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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
FALL ENDS PARTY
Soldier Drops From Third
Story of Hotel.

What is alleged by police to have
been a drinking party came to a
climax about 1890 Wednesday
night when R. E. Dematus, "a, a
soldier from FIT Benjamin Harrison
either fell or leaped from third
story fire escape at the Brevort
hotel.
Dematus was Mt identified until
officers from the army post visited
him at city hospital today When
X-ray photographs showed that his
skull was not fractured, he was re-
moved to the fort hospital.
Police searching the room oc-
cupied by the man, found several
empty bottles and small amount
of liquor. Physicians at the hospital
stated the man had been drinking.
Two men had registered for the
room Wednesday as William Sailing
and Charles Johns, indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
ACCUSE DRYS
OF USING Girl S
Suspend Agents for Hiring
DeCoyS in Raid.
BU Tnitcd Press

BV United Press
COLUMBUS, O., May Edward
Little and John Cole, state dry
agents, we're suspended today on
charges of using two girls as de
coys" in the arrest Of two Lancaster
(O) liquor law violators.
The girls, according to testimony
before Joseph Horner, United States
commissioner, weer given money
and sent into an establishment to
buy whisky. The arrest Of the
alleged vendors followed.
Use of the girls was condemned
by Governor Myers Cooper, Who
reprimanded the agents and warned
them that such practices would not
be tolerated in the future"
Little and Cole were suspended,
pending further inquiry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
HOOVER IMMIGRATION
FOES SAY THEY'LL WIN
Presidents Leading Opponent
Against Compromise.

Il OPpOhShS
Against Compromise.
BIZ Scripps-Holcdrd Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, May 2.-Advo-
Gates of the national origins immi-
grafton system claim to have enough
votes in the senate to defeat efforts
to defer putting the system into
effect, as recommended by President
Hoover.
Senator David A. Reed OF PennSyl-
vania, leader in the fight to retain
national origins, said today there
will be no compromise, despite the
position Of the President.
Reed has informed the President
that he will insist on his right to
differ from the recommendations
contained in the Presidents message
to congress Reed contends no ques-
ton of party regularity is involved
in his attitude and that he is con-
sistent with the position that he, as
we'll as a majority of the senate,
has taken since the law was enacted
in 1924
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
PETTIS HEIRS
WILL BATTLE
FOR 100000
Legal Action Is Started to
Recover Huge Sum Given
for Charity.
FOUNDATION Is PERILED
Entire Estate Was WiIIed
for Mercy Work, Move
Reveals.
FOUNDATION IS PERILED

Legal action to take from the In
dianapolis Foundation all the $7OO,
900 gift made May 5, 1920, by the
late Alfonso P. PettiS, founder of the
Pettis Dry Goods Company, and all
the $4,000 interest thereon collect
ed since the gift was made, has
been started in probate court, it was
disclosed today.
Probate Judge Mahlon E. Bash
late Wednesday granted permission
to G. SEVERN BuschIlann, repre-
senting seventeen heirs of Mr.. Pet
It's. to file a suit against the Indiana
Trust Company, trustee holding the
Pettis properties for the foundation,
to recover for the heirs all property
and interest paid to the foundation
The Pettis gift to the foundation
was one Of the greatSt public dona-
tions ever made in Indianapolis and
has been part of the backbone of
the work Of the foundation during
the last nine years.
Approximately $4,000 in interest
lids DSGII lSdllGCo llOlll UllC ICCUlo
gift and spent by the foundation
upon various public benefactions.
The petition Of Buschmann to
file the suit discloses that Mr.. Pettis
turned over practically everything
he owned in America to the founda-
ton when he made the gift, leaving
nothing for the seventeen American
claimants to inherit since his death
Feb. Is. this year, in Nice, France.
Buschmann alleges that Mr..
Pettis, at the time he made the
gift in 1920, was more than 80 years
Of age and was "a person of un-
sound mind and that he executed
said pretended trust under undue
influence and duress."
By the granting Of BuSchmann'S
preliminary petition, Leo M Gard
ner, administrator of the Pettis local
estate, is under order to send notice
to the Indiana Trust Company that
as administrator he disaffirms the
trust deed by which Mr.. Pettis
turned over the property to the
bank as trustee for the foundation.
BuSchm8nn said the suit to set
aside the gift will be filed within
a week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
SALTZMAN MUST SELL
STOCK TO GET PLACE
Senators Impose Condition on
Radio Board Appointment.

