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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-09
CHICACOPOPULAyION
AT LEAS? $4,000

Chicago. May 9.-REThe Herald
and Examiner. after checking up
"neariy complete census returns"
says today that the 1880 census win
reveal Chicago as Z city Of more than
3,350.O00 population. This Is nearly
100000 in excess Of the association Of
commences pre-ceusus estimate.
The official census figures fox Chi
caeo are not expected to b an
nounced for . week or more.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-09
SMUGGLED
N7OCMCAGOBY AIR,
DRY AGENTS ASSERT
Two Planes Claimed to Have
Carried a Million Dollars
Worth in Eight Months

Chicago. May 9.-R-The Tribune
said today q whiskey airway whose
high speed planes have dropped more
than a million dollars worth Of Cana
dian liquor into Chicago territory in
the last eight months has been un-
covered by federal prohibition agents.
Ralph Capone, brother Of the bet
ter known AL, promised through his
counsel to appear today at the fed
eral building where he was to be
questioned concerning his knowledge
Of the air smuggling.
Capone's two night clubs. the Cot
ton club and the Greyhound Inn, both
in Cicero, were raided yesterday by
federal agents; but the investigation
into smuggling Of whiskey by air has
been going on several months. The
purpose Of the raids was explained
q move to get as many - possible
of the Capone men under bond.
Two Planes Used
The Tribune understands that two
planes, n q tri-motored cabin plane
valued at $60, 900, the other q small
err machine, have been used in the
traffic. Round trips between Wind
sor, Ont. and chicago were made six
-dAys . week, and the smuggling Is
aid to have been going on since last
August.
The planes timed their arrival IN
chicago at dusk, dropping down near
Cicero where trucks waited to carry
away the whiskey.
\ Since August the planes are believ-
ed to have made 200 flights, bringing
In $4,000 cases Of liquor with q boot
leg value Of $1,A00,000.
WhiSkey Was 'CuE'
Government investigators believe
this whiskey was "cut" after its de-
livery here, and that thus the quanti-
ty was increased, with correspond
ingly larger financial returns. It was
distributed, the agents said, to sa-
looms and private purchasers In the
Chicago area.
Warrants have been obtained, the
Tribune said, for three men alleged
to have been involved with Cspone.
One Is q. man known only as Raspu-
tin, formerly Of New York. His osten-
sible employment recently has been
as doorman Of the Cotton club.
Agents said he had been seer fire.
quently around the federal building
at the recent trial at which Capone
was convicted of fraud In connection
with his income tax returns. Ca
pone Is out on bond, pending appeal.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-09

Owen J. Roberts, Philadelphia. ia
nous since his prosecution for the
government Of the Teapot Dome and
other oil scandals, today was In
nounced as President Hoover's choice
for the vacancy in the U. s. supreme
court. Roberts has been an attorney
for 30 years and has acted as federal
counselor In a number Of cases dur
ing and since the World war.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-09
The Weather

Probably rair or snow Knight and
Saturday. Near freezing tonight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER,
limited Press Staff Correspondent

LONDON, Jan. 31.-T7he five
power naval conference got down to
work today when four of the five
nations presented their views on
how to limit warships.
The presentations were made at
a meeting of the delegates sitting
as a committee in St. James palace.
Great Britain, France, Italy and
Japan outlined their position on
limiting ships class by class, or put
ting general limit on total naval
strength.
The japanese delegates, it was
learned authoritatively informed the
committee they opposed including
any warship more powerful than
six-inch gun cruisers in the classes
Of ships which could be transferred.
The United States declined to
state its position pending further
study of the naval needs advanced
b ythe other four powers.
What progress was made, there
fore, could not be gagged, but it was
assumed the French compromise
plan, whereby limitation would be a
combination Of both suggested
methods, still would be adopted.
Albert v. Alexander, first lord of
the British admiralty and Premier
Andre Tardieu of France reviewed
the positions of their countries.
Admiral Gieuseppi Sirianni reit-
Grated Italy's global tonnage thesis
while Wakatsuki said Japan favors
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31

