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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26
PROBE DEATH
OF PRISONER
IN CITY JAIL
Thrown Into Cell as Drunk
After Crash: Friends
Deny He Used Booze.

Thrown into a city prison cell
Friday midnight on charge of in
toxication after an automobile ac-
cident, an unconscious man re-
manned there eleven hours before
being taken to city hospital, where
he died at 1920 Sunday night.
Coroner G. H. Keever did not or
der an autopsy in the case, despite
the fact the man was found I'M
conscious at the scene of an auto
mobile accident.
The body was embalmed before
Deputy Coroner o. H. Bakemeier
viewed it at an undertaking estab-
lishment.
Today efforts we're being made by
friends and relatives to learn the
exact cause of the death of the man,
T. E. Sparks, 81, of 80 East st.
Clair street, automobile salesman.
City hospital reports showed death
due to a cerebral hemorrhage.
Issue New Regulations
The man bore no traces of the use
Of alcohol when received at city hos
pital at IL Saturday morning, at
hendartS said.
The death, meanwhile, caused
Police Chief Jerry E. Kinney today
to issue new regulations at police
headquarters requiring that all
bailiffs, turkeys and matrons in
spect cells at city lookup at least
once hourly and report all uncon-
scious or i'll prisoners.
The order follows four recent
deaths which have provoked crit
iciSm of the methods by which pris-
oners are handled at police head
quarters and county Jail.
William Hereth, tax driver. found
unconscious. on the sidewalk beneath
the elevation on East street near
Washington street recently, was
Weld in a city lookup cell number
T hours before being taken to city
hospital where he died He had
suffered a fractured skull in a fight
With two men, who later we're ar
ted,
II Police Surgeons Not Called
Another prisoner recently died
county Jail without proper med
81 attention, according to claims
II fellow prisoners, and a prisoner
vas found hanged to death in his
tell in city prison, having used his
silk shirt to form the moose.
DR.. Frank Dowd and DR.. Fred
erlck Crum are police surgeons
Police rules provide that the duty
of police surgeons shall include al
medical attention to prisoners at the
city lookup.
The police surgeons have not beer
called upon in recent years for any
services other than medical ex-
animation of new members of the
police and fire departments anc
examination of members of the de-
partments who seek sick benefits OF
relief from duty. officials said. The
surgeons were not notified of Sparks
condition.
Sparks was arrested at midnight
Friday following an automobile &C.
cident in which his car struck 8
parked machine owned by Harold
Dawson of Liverpool. o., at st. Clail
and Meridian streets.
Motor Policemen Frank McDon-
aid and Claude Kinder we're sent
to scene of the accident and found
Sparks seated on the side of his
Turn to Page 81
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26
POUND DOGS UNITE
TO KILL STRANGER
Pack Tears to Pieces Animal Tossed
Over Fence in Midst.

Pack Tears to Pieces Animal Tossed
Over Fence in Midst.
Dogs at the city dog pound tore
to pieces strange dog tossed over
the fence into the dog pound en-
closure Sunday afternoon.
Neghbors at the pound attempted
to stop the attack on the animal
after they saw woman throw it
over the Seven-foot barbed wire
fence.
Dr.. Elizabeth Conger, in charge
of the dog pound, today declared
that many dogs are thrown over
the high fence among the other ami
mails after l each Sunday afternoon
when the dog pound is closed.
A doghouse is provided, she point
ed out, into which stray animals
can be placed in case the pound is
closed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26

IF the Peking mans ancestors
L came from Mongolia-and I
believe they did-this place or one
like it must have been their orig
inal home" Andrews said. 1.-THE
people who lived around this lake
millions of years ago have been
described by our scientists as LIE
dune dwellers, because they lived
in midst of sand dunes.
Their place in the human family
IS obscure We hope to find where
they belong-and if they were
older than the Peking man"
Dr. Andrews said he had taken
care to obtain his passports"
from bandit chieftains along
the route
Without these bits of paper, for
which lump sum is paid. it is ex-
tremely dangerous to follow the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26
DUvALL is DEFENDANT
Former Mayor Sued for slO7 on Al
legged Contract.

