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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
CHECK BUS STOPS
Order Test of Conformity
to New Traffic Code.

Traffic Captain Lester E. Jones
today was ordered by the safety
board to survey bus stops in the
city to insure that they conform to
the new traffic code.
The new code provides that bus
stops shall be on the near side" of
an intersection except in cases
where the safety board deems the
practice hazardous. The traffic de-
partment will check the bus stops
and report to the board next Tues
day.
Conferences with Peoples Motor
Coach Company officials revealed
that about 80 per cent of the pres
ent stops are on the far side" Of
the intersection. Fred w. ConnelI,
board president, said the survey will
be made to determine the best prac-
tic for the public safety and con-
venience.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23

Officials Expect to Have
Man in Custody Within
Two Days.
BY GEORGE SCOFIELD
Times STAFF Correspondent

SULLIVAN, Ind, Jan. 23.-ArreSt
within two days of the man who
shot Edgar D. Naples to death in
the Peoples bank here and threats
of violence against Jessup F. Boil
niger, vice-president of the First
State bank at Shelburn, are start
ling developments today in Sulli-
van county's week-old financial
tragedy.
State and county authorities in
vestigating the case have virtually
abandoned an early theory that
Maple killed himself and announce
they know the name of the man
who visited Maple in the bank, of
which he was vice-president, and
where, he was found dead.
Left Name of Visitor
The name of the visitor was left
by Maple with his family. after he
had arranged 10 meet the banker
by phone. It is believed the visitor
took $4,000 missing from small
safe near which Naples body was
found.
Investigators are convinced there
is a connection between the death
of Maple and an attempt at suicide
by Bolinger a few hours after the
Sullivan bankers death. Bolinger
was found unconscious in the
garage OF his home, due to inhal-
ing fumes from the exhaust of his
automobile.
Bolinger is held in the Sullivan
county Jail here, charged with forg-
ing $85 900 in notes, part of which
were held by the Peoples bank. Al
though he has declared Maple was
in no way connected with the notes,
he is not believed by authorities.
They say Maple knew of the
forgeries at least two weeks before
his death. Bolinger is being ques-
toned today.
Town Faces Ruin
Some residents of Shelburn are
making threats against BolirIyer.
The crash of his bank, Shelburn's
only financial institution, has
brought the towns business men
and other depositors face to face
with ruin.
Idleness of coal mines, the sole in
dustTy of Shelburn, has caused
financial stringency for nearly three
vars, and the banks closing is the
last straw.
Bolinger has asserted that the
banks depositors will not lose
through his defalcstions, but a diff
ferent view is expressed by Charles
Thompson. vice-president. who be-
lieves little will be salvaged from
the institution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
STATE TAXON
CIGARETS PUT
UP TO HOUSE
Smoker Won't Be Forced
to Absorb Levy, Under
New Act.
BURDEN ON DEALERS
Packages of Odd Sizes Are
Listed in Proposed
Measure.
BURDEN ON DEALERS

A bill taxing every cigaret sold in
Indiana one-tenth of cent was
introduced in the state house of
representatives today by Repre-
sentatives Lafayette Gilley of
Washington, Lewis e. Carter of
Salem and Harlan r. Benton of
Barber Postoffice
The bill also will tax cigaret
papers and tubes and proceeds will
go to the school relief fund to make
up the 100000 deficit.
The bill is framed so wholesalers
and distributors would pay the tax
and could not pass along the tax
to the consumers as is done on the
gasoline tax. This would be accom-
plished by compelling the wholesaler
to state the retail price at the time
he paid the tax. and then making
it an offense for the wholesaler or
the retailer to sell the cigarettes for
more than this price.
The bill provides that wholesalers
and distributors must aff1x stamps
showing the amount of tax paid and
the retail price upon each package
either of cigarets, papers or tubes.
A popularity of the bill is that it
provides that cigarets shall be sold
only in packages of 5, 8, 10, IL, Is,
Is, 20, 25, 40, so, 80 or 100. Practi-
cally no American manufacturers
now provide packets of 5, 8, IL, 16,
Is, 40 and 80. The specified package
content would make it possible for
the state to issue stamps in de-
nominations to fit each size and
avoid the necessity of putting two
stamps on odd sized packets to meet
the exact tax.
The bill also strikes at consumers
who buy their cigarets in large lots
from dealers or manufacturers out
side the state. For instance, if a
smoker ordered 1000 cigaretS from
Virginia, he must buy the stamps
from the state auditor and put them
on each package before he breaks
them open or be a law violator.
Penalties for avoiding the tax
range from $40 to $1,000. Counter
feiting of tax stamps is made fell
ony punishable by from one to ten
years in prison.
The fine cannot be less than the
retail value of the "bootlegged"
cigarets.
The tax on cigaret papers is one
half cent for each fifty or fraction
thereof. Tubes are taxed one cent
for each fifty or fraction thereof.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
Wakes to Find Parents Out;
+ Sent Home When Father
Calls Police.

