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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16
ASTHMA CAUSE
DISCOVERED
Free Booklet Mailed
on Request

Those who suffer trom asthma and
hay fever will be cratiiied To learn that
at last science has succeeded in dis
covering the basic cause of these two
stubborn maladies
This discovery disproveS the old
theory that asthma is due solely to eli
matte conditions and hay fever en-
urely 10 pollen. The discovery OF the
real cause of these diseases has proved
that these are merely aggravatinE fac
tors aud that the basic cause lies In
the individual himself.
Fortunately for all who suffer from
these diseases a way has also been
found to overcome this basic cause in
the individual instead Of merely treat
ing the surface symptoms. is has been
done in the past.
For full information write for impor-
tant booklet on the discovery of the
cause Of asthma and hay fever. IL viii
be sent free to readers of this news
paper who will write to Department
40l4. FuGate Company, 12G s. Meridian
Street, Indianapolis, Ind. - Advertise
ment
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16
GIRL FOUND WITH AUNT
Miss Thclma Gahan, Missing Since
Sunday, Located in Chicago.

Miss Thelma Gahan, 18, of lit
East Market street, who disappeared
from home Sunday, was located to-
day at the home of her mothers
sister in Chicago.
The parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Newell
Gahan, had planned trip to Cali
fornia and the girl refused to go
with them. A note was found Mon
day in which the girl said she would
go to California later. A telegram
today from South Bend, Ind, gave
the same message.
The father told police he intended
to go to Chicago in an attempt to
have the girl return with him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16
NEW PROPERTY
LAWS URGED BY
REALTORS HEAD
National President Flies to
City in Private Plane;
Addresses Board.

Elimination of obsolete provisions
in the laws governing real estate
transfers and equalization Of taxa
ton between tangible and intangi-
bic assets was emphasized as the
primary needs of the realtors, by
Harry H. Curyer, president of the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards at the meeting of the In
dianapolis Real Estate Board today
at the Hotel Lincoln. Representa-
lives OF business houses and civic
clubs of the city we're present.
Culver arrived at the Capitol Air
port at II p. m. today in his pri-
vate plane. from KOkomo, where
he addressed the Real Estate Board.
Leaves for Terre Haute
Immediately after luncheon here
he left for Terre Haute, where he
will address a night meeting of the
Real Estate Board
Culver was accompanied from
Kokomo to indianapolis in his
cabin plane by E. Kirk Mckinney.
president of the Indianapolis Real
Estate Board. Donald f Rider, OK
ccutive secretary; j. Edward Morris
and Henley T. Hotel Walter M.
Evans. realtor and Howard Max
well flew to KOkomO in the formers
plane and escorted Culver's plane
TO- Indianapolis.
Urge Tax Change
"A million dollars worth of bonds
can be purchased in one hour,
Culver said, The transfer of auto
mobiles consumes only a triflc
more time, but the transfer of real
property is surrounded by legal
safeguards and technicalities some
of which are wise and necessary but
many of which are heritage from
the distant past and do not fit
modern conditions.
Attention of the public should be
brought to the need for equalization
in state tax systems SO as to bring
a more nearly fair distribution of
the tax burden as between tangible
and Intangible assets
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16
FIRM SUES LUMBERMEN
Mills Advertising Asks S63,662 From
Dealers.

Judgment for s63,662 against the
National Retail Lumber Dealers
Association, Chicago, is asked in a
complaint filed in federal court Mon
day by the Mills Advertising Com
pany.
The complaint AYERS the Mills
Company contracted in 1927 to con-
duct a S4,00000G advertising cam
paign for the association. but that
the association failed to pay he
company S67,58 due for advertising
expenses in February and March,
although there was 500 ,662 in a fund
in the Peoples State Bank.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16
aimee TALKED
/ Love ON AIR,
WITNESS SAYS
Charges Radio Messages
Led to Omission
Romance.
BY HOMER l.. ROBERTS
nitcd Pres stan CorrcsDoudent

