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The Indianapolis times., 1929-06-04
FATHER ACCUSES DIVORCED
MATE OF FEEDING POISON
TO SON, SEVEN YEARS OLD
Casts Suspicion on Gosport
Woman in Deaths of
Two Persons.

BV Times Special
SPENCER, Ind. June AIRS
Blanche Thomas stands accused to-
day of administering poison to her
son Ralph, 7. and upon her suspi
cion is cast in the deaths OF two per-
SONS.
The charge is made by her di-
vorced husband, Loren Thomas. in a
suti filed in Owen circuit court here
seeking modification of decree Civ
ing him custody of the chilli, If
which he asks the mother be pre-
vented from having the boy for
visits
The complaint flee by Thomas
alleges that after the boy returns
from visits 70 his mother. who makes
her home with her parents, Mr.. and
MrS.. James Smith. at GoSport. he
suffers from severe headaches and
other pains. and that an analysis
Of the contents of the child's stom-
ach shows traces of salt of tin, a
highly dangerous poison.
Accused of Other Deaths
The analysis. according to
Thomas. IVES made at the laborato-
ries of Frederick E. Atkinson. Inc,
Indianapolis,
It further is alleged that Mrs.
Thomas vas chemistry student
while in college and is believed to
understand the nature OF poison and
how 10 administer it
Charles Thomas. father of Loren,
died with symptoms such as the
child shows, the complaint alleges.
At the time of his death he lived
across a street from Loran and his
wife.
Reciting that Mrs. Thomas
previously was married. the COM
plant alleges her mother-in-laW
Mrs. Anna A. Zein. who died at In
dianapolis in 1912. showed symptoms
much like those of the elder Thomas
and the child.
Ask Body Be Exhumed
Analysis of water in a ciStern at
the home of Charles Thomas.
showed presence of phenol and phe-
mol derivatives, according to the
complaint, which adds there we're
'well-defined suspicious that he died
of some kind of poison"
The court is asked to order the
Owen county coroner to exhunle the
body of Charles Thomas from a
cemetery here. for an examination
10 determine if poisoning was the
cause of death.
The husband alleges that during
the illness Of his father. Mrs.
Thomas refused 10 partake of food
al the fathers home. avoiding any,
thing that had been prepared with
water from the cistern.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-06-04

BIZ United Press
PARIS. June 4.-OWer D. Young,
chairman of the reparations confer
erce. announced today that the eX-
perts had reached an agreement on
all points of the reparations settle
ment.
Young made the announcement to
the United Press at the end of a
plenary session of the experts.
The delegates of the seven ma
tions. Young said. authorized the
statement that the agreement was
complete and final.
The final obstacle which remained
in the way of complete agree
ment was removed when Belgium
agreed TO settle its mark claim
against Germany by direct negotia-
The Indianapolis times., 1929-06-04
My Wish Came True,
Father Says ON Staying
Girl Was Driven From Home at 16 When
She Returned Home Late in Eve
ming; Body Not to Be Claimed.

CamcoIa seven years ago sang
in a choir and the rather was
proud Of her then, he said. One
Sunday night she stayed out
until II.
r told her to go to bed" the
father said. and not to be iii
the house when I got home
from work the next day. She
WASH
Then Cameola went her way
playing in small vaudeville
houses and becoming an expert
roller skater.
Later She vas married to Gar
rett Holderness and there was
The Indianapolis times., 1929-06-04
REACH FINAL AGREEMENT
AT PREPARATIONS PARLEY

tions with Berlin, relieving the con-
ference of reparations experts Of
the burden of including the special
clause in the conference report.
Ali the delegations. including the
Belgian, approved the German prop
osition, made by note Monday. that
the question of restitution to Bel
gium for the gold francs conflscated
by Germany during the years OF
occupation be settled by a special
conference between the two govern
ments involved.
Thereupon the Belgian delegation
indicated its willingness to sign the
new plan in which Owen D. Young.
chairman of the conference, was the
master mind.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-06-04

Just as he had painted Tomens
portraits, signs and "greenbacks' =
well-painted celis)
q
ITE served his last sentence in
AA a penitntiary two years ago.
His hand was shaky and the bills
has turned out we're easily rec
ognized by government men as
the work Of Blease, who was one
of the best in his day
Hewandered. New Orleans
French quarter knew him. can
tinas at Juarez, Chi's loop district
and always he hunted a place
where he could paint. He knew
The Indianapolis times., 1929-06-04
BLAST IS SET
OFF IN NEW
APARTMENT
Nearly Completed 8-Story
North Meridian st. Struc-
ture Damaged $500.
W0RLEY OPENS PROBE
Children in Nearby Library
in Peril; Labor Trouble
Is Denied.

