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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13
CLOSE BANK
AT BLUFFTON
Assets of Institution Are
Drained by Withdrawals.

BLUFFTON, Ind, Feb. 13.-The
Wells County Bank, capitalized at
Sl,250,00O, was closed today by state
bank examiners upon the advice Of
directors, who said their assets were
drained by constant Withdrawals.
The Union Savings and Trust
Company, Buttons other bank,
announced that the majority of the
capital stock of the closed institu-
ton had been purchased by the
Lincoln National Bank, Ft. Wayne.
Thomas D. Barr, assistant state
banking commissioner, was to make
an investigation of the closed banks
affairs TODAY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13
Plan Reorganization

Luther F. Synonds, state banking
commissioner, announced today that
his assistant, Thomas d. Barr, was
in Blufton to aid in the reorgani-
cation plan being fostered by inter-
estS from Ft. Wayne and Indian
apoliS.
He attributed the closing to the
tenseness which has prevailed
throughout Wells county since the
failure of the Studebaker State bank
two years ago. He asserted that this
accounted largely for constant with
drawalS.
The other Bluffton bank is solvent
SynondS asserted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13

college gathering material for es-
says on such pedagogical subjects
as THE Women of DR.. Johnson's
Time
CLENDER, dark and %. she in
~ herited the strain of scholar
ship that is predominant in the
Morrow family. Her mother is
an accomplished linguist: her sis
ter, Elizabeth, is q school teacher:
her father is credited with being
one of the most astute of Ameri-
can diplomats.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13

verse during her college course.
and the Elizabeth Montagu prize
for the best essay on 1.-THE Wom-
en- of DR.. Johnston's Time"
Miss Morrow was born in En-
glewood, n. J., and was student
at the Chaplin school here before
entering Smith college.
1t is believed the marriage will
take place in Mexico City. prob
ably in the beautiful embassy
patio, where Lindbergn was re-
ceived by Ambassador Morrow on
his first goodwill trip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13

much so that persons who saw
them together in Mexico City said
there was no indication that they
were more than good friends.
e
CHE was graduated last year
~ from Smith college, where
she achieved an enyiable scho-
lastic record. Her literary actiy-
tiles resulted in her winning two
prizes-the Mary Augusta Jor-
dan award for the most original
piece of Literary work IN prose or
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13
APoLIs, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1929
You Skill Ski-We All Ski!

If Old Man Winter hangs on
long enough Indianapolis may
have some fairly accomplished
proponents of real cold weather
sports, such as skiing.
The picture shows some Of the
fair amateurs who have been TAX
ing the jumps-and the spills
at Riverside and Coffin golf
courses. In the toboggan they
are cleft to right Miss Mabel
Espy, SAT East Forty-eighth
street: Miss Dorothy Lahr, 491O
Washington boulevard. and Miss
Dorothy Gruman, 3645 Kenwood
avenue. Miss Lahr is on skis at
the left below and Miss ESpy at
the right.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13
Black Pigeon

Are you reading THE Black
Pigeon, The Indianapolis
Times thrilling new serial Of
mystery and comment? If you
haven't started it, turn today
to Page II and read the synop-
sis before starting today's in
stallment.
Don't miss a single INSTALL
ment of this mystery thriller.
Later on you will have an op-
portunity to test your own
skill as detective. You will
be invited to send in your own
solution of 1.-THE Black
Pigeon"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13

They had to drag Anne to en-
baSsy receptions, her friends say.
But with this love for books
Miss Morrow blended liking for
an active outdoor life.
She sst calmly and unafraio in
the cockpit beside Lindbergn SIS
he zoomed and banked low over
the crater OF Mexican volcanoes
in 1927 when the f1ier was in
Mexico City on his good will
fight.
Miss Morrow is as reserved and
quiet as Lindbergh himself. 50
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13
Hourly Temperatures

AEXICO CITY, Feb. 13.-The
1V1 girl who will be Mrs. Charles
Charles A.. Lindbergfl was born to
the royal purple OF finance and So
ciety. but it affected her as little as
the hero worship of the world in
5iuenceo her famous fiance.
Her engagement was announced
here Tuesday by her parents. Am
5asSador ana Mrs. Dwight Morrow,
With unlimited social prestige at
ner disposal. Anne Spencer Nor
row elected to live the life OF the
scholar and spent her days at Smith
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13
PROPOSE MOVIE CENSOR
New Bill Bans Banditry and
Gambling Films.

