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Evening star., 1930-12-17

Senator and Mrs. Henry w. Keyes
have Cancelled all social engagements
owing to a death in the Immediate
family.
Evening star., 1930-12-17

Continued on Tenth Page.)
Evening star., 1930-12-17

Senator and Mrs. Thomas D. Schall
viii have with them for the holidays
their son, Mr.. Richard D. Schall, who is
attending the University of Maryland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
u. S. WOMAN is
TRIED IN ITALY
Accused With Six Others of
melting Revolt.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
ROME, Dec. 22-The prosecutor
for the crown today asked for ac-
quittal of Mrs. Lillian De Bosis, 62,
American-born woman on trial for
anti-Fascist activities. AS a result
her acquittal was considered almost
certain. She is the widow of ia
nous American poet
The acquittal was asked on the
ground that she undertook anti
Fascist activities of "a mothers
love" complying with the wishes OF
her son Lauro, who will be tried
later, although he is now in Geneva.
Mrs. De Bosis formerly was Lillian
Vernon of Boston. She lived in st.
Louis and has a sister living in
Syracuse, N. Y.
Six other defendants, all Italians,
are facing similar charges. The
charge against Mrs. de Bosis and
two of them, who are known well
in literary and social circles, stated
that they concerted among them
selves. and also with others, to over
throw the present Constitution of
the state, melting rebellion by
clandestine publications with the
intent to provoke armed insurrec-
ton and civil war"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
SLAYER OF PARENTS MAY
HAVE FLED WITH $4,000

Paul Brown, %, may have escaped
with $4,000 to $4,000 of his
fathers funds after numbering his
parents and burning down the farm
home near Nashville, Chief E. L.
Osborne of the state criminal
bureau disclosed today.
Forrest Huntington, investigator
for the bureau has been working
on the case since it occurred one
week ago today.
His latest report indicates that
Paul Brown may have escaped with
huge sums, and also that there
may be an accomplice, Osborne as
serted.
On Saturday the idea that the
son committed the deed in a fit of
insanity partially was abandoned
when $4,000 in gold and bonds was
found buried in the foundation of an
old Toulouse on the Brown farm.
The valuables had been placed in a
fruit jar and buried by the father,
Lee Brown, it was said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
WINTER MAKES
FORMAL DEBUT
Unsettled Weather Marks
Shortest Day of Year.

Winters debut at $40 a. m. was
marked by a light blanket of snow
on the ground, smoggy, overcast
day, and temperatures somewhat
above the normal winter thermome-
ter reading.
The sun arose, but failed to shine,
in indianapolis at 7:18 a. m, later
than it will rise for just one year.
1t sets at 4:38 p. M, the earliest for
the same period, making today the
shortest day of the year.
Forecast for the next thirty-six
hours by the United States weather
bureau here predicted continued I'M
settled weather, with little change
in temperatures.
Lowest today was 20 degrees at 7
a. M, while lowest temperature ex-
pected tonight is between 20 and %
degrees.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
insult AID TO TALK
Rail Proposal Objections to
Be Discussed.

Charles w. Chase, insult utility
expert, tonight will answer state
ments of attorneys and civic league
members made at two recent ses-
sions of the city hall street car COM
mittee.
The meeting, which is open to the
public. will be held in the city coun-
Gil chamber at 1870
e. Kirk Mckinney. chairman, said
after ChaseS statements others
present will have an opportunity to
speak, and he said the Indianapolis
Federation of Community Clubs may
present its plan for municipal own
ership.
This will be the last public meet
ing until Jan. l, but the committee
will meet to discuss points now
pending and possibly start prepara-
ton for the model franchise which
will be submitted to the insult in
terestS.
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This led to the new clew that the
shooting might have been done in
an attempt to get the money.
That there was other money now
is known definitely, according to
Osborne.
Some of this may be concealed in
the strong box at the Nashville
bank, he said.
But the bank officers assert that
they have no key and that Brown
senior had the only one extant.
This has not been found and plans
are being made to force open the
box and inspect the contents-if
any-Osborne said.
The $4,000 was brought to an
indianapolis bank for safekeeping
by another son, Roland Brown. of
this city.
1t is the general belief that Paul
Brown is alive and has not com
mitted suicide as was at first con-
tended. No trace of his where
abouts has been found, however.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
Educator Hits DryS