By Scripp8- -HowGrd Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, May 2.-Con-
flrmation OF Major General Charles
M. Saltzman as a member Of the
radio commission has been recon-
mended by the senate interstate
commerce committee on his promise
to sell stocks he owns in radio COM
panies.
Saltzman, named recently by
President Herbert Hoover, told the
committee he had nearly 100 shares
of stock in the General Electric
Company and the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company,
both of which have extensive radio
connections.
Senator Clarence G. Dill said the
stock ownership disqualified the
appointee. The committee in eXecu-
tive session voted to recommend his
confirmation on his promise to sell
the stock.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
DRIVER MAPS; KILLED
Believe Sleep Caused
Crash; Woman Badly Hurt.

NEWCASTLE, Ind, May q
Death of Sam Salyer, Detroit, Mich,
in an automobile crash east Of
Dunreith on the National road at
$3.50 this morning was due to his
having gone to sleep while driving,
authorities here believe.
Salyer's car collided with an In
dianapolis Star delivery truck, driv-
en- eastward by Joe Meeks, 023
South State avenue, Indianapolis
Meeks was held blamelesS.
Mrs. Salyer was seriously injured.
The 3-year-old son of the SalyEs
escaped unhurt
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
DEAN ACTS IN MIxUP
Liberal Student Leaders
Called to Conference.

BIZ Hittd Press
PITTSBURGH. Pa. May New
action by authorities of the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh in the contro-
versy between the school admins
tration and the Liberal Club, was
foreseen here today.
Two members, William Albertson,
president. and Arthur Mcdowell,
member Of the executive committee,
were ordered to report late today
to A. H Armbruster, dean Of men at
the university.
The controversy began when a
meeting of the Liberal Club. at
which DR.. Harry Elmer Barnes, not
ed sociologist. was to speak on the
Mooney Billings case was barred
from the campus ten days ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
Free Wife of
old Grab in
Death Inquiry
Elderly Husband of Ex-
Phone Girl Shot Self,
Says Coroner.

b. United Prose
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, May O.
Mrs. Gladys Foster Beardslee was
ordered released today after the
coroner issued a finding declaring
her husband, Oliver Beardslee, ST.
Of Stratford. died by his wn act.
Mrs. Beardslee, 27, ex-telephone
operator, after the death described
her husband as an "old crab and
admitted she married him for his
money.
The attractive auburn-haired
widow had been held at Hillside
home as a material witness.
Beardslee accidentally shot him
self while threatening to take his
life, Coroner John H. Phelan de-
clared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02

and presto-the crosS-eyed patient
looks straight into the face Of his
fellow man
AT least that is what Doc says
about his skill. He loosed a hearty
laugh as he said it today, thumped
his heavy cane against the court
wall and sat down to tell about
the creed of the quack.'
Old Doc-he was Dr.. Franklin
o. Carter until he put out a cou-
pie of eyes and lost his license
was happy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
STEAMERS COLLIDE
Liner and Freighter Crash
in New York Harbor.
BIZ United Press

BY United Press
NEW YORK, May 2.-The Span
ish vessel Cristobal Colon, carrying
1000 passengers on cruise to
Spanish ports, collided today with
the freighter River Orontes in lower
New York harbor
No passengers were hurt, accord
ing to reports to the Royal Span
ish Mail line, but the freighter was
damaged.
The collision came near the Mar
rows bottleneck-the harbOr through
which vessels must pass just before
starting off across the Atlantic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02

TINE increasing operation was
i simple, Doc explained, but
valuable, and before any work
was done, the fee was agreed upon.
What do you make a year" 1
ask the patient. "One thousand a
YEAR We'll. he gets of with a
500 fee. Ten per cent Of their
annual salary. What could be
fairer than that?
Then I take a knife and cut a
little muscle under the eye, so.
Another little flick ar another
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02

Doc recalled that he first used
his skilled fingers clipping ton
sis.
But there was no dough in
tonsils. You can't get more than
fifty bucks or so out of a tonsil
operation. so I thought of the
crossed eye stunt. I spent for
tune advertising all over the
world. In China, India, Europe
and Australia I advertised how
Doc Carter could cure crossed
eyes. And did they come-boy,
and by the thousands.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02

LIE had just won temporary
l. l. victory by change Of venue
and continuance over prosecutors
who had pursued him thrugh
three courts to try him for prac-
ticing without license.
Il was born out Of my genera
tion," Doc said. Look at my
fingers - strong, steady, skilled.
This case is a frameup by doctors
who are jealous of me. I know how
to get the dough and making
money is the object. Well, why
not be frank about it?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
SUPREME COURT HEARS
STEVE PLEAS TODAY
Ex-KIan Leader Charges He Feared
Mob Violence at Murder Trial.

