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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
Shows no RelnOrSe

Although expressing no remorse,
the prisoner has not mentioned even
the slightest degree Of hatred for
the Iieaths, with whom he made his
home while employed on their farm.
Il was never treated kinder by any
body" Wood says.
It is apparent as Wood is ques-
toned that he will rely upon his
war service to win mercy for him
when he is tried on f1rst-degree
murder charge. He is proud Of his
war record. Il killed several of 'em,"
he boasts, while discussing what he
did "over there"
Jim Wood is not an educated
man, but under questioning by
Prosecutor Joe Davis, he demon
strated that he is far from being
illiterate. He says he has gone
through" the grade schools of his
Kentucky county.
Education Is Tested
To test the mans memory and ed
ucation, the prosecutor asked some
questions answers to which would
necessitate using words the little ed
ucated do not have in their vocabu-
laries. Not once did Wood err.
Asked to relate jobs he has held
in and around Muncie, the prisoner
said:
II can't give them in rotation"
Wood was brought to the jail here
from Anderson, first being lodged
at indianapolis after his arrest at
Albany, KY. At Anderson he made
a full confession of the crime. There
he was interviewed by newspaper
men, but this was without permis-
sion of Sheriff Harry McAuley of
Delaware county, that official de-
clares. While in the Anderson jail
Wood occupied a cell where Leonard
Clay, Anderson policeman, commit
ted suicide rather than face trial for
murder.
Prepared for AIibi
Evidence was found that Wood
had made preparations for an alibi,
making it appear he was in Lex
ington, KY, on the night of the
murder. This was shown by an
unfinished letter addressed to his
wife and dated at Lexington. The
letter was found on his person at
the time Of his arrest.
The seven children of the couple
will share equally in $4,000 estate,
according to the will of Mr.. Heath,
filed for probate here.
The grand jury, after hearing
witnesses Tuesday, instructed the
prosecutor to prepare first-degree
murder charges against Wood.
The prisoner has been visited by
his father, Samuel A. Wood, and
Attorney j. A. Flowers, both of Al
bany. The attorney announces in
sanity will be the defense plea. He
declares Wood has been mentally
unbalanced since returning from
overseas and that his family has
had considerable trouble with him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
ADVICE FOR MOTORISTS
Windshield Protection Is Given By
Hoosier Motor Club.

Blurred vision while driving autos
on sleety days similar to today can
be obliterated, officials of the Hoo
sier Motor Club said today.
They gave the following formula
for keeping windsh.elds from col
lecting sleet and ice: Two ounces o.
glycerine, one ounce of water, one
eighth ounce salt, dissolve and shake
well and apply with cheese cloth.
The formulas use is effective
when the windshield wiper is oper
ating.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
SUICIDE ATTEMPT FAILS
Takes Poison in Hotel Room After
Writing Note; viii Recover.

Writing a note that he had a wife
and two children in Terre Haute,
Ernest (Jack) Sheath. IS, took poi
son in his room at the Chicago hotel,
s06 Indiana avenue. Tuesday night
He was taken TO city hospital
where his condition is fair. He re-
fused to tel police the motive
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
Wed 14Days-Then Woe

After brief fortnight of mar
rled life, Mary Macklin Popesco,
20-year-old daughter Of a wealthy
Chicago and California art deal
er, has filed suit to annul her
marriage to Count Aurelien Po-
pesco, Rumanian portrait artist,
with whom she is shown here.
The two met in Popesco'S Chi
cago studio last summer, married
in Los Angeles after a Whirlwind
courtship and went to Chicago to
live. There, Mrs. Popesco charges,
her husband forced her to live in
a small hotel room, made her do
her own washing, buy her own
meals in a cheap restaurant and
spend 500 on his painting mate
rialS.
He denies the charges and says
the marriage was broken up by
the interference of her parents.
Popesco has painted the por-
traits of many celebrities, includ-
ing Queen Marie of Rumania.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
Cemetery Body Elects

BIZ Times SDecidl
CENTERVILLE, Ind, Dec. 10
New officers Of the Centerville
Women's Cemetery Association are
Mrs. Minnie Wright, president;
Miss Alice Horner, vice-president;
Mrs. Emma Bethel, Treasurer; Mrs.
S. P. Pike, recording secretary, and
Mrs. Frank Hatfield, corresponding
secretary. Both Mrs. Wright and
Mrs. Bethel have served on the
cemetery board for thirty years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
Mt. Pelee Is Active

PU United Press
FT, DE FRANCE, Martinio
Dec. 1.-TWO strong eruptions y
The volcano Mt. Pelee occurred 20
day following deep rumblings
Ashes from the new eruptions fell
on all parts Of the island.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
BOMB DEAD NOW THREE
Another of Injured in Marion La
Dor Temple Blast Succumbs.

