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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
Ne70 School, Head Giuen
Reception by ThieUeS
Paul C. Stetson Loses Car First Night in
City, but Likes It Here Anyhow

A UTOMOBILE thieves gave
"A Paul C. Stetson. new Indian
apolis school superintendent, a
slightly different reception than
he had anticipated when she ar
rived here Thursday evening to
assume his new duties.
Stetson, formerly Dayton (O)
superintendent, came here from a
short vacation at Black Lake,
Mich, with his family, and placed
his car in a garage adjoining an
apartment building at 3002 Fall
Greek boulevard Thursday night.
This morning, he awoke to find
that his car, one of seven or eight
in the garage, had been stolen
in the night.
well, I think Indianapolis is
mighty nice town, anyway"
Stetson commented at the school
board Offices. THAT might have
happened in any city"
Stetson spent the morning be-
coming acquainted with school
officials and employees.
Stetson said he had no revolu-
tionary plans for the city schools,
believing results are obtained by
evolution rather than revolu-
ton"
II am just going to work." he
said. 81 feel fortunate in having
man Of the type of D. T. Weir
to advise with, as assistant super
tendent."
Stetson also praised members
of the present school board.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
WALTER JOHNSON'S
WIFE is TAKEN BY
DEATH AT~CAPITAL
oh, This Grind!

Governor Harry G. Leslie re-
turned to his vacationing at
the Indiana Dunes State park
today after spending part of
Wednesday, all day Thursday
and this morning at his desk
at the statehouse.
1t was reported that he is
planning a lake trip to Can
ada, which would give his va
cation an international cast.
His winter vacation was spent
in Florida yachting, and before
going on his summer vacation
he attended the Governors
conference at Salt Lake City
and visited the national parks
in that vicinity.
Mrs. Leslie was on the west
ern trip and the. family is
spending the summer at the
Governors cottage at the
: dunes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
Leave Child in Desert

BU United Press
NEW YORK. Aug. 1.-Dr. George
N H. Sherwood. director of the
American museum of natural his
tory. announced his solution today
to the problem of the party lost in
the desert.
Presumably if any one is to reach
civilization at ali there must be one
guide selected for the trip. Iwould
select the younger man as probably
possessing the greater stamina.
Under such circumstances there
is no doubt in my mind but that
the leader should remain in the
desert There is little probability
that the son could stand the hard
ship. He would be too poor risk.
His mother probably would not
wish 20 be separated from him.
7 should not select the scientist
of go since presumably most a his
work would have been achieved.
7 should select the young scien-
fist. not because he was my best
friend but because Of his promise to
the scientific world. and I should
select the young girl whom was
engaged to marry"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
Question Is ASSaiIed

ID OCKPORT. Mass. Aug. l.
N Thomas A. Edison's desert
problem" one of the questions sub
mitted to Edison scholarship aspir-
ants yesterday, has no place in any
kind of an intelligence test" in the
opinion of Professor Robert E. Rog-
ers Of Massachusetts Institute OF
Technology.
Professor Rogers. who became ma
tionally famous last year when he
advised college men to be. snobs, was
asked how he would have answered
the question, and replied:
7 won't answer the question. but
I'll tell you what think about
it." he said. 1T is an utterly hypo-
thetical question which under no
circumstances car have any reality.
No answr- that anybody could make
in an animation could have any
possible ialidity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
BRIBE is limited
IN NORRIS TRICK
Probe Group Expects to Re-
yea! Corruption.

