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The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
MUST TAKE Low BID
ZOerCher Issues Ultimatum
to County Board.

Marion county authorities must
accept the lowest bid for the Troy
avenue county unit road pavement,
OF the $4,000 bond issue will be
turned down."
This ultimatum was issued today
by Phil Zoercher, state tax COM
missioner. The state tax board
ordered the commission to receive
bids for the project some time ago.
1--WE have learned that an attempt
is being made to award this con-
tract to other than the lowest bid
der" Zoercher asserted. IF such
is the case, the bond issue never
will be allowed by the state tax
board.
Commissioners, it was learned,
have permitted a certain contractor
to bring in bid on other than
specifications with the idea of CIV
ing him the award. Such unfair
competition never can be approved" :"
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27

being 'horsethieves and porch
climbers
He was the only primary can
didate for Governor who took pot
shots at me after I got the nomin-
alton and he has constantly criti-
cised my administration.
Il will not attend this dinner, for
he might attack the g. o. P, and
I'd have to take issue with him"
When John Ruckelshaus, chair
man Of the dinner, failed to lurt
the Governor to the event, Harry
Boggs and Wallace o. Lee were sent
at noon to renew the effort. They
also failed, and when last seen we're
trying to get L. o. Chasey, the Gov
ernor's secretary, to use his inf1u-
ence on the chief executive.
But Leslie is apt to among those
absent, it appeared.
Lawrence H. Whiting, Chicago,
was added to the speakers list at
the last minute and Miss Mildred
Mannon of Cambridge City, state
champion piano accordion player,
also is to appear.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
COLD WAVE TO STAY
25 Degrees Forecast for
indianapolis Tonight.

Spring will not return to Indiana
before Saturday, j. H. Arlington,
United States weather bureau
meteroIogist, declared today, in
dicating that March might come
into being either as a lion in the
raiment of lamb, or as a lamb
garbed as lion.
Two weeks mild weather was
broken Wednesday night, as tenn
peratures sank from above the so
mark to 80 degrees. At a. M. TO-
DAY the mercury stood at 80.
Still further temperature decline
was predicted by Armington for
tonight when readings of 25 degrees
are expected. Friday will be un-
settled, he said.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
The Times Again Sets
the Pace in Basketball

again steps to the front to provide Indaas basket
ball fans with the best in service AS in previous years Ihe
will set the providing news OF the high choo oua
accurately, swiftly and expertly.
school at Buffers huge fedhouse
Times WFBM the Indianapolis Power
Company station Blythe Hendricks king OF the
the mcophone giving fans
Of play and move at the
haven't ticket radio tuned in on
WFM will provide with just much satisfaction and excite
addition sports writer's again
will hand at the provide readers with the expert
analysis leading the
Dick Miller will the ringsde" of the local
sectional regional will describe Of the final
Ven Boxe conductor Of The Times popular basketball column
Off the Blackboard has picked Frankfort Boxe will provide
with latest of features
Play Follow the go wrong
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
HOLT WILL RESIGN
Controller Intends to Quit
Post March IS.

Sterling r. Holt, city controller
and veteran Democratic politician,
intends to retire from his post
March Is, he declared today.
Holt agreed to remain in Office
for sixty days, on request of Mayor
Reginald H. Sullivan when Sullivan
took Office Jan. 6. The mayor has
refused to consider the appointment
of another controller, hoping Holt
can be induced to remain at his
desk
Although he will celebrate his
eightieth birthday March 26, Holt
has spent more hours at his desk
than many younger city officials. He
was appointed controller in 1927,
when Mayor L. Ert Slack took of
flee, to fill the unexpired term of
John Duvall.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
9 HURT IN CRASHES
Truck Strikes Woman, Girl
on Downtown Street.