SACRAMENTO, Cal. April 10
A charge that conversations over
the radio led to a romance between
Aimee SCmplc Mcpherson and Ken
meth G.. Ormiston had been writ
ten today into the records OF the
impeachment trial of Judge Carlos
S. Hardy.
The author OF the charge was
Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman- Sielan.
mystery woman OF the fiery haired
evangelists kidnapping" which has
been revived by prosecutors to prove
the charge that Superior Judge
Hardy violated his oath of Office to
accept as a legal fec a $500 check
from Angelus Temple
The prosecution charges. Judge
Hardy was paid for counsel given
Mrs. Mcpherson during the inves-
tigation Of her disappearance three
years ago.
Knew of affairs"
In support OF the prosecution
charge, Mrs. SeilaG testified that
Judge Hardy knew of the affairs
between OrmistOn and Mrs. Nc
Pherson. She said Judge Hardy told
her he had warned OrmistOn to enc
the affairs
She said the iurist had recounted
TO her the friendly talks between
Mrs. Mcpherson and OrmiStOn over
the radio, which occurred while Mrs.
Mcpherson was in the pulpit and
OrmistOn was at the radio control.
Mrs. Sielaff reiterated her asser-
ton that the affidavit she signed in
connection with the Carmel cottage
investigation was nothing but lies"
She said she had arranged with
Judge Hardy to produce a Miss X''
who would pose as the woman who
occupied the cottage with Ormiston
during Mrs. McPhers0n's disappear
ance.
Prepared "AiEI'
She declared the jurist, Mrs. Nc
Pherson. and the latter's mother,
Mrs. Minnie MAJ Kennedy, COLA
borated in preparing the "alibi."
She named a Miss Rachel Wells of
San Francisco as the Miss x" who
posed as Omissions companion.
In cross-examination attorneys
for Judge Hardy gained Mrs. Sic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16
Eastern Time Desired

CONNERSVILLE, Ind, April TO-
Adoption of eastern standard time
is being advocated by several local
industries and will probably be con-
sidered by the city council at an
early session.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16
APRIL 16. 1929

Portuguese Premier Arrested
OPORTO, Portugal, April To-
Antonio Maria Ga Silva, former
Portuguese premier, and his Sec
rotary, Frro AlveS, have been
arrested at Lisbon, according to a
dispatch published in the Journal dc
Commerce. do Porto, The patch
did not give cause of the arrests.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-16

Chile to be SO dry with nothing
to drink. Rain, cold and storm L
see a lot Of" he explained as his
pilot told of a forced landing in the
Cumberland mountains with but a
2O0-foot ceiling for flying.
Vergara is in the United States as
the guest of the Curtiss Flying
Service, Inc. He is studying planes,
the instruction schools, landing
fields, and airplane manufactures
for his government.
The Washington times., 1929-01-30

Both Senators who would and
who would not be affected by its
passage censored the measure.
It's four-flushing amendment.
and my comment would Be imprint
able, Senator Caraway said.
IN for it because I'm over 55, "
Senator Sackett Cil Of Kentucky.
said jocularly, and added No, I
don't mean Il. It's too hastily
drafted to be effective. 4
Senator Couzens R.l sof Michigan,
another Of the exempt. gave the pro-
posal but one good point,
I'm against II because the only
thing said in It's favor yet is that e
will set rid of all these young radi-
Gals now in Congress- he said
Senator Kendrick Id nf Wyonling g
condemned 1t as haphazard plan.
= believe before we 90 to war
again we should have real universal
couscription, with the conscription OF
wealth made as effective as that OF
inagpower," he said tits hap
hazard measure Wen have to draIt
all profits In the next war and this
bill doesn't even attempt it,
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The proposal would place SO Sen.
ators and sss Repre- sentatives ii the
zone of action
The draft would include In the
Senate If Republicans. II Demo.
Gratis, and ! Farmer Laborite. In
the House ii would Include 23 Rep
resentatives from New York State
alone. II from Pennsylvania, ia from
Ohio. ii each from Illinois and IN.
diana. 10 from California and 8
from Texas The rest OF the 233
total are scattered generaily
throughout the country
Among those exempt frpm the
plan would be Vice Presidenf.eles.t
Curtis Senator Joseph Roh hngon.
minority leader: Senator Jim Reed
Cd OF Missouri insurgent leader
Senator Norris tRl OF Nebraska
Nicholas Longworth, Speaker Of the
House the Republican HOUSE
Leader John q Tilson, and Others.
The McMaster plan which would
also include the drafting Of all men
owning property in excess OF SIS 900. !.
900. met with universal condemna.
tiam
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REFUSES
TO LET BOOTH
Be 0USTED