BH Tinted Press a
WASHINGTON, Aug. L. The
senate campaign investigating COM
mittee expects to be able to show
the transfer of money in connec-
ton. with the senate candidacy of
George w. Norris, Broken, Bow
(Neb) grocer, Chairman Nye an
nounced today on his return to
Washington.
Norris announced to run against
Senate George W. Norris Rep.,
Neb.), but his certificate was re-
jected because it was filed too late.
Nye also announced today the
committee. has opened investiga-
lions in two new states, Massa-
chusetts and Tennessee, following
charges of corruption and excessive
expenditures in campaigns there.
Lavish use of money, contrary to
Massachusetts election laws" was
charged by. G. w. Croker, general
counsel of the Liberal Civic League
of Massachusetts,, Nye said.
Croker and others who have made
charges about the conduct of the
Massachusetts, primary, have been
invited to confer with the commit
tee here next Monday, Nye said.
The campaign of William M.
Butler, Republican candidate, was
among those named in Crooker's
charges, Nye said.
Charges from Tennessee were filed
by John R. Neal. candidate for
Democratic nomination for sem
ator, and others, Nye said. Alleged
irregularities in Memphis were the
basis of Meals charges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
GERMANS BEGIN HOP
Light Plane Used in Ocean
Flight to Chicago.

BIZ United Press
KIRKWALL, Scotland, Aug. l.
Wolfram Hirth and Oscar Weller,
German aviators, began their three
stop Atlantic flight to Chicago
at $40 a. m. GAO a. m. central
standard tine) today, when they
departed from Swanbister shore for
Iceland.
From Iceland, they expected to fly
to Greenland, refuel, and continue
on to Labrador, where the last sup
ply of fuel will be taken abroad
their plane before the dash to Chi
cago.N
They are using a 40-horse power
light plane, and we're delayed here
several days by winds which they
feared would prevent them from
reaching Iceland with the small
amount of fuel they can carry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
Save One of Guides

Hu United Press
BUFFALO, N. T., Aug. 1.-The
ID answer to the Edison desert
problem" question, as made today
by DR.. Karlos E. Cummings, assist
ant curator Of the Buffalo museum,
was:
Certainly one of the guides must
be saved. Further than that, it is
impossible to answer the question.
one needs more information. 1
would save the two members of the
party most capable Of carrying on
the work Of the expedition, assur1-
ing that its work was important.
From the information supplied one
IS unable to judge who would be best
qualified to carry on. The first
obligation of q scientific expedition
is to accomplish the work for which
it is sent out"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1890
WAGES SLASHED
follow, SCALE ON
u. S. HIGHWAY SO
Contractor Takes Advantage of Unemployment to Force
Pay to 20 to 30 Cents an Hour.
BY HERBERT L. CECIL

United States Road 80 at prices JUSTIFY
ing payment hourly for labor according to state highway
contractor the road has taken
labor prices down to % and 80 cents ana IN
cents hour an nvgauon among "orK
men proved Thursday afternoon
paid cents hour when work on the oa
Unemployment conditions
made possible shaving and reduced almost O
wages cents hour are being paid some Woknen
Road so. .L.u.
In the bsterng picks and shove
on grading driving pouring concrete and making ecaVa
concrete for 20 cents ana
80 cents hour. - L.o-
living WorKrnen declared
thirteen hours daily the sum total OF Ce 0d
WAGES a twelve basis being from So to $3.50
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
MURDER is LAID TO
TEMPORARY INSANITY

