davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
100 NARROWED
BY ICE IN LAKE
Four Ferries Caught in
Floes Five Miles Off Shore.

GRAND HAVEN, Mica, Jan. 3d.
The ice-breaker Comrade Stark
battled it's way through the ice
foes of northern Lake Michigan to-
day attempting to reach 100 men
marooned aboard four ice-bound
Grand Trunk car ferries.
The ferries, Milwaukee, Madison,
Grand Haven and the Grand Rapids
were caught in ice floeS five miles
north of here. Their position is
approximately two miles off shore.
Each vessel carried a crew of
thirty and few passengers. All are
well supplied with provisions and
coal, Grand Trunk line officers
said.
Two members of the crew who
walked across the treacherous ice to
Grand Haven gave the first word of
the plight of the marooned men.
They said no immediate need of
food was anticipated but urged
every possible effort be made to
release the four ferries before
further freezes made rescue impos-
sible.
The ferries, enroute to Milwaukee,
are loaded with heavy freight ship
ments. The tieup, Grand Trunk Of
ficials said, was the most serious
since 1917 when the entire line was
tied up by ice-floes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
DENY men IMPORTED
Old Employees Back to Work
at BickneII, Says Receiver.

The Knox Consolidated Coal
Company has not imported sin
gle man" for the opening of its
mine at Bicknell, Ind, under a SIS
a day basic wage scale, E. D. Logs
don, company receiver, declared to-
day.
Seventy more men reported for
work today, making a total of 271
now at work at the reduced wage
scale, Logsdon declared. Prior to
its opening Tuesday the mine has
been closed for more than two
years because company officials in
sisted they could not operate at a
profit on the union wage United
Mine Workers of America officials
insisted that the company carry out
its contract with the mine union
to pay workers at a $610 rate.
Logsdon denied charges of Ellis
Searles,. editor of the United Mine
Workers Journal, that the company
has been accepting the aid of "red"
agitators and L w. w. workers.
1.-THE men working in the mine
are old employes-men liaing at
Bicknell and owning their own
homes" Logsdon said. They could
sit there and starve and see their
families starve as far as the union
was concerned, and they were tired
doing It."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
LOVERS GIVE
UP HOPES FOR
DODGING MOOSE
Louisiana Pair Sentenced to
Die on GaIIoWS
Friday.
IN Tnited Presa

BIZ United Press
NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. 3d.
Mrs. Ada Bonner LIE Boeuf and her
alleged lover, DR.. Thomas E. Dre-
her, facing death on the gallows
within forty-eight hours, abandoned
all hope today of gaining a further
stay of execution.
The two condemned lovers, near
collapse in their death cells at
Franklin jail, said they had no con-
fidence in a laSt-minute appeal by
defense attorneys to the federal
court here.
Mrs. LIE Boeuf, confined to her
cell cot, was attended by nurse
and physician. She told the nurse
she was resigned to her fate and
now sought only spiritual guidance.
Dreher. too, told jail guards he
was ready to die.
Unless an unexpected legal stay
halts their execution, Mrs. LIE Boeuf
and Dreher will be hanged some
time between noon and 3 p. m. Fri
day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
WARNS OF AUTO
TAX 'J0KERS'
Be Sure Money Is Spent on
Roads, Says Stops.

eff any additional revenue is
needed for road building, the mo-
torist should be sure that it is used
for that purpose and none other, "
Todd Stops, secretary manager of
the Hoosier Motor Club, declared
today in statement on the pro-
posed increase in automobile license
fees and the state gasoline tax.
Indiana motorists have been
fooled in three instances when they
permitted themselves to be taxed
and the tax revenue was used for
other purposes than road building,
Stops declared.
"F'irst, when a 2-cent tax was
levied for road building the Inherit
ance tax was taken away. Second,
wnen the tax was increased from
2 to cents, cent was given back
to cities, towns and counties, to be
used, in many instances, for a re-
duction Of the general tax levy.
Third, when Governor Jackson
took away the auto theft money,
amounting to more than 100000,
and placed it in the general fund
to pay off the state debt and reduce
taxes"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
FIGHTS FOR STOCK
Taylor Widow Seeks to
Deny Heirs 100000.