Bv United Press
HANOVER, N. H. Dec. 22.-Presi-
dent Ernest Martin Hopkins OF
Dartmouth college today applied the
adjective ''perniciouS to the whole
theory of the eighteenth amend
ment.
The educator did not. suggest any
specific substitute for the present
national prohibition law, but he did
express an unqualified conviction
that prohibition, in its current form,
was a failure and offered no hope
even of ultimate success.
DR.. Hopkins, who for years had
refused to declare publicly his atti-
tude toward the eighteenth amend
ment, broke his silence in an 800
word letter to the National Tenn
perance Council. composed of the
principal officers of all national
temperance organizations. The
council had invited him to express
his views.
DR.. Hopkins said he could not
understand how individuals or or
carnations whose solicitude is for
building up spirit Of temperance
can continue either to believe in or
to support the theory or the prac-
tice of the eighteenth amendment
as defined in current legislation"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
CHILDREN SAVED
ALFONSO'S LIFE
Spanish Filler Tells Why
Palace Wasn't Bombed.
By United Press

By United Press
LONDON, Dec. %. = Children
playing near the royal palace at
Madrid prevented Ramon Franco
from bombing the place and saved
King AlfonSo'S life" Franco was
quoted as saying in an interview
given H. j. Greenwall, special cor
respondent of the Daily Express,
and printed by the Express today.
Franco was interviewed at MARIA,
where he and other Spanish aviators
who fed from Spain were interned.
Greenwall's dispatch came from
MARIA uncensored.
'It was my job to lombard the
palace at Madrid" Franco was
quoted as saying. THE bombs al
ready were fixed. and if it had not
been for those little children play
ing the Plaza Del Arms, 1 should
have blown the royal palace to
pieces.
so the children of Madrid saved
the kings life. looked down ON the
plaza when my hand was moving
toward the lever which would have
released a bomb. said to myself,
No, it can not be done. Why should
all those innocent lives he Sacri-
ficed?' I withdrew my hand from
the lever"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
MOB FIGHTS ARMY
Monte Carlo Clash Marks
Princes Return.

By United Press
MONTE CARLO, Monaco, Dec. %.
-Rioting marked the return today
of Prince Louis II. ruler of the
principality of Monaco.
A mob clashed with the Monaco
army of between 100 and 200 sold
iers and attempted to burn the
stone police station as part Of a
political demonstration by dissat-
isfied elements.
About forty constitutionalists were
arrested.
Disorders in the principality grew
out of protests by an influential
faction against the action of Prince
Louis in permitting the directors
of the famous Monte Carlo casino
to increase their power. The prince,
interested in scientific research, was
charged with neglecting his people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
BULLET PROBLEM ADDS TO
WHITAKER DEATH MYSTERY

the dead mans twin brother, Har-
old, 2l07 North Pennsylvania street,
was discovered thirty five feet from
where the body was found.
After questioning many witnesses.
Coroner G. H. Keever returned a
suicide verdict.
The slug taken from Whitaker's
body bore the trade mark Of a we'll
known manufacturer of munitions.
Ball said. while the empty shell bore
another trade mark.
Ball said delicate laboratory test
would be necessary to determine
whether the bullet was fired from
the pistol Despite the fact many
searchers passed over the spot where
a neighbor woman picked up the
gun. it was not found for a week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22

