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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
HUNT TO GO ON TRIAL
Alleged Banana Kid" Charged
With Banditry, Before Collins.

Kenneth Hunt, alleged to be the
Banana Kid" who perpetrated nu-
nerous recent holdups on Indianap-
oils taxi drivers this winter, will be
brought to trial at the afternoon
session today before Criminal Judge
James A. Collins, Hunt is charged
with auto banditry and robbery,
and has pleaded not guilty to the
charges. He was arTaigned Monday
before Collins.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05

May 2, 1929, four months after he
entered office. addressed the follow
ing letter to Lawrence F.. Orr, chief
of the state board of accounts:
Dear Sir-The residence main
tanned by the state of Indiana for
the Governor is badly In need Of
repairs and painting and some bet
tarlnents in the way Of carpets,
draperies, etc.
would the above, in your opinion
be just expenditures from the Gov
ernor's emergency contingent fund.-"
The letter was presented by Orr
on the same date to the state bud
get committee, meeting with the
Governor present.
Minutes Of the meeting declared
that, upon motion Of State Repre-
sentative Sam Farrell of Hartford
City, a member of the committee
1T was ordered that the commit
tee approve such contemplated ex-
penditures for the Governors resi-
dence, to be made from the Gov
ernor's emergency contingent fund
and any expenditures needed for
other betterlnents, equipment and
improvements for the proper upkeer
of the Governors residence. to be
drawn against such fund"
Bought Before Permission
Yet before such permission was
granted by the budget committee
Leslie on March 4, 1929, two months
after taking office, personally had
approved the expenditure of $173.75
for the purchase of imperial
gold-incrusted dinner plates, bouil-
lon cups, tea sets, ETC., and approved
two other bills.
The expenditures which followed
were made under consent of the
budget committee and thousands OF
dollars were spent for articles which
clearly are not within the province
of the permission given.
Some light vas thrown on the
controversial matter Of what expen-
d;tures may be met from the Gov
ernor's emergency fund, when At
torney- General James M. Ogden
this week gave State Auditor Archie
Bobbitt an official opinion that Bob
bitt should honor the Governor
voucher on the contingent fund for
$685. to repay Paul v. McNutt for
personal expenses incurred while
serving on the Indiana corporation
survey commission.
The factor Of budget committee
approval did not enter into thi.
case, but Ogden traced the history
Of the emergency contingent fund
Such appropriation was made a.
early as 1852, he said, but With M
direction as to its use.
Tells Of Other Funds
He related the subsequent appro
priations Of the Governors Militar,
Contingent Fund" in 1877 supple
mentary to the Governors Civ
Contingent Fund" and then added
I'm 1903 there was an appropria
ton again for the Governors Emer
gency Contingent Fund with n
limiting directions as TO its use ant
this procedure, generally speaking
has been followed up TO the presen
time"
! After quoting the language of tn
5000, 000-a-year Governors Elmer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05

Morton's pay comes from
the contingent fund, al
though the 1929 appropria-
ton measure specifically de-
clared that all salaries for
employees Of the executive de-
partment must come from the
annual $4,000 personal sery-
ice appropriation. The Gov
ernor has a chief secretary,
L. o. Chasey, who receives
S333.33 a month.
The present Governor is the first
in the history of the state TO have
two secretaries and the first TO be
given more than 5000 month for
upkeep of the mansion. He obtained
this increase from the budget COM
mittee through insistence that many
improvements were needed in the
household.
The executive mansion Is located
at REIMBURSEMENT and Pennsylva-
MIA streets.
Buys Gas From Fund
Leslie has resorted to the en1er-
gency fund to buy 500 gasoline
books a month.
The emergency fund. according to
the vouchers, paid for s25 port
folio, vanity sets, desk sets and mis-
cellaneous other luxuries.
Records of the budget committee
disclose that Ed Jackson in 1923
was given $4,000 to repair and paint
the mansion. And then used but
$1,793.
Leslie In the first year Of his
term has spent almost $4,000 for I'M
provement of the mansion, in ad-
dition to $4,000 for furniture,
rugs, Grapes, tableware, linens and
accessories.
One of the vouchers drawn on the
emergency contingent fund Is Tor
s182 for the "gassing of the man
sion" to free it of yermln.
Arabian Awning Bought
Another voucher, approved June
81. 1929, calls for payment OF s4244o
for Arabian awning complete, two
window awnings complete, and nine
Receivers"
These. as all the other vouchers
quoted, were drawn on the emer-
gency contingent fund and bear the
signature of Leslie in approval.
Among the large vouchers is one
calling for the payment Of s3,160.07
on four contracts for furniture,
lamps, and accessories.
The items listed included two ash
trays. one for 50 and the other for
s2O.25; a cigaret box OF antique
brass" for $7.65; "a bridge and table
lamps-25 had originally been or
dered, but one for 500 was returned
"a card table and four chairs, sl04;
four other card tables for S99; 8
vanity and mirror with antique
gold frame" S245; a commode with
a mirror with antique gold frame,
s315; four lamps for the boys room
totaling s7677, and miscellaneous
other items.
Evidently realizing that in spend
ing thousands of dollars OF STATE
money for furniture and knicknack'
he was exceeding the expenditure
Of all other Governors, Leslie, or
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
CORONER PROBES DEATH
Murder Is Hinted After Finding of
Negroes Body in Canal

