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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-26
12.HOUR SHIFT
STILL PREVAILS
IN STEEL MILLS
Church Survey Reveals
Thousands Are Working
Long Hours.

Bv ScriDps-HODard Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-DeSpite
the public announcement in July,
1923, that the twelve-hour day in
the steel industry gradually would
be abolished, survey of 155 plants
by the Federal Council Of Churches
OF Christ in America discloses more
than per cent of the workers en-
gagged in shifts Of twelve hours or
longer.
Out of $4,000 workers covered in
the survey, 1872, 900 worked ten hours
day or more, and 5000 more than
twelve hours. More than one-fOurth
of the men worked seven days
week.
In one plant, electric furnace men
worked fourteen hours a day, seven
days a week. and many common
laborers sixteen hours a day
Assumption Re Examined
THE popular assumption that the
twelve-hour day and the Seven-day
week are extinct in the steel indus
try, was re-examined,' the report
says.
Districts covered in the survey in
Guided Birmingham, Pittsburgh,
youngstown, Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Buffalo and Chicago, but the name
of plants and their location were
withheld. So far as possible, the
data were obtained directly from the
official labor charts Of the plants.
In some cases there was decided
unwillingness on the part of officers
at plants to give information" and
this factor played a large part in the
exclusion of data from tWenty-one
plants Of four companies which we're
not tabulated. '-.
Wage Scale Shown
Wages for common labor ranged
from "a to Sc cents an hour, with
the majority receiving between 80
and As cents.
The number of workers assigned
to eight-hour shifts was $4,000 or
46.6 per cent.
Some $1,000 enjoyed a work week
of five or five and One-half days;
10000 worked six days, and $1,000
seven days.
Even in plants where the eight
hour day is the rule, every man must
work a double shift once in three
weeks. to care for the switching of
crews from night to day duty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
BRITAIN READY
TO SCRAP SHIPS
Cruiser Glasses Cause of
Farley Controversy.
BIZ Tnited Press

BH United Press
LONDON, Feb. 6.-Great Britain
is willing, under agreement with
other naval powers, to begin imme-
date Scrapping of battleshipS down
to fifteen in accordance with the
Washington treaty, the British
spokesman announced today.
The spokesman said it would take
two years for the British to COM
plete the scrapping processes. He
said that, if other powers were will
ing, Britain saw no reason to wait
until 1886.
A controversy over the number
of classes of warshipS which shall
be established under any agreement
for naval limitation arose today at
a meeting Of the so-called first
committee of the naval conference.
japanese sources said the COM
mittee, meeting at st. James palace,
failed to agree whether to place
light cruisers and destroyers in one
Or two classes. France and Japan
favored placing them in one cate
CORY, while the British and Amer
lean delegates favored placing light
cruisers in one class and destroyerS
in another.
1t was understood the question
would be submitted to the commit
tee of experts appointed by the
conference. The experts will meet
at II q. m. Friday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
Supper Waits
Grocer Ready to Eat,
but Bandits Held
Him Captive.

RI Times SDeciGl
a NDERSON, Ind, Feb. o.
IN Supper is ready, Daddy"
said 9-year-old Arthur Colvin as
he entered the grocery Of his
father, Floyd Colvin.
The grocer was hungry, but he
was being detained by two ban
dts. Father and son were forced
to stand against one side of the,
store while the bandits took $77.30
from the cash register. Colvin
had just finished counting the
money when the robbers entered.
They were driven away by COM
panion who waited outside in an
automobile.
Robert Shrader, 81, Marion,
gladly accepted a ride home with
two strangers after visiting his
mother here. Three miles east of
Anderson he was robbed of his
overcoat, a $50 wrist watch and
SIS. He walked to the nearest
farmhouse to telephone report
of the robbery to Anderson police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06


The distinguished patient had
shown considerable reserve strength
Wednesday. He had been able to
sit in his chair to receive a visit
from President and Mrs. Hoover.
In the early evening, he took
carefully prepared food with show
of enjoyment. Later, after a brief
rest in bed, he was able to leave his
bed again, with only slight assist
ance, and sat again for time in MS
chair.
DR.. Thomas H. Clayton reported
at midnight, however. that Mr.. Taft
had been unable to sleep during the
evening, although at that hour he
showed signs of drowsiness and the
doctor predicted that he soon would
be resting.
About an hour after the doctor
left, the light in the Taft sickroom
was extinguished, indicating that
the expected sleep had come.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06