Mrs. Hilda Naperstick, 827 South
Capitol avenue, heard a gentle tap
tap on her front door about $50
this morning and opened the door
to see an amazing spectacle.
A 3-year-old boy stood on her
doorstep, barefooted, clad only in
a thin undershirt.
"Cold, cold" shivered the child.
Mrs. Naperstick TOOK him inside,
warmed him and called police.
Motor, Policeman Thomas Tague
and Larence Tanning answered the
call. Mrs. Naperstick donated a
child's coat and Tague gave up his
big policeman's overcoat and they
bounded the child to police head
quarters.
"Daddy-daddy," was his only
answer to officers questions.
Mrs. Elizabeth Denny, matron,
took him in charge. A red apple
from her lunch basket silenced his
cries and objections to having his
face and hands washed.
An hour later an agitated father,
Carl Pagel, 815 Church street, re-
ported to police headquarters that
his son, Oliver, 3, had mysteriously
disappeared from his bed. Descrip-
tons tailed and in short time
Oliver was back home again.
Pagel, police learned, had left
home shortly before 6 to start a
fire in his machine shop at 1913
West Norwood street. Mrs. Pagsl
had gone to the grocery to get food
for breakfast a few minutes later,
leaving Oliver asleep in his bed.
The child evidently awakened
and, finding the house empty,
braved the cold in search for his
father.
He walked more than a block and
was out in the 20-degree atmos-
phere for about fifteen minutes, the
parents estimated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
BATTLE SEAS
TO AID SHIPS
IN DISTRESS
Heavy SWelIS Make Rescue
Work of Liners Diff
cult.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2S-The
American tanker Dannedaike, which
has been reported in danger several
hundred miles off Cape Hatteras,
was attempting to reach Bermuda
today under her own steam, it was
reported in advices from the Dollar
liner President Harrison intercept
ed by the Radio Marine Corpora
ton.
Meantime the steamship Florida
which sent up distress signals from
a position close by the Dannedaike,
still was fighting a heavy sea.
The President Harrison said she
had not been able to locate the
Florida, although she had been in
those waters for some time.
The United States liner America,
however, advised she was close by
the Florida. The dispatches from
the America did not indicate
whether that vessel yet had sighted
the Florida.
Freighter Believed Sunk
Previous to the last message from
the America which said she was
close by the Florida, the President
Harrison had advised that the
America notified she would be
alongside the Florida within two
hours.
The S. S. Yorck and the President
Harrison advised they would cruise
around the positions given by the
Florida for some time and then
would proceed if no trace of that
cI&ft was sighted.
Hope virtually has been aban-
doned for the British freighter
Teesbridge, with thirty eight men
on board. No word has been re-
ceived from her since her master
wirelessed for aid Monday, report
ing matches stove in and danger of
sinking about 400 miles southeast
of Cape Race.
The steamer Maine left her
course to go to the 'Teesbridge's aid,
but was not able to locate it be-
cause of failure to establish radio
communication.
Shipping Is Impaired
Progress was difficult, and the
President Harrison wired her New
York Offices Tuesday night she had
practically "hove-to" on account of
the high waves.
Four days of storms in the north
Atlantic crippled the three vessels.
Shipping was impaired considerably,
and transatlantic liners advised
their New York Offices they were
battling heavy seas.
The Florida was thirteen days out
of Pensacola today bound for Naples
with a cargo of pitch pine lumber.
There were between thirty and
thirty-f1ve men on board.
The Dannedaike with a crew of
thirty-thre was bound for Client,
Belgium, from Beaumont, Tex.
No passengers we're aboard any
of the disabled vessels.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
WRECK INJURIES FATAL
Autoist Dies at City Hospital; Car
Overturned In Rounding Corner.

Barney Fostel, IS, of 524 West
wilkins street, died at city hospital
early today CT injuries received
Saturday when his automobile over
turned. Internal injuries resulted
in his death.
Fostel, driving on south Meridian
street when the accident occurred,
attempted to turn a corner and his
car overturned. He was pinned be-
meath the car.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
ARGUE DUNCAN APPEAL
U. S. Circuit Court Hears Motion
in Conspiracy Case.