What he believed to be the muir
der of John Brown, 90, Negro, 551
West Seventeenth street, was being
investigated today by Coroner c. H.
Keever.
Body Of Brown, missing a week,
was taken from the canal near
Seventeenth street Tuesday. Death
had resulted from a frac-
tured skull
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
BROKERS INDICTED IN
ENLIGHTENMENT CASE
Frisco Sextet Alleged to I've Aided
Bank DefaIcation.
BIZ United Press

81 tHN6d Press
SAN FRANCISCO, March s.
George N. Keyston, president Of the
San Francisco Stock Exchange, and
five members of his brokerage firm
today faced charges of aiding and
abetting" persons indicted for en-
bezzlement of $550,000.
KeySton and the others of the
brokerage firm of Lies, Keyston g.
Co. are charged in an indictment
returned by a federal grand jury.
Bail has been set at $4,000 each.
The indictment charges that the
six men aided and abetted" three
employees of the Bank of Italy, re-
Gently indicted on charges of en-
bezzling $550,000. The money alleg-
edly was used for speculation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
LAY BASIS FOR SUIT
ON BOARD SALARIES
City Controller Refuses Voucher of
Sanitary Commissioners.

AS a basis for a friendly suit to
test legality of $500 annual salary
of city sanitary commissioners, the
sanitary board today sent a voucher
to City Controller Sterling r. Holt
for payment of salaries on that
basis.
Holt rejected the voucher. j. w.
Noel, attorney for B. J. T. Jeup
and o. G. Ross, the commissioners,
indicated he would file suit to OBJ
tain the maximum salary, allowed
by the law as long as construction
work continues at the city sanitary
plant.
The state tax board eliminated
the $500 salaries from the city's
budget, supplanting them with mini
mum wages of $780,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
u. S. POWER GROUP
CHANGES PROMISED

Interior Secretary Charges ~Fric-
ton" In Commission Staff.
BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, March 5. - A
shakeup in the personnel Of the
federal power commission staff was
promised the senate interstate com
merce committee today by Secretary
Of Interior Wilbur, chairman of the
commission.
Wilbur testified there was "too
much internal friction" adding that
a more harmonious" staff would
be obtained as soon as congress has
decided on the permanent setup of
the commission.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
FLIERS' BODIES FOUND
Plane Wreckage Is Discovered on
Ranch of Will Rogers.

BIZ United Press
SAWTELLE, Cal, March s.
Bodies of three men were found to-
day in the wreckage of an airplane
which had smashed into the side of
small hill on the ranch owned by
Will Rogers, noted humorist and
actor.
The men were believed to be
Morey Johnson, Los Angeles, owner
of the plane, and W. G. Hogge and
Jean La Vote, both Los Angeles
flierS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
MEURER, HELD
IN AUTO CASE,
BALKS FINE
Ex-CounciIman May Force
Probe of Traffic Zone
Collections.
CHARGES LAW NEGLECT
Nonpayment of Fees Is
Revealed in Check of
City Books.
BY CHARLES E. CARLL