Whether the supreme court should
strike from the record affidavits
alleging that D. c, Stephenson,
former Ku-KluX Klan dragon and
convicted murderer. refused to testi-
fly at his Noblesville trial because OF
fear Of mob violence was debated
before the court today. Ruling is
expected shortly, it was announced.
The afldayits were by Stephenson,
Ira NJ. Holmes, his one-time attor-
ney, Paul Newman, the same, and
Charles F. Lowe, alleged one-time
employe OF Wizard Hiram Evans of
the khan. They were introduced by
Attorney Felix Blankenbaker, Terre
Haute, as part Of the record IN a
petition for writ Of error coram
nobiS
Blankenbaker appeared in their
them out was presented by deputies
defense today and motion TO strike
from the Office of Attorney General
James M. Ogden.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
GERMAN FINANCIAL
CRISIS is PREDICTED
Situation Will Acect Whole World,
Japanese Predict.
BIZ / nitCd Press

~ y 4 Httth LftSS
PARIS. May "A German
financial crisis, which probably
would spread to other countries and
eventually involve the United States,
was foreseen today by the japanese
delegates to the conference of
reparations experts in the event the
current negotiations collapse.
In an exclusive interview with the
United Press, Setsuichi Aoki and
Baron Matsui said that already Ger
man capitalists were seized with
capital fright" at the prospect Of
a possible collapse of the confer
ence. They said that the amount of
capital exported from Germany to
Switzerland and London during the
past two weeks amounted to more
than S100,000,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
1929 ACTS PUBLISHED
Distribution of 10000 Copies Starts
Monday.

Otto Fifeld, secretary of state,
announced today distribution of the
Acts OF the 1929 legislature will start
Monday. Governor Harry G. Leslie
and other state officers received
leather bound volumes today.
Thirty thousand copies have been
printed of which 1880 will be sent
to county clerks. Marion county
quota is $3.50.
Citizens may buy copies at the
secretary of state Office.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
BY JAMES K. MARTINDALE
lcopyright. 1929. by United Press

tCopyright, 1873, oy United FressI
CHICAGO, May 2.-Chicago's
campaign against medical quack-
cry turns up some strange cases
as it sweeps through the open-air
dentist shops and electric belt dis
tricts of West Madison street these
days. but none stranger than the
case of old Doc Carter. famous
uncrosser of crossed eyes.
For one-tenth of your annual
income old Doc ships an eye mus
Gle here and another one there,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
SiAMESE TWINS BORN
Girls Joined at Hips Are
Doing Nicely.
BV THitcd Press

MATSON, Ill. May "siamese-
twin" girls, born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Denz Of Ash Grove, Ill. were
doing nicely" at the memorial hos
pital here today, physicians said.
The twins, born Tuesday, are
joined at the hips and have only
one set Of abdominal organs, physi-
clans said after an examination, al
though each has a perfectly normal
head and chest and the arms and
legs are normal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
Hourly Temperatures
CROSSES CROSSED EYES-WHAT IF SO LOST SIGHT?

little muscle cut. A third and
fourth cut and there you are. The
crossed eyes are normal
1t was a crossed-eye operation
which cost a youth his eye that
lost Doc his license three years
ago, but Doc believes his average
is fair, considering.
What if I did lose a few eyes
in this busiress?" he demanded.
Il corrected $500 pairs. What if
I put out fifty eyes? 1t would
still be a good average, wouldn't
ito"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
MUSICIANS COMPETE
Winners to Enter District
Contest Here.

Forty-four young musicians will
compete in the biennial contests
Friday and Saturday at the Y. w. c.
A. to determine representatives to
the National Federation Of Music
Clubs. Great Lakes District, con-
tests here May IA.
District winners will go to Bos-
ton in June for the national contest
in conjunction with the national
federation's biennial convention
June 9-16.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
HOOVER ENTERTAINS At
Leaders of Business and Finance At
tend Luncheon.

~ NlttH fftSS
WASHINGTON. May 2.-Presi-
dent Herbert Hoover today enter
tanned forty-seven leaders of busi-
ness and industry at White House
luncheon. Those invited were here
for the seventeenth annual meeting
of the United States Chamber of
Commerce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
POSTAL RECEIPTS DROP
But Business for Month Was Larger,
Postmaster Says.