A bill which would create a mo-
ton picture censorship in Indiana
more rigid than that practiced in
anv state in the nation, was intro
duced in the house of representa-
tives today by Charles Y. Foster of
Carmel.
The bill would bar films depicting
gun play. banditry, gambling and
obscene or vulgar language.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13
VOTE BOOTH CUSTER
Salvation Army Council
Finds Him Unfit for Job.

SUNBURY, England, Feb. 13.-
The Salvation Army high council
in session here today adjudged Gen.
w. Bramwell Booth physically unfit
to hold Office at the head of the
army. The vote was 55 to 2 and fol-
lowed pleas of w. A. Jowitt, kings
counsellor, in behalf of General
Booths fitness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13
Gets City Stenographer Job

Miss Margaret Gordon. 1851 North
Illinois street, former Stenographer
at Democratic state headquarters,
today was appointed Stenographer
for the city plan commission. The
salary is $1,000 a year. She succeeds
Mrs. Helen E. Northern, who re-
signed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13
SET ELECTION EARLIER
Bill Would Fix Final Voting Date
in September.

Planning to eliminate the long
tedious campaign between May pri-
maries and November elections,
State Senator William F. Hodges of
Gary. today introduced a bill setting
the primary date, effective in 1880,
as the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in September. This would
make only two months between pri-
mary and election and would serve
to eliminate four months of turmoil,
he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13
JARD|NE TO Retire
Announcement Shows He
viii Not Aid Hoover.

BB IR@ed Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Secre-
tary of Agriculture Jardine of Kan
sas will return to private life after
March 4. he announced today. Until
a few dyas ago he had been reported
as under consideration for reap
pointment by President Elect
Hoover.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13
WRECK CAUSES FIGHT
Negro Strikes Motorist Following
Collision.

Enraged because of an automobils
wreck in which his car collided
with a machine driven by Gilbert
Benedict. 2e27 Highland place. at
Michigan street and Indiana avenue
Tuesday night. Robert Hays, Negro,
523 West Michigan street. struck
Benedict several times.
He left the accident scene, but
later surrendered 10 police, and is
hela on charges of speeding and
assault and battery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13
STRIKE AT LOVE NESTS
Bill Would Keep Married Persons
in Straight Path.

indianapolis and Indiana love
nests are doomed if the bill intro
duced in the house of represent
atives today by Representative John
L. Benedict, Indianapolis. should
pass.
Benedict's bill calls for a fine of
mot less than IS nor more than
$100' for any married man or wom-
an who habitually associates with
another married or unmarried man
or woman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13
HUNT KIDNAPPED GIRL
Offer Reward for AbduC-
ton of Child, 4.

BIZ Uliited Press
HILLSBORO, O., Feb. 13.--A re-
ward of $1,000 was offered today for
the capture of the abductors of
Nancy Hammond Keys, 4, grand
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan
Keys Of HillSboro. who was kid
naped in Cincinnati TUESDAY. The
Keys are prominent locally.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13
CRUISER BILL Is
SIGNED BY COOLIDGE
6 DIE IN MARDI GRAS
Annual Reyel Also Causes Twenty
Injuries.

BIZ United Press
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 13-Death
strode among the revelers today as
the famous New Orleans Mardi
Gras came to an end in final burst
of merrymaking.
Vital statistics of the celebration
showed six dead, a score injured
and more than $50 persons jailed on
charges of being intoxicated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13
MERCURY TO DROP
10 Above Zero Predicted
for Tonight.

Another temperature drop of
about 10 degrees bringing the mer-
curry down to about 10 above zero
tonight, was predicted today by J..
H Arlington, United States
weather bureau head. The nights
coldest mark was 20 above at
Sis a. m.
1t will be warmer Thursday, how
ever. he predicted. Unsettled weather
probably with occasional snow, also
is predicted for tonight and Thurs
day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13
TWO WOMEN
HELD IN KILLING
OF 7 INFANTS
Michigan Officers Probe
Disappearance of Eighth
Baby.
HUSBANDS ARRESTED
Check Theory They May
Have Slain Others Beside
Own Children.
En Tnifed press