That's not what I want" the
man said, and began to search
Leidhert's clothing.
Leidherdt, believing him an off,
Ger, made no resistance. The rob-
Der took SIT from Leidherdt's
pockets and, not satisfied, began
a further search. He found a
special pocket Leidherdt had In his
clothing and tore it out.
The pocket contained five 500
bills and $500 more in $40 bills,
Leidherdt's life savings. which he
had not dared trust TO q bank, he
told officers.
Leidherdt could not tell police
whether he tainted because Of
heart ailment, from which he
suffers, or whether the robber
slugged him His head was bruised
badly.
He was unconscious for several
hours. The robbery was not re-
ported TO police until this morning
and, al that time, Leidherdt's inco-
herency prevented police from I'M
derstanding, for a time, the detaA-
Of the crime.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31

Two gunner sts / the second
downtown kidnapi--g Of a motorist
at Ohio and Delaware streets early
this afternoon, forcing Daniel De-
Long. 1712 Spruce street. employ
ment director of the indianapolis
Wire Bound Box Company, to drive
to the city's outskirts where they
robbed him of 5000.
AS DeLong stopped his automo-
bile. a light coupe, waiting for
traffic to move ahead. the two men
stepped on the running board, and
one of them covered him with a
gun.
They got into the machine, and
told him to drive away from down.
town. At Pleasant Run boulevard
and Prospect street they ordered a
halt.
Delbert Gossett, 40, Of $50 North
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31
GET
new RECORD
INPAY PROBE
Commissioners Approval
on Council Order Found
by Auditor.
PROBE WILL CONTINUE
Judges Deny Wage Increase
File One Shown Them
Before Quiz.
PROBE WILL CONTINUE

Grand jury probe into the alleged
disappearance of county record
authorizing a 5000 annual pay boost
for court reporters, took on COM
plicated Side-issue today when
County Auditor Harry Dunn pro-
duced evidence bearing directly on
the investigation.
When the probe body entered the
second day of its quiz, Dunn pro-
duced county council ordinance OF
January 1929, in which the pay raise
allowance was approved by county
commissioners.
Carries Signatures
The record is signed by Commits
sioners George Snider, John E.
Shearer and Charles o. Sutton,
each of whom previously has denied
attesting any record approving the
pay Increase.
Meanwhile, the probe body has
heard testimony of Judges Harry o.
Chamberlin, Joseph M. Miner,
James M. feathers and Linn D.
Hay, with the story of three other
county juristS yet to be heard.
Whether Dunn's newly discovered
record will have a bearing of the
finding of the grand jury is prob
lematical, although Prosecutor Jud-
son L. Stark, directing the quiz, de-
clared the probe would continue
uninterrupted.
"This has come to my attention,
Stark said, although I have not
seen the paper. Co-incident with the
investigation I will look into every
angle that Dunn produces"
Deny Is Order
Miner saw Dunn's new record anc
said 1t was not the one judges orig
inally saw.
Circuit Judge Harry o. Chamber
lin also said it was not the record
he had seen previously. Chamberlir
said he saw an entry in a book
which carried the statement tina
the reporters salaries would be in
creased.
The jury's investigation started
Thursday when Stark called Cham
berlin and Miner, who testified
more than two hours.
Dunn today said he formally
would demand an opportunity tc
present his story to the jurors. He
had been informed he probably
would not be subpoenaed.
Wants to Talk
"Giving the grand Jury only one
side of this case is unfair" he said
IT will insist on giving my side OF
the story"
The record which Judges charge
has disappeared is purported tx
have been signed by commissioner:
In January, 1929.
Hearing before the Jury will be
resumed Monday when testimony OF
other judges will be heard. The
quiz probably will not end until
Wednesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31