BIZ United Press
MARION, Ind, Dec. 16.-The
death toll in bombing of the labor
temple here more than two months
ago was increased to three with the
death in Pittsburgh of Fred Dick
ems, n.
Dickens was critically injured as
a result of the explosion which killed
two men instantly. He was confined
to hospital for month and then
moved to Pittsburgh. Physicians
said his death was the direct result
OF his injuries
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
killer DENIES
BOOZE CAUSED
DUAL MURDER
War Veteran Admits Pair
He Slew Near MunCie
Were Kind to Him.
PROUD OF ARMY MARK
Insanity Is Expected to Be
Plea of James Wood
at Trial.
BIZ Tim es Specidt

BV Times SDeciat
MUNCIE, Ind, Dec. 18-Liquor
played no part in causing James E.
Wood, 30, to brutally murder George
F. Heath and his wife, Elizabeth,
aged farm couple, at their home
near here.
During questioning which resulted
in a confession by Wood, Kentucky
moonshine was mentioned. IT never
drink anything" Wood remarked at
once.
Wood, World war veteran, the
only man in the service from his
native Kentucky county, is a big,
blond man, who either feigns a lack
of understanding Of the enormity Of
his crime, or really is of a mental
type which can not realize that the
murder of two persons may cost his
own life,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
Race Bookie Dies

A% ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. 49,
David Martin, 81, for many years
horse race bookie, died at st.
Johns hospital following a cere-
bral helnorrhage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18

Letiff is a member Of the sopho-
more class and is a member of the
Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-18
AWARDED POSITION ON
SCHOOL HONOR ROLL

Display Of Spirit at Athletic Events
Earned Mention.
Abe Letiff of 1921 Southeastern
avenue, has been added to the
Sigma Delta Chi honor roll at But
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-21

25-What is Mahatma Gandhi by
nationality?
26-Staid.
27-Triple crown.
29-What famous Greek philo1 pher
was the disciple Of Socrates?
30-Atmosphere. .
31-What President OF the United
States was inaugurated in New
York City?
32-Founder OF Arianisrn Il
33-Organs of smell.
36-What Biblical character was
hanged on q gallows he had pre-
pared for his enemies?
SS-Note OF the musical scale.
4O-Linnean Society (abbr.)
42-CySt-
47-Cushions.
50-Adult male.
51-To v~enerate.
53-Myself.
s4- gs6f2. is Is the national poet OF
56-Avaricious person.
57-Barbarian. +.
Sat- sea.
59-Sour.
60-Take off, as a hat
61-Mine entrance.
63-Orient.
64-Woody plant.
66-Bleat like a sheep.
67-MineraI spring.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-21
Coin Magic

HOINS are a great source of
magic to the amateur con-
jurer, for there any number of
simple but very entertaining
tricks which he can learn to per-
form with them. For example,
here is a clever little trick with
which the magician can mystify
his friends with his power as a
"mind-reader."
The conjurer requests one Of
his spectators to take a coin and
set it spinning on the table and
without seeing which way it falls,
will tell whether it is "heads" or
"tails."
Just before the coin is started
spinning the magician crawls Ut.
der the table and when someone
In the audience announces that
the coin has stopped, the conjurer
instantly and correctly announces
which side is up. This trick il
repeated several times and each
time the magician correctly an
nounces "heads" or "tails" as the
case may be. Here is the secret:
The magician has an accom-
plice in the audience so seated
that he can plainly see the coin
and the conjuref can plainly see
his helpers feet. Thus when the
accomplice secretly raises his
right foot he signals that the coin
has fallen with "heads" up.
Should the coin fall with "tails"
up the helper raises his left foot.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-21

CET out your pencil and explore this mystery mapi If you are
VI successful you can locate a territorial division of the United
States and three countries.
Your leads are eight boundary clues, out Of place letters Of
states, countries and bodies of water which surround the four diff
ferent scenes of your exploration. There RI two clues apiece. Re-
arrange the letters of each clue on the numbered blank line. You
will then readily guess the proper geographical name.
You will find a State granted by England to a Quaker in 1851
for an annual rent of two beaver skins and one-ffth o; the gold and
silver ore there discovered. ()
A British Crown colony with an abundance of buffaloes and
elephants. whose chief source Of commerce was formerly its slave
trade. OBJ
A small country visited by Columbus in 1902, which has TOO
species Of tropical birds. (C)
The worlds sixth largest island, noted for its rice crop, visited
by Arab traders in the eighth century. D)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-21
Solutions of Last Weeks Puzzles