Albert Ward, United States dis
tTict attorney, was in Chicago to-
day for arguments before the United
States circuit court of appeals in
the appeal of Russell v. Duncan,
Indianapolis attorney, from his Sec
ond conviction in federal court here.
Duncan was convicted in May,
1928. on conspiracy charge in con-
nection with disappearance of an
income tax refund check from the
internal revenue. Office. He was
sentenced to two years in prison
and fined $4,000, which he appealed.
He previously was convicted in May,
1927. on the same charge, and his
appeal was sustained by the higher
court. %
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
LADDIE BOY, ONCE FIRST DOG IS DEAD

been silenced by death, Laddie
Boy never seemed quite so play
full.
The Harding Memorial Society
has suggested that the dogs body
be given to taxidermist for
preservation, but Barker indi-
Gated today that Laddie Boy
would be buried.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
Draft Loses by Two Votes
After Spirited Debate
in State Senate.

BY the scant margin of two votes,
the Gray bill increasing from mis-
demeanor to a felony, the sale or
gift of liquor to "a minor failed of
passage in the state senate today.
Following a recurrence Of debate
precipitated Tuesday when the bill
was called for second reading by its
author, Senator Carl M. Gray,
Democrat of Petersburg, a roll call
vote showed twenty-four ayes and
twenty-five noes, with four absent
or not voting.
Senator Denver G. Harlan, presi-
dent pro tenn, vigorously fought the
bill which would have increased the
penalty for sale or gift of liquor to
minor from the present term of
from thirty days to six months, to
from one to two years.
Parents Challenged
Indiana is pretty well on record
as taking firm position on the
eighteenth amendment" said Sena-
tor Harlan. 1--WE now have prohi-
bition laws that satisfy the most
ardent drys. There is no question
that the sentiment and feeling of
Indiana is overwhelmingly in favor
of prohibition.
"We have had the advice fire.
quently, solicited or unsolicited,
from the speaker for the Anti
Saloon League. CDR. Edward S. Shu-
maker, Indiana Anti-Saloon League
superintendent. His ideas have
been incorporated into law. But
I believe he is only passively sup
porting this bill. If his support
we're active we would see more
of it."
Harlan declared drinking among
the youth of the state is prevalent
and deplorable, but added: "You
can not, by legislative act, take
away the parents responsibility.
What we need most in Indiana is
an awakening of the responsibility
of parent to child Boys and girls
are treated with too much indul-
gence and neglect.
Every lawyer knows you can not
stop law violations by making the
penalties excessive"
Charges Youth Debauched
Senator Ralph Adams, of Shelby
vile, and Senator John L. Niblack,
of indianapolis, protested convic-
tons would be difficult to obtain
under the proposed law.
"Bootlegging goes on around our
schools and colleges, and is de-
bauching the young life," declared
Senator John S. Alldredge of An
derson.
Given last chance to defend his
measure, Gray declared: "This bill
is in answer to the demands of
mothers and fathers of the state.
did not need to consult DR.. Shu-
maker or Ethan A. Miles (Anti-
Saloon League attorney about this
proposition.
When he saw he lacked two votes
of getting passage for his bill, Gray
insisted the absentees be called, but
after one call produced no new
votes, the absentees we're excused.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
! ,ARSHIP LAUNCHED
First Light Cruiser Christ
eneG eaH | axe CITY.

BIZ United Press
CAMDEN, N. j., Jan. 23.-In the
presence of high naval officials, the
cruiser Salt Lak= City was launched
today.
The Salt Lake City, which was
christened by Miss Helen Bulge of
Salt Lake City and graduate of the
University of Utah, ID the first
10000 ton light cruiser constructed
by the United States under the
terms of the Washington limitations
of ornaments conference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23

home of Harry L. Barker, secret
service man, Tuesday,
Laddy Boy, half-brother of
President Coloidge's Laddie Buck,
went to the White House on
March 4, 1921. a gift to Presi-
dent Harding from Charles w.
Quetsche. an Ohio admirer.
After his masters voice had
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
TIME CHANGE SHELVED

Committee bitches Bill to Shift to
Eastern Standard.
Indiana time will not be changed
from central standard time to east
ern standard time as provided by
a bill introduced by State Repre-
sentative Forrest Knepper of Etna
Green last Friday. The committee
on rights and privileges today re-
ported the measure indefinitely
postponed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
Bank Sues Suicides Kin

BIT UHIted PTe5s
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Jan. 3d.
Suits aggregating $4,000 against
relatives Of Omar G. Patterson, who
allegedly embezzIed $4,000 from
the Citizens State bank here last
summer, have been filed by the
bank. Defendants are accused Of
having conspired with Patterson to
defraud the bank. Patterson COM
mitted suicide shortly after he ad-
mitted taking the money.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
uPDIKE LOSES SUIT
Court Denies Appeal for
Recount Against Ludlow.

