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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

Club Chantecler supper dance on
Thursday evening.
Maj. and Mrs. Francis c. Harrington
will be hosts at dinner Saturday eve
ming In the palm court of the May
flower.
Capt. A. e. Holmes was host to a
company of IL at the Club Chantecler
supper dance Thursday evening.
Diplomats Included In List
of Guests at Luncheon.
Mr.. Samuel L. McFetridge of Phil
adelphia was the guest Of honor at a
luncheon given by Mr.. Charles Porter
field Light at the Metropolitan Club
Thursday, the other guests being the
Minister Of Persia, the Minister Of
Bolivia, Dr. o. G. Kiep of the German
embassy, Baron Hans Won Below, Col.
Osmun Latrobe, oliver H. M. Mac
pherson, Robert F. Kelley, r. Golden
Donaldson, DR.. Macpherson Crichton
and Henry D. Champion. Mr.. and Mrs.
McFetridge are the house guests Of
DR.. and Mrs. Crichton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence w. Grosner
entertained small company at din
ner last evening at the Wardman Park
Hotel.
Mr.. q. G. ulanes entertained party
Of eight at dinner last evening at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
Mrs. D. J. Callahan entertained at
luncheon and bridge yesterday at the
Wardman Park Hotel. There were 40
guests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

Mrs. w. H. Colmer will be hostess
at a luncheon and bridge party at the
Grace Dodge Hotel on Tuesday.
Mr.. Benjamin Cohen formerly of the
Chilean legation. entertained at the
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Society Functions
Listed in Capitals
Official Circles

Continued From First page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

Mrs. D. j. Callahan entertained at
luncheon and bridge yesterday at the
Wardman Park Hotel. There were 40
guests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28
Diplomats Included I'm List
of CHESTS at Luncheon,

Mr.. @. G. Illanes entertained a party
Of eight at dinner last evening at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
Woman Asks $4,000 Dam
ages; Only Moved Furni-
ture,' Says Truck Driver.

George L. Holm, 11S South Brad
ley street, transfer man, declared
today he could not remember max
ing love to Mrs. Irene Hanscom,
502 East Maple road, apartment 6,
when he moved the Hanscoms into
the Maple road apartment Nov. 10.
Mrs. Hanscom alleged the love-
making in suit filed today in
which she asks $4,000 damages for
the humiliation involved.
Holm said he recalled moving
Mrs. Hanscom's furniture, but could
remember no attempt at love-mak-
ing.
The love- making, the suit de-
clared, occurred in the basement of
the building, where Mrs, Hanscom
had been supervising placing of be-
longings in the locker room.
The transfer man blocked Mrs.
Hanscom's exit from the locker
room, according TO the suit, and en-
braced and kissed her, declaring:
Lets have date tonight. You
ought to take a ride with me. All
the married people are doing it"
Holm refused to release her at
first and when she struggled ex-
claimed, "Don't get mad. I'll give
you some money" the suit said
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
NO DOCTOR FOR
WHOLE COUNTY
1000 Without Physician;
Many Sick.

BG United Press
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 3Os-Grant
county, Nebraska-an area Of 780
square miles with population of
more than 20O0-stiH is without a
doctor, and it may be several days
before the situation can be relieved.
E. M. Pollard of the state depart
ment of public welfare told the
United Press he is. powerless to aid
the doctorless county since he had
no physicians to send out over the
state.
DR.. w. L. Howell, the county's
only doctor. was confined to his bed
recently as a result of overwork. He
had been working virtually day and
night for the past several months.
There is an unusually large amount
of sickness in the county, the health
board said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
FIIT-RUN DRIVER IS
HELD IN DEATH OF
IMMIGRANT GIRL
Little Scotch Girl, in City
Only Six Days, Victim
of U. S. Speed.