Postal receipts Of S419,744 during
April, decrease of 464 per cent
over April, 1928, we're announced
today by Postmaster Robert H. Bry-
son.
The decrease was attributed by
Bryson to reduction in postage rates
last July /. While receipts were
less, the amount of mail handled
was greater than last year, he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
Loss to Be Heavy

BR LHUcd Press
ST. LOUIS, May 2.-Snow swirled
into the midwest today, driving
away the first bit of spring weather
and causing damage to crops which
probably will run into thousands of
dollars.
1t was the most unusual spring
weather in the area in the records
of the weather bureau.
Springlike warmth which had
prevailed for several days, was
driven away in Missouri by snow of
from three to six inches in several
sections. Nearly four inches Of
snow fell here, while Springfield, in
the southwestern section, reported
more than six inches. Tempera-
lures were at freezing or below.
Fruit Crop Damaged
The snow here turned to rain
later, filling the streets with slush.
Some damage to fruit crops is ex-
pected. Cherry, peach and apple
trees were in bloom and it is proba-
BILE shat much Of the crop will be
lost. Hail also caused slight damage
in the Ozarks.
Hail storms and high winds also
penetrated into the old south and
southwest. causing several deaths
and extensive property damage.
st. Louis, Mo- reported nearly
four inches Of snow which melted
and turned streets INTO a mushy
ooze. Springfield, No, reported six
inches of snow, accompanied by
hail. Some damage to fruit crops
in the Ozarks will result.
Springfield, Ill, reported a snow
storm over central Illinois, which
caused half million dollars dam
age to crops. Near zero weather
prevailed over all Of Illinois, and a
high wind, bitterly cold, whipped in
from the north.
Tornado Hits Arkansas
A tornado struck Arkansas and
several persons lost their lives.
Three Negroes we're killed in
Georgia when Windstorm struck.
Several inches of snow fell in
Minnesota.
Wire communication in the area
was disrupted. United Press wires
into the old south we're working on
a part time basis The American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
reported considerable trouble into
Texas while trunk circuits running
into Denver were failing constantly.
Weather bureaus held forth little
hope for immediate alienation OF
the conditions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
RUM RUNNERS ESCAPE
Border Patrol Seizes Two Liquor
Trucks in Gun Battle.

BV United Press
DETROIT, Mich, May IA gun
battle between at least fifteen rum
runners and seven members of the
customs border patrol at the foot
Of Twenty-fourth street on the De-
troit river here this morning re-
suited in the seizure OF two liquor
laden trucks, but the SnugglerS are
believed 10 have escaped without
injury in three OF their own auto
mobiles and two of the customs
mems cars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
SLACK URGES CITY TO
OBSERVE MUSIC WEEK
Schools, Churches, Clubs and Home
Should Join, Says Mayor.

Should Join, Says Mayor.
Mayor L. Ert Slack today called
upon citizens to observe National
Music Week, May SIP. The procla-
nation, in part:
There is nothing more national in
its scope, nor more beneficial in its
effect, than music. And during the
week of May sill, throughout our
country, National Music Week will
be observed in connection with the
schools, churches, clubs and other
organizations, and especially in the
homes.
Indianapolis is invited and should
participate in this important week
devoted to music"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
TAD DORGAN PASSES
Sports Cartoonist and Writer Dies at
Great Neck Home.

By bHtted Press
NEW YORK, May at. A, Dor
gan. noted sports cartoonist and
fight authority, died in his sleep to-
dav at his home in Great Neck, L. I.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
BRAND WIFE
AS Slayer
OF HUSBAND
Woman Shot Mate as He
Lay Asleep, Turned Gun
on Self, Say Police.
HAD MANY QUARRELS
Survivor of Tragedy Is III
Critical Condition at
City Hospital.

