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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14
STATE ASYLUM
POPULATION UP
Enrolment Is Higher by 20
Per Cent.

Indiana'S poor asylum population
is increasing more rapidly than the
general state population growth, &C
cording to a tabulation made today
by Secretary John A. Brown OF the
state charities board.
During 1929 there were 129 per-
sons in county poor asylums for
each 100000 population, while in
1920 there were but LOG, the report
shows. The gain approximateS 20
per cent.
Total number of inmates In the
poor asylums of the ninety-two
counties and the Marion county
asylum for the insane is Abs, an
increase in 1929 of 1877, over the
preceding year.
There are 1904 males and 1882
females. There were six babies I'M
der 3 years and nine children be-
tween and IT, Years ago there
were as many as 400, Brown pointed
out.
OF the grand total, 29.8 per cent
are under 60 years, 1913 per cent
over so. and less than l per cent
of unknown age.
Institution superintendent report
425 men and Alb women feeble
minded. 235 men and 168 women in
sane, forty-six men and forty-eight
women epileptic. OF the total pop
ulation, 30,7 per cent are rated as
mental detectives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14
Sob Sister,
Young Girl Is Wracked by
Crying Spell 1903
Hours Long.

A TTLEBORO, Mass, Feb. IA
~ Medical science today con-
tined its battle to relieve Miss
Violet Michael, pretty 19-year-
old factory worker, of the convul-
sive sobbing that has wracked her
for more than 108 hours.
Apparently no worse, physical
ly, as a result of her strange
aff1liction, TIE girl sat in bed today
reading newspapers and maya
zines, between fits of sobbing.
Miss Michael was stricken with
the malady Sunday night follow
ing the departure of her mother,
Mrs. Antoine Michael of New Bed
ford to her home, after spending
the weekend with her daughter.
The girls Sobbing started after
she had shed few tears when
her mother left following her first
visit In two years.
At a theater, where she was
taken by her boyhood sweetheart,
Tony BoSh, the sobbing spasms
became so acute she was taken
home and DR.. Earle r. White was
called to administer aid.
Several treatments of morphine
and ether have failed to relieve
the girls suffering, and physicians
resorted to emetics.
The sobbing hysteria was re-
lieved somewhat Wednesday and
doctors have used choral hydrate
to give Miss Michael further re-
lief. She was able to get a few
hours sleep Wednesday and
Thursday nights.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14
PERRY HEIR is SUED
Beneficiary's Lawyer Asks
$4,000 Judgment.

Suit for $4,000 Judgment against
a beneficiary of the estate of the
late James Perry, indianapolis
sportsman, who was killed last sum-
mer in an airplane crash near Fl.
Benjamin Harrison, was filed today
in superior court by Earl r. Cox,
attorney.
Defendants are Dorothy Dorsey,
who by Perry'S will was to receive a
life allowance of $500 a month; Will
liam G. Richardson, and NormaS
A. Perry, brother to James Perry.
In the suit, Cox charges he was
asked to represent the woman in
litigation pertaining to her rights
under the will. Contrary to the
agreement she settled the matter
herself, discharging Cox as her coun-
sci, it is alleged. Richardson and
Norman Perry are administrators OF
the estate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14

A ND then I thought back to his
- n grand Mister Antoneo" and
I thought of Booth Harrington.
Then the stars thoughts re-
turned to Harrington when he
said: What was that Booth
Harrington said about the city?
1t seems to me with all the wires
reaching out here and there thai
it is just web. So much tension
and noise. Just a city in turmoil"
And as I watched him there in
the chair. quietly smoking a Gig
aret. still in his AGED makeup of
Papa Juan, could not connect
Otis Skinner with the turmoil and
noise Of a great city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14
CITY MAN IS SUICIDE
Howard W. Hershey Dies in
Blackford County.

Howard Wilbur Hershey, SO, Of
218 North Senate avenue, formerly
a resident of Blackford county, COM
nitted suicide today by slashing his
throat. at the home of a sister, Mrs.
Sylvester johnson. living two miles
south of Hartford City.
Hershey went there Thursday. His
brother-in-law, Sylvester Johnson,
found the body in a field near the
house. when he became alarmed
over the absence of Hershey, who
rose and left the house early this
morning.
Hershey inflicted deep cuts on his
throat and bled to death. Ill health
was the only cause advanced for
the act, relatives said.
He was employed as a shipping
clerk at the Columbia seat factory
here.
Besides Mrs. Johnson he Is
survived by sister, Mrs. Lucy Are
hart, BowerSville. O., and a brother,
w. C. Hershey, McAllister, Okla.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14