Nine were injured, none seriously,
in two automobile accidents re-
ported to police late Wednesday.
When machines driven by Jess
Wilson, so, of 1918 Parker avenue,
and Dick Yager, 43, r. R. 5, Box
AL, collided at Market and New
Jersey streets, seven persons, pass
engers in Yager's car, were shaken
up, cut and bruised.
They were: Mrs. Anna Yager, 80;
her sons, James, 6, and Charles, 5;
Mrs. June Van Dyke, 35, and her
sons, John, 4, and Robert, 2, and
Mrs. Kate Heringo, 55, R. R. l, Box
AIS.
A truck driven by Jess Robin, 80,
of 2225 Northwestern avenue, at
Illinois and Ohio streets, struck
Mrs. Jennie Ingram and her daugh-
ter Janis, 16. Both were taken to
their home at the Theodore Home,
3213 North Illinois street.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 27.-Helen
Marple Shook made a personal ap-
peal to Governor Myers Y. Cooper
today for clemency for her con-
demned husband, DR.. James Howard
Shook, who is to be put to death
Friday for the murder Of Theora
Hix, college girl sweetheart.
The Governor later issued state
ment saying nothing would be done
until after a joint conference with
Snook's attorney, E. o. Ricketts,; the
county prosecutor and members of
the state board of clemency at 2
p. m.
Mrs. Shook spoke of the loving
qualities of her husband, the Gov
ernor said, "and, of course, she
made a strong plea for executive
clemency. She said the murder of
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
CLEMENCY OF GOVERNOR
SOUGHT BY MRS. SHOOK

Isaac Miller, pastor of King Ave
nue. Methodist church, which she
attends.
Rev. Mr.. Miller joined her in her
plea, telling the Governor there were
numerous eXtenuating circum-
stances never rightly revealed"
The appeal was her final effort to
save her professor-husband from
death. She has stood by him
staunchly since his arrest last June
and, according to persons close to
her, has exhausted a small fortune
in fighting Shocks case through the
courts.
The appeal was made as workmen
at the state penitentiary scrubbed
the bleak death house where Shook
will die, probably between 1880 and
8 p. m. tomorrow.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27

Miss His was not premeditated, but
was committed in sheer desperation.
Cooper said he was deeply touched,
but that any decision must await
the general clemency conference.
Mrs. Shook was closeted with the
Governor for thirty-one minutes.
She was accompanied by the Rev.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
FOIL PAY ROLL HOLDUP
Patrolman Fires at Bandits After
Mail Truck Driver.

BIZ United Press
BAYONNE. N. j., Feb. 27.-Five
men, one OF them dressed as a spe-
cial policeman, escaped today after
an unsuccessful attempt to hold up
the driver of a mail truck.
One shot, fired by a policeman
who was guarding the truck, routed
the men shortly after a. m. Police
said they believed the mail truck
contained between s150,000 and
$3.50 600, pay rolls of the Standard
Oil Company and the Tidewater Oil
Company.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
FIRE REDUCES
Big four R. R.
SHOP TO RUINS
Paint Combustion Blamed
for ST, 100000 Blaze
at Beech Grove.
WILL RUSH REBUILDING
WatChmen Battle Flames
Until City Units
Reach Scene.

Only twisted steel girders and
leaning brick walls remained today
at the Big Four railway coach paint
shop at Beech Grove after
spectacular fire Wednesday night
which caused damage estimated in
excess of 81, 100000.
Spontaneous combustion in the
paint stocks was blamed for the
fire.
Rebuilding will be started as soon
as the Smoldering ruins are cool
enough for clearing away of debris,
according to Benjamin Orr, superin-
tendent of the railway car depart-
ment.
Large stocks of paints, oils,
varnishes and lacquer in the shop
created hazards for f1remen battling
the flames in the building. 480 by
800 feet, forty-five feet high at the
walls and SiXty-five feet high in the
center.
Watchmen Are Heroes
A slate roof, with steel girders,
was credited today by officials with
saving the remainder of the big
shop units from damage or de-
Struction. Damage to the building
was estimated by Orr at $350000.
Heroism of two night watchmen,
G. Lester Parret, lit North Fifth
avenue, Beech Grove, and Russell
Jordan, 35O7 East Sixteenth street,
marked the fire.
Parrett discovered the fire in the
paint shop at 9 Wednesday night.
Turning in the alarm Which set the
shops whistle to blowing he raced
to another building and summoned
Jordan.
Together the two braved the in
ferno, dragging hose into the
building to fight the fire alone un-
til the railway fire department and
the Beech Grove department reached
the scene.
Paint Is Menace
Billowing smoke and exploding
paint threatened lives of the two
watchmen as they directed water On
the flames. To escape the building
they were compelled to lie upon
their stomachs and snake their way
to safety when driven back by the
intense heat.
Firemen found the flames beyond
control as paint exploded and spread
the fire rapidly. Calls were sent to
indianapolis fire departments. -Four
pumper companies, an engine COM
pany and squad truck were sent
to Beech Grove to assist.
Railway employees, attracted by
the flames, aided in attaching
cables to thirteen Of the twenty-six
coaches in the burning building.
They we're dragged from The build
ing, badly damaged, BY use of q
transfer table. Loss to the twenty
six coaches will average $4,000 each,
a total of $520,O00, railway officials
estimated.
Fine Cars Damaged
One of the coaches was an
elaborate private car and several
were fine dining cars.
About $50 men, employed in the
paint shop, were thrown out of em-
The building was erected in 1910.
1t stood at the southeast corner OF
the Beech Grove shops group of
buildings. Firemen labored sue
cessfully to save the nearby mill
house and coach shop from damage.
When flames reached a section
of the building occupied by a store
room of the railways electrical de-
partment, electric globes exploded
with the sound of machine gun fire.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
JOHN D. NOT AT HELM
Son Denies Rockefeller Is Debating
Price Slashing Policies.