Motion to set aside transfer of
100000 worth of stock included in
the estate of the late William S.
Taylor, former Kentucky Governor,
was filed in probate court Wednes-
day afternoon against the heirs by
Mrs. Nora A. Taylor, the widow, on
behalf of Charles Linden Taylor, her
son and a minor.
In a decision by Probate Judge
Nahlon E. Bash two weeks ago this
part of the estate went to four
daughters of Mr.. Taylor by for
.mer marriage. Under a pre-nuptial
agreement, the court held Mrs. Tay-
Tor would not participate in the es-
tate.
The motion filed by Mrs. Taylor
declared the transfer of the stocks
was gained through corrupt, fraud
ulent and dishonest practices by
which the will and intent of the said
Taylor were overpowered and con-
troIled."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
MANAGER LAW
IN BALANCE AT
COURT HEARING
Three Indiana Cities Are
Involved; Each Making
Appeal.

The city manager form Of govern
ment for Indianapolis, as approved
by voters of the city today, hangs
in the balance as arguments for anc
against the plans are being adj
vanced in the superior court.
Three Indiana cities are involved
in three cases. arguments in which
are being heard today. In each
case the city is making the appeal
The cities are Evansville, New Al
bany and Michigan City. In the
litigation of the first two cities the
constitutionality of the 1921 law
making city manager form OF gov
eminent optional by election is at
tackled and in the case Of Michigan
CITY appeal is taken from the de-
cision of the La Porte superior
court, which ruled in such man
ner that petitioners against the city
manager plan won the right of cleo
ton. Michigan City has been I'M
der the city manager plan of gov
eminent since 1922.
Sums Up Michigan City Case
Roland Obenchain, South Bend
attorney, this morning advanced
strong argument in behalf of the
city as against the petitioners and
decisions of the lower court. The
relator was represented by Walter
n Arnold South Pend
Briefly the Michigan City case
was summed up by Obenchain who
showed, in effect, that Edward
Heise. city clerk, had refused to al
low 922 names to petition seeking
election on a form of government.
Obenchain declared that this &C
ton was taken for cause, such as
: etitioners names not being in in
1elable pencil, signers under legal
age, non-rosidents and other cause.
Petition ers then took legal action
and the L. Porte court ordered 176
names, stricken off the petition by
the clerk, be retained.
This left a. sufficient number to
gain the election as. required by the
law OF 1921. HelSe appealed from the
La Porte decision and argument Is
being heard in the supreme court
today.
Direct Legality Issue
A direct issue of the constitution
atty of the Knapp law, which made
the municipal form of government
optional by election, comes up in.
the Evansville and New Albany
cases.
They differ only in that in the
Evansville case the city clerk re-
fused to certify to the city council
the petition calling for a referen-
dun on change of government and
was inundated to the circuit court
to certify the petition while in the
New Albany case the mayor failed
to name two citizens to act with
the city clerk as a board of cleo
ton commissioners for a special
election.
This suit directly raises the ques-
ton of the laws constitutionality.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
TALKS ON VOTING LAW
Rotarians Hear State Senator on
Registration Bill.

The proposed permanent registra-
ton law will require clean bal
lot for every city. said Senator
Winfield Miller before the Rotary
Club Tuesday luncheon at the
Claypool.
A bill providing permanent reg
istration of voters is pending in the
legislature. A citizen is eligible to
vote under the permanent registra-
ton law until he moves from one
county to another or fails to vote
for two years.
The county auditor is chief reg
istration officer with county clerk
and township trustees as chief dep
uty officers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
1864 Cleared of Charges;
2,028 Are Held in
Liquor Cases.

During 1928 police officers and
detectives arrested $3.50 persons for
vagrancy, with the result that the
charge was dismissed as to 1864
persons, according to figures COM
piled by clerks of the criminal
Municipal courts today. The sta
tistics will be forwarded to County
Clerk George o. Hutsell for pre-
sentation to the state legislative
bureau.
Ninety-six of the 286 persons
charged with vagrancy came up for
prosecution and received suspended
sentences, with an equal number
being fined and twelve receiving
sentences in Jail and state institu-
tons. The remaining charges were
altered to meet other allegations
filed following Investigations.
Figures on other charges are:
Violating the liquor law, 2,028 per-
sons arrested, 1856 dismissed, 800 re-
ceived suspended sentences, 96 were
fined, and 312 were sent to jail OF
state institutions.
Intoxication, 1928 persons ar
rested, 1872 dismissed, 972 received
suspended sentences, $50 fined, and
324 sent to penal institutions.
Driving while intoxicated, 432 per-
sons arrested, IA dismissed, "a re-
ceived suspended sentences, 1O8 were
fined, and 1924 were sentenced to Jail
and penal institutions.
Gambling and operating gaming
houses, 1920 persons arrested, 3,216
dismissed, 504 received suspended
sentences, 324 were fined, and So
were sentenced to state institutions.
Police arrested 5000 persons
charged with violating municipal
ordinances. OF them, Ats we're
dismissed, while 612 received sus-
pended sentences and 204 were
E51aI
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
ANNA NICHOLAS
PASSES AWAY
Newspaper Woman and
Author Dies at 70.