Man Shoots Wife to Death in
Cottage at Lake.
BIZ United Press
GARY, Ind, Aug. Temporary
insanity caused Anton Gettke, Sc,
Of Cedar Lake, to shoot his wife,
Ida, So, to death at their Lakeside
cottage today. officers believed.
Gettke, hopelessly crippled with
locomotor ataxia, admitted the
crime when arrested in the cottage,
but could give no explanation OF
it. His cries. brought neighborI to
the cottage after shots had awak-
ened them.
Gettke was confined in Lake
county Jail at Crown Point.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
Married II Years Ago. and
Watched Husbands Rise
to Baseball Top
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug 1.-Mistor-
tune which has followed Walter
johnson, idol of the baseball dia-
mond, struck its most cruel blow in
the death here today of the wife
who had watched his rise to the
heights as a dazzling pitcher and
success as manager of the Wash
ington baseball club.
Mrs. johnson, who was IS, died
here today after a brief illness &C
centuated by heat exhaustion.
Her death occurred at George
town hospital, where this spring her
Oldest son, Walter Jr., 10, spent
several weeks as the result OF a
serious injury at the hands OF a
hit-and-run driver.
This boy was the only one OF the
five children of the big Train" who
knew today of the mothers death.
He was at the bedside with his
father. The others played about
their home, knowing only that their
mother was i'll.
The funeral is to be held here
Monday, and on that day Johnson's
comrades will pause in their race
for the American League pennant
out of respect for the woman who
sat in the grand stand so often and
watched them.
Married Seventeen Years
The scheduled game with New
York Monday with the Yankees,
pennant rivals, was called of today
by Clark Grifhth, owner of the
Washington club, after long dis
lance consultation with New York
club officials. A double-header will
be played in New York Tuesday.
The Senators were not scheduled to
play today, it being an off day.
johnson Cancelled his trip to New
York for the game when his wife's
condition took a sudden turn for the
worse Thursday night.
The romance which ended in the
marriage of the former Hazel
Roberts and the famous pitcher oc-
Cured seventeen years ago.
When his famous speed ball was
dazzling the eyes of opposing bat
tiers, he also dazzled a demure young
beauty in the stands, the daughter
of Judge Edwin Roberts, now Serv-
ing his second term as mayor Of
Reno, New, then a member of con-
gress from Nevada.
Train of Misfortune
Soon after johnson achieved new
fame in the world series of 1924 and
1925, personal misforturies began to
pile upon him.
His career as star pitcher vir-
tually was ended early in 1927 when
a line drive struck him on the left
ankle in batting practice, fracturing
a bone.
Released from the Senators after
twenty years, he signed as manager
of the Newark international League
club. was taken seriously i'll during
spring training, and nearly lost his
life.
Shortly after he became manager
of the washington club last spring,
Mrs. johnson was operated on for
appendicitis.
Then came the injury to his old
est son, mascot of the Washington
team and promising sandlot player.
It was thought for a while the
injury would require amputation Of
the boys leg.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01

BIZ United Press
ATEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The answer
~ to the Thomas Edison exam
nation question which already has
become known as "the desert ques-
ton" would depend on ladys
looks If Donald ogden Stewart were
called upon to decide it.
Following is the question:
You Ar, the head Of an expedition
which has come 70 grief in the desert
There Is enough food and water ieit 70
enable three people TO get 20 the nearess
Your companions are: A brilliant
scientist 50 years old; two halforeed
guides. 50 and s2i the scientists vile
age 49, her little son. age s; the girl you
are engaged to marry; your best Irlenos
shown SS4n' rqss1 % 1rS s2l5 0 in iss ed Of
science
which would you choose to live and
which to die? Give your reasons
Now, there's just one thing GER
tain" said the author when asked
today to answer the question.
1T is certain I'd never send my
hancee, who is a member Of tie
party, away with my best boy
friend" he said. MY boy friends
are always going away with my 'irl
friends anyway. and in this case he
probably already would have stolen
her.
MY decision would depend on
whether the wife of the scientist,
both members of the party, were
good-looking. If she is, my de-
cision would be that she could be
saved along with myself and the
best of the two guides.
In case the scientists wife hap
pened not to be good-looking, I'd
be forced to save the scientists wife,
anyway. and send her aged hus-
band and their 6-year-old son along
with her. I can't imagine any
worse death than being left on a
desert with scientist and his O.
year-old son.
Anyway, I'd never let my f1ancee
60 away with my friend-especially
nv best friend"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
MORE HEAT COMING
Week End to Be Fair and
Warmer, Forecast.

Promise of another weekend with
fair weather and rising temperature
was made today in the forecast of
the United States weather bureau
here.
Moderate temperatures that sell
dom have reached heat wave pro-
portions this week, may give way
to another period of uncomfortable
heat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01

a boast of Camera translated by
his lawyer:
Cameras petition was based on
assertions of Adrian Bonnelly, a
Philadelphia lawyer, that Camera
was much maligned young man.
According to Bonnelly. Camera
helped the charities in all the
cities he visited, was the victim of
rival managers and promoters who
wanted to get him away from
Sees philanthropic management
and exploit him and heavy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01

worlds heavyweight champion
ship, was pictured as exhibiting
his huge bulk in the cause Of
clean craftsmanship. helping
crippled children and generally
bringing happiness TO the great
masses of mankind.
At the conclusion of an hours
hearing. which slipped danger
ously close at times to gossip
session on tie entire boxing situa-
alton. it wes announced that .
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01

weight prospect who could win
the world title in another six
months.
DONNELLY'S remarks were
ID supplemented by those Of
Representative Fred A. Hartley
Jr., OF New Jersey, who spoke for
the Italo-American population of
his district and urged Camera be
given an extension in order to
continue his ''cRan, manly exhibi-
tons
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01

