLas Vegas
Nearly 5000, 900 Increase in
Assets of First State Bank
in Three Months Period.


The statement of First State Bank
showing condition of business on
June 30, 1929, reflects very
healthy and substantial growth in
Las Vegas and indicates clearly
that the fears of a summer lull in
business have but frail foundations.
An increSae of $187 ,906.25 in the
amount of deposits between the
last bank statement, March 81,
1929, and June 30, 1929, is shown,
with an increase in total assets of
$I93 3,293.37.
Individual deposits subject to
check increased $166, 6,225.91; savings
deposits increased $8,737.l3; and
cashiers checks outstanding in
creased $20,14803. The amount of
time certificates ofs deposit de-
creased $6,410.41 and certified
checks decreased $794.4l.
The statement is sufficient evi-
dence to show that Las Vegas has
settled to period of steady growth
which will gather greater momen-
tum as autumn approaches and
the time for the beginning of work
on Boulder Dam approaches.
A bank with $1,824, ,92l 05 in
assets represents healthy and
substantial business condition for a
town the size of Vegas.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-07-09
A9 Passengers
Taken Off Ship
By Coast Guard

BOSTON, July 8.-UP)-Another
thrilling adventure of the open sea
has been written in the matter of
fact phraseology of marine records,
into the log of the United States
Coast Guard. 1t concerns the res
cue of 249 passengers from the
coastal steamer Prince George, car
ried out without the loss of a single
life after a collision fifty miles off
Cape Anne.
The accident was described unoffi-
cially today as unavoidable. 1t was
reported by some of the Prince
George passengers that the Coast
Guard patrol boat AgaSsiz was run
ming at full speed through heavy
fog when it tore into the Prince
George, Boston bound from Var
mouth, N. S. The passenger vessel
was ripped open above and below
the water line while the nose of the
Agassiz was flattened.
A S. o. S. was sent out immedi-
ately by the Prince George and the
work of transferring her passengers
to the Agassiz, which seemed the
more sesworthy of the two ships,
was begun.
The AgasSiz sent out radio calls
for assistance and the cutter Mo-
jave sped to the scene. The Mo-
jave took the passengers aboard and
brought them here.
The Agassiz returned to the coast
guard base at East Boston and the
Prince George. every pump in opera
ton to save her from sinking, ar
rived at her berth here last even
ing.