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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
PROPOSES hike
IN BUS TAXES
NibIack Bill Also Would
Affect Freight Trucks.

Increased fees for buses and
freight trucks because of their use
of the states improved highways is
proposed in bill to be introduced
at the coming session of legislature
by State Senator John L. Niblack,
Indianapolis.
Niblack's bill will propose placing
further restrictions on the weight,
height. width and length of buses
and trucks, amending the 1925 pub
lie utilities act in order to bring all
buses and trucks used regularly for
carrying passengers and freight
under the Jurisdiction of the public
service commission.
The state tax board is given
original Jurisdiction in making as
sessments of all bus and truck lines,
and a substantial increase in the
license fees for commercial buses
and trucks that do a regular freight
business, according to provisions of
the bill.
Niblack pointed out that the
heavy trucks and buses destroy
costly pavement and compel early
resurfacing and the exceptionally
large motor vehicles are menace
to the travelling public.
The senator is considering the
introduction of measure giving
motor vehicle common carriers the
right of eminent domain in acquir-
ing rights Of way to build their
l own roads
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30

TNHE crude key, fashioned from
4 a spoon, with which twelve
convicts sought their liberty from
Indiana's state prison at Michigan
City Monday, may prove the key
to the states treasury-for in
creased appropriations to alleviate
the crowded condition at the in
stitution.
Warden Walter DAILY brought
the key with him today to the
statehouse, where he withdrew
the prisons first budget requests
to revise them upward. The inset
photo is a closeup Of the key
which the plotters fashioned from
a spoon from the mess hall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
Girl, 22, Pleads Guilty to
Placing Baby in Ash
Can in Alley.

Pleading guilty to voluntary man
slaughter, Miss Helen Hirschberger,
%, of 1877 Kelly street, confessed
slayer of her infant child, today
appeared before Criminal Judge
James A. Collins to accept a two
to-twenty- one-year sentence at the
Indiana woman's prison.
The baby was found in an ash
can near the mothers home late
in August. Taken to city hospital,
it died a few hours later. Miss
Hirschberger is said to have adj
mitted depositing the child in the
can because she could not sup
port it.
Following a conference with her
attorney this morning. the girl asked
to be allowed to enter the guilty
plea. She Withdrew a former plea
of not guilty to a second-degree
murder charge.
Prosecutor Judson L. Stark told
the court the change was acceptable
to the prosecution.
I'VE never could get a jury to con-
Wet this girl of second-degree MUIR
der carrying life imprisonment, u
Stark told Collins.
The girl was charged in the in
dictment with inflicting a mortal
wound on the infants head Sept. 8,
killing it. She has been at liberty
under a $500 bond.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
AGED GROCER is
SHOT DOWN BY
NEGRO GUNNER
Bandits Flee Without Loot
After Storekeeper Is
Hurt Critically.

The victim Of two Negro gunner
today battled for his life in city
hospital while police searched for
the assailants who shot him late
Monday as he prepared to close his
grocery at 21O5 Columbia avenue.
M. F. Bell 78, of 1928 North New
Jersey street, was the victim Of the
bandits bullets.
The bandits entered the store,
asking for several sections Of stove
pipe and then demanded money.
Bell told police he told the Negroes
he would get them money but they
started to scuffle with him and
opened fire.
One of the bullets struck Bell in
the abdomen and the other passed
through the right side of his chest.
After the shooting the bandits fed
north without obtaining any money.
The bullets that wounded Bell
were of the same caliber used by
the bandits who recently shot and
wounded Earl Hendricks, manager
of a Standard grocery at Twenty
fifth street and Martindale avenue.
The Negroes, police said, answered
the description of the two who fired
at Hendricks.
Five Negroes were arrested shortly
after the shooting in place at 2464
North Arsenal avenue. An effort
will be made to have Bell identify
them today. The Negroes are held
under $4,000 bonds each, pending
investigation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
JUDGE SHUNS
CLARK'S RULING
Eighteenth Amendment Still
Valid, Court Declares.
By United Press

By United Press
BOSTON, Dec. 3o-The eight
zenith amendment is still valid, &C
cording to Judge James A. Lowell
United States district court, who
denied a motion to quash an 1ndict-
ment against three alleged violators
Of the liquor law.
Judge Lowell said he did not
think the argument Of Judge Will
liam Clark Of New Jersey lis any
good at all"
Il have no power to grant your
motion in the face of the decisions
of the supreme court of the United
States" he said, land Judge Clark
had no power to grant the motion
he granted. In June, 1920, in the
case Of Rhode Island VS.. Palmer,
the supreme court held the amend.
ment to be constitutional. That is
my masters voice"
Elihu D. Stone, assistant United
States attorney, declared Judge
Clark's ruling was pregnant with
the gravest dangers to the safety
and security of the people of the
United States"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
WOMAN SUICIDE
AFTER Staying
TWO CHILDREN
StrangIeS Small Daughter
and browns Baby Son;
Shoots Self.