Investigation into the death OF
Clarence Whitaker. 20, was renewed
today with discovery that the lead
slug which pierced his heart was
not of the same manufacture as
an empty cartridge in the gun with
which he was supposed to hav-
committed suicide
Detective Chief Fred Simon or
dered detectives Roy Peats and
Morris Corbin to examine the bull
let and empty shell after Arch Ball.
ballistic expert. noted the difference.
Whitaker's body was found in a
south side alley early in the morn
ing of Dec. 5. A week later pistol
owned by a brother in Beech Grove,
but which passed into possession of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22

one. If he is to maintain his
prestige in the community, he
must treat his wives and children
well during Chaban.
If he has but one wife, the task
is comparatively easy, but some
OF the desert Mohammedans have
up to six wives and each must be
treated the same.
A favorite gift to children is
hand-embroidered green shoes.
There are very few toys
Dolls are unknown for Moslem
girls because of the Mohammedan
theory that features of the living
must not be reproduced in a doll
or statue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
HINT HOOVER'S
BOARD TOO. X.
HOME BREWING
WiCkerSham Commission
Has Decided on Dry
Stand, Reports Declare.
JOKER LAW IS STUDIED
Proposal Is Not Likely to
Meet Approval of Con-
greSS Vets.
BY RAY TUCKER
Times STAFF Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-LoOsen-
ing of the prohibition laws so as
to permit manufacture and con-
sumption Of homemade beer mon
Intoxicating in fact" is reported to
be the most liberal concession the
Wickersham commission will make
to the vets in its report.
The report may be completed
about Jan. IS, but withheld from
congress until after it adjourns IN
March.
Through amendment Of Section
% of the Volstead act, which au-
thorizes homemade wine and other
fruit beverages, the commission is
said to feel that a palatable and
legal beer can be legalized, and
possibly aid enforcement conditions.
Would Boost New Industries
It is under this clause that Mabel
Walker Willebrandt, former assistant
general in charge OF pro-
hibition, contends that grapeJulce
concentrates are legal. 1t always
has been regarded as the "joker"
of the dry laws, for it permitted
rural folk to have their drinks
through recourse to the products
of their orchards.
Until the grape industry developed
the concentrates, it was dlthcult
and expensive for city people to
have a beverage of 10 to II per cent
alcoholic content and still keep
within the law.
But legalization of homemade
beer undoubtedly would mean the
creation of a new industry-or sew
eral-to cater to beer thirst. HOW
congress and Hoover would view
such a proposal is question, but 1t
is certain that it would not suit the
vets who now are centering their
program on modification.
Heavy Attack Is Likely
Despite the refusal of Attorney
General Mitchell to pass on the real
meaning of Section 20, the question
of what is Intoxicating in
fact" and the legality of the grape
concentrates. court decisions have
held that cider and wine of almost
u per cent come under this pro-
vision.
The cider which led to the arrest
and acquittal of eX-Representatlve
John Philip Hill was 1147 alcoholic
content. The department. of justice
later acquiesced, or accepted
similar decision freeing a farmer
who had made wine of about the
same kicking" qualities.
The commission may come under
heavy attack after the holiday re-
cess. should it appear that its re-
port is being withheld for political
purposes.
But the present session may pass
with less fuss and furore over pro
hibition than in many years II the
administration succeeds in its re-
ported plan to keep the subject be-
hind closed doors for a month or
two more.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
BOUND TO GRAND JURY
Alleged Drug Law ViOIatOr Is Put
Under $4,000 Bond.

William H. Brown today was
bound to the federal grand jury
under $4,000 bond on charges of dry
law violation following a hearing
before Fac w. Patrick, United
States commissioner. Police, under
Sergeant John Eisenhut, arrested
Brown Sunday at the canal bridge
and West Walnut street. in an auto
alleged to have contained fifty-two
gallons of alcohol.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
DENIES MOONEY QUIZ
Wickersham Says Board
Has No Right to Interfere.
United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-George
w. Wickersham, chairman of Pres
ident Hoover's law enforcement
commission, declared today it is be-
yond the province of the commits
sion to investigate the Mooney
Billings case with view to making
a recommendation as to its dispo-
Sition.
His statement followed reports
that the commission might investi-
gate the cases of Thomas j. Mooney
and Warren K. Billings, now serv-
ing life sentences in California
prison after having been convicted
following the Preparedness day
bombing in San Francisco in 1916.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
PROGRAM ARRANGED
Scottish Rite Will Observe
Festival Next Sunday.