An unsuccessful attempt to wreck
a nearly completed eight-story apart
ment building at 3056 North Merid-
ian street by charge of dynamite
at 8:15 Monday evening remained a
mystery to contractor, owner and
police today.
The building and surrounding
property was damaged about $500 by
the blast which injured two unim-
portant portions of the concrete and
steel skeleton on the first floor
wrecked two partitions and dam
aged several square yards of ceiling
Loss is insured.
Police Chief Claude NJ Worley
personally is directing the inveStiga-
ton with the idea thta if there is
the slightest indication that the ex-
ploSion represents an attempt OF
racketeers to gain a foothold here
they shall be crushed at the start.
LABOR Trouble Demed
There was no evidence, however
to indicate that the dynamite was
set by a racketeer or that there was
any labor trouble. Workmen and
employers insisted that there never
had been a word between them.
Arthur Baynham, president OF
the Arthur Baynham Construction
Company which is building the
structure and who also is the prin-
cipal owner. pointed out that he
had gone so far toward meeting the
desires of his workers as to give
plasterers the five day week. All
workers on the job are union men
excepting hod-carrierS and lathers
and there has been no hint that
there was dissension on that score
William Hlrd, city building COM
missioner. and two inspectors
checked the building from basement
to attic this morning and an
nounced that there was not the
slightest damage to the structural
strength of the building and that
the slight breaks on the first floor
easily and safely could be repaired
Children Are PeriIed
Despite this announcement tWen-
ty-tllree plastererS showed up for
work at the regular hour this morn
i,o and decided thew would not
work today. They indicated that
thev wanted to be sure no one
meant the dynamite for them. The
charge is believed to have beer
placed under about twenty inches
of plaster in a SiX-foot square
closet in one OF the apartments.
All street lights on Meridian from
Fall Creek to Thirty Eighth street
we're blown out. Nine plate glass
windows and a door in the home OF
G. A. Schnull. 3050 North Meridian
street, we're broken. A score OF
children in the Raula Memorial
Library, 1924 North Meridian street
dashed out when the blast shook
the building.
Police guarded the Baynham
building through the night and also
another apartment at 947 North
Pennsylvania street the same COM
pany is building.
James Meyers, 81, Negro, $40
Agnes street, nightwatchman, said
he noticed no one around the apart
ment between the time workmen left
and the moment of the blast.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-06-04

CHICAGO. June miss
~ Cameola Soutar. butterfly
divorcee found murdered in the
swampland of northern In
diana, was driven from home
when she was 16 by a Scotch
father because she stayed out
until II O'Clock one night, the
father said today.
George Soutar, a printer,
spoke the epitaph OF his daUgh-
ter when he commented on her
death:
MY wish has como true
The Indianapolis times., 1929-06-04

bright and women paid good
money to have their portraits
painted and his was a facile hand
with a brush.
She died. Things went from
bad to worse. I needed money
and I got to raising 81 bills to
tens, S5 bills 10 flfties.'
A note Of pride crept into his
voice-as proud of the bills he
raised as the portraits he painted.
1T wasn't hard. I raised the
bills by painting them in water
colors to the right amounts. They
caught me and sent me to the fed
eral penitentiary at Atlanta. They
treated me good there-and 1
painSsd cells
The Indianapolis times., 1929-06-04
BANDIT CONFESSES THREE
BANK ROBBERIES I'M INDIANA

Garfield said that two men he
knew as Walker and Kentucky Joe
aided him in one of the Hobbs rob-
berries. and that a youth he picked
up" in Terre Haute helped him in
the other.
The Hobbs bank first was robbed
April 5 when three unmasked ban
dts obtained $500 from the in
stitution after herding employees
into a cage.
On April is the bank again was
robbed by two men who entered Ir-
ing their revolvers into the air and
shouting We left part Of it and we
came back TO get it, They obtained
$4,000, April rs the bank Of Cutler
was robbed of $4,000. Garfield had
been charged with completely in all
three
The Indianapolis times., 1929-06-04

BY United Press
FT. WAYNE. Ind. June A.
Stanley Garfield. %, was arrested in
a hotel here today and according
to police admitted participation in
two robberies of the State Bank at
Hobbs, and one at Cutler.
A man giving his name as Paul
Edlew, %, and his address as Terre
Haute, also was arrested with Can
field. He denied connection with
the robberies which Garfield ad-
mitted.
Both men were placed in jail and
their bonds fixed at $4,000 each.
Local police announced that Ko-
komo authorities, where Garfield
formerly lived, would arrive later
in the day to aid them in an in
vpStip3tiOn.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-06-04
CIRCUS VISITS CITY
Hagerbeck- Wallace Shows
Here for One Day.