8. Water. 4. A la carte D. Both are
bad habits. 9. An adder.
Drawing Lesson: The lines form q
drawing of an Airedale terrier.
Mail Carriers Routes: Start at j
then visit the farms in the rotation Of
their letters, spelling the words. LONE
RIGHT WAY"
"Numbergrams": The figures Of each
problem In addition are translated
into Roman numerals. The first prob
lem, 5 plus / plus 5 plus l plus 500,
thus becomes vi d, and the second
problem, 100 plus ! plus 5 plus ] plus
80. becomes CIVIL.
Brain-Brighteners: /. Fiction, fact
2. Tender, tough. 8. Courage. fear. 4.
Dark, light. 5. E~xtravagant. frugal.
6. Fall. rise. z. Full. empty. 8.
Reject select.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-21
Solve These brain Brighteners -

zach of these "brain-bright-
~ eners" consists of a group of
words. The first word of each
set is written in capital letters
and is followed by words express
ing relative terms.
The solution is found by cross
ing out all the words in each set
with the exception of the capt.
talized word and a word that ex-
presses a meaning directly oppo-
site to that of the first word.
You should be able to solve
each of the following GRAIN
brighteners" in ten seconds:
!. LAUGH. Sob, Cry, Smile,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-21
A Box Full of Riddles

OF the making Of riddles there is no end, for here are some
" more brain-teasers to test your wits and your ability as a
guesser. Do not brag about how good a guesser you are, how
ever, until you see how quickly you can correctly answer these
conundrums.
]. In what way are a tree and a pig alike?
2. What is the difference between a new dime and an
old nickel?
3. What is the shortest time an aviator can fall in love?
4. Why is a policeman cruel when making an arrest?
s.. What people suffer most from tight shoes?
6. When is it perfectly proper for a man to be in love
with a married woman?
z. What letter Of the alphabet can travel the greatest
distance?
s. In what way are widows, ~widowers and broken watches
alike?
9. Why do misers never quarrel?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-21

31-Pallid.
84-Lubricate.
S5-Exclamation.
37-A precipice or ravire.
3S-Tropical food.
39-A spherical body.
41-Confer.
43-Who was the supreme goddess
of the ancient Egyptians?
44-Who is the Greek god of love?
45-Encountered.
46-Above.
Asa general alarm.
49-Crude.
50-Nobleman's landed estate
52-Wrong, improper.
54-Interdict.
55-What German cruiser during the
World War captured or sank
two warships and twenty mer-
chantmen in the Indian Ocean
before being sunk. herself on
November 10, 19147
57-what is the lame of the most
celebrated dam in the Panama
Canal?
60-Who was President Of the Con-
Moderate States Of America?
62-cbtain.
65-4idge Of glacial drift.
66-Augurs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-21
Can You Guess This?

MIR. JAMES JEEPS and Mr..
AA Joshua links, who were
chums when boys, had not seen
each other for thirty years until
they met the other day.
"How many children have
your" Jeeps asked his friend.
"Well," replied Jinks, 81 have
six sons and each Of my boys
has one sister. Now add 'em up"
Can You figure out how many
children Mr.. Jinks hast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-21

Grin, Chuckle, Celebrate, Rejoice.
2. COLD. Wet, Tepid, Tenn
perate, Hot, Humid, Lukewarm.
8. VIVID. Animated, Dim,
Bright, Dull, Graphic, Heavy.
4. HEARTY. Healthy, Weak,
Sound, Vigorous, Senile, Hale,
Earnest, Cordial, Sincere, Frail,
Debile.
5. CAGE. Free, Imprison,
Liberate, Incarcerate.
6. HELP. Aid, Hindrance,
Encouragement, Relief, Interior
ence. Remedy, Obstruction.
2. RICH. Gorgeous, Racy,
Poor, Cheap, Mean, Scanty.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-21

copyrish. 1898. rrsmis, syndicate. Ina.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-21
Scenario
Shifting
Edward Longstreth and
Leonard T. Holton.