LONDON, Jan. so q Ms Gen.
Brannweli Booth won an important
legal victory today IN his fight to
prevent the salvation Army hien
Council from deposing him and elect
ing q successor as supreme leader
of the organization.
Justice Eve in cllancery cotlrs
granted General Booth an in5unc-
ton restraining the Salvation Army
high council from acting upon the
resolution removing him from his
genetalslatp or appointing q success
sor. a temporary injunction had
been In effect since January 1S.
The Injunction viii stand uIisaf
''after q further meeting of the
high council when General BOota
should have an opportunity of be-
ings heard
few days to determine their posis
ton IN view Of the court decision.
Council 10 Meet
official announcemen was made
by the high council that 1t win hold
a new meeting before Clisbandment
Justice Eve, in delivering iudg-
mellt, said;
While it is not denied thar the
generals s long absence through III
ness brought about serious results
in the organization OF the Army, it
was mistake that General Booth
was not given afl opportunity for
defending his case. Therefore the
resolution or January III, wherein
the general was declared unfit can.
not stand
Was He Justly Treated
The high councils lawyer had
maintained that the only question
for the judge to decide was whether
the general was justly treated.
Our attitude IS that everything
that could be said for the general
was said in the high council meet
ing as eloquently as It could have
been said by any advocate. TO re-
summon the high council is unde-
sirable from eysry point OF viesv /"
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instein Reduces All
henOrrlena to Two
Formulae

BERIIN, Jan. 80 d.N.S.),T-Iwo
brief mathematical fornlulae fur.
nish new world law which gov.
ern and explain all natural phe-
nomena except the origin Of life
according to Prof. ALERT Elm.
stems new theory
Prof. Eifistein's new work, pub
nshed today, consists Of eight
printed pages 1T Il mainly Of
mathematical formulae ana is
filled with phrases such es -four
dimensionai continuity distance
paraiIelism. .'eIectroc ma gnetie
field. IS legs ana n leks. which
placed parallel and the like.
It's aim. accordins 70 Prof.
Elnstefn. IS to provide 's.ngle
thsory for both grayitation and
electricity, thereby providing one
single law to explain ali natural
phenomena
Prof Einsteif concludes that.
deeper investigation is needed to
show whether the new theory IS.
..really an adequate explanation
q the physical qualities oS apaaa."
The Washington times., 1929-01-30
CHURCH 'SPOOK'
TAKEN To
COURT

4 spaoly night in the Methodist
building at First Street and Mary.
land Avenue Northeast. was being
discussed In Police Court today be.
fore Judge Gus a schuldt. IN con.
nection with the charge 81 assault
against Clifford Wiedman. former
employe 81 the Methodist board of
temperance prohibition ana public
morals
Dr. Clarence True wilson, ere.
etltive secretary Of the board. tes-
tilted today against Wiedeman. for
4Viedeman was discharged Satar-
leged to have returned TO the build.
ing.
His actions on thai night in tam
pering with machinery caused other
employees to summon police who
searched the building. according TO
the allegation
Hears Noises. Tie says
Joseph Bolden, colored elevator
boy, said That he heard mysterious
noises In the BASEMENT which WAS
formerly the scene of Wiedenaan' !
labors
The elevator boy said ne was
afraid to go down alone, 50 he called
DR. Wilson. and they started t,oWn
ii the elevator together They were
Fnaroongd between floors when the
car stuck an attempt was being
made TO prove that the disgruntled
efi4plpye had returned to the building
and was causing trouble for his for.
ner associates.
The charge on which Wiedenep
III 40 nswever, was that Of
assault.
The alleged assault occurred
Monday morning while Wiedenan
who lives in the neighborhood, and
Clarence Daw. a watchman In tha
ssOntinusd on PAGE 2. Column u
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WOMAN IN
BURL NGA|V|E
INQUIRY
Photc by Interns tlonaI

Every resource national and local
st the disposal Of Assistant District
ATTORNEY William III. Collins win be
employed to find Mrs. Helen Bla-
lock comeIy Washington paImist,
who apparently fled from the city
after making astounding and serious
charges against Capt. Guy p Bur
llngaIne. veteran captain Of the
Second precinct.
Collins conducting an investiga-
after trust. infidelity, threats, and
official misconduct, said today he
would enlist the aid Of the Depart.
nent Of Justice iii q nation wide
hunt Tor the woman.
The prosecutor was sDurred on
by sensational deveiopments yesters
day before the Gibson Ibcolnnaif.
tee of the House District Commit
tee. when Representa- Thomas
u Blanton of Texas read an az
fidavit from Mrs. Blaloclx contain
ing the charges IN. fun.
Blanton also introduced num-
Der of cancelled checks as "a receipts
bearing what the Texan said was
the Signature Of Rurlingame He
revealed he had used handwrlting
experts to test the authenticity of
the signatures, and had been as-
sured that the papers we're signed
BY the police captain
Palmist Must BE Found
After the hearing, which Bur.
lingarle attended. BIanton turned
the papers over To Collins, keep
Ing pfotostat copies for himself.
The only missing link in the
Investigation is the palmist her
self She must be found before
any further action is taken.
The task Of finding her was put
fcontinued on page colunnn q,
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William Ho,tznan, nliddle.aged
widower, was lonely He wanted
wife ana home maker who also
would lock after his 1syear-oid
son.
SIX weeks ago Holtzman Let Il
be known through the press that
he was looking FOR 4 wife.
T1id he hear from it He die. He
saws more than 400 women, most
# them widows, have applied for
the job.
interviewing applicants who 9 p
plied at his home or over the tsle..
phone, carrying on eorrespond dence#
with those who applied BY mail,
and keeping q record Of calls. dates,
and interviews has become such
chore that he has resigned his posi-.
zion with the postoffice. He Is now
IN the real estate business.
And I'm farther away froEsf
getting married now thsn was
Continued on Page 2, Column d
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WEAK,
VIII BUR
SAYS
Ry WILLIAM 5. MAJ