Murder and attempted suicide
was the verdict of coroner, police
and detectives today. removing the
mystery which first surrounded the
finding late Wednesday of the body
Of Edwin Kilner, g., Of 3140 Speed
way avenue.
Kuner had been shot to death in
his BED. His wife, Mrs Jeanette
Kilner, "a, was lying semi conscious
at his side, a bullet wound in her
head.
Police deferred filing charges
against Mrs. Kilner. Her condition
was pronounced critical at city hos
pltal today.
Domestic strife was blamed for the
shooting. Married in February, 1928,
the couple quarrelled frequently, ac-
Cording to Mrs. Florence Hague. 3142
Speedway avenue, daughter of Mr.
Kilner and stepdaughter of Mrs,
Kilner.
Tells of Quarrel
Lr.f,-1.-- -
wi De iA-'''0i % "'i''''li0' '''''' llOi
husband deed his property, the
home in which they lived and four
acres of ground to her wss a fire.
quent cause of quawelling, the
daughter told police.
The property was decided to Mrs.
Hague five years ago when her
mother died, she said.
Mis-. Hague said she had heard
the couple quarreling Tuesday
night. Returning from downtown
Wednesday noon, she noticed win
COW shades down in her fathers
home, next door to her own. When
no one responded to her knocks at
the front door, she walked to the
rear door Iound IL unlocked ana
Finds Fathers Body
whats the matter. ere Won sick -"
Mrs. Hague called. seeing no one.
Yes. come in. Get me a drink"
she heard her stepmoter answer
from the bedroom.
Then I entered the bedroom, -
the daughter told police, and saw
he body OF my father lying on the
bed. felt his arm and it was cold.
Then I realized that he was dead.
Then l noticed my stepmother lying
at his side. She was under the COW
erS' Whlle my lainei S oody lay on
top Oh the 0eGcioVhlhg.
hllher had oeeh Shot through the
Ilght ear lhe Slae next 10 MS WE.
Mp, hi5-iel Ii%o oeel, 'ilo' ~ @ .tie
IisnC Siue VI '4'e IoIGii7du, III Clle
reUoiyer In if ,Terc fj,rec >,y,,,3tr er1T3tv
certridoes ono that bad heon
etr,.rt bv the bap1n1e, without ~
nlodjno ono an onntv chamber
1uruer' says coroner
ut was a murder and attempted
suicide" Coroner Charles H. Kee-
Yer declared. Evidently Mrs. Kill
ner shot her husband and then
walked to the dor and opened it and
then shot herself. The man ap-
parently had been dead twelve to
sixteen hours. Evidently he V as
shot while asleep"
Sergeant John Sheehan and De-
tectives Row Peats and Albert
SohuItz made similar rpnOrts N po-
Iice Chief claude NJ Worlev and
Datooityo cbiof To,,,- L<irnav
AAAN@ ~-AS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-23
Man Found On Roadside Identified
SUICIDE OF TWO
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CLIMAXES ARSON
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PLOT OF FAMILY

WABASH. Ind. Sept. 23.-tR)-
An arson and blackmail plot In
which an entire family is alleged
to have participated has culmi-
mated in the suicide Of the mother
and a daughter and prison sem
tences for the father and a son.
Mrs. Charles Keaffabc-. Az, and
her daughter Helen. "a. were
found dead In their farm home
near Roam yesterday. They had
taken poison. The daughter had
confessed to county officers last
week she was the writer Of un-
signed letters to several persons
In this vicinity threatening de-
struction or their property unless
restitution was made for fancied
wrongs.
The husband and father OF the
family, Charles Keaffaber, 46.
and the son. Roy, %, are held FRI
jail here under prison sentences
OF one to ten years each. The
father and SON have pleaded
guilty to setting fire to a saw
mill at Akron, Ind, last month
and "a farm building near here
two years ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-23
JESTER FACES
TRIAL TUESDAY
Much Interest In ArraiEn.
ment Of Former Officer
For Swindling

Final preparations for the trial OF
8. M Jester. former peace officer,
on charges OF swindling were be-
ing made by the district attorneys
office and counsel for the defense
Monday. The case was due to come
TO trial In the criminal district
court Tuesday morning
The state summoned ia additional
witnesses Monday. There will be
no special prosecution and the case
will be handled by District Attor-
ney George Westervelt. III. T.. Yates
will represent Jester.
More than usual interest sur
rounds the case, due to the fact
that Jester is well known in the
county, having run for sheriff dur
ing the last election. He was beat
en- out by Frank Brown and O. IA.
Manahan. Later he served en- coun-
ty criminal investigator and deputy
sheriff.
The swindling charges grow out
OF an alleged collection OF money
for a third party who testified at
a preliminary hearing that Jester
did not give her the money nor In
form her Of the transaction.
Ranger Captain Frank Hamer
was to have arrived In Brownsville
Monday In connection with the
case. He served as "a ranger with
Jester.