Observance Of st. Johns day, fes-
tival prescribed in the constitution
of the Scottish Rite, will be held at
the Masonic cathedral at $3.50 Sun
day.
An organ recital by Clarence H.
Carson, Rite organist, will open the
program. DR.. Lewis Brown, orator
of the chapter for nearly thirty
years, will make a brief address.
The next event on the Rite sched-
ule will be "open house" reception
New Years day with turkey din
ner for members, their families and
friends from 1890 to 2 for which
advance reservations must be made.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
FARM BILL SIGNED
Hoover Acts on $150,00O,-
600 Board Appropriation.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Presi-
dent Hoover today signed the $780,
100000 federal farm board bill, pro-
viding appropriations for the boards
operations for the coming year.
The bill, adopted by the senate
Saturday night, brings to $500, 000,-
600 the amount appropriated thus
far for the farm board.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
29 Gift Days Instead of One
MOSlem ChiIdYgnS Christmas

twenty-nine days instead of one.
1t is known as the month of gifts.
MoorS and Arabs will vie with
each other for the next month in
offering their wives and children
the richest gifts.
The favorite offering is the
silver bracelet, crudely sculptored
ring in hammered silver, which
hangs heavy, but gives off
pretty note as the rings hit each
other.
Other gifts include richly en-
broidered silks and satins, gener-
ally IN very visible colors, such
as salmon pink and lettuce green.
To the average moor of the
hlood, this season is not a happy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
Fraternity Pledges Six
BN Times Special

o y tHtto oVVt'UF
LAFAYETTE, Dec. 22.-Pledg-
ing Of six Purdue university stu
dents is announced by Alpha Zeta,
national honorary agricultural fra
ternity. The pledges are R. M. Ali,
Centerville; H. S. Blaydes, Roach
dale: M. H. Cohee, West Lafayette;
]. r. Hates, Columbia City; w. l..
owens. Franklin, and T. E. New
man, Culver.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
RIVALS IN LOVE FIGHT
Two Negroes, Wounded by Knives,
Arrested by Police.

Three Negroes, two suffering
from knife wounds, were under ar
rest today on assault and battery
charges after an alleged brawl Sum-
day night at the home of Mrs. Irma
Ecton, Negro, GA West Tenth street.
According to police, Mrs. Ecton is
the object of the affections of both
Herbert Mckee, Negro, $40 West
Twenty-eighth street, and Pete
Barnett, Negro, 446 Blake street,
who were cut in the struggle that
ensued after Barnett found Mckee
at the house. Bud Morrow, Negro.
627 Bright street, who, police said,
engaged in the scuffle, also was
arrested.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
ONE MILLION LETTERS
Is MAIL TOLL HERE
Nearly $4,000 Christmas Parcels
Have Been Handled.

One million letters and nearly
10000 pieces Of parcel post will have
gone through the Indianapolis post
office by tonight. Postmaster Robert
H. Bryson estimated today as the
peak of the Christmas mailing rush
was reached.
Mail patrons crowded the post
office early and letters were passing
through canceling machines at the
rate of $4,000 an hour. Weighing
machines have been installed in the
lobby so that parcel post may be
handled faster.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
SPECIAL SESSION IN
HANDS or CONGRESS
Hoover to Permit House and Sen
ate to Work Out Solution.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Presi-
dent Hoover will let congress work
out for itself the problem Of avoid
ing a special session after March /,
it was learned at the White House
today.
Suggestions that the President
would ask passage of a single bill
carrying all necessary appropriations
for running the government for the
next year, as a means OF saving
time. we're met at the White House
with the word that the whole mat
ter would be left to the Judgment
Of congress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
LYNCHING AVERTED
Negro Killer Saved From
Fury of Mob.
BIZ United Press

By UHtted FTtSS
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Dec. a.
Raymond Gum, Negro, who con-
fessed to killing Miss Velma Golfer,
Maryville CMo) school teacher, was
in the city jail today, safe from a
mob which threatened to take him
from the custody Of a sheriff at st.
Joseph, Mo.
Gum was brought to Kansas City
by Sheriff John Roach after a mob
of 400 persons assembled before the
st. Joseph county Jail Sunday and
demanded that the Negro be turned
over to them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
PUBLIC COOPERATION
I'M MAILING is ASKED
Use of Playground Unit Suggested
to Avoid Congestion