Strangling her small daughter ard
drowning her baby son, Mrs. Ruth
Nicholas, 80, Of 2035 Central avenue,
then fired a bullet through her
brain in her home late Monday,
after brooding two days because she
could not return to California.
The husband and father, Royal A.
Nicholas, 40, an attorney, found the
bodies when he returned from his
downtown Offices about $50 p. m.
The body Of Richard Allen Nicholas,
2. lay in the child's crib, the bed
clothing soaked with water from the
bath tub in which he had been sub
merged. The daughter, Virginia
Nicholas, 5, lay on a bed, a Turkish
towel still tied around her throat.
In another bed lay Mrs. Nicholas
body, and in her grasp was 49,
caliber army revolver. After muir
dering her children she pulled bed
clothing over her head to deadeD
the noise Of the shot, snapped the
trigger three times, and on the
fourth shot a cartridge exploded.
The bullet entered one side of the
head and came out the other.
Nicholas told police his wife had
been brooding two days and had
asked him repeatedly to take her
back to Californa, where her family
lived, and where she and her hus-
band lived until 1927. They had
been married eight years.
The bodies were sent to the J. G.
Wilson undertaking establishment.
Survivors, besides the husband, are
her mother, Mrs. Cora Doyle; two
sister, Mrs. Laura Herring and Mrs.
Cecilia Simpson, and a brother, An
ton Doyle, all of Los Angeles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
CHANGE TO
MEET OPPOSITION
Four Cities viii Seek TO
Avoid Adoption of
Indianapolis Plan.
By Times Special

By imCS special
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Dec. 3d.
School officials from four large
cities Of the nation will meet in
South Bend Friday to discuss a bill
to be introduced in the coming leg
islature in the event that the sta
tus quo act is held unconstitutional.
The law provides the type Of
school administration for cities and
makes classification, the groups in
Guiding cities from 10000 to 100000
population and above 100000. This
law is mandatory that cities above
100000 shall be administered by
boards Of five elected members.
Cities in the lower population
classification determine the number
of commissioners, their length OF
term and method of appointment.
Fl. Wayne, Gary, Evansville and
South Bend have hitherto had ap-
pointive boards, all save Gary ap-
pointed by the mayor. Gary's is
appointed by the city council.
According to the 1880 census all
Of these cities have entered the
10000 class. indianapolis had been
the only city in this class hereto
fore. The new 100000 cities are
united in their determination to
avoid the Indianapolis type Of school
system.
For a while it was thought that
the status quo act, passed through
the efforts of Lake county repre-
sentatives in the legislature. would
forestau the enforcement of the dis
agreeable provisions of the original
law.
Now the constitutionality Of the
status quo act is questioned in a
suit before the Indiana supreme
court. Faced with the possibility
that this recourse will be lost, the
heads of the schools in the four
cities will attempt to agree on a bill
to be introduced in the next legisla-
ture TO safeguard them from the
necessity of adopting the system in
vogue at the capital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
Rain Baby Case
Recalled in Plea
Filed by Father

By Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Dec. 30
Mrs. Marie Breedlove, mother in the
rain baby case which attracted
wide attention throughout Indiana
a few months ago, and her mother,
Mrs. Myrtle Deckard. are defend
ants IN a case on file in Monroe
circuit court here in which William
Breedlove, former husband of the
younger woman, is the opposing
party.
Breedlove seeks modification Of a
court order requiring him to pay S.
weekly to the support of his son,
Vernon Lee Breedlove, given into
custody of the grandmother, Mrs.
Deckard. He asserts he has not
been working steadily and can not
pay. Charges that the grandmoth-
er's home is not a fit place for the
child are made.
The rain baby" Robert, Is young
er than Vernon Lee. He was aban-
doned by his mother at a roadside
near Indianapolis on a rainy night
last spring. She was released on
probation after a juvenile court
hearing and Is now employed in In
dianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
ATTEMPTS TO
GAG PRESS OF
U. S. FLAYED
Educator Cites Hoover'S
Remarks, Nye's Threats
at intimidation
UNITED Press

