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The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
CUT NUMBER OF
COUNTIES TO 5,
TAX PROPOSAL
State Expenses Could Be
Reduced, Asserts Link
Belt Executive.

Cutting down the cost of govern
ment by dividing the state into five
counties was suggested to the Indi-
ara tax survey committee today by
] George florence of the Link Belt
Company, Indianapolis, chairman of
TIE tax committee of the Indiana
/ Manufacturers Association.
"Our present governmental divi-
sions are costly and outmoded," :"
Terrence said. Five counties could
carry on all the governmental func-
tions much more efficiently and at
less expense than now.
This is a time of mergers. Let
us merge the counties into town
ships and cut down their number
by elimination of all but five. At
present, much Of the governmental
inefflciency and waste is caused by
overlapping functions.
Not Against Tax
Terrence told the tax committee
men that the manufacturers would
not oppose an equitable income tax.
Factories suffer under the pres
ent burden Of real estate taxation"
he declared Our assets are
tangible and none escapes the tax
duplicate.
1T is reasonable to levy against
the firms and persons making the
money in the year in which 1T is
made and this can best be done by
fair and just income tax We be-
lieve.
Experience in other states indl-
Gates that the income tax has not
had bad effect on business"
Frank c. Jordan, vice-preSident
and assistant treasurer of the In
dianapolis Water Company pre-
sented the committee with data
showing that utilities in Indiana are
taxed beyond those of other states.
Offers No Solution
Under questioning by John F.
White, former councilman, Jordan
stated rates might be reduced II
utilities we're relieved of some of the
present tax burden. He refused to
offer any suggestions regarding
definite system for bringing about
this relief.
Glenn Van Auken, utility attor-
ney. spoke in behalf of Jordan's
contention that utilities are taxed
too high. He appeared for the In
sull interests, he stated, represent
ing the Northern Indiana Power
and Light Company.
EN-. Griggs, Chicago, appeared as
attorney for the national board OF
fire underwriters, contending that
the premium tax, as levied in In
diana, is unfair and should be abol-
iShed.
Thursday the committee will hold
a public hearing on the income tax
Meetings are in the supreme court
room at the statehouse.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
CAR MOTORMAN
HURT IN CRASH
Suffers Severe Injuries in
Early Morning Collision.

Charles H. Overman, So, of 1125
Church street, Prospect street car
motorman, suffered severe injuries
to his legs and hips early today when
his car crashed into the rear Of an
outbound indianapolis & South
eastern traction freight car at Vir-
ginia and Woodlawn avenues.
Both cars we're damaged severely,
front of the street car being crushed
in. Raymond Russell Of RuShville
was conductor in charge of the
freight train.
Lige Carpenter, 81, of 1248 West
Twenty-ffth street, suffered a
crushed right hand when his auto
mobile and car driven by Isaac
Davidson, SIS, of R, r. Is, Box 516,
collided at Thirteenth and Della
ware streets Tuesday night.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
Call of Blood

En- IimcS SDocidt
LOCKPORT, N. Y, May 7.
"A Scalping or two appeared
here likely, all because Wesley
Yager, 23-year-old Negro, went
roller skating down the main
street.
When children laughed at
him in deriSion, Wager drew
forth a knife and brandished
it alarmingly. Onlookers fed,
but Charles Jacob, 65-year-old
Indian, apparently felt renaiS-
sance of tribal spirit and he,
too, displayed a long knife.
Yager and Jacob came to-
gether, the former handi-
capped by the roller skates but
still willing to engage in a
scalping bee.
The fracas was halted by a
police sergeant. wager will
have fifty days in a cell to
mediate on his folly. and for
thirty days Jacob will keep
him company.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
Arrivals and Departures

Hoosier Airport-Ralph Sturm,
Curtiss Robin, to Seymour.
Curtiss-Mars Hill Airport-C. w.
Lewis, Waco biplane, from Owosso,
Mich, with two passengers, and re-
turn; Charles E. Cox Jr., Curtiss
assistant general manager, Robin,
to Newcastle and return; H. Hern-
don, New Standard biplane, Colum-
bus, O., to st. Louis; Embry- Riddle
air plane passengers included Elmer
H. Jose, Capitol Always president,
and Mrs. Jose from Chicago; H. v.
Ludlow of Cincinnati, to Chicago;
II. j. Gassage, New York, and G. M,
Franklin, Warsaw, to Chicago.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07