BIZ UttcU tDTfSS
ST. JOSEPH, Mich, Feb. 13.-
With seven infant deaths already
charged to them, Mrs. Ethel Lewis,
49, Of Eau Claire, Berrlen county,
and her daughter, Mrs. Opal Co
ram, 25, we're charged with first
degree murder today while police
investigated the disappearance of an
eighth infant.
Mrs. Goram, according to Berrien
county officers, confessed her s.
months-old son. Clarence Wesley,
was strangled to death by Mrs.
Lewis a week ago-the third Goram
child the two women have killed
in three years.
Their husbands, Herbert Goram
and William Lewis, are being held
as material witnesses, but are not
believed implicated in the baby
killings.
Mrs. GoEhan is believed mentally
unsound.
Possibility that the couple might
have disposed OF illegitimate chill
dren in addition to their own Off
spring was to be investigated by
deputy sheriffs during search for
graves near the Lewis home this
afternoon.
Slew After QuarreIs
Mrs. Gorhan in her confession
admitted each of the three murders
OF her children followed an argu-
ment with her husband. She would
leave their home at Dowagiac, CaSs
county and go to her mothers home
where the two women would kill
the children.
Death of the last infant was as
cribed to Wlooping cough until Cor
oner S. E. Bryant of DoWagiac be-
came suspicious and examined the
body more closely. Finger marks
and other abraSions we're found on
the infants neck, and Mrs. Cor
man confessed she held the baby
while her mother strangled it.
Confessing the killing Of the sec
ond child at Eau Claire, Mrs. Cor
ham said she pushed it in a, baby
carriage ten miles from Dowagiac
to her mothers home. She blamed
her mother for plenning all Of the
murders.
Mrs. Lewis killed two or her own
twin babies when the family lived in
GeneSsee county near Flint, fifteen
years age, Mrs. Gorham confessed,
and said together they choked q
baby of each on rented farm soon
after they came to this section six
years ago. They burned the resi-
dence on the rented farm after this
double murder and said the children
were burned to death in the fire.
No Record of Adoption
Three weeks ago another child of
Mrs. Lewis disappeared, according
to her daughter. This eighth child
was given away for adoption. Mrs.
Lewis said. but no record of the
adoption has been found.
c. H. Anderson and D. A. Tuy-
ner, Berrien county deputy sheriffs,
went to DoWagiac Tuesday. where
they conferred with Gorhan, who
told them of his suspicious. They
then interrogated Mrs. Gorhan, who
made a complete confession, result
ing in the arrest Of Mrs. Lewis and
her husband.
The men are second husbands of
the two women.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13
MARY GARDEN NOT I'LL
Nonsense" Says Singer in Blasting
Reports.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-A report
that Mary Garden was i'll was de-
MED by The singer today at the Ritz
Carlton hotel.
What nonsense" she exclaimed,
I'm leaving for Buffalo in an
hour"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13

Story Selling Discussed By Club
Marketing Of literary productions
was discussed by members OF the
Writers Club at the SPHINX Arms,
Tuesday night. PART ular emphasis
Was placed GA the short story
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13
Warm Welcome

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Feb. 15.-Police-
man John Gallagher entered a
cigar store to get warm. Two
polite young men were holding
up the store. They relieved
Gallagher of his gun, bowed
and left.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-13
HOOVER RETURN SET
Leaves Florida for Capital Next
Week.

DW OutttU fTtSS
MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Feb. 13.--
President Elect Hoover will leave
here next Monday or Tuesday, re-
turning to Washington, there to
hold series of important confer
ences before his inauguration, it was
announced today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20

silken bit Of down upon his chin betrays him
as being under the shaving age. He Is dis
playing single pair of eyeglasses and Is asking
rs cents for them. He began at 80, but dropped
his price when no one offered
When, after an hour, his prospects have
failed him; when, one after another, passerby
has tried them on and returned them, the sales
man grows bit worried. Furthermore others
in the group are beginning to question him as
to why he doesn't 60 to work for living. Sew
eral times he has been twitted. Once he all
but found himself in q fight. fellow who
had tried 10 sell o well patched pair Of over
ais for two bits decided to use him Is an agent.
The callow youth made bargain with dad"
for is cents. The overall owner refused to
take 50 mean price. Words came fast and
furious-but, there, the deals offl And 50 Is
the flghtI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20