y
BOSTON, Dec. 30.-Attempts to
throttle the press by means OF
intimidation" we're assailed today by
Professor Ralph L. Crosman Of the
University Of Colorado, before the
American Association Of Teachers
Of Journalism.
Professor Crosman said certain
tendencies toward restriction chal-
lenged vigilance Of American news
papers.
Challenging newspapers also, he
said, is the question whether they
are conducting themselves in ways
that entitle them to the continued
enjoyment of their freedom.
Significant" he said, though not
legal or legislative, have been the
utterances of President Hoover re-
garding the right of newspapers to
criticise governmental officers, and
the threat Of the Nye investigating
committee to bring libel actions
against all newspapers publishing
the charges Of Mrs. Ruth Hanna
Mccormick, the clear purpose of
which was to throttle the press by
means OF intimidation"
The President, ne said, in at
tempting to define proper criticism
in connection with charges brought
by Ralph S. Kelley against the de-
partment Of the interior lis taking
unto himself a function that is the
province of no individual, be he me-
NAL or be he President"
He charged, however, that news
papers were abusing their freedom
in publishing photographs Of limo
cent wives and children Of men ac-
cused of crime"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30

DeLaTour, a member Of the
desperate dozen," was sentenced
from Marion criminal court, Nov.
10, 1927, for a life term as an
habitual criminal.
DeLaTour was arrested in con-
nection with setting fire to three
Catholic churches here, st. Pat
rick's, Our Lady of Lourdes in
Irvington, and st. Joan of Arc.
st. Patrick's church was de-
stroyed but the other were not
damaged badly, The habitual
criminal charge was lodged against
DeLaTour, because records dis
closed he had been convicted of
felonies three times previously.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
BISHOP TO HOLD POST
The Rt. Rev. Joseph NJ. Francis to Be
Acting Rector at Christ Church.

The Rt. Rev. Joseph M. Francis
bishop Of the indianapolis Episcopal
diocese, will serve as acting rector
Of the Christ church pending ap-
pointment of a successor to the
Rev. Floyd Van Keuren, who re-
signed to go to New York. Mr. and
Mrs. KeTen departed for the east
Monday, where Mr.. Van Keuren will
become head of the social depart
ment of the Episcopal church in the
New York diocese.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
CHARLES F. REMY TO
JOIN SON IN PRACTIC.
New Offices Are Opened in CircI
Tower Building by Pair.

Charles F. Remy, who has been
appellate court judge from this dis
trict since 1918 and whose third
term ends Wednesday, announced
today that he will join his son, Will
liam H. Remy, former prosecutor, in
the practice of law. New offices
were opened today in the Circle
Tower building by the father and
son.
Judge Reny was elected reporter
Of the supreme court in 1896 and re-
elected four years later. In 1905 he
engaged in private practice until
1918, when he was elected to the
appellate court. Although bitterly
fought by the Coffin group in the
last G. o. P. state convention, Remy
was renominated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
WOMAN JURY SITS IN
MURDER CASE INQUEST
Orders Member of Own Sex Held
for Killing Sweetheart.

Orders Member of Own Sex Held
for Killing Sweetheart.
B., United Press
CHICAGO. Dec. 3O.-NIrs. Viola
Miller, AZ, held no resentment to-
day against the six women who,
sitting as Illinois first all-women
jury in a homicide inquest, held her
on a charge OF manslaughter in
connection with the death Of her
sweetheart-cousin, George Gle1-
chaus.
They had to do their duty, but
I'm innocent and it'll be proved"
said Mrs. Miller, who told the wom-
en- Jurors that she shot Gleichaus
accidentally with a revolver which
she believed was not loaded. The
women deliberated an hour and a
half.
Il don't think any of us had any
qaulns about holding another wom-
an on a criminal charge" said one
member Of the jury. I'VE were not
entirely convinced it was purely an
accident and preferred the man
slaughter form.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30

was his sole surviving child, Mrs.
George cambridge.
At the age of 65 Kipling still is
nimble enough to dodge tourists
and interviewers.
Long rainbles in the open have
kept Kipling in fighting trim. He
is little man, neither fat nor thin,
his cheeks of a healthy bronze
color. Shaggy black eyebrows which
project far out over his eyes are his
most striking feature.
Occasionally he leaves his solitude
to see a new show in London or to
visit his cousin, Stanley Baldwin,
the conservative leader.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
BOARD TO TRY COPS
Convicted Officers to Face
Dismissal Hearing.