A breath of Scotland's heather
lilies in city mortuary a victim of
Americas spirit, the spirit she was
most interested in, speed.
For Ethel Urquhart, Is, of 1922
West Tenth street, a resident of the
United States for only a week, never
will get to see indianapolis nlonu-
ments, her windows displaying flap
per models in jazz modes.
Her uncle, George Portecus, 1145
North Holmes avenue, promised to
take her for shopping trip Satur-
day, but Tuesday night, Ethel was
fatally injured when she was struck
by a hit-and-run driver in front of
her home.
Arrest Hit-Run Driver
But today Speed-the speed of
modern police methods with it's
swift retribution-reSulted in the
arrest of Gus Sutton, 20, 1903 West
Tenth street, on a charge of driv-
ing the car which resulted in her
death. Sutton admits driving the
death car, police say. A check be-
ing made on stolen headlight re-
suited in Sutton's arrest.
On Jan. IL, Ethel with her
mother, Mrs. Agnes Urquhart, her
brothers, John, II, and George, IL,
sailed from their suburban home in
Glasgow for America.
Ethel, a messenger girl in the city
of Glasgow, was the life of the
tnird-class passengers aboard the
ship Letitia. The emigrant family
arrived in New York Swiftly they
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
FEAR MISSING
TERRE HAUTE
GIRL, 10, SLAIN
Finding of Blood Stained
Newspaper Bag Believed
Death CIeW.
POSSE HUNTS BODY
Child Not Seen Since Sun
day; Extra Customer
Thought Killer.
Bg Times Special

BR Times SDecidt
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Jan. 3d.
Murder Of Edith Mae Dierdorf, 10,
West Terre Haute, missing since
Sunday, is believed by local police
to be established beyond doubt.
Finding of a blood stained news
paper bag the little girl is known
to have carried is the first clew
in the case which holds the undi-
vided attention Of this section of
Indiana.
Hair had dried in blood on the
paper bag, which was found by the
side of the Dixie Bee highway two
miles north Of Paxton, and about
\ twenty eight miles south of here.
Today a posse is searching Bus
seron creek lowlands in the vicin-
ity of Paxton in the hope that the
clild's body will be found. Later
he creek waters were dragged, but
not clew has been developed.
The little girl had carried papers
SInday mornings before going to
Sunday school, receivir them from
Earl Wetzel, newsstand proprietor.
Last Sunday she made the usual
distribution on her route and re-
t'rned for one paper, telling Wetzel,
Il have an extra customer"
Police believe the "extra custom
er" was the child's abductor and
slayer.
After the bag was sent here from
Paxton by the finder, w. w. Rogers,
Wetzel readily identified it as the
Dierdorf girls property.
Wst Terre Haute citizens at a
mass meeting pledged aid in the
case and at meeting tonight
definite plans for assisting police
and the missing girls family viii be
made.
The Dierdorf family formerly
lived in Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
GAIN IN FIGHT
FOR LIFE OF
OXYGEN GIRL :
Child, 7, BreatheS Natural
Iy for First Time in
IL Days.
FIREMEN STILL WORK
Daddy, Can | Have a Toy
BaIIoon?' She Asks After
Long Death Battle.
By United Press
DTDnU II,

By United Press
PERRY, Kan, Jan. 30.-A blue
eyed little girl, who has been kept
alive by artificial respiration,
breathed naturally today for the
first time in twelve days.
And for the first time since Mar
garet Brown, z, lapsed into a coma
two weeks ago, physicians said there
was every hope that she might re-
cover.
Margaret was stricken with pneu-
monia a month ago. Two weeks ago
lung congestion prevented natural
respiration.
Since then Dean Way and A. w.
Schuberg, Topeka firemen, have
worked twelve hour shifts admins
tering oxygen to keep life in the
small body.
Drainage Of the fluid in the lungs
apparently had failed to restore
normal breathing; blood transfu-
slons also had been performed with
no apparent results.
Then Monday, Margaret regained
consciousness, spoke a whispered
AL right now" to Fireman Dean
Way and began to show signs of
improvement.
Oxygen was given the child at
less frequent intervals throughout
the night until at daybreak -Maroa =
ret resumed breathing without aid.
The oxygen will be given her, how
ever, at frequent intervals until all
danger is past.
This morning Margaret's blue eyes
showed a trace of sparkle. FeebIy,
she raised her thin hands to her
blonde hair and arranged the
strands. She called her father,
Walter Brown.
Daddy, can have toy bal
loon?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
ACTRESS AIDS WIFE
IN DESERTION CASE
Cares for Children While
Mother Testifies Against
Mate.

Admitting that he must. not have
any sense" Homer T. Smith, former
Indianapolis man, today was pre-
pared to accept the punishment
Criminal Judge James A. Collins
may mete out to him on a charge
of wife and child desertion. The
court heard the. evidence this morn
ing and will rule Saturday.
According to the evidence Smith
left his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Smith
and two children at 1886 North
Delaware street. and went to
Aurora, III. From there he wired
Florence Bell, young theatrical
woman, who was in Detroit, telling
her to come to him, that he had
received a divorce and that they
would be married.
In the meantime he sent his wife
$40 a week.
After several months residence
together. during which they posed
as husband and wife. Smith ano
Miss Bell went to Cincinnati, where
he left her. She Immediately tele-
graphed Mrs. Smith, informing hel
that she played be a rotten deal
and I'll give you any information
you want"
This morning in court, Miss Bel
mothered the two little children
while the wife testified against her
husband. They chatted amiably
while the court was listening to
Smiths defense, which consisted of
his statement concerning his lack OF
brains.
"I'n put you some place where
tfey will develop your brainpower,' .
Collins asserted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
ASK STORE TAX BILL
Chain Merchants of State
May Face Levies.