<ENCENARIO SHIFTING" ID
a splendid game for .
small party Of about ten
guests. The game, Of course, is
intended to divert members Of
the movie colony in Hollywood.
but ambitious folk who would like
to fancy themselves active in the
motion picture industry as see
narists can try themselves out on
this one.
The ladies present are given
pad and paper and the men are
paired off, one to each lady. For
three minutes the lady with the
help of the man paired off with
her must write the first scene
of a scenario, the more idiotic the
better. Logic is thrown to the
winds. All scenarios, when COM
pleted, must have the same num-
Der Of episodes, the number de-
pending on the number Of pairs
of players, ten guests, five pairs,
five episodes.
When the three minutes are
up, the hostess asks the men to
move in rotation, changing part
ners so that each lady gets the
support of another man. The
lady reads the first scene to her
new collaboration and he reveals
his plan for the second scene.
About five minutes are needed
for each session" after the first.
The men continue to change after
each scene until the ladies have
had the assistance of each man
present. With that full cycle the
scenario must be complete.
The scenarios are then read in
turn and a vote is taken for the
best one. The lady author Of the
winning scenario and her first
collaboration are then called on
to act the entire story with the
help of as many players as they
need. A prize may be given.
Copyright. 1928. By Simon d schustsr. Ina
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-21
A Problem In Pictorial Arithmetic

TUBS problem in pictorial arith-
IL metic is solved by writing
down the names of the five OBJ
jects in the order in which they
are shown in the accompanying
drawing and then adding or SUBJ
tracing the letters of each word,
according to the plus or minus
signs which separate the pic
lures. The remaining letters,
reading from left to right, will
then spell-well, what do you
suppose?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-21

67-Celestial body.
68-Gull-like bird.
69-Burning.
7O-Sit for ones picture.
1-Headgear (plu.)
72-Following.
73-Prefix: before.
VERTICAL.
1-Who said, Hope .prings
eternal in the human breast?
2-On what German river are Stet-
tin and Breslau located?
3-What American poet wrote "Hia-
watha"?
4-Sea-eagle.
5-Who Is the classical god or
revelry, represented as q winged
youth bearing a torch?
6-Makes into legislation.
7-Babylonian goddess Of the deep.
S-Cast.
9-Single unit.
10-Who wrote the sTliad" and
Odyssey?
11--Egg-shaped.
12-Heap.
13-Where did the forbidden fruit'
grow?
21-Who Is the Roman goddess OF
the moor and months?
22-Complete this statement Attila,
the |
24-Suffix: like.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-21
HORIZONTAL,

HORIZONTAL.
I-What is Ignace Paderewski by
nationality?
6-Patchwork composition.
10-Who wrote THE Prisoner OF
Zenda"2
14-Aroma-
15-Edible tuber.
16-What Roman poet banished by
Augustus. wrote = ~ "Metamor-
phoses"?
17-What Quaker founded one OF the
original 12 American colonies?
1S-Parsonage.
19-MaSculine.
20-Unit Of work.
2l-Man's name.
22-Who is supposed to have caused
the siege Of Troy?
23-What German physician OF the
sixteenth century vas supposed
to have sold his soul to Mephis-
topheles?
-25-What is the missing name in
this title of General Lew Wal
lace's celebrated novel: ben
-?
26-Severe.
2S-In what country are the follow
ing cities located: Malaga, Val.
encia, Valladolid?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-21

DROF. MONKO is trying to ex-
l. plain to three of his atten-
tive pupils one of his jumbled
word squares. While he is do
ing this, suppose you see if you
can solve it by rearranging the
sixteen letters to form a word
consisting of four words Of
four letters each.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-21
IN a recent dancing contest
there were five couples execut-

ing a fancy dance. They ranged
themselves as shown in the &C.
companyipg drawing, a boy and
a girl alternating. During the
course of the dance they were
to aline themselves with five
men at one end and five girls at
the other end of the row, the
conditions being that always two
continuous persons were to move
to a new position without revers-
ing or changing their relative
positions. Thus two adjoining
persons could move to the end
Of the line, and the vacant
places taken by two other adj
joining persons.
In how many moves can all the
girls be placed at one end of the
line and all the mel at the other?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-21
A Tongue-Twister

Sleepy Susan, slender and sad,
sat on the sea-shore and sang
seven silly songs to some sick
sailors.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-21
NIRCUs Cage Mystery. The visible

tIhCUb Gage Mysterys the vlslDIe
~ creatures in the zoo have a total
OF twenty heads and sixty-eight
feet. The cage at the left, only partly
visible. contains a snake charmer and
two snakes, making the other three
up to twenty-three heads and seventy
feet. The completed sign in the snake
charmer's cage reads: Famous Indian
Snake Charmer Performs Every Hour"
Riddles; /. A new photograph nee-
die. 2 Because 1t Ia q drawing room.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-05
Richardson To
Oppose Young