Trials by the safety board of
five policemen recently convicted of
conspiracy to violate the national
prohibition law by a federal jury
will be held Jan. 13.
The officers will face charges of
conduct unbecoming an officer and
if they plead not guilty. the evil
dence before the safety board prob
ably will be a resume of the federal
trials.
The officers are: Thomas Gray,
Martin O'Brien, Ralph Lambert,
David Curran and Claude Riden-
bach.
The board today reinstated Ser
geant Joseph Everson who was &C
quilted. He also was given $63810
in back pay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
Shit CHARGES Trade Restraint

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-The
department of justice announced
today it has filed a bill of equity
against the Asphalt Shingle and
Roofing Institute and other COM
panies and individuals alleging they
were acting in combination in re-
straint of trade. The suit was filed
in the southern district of New
York. ;af
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
DRY BOMBARDS
JUDGE COLLINS
SEARCH RULING
Or. WInderS HurIS Singing
Criticism at Action
on Warrants.

Singing criticism Of Criminal
Judge James A. Collins ruling on
the search warrant section Of the
Wright bone dry law was voiced to-
day by Or. G. H. Winders, head OF
the Indiana Anti-Saloon League.
IN a statement issued on the heels
of the ruling in which Collins held
the law void because, he said, it
robbed the courts Of a discretion
IN issuing search warrants, DR.. Win
ders said we regret this decision
though It Is no surprise to US"
Collins Monday paved the way for
freeing an alleged notorious boot
logger and his wife, holding that the
warrant under which the defend
ants property was raided was in
violation Of the federal Constitu-
ton
Stages Final Hearing
At 3 this afternoon Collins was
to stage a final hearing in the case,
announcing that Mr. and Mrs Mike
Krist, indicted almost a year ago,
will go free under his ruling.
When police raioed the Krist
home they found a gigantic liquor
distilling outfit, including twenty
gallons Of corn whisky.
Dr. Wtnders, in his response to
the ruling, today said.
eThe opinion of a layman can
have little value in a legal matter
like this. The grounds on which
search warrants may be issued is
one about which lawyers differ and
the decision Of courts are by no
means in agreement here"
Regret This Decision"
We always regret any decision
that makes the securing Of evidence
and therefore the enforcement Of
the prohibition laws, more difficult, "
continued Winders. we therefore,
regret this decision though it is
no surprise to us.
1T would appear at least to q
layman, that if sufficient evidence
must be obtained to convict Grim
NAL before a search warrant can
be obtained, a search warrant can
have little or no value.
While I Was secretary Of the
church federation, search warrants
were served a number Of times on
information furnished me by people
living in communities where they
believed the law was being violated.
/ do not recall q single instance
where the search warrant did not
reveal that the search was justified.
1T viii be difficult for Judge Col
Inns in view of the evidence present.
ed in this case, to convince the pub
lie that the officers of the law did
not have quite accurate information
and that a search warrant was not
justified in this case.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
APPARITION OF
VICTIM TRAILS
SLAYER OF TWO
Suspected Murderer of
School Teachers FIeeS
From Specter.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 30.--An
insane man. suspected Of Staying
two Blackwell COkla.) school teach
ers, fed through the streets of Ok
lahoma City today, driven from
place to place by the apparition Of
one of the victims.
The maniac, believed to be w. T.
Capehart, former inmate of the
state hospital for The insane, APP
peared at a Salvation Army mis-
sion Monday night and left three
handkerchiefs, identified as the
teachers
He pleaded with a Salvation Army
officer that he had committed a
crime that could not be expiateds
and vanished.
Haunted by Specter
Early today, he rushed from a
room at local hotel. crying that
the specter of a woman was haunt
ing him
Take her away" he shrlsked to
a clerk at the hotel, and fed into
the night.
He was seen again at dawn, wild
terror apparent in his half-run,
half-walk, but vanished before po-
lice could capture him.
An organized search was started.
The lupatic registered at the SAL
vation Army mission as Capeheart.
He is believed to be an inmate of
the state hospital at Norman, Okla.
who had been admitted to the in
stitution from Cleveland, Okla.
recently.
Two Slain in Auto
Miss Jessie Griffith. one of The
two sisters who were slain in their
automobile near Tonkawa, Sunday,
taught music at Norman school.
The young woman and her elder
sister, Miss Jexie Griffith, also
teacher, were shot to death in an
automobile while returning to their
positions after n l'o"--v visit to
their home at Blackwell.
Authorities believed the women
were killed by a maniac. The slayer
left their bodies in a ravine and
drove the automobile to Enid, where
it was abandoned. II
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
LIFE ESTATE TO WIDOW
Mrs. Mary E. Brydon to Get Return
From 100000 Property.