John l.. Duvall, former Indianapo-
lis mayor. is named defendant in
suit for SLOT in wages filed today
in civil municipal court by Joseph
Sellers, contractor
Sellers contracted to build a race
track at Walnut Gardens. amuSe-
ment park sixteen miles south Of the
city operated by Duvall, according
to the suit. Payments are in arrears
in the amount asked since July.
1929, it is alleged.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26

NEW YORK, May 26.-Former
Governor Alfred E. Smith will be
the author Of book TO be published
next year explaining for the average
citizen the nature and scope of gov
eminent. The title tentatively Sc
lected Is The Citizen and His GOV
ernment.s -......
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26
Germans Fire on Poles

BIZ United Press
WARSAW, Poland, May 26.-Re-
ports received today said German
border guards near Muensterwalder,
on the right tank of the ViStula
river, fired on Polish frontier pa
trolls.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26
FIGHT FOR MAYOR
Detroit Divided in War to
Get BoWIeS' Job.
BIZ United Press

tEFLI
DETROIT, May 26. - Petitions
urging that Charles Bowles be re-
tanned as mayor of Detroit were
placed in circulation today as lead
ers in the movement to have
Bowles ousted, announced that
more than $4,000 signatures, half
of the number necessary to call a
special election, had been obtained.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26
LONG SKIRTS COST MEN
Covered Knees Make Face Need
More Care, Says Expert.

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, May 26.-Long skirts,
raising the horizon of masculine
vision, have increased American
women'S beauty bills few hundred
thousand dollars, for covered knees
have made the feminine face in
need of more attention, according to
Nm. Helena Rubinstein, beauty
authority.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26
VOTES FOR DRY CHANGE
Washington G. o. P. Split by Party
Stand on Modification.

BN Jnited PTe8S
SEATTLE, Wash, May 26.-Di-
visions in the Republican ranks of
Washington we're broad today as a
result of the action of the state
convention in declaring for modi-
flcation of the prohibition laws at
Bellingham Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26
IRENE CASTLE RAPS
DOG KILLING ORDER
Sends Protest to Council; Offers to
Care for Animals.

Care Tor Animals.
BIZ United Press
WAUKEGAN, H., May 26.-Mrs.
Irene Castle Mclaughlin, former
dancer and good samaritan to all
dogs, sent a vigorous protest to the
Waukegan city council today against
their order to shoot all unlicensed
dogs.
Its cruel" she protested. IF
people only will bring their dogs to
the Orphans of the Storm CMrs.
McLaughlin's dog refuge near
DeerfieldD, we'll gladly give them
shelter"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26

BIZ United Press
DEIPING, China. May 26.-An
Il unchartered lake, surrounded
entirely by sand dunes in the in
terror OF the Cobb desert of Mon
golia, was the immediate objective
of a group of American scientists
who, headed by DR.. Roy Chapman
Andrews, left Peiping today for
northern Asia.
1--WE hope to find another Peking
man, or a relative even earlier,
DR.. Andrews said. IF we are
lucky, perhaps we will locate the
Garden of Eden"
The mysterious lake, surrounded
by high bluffs filled with fossil
bones. was discovered by a Mon
gol trained by DR.. Walter Granger.
chief paleontologist of the expe-
dition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26

Caravan routes into the Cob.
He said the bandits. a result of previous ex-
petitions had come to know him-and he expected
no difaculty with the deserts robber bands.
The expedition expected to be gone about three
months. the usual limit Of work il the desert.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26
Billy Arnold to Be at Pole Position at
Wheel of Harry Hartz' Racer; Sets
113- Mile-an-H Hour Pace in Trials.
SITS ARE CONTINUED AT TRACK
Twenty One Cars Already Qualified; Gulotta
and De Paola Are Latest Successful
Drivers; Seven Rows Are Filled
Results of Speedway Trials


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Meyer Sampson Special u12SO
Canton 109S10
Louis SEAL Special 1O61e7
Gardner Buckeye Special 1881
Ernie GuberSon Special 1056lS
Russell Snowbcrger Eight 1O4557
Coleman Front Drive lU1215
Allen Miller Special 101919
Cy Marshall Special 10O646
Bethoine Special AvVolo
Coleman Front-Dnve SS"c
T. G Special 9S953
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Claude Burton Wight 95Os
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Seymour Gauss Front-Drve Soo'o
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Charles Moran Jr e9TS3
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DuesenDerg $4,000
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26
COPS ARE 'KIDNAPERs'

From Chicago for Trial.
Eg United Press
CHICAGO, May 26.-Imagine the
excitement OF bystanders when they
witnessed the kidnapping of Jeffer-
son Mumert, Is.
And imagine the disgust of police
men who found out early today
after long hours of detective work
that the "kidnapers" were plain
clothes officers who had arrested
Munert for return to Milwaukee,
Wis. on robbery and assault
charges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26
Nan pics Moving Lawn