Funeral services for Miss Anna
Nicholas, 70, author and literary
critic, who died Tuesday afternoon
at st. Vincent's hospital, will be set
upon arrival of relatives from dis
tant cities. She died of pneumonia
which followed a major operation.
Miss Nicholas had served fifty
three years on the Indianapolis
Star editorial staff and its pre-
decessor, The Indianapolis Journal.
She was known for her literary
criticism, editorials and occasional
literary works. 1t was believed she
held the record for unbroken service
among newspaper women.
= She was acquainted with scores
OF noted authors, dramatists, and
poets. Miss Nicholas was author
of "An Idyl of the Wabash" "The
Making of Thomas Barton" and a
historical sketch, 1.-THE Story of
Crown HILL" privately published in
1928.
r She was an active member of the
Indianapolis Woman's Club, and a
founder of the Woman'S Rotary
Club, and an honorary member of
Weman's Press Club of Indiana.
Born in Meadville, Pa, in 1S49,
she came to Indianapolis in 1876.
Survivors are Fred j. Nicholas,
New York, nephew; Mrs. John D.
Nicholas, 402 North Meridian
street, sister-in-law; Miss Nancy
Moore, 1886 North Pennsylvania
street, grand niece, and Nicholas
Moore, grand nephew.
The body was taken to Elan
ner & Buchanan mortuary. DR..
Lewis Brown, st. Paul's Episcopal
church rector, will conduct the
funeral. She will be buried in
Grown Hill cemetery, according to
her expressed wish.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
CIVIC BODY BACKS
STREET LIGHTING LAW
Butler Fairview Association Urges
Adequate Illumination.

Butler-Fairview Association Urges
Adequate Illumination.
Butler-F airview Civic Association
today favored a new law permitting
the board of works to allow districts
to obtain more adequate street
lighting if the community agrees to
pay for the cost.
Arthur A. Stettler, attorney, was
appointed to assist a committee in
drafting the law. It will be based
on the Cincinnati law which
specifies a standard candlepower for
downtown and residential streets.
Property owners desiring more IL
Elimination can petition the city and
obtain the amout desired. The
extra cost is charged on the tax
duplicate.
A resolution asking the park
board to permit buses to Butler
university to use Meridian street
was adopted Tuesday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
POSTOFFICE QUIZ
IN SOUTH HINTS
C. 0. P. SHAKEUP
Corruption Among Officials
Barred by Senate
Committee.
BY PAUL r. MALLoN
United Press staff Correspondent