Thorough airing Of the city S
methods of designating and collect
ing fees for unloading zones" along
the curbS in downtown streets is
expected to follow the arrest today
and refusal of Albert F. Meurer,
1926 East Tenth street, former city
councilman, to pay q 81 fine Tor
alleged improper parking.
Meurer's action resulted In his
arrest on the charge, but he was
released on his own recognizance. He
will be tried before Municipal Judge
Dan v. White Thursday.
Through his attorney, Howard M
Meyer, Meurer will contend the sec
ton of the ordinance for providing
for establishment Of loading zones is
unconstitutional and invalid. Meyer
also will contend that in many in
stances the order has not been
needed. This will be supported by
the argument that the privilege
can not be granted unless fees, re-
quired in the ordinance, are paid.
Car Given Sucker
Meurer received a sticker when he
parked his auto in the fifty-four-
foot zone in front of the Hume
Mansur building on East Ohio street.
Under the city traffic code, own
ers of the building must pay an
annual rental of $50 for the first
eighteen feet in the space and SIC
for each additional foot. This would
make the annual fee for this space
$410.
At city hall A. C. Thomas, deputy
in the controllers Office, where the
ordinance provides the money shall
be paid, said there is no book in
which such payments might be re-
corded.
Paid in 1922
The only document available in
the controllers Office, Thomas said
were those showing payment for the
use of silent policeman" to mark
off the restricted zone. In 1922 a
sum of $40 was paid by the Hume
Mansur Company for the standards.
Of which SIS was to be refunded, rec
ordS show.
In addition, records show occu-
pants of only twelve premises in
the city paid for silent policemen"
during 1929 and none have paid
fees this year.
Thomas stated similar record
was kept at police headquarters
but this could not be obtained by
Meyer today due to the absence Of
Captain Louis Johnson, traffic de-
partment head.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
HE'S A GOOD PROSPECT
Bachelor, Awarded $4,000 House, Is
Besieged With Proposals.
By United Press

BIZ United Press
DETROIT, March 5.-Cecil Co.
vile, bachelor, was awarded a s20.-
600 house this week by the Detroit
Builders Association. Since then
az least seventy-f1ve women, seven
proclaining themselves widows ex-
perienced in housekeeping, have
called or written and offered their
hands In marriage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
COLD HITS FRUIT CROP
Southern States Suffer From Drop,
SAYS .. S. Survey.
By United Press

IEFFJI tdo
WASHINGTON, March 5.-The
sudden drop in temperatures near
the close of last week, following the
abnormally warm weather during
February, has caused considerable
damage to early fruit in southern
states from South Carolina to Okla
homa, the weekly bulletin Of the
United States weather bureau said
today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
BOND ISSUE ACCEPTED
City of Vincennes Gives Commits
SION S10O. 900 for Memorial

The George Rogers Clark Memo
rial commission meeting at the
statehouse today. executed a con-
tract with the city of VincenneS,
accepting proceeds of a 100000
bond issue toward construction Of
the memorial to the famous pioneer.
The memorial is to be built in Vim
cenneS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
TAFT is IMPROVED
Ex-PreSident Rallies After
RestfuI Night.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, March 5.-Wil-
liam Howard Taft, was much
brighter" this morning after a rest
full night, attendants at the home
reported. He was able to recognize
the family housekeeper today and
smiled wanly as he wished her a
good morning"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
PERFECT IN PRACTICE

Drill Turned Into Tragedy as Ad-
jutant Is Killed, Chief of Staff Shot.
BIZ United Press
REVAL, ESthonia, March 5.-The
Esthonia self-defense corps went
through a practice drill at g.. m.
today in anticipation of Communist
demonstrations Thursday, but &
sentry became confused in the dark
ness and shot the chief Of the
army's general staff. In addition
an adtutant who ignored sentry
was killed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
GETS $4,000 REWARD
Gotham Taxi Driver Returns Purse
Containing $4,000 in Jewels.
Bu United Press

By United Press
NEW YORK, March 5.-Clodo-
miro Ruiz, taxi driver, envisioned
today a home in Porto Rico with
the $4,000 reward he received after
returning a purse containing 5000
in jewels to Mrs. John E. Parsons.
He found the jewels in his taxicab.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
Truth Dodgers