. decision would be reached after
a review of the evidence. probably
Monday, but maybe sooner.
During the hearing, Leon See,
the Italians manager. claimed he
had a tentative agreement for
Camera to fight Max Schmeling
for the worlds heavyweight
championship. slf
= =
THE session furnished further
= interest for lighting fans in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
Women. Children First

81 nfff1 Press
INVEST ORANGE, N. j.. Aug. /.
Wv - Thomas A. Edison sat
down today to try 10 answer some
Of the questions that we're put to
the forty-nine boys who competed
for his scholarship.
Here are some Of them:
I would get whatever I could for
q secondhand Ford coupe.
Never. never would I try TO dig
a hole thirty miles in the earth.
Regarding the desert. question.
the first thing to think Of is the
ship rule Of women and children
first. A person is likely to think
Of a number Of different things in
connection with that one. however. :
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
BABY DiUOrcee
ByUnited Press

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Aug. /. Sarah
CoH~-l, Is, was granted a di-
vorce by Jrd~e Robert z.
Gantzel when size informe@
the astonished jurist that
after four years, l srl tired Of
married life" Charles Cohen,
who married the girl when
she was II years old, w or
dered to pay 81 WIKI to heir
support a 3-wec.-- ed child.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
DIES ON GALLONS
California AvengeS Staying
of 7. FEAR Old Girl.

Blu United Press
SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Cal,
Aug. Thomas Lehew of TT.
Bragg, Mendocino county, was
hanged today at San Quentin prison
for the murder of 7-year-old The
reSa johnson.
The trap was sprung at 1902 and
Lehew was pronounced dead at
1918 by DR.. L. L. Stanley, prison
physician.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01

The Mccarthy improvement
Company of Davenport, Ia, is gen.
eral contractor for the paving OF
the road. When the company first
began work, wages of 40 to IS cents
were paid workmen.
Today the scale of wages for the
same jobs is Is to 80 cents and
many men are hired at 20 cents in
vestigation disclosed.
An official of Dunlap & Co., North
Vernon, Ind, sub-contractor fol-
construction of culverts and bridges
on the road, Thursday afternoon
said that his company had been
paying IS cents hourly for labor un-
til officials of the Mccarthy Com
pany demanded reduction of wages
Wages were cut by the Dunlap com
pany on demand Of the general con
tractor, the official said, from IS
cents to Is and 80 cents hourly.
More than 200 men are employed
on the road work, the average re-
duction of 10 cents an hour in wages
putting $40 hourly into pockets OF
the contractor, workmen declared.
Protests Are Voiced
st have four children and Is
cents an hour barely keeps us in
food" James Dawson of Hayden, a
workman on shoulders of the new
road, declared.
At quarry near Hayden, operated
to supply the road with crushed
stone, wages of Is cents hourly pre-
vail also.
Protests against the state practice
of permitting out-of-state firms to
operate in Indiana on road paving
work were voiced at North Vernon
and Seymour.
Labor for the road construction
largely is drawn from these two
cities, but residents there declared
ANY tramp from the west gets
Job on the road at the starvation
wages paid"
Construction work on Road so nov
is under way east of Hayden, Ind.
while building up of shoulders and
ditch grading work is under way
from five miles east of Seymour to
Hayden.
This wage cutting practice was
roundly condemned here Thursday
by Jess Murden (Rep., Peru men,
Der of the state highway commits
sion
He asserted that the contracts
were let with the idea of so cents an
hour as a minimum wage and that
when the commission meets next
week he will introduce resolution
condemning the wage cut and put
ting the commission on record as
opposing contractors who engage in
the practice.
Opposed by Brown
Director John J. Brown of the de-
partment also voiced objection to
the wage-cutting program.
The Mccarthy Construction Com
pany was given the contract for
concrete work and general work on
the road by the Duncan Construc-
ton Company of Chicago, state rec
ords today showed.
The contract was let to the Dun
can company Sept. 10, 1929, on
bid of 1921 ,595.75, a figure $46,884.94
below the state estimates of $685.
.480.79. The difference is not un-
usual, state highway department
officials said today, and was not re-
garded due to intention of contrac-
tors to pay lower wage sc1les.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
Brightest
Boy
byEdiSon