United Press STAFF Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-A move
which some political observers have
foreseen as President Elect Hoo
ver's plan for cleaning house in the
Republican organization in the
south reached full force today in
the senate poStofflce investigating
committee.
Records from the justice depart
ment indicating Perry Howard.
Negro Republican national commit
teeman of Mississippi, deposited
$31 900 more than his salary in
Washington banks in twenty one
months were made public before the
committee.
The evidence follows indirect evi-
dence Tuesday charging r. B
Creager, Republican national COM
mitteeman of Texas with having
held up planned prohibition raids
on hotels at Dallas and Ft. Worth
Complete housekeeping Seen
Evidence alleging sale of postmas-
terships in Mississippi and Texas as
well as many other southern states
has been put into the record.
Cooperation of the postoffice and
justice departments has been OBJ
tanned in the eliciting of the evil
dence. The United Press is in
formed on unquestionable authority
that postoffice agents were working
through the south throughout last
summer accommodating the evidence
which now is being made public by
the committee.
The result of this investigation, it
is said, will be thorough overturn
of present Republican leadership in
many southern states, change
which often has been attempted be-
fore, but never in this way.
Secrecy Rule Delayed
Both the house and senate spent
the first parts of their days ses-
sion on calendar bills after the SEN
ate had agreed not to vote today on
the Jones amendment to abolish
secret sessions of the senate in con-
sidering nominations.
An appeal by Senator Caraway
Dem., Ark that the senate make
public all its secret votes leading
up to the confirmation of Roy O.
West, secretary of interior, went un-
answered during brief but warm
debate concerning United Press
publication Of the West roll call.
Denounced as Traitor
After ter1ning the senator who
gave out the information concern
ing the executive ballot as worse
than Benedict Arnold" Caraway
said:
Somebody either senator or
an employee knows how this roll
call became public. Although the
leadership belongs to the other side
of the chamber I ask in common
decency and honesty that the whole
proceedings concerning the nomina-
ton be n de public"
Senator Curtis, Republican floor
leader and -President-elect
then asked the senate proceed with
calendar bills under an arrangement
he previously bad made whereby
discussion on the Jones move to
abolish secret sessions would go over
until Thursday morning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
JOINS LOBBY GROUP

Robert I. Marsh, indianapolis at
torney, co-defendant with former
Governor Ed Jackson In the case of
attempting to bride former Cover
nor Warren T. McCray has joined
the general assembly lobbyists.
He has registered as representing
the Motor Carriers Association of
Indiana.
George G. Rinier, indianapolis at
torney, has registered as a lobbyist
for the Indiana Chiropractors' AS
ISOLATION; and Claude H. Anderson,
Indianapolis attorneys and city
manager league leader, has regis
tered as a lobbyist for the league.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
HOLDS UP GAS STATION
Masked Bandit Escapes in Car
With SOC.

A masked bandit held up the
Producers Oil Company filling
station at 801 East Washington
street, Tuesday night and escaped
with approximately 500 which he
.scooped from the cash register while
holding pistol on Emerson
Graham, 313 North East street. the
attendant. Graham said the bandit
drove past the filling Statio i several
times before he entered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
$3.50 ARRESTED AS
'.VAGS' IN LAST YEAR
DeUiisht
BIZ Times Special

COLUMBUS, Ind, Jan. 3d.
well, judge, the old devil gets
the best of a fellow once in a
while" Luther Day explained
to Circuit Judge Julian Sharp
mack who asked him why he
accompanied Hiram Blanken-
ship on a chicken stealing trip.
The explanation fell fat. Judge
Sharpnack fined Day 81 and
sentenced him to sixty days at
the penal farm. Blankenship
was find 81 and will spend 100
days on the farm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
REALTORS TO INSTALL
New Officers of Board Will Take
Posts Tonight.

New Indianapolis Real Estate
Board officers will be formally in
stalled at the annual dinner dance
of the board tonight at the Indian
apolis Athletic Club. More than
one hundred couples will attend, &C
cording to Frank F. Woolling, So
cial affairs chairman.
New officers are: E. Kirk Nc
Kenney president: Joseph j. Ar
gus, vice-president; Noble C. Hill
genberg, treasurer, and C. A. Dahl
man. secretary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
|. U. HEAD TO SPEAK
Caravan Club win Hear Bryan at
Murat Temple Thursday.

DR.. William Lowe Bryan, Indiana
university president. viii speak at
the Caravan Club luncheon at the
MErat temple Thursday. The Cara
van Club is Shrine booster or
ganization and all Shriners are
eligible to attend luncheons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
SEEK MISSING oHIoAN

The Times Asked to Aid in Search
for Husband Who Disappeared. .
The Times today was asked to
aid in the search for John Schmitz,
81, of Coldwater, O., who disap-
peared from his home last De-
cember and has not been seen since.
His wife. in need of financial aid
to support their five children, IN
letter to The Times, expressed
the belief the missing man is an
amnesia victim. Schmitz has gray
hair and is almost bald. He is five
feet ten inches tall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
BRILL AGAIN is TO
HEAD CONTRACTORS
Terre Haute Man Scheduled for Re-
Election Today.