Il went back stage in New York
during the run of that play to see
Miss Barrymore. To me it is
simply wonderful how she ages
in the last act. Nothing but just
white on her face and no lines. 1t
is wonderful"
Then a knock came on the star
dressing room door and Mr.. Skin
ner was asked If he was ready fol-
the second act.
Then I saw Papa Juan coming
to life as Mr.. Skinner picked up
his cane, adjusted his hat, and
walked toward the door.
Now I go acting again" he
said in Papa Juan's voice.
And SO I shook hands with
Papa Juan and not Otis Skinner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14
STAY GIVEN IN
DOLLINCS CASE
Former Vice President Gets
Sentence Delay.

BIZ United Press
CINCINNATI. Feb. 14,-Collapse
of the $1O0,000,000 R. L. Dollings
Corporation of Ohio and Indiana,
seven years ago, was echoed in
federal court here today, when
Judge Smith Hickenlooper granted
an indefinite stay of sentence to
Dwight Harrison, vice-president of
the now defunct company, who was
sentenced to six years in Atlanta
on charges of using the mails to
defraud.
Harrison recently was released to
federal authorities by officials of the
Ohio state penitentiary, where he
served part of SiX-year sentence
after conviction on charges of issu-
ing a false financial statement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14

I remember you. Are you well
and happy"
Then I told him that I heard
several people while entering the
theater say that they were glad
that he was still in flesh and not
coming to town In can"
He smiled and said: Eyes, yes.
and I may soon. Not just yet.
but it is possible"
I told him that I wished since
George ArlisS has made "Disraeli"
as a talker that he would make a
talking movie out of The Honor
OF the Family"
He thought seriously for a sec
ond and said: 1T is being con-
templated. that and another"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14

swered. I'VE opened in the spring
in Chicago, stayed there through
the very hot weather. Crowds
every night. And when August
came began to think Of fishing.
So I closed it up, went fishing and
opened it up later. And We could
have stayed on much longer in
Chicago. The reception being
given this play speaks for itself.
Then 1 thought Of the great
night in Washington. D. c.. just
short time ago when the First
Lady Of the Land occupied the
presidential box to see Mr.. Skin
ner as Papa Juan"
He turned the conversation TO
Ethel Barrymore, in The King
dom Of God" when he told me:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14

His hands we're powdered, so
was his hair and his face, but the
Otis Skinner personality was
there in the dressing room.
And then I thought of the quiet,
the peace and the beauty Of his
new play, Papa Juan" and I
began to understand what he in
dicated by speaking OF the city,
the great big centers Of energy
and noise.
I then realized that he had
found quiet and peace in this play
and was giving it to thousands
of others in the theater.
"NOU did have great faith in
l. this play?' I asked.
Eyes. and why not?" he an
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14
TODAY'S THE DAY OFLOVE
Haze Their 24-H0u1" Reign
THE day of days is today. St

THE day of days is today, ST
l. Valentines.
You can get even with your
bootlegger, the butcher, and baker
with caricatured witticisms at
cent a paper sheet.
SpinisterS have twenty-four
hours in which to suggest that
twain hearts should beat as one,
with water colored verse, while
doggeral or worse beneath a comic
red nose should do for the land
lord who won't fix your wall
paper.
It's the day when LOVE is
spelled with capital letters and
Cupid may Turk at the corner soda
fountain, the end-seat on an Indi-
annapolis street car or merely in
dreams.
It will be celebrated with parties
where red hearts are lnaSttcated
IN ice cream, cakes and candies.
Radio broadcastS will drip with
: the honeyed love songs of past
and present. And dream waltzes
will feature the nights dancing.
Blue strains and the sad
notes of the "broken-hearted"
scores of Tin Pan Alley will be
shelved for the day.
The anniversary originated Feb.
ID, 270, with the beheading of st.
Valentine by Emperor Claudius II
of Rome and ever since a mans
scalp has been the target of femi-
nists who we're unable to act as
nourners at Valentines execution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14
CITY MAY ACT
TO CHECK GAS,
LIGHT BILLS
Municipal Meter Readers,
to Protect Public, Are
Urged by Dithmer.
MAYOR ENDORSES IDEA
Plan Would Include All
Utilities; Singleton Also
Approves.