Emilio Portes Gil, former provi-
sional president and secretary Of the
interior in the new cabinet, an
nounced the government had taken
every precaution against distur-
Dances and said the situation was
we'll in hand.
The capital was calm, without
even so much as a curious crowd at
the garrison or at police head
quarters, where the questioning of
Flores continued relentlessly.
The country as a whole was re-
ported calm
The attempt to kill the president
took place as his car was leaving the
presidential palace, shortly after he
had been inaugurated constitutional
president of Mexico before a crowd
of $4,000, at the national stadium.
Flores, dressed somberly in black
and standing among the crowd in
the square before the palace, leveled
his revolver over the heads Of the
troops that held back the crowd
and fired six rapid shots into the
slowly moving automobile.
One bullet entered the left side
of the presidents face, broke the
jawbone and lodged on the right
side. Another grazed the scalp and
ear of Sonora Joseflna Ortiz De
Rubio, wife Of the president. Their
niece, Miss Maria Ross, and the
chauffeur, Felix Galvan, were cut
by flying glass.
The bullet missed the presidents
jugular vein by only half an inch.
Despite his wound, the president
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
GANG Terror
f. THROWS COPS
into FRENZY
Unpaid Police Struggle to
Halt Onslaught of
( Underworld.
SILENCE BALKS ACTION
Orders Issued for Arrest of
Gun-TOting Capone
RaCketeerS.
SILENCE BALKS ACTION
BY RAY BLACK
United Press star Correspondent

CHICAGO, Feb. 6.-Several thou
sand unpaid policemen, with The
plants of their underfed children
ringing In their ears, stood today be-
tween the city's millions and a
gangland aflame with murder and
bomb terrorism.
Seven gang killings, two racket
shOOtings that may mean death for
the victims, and a series Of deStruc-
tive bombings have been crowded
into one week Of crime. Bandits
and robbers have operated on a
grand scale. FootpadS have way
laid many citizens on the streets.
Forces of law and order were
mobilizing today to stamp out The
onslaught of the underworld. Police
heads and the states attorney held
their third conference in as many
days and orders went out to patrol
men TO close up certain speakeaSies
and beer fats in and near the loop.
Cops Helpless
States Attorney John A. Swan
son pushed his plan to rid the
streets and hotels of gangsterS and
gunner by indicting all found with
concealed weapons.
But the real burden Of battling
the outburst of lawlesSnesS fell on
the policemen, the infantry on the
firing line in the war with the
gangs. They raced from one MUIR
der to another, encountering IN
most cases the mask of silence pc
culiar to gangland. They investi-
gated murders without clews and
questioned bullet-riddled victims
who would not tell who shot them
Police Commissioner William
Russell spoke the complaint of his
men.
Hunt CapOne Gang
What can we do when gangsters
who, mortally wounded, will not
name their aSsailants?" he asked.
Gangsters can not go into court
with their differences. so when one
double crosses another a shooting
usually follows.
The states attorney announced
he would hasten return of true bills
reported voted against Jack Nc
Gurn, Capone machine gunner;
Danny Stanton, beer runner for the
Capone clique; Tony Acardo and
Frank Diamond, Capone men at
arms, all charged with carrying
guns.
Thursdays developments in the
crime wave included the shooting
on the University of Chicago CAM
pus Of Philip H. Meagher, con-
struction company superintendent
and the death in a hospital of Will
liam Healey, south side beer runner
shot down Monday by gangsters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
POLICE CLAIM
CONFESSION IN
ATTACK CASES
One of Two Negroes Held
Admits Assaults on
Women, Charge.
NEITHER Is IDENTIFIED
Alleged Statement Comes
After Lengthy GriIIing
by Detectives.
NEITHER is IDENTIFIED