Chain stores of Indiana will be
made the object of the next legis-
lative drive for increased state reve-
nue..
A bill proposing to levy stiff IL
cenSe fees on the stores has been
prepared and is promised for intro
duction in the house of represent
atives Thursday.
Representatives Clinton B. Tudor
of Oakland, Charles Worley Of Alex
andria, H, Curtiss Bennett of Dills-
boro, and Ed j. Bouchari of South
Bend, probably viii sign the meas
ure.
The bill would require a license
to be obtained from the secretary
of state by ANY person, firm, cor
poration, association or co-partner-
ship desiring to operate. maintain,
open or establish a store in this
state"
But the owner of the store, or
any number up to five would get his
license at 81 for each store, while
the chain store operators would be
assessed a license fee graduated up
ward to as high as $3.50 each ii
fifty or more we're operated by
single management.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
WATCH MINE MOVE
Union Workers Officials
Active at BickneII.

BJ UHtte1 Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Jan. 3d.
Officials OF District IL, United Mine
Workers or America are here today
to watch developments in reopening
of American Mine No. of the Knox
Consolidated Coal Company at, a $5
a day basic wage scale.
Before leaving here for Bicknell,
James Terry, acting district presi-
dent, said that Ora Gasaway, In
ternational board member had adj
vised him that many miners at
tended mass meeting in Bick-
nell Tuesday night relative to re-
opening the mine
Terry added that he understood
that 210 men reported for work
Tuesday, instead of 800; that no
work was done and that men who
reported engaged only in discussion
with the mine officials.
District officials declare that any
miners who return to work at a
reduced wage will no longer be con-
Sidered union members.
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were shunted-without seeing New
York's slghts-to a train that
brought them to Indianapolis last
Wednesday.
Find Things of Wonder
David, %, a brother who came
to America two years before, and
his sister, Jean, 10, had rented a
home at the West Tenth street ad-
dress. The family was reunited.
Ethel found such wonder things
in the home of her uncle on her
visits there. Electric washing ma
chimes, irons, a weeper-America' IS
household speed deVices-were mar
vels to her
She was going to get those "elec-
trio things for her mother" Her
coming entrance into Washington
high school intrigued her imagina-
ton, then there was the shopping
trip-to see her first American city.
Because of her apt mind she was
the first of the newborn Americans
to learn this nations currency.
So Tuesday night her mother
sent her to the store to buy pota-
toes, apples. peas. She gave her
a dollar bill.
''Tt's your birthday-you're II to-
day, she recalled to her brother
John, "We'1l have a celebration for
your birthday and the "trip"
Singing BaIIad-KilIed
At the grocery Ethel stuffed the
groceries in her Scotch shopping
bag, tucked her gray shawl around
her head, and started to leave the
store when she remembed what
would birthday dinner be for John
and her mother without
"I've got just enough for a bit
of tea," she told Ray Warrick, 2801
West Tenth street, store proprietor,
"and nickel change coming from
the dollar" She figured the bill
proudly. She was an American
now. She could count.
Out into the street she walked,
ran, toward her home. Witnesses
say she was singing, singing a bal
lad of the heather-and maybe
thinking of those household speed
marvels-irons, Washingt machines,
sweepers, but not autos.
Speed!
Brakes ground momentarily. A
Buick car careened into the curb,
grazed a telephone pole. The Scot
tish bag filled with groceries were
tumbled on the street. The carton
of tea was but dust under the
wheels as the auto sped o2-and on.
Little Scotch Girl Hurt
Street cars janmed up at the ac-
cident scene. On one of the cars
was the brother, David. Visions of
warm supper-his mothers cook
ing at last-melded through his
mind What was the matter? Why
didn't the cars start?
"A little Scotch girl got hurt,
voucl1safed a passenger.
David left the tram and walked
to the scene Of the accident. He
recognized the Scotch bag Ethel
used to carry groceries.
"Is she hurt?" he queried of
ambulance attendants as he stared
at little gray shawl rnuddied by
the street-and speed-the shawl
dropped and then he knew
Knew that the bloom was gone
from his bonny Scotch heather,
that the electric sweeper-synonyn
Of speed-in his uncle's home would
never feel the warm touch of her
hands. that she'd never make her
Saturday trip to see an American
city in all its hustle and hurry, try
ing the beat traffic regulations.
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Bg Times Special
ANGOLA, Ind, Jan, They
amt got nothing on me. I didn't
have to come over here, but I did
Just to accommodate them," said
Russell Eckert, former deputy
sheriff, as he stepped from his big
new automobile at the Steuben
county courthouse here today to ap-
pear as a witness before the general
grand jury probing the county's
crime ring.
Eckert has been in Cleveland,
since the probe began. He threw a
Chicago newspaper man out Of the
office of Sheriff Charles Zimmer-
man shortly after the murder Of
Tommy Burke here last August.
Eckert still has defiant attitude
which he has shown since first sls-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
MOTHER ROCKS
BABY TO sleep,
HANGS HERSELF
Hopes for Six Children
Blasted by Financial
ReverSeS; Ends Life.
LEAVES HUSBAND NOTE
Wakes to Find Wife's Body
in Basement; Planned
Death Several Days.

