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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06
0WAO
BROKER TOOK LIFE,
CORONER INDICATES
Fingerprints on Ledge, Size
of Window Support
Suicide Theory.

Although unprepared to render
formal verdict today, Coroner
Charles H. Keever said evidence in
dicated that the plunge of Gilbert
B. Clippinger, 40, investment broker,
seven stories to his death Thursday
noon was not accidental.
Mr.. Clippinger's body, hurting
from a window in his Office on the
eleventh floor of the Fletcher Trust
and Savings Company, Market and
Pennsylvania streets, struck a win
dow ledge at the ninth floor, and
crashed face downward on a sub
roof above the fourth story. He was
killed instantly.
Friends and relatives told the
coroner that Mr.. Clippinger was
subject to occasional attacks of diz-
illness and fainting, and believed he
was overcome with one of them
while trying to open the Office win
dow.
Size OF the window, scarcely large
enough to admit passage of a mans
body, and discovery of fngerprintS
on the sill outside the window, led
Coroner Keever to believe Mr.. Clip
pinger committed suicide, he said.
There was no evidence to indicate
that the broker had been victim
of recent stock market crashes, &C
cording to friends and his secretary.
Mr.. Clippinger was Indiana and
Kentucky representative of Dillon,
Reed & Co., having become af-
filiated with that concern in 1927
after several years connection with
the bond department Of the Fletcher
American Company.
He was born Oct. 3, 1888, in
Evansville, and was graduated from
De Paw university. For year he
was a newspaper man in this city,
and then joined the Fletcher Amer
lean Company.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Anna Clippinger, a daughter of
Judge Joseph G. Ibach, Hammond;
two daughters, Mary Jane, IA, and
Joanna, 8; the parents, the Rev.
and Mrs. Henry G. Clippinger,
Greenwood; a brother, H. Foster
Clippinger, this city, and a sister,
Mrs. Mary Scott, New Albany.
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81 told him I didn't want to, but
did. Then he asked me to stand
and glare into the camera. I never
do that, either, but lid. Tabloid
photographers have way of max
ing you look the way they want you
to, whether you want it or not.
When I told him how unattractive I
thought the picture would be, ne
said: We'll, Mrs. Hanna, lots of
unattractive people get by. Look
at Abraham Lincoln"
Mrs. Hanna, a charming and gra-
ctouS woman, who looks for all the
world like a Wateau portrait grown
elderly, is travelling over the United
States for the purpose of stimulat-
ing interest in the national conven-
ton, to be held in Detroit, April Is
to May 4, and also to realize unity
in the organization by visiting the
local organizations.
She has been president of the
United States Y. W. c. A. for four
years and has been interested in
"Y" work for fifteen years.
AS in all other fields and walks
OF life, she believes the Y. w. c. A.
has been affected by the Wa. 1t has
grown tremendously, for one thing.
1t has branched into fields unex-
plored previous to 1914, she said
Work among the foreign born, teen
age girls and small communities
have become outstanding in the
program.
She has clarity of thought and
an understanding of people that
distinguishes her easily as
leader. And yet she firmly believes
the idea of individual leadership is
as out OF style as silent movie.
"The greatest barrier is not sect
or race, as most people believe"
Mrs. Hanna stated, "but age. Wom-
en- say, I have nothing in common
with her. She is too youngl' Girls
say There is nothing she can offer
ME She is too Old" Mrs. Hanna
believes that the element of age is
eliminated in an organization such
as the Y. w. C. A.
And if you could see her eyes light
up and the animation of her face
when she talks about the ideals of
the organization, you would believe
1t to be true.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06

BH United Press
NEW YORK. Dec. 6.-Miss Ann
4% Scarborough, who manages
to tear herself away from her
books long enough to appear in
the chorus of "a Wonderful
Night" six nights a week, matinees
Wednesday and Saturday, has
gone to considerable trouble to
prove that chorus girls have
brains.
So immersed did Miss Scarbor-
ough become in the idea that she
went to the length of making a
speech before the exclusive Book
and Play Club, which has more
social registerites than Shubert
has chorus girls.
The message that Miss Scarbor-
ough brought to the members of
the four hundred Thursday was
that chorus girls neither are her
mitS nor puritans; that they do
not live in "gilded palaces" (the
phrase Is Miss Scarborough's);
and that finally nothing so warns
their esthetic little hearts as to
curl up with a goot book just be-
fore prancing on the stage for the
Second-act curtain.
However, Miss scarborough
brought out the disheartening
news that of late she had been
forced to neglect her reading. She
had, it seems, been making a sur
vey of dressing room literature
and one evening worked herself up
to a terrific pitch by dashing
around behind stage, Snatching
books out of chorus girls hands
and jotting down the titles.
In one room," she said, II
found four girls reading. One of
them had Lord JIM another a
book of Shaw's plays, the third
The Story of Philosophy and the
fourth, I am sorry to say, was
reading 'Snappy Stories
THE average chorus girl knows
how to conduct herself as a lady.
There are eighty girls in the
chorus of the show in which I
sing. We in the chorus merely
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Higgins, Resident for 81
Years, Dies in City.