BIZ Eniffd P5sss
MoORELAND, Ind. May 26.-
Death BY heart disease claimed Jo-
seph L. Oxley, 70, as he was nov
ing the lawn at his home hera
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26
BY NORMAN E. ISAACs

qualified the elgheenth
500me
Friday trials scheduled to continue
at the gian today Tuesday and Wednesday.
bugg rolled into position at the starting ne
Memorial day exactly 10 o'clock Harry Hartzs
Miller eight will parked at the pole with young Billy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26
SHORT CIRCUIT GIVES
FILM REAL PUBLICITY
Song Of the Flame Scenery Fire
Has Realistic Effect.

Song of the Flame" now show
ing at the Circle theater. was given
an impromptu publicity stunt at
noon today when short circuit in
wiring on the canopy over the en-
trance set fire to scenic effects rep
resenting a castle and tower on the
canopy.
Smoke rolled from the tower, Civ
ing a realistic effect. Fire COM
psnieS extinguished the blaze with
out damage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26
Buying Bootleg
Liquor La7gful,
Says High Court


WASHINGTON, May 26.-Buying beverage liquor from
bootegger lawful the supreme court ruled today in the
Farrar case from Boston,
James E. Farrar purchased liquor for his and
the government charged him with violating the Vostead act
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26

1t can be reached only by camel. Andrews said,
and probably no white man has seen it.
The Mongols came back with fossil bones which
excited the scientists.
Among them were those of the giraffe. the rhn-
ocerous and others.
He also brought flint Instruments indicating the
presence Of man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-26
OLDEST MARINE DIES
William Savage. IS. Led Life Of
Varied Adventures. Jobs.

BU United Press
SAN PEDRO, Cal. May 26. -
William H. Savage. SO. said to have
been the oldest United States ma
mine. died Sunday after an event.
full life, during which he had been
judge. state senator. pony rider and
Indian fighter. Savage was born in
Limerick, Ireland, in 1887.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-09
::,.,.:..:,'1l|;lc1'llsz eDmwuNIg

SYNOPSIS: Dr. Paul Kane is found dead under his bedroom window late on the night he was to have examined Elsa Chase, beautiful crippled girl, guest at the Washington home of Ar mold Winslow. She is engaged to marry Jack, Arnold WinslOw's adopted son. Suspecting Elsa is not all she seems, the elder WinslOw has aged G. ThOrne, detective, to investigate her past. An autopsy proves Kane died of poison. Jack, in censed at his fathers disparag ing remarks about Elsa, chOkes him. Late one night, Lucy, the maid, out to mail a letter, is terrified at seeing the shadow of a human figure, m adly dancing, silhOuetted on cur tain on a grOund-flOor window. At the cOrOner's inquest it is testified that Kane was poisoned by carbon mOnoxide gas, appar- ently introduced somehow into the small bathroom from the window of which he fell It develops that Jack WinslOw, wanted as d witness at the in- quest, is missing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-09

We are the best judge of its relevancy" retorted Penfield, and in answering it, remember that you are on oath to tell the truth. Have you cashed that check?"
 Not yet" but Penfield had caught his suddenly averted look and persisted in his questioning.
 Did you try to cash that check9 Come. sir, did you?"
 Yes"
 And it came back from the bank?"
 Yes" Glover looked shame faced ly about. Tt was marked NC.
 The good looks of the pretty housemaid, next on the witness stand, were distinctly marred, or so the coroner thought, by the patches of red on each cheek, but while he attributed the over-bril- liant color to rouge, Lucy's head felt light from the fever consuming her
 Well, Miss Smith" The coro- ner's voice echoed loudly in Lucy's ears. And what were you doing on Monday night, say between the hours of ten pm. and two ann" Please, sir, sleepin'."
 Did you see Dr. Kane?' he in- quired after a seconds pause.
 T was in the hall when he got out of the elevator with Mrs. Wins low" she responded. MT. Winslow told me to be sure and put plenty of clean towels in his bathroom, SC II carried more in there. Dr. Kane had gone downstairs again"
 T see." Penfield bent forward and gazed with disconcerting intent
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-09
rSMmteM
6Y GA1Aktk StiNakk Liiicoi1