Fort said that in his opinion the
manufacture of light wines and beer
in the home does not seem to be
included in the X of l per cent
alcoholic liquor ban of the Volstead
act, but that they come within the
ban notwithstanding in fact" and
thus g. higher alcoholic content
seems to be permitted.
His speech was listened to with
keen interest by house members.
Some of whom regarded it as a
trial balloon" for reaction of the
country.
"Act Needs Qualification"
Referring to the Volstead act he
said:
Perhaps the act needs clarifl-
cation on the question of home
brew, although nobody has ever
been convicted for making it for
home use. But, otherwise, it seems
to me pretty clearly to fulfill the
purposes of its adoption and to
satisfy the real wishes of the Amer
lean people, for the preservation of
the industrial system, their prosper
ity, and their homes.
That section of the Volstead act,
providing no penalties shall be in
f1icted for manufacture of non
Intoxicating beverages in the home
for personal use, Fort said, appears
to permit manufacture of light
wines and beer containing more
than one-half of per cent alcohol.
Under Forts definition of the
Volstead act, it would be possible
for home owners to make their own
home brew, and jury would have
to Judge it actually intoxicating in
fact before he could be punished
under the Volstead act.
Convictions Difficult
Inasmuch as the standard Of what
is intoxication in fact is a variable
one, subject to individual judgment,
convictions would be difficult I'M
der this Interpretation of the law.
President Hoover, 1t is under
stood, was acquainted with Forts
intention, as the New Jersey mem
Der frequently is at the White House.
He resigned only recently as secre-
tary of the Republican national
committee because of the pressure
Of other business.
Calm consideration OF prohibi-
tons merits becomes increasingly
difficult, Fort said, as proponents OF
the two sides in the perennial con-
aict grow more emotional and vo~
ciferouS.
ITO me, a dead black or a pure
white is exceedingly rare" Fort
said. "And there are countless
shades of gray between. Personally,
my record Is that began the use
Of liquor as q beverage as a boy
of 10, feeling it's use to be social
necessity, and quit at %, feeling its
discontinuance to be social duty"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31
MOTORISTS Will.
Be Arrested
Police to Enforce Law on
New Auto Licenses

Motorists who fail to have 1890
license plates Saturday will be
stopped and 10 authority exists for
the report that arrests will not be
made before Monday, it was an
nounced today by William P.
Schmidt, assistant director of the
license bureau in the Office of Secre-
tary of State Otto G.. Fifield.
Thousands of motorists were
crowding the bureau in the state
house basement today and also the
six branches throughout the city.
For the first time, the license law
is to be enforced Feb. /, with no
days of grace, Smith said. Other
states have complained of the leni-
ency shown by Indiana in the past,
according to Fif1eld.
Cars without new licenses will be
halted until they are obtained Smith
declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31
DORIAN DEMANDS
MOVE BY BORAH
Wants Misconduct Probe
Charges Set Forth.

BIZ Cnftpd Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-Sen-
ator Borah of Idaho received a let
ter today from Prohibition Commits
sioner Doran asking him to set
forth the charges upon which he
based his demands for investigation
of conduct of Prohibition Admin
strator John F. c. Herbert, recently
transferred from Baltimore to the
Montana Idaho district.
Borah replied that the charges he
had already were in Doran'S pos
session.
The charges were understood by
Borah to have been submitted to
Doran some time ago by Frank
Flynn, former employe of the pro-
hibition unit. These are the same
charges Flynn submitted to Doran.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31
TALK DRY REVISION
House Group TO Reconsider
Enforcement Change.

BY United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan 31.-The
house expenditures committee at an
informal meeting today decided to
reconsider the vote by which it has
reported favorabiy a bill to trans
fer the prohibition bureau from the
treasury to the justice department.
Opposition of several members to
an amendment giving the attorney
general the right to make regula-
tons governing issues of industrial
alcohol permits prompted the re-
consideration.
Representative Cochrane (Dem.
Mo- had threatened to submit a
minority report on this provision,
although the amendment left the in
dustrial alcohol division in the
treasury department.
The committee will meet Saturday
to reconsider the amendment. 1t
Is not expected, however, to agree.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31
PRIESTS FACE DEATH
Arrested on Grave Charges
by Soviet Agents.
By United Press

By United Press
VIATKA, U. S. S. r., Jan. 81
Twenty-three persons, among them
the leading priests of Viatka, have
been arrested by the soviet secret
service, in connection with the
closure here of the Cathedral of the
Resurrection.
The mother superior was among
those taken into custody. All are
charged with counter-revolutionary
activities. The sentence on this
charge usually is death.
Gregory Popivanov, one of the
priests, had constructed a series of
"catacombs" in his own garden and
conducted clandestine services there
as a protest against Soviet persecu-
ton of religion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31

est and finest theater. The i've
winners win be given awards total
ing 5000 in cash.
The first preliminary is to be
held next Wednesday night after
the regular performance ct the
Indiana. The public making up
the audience for the final show
viii be invited to remain for the
contest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31
State BROKER
IS shot DOWN
BY GANGSTERS
Greenfield Man Fired on
During HoIdup in
Front of Home.
RIGHT HAND BLOWN OFF
Order to KIP Is Given by
Bandit; Cab Driver Held
in Custody.
RIGHT HAND BLOWN OFF