Use of Playground Unit Suggested
to Avoid Congestion
Postmaster Robert H. Bryson to-
day called attention of the mailing
public to the fact that the new
temporary postofice unit at the
state fairgrounds is to serve as a
receiving station as well as clearing
house for north side mail.
Northside patrons are urged to
take their parcels to the industrial
building at the fairgrounds and
thus avoid downtown traffic as well
as relieve congestion at other sta
tons. Shuttle trucks each hour
clear the mail to the trains. Win
dowS are open at the Playground
from q. N. to 6.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22

BIZ United Press
ID ABAT, Morocco, Dec. o.
IN Tons of silver bracelets
changed hands today as MoslemS
around the world entered the
gayest period of feasting of the
Mohammedan year, Chabin. which
will last for twenty-nine days.
Chaban. of the Turkish year
1349, started at dawn this morn
ing and will continue until the
great fast of Ramadan starts,
Jan. 20.
Chaban is the favorite feast
with Moslem children, for it is
celebrated Just as is Christmas
in Christian countries, but has
The advantage Of lasting for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
CITIZENS PROTEST ROLL
Charges of East Side Residents to
Be Probed by Works Board.

Charges that east side residents
were assessed for moving water
boxes with the widening of East
New York street, and that none of
the equipment was relocated, were
made today to the works board.
Complaints were made by citi-
zens protesting the final assessment
roll for the work. The board will
investigate. The hearing will be
continued next Monday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
STATE COPS PROMOTED
New Chief Advances Two to Rank
of Captain: Five to Be Named

Promotion of two state police
men to rank of captain was an
nounced today by Grover c. Garrett.
state police chief.
Lieutenant Rex RiSher of South
Bend was advanced, and Charles
Slatzman, Evansville, patrolman,
also was named captain. Garrett
still must appoint five patrolmen to
complete the department roster.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
SOLDIER PLEADS GUILTY
Army Filler Surprises Officials at
Court Martial.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Dec. 90
Lieutenant Lester Maitland, Pacific
Coast f1ier, pleaded guilty to a
charge OF drunkenness at his court
martial today.
The move caught the government
by surprise, and after two witnesses
had testified the prosecutors OBJ
tanned recess to reconsider pro-
cedure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
WYSONG WILL
GIVE Up STATE
INSURANCE JOB
Resignation as Chief Will
Take Effect Jan. |,
Leslie Asserts.
KIDD MAY BE NAMED
Brazil Man Spoken of as
Likely Selection for
Position.
KIDD MAY BE NAMED

Governor Harry c. Leslie today
confirmed the report that Clarence
E. Wysong is to resign as state in
surance commissioner, effective
Jan. /.
A successor is expected to be an
nounced Tuesday after conference
with Wysong, who is in Louisville
today, the Governor declared.
Predictions at the statehouse were
that the job will go to John Kidd,
veteran insurance man OF Brazil.
The term will be four years and the
salary $4,000 year.
Wysong Refuses to Talk
"Tve nothing to say" Wysong de-
clared by telephone, prior to the
Governors confirmation. Il am an
officer of the Indiana national
guard. I owe my first allegiance to
my commander, the Governor OF
the state of Indiana. Any COM
munications between myself and the
Governor are confidential. My
commander will give any informa-
ton to the public that he deems
best"
Wysong was appointed to the in
surance commissioners post by for
mer Governor Ed Jackson. His
four-year term expired Oct. 1, but
he has been permitted to retain the
position without reappointment.
Others Are Candidates
Recently, Wysong was elected
president of the National AsSocia-
ton of Real Estate Commissioners.
His friends believe he will take
position in the insurance field.
Among those who are said to be
candidates for the position of in
surance commissioner are Bert
Fuller, one of the 1923 campaign
managers for Leslie, and Arthur
Kennick, Irvington Republican
leader.
The name of John D. Cramer,
deputy clerk of the supreme and
appellate courts, who went to Pur-
due with the Governor and will lose
his position Jan. /, because of the
political change, also is being men
toned.