the big house, though l couldn't raise no one at the other end of the phone. SoSI slips into my duds an takin' my electric torch I cir cled round the house; that's how I come on pr. Kane's body" About this telephone direct to your cottage" Penfield began after a seconds pause. Where is it To- cated in the big house?"
 Tn Mrs. WinSloW'S bedroom"
 Gilbert Glover was summoned
 You made the sixth of the poker party" began Penfield, after Glo- yer had answered his preliminary questions. Did any unusual oc- currence mark the evening""
 T won" Glavers smile showed his handsome teeth. And Jack Winslow lost..as usual"
 An, was he heavy loser?"
 Glover moved uncomfortably. He was out several hundred dollars, . he answered gruffly. T don't re- call the exact sum-"
 Do you recall whether or not Jack Winslow left the card room before Ferguson told you of finding Dr. Kane's body?"
 Sure, he went upstairs to get his check book"
 At what hour was that?" eager ly. Did he stay long?"
 Around midnight"
 Did Dr. Kane join your party?'' No"
 Did you see him at all?" No"
 Did Jack Winslow give you a check for his losses?"
 Yes"
 And have you cashed that check?"
 Glover's color deeped to yet redder tinge What has that to do with Dr. Kane's murder?" he de- manded hotly. T object to answer ing irrelevant questions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-09

Winslow?" he inquired.
 About five o'clock yesterday af- ternoon, SIT; he brought his car to the garage then. Peter halted, with one loot on the first step leading rom the platform. lie told me not to wash the car as he want ed to use 1t last night.
 Did he?"
 T cant say, SIT, as l wasn't on duty last night. MT. Jack has a Key to the garage Peter took an- other step downward. His car was in the garage this morning.
 Mason, call Sam Ferguson"
 Ferguson" Penfield leaned for ward, you found Dr. Kane lying under his bathroom window, did you not?"
 Yes, sir"
 What were you doing about the grounds at that hour of the night? asked Penfield quickly. Don't you i've Ill the cotIdge SOine little ulS- tance from the house?"
 Yes" The mans fingers played with his beard. There's telephone connection between my cottage and the big house." he added. Monday bout midnight or thereafter. l dis remember the exact time, the phone bell rung, once-twice-but nopooy answered when I called Hello"
 ..What then?" questioned the cor oner. Did you phone Central?
 "rTwarn't no use," he said. "Tha' there phone to the big house IS 9 buried line and don't connect mo- where else, not even with Central That's why got uneasy. cause reasoned the call musta come from
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-09
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
 FOR PATENT

SERIAL NO. 07547
 In the United States Land Office for the Juneau Land District al Anchorage, Alaska.
 In the Matter of the Application of CHICHAGOFF POWER CON- PANY, a corporation organized under the laws of Alaska, for patent to the AURUM NO. 1, AURUM NO. 2, AURUM NO. 3, AURUM NO. 4, AURUM NO. 5, AURUM NO. 6, AURUM NO. T. AURUM NO. 8, AURUM NO. 9, AURUM NO. 10, hURUM NO. II, AURUM NO. 12, and AURUM FRACTION NO. l, lode mining claims, embraced in U. s. Min eral Survey No. 1874, situated on Chichagoff Island, in Chichagoff Mining District, Sitka Recording Precinct, First Judicial Division, Alaska, and forming one contigu- ous group.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the Chichagoff Power Con- pany, corporation organized und :. CT the laws of Alaska, whose post office address is 424 Goldsteiu Building, Juneau, Alaska, has filed it's application in the U. s. Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska, for patent for the Aurum No. l, Aur- um No. 9, Aurum No. 3, Aurum No 4, Aurum No. 5, Aurum No. 6. Aurum No. T. Aurum No. 8. Aurun No. g, Aurum No. 10, Aurum No II, Aurum No. 12, and Aururl Fraction No. 1, lode mining claims, forming one contiguous group If lode mining claims and included within U. S. Mineral Survey No 1874, situated in the Chichagcif Mining District, Territory of Al aska, Sitka Recording Precinct, First Judicial Division at Chichagoff Post Office on Chichagoff Island, Alaska, and more particularly de- scribed as follows:
 AURUM NO. LODE
 Beginning at corner No 1,
 identical with location corner,
 whence U. s. L. M No. 2 on
 the shore of Klag Bay bears s
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-09
Chapter 13 A WORTHLESS CHECK