What many people call indigestion
very often means excess acid in the
stomach. The stomach nerves have
been over stimulated, and food
sours. The corrective is an alkali,
which neutralizes acids instantly
And the best alkali known to med
ical science is Phillips Milk OF
Magnesia. 1t has remained the
standard with physicians in the so
years since its invention.
One spoonful of this harmless.
tasteless alkali in water will neu-
tralize instantly many times as
much acid, and the symptoms dis
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
REPORTS AT VARIANCE
ON COLD FRUIT LOSS
Trees on Low Ground Apparently
Bore Brunt of Damage.

BU United Press
LAFAYETTE, Ind, May Vary
ing reports of damage to fruit IN
Indiana from the recent cold spell
have been received at Purdue uni
versity. In general, fruit on low
ground suffered extensive damage in
most sections south of Lafayette,
reports indicate.
DavieSs county reported all black
berries killed, and early Strawberries
damaged. Some sections reported
indications of a noraml cherry crop
and in others, a total failure. Plums
will be light.
Knox county fruit suffered only
Slight damage. The apple crop near
Evansville and vicinity is believed
unharmed.
Damage was small in Putnam
county, although small fruit in
bloom was killed
Apples and pears in Miami county
were untouched. Cherries and
plums were damaged 25 to so per
cent.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
WhenPaiin
Comes
Two hours after eating

appear at once. You will never use
crude methods when once you learn
the efficiency Of this. Go get a
small bottle to try.
Be sure to get the genuine Phillips
Milk of Magnesia prescribed by
physicians for so years in correcting
excess acids. 25c and SOC a bottle
any drugstore.
Milk Of Magnesia" has been the
u. S. Registered Trade Mark of The
Charles n Phillips Chemical Com
pany and its predecessor, Charles
H. Phillips, since l875.--Advertise-
ment.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
MONEY FOR P0STOFF!CE
Representative Advises Noblesville
Will Get Building.
BU United Press
NOBLESVILLE. Ind. M

HI z WfTFU f"TFNN
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, May T.
Fred S. Purnell. representative in
congress from the Ninth Indiana
district. has advised NobleSville
fliends that the house appropriation
committee has included an item for
erection of new postoffice building
in this city
1t is said work on the structure
will start as soon as government en-
gineerS can make an estimate and
award contracts. The government
has owned a site here ten years. 1t
is a quarter of a city block. located
on the southwest corner of Ninth
street and Maple avenue.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
FEW DIAMONDS LISTED

BIZ Times Special
BEDFORD, Ind, May 7.-On the
basis of assessors reports there are
only forty-nine diamonds in all
Lawrence county, and thirty-nine OF
them are in this city. The total
value is set at $2,125.
There are 1886 automobiles in
the county, valued at s286,5o4; BIZ
horses. valued at S14,392, and 248
mules. valued at S16,518.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
Comedy Leads

Miss Ruth Adams Cright) and
Robert E. Simpson. who will have
leading roles in And Billy Dis
appeared a four-act comedy, to
be presented Friday night by
young people of Centenary Chris
tian church, Eleventh and Oxford
streets.
The play involves a World war
day romance. Other members of
the cast are William Katzen-
berger, Harry Hollenbeck, George
Dickinson, Louis McMullen, Miss
Alice Martin, Miss Algia Wilkins,
Miss Jessie Hendren, Miss Lois
McAIullen and Miss Dorothy
Hart.e.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
AIDS IN SAVING LIFE
Bloomington Youth Helps Victim of
Truck Motorcycle Crash.