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-John D.
Rockefeller Sr is not debating poll
cies of the vast Standard Oil inter
ests in the recent slashing of crude
oil and gasoline prices, nor is he the
directing head of the recent Stand
ard mergers, according to state
ment issued today by John D.
Rockefeller Jr.
Reports had been circulated that
the elder Rockefeller, at 81, had
taken the helm again in laying out
the policies of his far-aung enter
prises.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
76O TEAMS TO
COMPETE FOR
CAGE crown
State Basket Tournaments
Open Friday in 81
SeCtiOnaIS.
TECH FAVORITE HERE
Columbus and SheIbyVille
to Wage Struggle
for LaurelS.

Indiana today prepared to turn It's
undivided attention to one OF its
gala spcrt events of the year, the
nineteenth annual Indiana high
school basketball tournaments, which
will get under way Friday in sixty
four Hoosier cities.
Seven hundred and sixty teams,
assigned to the sixty-four centers,
will compete in the sectional tour
naments on Friday and Saturday,
final contests in each tournament
Saturday night slicing the field to
Siyty-fOur.
The surviving quintets will COM
pete in sixteen regional tournaments
on Saturday. March 8, four sectional
winners competing in each regional.
The sixteen survivors will journey to
Indianapolis the following Friday
and Saturday. March IA and IS, to
vie for the states highest high
school sports toga-
Use $50 Officials
In twenty-five sectional centers,
play Will start Friday morning, and
in twenty-nine cities. opening con-
tests will not begin until Friday
afternoon. In thirteen of the smaller
centers, competition starts Friday
night.
One hundred and fifty officials
will handle the games in the sixty
four sectionals. Two referees have
been assigned to the smaller torna-
ments and three to the larger
events.
In the Indianapolis sectional,
Technical. runner-up for the State
championship last year, is top
heavy favorite to romp through TO
victory. Shornidge is expected to
face the Arsenal quintet in the final
game Of the tourney. Shortridge
opens the tourney at 9 Friday morn
ing, meeting Ben Davis, Marion
county champion.
One of the hardest-fought sec
tionals in the state will be at
Shelbyville, where Columbus and
ShelbyviIle, both regarded as for
midable contenders for the state
crown will battle in sectional play.
Columbus is a favorite to beat the
Shelby five.
Interest on RegiOnals
Another hard fought sectional
will be in the Calumet district.
The regionals a week from Satur-
day viii find indianapolis sharing
state interest with other important
regional centers. Anderson and
Technical both are expected to meet
in the local regional, and a close,
! hard-fought battle is predicted. An
other interesting regional tourney
will be played at Logansport, where
Logan and Delphi are the strongest
contenderS.
The state finals event will be
staged at the mammoth Butler uni
versity field house. First round
games of the final tourney will be
played Friday, the eight survivors
meeting in second round play Sat-
urday morning. The four semi
finahstS will clash in two games
Saturday afternoon, the surviving
two teams battling for the HooSier
championship Saturday night.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
No Names

More than twenty unsigned
letters to the editor have been
received at The Times office in
the last two days for publica-
ton in the peoples column on
the editorial page. 1t is a rule
Of The Times. as it is with
virtually all other newspapers,
that no anonymous communi-
cation will be given conSidera-
ton or published. All these
letters would have been printed
had SenderS' names been ap-
pended.
II you send a letter to The
Times editor for publication.
please sign it. Your name will
not be used. unless you wish it
10 be. And conflne your COM
. munications 10 $50 words or
less.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
WHITE HOUSE FETE
is CANCELLED AS
TAFT"S LIFE EBBS
BIZ Tnffed PRESS