Two Negroes were held today In
city prison, charged with abduction
of and criminal assault on a white
woman here Jan. IL. One of the
pair is said to have confessed to de-
tectives that he participated in two
other similar kidnapings since early
in January.
The men held are: Edward Davis,
40, of TOO Paca street, and James
Walker, 80, of 1948 Boulevard place.
After being grilled in detective
headquarters almost necessarily
since his arrest Tuesday night,
Davis today Is said to have signed
a statement in which he implicated
Walker.
Name Two Others
Walker denied guilt. Davis state
ment is said to have implicated two
other Negroes in the other abduc-
tons, one of which was a 16-year-
old Arsenal Technical high school,
the night of Jan. u.
In his statement, police say Davis
told Of a casual meeting with Walk
er in poolroom the night of Jan
IL. They got into an automobile
and drove to Drexel and Michigan
streets.
AS Mrs. Mary Conrad, IS, Of GIT
North DreXel avenue, aHghted from
a street car, Davis graSped her and
threw her bodily into the rear of
the machine, according to detectives.
Climbing in beside her, Davis ban
daged her eyes with her scarf, and
Walker drove to an isolated spot
near Sixteenth street and Emerson
avenue, where the attack took place,
according to the alleged confession.
Unable to Identify
At police Carbohydrates today,
Mrs. Conrad was unable to identify
either Davis or Walker, although
the former said it was she they
kidnapped.
After the second attack, circunn-
stances of which were similar to the
attack on Mrs. Conrad, was re-
ported, Detective Chief Fred Simon
assigned six detectives to track
down the Negroes.
The detectives were William Mil
Ter, Jesse McCarty, Charles Col
linsh, Robin Taylor, George Sneeds
and Claude White.
Although he refused to tell what
clews led to Davis arrest, Simon
said it was the hardest case he ever
had handled and declared his men
began without a clew.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
FEAR FOR WILKINS
Report No Word Received
From Polar Explorer.

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-The New
Yor kAmerican today printed a
copyrighted dispatch to the Hearst
newspapers from Deception island
saying no word had been received
fro mCaptain Sir Hubert wilkins
for eight days.
wilkins is in aAntarctica for a
projected fight across the polar
cap. He aud tn personnel of his
expedition are aboard the steam
ship William Scoresby. The Ameri-
cans article said relief ship would
be sent southwark If word Is not re-
ceived from wilkins soon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
County Buys Trucks

RI Tfnee NDecfnI
MARION, Ind, Feb. 6.-Material
and supplies including four trucks
and a grader for the highway de-
partment, have been purchased by
the Grant county board Of COM
missioners. Four trucks, three of
21z-ton capacity and one 11z-ton
truck were purchased on a bid Of
S9,O29. The board also purchased q
tractor, pillow and disc for the county
infirmary on a bid Of $500.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
NASH OFFICIAL IS DEAD
Wealthy Vice President of Motor
Company Passes.

BIZ United Press
KENOSHA. Wis, Feb. 6.-Walter
H. Afford, SO, wealthy vice-presi-
dent of the Nash Motors Company,
died at his home here late WedneS-
day following an illness Of two days
from heart attack.
Afford, said to have donated
nearly 100000 to social agencies
and civic organizations in the last
five years, had been an official of
the Mesh company since its for
nation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
40 CHILDREN
SAVED IN FIRE
Crippled Pupils Are Carried
to Safety.
ITnited PreRa

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.--More
than forty crippled children were
carried and wheeled to safety today
when fire broke out in the Weight
man public school here.
Although badly frightened, the
other students, 125 In all, marched
bravely through smoke-fllled hall
ways out of the burning building.
Many Of the able-bodied children
carried. led Or wheeled their less
fortunate companions, remaining as
calm as thought they were prac-
ticing a fire drill.
Teachers prevented a panic when
some of the invalid students cried
aloud and struggled to free them
selves as smoke and flames shot out
of a hot-air register dangerously
close to them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
DEATH CASE DISMISSED
whiting Bank Cashier Cleared in
Fatal Auto Crash.

IN IfrltS NUttIut
VALPARAISO, Ind, Feb. al
bert Scholz, cashier of a Whiting
bank, was abSolved of manslaughter
charges in Porter circuit court here
when the state dismissed the case.
Scholz was involved in a Dunes
highway motor crash in June in
which Theodore Turner, Porter, was
killed.
When Scholz was arrested. it was
reported he was drunk, but later it
was shown he had fallen asleep.
ScholZ made a settlement with the
victims widow. giving her So 800.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
Burns Cause Death

BU Jntted PTeS8
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Feb. g.
Burns which resulted in death Of
John Kent, so, night fireman at the
Showers Brothers furniture plant in
Bloomington, were suffered in an
explosion in plant No. Wednesday
night. Spontaneous combustion was
said to have caused the explosion
and fire. Damage estimated at
$4,000 was done to the boiler room.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
GAS DEATH ACCIDENTAL
Civil War Veteran Found Dead in
Newcastle Home.