The American Navy is unpre-
pared for war. Secretary Of
the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur.
told the House naval sppro.
priations subcommittee, II Nas
revealed IN testimony made
public today
Conditions win grow worse in the
future Unless Congress provides
funds to aleauat teiy maintain and
rebair fast teri0rating fightiTg
ships. both Wilbur and Admiral G..
Il. Hughes, chief Of naval operations
said.
The Navy Il linderria ianed, ships.
are out Of repair and needed new
lighting units have been denied, they
informed the committee
The testimony was given recently
in connection with the framing Of
the 1880 Navy supply bill.
Wilbur disclosed that sharp differ.
ences existed between the Navy ana
the Budget Bureau, which resulted
In the Presidential budget estimate
sent to Congress being cut $4,000.
900 under the Nays figure.
Funds Badly Needed
While declaring that the Navy has
ne quarrel with the Budget Bureau,
Wilbur told the committee that II
was his dutv to give a frank state.
menf OF their differences.
Admiral Hughes stated the Nays
case more blnntly than Wilbur.
T1rging Increased funds Tor repairs
Of ships, he said:
The general war readiness of the
fleet. Is moi, therefoFe, being main
fained, and increased funds are
needed FOR this purpose
After saying that peace-tirae opera
tion of the Navy II generally salts.
factory. Wilbur said:
Yet, within the funds appropri-
ated FOR the purpose. it ii not pogsi-
ble to do everything we would like
TO do toward keeping the fleet ia
readiness for war, and its condition
in that respect IS not therefore, sat
isfactory.
he department. Is aware that
lcontinsied 90 Page 2. Column a
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ABANDONED
CAR HIS,
(a AIM

Washington and Newark
police today have . dragnet
out for Frederick a. Sehenck,
Washingtons picturesque ex-
policeman accuser of former
PatroIman OryilIe Staples IN
the famous police trial board
proceedings which involved
Representative Tom Blan
ton As defending counsel last
spring.
a search Is being instituted tor
him because an abandoned aufonao-
bile il Newark, which istbeIieved e
have been used by q bandit who
last night held up q garage and
subsequently shot a pursuing police
man. bore washington license tags
which had been issued to Schenck.
it is said.
Bandit shoots Cop
When washington policemen went
to schencks old home in this city
today ii was found he had not
lived there for several months. The
description Of the bandit sent here
BY Newark police headquarters
taIIies somewhat with that Of
Schenck. 1t Is said.
The gunna1l. young, and about
feet / inch IN n gllt, held up stan
ton FaWcett, night manager oE the
~ Drive Yourself Taxicab Com
pany on William Street, Newark
and took $I00 from the till.
As he hacked from the office. the
bandit literally bumped into PATROL
man Albert Mensinger. The poIice.
man pulled out his revolver ard
fired five shots, which we're returned
by the fleeing man. Mensinger fell
to the pavement his right Les shat.
tered BY one AZ the bullets,
Newark detectives learned that 4
man answering the description cf
the fugitive had checked out of =
Newark hotel shortly after the shoot
ing. They found torn check drawn
to the taxi company IN the room the
The Washington times., 1929-01-30
Former Afghan King
Rallies New TFibesIlaen

{ LONDON, jan 80 a.N.S. For.
naer Klng Amanullahs camp Al
rdahar where he Il rallying bis
forces Tor an attempt 70 regain his
chrome, il now Bustling with ac-
tivity. an Exchange Telsgraph dis
patch from Karachi, India stated
today.
Tribesmen In the Kandahar sec.
ton are reported rallying to the
former Afghan King standard IN
increasing numbers
The Washington times., 1929-01-30
Michigan May License
r aid Reforrlers
All 81, 900