WASHINGTON. 27-After receiving pmistc bull
en Chief Justice William Howard Taft President Hoover
today Cancelled reception for members of the house
which had been scheduled for tonight at the White House
The executive Office the following statement:
physicians
President of the United
regrefuy have Cancelled given
the members of the house of representatives tonight
The home where the President justice
tile Snlett tOdav
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
FAITHFUL COLLIE SLAIN
ShOemaker'S Dog Dies in Defending
Master; Bandit Captured.

ny Httfu PFCSS
CHICAGO, Feb. 27.-Rex learned
his lesson well during the five years
Vito Pannaraie taught the sturdy
Collie to guard his shoe repair shop.
Two men held up the shoemaker
and started rifling the safe.
Pannarie Kissed something in
Italian. 1t was "Sic 'em, Rex" Rex
died of bullet wounds, but James
Thornton, in whose leg the dogs
teeth were fastened in a death grip,
was captured by police.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
SEEKS DIVORCE AGAIN
Wife of Roy Darcy, Film Actor,
Files New Suit.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27.-Mrs.
Alura Rhinock Guisti, who divorced
Roy Darcy, film actor, two years
ago only to elope with him later,
today had on file a second suit for
divorce.
The woman charged that Darcy,
whose real name is Guisti, was ex-
cessively egotistical and that his
supreme superiority" caused them
to separate five months after their
second marriage.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
MUMPS DELAYS TRIAL
Gastonia Union Staying Hearing Is
Held Up in Illinois.

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Feb. 27.-A
case of the mumps brought a halt
today in the trial of five nonunion
textile workers, charged with the
death of Mrs. Ella May Virgins in
ali ''anti-Communist" disorder
Sept. II at GaStonia.
Judge j. H. Clements postponed
the case until Moday, March 3, on
the report of Drs. w. B. Hunter and
Lee Johnson that o. H. Lunsford,
defendant, was suffering from the
maladY.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
GEORGE PUTNAM DIES
Famous American Publisher Passes
at New York Home.
Rn Tnited Press

BIZ { III u I7ftoS
NEW YORK. Feb. 27.-Maj jor
George Haven Putnam, Civil war
veteran and dean of American pub
fishers, died at his home here today.
The 85-year-old president Of
George Putnam & Sons underwent
an operation last fall and for time
was in excellent health. He was
stricken ten days ago and lapsed
into coma on Tuesday. Putnam,
son Of George Palmer Putnam, pio-
neer publisher, was native OF Eng
land.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
STATE BANK IS CLOSED
DepOsitors in Tyner Institution are
Expected to Receive Money.

Farmers State bank Of Tyner was
closed today by the state banking
department
The bank directors told Luther
F. Symons. state banking commits
4. toner. that if permitted to close at
is time they will be able to pay
,poSitorS. SymonS said.
A. F. Burke is president and
larles Miller cashier. The bank is
pitalized at S25,000.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
CONVENTION DATE SET
Railway Trainmen Brotherhood
VIII Meet Here Oct. 1I-I2.

The Indiana state convention Of
the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men will be held in Indianapolis
Oct. II and II, it was decided at
meeting of the state executive COM
mittee at Trainmen's hall, Cruise and
Washington streets, Wednesday
night.
About 1000 visitors are expected
for the convention, which will be
featured by closing banquet.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
CARDINAL LIES IN STATE
High Churchmen View Body of
Late Merry Del Val.
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By United Press
ROME, Feb. 27.-The body of
Cardinal Merry Del Val, former Sec
retary of state of the Holy See, and
one of the most beloved prelateS of
the Roman Catholic church, lay in
state today in the hall on the first
floor of st. Matha mansion, where
it was viewed by high churchmen
and diplomatic officials.
Funeral services will be conducted
Saturday morning in st. Peters, of
which Merry Del Val was cardinal
archpriest. The ceremonies will take
place before the same altar where
the funeral mass for Cardinal
Rampolla, his predecessor as arch
priest of st. Peters was said.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
DOG Is HERO IN BLAZE
Homeless Pup, Befriended by Cleve-
lander, Saves Two From Fire.

CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 27.-A
homeless pup whom he befriended
showed his gratitude early today by
saving the lives of Ernest Burman
and his wife, when fire started in
the Burman home.
Burman was awakened by the pup
tugging at the bedclothes at his
feet and found the room full of
smoke. Burman awakened his wife
and carried her down a ladder to
safety.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
Read I'm All

Four big special features, In
addition to the many regular
ones for Times readers, are
found today on inside pages, as
follows:
The second installment of
when S50,0O0,0O0 Goes TO
JAIL" the story OF Harry Sin
clair's imprisonment-Page 8.
Murder Backstairs," Anne
Austin's thrilling new serial
Page Z.
The last of Arthur Muir
rays dance series, Stepping
in Style"-Page 8.
Ripley's Believe 1t or Not
Page 16.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
OPEN USED CAR STORE
l. Wolf Company Has 1000 Feet of
Space at BIG E. Washington.

The I. Wolf Auto Company today
opened a new used car store at 1854
East Washington street with dis
play floor space of more than 1000
square feet. Business will be con-
tinued, as previously. at the main
store at Sol North Capitol avenue.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
Deposed ersian Shah Dies

BU United Press
PARIS, Feb. T-Sultan Ahmed
Mira, deposed shah of Persia, died
in exile here today.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-02-27
CHAIRMAN PROMOTED
McGarrah Is Selected as Head of
Clearing House.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Gates
w. McGarrah, chairman of the
board Of the New York Federal Re-
serve bank, has, been selected as
head of the International Bank and
Clearing House for war debts which
will establish its headquarters in
Switzerland soon. it was learned
authoritatively today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
change IN MEXICAN
LAND LAW STUDIED
Ortiz Rubio Backs Measure
to Eliminate Features
Cutting Production.

By the Associated Press
MEXICO CITY, November 9. The
Mexican Congress had under considera-
ton today q measure, fostered by Presi-
dent Ortiz Rubio, designed to amend
the agrarian laws so as to remove many
Of the features which have undermined
confidence of landowners and hence
have crippled production.
Under the present agrarian laws
landowners hesitate to invest too much
in crops due TO the possibility that their
land will be taken away from them and
the crops distributed to the peasants.
The proposed amendment to the law
would exclude from its provisions those
sugar, fruit. dairy, vegetable and cattle
plantations and farms where milling or
packing Is done on the grounds.
The amendment also would reject de-
mands Of villages for enlargement Of
communal lands unless the money to
pay the landowners was actually on
hand before the land was taken over.
At present the land is seized and the
owners are paid In agrarian bonds
which are worth about Is per cent Of
their face value.
The amendment also would give the
haciendas the right to employ large
numbers of poems without the obliga-
ton Of giving them lands. It has been
the practice heretofore for poems to
form village on the hacienda and to
demand and receive communal lands
at the expense Of the hacienda owners.
The bill is pursuant to the Presi-
dents message to Congress Thursday
that the government considers it neces-
capital to save Mexico from an eco
nomic crisis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
AIRWAY TO NORFOLK
READY FOR OPERATION
Except for Final Cleanup, New
Route Fields and Beacons
Are All Completed.

Construction of the airway between
the National Capital and Norfolk, Va,
has been completed except for some
final painting jobs on towers and build
ings and cleaning up of several Of the
sites, 1t was announced yesterday by
the airways division, Department Of
Commerce.
All beacon towers, IL in number, have
been completed, and the sites are ready
to put into commission. No beacons
have been put in operation. Intermedi-
ate landing fields have been laid out,
leveled, marked and lighted for night
operations.
Work on the airway between the Ma
tional Capital and Pittsburgh, Of which
the Norfolk Washington airway Is an
extension, lis not so far advanced. owing
to failure of the FIRST contractor, but
the work probably viii be completed
early In the Winter.
There are no air transport operations
now between this city and Norfolk,
though at least tive air transport lines
are studying the route with q view to
establishment of mail and passenger
service. The Pennsylvania Airline now
operates passenger service from here to
Pittsburgh and Cleveland, and antici-
pates the advertising by the Post once
Department Of bids for carrying Of air.
mall between this city and Pittsburgh,
possibly with an extension to Norfolk,
in the near future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09

Furthermore, It may be claimed by
the vets that the Republican dry can
didateS for Governor and Senator in
Ohio and Massachusetts, Jared little bet
ter than the wet Republican candidates
did in Illinois and New York. In other
words, the Republicans gained nothing
by sticking to the dry cause In Ohio
and in Massachusetts,.