Proposal for creation of a mu-
nicipal meter-reading department,
to inspect and read meters on COM
plant Of Indianapolis utility patrons
drew the Endorsement today of
Mayor Reginald H Sullivan and
Public Service Commissioner Frank
Singleton.
Enactment of a, city ordinance
creating the department is all that
would be required to make the plan
a reality, Singleton believes. Special
enabling legislation is not required
Of the general assembly, in his opin-
ion.
Mayor Sullivan, who Is studying
the proposal offered by Henry L.
Dithmer, Polar Ice and Fuel Com
pany head, president of the Better
Business Bureau, and prominent
civic leader, said he believes such
a department would render a valu-
| able public service"
Study Plan Here
Possibility Of inaugurating the
service to augment the public serv-
ice commission supervision of utili-
ties VIII be studied by city officials
and the salary of inspectors listed in
the 1881 budget, If it is deemed wise.
Under the present system the pa
iron who complains about incorrect
reading of meters or reports a de-
fective meter has no way of testing
the meter except by appealing to
the company.
Appeal then may be taken to the
public service commission, but the
commission maintains only one man
to inspect the meters in Indiana
and does not investigate individual
cases.
Singleton urged that municipal
meter reading department be estab-
liShed not only in Indianapolis, but
in other large indiana cities.
He pointed out that under the
utility law the state commissions
service department should handle
all complaints, but that in reality
it has neither the men nor money
to take care of individual protests.
Only when there is some community
demand does the service depart
ment investigate.
Should Waste No Time
'The investigation should be con-
Quoted at the time protest is made
and at present the commission
might be swamped with demands
which would require months to in
vestigate,' he asserted.
THE city department could ACT
promptly and its findings, if pro-
8tested by the utility companies
could be brought to the commits
sion for checking as a sort of court
of appeal"
He pointed out that no objection
to meter tests could be made by
utilities using honest meters which
4 function properly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14
ARREST MAN AS
Girl ACCOSTER
Joyeph Huxley Identified by
Children.

Identified by three schoolgirls,
4, 8 and IS years old, as the man
who tried to entice them into his
automobile at Devon and New York
streets early today, Joseph Huxley,
81, of 610 Cecil street, was held by
deputy sheriffs this morning.
He is charged with accosting the
girls, with carrying concealed
weapons and with drunkenness. A
gun is said to have been found in a
pocket.
When Huxley stopped the ma
chine, the girls told deputies, they
ran to the school building a short
distance away. Mrs. Cords l..
Herdrich, principal. telephoned the
deputies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14
Paulina LongwOrth


BIZ United Press
. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Paulina
Longworth, daughter of Speaker
and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, cele-
brated her fifth birthday today by
visiting for the first time the house
over which her father presideS.
AS soon as she appeared in the
members gallery with governesS
and her fathers secretary, Repub-
lican Leader Tilson called attention
of members to her presence and
congratulated her on her birthday
Following the procedure with
which distinguished visitors are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14

greeted, members rose solemnly to
their feet, turned toward the gal
lery and applauded.
The demonstration was somewhat
disconcerting to the granddaughter
of. the late President Roosevelt.
First she joined in the applause and
then. prompted by her escorts
dropped her hands and bowed.
The bright blue ribbon holding
her curls in place bobbed until the
applause subsidized. Then she
watched the proceedings with wide
eyed interest until taken on tour
Of Capitol inspection.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14

and Betting Com
pany, W q S an
nounced today by
A. G.. Snider, pres
ldent of the firm.
Wills, native of
G r e e n field, and
graduate of Butler
university, former
~ was connected
with the Goodyear
Tire and Rubber
C o m p a n y Of
Akron, O.
He also was dis,
trict sales man
ager for Presto
Lite Storage Bat
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14
CAL IN NEW ORLEANS
Former President and Wife Sec
Sights of Southland.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 14.-Mr
and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge saw the
sights Of old New Orleans today, on
their way from Florida to Cali
fornia.
The former President and his
wife sought a quiet and simple"
visit here, but motorcycle police
were ordered to escort the CoOlidge'S
on their automobile tour through
the French quarter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14
BY WALTER d. HICKMAN

TT was not Papa Juan, a man
l. just getting ready to celebrate
his hundreth birthday, who sat in
the stars dressing room at Eng
liSh's last night.
II was Otis Skinner, the star
and the man. mostly the man,
who has made the theater for
years a better and happier place
to visit.
He was seated at a little table IN
the dressing room, writing note
10 Booth Harrington, take it. in
viting the author back after the
play.
Yes, yes" said Skinner when
his manager told him that I was
Just behind his back, "of course
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14
FLY TO ILL DAUGHTER
Mother, Father Near Sickbed of
4-year-Old Child.