Funeral services will be held at
p. m. Saturday for James B. Hig-
gins, 80, Civil war veteran and resi-
dent of the city since 1878, who died
Thursday at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. William J. Campbell, 324
West Maple Road boulevard.
Services will be conducted at the
Campbell home with the Rev.
Joseph G. Moore, pastor of the Cap
itol Avenue M. E. church, officiat-
ing. Burial will be in Crown Hill
cemetery.
Mr.. Higgins was born May II,
1847, in Boone county, and was mar
ried May IA, 1879, to Miss Margaret
Stultz, who died three years ago.
At the age of II, he enlisted in
Company B, One hundred thirty
fifth Indiana infantry, and fought
through the Civil war. Later he
was a member of the G. A. r., and
was one of the Oldest members of
Marion lodge, No. /, Knights Of
Pythias. Mr.. Higgins was one of
the pioneer settlers of North Indi-
annapolis.
Surviving are a son, Claude Hig-
gins; two daughters, Mrs. John H.
Shoaf and Mrs. Campbell; five
grandchildren, and three great
grandchildren, all of Indianapolis;
a brother, William A. Higgins,
Phoenix, Ariz., and two sister, Mrs,
w. B. Hammond, Berkley, Cal, and
Mrs. w. H. Craft, Indianapolis.
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consider our work as stepping
stone to stardom."
The society matrons, who had
been politely placid through the
days earlier lectures by Louis
Bromfeld, Lyle Saxon, Thomas
Wolfe, Oliver la Fargo and even
Chief Longlance, were agog with
interest.
Selling her opportunity, Miss
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06
Brains? Yes, Chorus Girls Haze
Coolies; Books? They Haze One

Scarborough shot the word "er-
roneous" at the audience and set
tied back on her heels in triumph
as a rustic of approval crept
through the room.
ct is erroneous" she said, "to
think that all chorus girls spend
all their time drinking cham
payne"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06
BY DUANE HENNESY.

T OS ANGELES, Dec. 6.-She
~ was fat and forty and had a
husband, but if you believe the
governments postal inspectors,
she had a sweetheart in every
port.
The lady in question is Mrs.
Elise Weisert, who supported friend
husband and their two children
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06

Charged with malicious trespass
and with cruelty to animals, Frank
AyreS, II, box No. 81, r. R. No. 8,
and a 16-year-old companion, were
arrested by deputy sheriffS today.
The two are charged with shoot
ing and killing a heifer belonging to
James Wolf, box No. 221, r. r.
No. 8. while hunting
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06

by selling her charms for cash by
mail.
Wouldn't some one like a nice
German wife? A buxom girl of 80,
who was swell cook? Didn't some
lad want to marry her?
The romantic suckers replied that
they did. The practical Mrs. Wei
sert and the chuckling husband
wrote to the new boy friend ask
ing for railroad fare with which to
hasten to waiting arms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06
SCHOOL CLUB TO. DINE
Notre Dame Club viii Give Dance;
Committee Appointed.

The Indianapolis Club of Notre
Dame university will hold its annual
dinner dance at the SEVERN roof
garden, Dec. 80, it was announced
today after meeting of the club
on the campus, South Bend.
Charlie Davis orchestra will play
for the dance. Robert Marshall
and Wilfred Habing are chairlnen
Of the committee in charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06

But in stalked tragedy. The
poor little German girls mother
had died in Europe. She had to go
home. So another romance was
knocked on the head. That's the
postofflce inspectors story and
they are sticking to it. Mrs. Wei
sert and her husband, John Wei
Sert, have confessed that the
charges are true.
Yes, that's the way we worked
it" Weisert said in the county jail.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06

Club of Indiana
Central college at 8
tonight in Kephart
Memorial audito-
ri u m, University
Heights.
Three ne "a C t
plays are included 4:
The Stolen Prince"
a Chinese p l a y;
IS pr e a ding the
News" an Irish
comedy, and "Dust
of the Road" an
American p l a y
Miss Leora Weilnar
public speaking and
dramatic professor
the acts,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06
DOG SHOW DISCUSSED
HOOsier Kennel Club Names Heads
of Trophy Committees.