RI F'i,r 20 NnooirI
IL NEWCASTLE, Ind, Feb. SAC
cidental asphyxiation is the verdict
of Coroner Ralph Noblock in the
death of Peter Michael, "a, Civil
war veteran.
The body of the aged man was
found in the kitchen Of his home
Tubing connection of a gas stove
was disconnected. The veteran was
in a feeble state and it is believed
that he grasped the tubing to sup
port himself after turning on the
gas, and broke the connection.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
Healer Failed to Heal
Breach i'm MaritaIL Life

anger. He also charged his wife
travelled around" with a min
lister in East Chicago.
The wife charged cruelty and
intoxication and said Kish had
made threats to kill her.
An Indian medicine man,
known as DR.. Clayton and who
was formerly located in Porter
county, told Kish, he testified,
that he was a born healer. Kish
told the court he had cured two
persons who had been confined
to bed twenty years each with
paralysis and had also cured q
woman suffering with asthma.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
SLAYER GIVEN STAY
Rhoads Execution Deferred
by Supreme Court.

The Indiana supreme court this
afternoon granted Dreyfus Rhoads,
twice convicted slayer of a Vim
cennes policeman, a stay of execu-
ton until July IL.
Rhoads' execution In the electric
chair previously had been set for
Feb. %.
The stay was petitioned by his
attorneys because OF his appeal
pending before the supreme court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
TEST SUB DIVING BELL

Members of Crew Escape by Use Of
New Invention.
Bu United Press
KEY WEST, Fla, Feb. 6.-Mern-
bers of a submerged submarine crew
liberated themselves by means of a
closed diving bell capable of accom-
modating as many as twenty men at
one time.
The feat was accomplished in the
gulf stream at a depth Of seventy
feet off here Wednesday in tests
involving the S-4 and the submarine
tender U. S. S. Falcon. The device
used was a closed diving bell in
vented by the Electric Boat Com
pany, Groton, Conn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
Two File Petitions

Two grocers filed voluntary petit
tons in bankruptcy in federal
court today. Walter E. Weddle, 1870
College avenue and 2101 South East
street, listed his assets as $1,252 and
liabilities $4,000, and Lawrence G..
Kirkendall of Kokomo listed $3.50
assets and $12,297 liabilities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
OverdraftS of $400, 900
Are Lads TO Regime of
John J. Brown.
DEPENDED ON GAS TAX
Deficit Practice Is Branded
iii. Illegal by Treasurer
and Auditor.
BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY.

Although Director John j. Brown
of the state highway department. has
some $2O,OO0,0O0 a year to spend, due
to the cent gas tax increase, he
has been spending the money fast
er than it could be collected and
has had overdraftS OF nearly $400,-
100000 during a three-month period.
This was disclosed by highway de-
partment books in the state aud
itor's Office today.
State Auditor Archie Bobbitt de-
clared that he (Bobbit0 had made
good the overdrafts," but ordered
halted practiceof spending money
before received.
Cites nlegality
Bobbitt admitted that to permit
the overdrafts was, in his opinion,
absolutely Illegal"
Illegality of the procedure also
was stressed by Mrs. Grace Banta
Reynolds, state treasurer.
She said her Office had been
crowded to find funds to cover the
highway deficiencies.
Lawrence F.. Orr, chief examiner
Of the state board of accounts, as
serted that such overdrafts not only
are not permissible by statute, out
are banned by the Indiana Consti-
tuition.
Brown got them through by OBJ
tanning Bobbitt's consent, the state
auditor admitted. He said that
most Of the overdrafts went to pay
cement manufacturers.
Started in October
They started in October and the
highway director explained to Bob
bitt that they were due to the
forcing of construction to make the
roads fit for the winter season..
According to Bobbitt's books the
overdrafts were as follows: Octo-
Der, $168,92214; November, $72,-
94892, and December, $147,565.43.
The department was saved from an
overdraft in January by receipt OF
the quarterly automobile license pay
ment of $475, 900, it was explained.
Owen S. Boiling, attorney and as
sistant to Brown without benefit OF
budget committee approval, fur
nished the philosophy for making
the overdraftS, Bobbitt declared.
Boiling, according to Bobbitt, said
that all the money should come
from the general fund and 1t was
needless to pay attention to gaso-
line tax, license plate and federal
revenues, the only sources OF high
way funds under the law.
This theory was not accepted by
Bobbitt and Mrs. Reynolds. Both
considered the procedure so obyi-
ously Illegal they never have asked
the encouragement for his opinion
regarding it.
Tax Is COverage
Overdrafts do not show in the
balances at each months end, for
the monthly gasoline tax has COW
cred the difference.
In October, balance Of $780,
463.6O, is shown; in November,
$1,064, 865.30, and in December,
$811,32219.
January balance is $1,416,695.81,
due to the license payment and
$S41 1924 for gasoline tax.
Deficits, caused by ovedrafts, ran
for periods of few days to more
than two weeks, the books show.
st think it's illegal all right"
Bobbitt declared, "but the only way
we could lose the money in the end
would be for gas tax payments TO
drop below the deficits"
Total overdrafts were $3.50, 1859,
Bobbitt, as state auditor, Is pro-
tected by a 500 600 bond.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
Hourly Temperatures
BIZ United Press