Lambert's place in the witness chair was taken respectively by the cook and the chauffeur; the first stated she knew nothing of Dr Kane's death until she came downstairs Tuesday morning, and that she had heard no unusual noises in the night Peter, the chauffeur, had nothing of interest to say. He was on the point of leaving the platform when Coroner Penfield's uplifted hand stopped him.
 When did you last see MT Jacl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-09
Want Ad Rules

Here are seven rules worth cop sidering if you want to make your want ads make good: l. Think carefully about your pro-
 position. 2 Direct your selling efforts at the . individual. a Be specific. Use cOlOrful words
 Avoid generalities. 4. fell the whole story. 5. Emphasize the best feature of
 your offer. 6. Mention price. :. Make answering as easy as pos
 sibIe,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-09

ness at Lucy. Are you quite cer- tain, Miss Smith, that you were not disturbed in the night, for in stance" as a frightened look crept into her eyes; didn't you hear some woman crying?"
 "N-n-no, sir She spoke through chattering teeth. T al- ways sleep with my head under the bedclothes, and when l sleeps, sleeps. So help me, MT. Coroner I didn't hear nothin', not a thing on Monday night.
 Penfield listened to the girls tor rent of words with a skeptical air Remember, Miss Smith, you are here to tell the exact truth.
 I'm telling it to you Her agi- tation was increasing. If you cru cified me, I couldn't tell you nothin' different"
 Copyright, D. Appleton and Co)
 The evidence against Jack
 WinslOw continues to pile up in
 tOmOrrOw's exciting chapter. Is
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-09

past going. Even the lightest foods disagreed with me It's marvellous how Sargon ended my troubles; l have a wonderful feeling of new strength and energy and I'm en- toying fine health in every way. "Sargon Pills gave me comfort able and lasting relief from con- stipation. Mrs. Annie B. Colyar E. 1877 8nd Ave, Spokane.
 Butler -Mauro Drug Co.,, Agents
 adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-09
AVOIDED
 BAD BREAKDOWN

When I started Sargon l was nearing a nervous breakdown, my sleep was restless and I was so weak and Wornout I was almost
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-09-09
NOTICE

The PIT. A. will hold recep- ton for the teachers, Thursday, Sept. II, at o'clock in the High School Auditorium. adv.
The Washington times., 1930-09-09

THE WEATHER

Inefeasing eloudiness tonight and Wednesdayi
possible showers Wednesday, mot much change
IN temperature. Light to general northeast and
enat winds. Temperature yesterday--H Highest,
7Rs ln.veak "a q N#E# ~
The Washington times., 1930-09-09
Times Staff Photo
TWISTING PROPELLER
MARLBORO RACE
MEET OPENS

MARLBORO RACE TRACK,
Nd, Sept. 9.-Governor Albert c.
Ritchie. Of Maryland. will be on
hand today to help the Southern
Maryland Agricultural Fair ASso-
citation usher in its five-day fall
meeting. A great crowd Of Wash
ington devotees Of the sport will
be on hand.
General Manager Joseph A.
Farrell has brought together some
Of the best half-milers in the coun-
try for the opening day feature
event.
The association win distribute
close to $26, 900 during its five-day
meeting, which is the largest sum
offered on q State hah-mile track
for q similar period Of racing.
Seven races viii be run daily
out OF stationary stat gates SINH
lar to those in use at Bowie. Mari.
boro was the first State half-mile
track to adopt the stall gates.
General Manager Farrell has
greatly improved this plan since
last fall, and it now ranks with
the finest half-mile courses in
America.
Such riders as r. Haines, p.
Continued on Page 2, Col. g. ),
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TROLLEY RUNS
TEACHER

Leonard Furhee, SO, school
teacher, Of Alum Bridge, w. va,
suffered virtually amputation of
his right 'arrn and leg shortly
before O'Clock this morning
when he was run over by q
Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company street car at Elev-
enth st. and New York Ave. n.
w. He is in critical condition
at Emergency Hospital, where
physicians said amputation Of the
arm and leg was necessary.
Furbee was apparently attempt.
ing to board 3 moving street car,
according to the informat ton
gathered BY First precinct police,
when he fell beneath it and was
dragged for nearly a quarter If a
block.
Vincent vaccarella, Of Nutley,
N. j., who is stopping at the Eb-
bitt Hotel. saw the car dragging
the man and rushed to MS aid.
With a stout piece of twine given
him by a cab driver. Vaccarella
improvised a tourniquet for the
injured mans leg.
Furbee was then driven to
Emergency Hospital by r. A.
Able, taxicah driver, Of the
500 block Fifth st. N. w.