The annual spring dog show was
discussed by the Hoosier Kennel
CLUB, in a dinner meeting at the
Spink-Arms hotel Thursday night.
Committee chairmen for trophies
and prizes will be: T. K. Bennett,
wire-haired fox terriers; r. E. Slime,
beagles; Mrs. Joseph Burning, bull
dogs; Mrs. G. L. Smith, bull terri
ers; Mrs. G. A. Shumard, Boston
terriers; B. F. Buskirk and DR.. j.
R. De Roahn, cocker spaniels; c. w.
Breunger, collies; Mrs. H. L. Lang
in, pomeranians; Mrs. Jesse Hodges,
Russian wolf hounds; DR.. G. G.
Sanders, bird dogs, and Albert
Meyer, shepherd dogs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06
CHAIRMEN SCRAMBL ED
William Hamilton, S. G. Campbell
Not Fourth Ward Heads.

William Hamilton and Samr-l @.
Campbell enormously were reported
IA The Times Wednesday as being
Republican chairlnen of the Fourth
ward. Harmon A. Campbell, 1857
West Thirty-sixth street, is official
Fourth ward chairman.
Hamilton, however. is Third ward
chairman, and Samuel Campbell is
Warren township chairman, accord
ing to Harry Dunn, advisory board
member Of the Marion County G o.
P. organization. Harmon A. Camp
bell, although active in party or
ganization, neither has held nor
sought public Office.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06

Then the magazine would send
the name of the "loney girl' to
an inquiring lonely man." But
when the suckers started to protest
about the railroad fares, the
magazine turned the matter over
to the postal inspectors and the
Weiserts we're traced through
some OF the addresses listed as
the home of the latest buxom
German girl.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06

of trial in federal court has not
been set.
According to postal inspectors
Denver matrimonial magazine was
used in the alleged scheme. The
husband would write to the paper,
each time listing his wife under
a different name.
And such nice German names
Anna Wolf, Elsie Schlitt, Elsie
Hammer, Martha Schmidt,
Martha Bowman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06
CAR INJURIES SERIOUS
Negro, Hit by Auto, Suffers Broken
Leg and Internal Hurts.

James Mayfield, Negro, 1907 North
Capitol avenue, suffered a broken
leg and internal injuries when he
was struck at Indiana avenue and
Paca street by a car driven by
Charles Moore, Negro, AIS North
Delaware street, Thursday night. He
also suffered internal injuries and
is in serious condition at city hos
pital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06

general chairman
of booths for the
Christmas S e a !
S a ! e campaign.
Mrs. Duesenberg
will organize for
sales in theaterS,
hotels, clubs and
o # i C e buildings
during the week of
Dec. 1921.
A luncheon will
be held at the
ply la e UNI at
noon Dec. II. when
Mrs. Duesenberg
will meet with club
women named to
| sales.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06
HELD FOR NUISANCE

Charged with dumping trash on
a public highway, Patrick Glover,
81, of Box sos, R. R. 5, was arrested
by deputy sheriffs Thursday night.
Farmers have been complaining
for some time about dumping of
trash on Brill road near Sumner
avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06

where he is held in lieu of $4,000
bond. I'VE had to live and that
was darned easy way to get
money.
"It's all my fault, though. I
wrote most of the letters. Say, I
wrote so many letters that I was
almost ready to marry some one
myself"
The "bride-to-be" was released
on her own recognizance to care
for their two young children. Date
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06
REPRESENTS BUTLER
Hoffman to Go to National Meet
of Tau Kappa Alpha.

, Clyde Hoffman,
indianapolis, will
.'epresent the But
.er univerSit y
chapter Of Tau
Kappa Alpha, COL
egiate debating
fraternity, at the
national conven-
ion this week in
Oxford, O.
Hoffman Is the
son of J. Clyde
Hoffman of this
city, attorney and
state senator.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06
PLACED ON HONOR ROLL
Thirteen indianapolis Journalism
Students ON Butler List.