BIZ nifed Press
WEST ORANGE, n. j., Aug.
1.-Arthur o. williams Jr. Of
East Providence, R. l., was pro-
claimed Americas brightest
boy today by virtue Of his
winning the Edison scholarship
for which fOrty-nine boys COM
peted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
SET WORLD FLIGHT
to Start Long Globe
Hop Early Saturday.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Aug. John Henry
Mears and Henry Brown will take
off from Roosevelt field at 4 Satur-
day morning, starting a fight
around the world, they announced
this afternoon. They hope to set a
new record for encircling the globe.
The first point on the itinerary
is Harbor Grace, N. F., and from
there the pair plans to hop for the
British Isles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
DENY MARION REQUEST
Tax Board Rules Nothing Doing"
in Bomb Probe Fee Case.

State tax commissioners today re-
fused a request of Marion city
authorities to reimburse the city
budget s1,1S0 for payments made.
Edwin r. Thomad, special attorney
in charge of the bombing investiga-
tons in that city. The bombings
occurred last winter and spring.
Five persons we're killed but no
case ever was made against the
bomberS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
RENEW AIR LICENSES
608 Radio Stations Given
90-Day Permits.
BgUnited Press

Bg United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. /. - The
federal radio commission today re-
newed the licenses of all 608 broad
casting stations in the United
States for ninety days. Only one
station, wRK. Hamilton, O., failed
to apply for renewal and the COM
mission announced its license had
expired.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
HOOVER INVITES TALKIES
Sound FiImers to Snap Activities at
Rapidan Camp.
BIZ United Press

BIZ Q UtLtu FFt9o
WASHINGTON, Aug. Sound
moving picture photographers have
been invited for the first time Sat
urday to visit President Hoover's
t -.dan camp to record the activi-
ties of the President and his guests.
The President and Mrs Hoover
were to leave the White use after
lunch today, motoring I'd 1.-THE camp
for three-day stay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01

3u UHifed Press
UTASHINGTON. Aug. Am
w eloquent description of
Primo Camera, the giant heavy
weight, as a benefactor of hui
mainly was presented today to the
immigration board Of review IN
the hearing. on his request for
six-month extension Of his stay
IL the United States.
e boxer, who wants to remain
bis country TO pursue the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
FIREMAN IS PROMOTED
Frank KisselI Elevated to Captain
by Safety Board.

Lieutenant Frank Kissel was pro-
NOTED to fire captain today by the
safety board to fill vacancy caused
by death. Clarence Amos was pro-
NOTED to lieutenant and John l..
Sullivan, 1913 South Hancock street
appointed as fireman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
MINERS HURT IN BLAST
IL Injured, Two Probably Fatally,
in Shaft Explosion.
BIZ United Press

DB LNtttHU E8feb
TILTONvILLE, O., Aug. /. =
Twelve miners were injured, two
probably fatally. in a powder blast
in the Red Bird mine of the War
ner Galleries Company here today.
Twenty men were in the shaft re-
moving rock slide when the blast
occurred
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-01
DROP CAPoNE CHARGES
BW United Press

Against Scarface Al.
Bu United Press
MIAMI, Fla, Aug. l.-Vagrancy
charges long pending here against
Scarface Al Capone and several
companions we're dismissed in crimi-
nal court today and prosecuting
counsel announced no further in
formation would be filed in the
matter.