Congressman Ralph E. Updike to-
day lost his appeal to the Indiana
supreme court of his election re-
count suit against Louis Ludlow,
Democrat, who defeated Updike for
reelection in November.
The court refused to mandate
Superior Judge Linn D. Hay to Or
der a recount of the votes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
COED WINS RETRIAL
Second Hearing Granted on
14-Lear Robbery Term.

By United Press
AUSTIN, Tex, Jan. 23.-Becky
Rogers, former University of Texas
coed, who was sentenced to four
teen years in the penitentiary for
robbery of the Farmers National
bank of Buda, Tex, was granted a
new trial today by the court Of
criminal appeals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
BY United Press

bN JWfJfu FTeaS
NEWTON, Mass, Jan. 23.-
IN Laddie Boy, once the first
dog Of the land" is dead.
The famous Airedale. who was
White House mascot during the
administration of the late PreSi-
dent Harding, succunbed to age
and Illness at the NeWtonville
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
Holsters Brother Kills Self

BIZ United Press
DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 23,-After
writing a note bequeathing his
$4,000 estate to his sister, Mrs. Ellen
Kelley, New Albany, Ind, Robert
Hudspeth, so. leaped to death in
front of a Michigan Central engine
Tuesday. The note said he was dis
couraged from continued illness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
20 LOST ON LAUNCH
Craft Blows Up and Sinks
in Colombia.

BIZ United Press
BOGOTA, Colombia, JAM 49,
Twenty passengers were unaccount-
ed for after the launch Social blew
up and sank in the Magdalena river
near Sitio Nuevo today. Several of
the survivors were injured. Boats
were searching for others.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
Looked Both Ways
aim Promlses More Caddies

More caddies viii be provided by
the bill introduced today by Repre-
sentative Forrest Knepper Of Etna
Green amending the present school
attendance law so that children IA
years old or over may be caddies.
The present law provides mini
mum age Of Is years,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
BUSINESS men
JOIN TO FIGHT
AUTO FEE HIKE
Oppose Boost in Gasoline
Tax and in License
LeyieS.
MOTOR CLUB TO AID
Uniform Registration Bill
Urged; Present Charges
Held Unfair.

Representatives of eighteen in
dustrial associations and businesses
have formed an organization to OPP
pose proposed increases in the mo-
Ter vehicle license fees and the
gasoline tax, it is announced. today.
The organization was started at
a meeting Monday at the Cham
Der of Commerce.
Bert O'Leary, Kiefer- Stewart
Drug Company official, president of
the Motor Truck Association of In
diana, presided at the session.
THE present income from gaso-
line tax, vehicle licenses and fed
eral aid, with the normal increase
during the future, would hard sur
face our entire present state high
way system in seven years. To at
tempt to do this in less time would
be an uneconomic burden upon the
tax payers" O'Leary declared.
Motor Club to Aid
A letter was read from j. D. Dun
gan, Hoosier Motor Club president,
declaring the club would oppose any
efforts to increase the license fee
on commercial vehicles.
A charge that statements pub
lished by the Indiana Good Roads
Association relative to the condi-.
ton of Indiana highways are mis-
leading and conflict with statements
of the state highway commission,
was made by w. S. Frye, treasurer
of the Motor Truck Association of
Indiana, and William Trimble of
the Western Oil and Refining Com
pany. The attention of the Indi-
annapolis Better Business Bureau
should be called to the fact, it was
moved.
The meeting adopted resolution
declaring that the present method
of assessing license fees is unfair,
as the cost of registration, police
protection and department admin
istration of all sizes and kinds Of
motor vehicles is the same, and
providing that the organization in
troduce a measure to the present
legislature providing a uniform reg
istration fee for all automotiVe We
hicles.
Gas Tax Approved
The resolution approved the gaso-
=. tax as a tax based on an
"'-~ Iitable measure of miles used
aad of road destructibility."
Others attending the meeting
were:
Henry Dithmer Sr., president Po-
lar Ice and Fuel Company; G. w.
Abraham, transfer company head;
Tom Snyder, president Central
Union Truck TERMINAL and secre-
tary of the Motor Truck Associa-
ton of Indiana; Scott johnson, Sec
rotary Indiana Ice Dealers Associ-
alton; George ziegler, secretary In
diana Petroleum Dealers Associa-
ton; R. w. Bales, secretary Indiana
Manufacturers of Dairy Products;
A. N. Lawson, secretary Indiana Re-
tail Coal Club; William Kreis, pres
ident Kreis Transfer Company; Ray
Macy, president Peoples Coal and
Cement Company; j. L. McNerny
and w. M McKinstrey of the Vac
uum Oil Company; George A. Van
Dyke of the T. A. Bell Company,
automobile dealers and distributors;
A. L. Ndieserly, secretary National
League of Commission Merchants;
Mrs. M. NJ. Fritsch, secretary
Furniture Association of Indian
apolis, and E. o. Grove of the In
diana Condensed Milk Company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23