BIZ United Press
TOPEKA, Kan, March g.
Hard liquor may be found in
Kansas and the state may be
considered by some as drip
ping wet" but the Kansas
state legislators don't want TO
hear 1t.
Least OF all do they want
Walter Liggett, Washington
magazine writer, to investigate
conditions and Tuesday in two
votes, they decided not to call
Liggett a liar" and not to pay
his expenses to Topeka to view
liquor charges before a legis-
lative committee.
The incident was defined as
poor advertisements for Lig-
gett-but rather for the Sun
flower state.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
$50 DEAD IN FLOOD
Big Dam Breaks: Thou
sands Are Homeless.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
PARIS, March 5.-The prefecture
of police at Montauban officially re-
ported today the deaths OF $50 per-
sons at Moissac as the result of the
breaking of the Tarn dam, as the
climax Of the worst floods in south
western France in half a century.
Three thousand residents OF the
town are homeless, the police report
added.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
No FOOlin

b. United Press
CHICAGO, March 5.-Good
news for wives who have
listened to regular lectures
from their husbands about
spending too much for clothes.
The doctors thesis written by
Miss Louise Cowles Of the Uni
yerSity of Chicago, reviewing
expenditures of thousands OF
families, asserts husbands
spend 10 per cent more on
clothing than their wives do.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
POLICE SHAKEUP Is
ORDERED AT BUFFALO
Change ClimaXeS Outburst of
Crime, Including Killing of Youth.

BIZ United Press
BUFFALO. March 5.-A shakeup
In the Buffalo police force today
climaxed an outburSt of crime
which included the killing of a
youth who had stolen bread for his
family. the holdup of an insurance
company cashier on the eighth
floor OF an Office building and three
lesser holdupS.
Austin j. Roche, police commits
sioner, announced that five detec-
tlves. seven headquarters clerks
and five members of the auto squad
have been returned to patrol duty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
WALES ON MOTOR TRIP
Prince Recovering Rapidly From
Attack of Malarial Fever.

b. THffed Press
NAIROBA Kenya Colony, AZ
RIGA. March 5.-The prince Of Wales
Is recovering rapidly from an at
tack of malaria. He motored sew
eral miles today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
HIGH COST OF CAUTION
Woman Loses $1,000 Ring When She
"Outwits" Supposed Robber.
BH United Press

% 2 WtNtU 7 too
EVANSTON, Ill, March 5-Try-
ing TO outwit man she thought was
a bandit cost Mrs. George II. Bah
cock a $1,000 ring. Mrs. Babcock
slipped the ring into her glove. The
supposed robber went on. When the
cautious woman shook out the glove
the ring was missing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
ALICE WHITE VISITING
PARENTS OF HER FlANCE
Silent as to Wedding Plans When
She Arrives in Chicago.

By United Press
CHICAGO, March 5.-Alice White,
98pound film flapper, spent her
time today getting acquainted with
the parents Of Sidney Bartlett, bro
ker-actor to whom she is engaged.
Miss White was silent as to their
wedding plans. Her only comment
on arriving from California Tues
day was that they should turn
on the heat in Chicago"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05

This money is of course addition to his salary OF $4,000
la year.
The same legislature granted him S4 300 for equipment
with which he purchased Lincoln sedapa. -
Without approval of the legislature the budget COM
mttee Leslie has employed assistant secretary Gaylord
Morton at a salary of $3.50 month.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
ACCUSED OF PAYING
FOR W!FE'S MURDER
Wichita Merchant Charged With
Bribing Laborer to Kill Mate.

Bribing LabOrer 10 MI Mate,
WICHITA, Kan. March 5.-Sen
Turner. ice and salt merchant Of
Anthony. Kan. today stood &C
cused of paying a fellow-townsman
TO kill his wife on "a down pay
ment of sos and S35 to come"
The alleged confession was OBJ
tanned by officers from Joe Sutton,
laborer. who told them he killed
Turner's wife. Turner still owes him
e35. Sutton said.
The woman's body was discovered
Wednesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
SETS As AS MINIMUM
AGE FOR CANDIDATES
Responsible Offices Need Older Men,
Civic League Stand.

A resolution declaring "all re-
sponsible offices in local as well as
county and state government be
held by men past AS was adopted
by the Garfield Civic League, which
met Tuesday at the home of Mrs
zelma Davis, Blue Ridge drive.
Men who have gone through the
storms of life and have carried the
burden of the taxes should be recog-
nized," the resolution set out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05
STUMP DINNER SPEAKER
Attorney Talks Tonight at Session
of Illumination Conference.