Mrs. Mary E. Brydon, the widow,
will receive a life interest in the
100000 estate of Theodore B.
Brydon, contractor, who died last
week and whose will has been filed
for probate.
On the death of Mrs. Brydon. the
will specifies the estate shall be
divided equally among three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Julia E. Goheen, Dayton,
O.: Mrs. Marie T. McCalla, TT.
Wayne, and Miss Louise M. Brydon,
indianapolis. The Bankers Trust
Company qualified as executor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30

grams from all
parts Of TIL e
world congratu-
lating him on
the attainment
of his sixty-hfth
birthday.
With his favor
ite dog at his
feet, the great
inperialist poe t
spent a quiet day
in the old Tudor
m a nsion just
outside Burwash,
which has been
his home for the
last twenty years.
His only guest
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
APPROVES N. Y. TUNNELS
War Secretary Puts o. X. on $780,
100000 River Project.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3O.-Secre-
tary of War Hurley today approved
an application of the New York City
board of transportation to construct
twin vehicular tunnels under the
East river from the foot of East
Thirty seventh street and East
Thirty eighth street. Manhattan,
to Borden avenue, Queens. 1t was
estimated the tunnels would cost
S50,OOO,O00.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
Aged Man Sentenced
81 Times Special

~ tfmeS Special
KOKOMO. Ind, Dec. 30-Plead-
ing guilty to a charge of possess
ing liquor, Levie L. Hunter, 20, was
fined 500 and sentenced to the
penal farm for ninety days, with
the latter suspended.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
'Y0UNGSTER' is IN RACE
32-Year-Ol Alderman Seeks to Be
Mayor of Chicago.
By United Press

% UUIttU TTt88
CHICAGO, Dec. 3o.-Alderman
Arthur F. Albert, 80, youngest mem
Der Of the city council, became the
fourth candidate for the Republican
nomination for mayor today.
Albert, leader Of moves to purge
and reorganize the police depart
ment, entered the February primary
race with the backing Of Charles S.
Deneen, former United States sena-
tor. Other candidates are Mayor
William Hale Thompson, Judge.
John H. Lyle, gangsters' nemesis,
and Charles v. Barrett.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
LICENSE PLATE FEES
BOOST CHARITY FUND
City Employees Relief Group Aided
by Profits From Branches.

Hundreds of Marion county
motorists are purchasing auto IL
cense plates through the distribu-
ton sources arranged by the Demo-
cratic county organization for bene-
lit of the City Employees Relief
Association, Francis NJ. Coleman,
fund treasurer, said today.
Notary fees for purchase of the
plates are being turned over to the
fund. Several firms which previ-
ously have not expended notary
fees will buy through the distribu-
ton agencies this year, Coleman
said. The plates may be obtained at:
Smith s. Moore. 52s South Meridian
street; Prather-Bowen Company. 2S40
North Meridian street; Jones & Maley.
Inc. 1921 East Washington street: Bread
Ripple Auto Company. s2l East Sixty
third street. Markers pharmacy. sol Vir-
ginia avenue; West Side Chevrolet Com
nany. 24le west washington street. and
the American Legion booth. 2I7 North Ala
hsms street
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
DEATH PLOT DISCOVERED
Mexican Governor Was to Have
Been Assassinated on Trip.
BIZ United Pres.

By Unte1 Prcs8
VERA CRUzE. Mexico, Dec. 3d.
Discovery of plot to assassinate
Governor A, Tejeda at Puerto, Mex
leo, was announced today by state
secret police.
The Governor was to have been
attacked while en- route to Minatit-
Ian to attend the congress Of mu-
nicipal governments on Jan. 4.
AS a result of the discovery. the
governor probably will make the trip
by airplane instead of by train.