BV United PTfs8
RENO, New, Jan. 2s-Marital
bonds of Mrs. Virginia Mowbray
Whitney of Brooklyn, N. Y, and
Arthur Whitney, wealthy executive
OF an eastern paper firm, were
broken today through issuance OF q
final decree of divorce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
DEFEAT BILL TO RAISE
TERMS OF BOOTLEGGERS
SELLING YOUTH BOOZE
HOLDS FERRY RECORD

Captain of Boat Has Trotted
Around Globe IA Times in Harbor.
By United Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-If all of
Captain William Frost's sailing trips
had been laid end to end, he would
have circled the globe fourteen
times he estimated when he re-
signed after forty-six years ferry
service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
ARM BROKEN IN ARCTIC
SET BY RADIO ADVICE
Trapper Makes Way to Station;
Operator Gets Help.
IN UNited Press

OP0IdIOI OCUS I1cIp'
BIZ United Press
TORONTO, Ont, Jan. 23.-The
story of how a fur trapper, who
broke his arm some 1900 miles in
the Arctic, received medical instruc-
tion by radio, set his own arm, and
is now progressing well, was told
here today.
The trapper, after receiving the
injury, proceeded by dog team to
Hopes Advance on the Hudson
strait. There he went to G. Hud-
son, a radio operator, who secured
the medical advice for him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
U. S. DON JUAN DIES

Find Names Of 100 Girls in Notebook
of Dead Youth.
BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 23-Bernard
Halpern, %, found dead in the
streets, knew lots of girls. Police
found a list Of 100 girls names in
an address book found among his
effects.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
WHILE CATS AWAY

Husband Slips Divorce and We'd
ding Over on Wife on Vacation.
BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-MrS Sylvia
Myrotzs husband refused to kiss
her when she returned from an ex-
tended vacation. Investigating, Mrs.
Myrotz found he had divorced her
and remarked.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
BURY NE CHEAPLY'
Woman Asks Casket Be as mex
pensive as Possible.
By United Press

bY UNlJ6U PFe88
DEDHAM, Mass, Jan. 23-"I de-
sire to be buried in the cheapest
caket that can be bought" read
clause in the will of Katherine
dowley of Quincy, filed for probate
here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
STILL ON STAGE AT 1o1
Lithuanian Dancer Arrives fl
Vaudeville Engagement.

BIZ Unifed Press
CHICAGO. Jan. 23.-Jurgis K
Skinderis. Lithuanian vaudeville actor
los, arrived here today to give an ex-
hibition Of folk songs and Russian
dancing ct q Lithuanian theater.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
Wanted
5 Overstuffed Chairs

WING CHAIR-Overstuffed in good
con-; bar. at $40. 52oi Park ave. Hu.
The Times want ads sold the
chair advertised in the ad above
at the small cost of 81 cents.
There were 6 replies to this ad.
With its more than 100000 daily
readers The Times is the best
market place for anything you
Ghave to buy or sell. The right
party is sure to read your ad.
Not only reach buyers with ready
cash, but also cost you less.
Want ads cost less IN this news
paper.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23
LOVES NIAGARA FALLS
Man to Take Second Bouncing Trip
in Rubber Ball Over Rapids.

BIZ United Press
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Jan. 2S.-
Not satisfied with hsving gone over
Niagara Falls in a giant rubber ball
last July 4, Jean Lussier, in letter
to relatives here. announces he will
try it again next Fourth of July.