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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25

fractional politics in Marion
county government under Repub-
lican administration has been the
basis of f1fty-eight pay suits ground
through county courts in the last
year, it was revealed today.
Two political cliques, those allied
with or opposed to George V. Coffin,
have been at swords points since
January of 1929 when the era of pay
litigation was uShered in with the
protracted battle over the pauper
attorneyship. with John Royse, an
anti and Llyod D. Claycombe,
Coffin favorite, as contestants.
Since that time. fifty-seven pay
battles have waged between the
factions, notably, the suits OF
twenty-seven clerks under County
Clerk George o. HutSell; those OF
nine bailiffs and nine court re-
porters in the countyS major
nine bailiffs. nine court reporters in
the county's major courts, nine pro-
baton officers, two municipal court
reporters. and the victorious fight Of
County School Superintendent Fred
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25
TO GILLIOM
Rogers Against IndorSing
Court Candidates.
Blu United Press

BV GHNed Press
LEBANON, Ind, Feb. 25.-The
Republican central state committee
of Indiana prefers to see able cam
didateS nominated for the supreme
and appellate benches by the Re-
publican party, but the committee
must remain impartial to the indi-
vidual aspirants, Chairman Eliza O.
Rogers, Lebanon, replied in letter
to Acknowledgement Arthur L. Gill
iom.
Gilliom, opposed by the Indiana
Anti-Saloon League, had written
Rogers warming against nominating
a candidate Endorsed by dry inter
estS for the seat Of Benjamin NJ.
WilIoughby.
II might say In reply to your let
ter that the committee can not in
terest itself in any particular can
didate. The three men who are
candidates for the place now occu-
pied so ably by Judge Willoughby
are lawyers Of ability and character,
SO do not believe the committee
could render any service to either
the party or state by sponsoring one
of them to the exclusion of the
others" Rogers replied,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25
Makeshift Pact to Save
Faces Seems Likely to
Be Only Result.
FRANCE STANDS FIRM
Paris Delegation Expected
to Refuse Concessions
at London.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor

PARIS, Feb. 26.-Chances for
anything more than the merest
e-saving makeshift f1ve-power
agreement at the London naval
conference now seem remote.
A French delegation will return
to London with precisely the same
program which the original delega-
ton took there nearly six weeks
ago If anything, the determination
behind it will be Stiffened, instead
of weakened, by recent events here.
Had Tardieu not fallen, he might
have toned down his own demands
somewhat, and still have command
ed support at home. I am told that
fully 80 per cent Of the people of
france are behind him. But the
new government must have a No. !
excuse if Tardieu's program is
changed.
France Is Firm
For instance, there is every reason
TO believe that Tardieu would have
accepted the strengthening of the
Kellogg pact by some sort of con-
sultative arrangement, but today I
am not so sure that the French
would agree to this.
Even if the American delegation
offered such a thing and were sup
ported by the British. the betting
now would be against France &C
cepting such understanding as q
basis for serious reduction.
Whereas the newspaper LIE Temps,
the seni-official organ, fortnight
ago stated plainly that France was
inclined to consider almost any
formula intended to increase her
sense of security as basis for naval
reduction, the newspaper now states
categorically that such pacts as
have been discussed so far are "ab-
solutely Insufficient"
Insist on Defense
On the eve of the reopening of
the conference, the Paris press is
devoting much space to a restate-
ment of the French position, News
papers which get their inspiration
from high government officials, in
Sist that if every nation must look
to it's own defense, each must have
an adequate navy, and only upon an
agreement that the nations will go
to one another'S support would a
drastice reduction be warranted.
In view of the news from America
that President Hoover is opposed
even to a consultative pact, and
news from London that the British
are hesitating to make any such
offer, and from Rome that Mus
solini is backing a demand for parity
with France, it would seem that the
best to be hoped for at London
is a four, three or two-power pact,
and expressions of pious hopes for
better luck in 1885.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25

Original Child Star of
Uncle Toms Cabin
Still Alive.
BY HENRY MINOTT
United Press Staff Correspondent