Twenty seven journalism students
at Butler university have been chosen
from 300 in the department for
the honor roll for high scholarship
ranking during the week.
Indianapolis students chosen are:
Martha Vollmer, Dorothy Melchoirs,
Lillyan Bradford, Georgia Giddings,
Theresa Bagnoli, r. D. Manye, Lois
Rude, Max Schneider, Valencia
Meng, Robert Whitcraft, Thomas
Hubbard, Joseph Thomas and Evelyn
Mendenhall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06
ROBBED or RENT MONEY
Out of Work, Man Loses Roll in
Daylight Downtown Holdup.

An unemployed man lost his
months rent money in a daylight
holdup in the downtown section
this morning.
Thomas Green, 33, of 1727. Mil
burn avenue, reported to police that
he was held up behind the Big
Four terminal at Maryland and
Meridian streets, by gunman who
first asked for a match, and then
took $25 from him. Green was on
his way to pay his months rent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06
Sets Christmas Style
G@NO

when stockings
are in bloom!"
is the city's
newest lifting
tune, despite long
dresses.
For every
Mary and Ann
is testing out
the elasticity of
her hosiery to
determine how
many Christmas
packages
they'll hold.
But Mrs. Betty
Pope of 1904
Central avenue,
bookileeper in
the Charles
stores millinery
department., 4
West Washington
street, provides
a new wrinkle
by selecting her
tree to fit her
stocking.
The selection
was made from
thousands
trees unloaded
in the Pennsyl-
vania and Big
Four yards at
Virginia avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06
BY JOSEPHINE DORIAN

JOSEPHINE DORIAN
The national president OF the largest woens organization in the
world Y. w. G. A. Dallas
Miss Virginia Edwards Times staff photographer
tipped chin the
shadows hands folded gracefully
then straight story simply
couldn't
when Chicago for the dedication of the w c. recently
tabloid
hard oo
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06
Negro Bound to u. S. Jury

Carlton Petty, Negro, Muncie, was
held to a federal grand jury on IL
quor charges today by Fay w. Pat
rick, United States commissioner.
Bond was $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06

Gilbert B. Clippinger, invest
ment broker, who lunged to his
death from the eleventh floor to
a sub-roof above the fourth story
of the Fletcher Savings and
Trust Company building, Thurs
day noon.
Coroner C. H. Keever said be
believed Mr.. Clippinger COM
mitted suicide.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06
US. TOSPEND
HUGE amount
ON PROHIBITION
Enforcement in First Fiscal
Year of Hoover to Cost
$43,250,0O0.
800 PER CENT INCREASE
Most of Fund Boost Will Go
to Coast Guard
Liquor War.

BIZ ScriDpS-H otodrd Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Prohi-
bition enforcement during PreSi-
dent Hoover's first full fiscal year
will cost approximately $3.50 900,
it was learned today, or about $4,-
600, 900 more than the last year for
which expenditures were handled
by the Coolidge administration. The
grand total may approach $50,000,-
900. The highest since prohibition,
If pending measures are enacted by
congress.
That figure is almost 300 per cent
larger than the appropriation for
prohibition in the first complete
fiscal year after enactment of the
eighteenth amendment and the Vol
stead act.
The appropriation carried in the
1921 budget was $5,500,000, and
about 100000 was estimated to
have been spent by the department
of justice. though no specific APP
preparation for that department was
included.
In eleven years the increase has
been $42,650OO0.
Most for Coast Guard
The treasury figures show that the
most of the 1881 increases is for re-
storing and building destroyers, pa
troll boats and seaplanes for the
coast guard, this amount totaling
$2450,00O.
The totals and ALLEGATIONS for the
last three fiscal years follow:
Treasury .sis ig zoo 900 SIS rsz zoo GOO
Customs :;........ 100000 100000
pept Of i o5SSSSS ssSSS SSS
Crime commission .. 100000 .........
Totals ...........$43.25O.OO 900 Ss,55O,OOO
The money to be spent for re-
conditioning destroyers for the coast
guard is not an increase, except for
the 81, 100000 to build seaplanes, pa
troll and picket boats. The $780,
600 balance will be used to fix up
World war destroyers needed to re-
place those no longer fit for
service.
IN 1act, Admiral Billiard, coast
guard commandant, plainly says in
his annual report that he must have
more ships and facilities if he is to
cope with rum runners on the lakes
and off the coasts.
Needs More Ships
at is perfectly evident" he said,
that the smuggler has no inten-
ton of voluntarily abandoning his
unlawful pursuit. In plain words,
there is nothing to do but put him
out of business. This can be done,
and the coast guard will do it if the
necessary means to accoD plish that
end are placed at its disposal"
In another paragraph he says:
1.-THE service is doing all, in every
quarter, that can be done with its
present resources. If the sea and
lake coasts are to be guarded ade-
quately against this unlawful traffic,
to meet all the needs of the situa-
ton, the forces of the coast guard
must be augmented both in person.
mel and vessels"
Smuggling operations on the
lakes, Billiard said, are Every active"
and "some liquor smuggling is 60
ing on along the seaboard."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06
INJURY MAY BE FATAL