Selling the muzzle of q shotgun
with which bandit was threaten
ing him, Ralph Scott. 40, of Green
field, rice broker, had his right hand
shot of at 2 this morning in front
of his Greenfield home.
AS he lay in the bottom of the
taXicab, in which the holdup oc-
CURED, one of the four bandits Or
dered the gun holder kill him" and
a second charge of shot tore into
the cab to strike Scott in one heel
and foot.
Brought to the Methodist hospital
here, SCOTS right hand was ampu-
tated. Amputation of one foot also
may be necessary.
George Pennington of the Linden
hotel, tax driver. is held by Green
field authorities for questioning in
the shooting.
Scott, an intimate friend of Cow
ernor Harry c.. Leslie, was one OF
the party which accompanied the
Governor on a hunting trip in Ar"
kansas last December.
Scott, in indianapolis Thursday
night, had accompanied a friend to
the Union station, where the friend
boarded q train. Intending to re-
main in Indianapolis Thursday
night, Scott decided to return TO
Greenfield instead and engaged
Pennington's cab at the Traction
Terminal station for the trip.
Robbed of S13
When the cab pulled up at SCOTS
home in Greenfield large car
parked nearby. One man remained
in the car while three left it.
Pennington told Greenfield police
he was robbed Of $13 by the men
who menaced him with shotgun.
When the bandits showed the
shotgun into the rear of the taxi
and ordered Scott to give up his
money, Scott grabbed the muzzle OF
the shotgun. The bandit pulled the
trigger and the charge tore on
SCOTS right hand.
He fell to the bottom of the cab.
Kill him." one of the bandits
ordered the gun holder and the
latter fired the second charge OF
shot into the cab. 1t struck Scott
in one heel and foot.
Fail to Locate Bandits
Indianapolis police were called
and attempted to intercept tha
bandits as they drove away from
Greenfield toward Indianapolis, but
failed to locate them.
Pennington told Greenfield police
the bandits forced him to lie face
downward in the snow. Sheriff John
Nigh and Chief of Police Ted w.
West Of Greenfield said they found
no marks in the snow to indicate
the taxi driver had laid down.
Penningtons record with the Yel-
low Taxi Company here is excellent,
officials said today. He failed to
obey company rule, requiring
drivers to report when they have
trips outside the city limits, In
making the run to Greenfield, off,
Gals said.
Half an hour after the holdup
three men in a sedan broke into a
filling station at Emerson and Eng
lish avenues and stole five gallons
Of gasoline. Description of the car
checked with that used by the
bandits at Greenfield.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31

hidden receSses as well in g.
library system that showed, for
the first time in years, a circula-
ton over one million copies in
1929.
Far away In the catalog room
OF the main library sits Miss
Miriam Atkinson of Plainf1eld
upper LETT catalcging some of
the 56,642 new volumes placed on
file during the past year.
Their our beauty parade touches
another hidden spot in the null
tigraph room, where Mrs. Opal p.
Buck, 6012 Ashland avenue dow
err right works on the 1,066,977
book lists, printed on multigraph
during the past twelve months.
L. E. Dickerson is city librarian.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31
PANTACES REBUFFED
Theater Man to Make New
Appeal Bail Plea.

Bv United Press
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31.-Attor-
neys for Alexander Pantages Sat-
urday will make a third attempt
to obtain the wealthy theater mans
freedom on bail pending decision on
his appeal from a conviction on
charges of attacking Eunice Pringle,
dancer.
Testimony of Pantages' physicians
that the multimillionaire is suffer-
ing from a heart ailrnent, which in
generation in the county jail Is ag-
gravating, failed to move Judge
Charles A. Fricke Thursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31
AGED MANS SAVINGS
STOLEN BY ROBBER

A bandit, posing as a police off,
Ger, Thursday night robbed Alonzo
Leidherdt, rs, Of 131 North New
Jersey street, Of $1,000, his LIES
savings.
Accosting Leidherdt on the street
near his living quarters in a base
ment room, the man flashed badge
and demanded TO know who Leid-
herdt was.
To prove his identity, Leidherdt
took the man to his rooms and
brought out insurance papers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31
Two Hurt in Car Crash