% ELMONT, Mass, Feb. 25.-Lit-
I'D tie Eva, who made 100 trips to
heaven on a telegraph wire back
in 1852, has lived to see those
celestial journeys vanish from the
American stage.
Last week, in New York, the
Actors Equity Association an
nounced that for the first time in
seyenty-eight years, not a single
theatrical company is playing
"Uncle Toms Cabin" anywhere in
the United States.
Most newspaper readers prob
ably skinned this story and then
allowed their eyes to wander to
other columns; but charming
little lady who lives in a big
yellow house in this Boston sub
urb read and re-read the equitys
announcement.
Her memory carried her back to
that notable night of Sept. 27,
1852, when, as Coredlia Howard,
the wonder Of the age" she
played the role of Little Eva in the
premiere Of the dramatic version
of Uncle Toms Cabin" or life
among the lowly.
She was only 4 years old then.
Today, at 81, she looks younger
than she is and feels younger
than she looks. She has that
charm of graceful age that re-
minds of lavender and old lace.
1t was in the old museum at
Troy. N. Y, that Little Eva, in the
form of Cordelia Howard, made
her first trip to heaven-a jour-
ney destined to bring tears to the
eyes Of millions of theater-goers
during more than three-quarters
Of century.
The show was a big success and
ran for 10c nights, making 1t the
"Abie's Irish Rose" Of its day.
Cordelia remained as Little Eva
until she outgrew the role at II.
Asked if Uncle Toms Cabin,
in her opinion, at last had lost
the magic spell it held so many
years over American theater-
goers, she said:
Goodness, no! 1t won't be long
before another company will start
out on the road, bIoodhounds and
all"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25
BV United Press

By United Press
GARY, Ind, Feb. 25.-A bloody
cap and a German automatic re-
volver were the clews that led to
the discovery of the lime covered
body Of Paul Perconti, 40, Gary
leader Of the Unione Sicilione, in
a concrete sealed tomb, hidden be-
low the floor of a duneland barn
east of Gary.A Police returned to
the old barn, which housed an
abandoned distillery, Monday, be-
neving that at the spot where on
Saturday they had found the cap
and gun, they would find further
indications Of the mystery sur
rounding the disappearance Of Per-
cont a week ago.
The officers we're searching
around the barn when John Bolden,
Gary Negro detective. discovered
fresh cement beneath debris on the
floor. The floor. when torn up. re-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25
SCAN LAKE RECORDS
Two More Accounts Board
Examiners Detailed.

Two additional state board Of ac-
counts examiners have been sent to
Lake county to investigate records
of township assessors in North and
Calumet townships, it was learned
today.
1t was not known whether defal-
cations had been discovered in the
offices OF the two latest townships
included in the investigation, but
was believed generally it was part
Of a plan of Lawrence F. Orr, chief
examiner of the state board Of &C
counts, to canvass the books Of all
public Offices in Lake county.
A total of six examiners now are
at work in Lake county, Investigate
ing the records Of public Offices
there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25
ILLNESS DELAYS PLAY
saul of Tarsus" TO Be Presented at
Murat Theater Later.

Because of the illness Of D.. Lee
Andrews, who portrays the charac-
ter Of Saul in saul Of Tarsus," the
first performance Of the three-day
engagement at the MTat scheduled
for tonight has been postponed. The
production was sponsored by the
Christian Ministers Association of
Indianapolis. New dates Will be set
as soon as Andrews RECEIVERS from
an attack Of influenza Reservations
already made win be honored~ 4
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25
RACKET BARON
ROUTS FOES IN
HOSPITAL DUEL
frankie MCErIane, Wound
ed Three Times, Fights
Off GangSterS.
IT HOLES PLUG ROOM
Beer King SnarIS Defiance
to Cops, Refusing to
Name Raiders.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-Twenty-
seven bullet holes today ScarrA the
white walls of the hospital room
where frankie McErlane, back Of
the yards" beer baron and notc-
riouS as Chicago'S toughest gang
ster, fought gun battle with three
.racketeerS who trapped him as he
lay with a broken leg Monday night.
Snarling hatred of his enemies
and defiance to police, McErlane
held to life grimly today, although
three bullets from mis- would-be
assassins' guns reached their mark.
One pierced his back, another tore
through his thigh. and third dis
abled the wrist of his gun hand.
Propped on an elbow, heaving
against the weights that held his
plaster cast incased leg in the air,
the ally of Spike ODonnell pumped
five shots from his automatic when
the trio of unannounced visitors
stepped into his room. Instantly the
room echoed to the roar of guns I'M
til thirty shots had been fired.
Ran Like Dogs
"They sneaked in like alley rats
and ran away like dogs" growled
the CANISTER, when police reached his
cot in the terror stricken ward at
the German DeaconesS hospital,
where the gun battle was fought.
But McErlane, true to ganglands
iron code, refused to tell who shot
him. Even when police told him
they were going to remove him to
the BridewelI hospital, which he
said means sure death for me-"
he stuck to his noncommittal
answers.
The gunner executed their raid
into the supposed sanctuary of the
big hospital with daring and light
ming speed. A sedan drew up at the
curb. The three sped up a fire es-
cape. They slipped past two rooms
and into one where McErlane had
lain since Jan. %. McErlane's
private nurse was out of the room.
Ill Leap From Beds
Panic came swiftly as the roar Of
gunfire swept through the wards.
Patients screamed and many who
had been bedfeast for weeks leaped
out Of their cots and ran until they
fell from weakness.
But before nurses could get to the
room where the unequal duel was
being fought, it was over and the
invaders had fled. Whether they
went down the fire escape or out
another entrance could not be
ascertained.
Police Commissioner William F.
Russell launched an investigation
today to determine how the notori-
Gus gangster, who has been tried
for several murders and earned the
name Of the "cruelest of the gang
men," managed to spend a month
in the hospital without his identity
becoming known
He hobbled into the hospital, tell
ing officials he was Charles Miller
and that his leg had been shattered
when his gun accidentally was dis
charged. 1t was not until police
arrived after the gun battle that
his story was disproved.
at looks as if the enemies who
shot him before came back to fin
ish the job" Lieutenant Carrot
Coan said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25
COLD WAVE DELAYED
Freezing Weather Due for
Invasion Wednesday.