harrington NAH SuIerS FrODaDIe
Skull Fracture in Crash.
Milan zenor, "a, Of Darlington,
Ind, suffered probable fracture
of the skull when his automobile
struck telephone pole after COL
iding at Sanders and Wright streets
this morning with a car driven by
Robert Mccall, %, Of 924 Prospect
street. Zenor was taken to city hos
pital unconscious.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06
CAST FOR LEADING ROLE
Three One-Act Plays Scheduled on
Indiana Central Program.

Miss Gertrude Mcconnell, Paris.
ILL.,, will play leading role in a
program to be presented by the
Cardinal M Snna
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-06
HEADS SEAL MOVEMENT
Mrs. DueSenberg Will Be in Charge
Of Booth in Public Buildings.

Mrs. Fred Duesenberg, president
of Sunnyside Guild, has been named
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-27
MISSISSIPPIAT {
CREST OF RISE
People At Quincy Are Still
Afraid River Will Break

QUINCY, Ill, April 27.-(P-
Saved for the time being when the
threatened big rise Of. The Missis-
sippi failed by severa inches to
reach Its predicted stage. the levees
protecting 10000 acres OF nearby
lowlands constituted an insolubie
mystery today. They may go out
before night; they may go out next
week; they may not go out at all.
The only thing anyone knew def
initely-the only thing also that in
splred any sense OF security-was
that the river had apparently
reached the crest of its latest at
tack. The stage increased slowly
mere during the night and was ex-
pected to drop at about 2I.6 feet
this morning.
Even that is one-tenth OF a foot
above last Mondays stage. which
broke all modern records, but it "a
almost a foot below what had been
predicted by government observers
on the basis Of heavy rains north
OF here in Iowa, Missouri and
Illinois. Moreover, no heavy rains
were promised in the forecast for
the weekend. SO there was no i'm
mediate prospect OF another rise
one thing is certain: No drainar,
section around here will be SAT-
until the Mississippi has droppa
below flood stage, which IS IA fee
at Quincy.
Acting upon orders from Sheriff
Kennel "A. Elmore. most residents
IN the Lima Lake district had
moved out today with their house
mold goods and livestock. and manv
people in the Hunt. Gregory and
FabiuS district were evacuatinr
voluntarily. The sheriff made a
trip through the Lima area yesteY-
day to oversee the preparations for
moving. Major A. d. Mudd was
here from st. Louis conducting the
Red Cross relief program.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-27
Local Man Accused of
Stealing Baby's Shoes

A local insurance dealer was
taken somewhat aback recently
when a friend-customer demanded
of him Unexpectedly: where's
them Shoes?"
"Shoes? What shoes?" the in
surance man asked.
Don't act as If you didn't know
what I'm talking about. You know.
My baby's shoes"
This left the insurance man in
the air more than ever. Thinking
back over his past actions, he tried
to solve the mystery. He had sold
some insurance to the wife of the
man and had gone to her home
with the doctor who made the
physical examination. True enough,
he had played with the woman'S
young baby while there, but he
couldn't recall anything about the
missing shoes.
He was desperate. A leading man
in the city shouldn't be accused of
taking baby's shoes. Think of the
excellent material that would
make for the opposition in a politi-
cal fight. Innocent. helpless babe
who could hardly injure a fly-and
yet he was supposed to have taken
its shoes off it's very feet.
The next day while with the
physician again on a call for an
examination, he mentioned the
shoes.
The doctors face lighted up with
understanding as he exclaimed: $50
that's where the shoes came froml'
The medico had found the baby's
shoes in his brief case and was
puzzled as to where they came
from.
Evidently the mother Of the child
had placed the shoes on top of the
brief case as it lay open on a table.
In gathering up his papers the doc
tor did not notice the shoes and
closed the case with them inside.