Ia agsING Mich, Jan. 30 n n 50
Licensing 81 paid reformers IS.
propos i Ia i house bin today by
resentAtive Robert ID. WardelI.
prsanizer ana head of the aiichis
sau Modification League. The
license would cost $1,000.
Al persons who practiced the
profession u paid reforTnsr with
ont i license would Be subject To-
80 days Ii jail under the terms Of
the measure.
WardelI describes professional
reformers'' as persons who urge
rsform for their personal gain
or their livelihood
The Washington times., 1929-01-30
.RS.RIJTH'5
KIN PLAN
FIGHT

NEW YORK, Jan. 80
(I.N.S. ).A sharp and sensa.
tional trial over the viii Of
Mrs Helen Woodford Ruth,
wife Of Babe Ruth, appeared
IL j probability today.
JntlsBn Hannigan. counsel FOR Mrs.
RutIls family annoilnced hat lae
1. 1plated making IN effort 81
break tIaa tiocuraesi sit.
The will filed for probate Eess ser-
day. leaves 1000 to little Dorothy
Helen Ruth. ward Of the Home Run
King. and cuts off the members OF
the dead woman's family with s.
each. Ttc Babe likewise was left 4
bequest Of SIS.
Amount Unknown
Il have not yet seen 4 copy OF the
will, Hannigan said. '.but it seems
strange 10 me that Mrs. Ruth should
so slight her own family. III not.
say now for certainty that vel
contest the will. but it's likely.
.-.he probating of the will leaves
considerable speculation As to the
amount III MIS- lNu111 y rstsAlrs ~ = ttN1
chief puzzle appears tt be q clause
In which ii ii said that one Of the.
principa assets II d cause of action
fer $31 900 gainst resident Of New
York city. Whether the size of
Dorothy Rufil's inheritance depends
upon the .esuIt 10 this action IS nn-
determined.
IN some quarters 1t Is believed
that the defendant alluded to Is
none other than the Home Run King
himself, whose mighty bat Is re-.
sponsible for Whatever riches came
to his wife.
Or. Edward III. Kinder. the young
Watertown. Mass. dentist Ia whose
home Mrs. Ruth was burned 20
death January iii, was not men
TONED In the will.
Stories published here today quote
q portion Of Mrs. Ruth's will which
purp0rted to clear up the mystery
surrounding the parentage uf Dor.
othy Ruth.
The story quotes the will rs
reading
To my beloved charge and ward.
Dorothy Helen Ruth, who was at
one time known as Marie Herring
fnFl !.
The Washington times., 1929-01-30
BANK STAIEMENTS

Washington Clearing House.
S4.O59, ,lSO.19.
New York Clearing House bal
ance, SI55, ,000, 900.
New York Clearing House, ex.
change, 1854 .OO0, 900,
Treasury balance. S1s5, ,615, ,202.O .O9.
Customs receipts, S4o,Sss.O44.s4.
The Washington times., 1929-01-30
Draft Plan Would
Deplete Congress

Var within the next fortnight would be mighty disastrous
thing to Congress the draft bill offered by Senator w H
the age of 55 in the trenches, should become law
war-strength company Of Senators and Congressman
would be led 10 the machine under the which
the South Dakotan hopefully Offered as rider Is the naval
cruiser bill.
The Washington times., 1929-01-30

man had occupied. Faweett identl-
fled it as one Of the stolen checks.
Then a hallboy recalled that the
suspect and a woman had ordered
Il taxicab to be taken to the Penn.
syivania station in New York to
catch a Washington train. u
New York police were notified,
They watched each person that
boarded the Washington express
but none answered the description
Of the man they sought. The esz-
press left without an arrest being
made. But the Newark police were
sure their man was on the tfpin.
They searched 1t when it arrived at
Newark. They, too, were disap-
pointed.
In the meantime an abandoned
Continued on Page 4. Column y
The Washington times., 1929-01-30

Or. Woods Hutchinson, noted
medical adviser. has written
most valuable and timely arficIa
for next Sundays HeraId. Don't
miss it.
The Washington times., 1929-01-30
4 NONE SATISFY HIS DEMANDS y s. q

WHEN WILLIAM HOLTzhIAN, nidower, shown
above with his 11syear-old Of the $500 block of
Eighteenth st. M g., advertised for wife he never
thought that he'd be swannpeds with more than 300.
applications for the job None Of the applicants, how
eyer have met his exactnp demands he's still filling
the job Of cook for his boy.
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500 Applicants Doze
D. G. Wife-S Seeker

Want wife Did you try advertising for onei Do
rnnen answer such ads Where do they lead
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ASK HER
HIS ONE

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you with this infornna-
tion free Of charge.
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