A light cold wave on it's way TO
Indianapolis to SKATER Hoosier
hopes Of continuation of premature
spring. will arrive day late, J. H.
Arlington, United States weather
bureau meteorologist, said today.
Originally scheduled TO be in town
tonight, the frosty weather will wait
until Wednesday. Temperatures,
which early today stood at IS de-
grees, will begin to fall this after
noon, and gradual decline prob
ably will end with freezing weather
Wednesday night, he said.
Weather throughout the state
generally will be unsettled, with
showers and lower temperatures, &C
cording to the governmental fore
cast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25
JUDGE NOMINATION
ANDERSON'S GOAL
Leader in Manager League
Files for Bench in
Court Five.

Claude II. Anderson, attorney,
prominently identified with the In
dianapolis city manager movement,
today announced his candidacy for
the Republican nomination for
Judge of Marion superior court five.
Anderson is married, has two
children and lives at $50 North Boil
ton avenue. He has law offices at
CAT Illinois building.
Born in Harrison county, Jan. IA,
1889, Anderson spent his boyhood at
Odon, in Davies county, and later
was graduated from De Paw uni
verSity and Indiana law school.
Before the war Anderson taught
in Technical high school. During
the war he was associated with the
Council of National Defense.
Attorneys and litigants have a
right to expect diligence of a judge.
Expedition is possible without haste,
and promptitude is not incompati-
BILE with thoroughneSS," Anderson
declared.
The avowed purpose and con-
slant effort of every judge should
be to exercise such judgment as
will square accurately with the
sound and sagacious Judgments OF
those juriStS who established, and
those who today are maintaining,
American liberty and American in
stitutiOns on principles that will
endure throughout the ages
Anderson is a past president OF
the Irvington Republican Club and
member of All Souls Unitarian
church, Columbia Club, Scottish
Rite, Murat Shrine, Sigma MI,
Sigma Delta Kappa, law fraternity,
and the state and city bar associa-
lions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25
Officer Is Slain

BU THifed PTcss
CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-Death was
the fate of Detective John Ryan
here Monday when he climbed the
dark steps Of a rooming house to
arrest a bandit suspect.
Ryan had almost reached the
second floor Of the house on his
routine errand to arrest Joseph Fall
Ion, criminal, with a long police
record, when the latter stepped out
of door and started to fire.
In a furious gun battle between
the two in the dark, Ryan was
slain and Fallon wounded in the
leg. Police waiting for Ryan
hurried in, but in the confusion
Fallon Hmped out unnoticed and
forced a passing taXicab driver to
aid in his escape.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25
LIES TO GIVE ADDRESS
RecreatiOnal Survey Results VIII Be
Related at ShOrtridge.