c.. F. Brill, Terre Haute, president
of the Associated Building Contrac-
tors of Indiana, was scheduled for
reelection today in the second days
meeting of the eleventh annual
convention of the association at the
Lincoln.
Other officers expected to be re-
elected were: E. L. Danner, Koko-
mo, first vice-pTesident; j. Fred.
Christian, South Bend, second vice.
president; S. L. Kirk, Vincennes,
third. vice-preisdent; j. H. Owens,
Indianapolis, -secretary-treasurer,
and Harry A. Fenton, Indianapolis,
general counsel.
James M. Ogden, attorney-gen-
eral of Indiana. addressed the as
ISOLATION at dinner Tuesday night
ON Indiana's high standing and
reputation for being the melting
pot of the United States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
UTILITIES BILL
IS SAVED AFTER
FIGHT IN HOUSE
Measure to Aid Municipal
Ownership Advanced to
Second Reading.

Utility lobbyists will uncork no
bottles in jollifying tonight if the
deliverance of the McKesson- Muir
den bill in the Indiana house of
representatives today is taken as
mournfully by utilities as its
author, Representative DELPHI Nc
Kesson of Plymouth, declared it
would be.
Coming from the house commit
tee on cities and towns on a divided
report, seven members favoring
indefinite postponement, the bill
survived its first test on the floor
and was sent to second reading and
the printer.
The measure establishes methods
for municipalities to construct or
acquire public utilities, enables two
or more cities or towns to join in
their ownership, and last, but not
least, places local boards in charge
of rates. This would place publicly
owned utilities beyond control of
the public service commission.
McKesson RapS Lobbyists
Closing debat con a motion to
substitute the minority report, which
would kill the bill, for the majority
report, advancing it to second read
ing, McKeSson declared:
Public utilities have mustered
forces against this measure. Utility
lobbyists will have a great jolliflca-
ton tonight if this is defeated.
1.-THE y'llprobably open a few more
bottles over at the Claypool and u
don't get any sleep at ALL"
A scattering of applause echoed
the remark.
A rol call vote showed So opposed
to indefinite poStponement to Al for
it. Only two of Marion county's
eleven representatives helped protect
the bill against an early death. They
were William Bosom and j. H,
Lowry.
Business Interests Oppose
Representative A. Everett Bloom
of FIT. Wayne, one of the signerS
of the minority report for postpone
ment, said business groups of Allen
county have passed resolutions urg-
ing defeat of the bill.
FIT. Wayne has two municipality
owned and operated utilities, which
are operating satisfactorily under
public service commission control,
Bloom said.
81 want to dispel the belief that
I'm a utility man." Bloom shot at
McKesson. IT have not been APP
preached by single utility lobby
ist."
A GOOD soda fountain is offered
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-30
Business Interests Oppose

A good soda fountain is offered
for sale at a bargain price in the
Miscellaneous for Sale want ads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-24

The present traffic system Of making
seft-hand turns at intersections in the
District was Endorsed by the committee
Cf the Washington Chamber of Com
therce on police and fire protection and
public safety at its meeting last night
after two-hour discussion of the pro-
posed adoption here of the uniform plan
as recommended to all cities by the
Hoover conference on street and high
way safety.
Continuance of the present system in
vogue here was recommended for the
present" so that further trial could be
given to this plan, and so that addi-
tional study could be made as to the
effect of the Hoover code" plan as
employed in other cities of the country.
The present system requires the max
irg of turns from the center of the
street at intersections uncontrolled by
traffic lights or officers, and from the
outside of the street at controlled inter-
sections, except for variations employed
at certain intersections due to special
traffic conditions. The proposed uni
form code provides that all left-hand
turns be made from the center of the
street on the through go" signal by
lights or officers, as well as at any time
on uncontrolled intersections.
The action was taken after the COM
mittee had heard arguments presented
on both sides of the question. w. H.
Harland, traffic director: M. o. Ed
ridge assistant traffic director. and In
Spector E. w Brown of the Police Traf-
fic Bureau urged continuance of the
present system, taking the position that
this plan is more in the interest Of the
safety of pedestrians.
A. w. Koehler, secretary of the Ma
tional Conference on Street and High
way Safety. and H. NJ. Startling of the
American Automobile Association urged
approval of the plan as recommended
by the Hoover conference, declaring
that in the interest of universal under
standings and observance of traffic reg
ulations Washington should adopt the
uniform system.
Charles j. Stockman, newly appointed
chairman of the public safety commit
tee, presided over the session.