The Hagenbeck- Wallace circus
pitched its big top on the show
grounds at Sugar Grove avenue and
Eighteenth street today to give per-
formances at 2 this afternoon and 8
tonight.
The circus train arrived at $50
a. m. from Terre Haute and unload
ed at the Belmont avenue yards. 1t
will depart at midnight for Rich
r1oor1d. Ind.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-06-04

whiskers, q miSspent life dropped
his eyelids like awnings, as they
brought him before Municipal
Judge Paul c. Wetter Monday to
tell VIII yoff1cers found him prone
on the street.
Il hadn't a drink. Judge I'm
not we'll. and he fidgeted and
swayed in his agedness.
But they tell me you have rela-
tionS somewhere" the Judge
queried.
Relation? III never go to
them"
LIE told OF the death OF his wife
i L years ago. He just was out
of college then. Prospects were
The Indianapolis times., 1929-06-04
MOTHER -IN.LAW BEATEN

Illinois Attorney to Be Tried fo- Al
legged Attack.
BIZ United Press
KEWANEE. III. June 4.-Trial OF
Russell T. Neville. attorney, on a.
charge of beating his 74-year-old
mother-in-law, has been set Tor
June II.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-06-04
Committed to Policies

The most radical point OF the en-
fire foreign program Of labor Is ITS
declared willingness TO renounce. by
International agreement, England S
traditional claim 10 the right OF
blockade in war time as private
weapon. It is highly controversial
and certain 70 arouse bitter op-
position.
Labor is committed 70 policy OF
renewing diplomatic and commercial
relations with Russia and With
drswal Of the British forces OF
occupation from the Rhineland.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-22
WASHINGTON
(Minneapolis JournaI)

Every man has his own heroes
Every man finds his own signif'
canoe in the character of the
worlds heroes. To n man.
Washington is the warrior whose
genius brought the rude armies OF
the infant Republic to victory over
the forces of a mighty Empire.
To another he is the statesman
who guided it's destinies during
the formative years, and whose
counsels touching national policies
must be implicitly followed, no
matter what changes time may
have wrought in the position of
America among the nations of the
world.
But which ever phase of his &C
tivity we consider, Washington
stands as a supreme example Of
strength Of character. The man
who can stand alone, who can
move steadily forward along the
lines his judgment dictates, who
in the end is able by sheer moral
force to bend the most stubborn
opposition to submit to his leader
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-22
THE LEGISLATIVE MILL

The mills of the legislative as.
semblies of the state seem to have
been grinding slowly during the
first part of the session, but since
the time limit of introducing new
bills has passed the wheels are
turning more swiftly. 1t had been
expected this week to give a di-
gest of the work accomplished to
date, but space will not permit.
Next week, however, The Herald
hopes to give a resume of the
work accomplished by both houses
during this session.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-22
COACH BOE PICTURES ROUTE
TAKEN BY WOLVES TO
WIN REMNANT

The following account of tn,
three games played by Wolf Poin
in the Glasgow tournament las
week was written for The Herald
by Coach Doe:
GlasgoW-Wolf Point Game
The closest, and in that respect
n of the most exciting games Of
the tournament was played Sat.
urday morning.
Glasgow, conceded as defeated
by practically all before the game
began, made a desperate effort to
keep in the running and fell short
by but n point in the final min
utes of play, being defeated 1915.
The Wolves took a lead of 60
at the end of the first quarter and
ran it up to 11-3 at half time, play,
ing consistently, though not UP to
their usual driving attack.
Parke came thru with two bas-
kets in rapid succession in the Bird
quarter Dut Clark and Herman
kept things even by collecting one
apiece, bringing the score to 1910
at the end of the quarter.
In the final quarter, neither of
he teams seemed able to score
close in, tho several nice
shots and plays we're spoiled by
travelling. With only 2 minutes
md As seconds left to play, Parke
ried two shots in succession from
'ack of the center of the floor and
onnected both times, cutting down
he Wolves lead of Z points to
l.. Wright fouled Etchepare in
he act of shooting and the Glas-
ow center made them both, cut
ing down the lead to one point.
With IS seconds to go, the Wolves
to the ball to prevent any
scoring and succeeded in
eeping it in their possession I'M
l the final gong, nosing Glasgow i.
ut by the narrow margin of 1915.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-22
Summary