Recommendations for moderniz-
ing the citys recreational facilities
will be presented by Eugene T. Lies,
member Of the Playground and Rec
reatiOnal Association of America
staff, at a town meeting" under
auspices of the Council Of Social
Agencies at Caleb Mills hall, Short
ridge high school, at 8 tonight.
Lies recently completed a recre-
ational survey Of the city. He viii
include in his address facts con-
corning school, park and playground
work in the city and suggestions
for betterments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25


pennileSs prisoner would be
handled, or did this possessor
of great wealth get special priv
ileges?
Sinclair's sojourn in jail was
a mystery while he was in Jail
and it has remained a mystery
since.
Now. however, The Times is
ready to give the answers.
Starting Wednesday The
Times will print the first of a
series Of six articles giving the
complete, detailed, inside story
If Harry F. Sinclair's incarcera-
ion in the Washington jail.
These stories were written by
a man who was prisoner in
the Jail at the time Sinclair
was confined there. They throw
a new and startling light on the
famous story Of Sinclair's con-
flnement.
These stories are not In any
sense an expose" They are
not part of an attempt to fas-
ten any blame on any one
Neither the writer nor The
Times has any ak to grind.
They are presented for what
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25
TANKER, LINER COLLIDE

NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-A brief
message to the Cunard line today
said the liner Carmania was dam
aged slightly above the water line
in a collision with the tanker Bald
butte in the fog north Of Cape Hat
teras Monday.
The Carmania is due today from
Havana. The message did not men
ton any damage to the Baldbutte,
one of the largest tankers in serv-
ice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25
CITY FIRM FORBIDDEN
COMPANY NAME USE
ST. Louis Concern Wins Injunction
Based on Similarity.

The American Automobile Indem-
nifty Company 542 North Meridian
street. was prohibited from using
its name by a final decree handed
down in federal court Monday by
Judge Robert c. Baltzell in an. in
junction suit brought by the Amer
lean Automobile Insurance Com
pany of St. Louis.
The decree was based on the
confusion caused by the two names,
the st. Louis firm charging that
the public had become accustomed
to such terms as American Auto
mobile through advertising and
that similarity Of names was detri-
mental to its business.
A judgment Of $4,000 damages
and costs was awarded the st. Louis
firm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25
HEAD BLOW is FATAL
Negro Youth Is Held in Alleged
Pool Cue Murder.

Struck on the head with d billiard
cue, James Williams, 20, Negro, Of
AS Blake street, died at city hos
pital at 3 this morning and Fred
Offett, Is, Negro, of 500 North West
street, is held by police on murder
harges.
The two fought, police allege. In
an argument over pool game in a
poolroom at 532 Indiana avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25
INDIANA CENTRAL WINS
Girls Negative Team Is Victorious
Over Earlham Debaters.

Indiana Central college girls
negative debating team won de-
cision over the affirmative team of
Earlham college at Indiana Central
Monday night. The subject was:
Resolved, That the principle Of
the chain store system is detrimen-
tai to the welfare of the United
States public"
Members of the Indiana Central
team were Misses DoTcas Petty, Le-
nora Dix and Martha Mccoy. Earl
ham debaters included Misses Re
becca Smith, Sarah Holmes and
Eleanor TaunerhailL
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25
RUSSIA CALM
As RELIGIOUS
STORM RACES
Little Resentment Shown
Over Soviet Campaign
Against Churches.
OTHER ISSUES TO FORE
Real Struggle CenterS on
Attempt to Abolish
Private Trading.

Following Is the second Of a series by
I'd l.. Keen, vice-president Of the United
Press for Europe, who is in Mosco" 70
survey conditions and report on the anti
religious campaign there which has
caused wide protests throughout the
western world.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25
CLUB PRESENTS PLAY
Cast Announced for Comedy
Drama at Church Thursday.

A comedy drama, Welcome to
the Old Home Town." is to be pre-
sented by the Senior League ORA
matte Club of st. Johns Evangelical
church Thursday at p. m. in the
church auditorium, Sanders and
Leonard streets.
The cast includes George Burk,
Thelma Pierson, Clyde Sanders,
Dorothy Kluger, Bertha Staub, Ell
mer Heger. Wilbert Eggert Jr. ard
Arnold Thielman. Melvin Berry
man is the director.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25
Prisoner Tells Story of
Sinclair i'm Jail

VI THAT happens when $50000000 to Jail?
w OF it doesn't often, but once in while it
does.
question raised last when Harry F. Sinclair
multmonae oil to the District OF Columbia jail Tor
contempt of the United States senate.
Sinclair jail? How he treated?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25

they documents throwing light
legal in American
history.
You word of these stories Watch
for the Wednesday, The others will
pear daily thereafter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-25
$4,000 Churches Function