BIZ United Press
DENVER, Feb. 14.-Flying from
Mexico City to Denver, where his
daughter is seriously i'll, from g.
double mastoid operation, Charles
C. Gates, millionaire automobile tire
manufacturer, was expected to reach
here late today with Mrs. Gates.
Bernice, the 4-year-old child, be-
came i'll several days after Gates
and his wife left for tour of Cen
trail American countries two weeks
ago. Thursday physicians decided
upon an emergency operation and
the parents were notified at Mexico
City. Gates chartered an airplane.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14
KNIVES IN RUM DISPUTE

Two Gary Men With Opposed
Liquor Views Slashed.
By United Press
GARY, Ind, Feb. 1.-THE prohi-
bition question was argued with
knives by two Gary steel workers
and both are in hospital today.
Marcadino Baltcar, 81. dry,
met Trofllo Ysguirlo, friend who
insisted that they have a drink to-
gether. Baltcar began a defense
Of his dry principles which angered
his friend. In the resulting argu-
ment, both used knives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14

Chicago, st. Louis and Dallas and
later manager United States
branches and warehouses for the
same firm. HiLaB manufactures
automobile parts and accessories,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14
Retired Engineer Dies

81 Timcs Special
NEWCASTLE. Ind, Feb. li.-Wn-
liam NJ. Brown. IS. retired civil
engineer, Is dead. He was enc Of the
engineers employed in building the
Panama canal
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14
MADE SALES MANAGER
G. NJ. Wills to Direct Affairs of
HiLaB Products Firm.

Appointment of G. M. Wills as
new sales manager of HiLaB Prod
ucts Company, of the Hide, Leather
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MT Corliss, of the local Stan- dard oil Company office, is very il at home from a heavy cold.
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CHICAGO COUNCIL
 AND MAYOR IN \
 RL00DIESs BATTLE:
FOES BEGAN EFFORT TO OVER RIDE VETO MESSAGE BUD-
 GET OF MAYOR

CHICAGO, Jan. 27 [P)-A rebell- .ous city council and an aroused mayor squared off the arena of the council chambers for finish fight over the civic budget.
 Meanwhile city and county em- ployees work on unpaid. The board of education has prophesied the closing of Chicago schools within two months regardless of the action on the bidget, and Cook county au- thorities are looking here and there for a bank willing to pay $7,OOO, 900 tax anticipation warrants to give the county ready cash.
 Hardly had Mayor William Hale Thompson handed back the corpor- ate budget with his second veto message, before his aldermanic foes began an effort to override the veto at night session.
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TRAPPER'S LIFE
 SAVED: BROUGHT
 HOSPITAL. PLANE
ANOTHER CHAPTER IS ADDED BY NEIMINEN AND COPE TO
 ALASKA AIR HEROICS

Fred Gothenberg, better known
 ats 'Mulligan' lies in the Anchor age hospital as the result Of illness
 brought on by exposure while trap ping ln the region of Trading Bay report local arrivals.
 l That Gothenperg did mt follow
 the many who have died far away from the beaten paths of civiliza- tion is due to the courage and skill Iof Matt Nieminen, air pilot, and All
 onzo Cope, his mechanician
 Receiving word that Gothenberg
 was lying desperately ill, Nieminen lleapt into the air Sunday morning armed merely with verbal instruc- tiOnS as to where the sick man might be found, crossed upper Cook
 Inlet with it's drifting ice, circled about Trading Bay until he located
 Gothenberg's cabin, secuted the country until he found a suitable
 landing place, came to rest upon the snow and within a few hours |had his patient saugly tucked into the cabin of -1is rls.ne and brought him safe to Arc.lorage.
 So serious was Gothenberg'S con- dition that he had begun to shoot
 his dogs, being unable longer to
 prepare food for them. It is said
 he had cut a hole ir the ice in pre-
 paration of a last final plunge when his suffering could no longer
 be borne. Then he began a letter
 to be left behind Explaining his plight. An Indian from Tyonek passed, and under Gotnenberg's di- rection finished Lhe letter and took .it to Tyonek where 1t was delivered to Wm. F. Leise, teacher at the school MT Leise, accompanied by a number Of natives, Aad started to Anchorage by dogteam. and send ing help to Gothenberg, they has tened thinking that a plane might be sent for the patient Arriving at the Beluga river they found it open .necessitating returning and drag- .ging a dory with dogs a distance off 12 miles Mr. Leise arrived iii An chOrage Friday. On Nieminen's re- turn from a search for traDDerS in in the Rainey Pass country Sunday morning, he immediately took to the air and added another chapter to Alaskan air heroics.
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OFFICIALS C0|!FER VIEW NRE:CKAGE|:
 IF BIB PlANE:
OFFICIALS BELIEVE PLANE rv FLOODED WHEN IT STRUCK
 GROUND; MISJUDGED