Wolf Point VS. Malta Saturday
The basketball classic of the
tournament was reserved for the
final game when the Wolves met
Malta before a packed house of
probably 1000 people.
Robertson started the scoring
for Malta after some nice passing
I but Herman evened the count a
few seconds after the next toss
up, scoring a nice n from close
in. Myhr counted again to put
Malta in the lead AZ which they
held until just before the quarter
ended when Bechtel evened the
count to 4 all.
The Wolves evidently talked
things over between quarters, as
a change was evident in their de-
Tense. Malta failed to get through
for a an easy shot during the en-
tire suarter, scoring only three
points from the foul line, while
Wright sank two and Bechtel one
to bring the score to 10-7 for the
Wolves at half time.
Malta scored first to open the
half on a nice basket from the side
of the floor by R. Robertson, Gar
land came down the center and
added another from close in.
Herman and Bechtel each counted
once from the floor. Myhr con
verified Wright's foul into a point
and Garland sank another from
the free throw line on a foul by
Wright added a free toss
for the Wolves when fouled by
Myhr. Myhr got away for a nice
one handed toss for the basket
and the scoring was ended for the
quarter 1915.
The Wolves came back strong in
he last quarter while Malta was
showing the strain Of the fast
pace. Herman and Bechtel ran up
string of FIVE baskets in the first
I've minutes Of play while Myhr
vas collecting a free throw and
basket for Malta. Robinson
ldded another free throw. With
wo minutes and forty-five seconds
eft to play the Wolves began a
lice heady stalling game. Gar
and broke through to score once,
nut the ball remained in the VOL
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-22

Wolf Point VS. Saco-Friday Nigh,
In the semi-fnal game of the
tournament the Wolves easily won
from Saco by a score of 1918.
Saco scored first to start the
game and Herman evened things
up a few seconds later. Bechtel
counted a free throw to put the
Wolves in the lead, but Saco count
ed another goal an went into the
lead 4-3. Bechtel counted from
the floor to again take the lead,
and three points from the free
throw line ended the scoring for
the quarter with Wolf Point out
in front 8-4.
Saco scored one lone basket in
the second quarter, while Herman
counted three times for the VOL
yes putting them in the lead 1916
at half time.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-22
LINDY'S

All the world loves a lover
and when it chances that the hero
Of a romance is in the public eye
an international figure as is Col
Charles A. Lindbergh, the public
feels that it has a personal inter,
est in that romance. Ever since
Lindbergh made his spectacular
flight across the Atlantic in May
1927, he has occupied a place a.
part, a modern Sir Galahad, whom
neither %adulation nor the promise
Of great wealth could tempt from
the path he had set for himself.
He has been the idol of the Amer
lean people, the type of young
man that the youth of the nation
would like to be, that middle aged
men envy wistfully. To the foreign
nations he is American youth in
person, a free spirit, daring yet
clean and wholesome. There are
those who believe that he has
done more by his good will flights
to promote peace and understand
ing between nations than would a
dozen treaties. The sight of his
boyish smile and tousled hair, his
modesty and tact-these spoke to
the hearts of the French and the
British as reams of written words
oOu1d NOT have d0na
And when he came back to
America and there were a nation
of girls at his feet, or would have
been had he paid the slightest at
tention to them. One wondered
what manne of maid would be
the Girl whom he would eventual
ly single out. The question has
been answered. Miss Anne Morrow
whose engagement to Indy has
made her famous, is known to
her friends as a sweet home girl,
little Interested in society, intelli-
gent, a student of languages and
literature, interested in some of
the sports, u not a IduulSI-LHe
sort of a girl who will n day
make such a woman as Lindy's
own mother.
So because the romance is what
it is and is bound to receive much
publicity, it may happen that the
young people of the land may
have given them a new ideal of
young manhood and young wo-
manhood - clean living. straight
thinking, wholesome. fearless, not
bound too much by conventional
ity, yet sane and unaffected by
the hectic pleasures which have
little permanent worth.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-22
Locals Games at Meet
Told i'm Detail by Coach