% Y I|NTlfU 7 TFoN
VALPARAISO, Ind, Feb. g.
v Healing of a broken rib Of
his baby son by laying on Of
hands" was related by Louis
Kish. East Chicago. party to a
divorce suit in Porter circuit
court here, which resulted in
granting of a decree to Mrs.
Mary Kish. She was given
custody of the child, now years
old. s6 a week for its support
and 500 attorneys fees.
Kish charged the boy was hurt
when thrown on a floor by Its
mother while she was in fit of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
Royalty to Repay Visit

Bu Jnlttd PfCSS
TOXIC, Feb. 6.-Prince and Prin-
cess TakamatSu will depart April
81 for London, England, to return
the duke of Gloucester's recent
visit to Toxic, it was announced Of
ficially here today. The royal cou-
pie are due to arrive in London on
their official visit on June &c.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
ENDS LIFE WITH GUN
Suicide of Frank Kinder Laid to
Ailing Health.

Placing the muzzle of a twelve
guage shotgun against his chest,
Frank Kinder, At, shot himself
through the heart in the basement
of his home, 229 Fulton street,
Tuesday.
Mrs. Kinder, returning from
work Tuesday night, found his
body. She told Coroner G. H.
Keever that Ill health probably
motivated the suicide.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
.Maury Graham,
Missing Filler,
Found, Report

BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES, Fec. 6.-Uncon-
flrmed reports were circulated here
today that Maury Graham, air mail
pilot, missing since Jan. 10, has been
found alive in a desolate region be-
tween Las Vegas and Caliente, New.
Union Pacific railroad offices here
said one of their employees at Las
Vegas sent word he heard the rumor,
but could not authenticate 1t.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
ASKS $4,000 DAMAGES
Investment Firm Failed to Pay
Interest, Suit Charges.

Damages of $4,000 are asked in
suit filed today in superior court
five by Henry Brill, Indianapolis.
against the Greenbaum Sons In
vestment Company, Chicago.
Charges are made that Brill pur-
chased $4,000 of the company's
bonds last year, and that the COM
pany has defaulted in payment of
interest. 1t also is charged the
bonds were sold under fraur and
misrepresentation. and that some
were not registered with the Indi-
ans securities commission. Interest
totaIling $4,000 is sought in addi-
ton to return of the purchase price.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06

was able to talk, although with
difficulty.
Emilio Portes Gil, former pro-
visional president and new minister
of the interior, made the interesting
revelation that the presidents wife
recently received an anonymous let
ter saying that her husband never
would live to become president"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
GIRL HELD FOR FRAUD
Charged With Opening Accounts,
Selling Goods Purchased.

Charged with defrauding several
downtown stores of merchandise
valued at more than $4,000, Miss
Susie Johnson, 10, Of 1924 West
Washington street, was at liberty
today on her own recognizance,
awaiting grand jury hearing.
Deputy sheriffs say she opened
accounts in various stores under
aliases, obtained goods, and sold
them before the bills were due. She
was arrested Wednesday, her nine
tenth birthday, after private de-
tectives traced her. Criminal Judge
James A. Collins released her with
out bond Wednesday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
OFFICIALS MAKE DENIAL
Muncie Councilman Answered In
Health Board Order Dispute

BIZ Times Special
MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. 6.-ChargeS
directed at Mayor George Dale and
DR.. II. D. Fair, health commissioner,
that they had forced the state board
of health to order Muncie to carry
out its sewage disposal project, are
denied by both men today. The
allegations were made by Council
man Ora Ahroyer.
Shroyer declared that he was OPP
posed to construction of the disposal
plant whcih, with an intercepting
sewer system, will cost half a mil
lion dollars, and that the two Of
f1cials were seeking to force its con-
structiOn.