Otha Gaber, %, Of 1925 North
Harding street, and George c.
Adams, Is, of 1915 Edgemont ave-
nue., were cut and bruised when
car driven by Gaber and a machine
driven by George Blackwell Of %
East Thirty-third street, s,ollided to-
day at Twenty-fifth street and
Boulevard place. Both were at
tended at st. Vincent's hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31

Beauty and the booksl
This grows on a wanderer in
the central public library.
In the main reading room is a
collection of volumes showing the
best Typography of the last year,
But beauty is not alone on the
printed page, for walk into the
children's room where 90 per cent
of Indianapolis school children
have library cards and one finds
Miss Doris Bernstein, SOL Suther-
land avenue upper right ovaD
checking in and out Mother
Goose Rhymes, behind a book
barricade.
However, unlike most business
firms where beauty has the show
window, one finds pulchritude in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31
q POWERS OUTLINE
LIMITATION VIEWS

a limited shifting of tonnage from
one class to another, similar to the
French compromise proposal.
Rene MaSsigli said France would
circulate a memorandum outlining
more definite views of her needs.
Navy Secretary Charles F. Adams
said the Americans would study the
entire situation before taking q
stand.
At the close Of the meeting,
Premier j. Ramsay Macdonald said
there were several propositions to
study and the committee would
reconvene next week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31
GLIDER FLIGHT SUCCESS
Navy Pilot Takes Off, 5000 Feet IN
Air, From Dirigible.

BV LUtttu PTCS8
LAKEHURST, N. j., Jan. 31.--A
glider, piloted by Lieutenant Ralph
Barnaby, slipped away from the
navy dirigible Los Angeles today at
an altitude of 5000 feet and made a
successful flight over the naval air
station here. Barnaby is the only
licensed glider pilot in the navy.
The fight was the first of It's kind
in history. He made perfect land.
ing on the snow-covered field thir~
teen minutes after leaving the dirig-
ible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31

No entry blanks will be recognized
If they bear a poStmark showing
that they were mailed after IL
o'clock on Monday night, Feb. 2.
The contest is beiitg conducted
by the Indiana theaGer and The
Times for the purpose of giving
talented girls of this state an OPP
portunity Of making good before
public audiences In Indiana's larg-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31

Five winners will be selected at
this first preliminary and then
this quintet of girls will be in
every stage show at the Indiana
during the following week. After
the weeks final performance, the
winners viii be announced in the
order selected by the various au-
diences. In every instance audi
ences win act as judges
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31
STUMP is APPOINTED
Selected by Mayor as Plan
Commission Attorney.

Albert Stump, prominent Demo-
cratic attorney will succeed Lloyd
Claycomb as city plan commission
attorney, Mayor Reginald H. Sulli-
van announced today. Claycomb re-
signed.
William Kern, formerly plan COM
mission attorney, told the mayor he
would not be an applicant for the
post.
Stump twice has been the Demo-
cratic nominee for United States
senator.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31
DIES ON GALLONS
Youth, 10, Pays With Life
for Murder.

BIZ United Press
BOONVILLE, Mo-, Jan. S1.-Law-
renee Mabry. an Ozark boy of 10
years, was dropped from improvised
gallows through trap door In a
barn loft here today as he murmured
newly learned prayer and at
tempted q last smile.
Mabry was convicted Of killing
William Busch, young law student
at Sedalia, Mo-, Feb. 4. 1928, during
an attempted holdup.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31
JOE CANTILL0N DIES
Veteran Baseball Man
Taken by Death.

By United Press
HICKMAN. KY, Jan. 31.-Joseph
(Pongo) Cantillon, veteran baseball
player, manager and umpire, died
at his home here today. He had
been confined to his bed following
a paralytic stroke. Members Of the
family were at the bedside.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31

OFFICIALS Of The Times-In-
" diana theater Sunshine Girl
5000 contest announced today that
all who expect to participate in
the preliminary Wednesday night
should mail their entrance blanks
at once. One Of the coupons,
ready for clipping. filling out and
mailing. appears on Page 4 Of to-
days TIMES along with the rules.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-31
CITY MAN KIDNAPPED,
ROBBED BY GUNNER

Dearborn street, assistant cashier of
the Gibson Company, Wednesday
afternoon was kidnapped under SIM
liar circumstances, at Meridian and
Michigan streets, driven to sparse
" settled section Of town, and
robbed of $3.50.