price for almost anything, from cverals 10 old
shoes, is rs cents
:. AS the morning drifts on, word passes about
that some big buyers" are arriving Julius;
for instance, In q .'big" buyer Julius, hulk
ing, snnaT-mountain Of . man, swings up with
o gunnysack already well hlled, and like the
street merchants Of the Oriental bazaars, sinks
to the sidewalk. allowing portions of his stock
in trade TO trinkle out upon the street. Being
q prince in beggardom, he is roughly good
haImored
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a =
From q huge box wherein perches loafer,
comes q sort o: siisgsist- IS.
Say, whatt'ye doing with glasses anyhow?
Glasses amt your line. Shoes Is your line" b
yah, know" comes a high-pitched,. boyisl,
voice. just ct the breaking period just thought
I'd take chance today. and I'm gettin' stuck"
Finally bright idea strikes the youth. He
puts the glasses over his own nose and starts
hawking the velvet-lined case. within Q few
moments he had sold the case for o nickel.
Business is picking upI - .,.ft.
Meanwhile the fellow with the patched over
alls has encountered q farm hand who some-
how became stranded In the city and has Just
landed . job through an employment agency.
The farm hand Is as bronzed as q life guard
For half an hour he has been standing at the
curbstone, shirt sleeves rolled up and fingers
under his suspenders, looking ID open-nioItled
amusement at this spectacle Cor the city side
streets. = =
so that's New, York" u schuckles Is he
goes down the hill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20

A ND Julius is in fine position to be aloof-
completely cold to all propositions not of
his liking. He Is no zone article" merchant.
His purchases run into dollars Immediately,
every barterer upon the ''T' rushes up with his
best bargains. julius looks upon them with
the scorn Of sultan who has been brought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20

frowsy collection Of wenches for his harem.
Julius offers the meanest of prices while the
traders sheer their refusal Of his misery sum.
youth comes up with a newly built shine
and-polish kit. It has been freshly painted.
It has been filed with brushes and new cans OF
polish. julius demands to see what's inside
''WhatM va GIMME for it--foist?" demands
the owner. s<tta93:
/. 1.-TWO bitS!"
The angered owner fairly leaps for it. There
is a tussle. Julius. grips 1t In fat bat strong
hands, &t.- .st..
Two bits--say, wouldn't even let yah look
at it for two bits case like that is woith
two bits jesta look at"
e Meanwhile, parading back and forth along
the length Of q half block has been a youth
who seems strangely out Of place. z.
He seems quite capable OF work, yet his at
tire Is as battered as any Of the o hers. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
PICTURES BY GEORGE CLARK.
Words BY GILBERT. swan.

n r is generally referred to as the Beg
CARS bazaar.
But it has many names-this spot
in New York where man may never
be entirely out but he's always down.
Richmond planet., 1929-10-19
TEACHER TRAINING CLASS
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
SUNDAY SCHOOL AWARD
ED DIPLOMAS

The Teacher Training Class of
the First Baptist Church Sunday
School will hold its graduating ex-
ercises in the auditorium of the
church on Sunday morning, Octo-
Der goth, from 1920 to 11:05.
Miss Martha L. Minor, the eff
fcient teacher of the class, has
arranged an excellent program
which will be very instructive and
inspiring. The following named
young ladies have successfully
completed the convention normal
course and will receive the diplo-
mas awarded by the Sunday School
Board, Southern Baptist Conven-
ton, Nashville, Tenn: Miss WV
ian Tyler, Miss Carrie Brown, Miss
Ruth Sutton, Miss Rosa Lee Penn
berton, Miss Bessie Binford, Miss
Addie Wyatt, Miss Geraldine Boyd,
Miss Ellen Banks, Miss Edith
Goode, Miss Madelyn Harris, and
Miss Catherine Peasants.
DR.. w. T. Johnson, pastor, will
deliver the graduating address, and
the diplomas will be presented by
J. G. Robertson, superintendent of
the school.
The members of the church and
the public generally are very cor
daily invited to be present.
Richmond planet., 1929-10-19
DECIDES PARDON, ONCE
GIVEN, is NOT REVOKABLE

Columbia, S. c., Oct. 14.-Backed
up by the State Supreme Court in
his contention that pardon, once
given, even though obtained by
fraud, cannot be revoked, Ben Bess,
Florence County Negro, who was
freed then recommitted to prison
by Governor richards, awaited
freedom today.
Governor Richards signature to
the release was ordered by the
court after it's study of the pardon
given Bess and then recalled. The
official order for the release of the
Negro was expected to be placed
before the governor today.
The chief executive pardoned
Bess after the Negro had served
thirteen years of a thirty-year SEN
tence upon conviction of assault
upon white woman. The pardon
was granted when the governor was
presented an affidavit signed by the
woman setting forth that Bess was
not guilty of the crime. Later evil
dence was received that the wom-
an had been paid $50 to sign the
paper and that she did not know
it's contents.
Richmond planet., 1929-10-19
HOME COMING INTERESTS
MANY