BH Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, May T.
Douglas DeaSy, Bloomington youth,
who suffered serious injuries when
his motorcycle ran into a truck, is
believed to owe his life to first aid
ministrationS of friend, Carl Lin
thicum. Is.
Suffering from conclusion of the
brain, Deasy laid unconscious in a
street after the crash while by
ISLANDERS stared without knowing
what to do Young Linthicum, rid
ing in an automobile behind the
truck, arrived shortly afterward and
applied artificial respiration meth
ods he learned in high school. Ply
sicianS declare Linthicum should be
credited with saving the other
youths life.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07

BH United Press
M!shawaka is believed to have
made the greatest population gain
since the 1920 census Of any In
diana city Of its size.
The 1880 enumeration shows the
Mishawaka population at 28,5Sl, a
gain of 1886 or 88 per cent in ten
years.
Among smaller towns, Greendale
increased 37.5 per cent. The enum-
Grafton was 1850.
Versailles has 523 residents, a gain
of 26.5 per cent.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
Bug Causes Crash

. MILFORD, Ind, May Auto
mobiles driven by Mrs. Willis Alex
ander and Fred S. Jeehn, Milford.
collided when she became confused
after a bug entered one OF her eyes
No one was injured and damage TO
the cars was slight.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
BANDIT HOLDS UP
STORE, OBTAINS $50
Forces Clerk Into Bonds After Two
Customers Leave.

Forces Clerk Into Bonds After Two
Customers Leave.
Waiting until two customers left
the store, a roughly dressed bandit
early this afternoon held up a clerk
in an Atlantic g. Pacific Tea Com
pany store, 2152 Madison avenue,
robbed the cash drawer of $50, and
escaped.
Jesse Wallace, 20, of 37O0 South
Meridian street, the clerk, was
forced at the point of gun into
a washroom in the rear Of the store,
where the bandit bound him with
rope.
Wallace's cries for help after the
bandit left attracted Mrs. Thelma
Rasor, operator Of the Sunshine
bakery, next door to the grocery.
She freed Wallace, and he tele-
phoned police.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
Brands Church
Greatest Blood
Lust Creator
Book by British General
Reveals Horrors OF
Executing Coward.
BY KEITH JONES
limited Press STAFF Correspondent

tnlteQ RTeSS stan GOTICSpOnuSht
II ONDON, May 7.-One of the
IL most startling of the many
startling books on the World war
that the past twelve months have
produced has been contributed oy
Brigadier- General F. P. Crozier OF
the British army.
The book, containing many grim
accounts of military justice, of lie
among the soldiers, and OF carefully
cultivated methods of instilling
blood-lust into the troops, was on
sale in London today. 1t is named
"a Brass Hat in No Mans Land.
General Crozier handled his sub
iect with utter frankness, dlsclos-
ing startling opinions within the
army of established institutions.
The Christian churches" Gen
eral Crozier wrote, ARE the finest
blood-lust creators which we have
and of them we made free use.
DESCRIBING the execution OF a
~ soldier for cowardice, the au-
thor with amazing frankness wrote:
"I supervise the preliminary ar
rangements myself. We put the
prisoner in warm, comfortable
place. A few yards away we drive
in a post. I send for junior OIL
Ger and show him all
"'You will be in charge OF the
firing SQUAD I say. The men will
be cold, nervous and excited. They
may miss their mark. You are to
have your revolver ready, loaded
and cooked; if the medical officer
tells you life is not extinct, you are
to walk up to the victim, place the
muzzle of your revolver to his heart
and press the trigger. Do you un-
derstand?'
"'Yes, sir, came the reply. Right,
I add, dine with me at my mess
tonight 1 want to keep this young
fellow engaged until late at night to
minimize the chances of his flying
to the bottle for support.
Gas for he leaves this earth, in
so far as knowing anything Of his
surroundings is concerned, by mid
night, for I arrange that enough
spirituous liquor is left beside him
to sink a ship"
TINE prisoner is brought forth at
Il dawn, and carried to the stake,
as he is too drunk to walk.
LAS he is produced" continues
General Crozier, II see that he is
practically lifeIess and quite uncon-
scious. He already has been bound
with ropes. There are hooks on the
post. He is hooked on like dead
meat in a butchers shop. His eyes
are bandaged-not that it really
matters, for he is already blind" "
There is a nervous volley.
There is a pause. I wait. I see
the medical officer examine the vic
tim. He makes a sign; the Subaltern
strides forward; single shot rings
out. Life now is extinct"
I'VE march back to breakfast
while the men OF a certain company
pay last tribute at the grave side
of an unfortunate companion. This
is war
TREE love among both sexes en-
Il gagged in war work, General
Crozier declared, was as inevitable
as the rising and setting Of the sun.
Drinking among the officers in
the front line was common, and
occasionally interfered with their
performance of duty and endan-
gered some sections of the line,
General Crozier said.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07