After rocking her 2-year-old baby
back to sleep and kissing him good
by. a mother of six young children
committed suicide early this morn
ing by hanging herself in the base
ment of her farm home near Beech
Grove.
The woman is Mrs. Inez NJ.
Wright, 38, wife of James F. Wright.
dairy farmer on r. r. S..
She at first apparently planned to
end her life by slashing her throat
with a knife, but after cutting her
neck slightly, she abandoned the
plan.
Dependency ever financial re-
verses and the shattering Of plans
ard hopes built on the foundation
of a driving ambition for her chill
dren is believed responsible for her
act.
Following her custom of waking az
4:30 a. M, Mrs. Wright arose this
morning and hurried through a few
household tasks.
High l. IS for Children
The baby, Lincoln, awoke and
cried, waking the father. Mrs.
Wright spent several minutes pet
ting him, and he and the father
slept again.
Then, after writing a hurried
note, Mrs. Wright fashioned moose
from several strands of clothes line,
attached one end to the basement
stairway, and strangled herself to
death.
Near her body, bloody rig, used
to stem the flow Of blood from the
minor wound in her neck, was
found by Deputy Coroner o. H.
Bakenleyer.
Her body was found at 6 a. m. BY
the husband.
The suicide note, found on the
dining-room table, explained. in
part, her act.
Worry is what caused it. The
whole neighborhood is laughing at
us. We are slothful generation, !"
it said. The note was unsigned.
Thet Wright family has met with
financial revcrses for the last two
years because of crop failures, and
crisis arose two days ago when
Wright was forced to renew a note
which they had planned to re-
deem this year.
A devoted mother, Mrs. Wright
had formulated plans for her chill
dren which called for large educa~
tional expenses.
Planned in Advance
That she had planned suici6e for
at least two days was revealed to
deputy sheriffs by the husband, who
said she had urged him not to re-
new the note and to postpone buy
ing several new household articles,
including a new kitchen stove.
Better put it Of awhile" she
had said, something may happen
and maybe we won't need the
things"
Wright attached no significance
to her advice.
Besides the husband and son,
Lincoln, five other children, Med
della, IA; Charles, II; Carl. 10;
James, z and Ruth, survive.
A brother and sister, Charles e.
Quick, DOT North Dearborn street,
and Mrs w. s. Kimberlin, 801 Lay~
man avenue, also survive,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
ANGOLA PROBERS GRILL
FORMER DEPUTY SHERIFF

picion of irregularity attached itself
to the conduct of the sheriff's Of
flee. He testified at length this
morning before the grand jury.
Special Prosecutor j. A. Redmond
was still confined to his home today
wit ha bad cold. and although Merl
Wall, deputy attorney general, had
not appeared, the jury session was
under way with County Prosecutor
Milo NJ. Thompson teh only mem
Der Of the prosecution staff present.
Wall is expected momentarily and
Redmond is likely to come at any
time
Brown McCool. owner of slot
machine concessions in northern
Indiana. who has been sought as
a witness for the past week, has
not been located as yet
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
Woman Whips
Horse Whibbe1;
Both arrested

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO. Jan. 3O.-Whether it
is permissible for a man to whip his
horse or whether it is proper for a
woman to whip a man who whips
his horse will be decided in court
here.
Mrs. Agnes Michal, wife of en- at
torney and owner of riding
academy, seized a whip and started
lashing Max Steinborn when she
found Steinborn whipping his horse.
She had him arrested and he had
charges of assault brought against
her.
Judge William Sanders continued
the case until Feb. 6.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
cHURcHMEN TO MEET
200 Members of Christian Mission
airy Society win Gather Tonight.