Albert Stump. Indianapolis attor-
ney, will speak at dinner tonight
in connection with the second ana
nual Illumination conference, spon-
sored by the Electric League Of In
dianapolis-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-05

Copyright. 1880, by The Times.
The Washington times., 1930-09-25
The Worthiest Pride
is Pride in Your Home

1HAT is why your home is worthy of all the thought,
beauty and money you can put into it. Guided by these
three factors, have arranged this beautiful display
throughout store Decorators here to give you all
the time and advice you need in choosing your furnishings
The complete displays not only show everything to advan
tage but give you idea how they will look in YOUR
home You will find too that decorators guide
you that you keep within the budget you have planned
in your buying Familiar they are with each of our
departments, they actually you great expense.
Make your visit here special occasion Set aside
definite time to in that you walk all through
the store and eveyhngthe furnished apartment on
sixth floor; the displays of period furniture that is
charming; the ultra and modern furniture; the
Oriental rugs with that mystic charm peculiar to them
aone the lovely lamps of almost conceivable style
rave as they are useful the newest drapey fabrics show
ing all the smart Fall treatments and many, many other
things too to mention Do not think because
everything appears lovely that it will be beyond your
budget for there prices that will suit every individuals
wants.
The Washington times., 1930-09-25
Leading Ft1rniture' Dealers Invite You :.
Furnishings
Displays
In Readiness

Furniture and its COM
panion articles with which
homes are furnished are to
be displayed to the public
Friday and through all Of
next week, in a dramatic
way.
All stores in Washington
have joined to hold the
home furnishings exposition
from September 26 to Oc-
tober 4, the dates of the
National Home Furnishings
Style Show in which thou
sands of retail dealers
throughout the United States
will display the latest de-
signs and styles.
Coverings which have been
placed on display windows
of local furniture stores
will be removed Friday dis
closing the individual ex-
hibits. Many Of them will
have "life," /" that is, dis
plays in which models or
the moving window idea will
be employed.
Dealers
Worked for
Weeks
Dealers have been work
ing on their ideas for the
displays for several weeks
and the public may expect
some novel window exhibit
tions. Inside the stores va
rious other features await
the visitors to the Style
Show.
Model. rooms have been
arranged with the furnish
ings shown in ensembles.
Proper arrangement of the
furniture, rugs, carpets,
draperies, trimmings and
accessories needed to show
how the setting would look
in a home, will be seen.
Various ideas on arrange
ment to create color mar
mony in patterns and de-
signs, Of furnishings are to
be displayed in the stores.
The show is the first of
its kind ever attempted ma
tionally by the furniture in
dustry. The local dealers
have joined in the move
ment, because they feel the
public should have the op-
portunity to see at one time
all the latest styles and de-
signs in home furnishings.
Merchandise to be displayed
during the Style Show was
purchased at the recent fur
niture markets and the de-
signs will be shown for the
first time in Washington.
The Washington times., 1930-09-25
Beauty in Home
Not Costly

The bringing into the
home of beauty and comfort
does not depend on price, it
depends on taste in select
ing items which make up
the furnishings. M any
women have felt this for a
long time but they have
been unable to bring about
in their homes the atmos-
phere of comfort and beauty
they so much desire.
The coming of the home
furnishings Style Show will
give the home manager this
longed-for opportunity to
see different arrangements
of furnishings, various COM
binations of pieces, and
many color harmonies
worked out as guides and
inspirations to her in the
furnishing of her home. She
will no longer need to pur-
chase this or that piece of
furniture blindly and hope
it will add to her home the
elusive beauty she so de-
sires. She may know exactly
what she is doing and just
what the result Of the use of
certain furnishings will be.
The Washington times., 1930-09-25

In Puritan New England
life the cradle was kept in
the main room-the only one
which was kept heated.
Many cribs surviving from
that time are blistered at
the foot from proximity to
the open fire.
The Washington times., 1930-09-25
Colonial Bedroom

The George Washington Bedroom Suite
which is supplied in odd groupings with
different types of Colonial beds in the Ma
tionaI Home Furnishing Style Show.
The Washington times., 1930-09-25
Queen Anne Period

Moses show rich gold draperies and a color
full Oriental rug as a charming background
for this typical Queen Anne setting of blue,
rust and walnut.
The Washington times., 1930-09-25

A Dainty Boudoir
Peach colored draperies and delicate marqui-
sette against green walls and charming
green and gold Chinese rug form a setting
for feminine display of delicate and artis-
tic type in the furnished home at Moses.
The Washington times., 1930-09-25
Charming Dining
Room

An inexpensive Jacobean dining room
setting of well accepted authentic de-
sign forms one of Moses attractive dis
plays.