Butler university
student election,
Russell Townsend,
1919 North Penn
sylvania S tire ct,
Tuesday won the
presidency of the
university student
council, defeating
Donald Youel.
Townsend is a
member of Phi
Delta Theta, Blue
Key and Tau Kap-
pa Alpha. Six
hundred and forty
,oCf IN tho o1a0fi0y1
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
LONG BLINDNESS ENDS
Evansville Man Sees After Five
Years in Darkness.
BB Unittd Press

BIZ Unitcd Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind, May Fired
Brissenden is happy. For the first
time in five years he is able to see
his friends, many of whom he never
before had seen. BriSsenden's sight
failed five years ago. When ne
came to Evansville two years ago ne
could only guess at the appearances
of those with whom he became &C
uuainted. Now he takes them by
the hand with a new understand
ing.
Medical science restored his sight.
A delicate operation, three months
of darkness with heavy bandageS
over his eyes, and Brissenden saw
AGAIN
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
Doctors PRESCRIPTION
when system is sluggish;
costs nothing to try

When your bowels need help, the mldest thing
that will do the work is always the sensible
choice Take laxative that family doctor mas
sed for ali sorts of cases of chronic constipation.
DR.. CaIdwel's Syrup Pepsin is so pleasant to the
tas E. so gentle in its action, it is given children
of tender age and yet it is just as thorough and
effective as stronger preparations. Pure senna,
and harmless laxative herbs; ingredients ina.
start a gentle muscular action. Avoid coated
tongue, laden breath. bilious headaches etc. Evely
IN big bottles Or Just svrife DR.. Cddsoelts SyrHP
Ps5sin, MOntieslIO, H. for free trial bottle.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
AGED Man Injured

COLUMBUS, Ind, May 7.-Ith-
mer Keith, "A. sustained fracture
to his right leg above the knee, cuts
and bruises on his arms and body
and was otherwise injured when he
fell down a cellar stairway at his
home. His condition is serious.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
In the Ain"

Weather conditions in the air at
$50 a. M:
South wind, 20 miles an hour;
barometric pressure, 29.76 at sea
level; temperature 72; ceiling, 15,-
900 feet; visibility, Is miles; field
good.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
1O3,677 IN SOUTH BEND
Population Increases 46 Per Cent in
Last Ten Years.
Tnitcd PrcsS

Z TITt U 7
SOUTH BEND, Ind, May T.
South Bend now is in the class OF
cities of 100000 population, accord
ing to preliminary census figures.
The enumeration is 103,677, a gain
of 46 per cent over the total ten
years ago.
The population in 1920 was 70,s83,
and has increased by 1884.
Preliminary reports for other cities
in the district are:
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
Judson L. Stark

polling place, said they found moth
ng suspicious in the manner in
which votes were being tailed there.
Reports of dishonesty in most
cases we're grossly exaggerated,
George Denny, election commission
er, declared
While the two election sheriffs
sat on the porch and dozed during
the wee hours of the morning, the
organization candidate for Republic
an precinct committeeman in the
Ninth precinct of the Fourth ward
sat with the election clerks and in
spector and made himself a winner
through extensive use Of the blue
pencil, it was charged today.
Taken in Patrol Wagon
Attention of election commits
sioners was called by reporter 1or
The Times, who, with Two members
of the Junior Republican organiza-
ton, saw John L. Bienz, 3425 North
Illinois street, the candidate, handle
the ballots.
The inspector, E. w. Hoover,
344e North Illinois street, an at
torney; the two judges, j. t. An
drews, 3471 North Illinois street,
and M. c. Lyons, 3317 North ILL
nois street, and Bienz were taken to
the Marion county jal in patrol
wagon after Thomas A. Daily,
deputy election commissioner, called
for their arrest on charges of violat-
ing the election laws and aroused
a sufficient number of voters in the
precinct to be sworn in to take over
the duties.
Bond Is Posted
Bond for each of the four was
fixed at $1,000 by Judge James A.
Collins of the criminal court, who
was reused from his sleep to con-
slider the bail.
Soon after, Clyde E. Robinson,
county treasurer, and county Re-
publican organization treasurer,
posted the bond for the four.
Bienz was watched marking the
ballots in his favor with blue pencil
stub concealed under his forefinger,
against his opponent H. M. Barclay,
1850 North Meridian street, by
Everett F. Saxton, 3460 North
Graceland avenue, candidate Tor
delegate to the state convention.
Candidate Is Accused
Saxton, in a statement, declared
that he sav Bienz mark twenty-five
ballots, and that the precinct COM
mitteeman came out and borrowed
Saxton's knife to sharpen the blue
pencil.
The watcher notified Barclay,
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
Business Veteran Dies