Services at Fourth Baptist
Church were well attended last
Sunday. A great congregation
heard Rev. NJ. M. Fisher at morn
ing service, and large numbers
heard Rev. c. S. Mccall at 8 P. NJ.
Great interest is being shown in
all church activities. Elaborate
plans are being made for the So
cial homecoming on the fourth
Sunday in October. The Sunday
school is having a literary pro-
gram at $50; the pastor, DR.. F..
W. Williams, and the trustees have
arranged special services at II 80
A. NJ; the two missionary circles
and the usher boards at $3.50; the
Sunday school, B. Y. P. U. and
Junior Missionary at 8 P. M. (the
latter will furnish music(. 1t is
urged that each member and
friend of the church will make a
100 per cent attendance at this
great home gathering. The Lords
supper Sunday at P. M. The
public is always welcome.
Richmond planet., 1929-10-19
KLAN VISITS CHURCH
TO KEEP OUT NEGROES
One of 20 at Blackshear Service
Says They Intended to Bar 100
Expected There
RECTOR UNAWARE OF MOVE
He Did Not Invite klansmen-
Repeats Stand, Declaring Critics
Have Backbones of Jelly6sh
New York Timesl

(NeW I 0rk 1lmeS)
About twenty-five Ku Klux
Klansmen, not in regalia, attended
the regular Sunday morning SER
vice yesterday at the Protestant
Episcopal Church of st. Matthew,
Tompkins Avenue and McDonough
Street, and heard the rector of the
church, the Rev. William St. John
Blackshear, reiterate his policy, eX-
pressed originally in his church
bulletin of September 18th, of dis
couraging Negroes from attending
his church and encouraging them
to attend nearby churches for Ne
groes.
The rector was unaware of the
presence of the Klansmen until In
formed of it at the close of the
service.
'I know nothing about why they
came" he said. "They are most
certainly not here by my invita-
ton. | do not need their services
in the conduct of my church af-
fairs. If any Negroes, or any 9th
ers, come to my church, they will
be treated just like anybody else,
and / will not tolerate any dis
courtesy"
Some of the members of the
Klan admitted that they were on
hand of their own volition and
without the knowledge of Mr..
Blackshear.
eve heard" said one, that a
delegation of over hundred Ne
groes from New England We're
coming this morning to attend the
service at st. Matthew's, and We
are here to see that they don't get
in. We are going to help keep
this a white mans church"
The Rev. Mr.. Blackshear said ne
had heard of the possible visit of
a delegation of Negroes.
"They would have been ushered
to seats just like any one else"
he said, "but my sermon would
have been unchanged. They would
have seen that merely by the pres
ence of number of them they
could not in any way overawe me
or Aeep me from expressing my
true sentiments"
The topic of Mr.. Blackshear's
sermon yesterday was sticking to
It." and his text was the thirteenth
verse of the sixth chapter of PauPs
letter to the Ephesians, Having
done all, to stand"
'sFrom many of the pulpits of
New York / have been criticized
for expressing my convictions" he
declared. "But my critics have
judged me entirely without hear
ing my side of the case. In con-
demning me they are mere blow
ing with the wind following the
line of least resistance, and in
doing so they are showing that
they have the backbones of jelly
fish.
81 have never tried, nor shall !
Richmond planet., 1929-10-19
Mr.. John Mitchell, Editor,
Richmond Planet,

Richmond Planet,
81 n. 4th St.,
Richmond, Va.
Dear John:
l am glad to see that we have
finally been able to secure the
traffic light at Second and Leigh
Streets.
You will recall that / went to
work on this last year and it was
promised by the Department of
Utilities this year. Now that they
have filled their promise there are
several other matters that we should
like to get for the colored people
of Madison Ward, and one is, the
better lighting of that section which
is now in need of light and espe-
cially Second Street.
| think that if we are to accom-
plish any results along this line, the
matter will have to be brought to
the attention of the Council so that
provision can be made in the 1880
budget to take care of the cost.
l am glad we have finally been
able to get the traffic light and you
viii recall | sent you a letter some
time ago after my appeal to the
Department of Public Utilities, in
which they wrote me that they
hoped to have this installed during
the present year.
Assuring you of my interest in
doing what | can to make the liv-
ing conditions of your people bet
ter in Madison Ward, l am
Yours truly,
o. HERBERT FUNSTEN.