More than 200 members Of the In
diana Christian Missionary Associa-
ton from all sections of the state,
are expected to attend a mems
dinner tonight IN the Central Chris
tian church, Delaware and Walnut
streets.
NIonne1l Sayre. New York, vice.
president of the Episcopal pension
foundation, and I. j. Cahill, Cleve-
land, secretary of the Ohio Christian
Missionary Society, will be the prin-
cipal speakers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
KOkomo Hotel Sold
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Tunes SPECIAL
KoKOMO, Ind, Jan. 3O.-W. E.
Hawk, Cincinnati. O., formerly
president of the Ohio Hotel Associa-
ton, and for several years manager
OF TIE Hotel Gibson in Cincinnati,
has purchased the stock of the
Kokomo Hotel Company from
Maurice O'Rourk. The Kokonlo
Hotel Company owns and manages
the Courtland hotel here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
URGES RELIGIOUS UNITY
Biblical Teacher Cites Need for
Closer Relation Between Creeds.

Beneath differences in religions
lies a certain unity which should be
emphasized as means of bringing
the churches closer together, Di..
Harris Franklin Rail, Garrett Bib
lical Institute said at the teaching
mission at the Central Christian
church under auspices Of the Church
Federation OF indianapolis, Tuesday
night.
Union Of Protestant demnomina-
tions into one large organization
probably never viii become a reality.
he said.
The third meeting Of the series,
which VIII end Sunday, viii be held
tonight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
TRANSFER MAN IS SUED
FOR LOVE-MAF[ING ON JOB;
DENIES KISS IN BASEMENT
WANTED
10 APARTMENTS

WASH, E., S325-1-2 rm. apt. niceIy
furn., mod: everything furn Oh.
The above ad brought over ten
replies. One party rented, yet ten
others sought the same thing.
You, too, can have the same sue
cess in renting your properties by
inserting an ad in TIE want ad
columns of The Times. If you
like, an experienced ad taker viii
assist you in writing your ad.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
MOTOR CLUB OPPOSES
AUTO LICENSE BILL
Two Registration Receipts Plan
Meets Objection.

The Hoosier Motor Club today
went on record as opposed to "alI
attempts to raise money from mo-
torists under guise of license regu-
lation costs. when Tod Stoops, sec
retary, issued a statement aimed
at senate bill No. 81, which provides
for an additional receipt for the
license fee.
1--WE contend that two receipts
Of registration on one car are too
high, and that since the automo-
bile license fee is now too high to
be a charge for registration only,
it is a tax" Stoops declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
PLAN AYREs' H0NoRS
Workmen on New Building to Re-
ceive Merit Buttons.

Robert Frost Daggett, president Of
the Indianapolis Building Congress,
viii present certificates of merit and
gold buttons Friday to one member
of each of the finishing trades
working o.. the new L. S. Ayres &
Co. building on South Meridian
street.
Mayor L. Ert Slack viii be the
main speaker at the ceremony when
the awards are given. B. f. Miller,
electrician: Earl Myers. plumber;
Bennett Williams, steam filter:
Thomas E Edwards. sprinkler fit
ter: John Ross. plasterer; Frank Me-
Clintock. painter: Carl Kruger,
sheet metal worker: Oliver Tucker,
marble layer: w. v. McAlpin, ele-
vator constructor: Don Rucker,
roofer: Giles Davis. tile setter, and
Tony Louisa. terrazzo layer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
PROBE MONEY GAIN
IN SERIES OF DEATHS
Body of Man Who Died in 1928 TO
Be Exhumed.

Body of Man Who Died in 1928 TO
Be Exhumed.
R,l United Press
FLINT, Mich. Jan. 30.-City and
state police officials investigating
the series of deaths which have
brought financial profit to Mrs,
Emma Fogle, 81, and her husband,
Edward, rs, this afternoon decided
to exhume the body of Charles Du-
NAV, who died in 1923. He be-
queathed $1,000 insurance to the
woman.
Dumaw, who boarded at the
Fogle home, pequeathed Mrs. Fogle
$1,000 life insurance. The couple
is to be arraigned Friday on a
charge of poisoning Thomas F.
Loree, 65-year-old Flint contractor,
who died last month after deciding
$4,000 property to Mrs. Fogle.