f4 4D5EzcCATUR, zcla Ind, May John
Niblick, n, dry goods merchant here
fifty years, is dead after an illness
of ten days. He was born here in
1853 and spent all his life in this
city
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
Fish Story
BIZ United Press

BB United Press
WASHINGTON. D. c.. May
THE tale of salmon from
Maine accidentally carved Tor
the White House breakfast
table only to be reassembled SO
Mr. Hoover could see what II
looked like, was being told here
today. The salmon was sent
to the President by Rev. Mr..
Snow Of Maine, but landed IN
the White House kitchen in
stead Of the executive Office.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07

two votes were cast in the election
The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-07
TOWNSEND ELECTED
BY BUTLER COUNCIL
University Students Cast $40 Votes
l. Race for Presidency.
In the largest vote ever cast at a

In the large
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-01-25
INSTALLMENT XVII

Her mother was known only as BaX-
ter, q vagrant Negro woman who had
come to the mines ten years before,
had once saved Buttons life, and
had later, presumably in fit OF jeal-
GUS rage, destroyed him. But while
her mind assimilated these facts,
coolly felicitating her upon her &C.
cape, upon the final complete erasure
of the record of her own origin, an
inexplicable tremor seized upon f.er
body, shaking her so that she fell
into a chair, seized the arms with
her sallow, expressive hands and
gripped desperately while the tremor
possessed her like the sustained ten
sion of galvanic current. Presently
the seizure abated. Then came weak
ness as from protracted illness, and
a pang of loneliness and longing that
Swelled, mounted, and overwhelmed
her, flinging her head down upon her
arms, and binding her with gnsh
or tears.
With everyone there is some pic
ture etched into the child mind b.
the bite of some early and penetrat-
ing emotion. It stands there always,
isolated, marking the beginning of
memory, obscuring lesser subsequent
impressions. Up now from under the
drifted years this picture flashed into
LiSsaS consciousness great bruised
figure STANDING in doorway with a
policeman beside it-a strange salty
taste uDon her child lipS where her
mother had pressed a farewell kiss.
The girl sat waiting. Her tranced
gaze had found the window and had
escaped the confines of the room into
an infinity of sky. Then another
picture began to brighten, assume
colour, form-& gigantic black woman
kneeling in the dirt OF the public
road, patting her with great clumsy
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hands, while her body mingled a tang
of sweat and phosphate dust with the
druggy perfume of roadside honey
suckle. This memory held a poison
that she could not at once identify.
Then it came-the beginning of 4
fastidiousnesS in herself that had
turned her away from the great crea-
ture who might soil her dress to the
cleanneSS of Mamba's arms. A gap.
A time of things wanted because OF a
strange loneliness that needed as
Suaging-a fire in her blood that had
driven her in a half-desperate search
for the unattainable to the Broadens
the roadhouSe dances-the last
night with Prince. Her last picture OF
Hagar, the dominant figure of that
insane night looming like destiny
over the body of Button, taking her in
her arms and giving her for one
brief moment a sense Of refuge, OF
sudden arriya at some remote and
illuSory goal. IL was strange now
that she could not remember a word
that her mother had ever said. She
imagined her as vast, inarticulate
Wer-ancompassing love, possess
ing her all the more now because
of her silence.
She saw now with agonising clarity
all that Hagar had given, and now
that she had gone there would never
be anything thai she could offer in
return. She felt ar impulse to wound
herself in some way. believing vague
" that pain would expiate her
thoughtleSSness, her indifference. She
closed her hands in a muscular SpaSm
that drove the nails into her tender
palms, and imagined slackening OF
the grip upon her heart. Now she was
fiercely glad that she was alone. For
the first time in her life she was glad
to be free of Manila and her indom-
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