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5. W.H-
Friend w. Richardson, former gov
ernor of California, was here today
"organizimg the opposition" to Gov
trnor C. C. Young i'll the 1880 guber.
material race.
Richardson said he, himself, was
not definitely 4 candidate and that
so far he has not decided to back
any one candidate or group.
''I am here to organize the opposi-
tion," he said. "lf / am asked TO
run, I'll get into the fight. If the
people want someone else, I'll back
the selected person.
81 am here for Il series of infor.
NAL conferences regarding the cam
paign."
Among the possible candidates
for governor, Richardson listed
Buron Fits, district attorney of Los
Angeles; R. l.. Riley, state con.
troller; Frank Merriam, chairman of
the state Republican committee
Charles Johnson, state treasurer
and Nelson Edwards, state senator
from Orange county.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-05
POLICE SEEKING
FORMER ADVISOR
TO EVANGELIST

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5. W.R(-
A former financial advisor of Aimee
semple Mcpherson was being sought
today as the couaty grand jury con-
tinues its investigation of her con
duct of Angelus Temple and Four
Square Gospel funds, Daniel Beecher,
deputy district etiorney, said.
The. person il, question disap
peared from the city shortly after
the Rev. John Cohen, dismissed as
assistant pastor to Mrs. Mcpherson
appeared before the grand jury and
demanded the present investigation,
Beecher declared.
Meanwhile, Miss Harriet Jordan
of the temple, tas been subpoenaed
to appear before the grand jury to.
day with additional books and
checks.
Mrs. Mcpherson was enroute to
Portland, Ore, With her mother
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy. The missing
advisor was said 70 be wanted for
Questioning concerning a bank ac'
count Mrs. Mcpherson assertedly
maintained in 1927 under the name
of Elizabeth. johnson.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-05
INDIANS MOURN
THIRD DEATH in
RANKS OF CHIEFS

PONCA CITY, Okla, Nov. 3
W.P)-The prolonged funeral services
for the third Ponca indian sub-chief
to die recently were being held to-
day as the POncas mourned the un'
timely death of White Deer, one of
the advisors of the tribe, and head
of the Deer Clan.
White Deer died before funeral
services were over for Crazy Bear,
another sub-chief who died last
week. Frank Smith was the third
member who died recently.
White Deer helped bring the tribe
to the $4,000 acres just south of
Ponca City in 1870 and was also
among the few genuine warriors who
participated in the Poncas' last wal
with the Sioux before coming to
Oklahoma. -
The give away party" where all
his personal effects will be distribu
ted, will take place the latter part of
the week.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-05
Customs Service
Keeps Watch For
Liquor Smugglers

NEW YORK, Nov. 5. W.Pj-Offi-
tiai. of the customs enforcement
bureau admitted today they were
searching for three foreign steam
ships that Illegally were ~ttehpt
ing to land 100000 bottles of liquor
IN New York.
Twelve barbor patrol boats put
TO sea last night but customs Off
Gals, indignant that the news OF
the search had gotten out, were Sc
cretive about operations. 1t wa:
reported that two of the ships Were
flying the British flag and tht
other one the French falg.
The tip concerning the three YES
sells was reported to have come from
two members of the crew of a Gus
toms boat, who tied small crysta
radio set to the bedsprings of theil
bunk and intercepted radio messages
between the three ships and run
runners on shore.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-05
DEATH TOLL IN
VOLCANO BLAST
PLACED AT 300

GUATEMALA CITY, Nov. 5. U.P)
Estimated death toll of the latest
eruption of Santa Maria volcano
stood at 800 today while soldiers and
government relief workers sought to
restore order in Quetaltenango and
ether stricken villages obout the vol
.cano's base.
The 800 dead was the estimate
Of the foreign office. Only q bodies
lave been recovered, as the search
for bodies was handicapped by the
ashes and lava and subsequent
heavy rains.
An unconfirmcd report said the
entire population os FL Patrocinio
Lad been buried in the molten flow
of the volcano. Quezaltenango, a
city of 10000 population, still was
in great confusion. Communica
tions were disrupted and further
hindered dispatching of aid to the
injured.
/ Red Cross workers and volunteer
physicians were sent on govern
ment train to Quezaltenango.
Santa Maria Las been active in
termittently since 1902, when it,
eruption and an accompanying earth
quake destroyed Quezaltenango ant
other villages.