Tightening of the collectivlzation
machinery meant more rigorous ap-
plication of all communiStic prin-
ciples. including the war on religion.
Atheist sources claimed that about
1000 churches throughout the coun-
try had been converted to useful"
purposes-that is. to anything from
a school room to a factory-during
the Christmas season and the proc
esS is being continued.
But there still are $4,000 churches
unctioning in Russia, with $4,000
priests officiating. The organization
OF a band of several thousand
volunteer workers TO tear down a
once famous monastery is Of more
interest TO the people of midwest
ern America than TO the peasants
who had lived within a stones
throw Of the monastery all their
lives.
These things are accepted merely
as part of the revolutionary things
to which they have grown &C
customed. or they are hailed by
those elements which demand re-
striction of churches as indications
of the Soyiet's progress.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-23
148ls Octamhe4fs~


There are at least four mistakes In the above picture. They may per-
tain to grammar. history. etiquette. drawing D whatnot. see Z you can
find them. Then look at the scrambled word beow-and unscrambe f.
BY switching the letters around Grade yourself 20 for each or the mis-
takes you find and 20 for the word II you unscramble L.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-23

% ships like the one I'm the picture had mo paddlewheels. 62l The Am
erican fg did met Fly oa any Of Columbus ships. t3) The namavlate ia
the picture should read, Santa Maria, instead on santa Marie tD AL
Rembrandt died In 1863, IL he painted the picture It would BE- over 2g
The Washington times., 1930-09-18
|MADTaIA AGE
lie CEDlSES

James Ellis Smith. II. and Virginia
Mae Larhsrn:. 90! Tne Rev. william
Anthony .Degg wrenn, Ss, and Anne
z. Parker, az The Rev. A. r. Poore.
John E., Shockey. 23 and Dorothy
F. Baker. rs. The Rev. F. F. Hoi-
George e. Norfolk. 2s, and Anna
Louise Romfnel. is. both of Baltimore.
The Rev Fl. M HeAniE. -
Charles Morris, %. and Charlotte
Marshall Maurice. 21. The Rev. =.
"; John M0fTso Roy Hewitt %. and Margaret
Jane Butler is. The Rev. j. E. Briggs.
Homer B. James, rs. and Mary EliE-
abeth Jordon, both of Richmond. The
Monroe stevens 2s. and Frances b.
Huntt, 2s. The Rev. G. F. Dudley.
Alexander Rogers Cornett, 21, ana
Mabel Regina Etter. 20. The Rev.
Thomas w. Cooke.
Charles H. Russell. As, and Viola
e. Tull, AZ. both of Philadelphia. The
Rev. w. wesbray.
walter Daniels. "a. and Elizabeth
Proctor. 20. The Rev. We d. Jarvie.gs
Arthur williams, SO. and Myrtle john
son.. I9. The Rey. A. J. Tyler. ~
John Darby, 30. and Naomi Jeffer-
son. a.. The Rev. c.. E. Hodges.
The Washington times., 1930-09-18
NOT ICES
MRS. ALICE EARNsHAW

Funeral services for Mrs. Alice
Earnshaw, 70 years old. who died
yesterday at her residence, 1925
Clifton st. N. W., following a
heart attack, will be held tonor.
row at her home. with the Revs. j.
J. Dimon and Arlington Mccall
lurn officiating. Interment will be
in Congressional Cemetery.
Mrs. Earnshaw, who was mem
ber of st. Andrews Church and a
charter member of the Episcopal
Home for Children, was also on
the board of the Episcopal Eye,
Ear and Throat Hospital and the
Episcopal Home for the Aged. She
was actively connected with st.
Monica's League.
She is survived by six children,
George ", of Riverdale, Md; Pin
key A., of Townshend, Md; Rob
ert j. Earnshaw and Mrs. Robert
H. Martin, Of Atlanta, Ga, and
Mrs. John Melish Couden and Miss
Margaret Earnshaw, Of this city.
The Washington times., 1930-09-18
y. S. Asked to Bar
European Matches

President Hoover was urged to
halt the importation of foreign,
made safety matches as a means
of maintaining prices and pre-.
venting unemployment in the
American industry.
The request was made by Rep
resentative Sieberling (R), Ohiu,
and Tom A. Palmer, match manu-
factlirer. of Akron, who said that
foreign manufacturers are selling
matches in this country at u
lower price than they do at home.