LOS ANGELES, Jan. lq. l#, Of ficials of the Transccntinentll Ar Transport Maddux Lines, ircluding Colonel Lindbergh, conferred here after viewing the wreckage of the large tri-motored plane that era h- ed near San Clements carrying 16 persons; all the occupants Of she ship, to their deaths.
 The accident resulted in the highest toll of lives ever taken in a crash of a heavier than air ma chine The plane Los Angeles, bound from Agua Caliente, struck the ground and exploded, officials believe, when Pilots Basil Russell and Fredie Kalker misjudged their altitude while turning about to re- turn to San Diego in a drizzling rain.
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{|ELSON THOUGHT ID HIVE STRUCK
 SIDE MOUNTAIN
OVERSHOT NANUK IN THE FOG AND CERCLED OVER REIN
 DEER CAMPS

NOME, Jan, 28, {F)-The fact that Eielson's plane was 90 miles east of the Nanuk and 10 miles from the coast, indicates he had overshot the trading schooner Nanuk in the fog and circled over the reindeer camps 25 miles south of the Nanuk while en- deavoring to find a place to land.
 Finding none he continued to retrace his direction and when he came was heard by the Rus sian he was not over 50 miles from the Nanuk going westward.
 He evidently had endeavored to fly back towards East Cape and probably intended to reach Teller where it was clear when he left in the morning.
 He evidently hit the side of a mountain with the wing which caused the wreck, not many miles from a small village half way between Takakokogen and Cape Wankagen.
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PHYSICIAN sAYs
 {. ALRIGHT n PUT . P0|SlII. ALCOHOL
POISON, NOXIOUS CHEMICALS ALCOHOL CAUSING DEATHS
 BLINDNESS
WASHTNGTOl

WASHINGTON, Jan., 29, P- President Hoover was told that the government policy of putting poi sons in industrial alcohol can be changed without danger to prohi- bition enforcement. Representative William Sirovich, democrat of New York, a physician and chemist, con- ferred with the President at the Whitehouse and laid before him the poison alcohol issue.
 He told the President that the present policy of putting noxious chemicals into alcohol is causing death and blindness, whereas the object of preventing diversion could be obtained by using emetics in- stead of pOisOns.
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ARCTIC PATROL TEST FLIGHT |S
 NOW AT FARGO
COLD WEATHER PLIERS NEED ELECTRIC HEATED CARE
 ASSERTS MAJOR

FARGO, Jan, 28, (P)-Seven- teen planes of the Army Arctic patrol reached the airport here after a flight from various parts of North Dakota and Montana.
 The 18th ship stayed at ts- marck for the nighe one le few occasions during the 44.nt with SD many together at one time Six of the planes came thru from Bismarck and eight from Beach, near the state line, with Major Royce.
 Two came from Great Falls where they had been stranded for a week. Only an adequate ground strength will permit the fighting strength to operate eff ficiently in the north in mid winter, said Major Royce.
 He also reported the defects in the equipment of suits, gloves, goggles and masks These are not all they should )e, he said, and there is need for electric heated clothes, and transport ship, to keep up with the main body.
 He said the men suffered in tensely from the cold, for hours, in starting the engines.
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MONTANA, IDAHO
 DaY CHEF, IS IN BAD. SENATORS
INVESTIGATORS WERE ON HIS TRAIL, ACCORDING TO
 DISPATCH

WASHINGTON, Jan, 28, (PD- Immediate removal of John Her pert, prohibition administratr oi Montana and Idaho, was de- manded in the Senate by Borah and Wheeler on the ground ot the charges placed before them ny Department of Justice inves- tigators.
 Wheeler accompanied the de- mand with the declaration that prohibition endorsements have been broken down and blamed politicians
 He called upon the law en- forcement commission to sum mon the members of the Repub- lican National Committee before 1t and determine "how prohibi- tion officers were appointed"
 Herbert was recently trans 1erred from Baltimore.