Bechtel and Herman collected
three apiece in the third quarter
while Saco's two forwards each
counted once, running the score up
to 29-10.
With the game safely won the
Wolves developed a propensity for
making fouls and collected six of
these in the last quarter but no
points. Saco counted three of
thse into points but failed to
score otherwise and the game end
ed 1918 for the Wolves.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-22
THE INDIAN INVESTIGATION
(Washington Post)

o6k(
Senator Wheeler informed tn,
Senate on Tuesday that every time
that body has undertaken to in
vestigate the administration of the
Indian Bureau something has in
tervened to stop it. The mos
recent block in the path of the
committee on Indian affairs has
been placed there by the commit
tee controlling the Senate contin
gent fund. The investigation is
throttled By Withholding expense
money.
If the investigation is allowed
to stop now, all the efforts that
have been made to get at the bot
tom of the Indian question will be
wasted. The committee has list
ened to tales of abuse and to
vigorous defense of the govern
ment's present policy. The per
sonnet of the Indian Bureau has
been m~aligned and praised. Will
the Senate salt these charges away
in its archives of obsolete docu-
ments, and wait until another i'm
passioned plea is made by self
appointed guardians of the red
mans destiny? And when the
charges are repeated, will it ap-
point a new committee to listen
again to the same old tales of
woe?
If it is intended that the investi-
CATION shall result in a few
superficial patches to the tattered
Indian policy, it is just as we'll that
the committee be disbanded now
without further expense. But if
the Senate really wants to know
what is the matter with the pres
ent administration of affairs on
the reservations, it should supply
ample funds and instruct the com
to go to the heart of the
problem.
That can never be done by list
ening to the petty complaints OF
former employees in the Indian SER
vice and by taking testimony from
who wish to make a ma
tional scandal out of the Indian
Bureau.
While the Senate considered
continuance of the Investigation,
Representative Howard, of Okla
.oma, made a plea in the House
for an appropriation of $4,000 to
be spent in his home state to find
employment for the Indian wards
Of the government. New legisla-
ton to improve the situation IN
specific localities is unwise until
he government has decided how
t shall deal with this unfortunate
ace. There is no reason why the
indians can not be made economi-
ally Independent, and any pro-
gram which the government is
arriving out in their behalf should
lave this end in view. Until the
senate has the facts from com
,etent Investigators who know
.ow to get to the bottom of the
incult problem, nothing can be
ccomplished in the way of con-
tructive legislation.
This editorial from the Wash
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-22

ship-that nan is truly great
J When we see Washington holding
his eternally-dissolving armies to
gether by the force of his person.
atty, inspiring them with his
courage to endure unspeakable
hardships, to face impossible odds,
imbuing them with his own indom-
liable spirit until the ultimate
victory was achieved; when we
see him rallying the wavering faith
of his countrymen in the ideals
OF liberty, even to the extent of
frustrating the incipient plot of
his troops to make him a king;
when we see him, after the Nation
is established, daring to follow his
own statesmanlike judgment in
the face of universal public
opinion, until he was burned in
efigy in the streets Of his own
Capital, yet by the relentless
might that was in him carrying
his policies to a successful con
clusion; then, and not till then, do
we have the full measure of the
man
Most people do not know, or
have forgotten, that stanzas of
Kipling's "If'-were inspired by
the character of George Washing
ton, being written and published
in connection with a story touch
ing the Presidents dealing with
Citizen Genet:
If you can keep your head, when
all about you
Are losing theirs, and blaming it
on you;
If you can trust yourself when all
men doubt you,
But make allowance for their
doubling, too;
# you a bear to hear the truth
you've spoken !
Twisted by knaves to make a
trap for fools, J
II Watcn the things you gave you :,
life to broken, :,
And stoop and build them up
with WORKOUT tools;
f you can force your heart and ;e
nerve and sinew =
To serve your turn long after :,
they are gone, -,
md 50 hold on, when there is -
nothing in you .,
Except the Will, that says to Y
them, hold on" -
you can fill the unforgiving a
minute to
With sixty seconds'-worth of al
distance run, TT
is earth, and everything
that's in it is
And which is more, you'll be a
Man, my soni
That was George Washington, 90
serving as soldier or -,
atesman. q,