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New Britain herald., 1930-03-12


 You! l said she helped me to es- cape because she had probably taken pity on me; and that then she gave me the slip. Oh, yes, 1 protected you! IT loved you. l thought you were an honest woman! And now! No wonder you did not want me to come here!"
 She was scarcely conscious O. what he said. She must get hiG1 away from here. Suppose Roy came.
 "Plcase, please go," she cried out implolingVy. You mustn't stay Lerc! IT am not trying toto escape. l will go with you"
 "Where?" he flung out.
 Anywhere" she said brokenly. IT do not know. Toto the police, l suppose, from what vol have said"
 "The police." He laughed rau- cously. Why do you think I had that hat hidden under my coat?'
 "I do not know" she answered hclpIessly.
 "Because'-he was close to her now, and suddenly his hands closed fierccly on her arms-'because ] have not forgotten that you saved my life last night and because, God help mo, I still love you! Do you understand? Enid, do you un- derstand - love you. And I don't know what to doN'
 She closed her eyes. When she locked again he had thrown him. self into the desk chair. and his head was buried in his arms out flung acros the desk. She lai'l her hand timidly upon his shoulder.
 'I do not know how you came to be at there tonight" she wh;s- pered; but would it help any, could you believe me, if 1 told you IT am not-not a thief, or-or a criminal? But, please, anyway, do not let us stay here."
 l He looked up at her, ignoring her pleading to leave the house as though, indeed he had never heard it. There was torment in his eyes.
 If any man had told me this about you" he said in strangled tcnes, q think I should have killed him. But I was there in that house 1 tonight myself. It was l who wds behind that portierc in the library with q policeman! l know thac unless you were one of the gang, yes, and one of the Big Shots gang, i you could never have known any thing about Murkman's house, or his wall safe, or have been the-e tonight for I set and baited the trap.'
 She stared at him wildly. In the face of what he was saying. all else, Roy, everything. was for tttt moment swept from her mind.
 "Youw Her throat was dry and parched she could scarcely speak "A trap, I-I do not understand"
 Tt was a trap I arranged to -5e the Big Shots gang. When I Wa held in the house I oycrhea Fatty Rose and Skinny talkin: ' about Murkman's. Skinny was go T ing to blow the safe. l hear, | enough to know that Murkman' valet was the inside man anc something about the bascmer window being fixed.
 q fixed it up with Murkman an' got help from my friend, Lieutenan Ringer. Murkman agreed to a trip taking his man. Hettin, but befort' hand to adroitly arrange it so thA Hettin got hold of the combinl. ton 10 the safe. This he did D, asking Hettin to bring him son,' papers in his desk where he coul> not help but note the combination.
 We didn't know whether Het;l: would fali for the combination plant or not-and in one sense
New Britain herald., 1930-03-12

icating liquor is not probationary offense but he would make the pen alty as light as he could. Paul has no previous record.
 He was fined $100 and costs. He was arrested by Patrolmen Thomas Tierney and Micheal Brophy.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-12
COOLIDGE NEW YORK

New York. March 12 R-Former President Calvin Coolidge was here. today for a meeting of the board of directors of the New York Life In- surance company of which he is a member.
 Accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge, lie arrived here unannounced from Northampton, Mass, last night.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-12
WILL DISCUSS BORER

Hartford, March 12.-Motion pie tues showing methods of corn borer control will be q feature of a meet ing in the county building called by the Hartford County farm bureau for tomorrow afternoon. H., N. Bart ley, federal entomologist: Director w. L. Slate of the New Haven EX-
New Britain herald., 1930-03-12

pertinent station and pr. W. E. Britton, will have charge of the corn borer portion of the program. Types of blowing vii be discussed by other farm bureau officials and guests.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-12
TELL-TALE EVIDENCE

"You-Phil!" Enid gasped IT told you never to come here.'
 "Yes so you did. But I am here!"
 There was a harsh note in his voice and Enid had a strange feel ing of impending disaster.
 He was stepping forward over the threshold now-but now she blocked the way. Of all nights, not tonight, Roy was coming back. Roy might be here at any minute.
 ly. 1T cant let you in! Oh, l warned you never never to come here!'
 And then, before she had scarce ly realized what he was doing, h2 had pushed her almost roughly away from the door, and had stepped into the hall.
 His voice came harshly again, as he closed the door behind him: You go along there into that
  I'll talk to you in there!'
 "Phil!' she cried out wildly What does this mean? Why do you speak to me like that?"
 GO on into that room." he re- peated.
 She obeyed him mechanically. She found her way to the desk and leaned against it for sud- denly her knees felt strangely weak. What did this mean? 4ia was standing there ol the thre'- hold now - unbuttoning his coat. His face was naggard, ashen.
 And then from under his coat Tie took out an object that, crumplel as it was, she could not mistake, and the sight of which, she knew, left her own face bloodlcss too
 Here's your hat" he said hoarsely.
 He flung it toward her. It struc,; the typewriter and fell to the floor on the far side of the desk.
 She did not move. It did no, seem as though she had the power to move - or the power to speak It seemed as, though she had neyy seen so white a face,as his. <
 ~Why don't you speak?" he de! manded almost incohcrcntly. Why don't you say something?'
 "How-how did you get it" she asked faintly.
 'Is that all you have to say?' He laughed at her bitterly. "Yor know very we'll how l got it, don't you? l found it in the cellar C, the Murkman house beneath tht basement window.' He came : step toward her. Last night yor asked me how I was going 10 ex plain the presence of the 'mysteIi ous woman III my story. Do yo. know what I wrote? Did you rel. the papers,"
 She shook her head.
 ''I'll tell you, then! I said it WI! woman who must have been on, of the gang-but, oh, my God, didn't know I was telling tn; truth"
 He was rocking on his feet, hi words pouring from him in d 5ha,.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-12

Synopsis: What she conceives as justifiable cause.-the regeneration ot her brother-leads Enid Howard to become a burglar for a night In the guise of an old woman she sets out to rob a safe in the P. J. Murii- man home and thwart the Big Shot whom she still believes is her broth CT despite his denials. Guided by d coded message. she gains entrance to the luxurious home through a Will dow and finds the hidden wall safc. By the rays of her flashlight she turns the combination. Fear grips her as she hears footstep behind the portieres. Leaving the flashligHt
 playing on the safe she flces from the room and locks the door against her pursuers. She barely escapes capture. Back in her room she fear fully awaits the return of the Big Shot but to her surprise, when the door-bell rings, Phill Martin is there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-05
CONTEST ARRANGED
Achievement Week Essay
Awards Offered.

what Achievement Week Has
Taught Me-" is the subject of a prize
essay contest announced today by
the Chamber of Commerce through
Felix M. McWhirter, general chair
man of the Forward Indianapolis"
movement.
Prizes of $25, SIS, $40 and SIS will
be awarded. The contest is open to
any one in Indianapolis except
Chamber of Commerce staff men,
DerS and employees.
The essays of not more than five
hundred words, preferably type
written, are to be addressed to
Achievement Week Contest"
Chamber of Commerce.
The contest will close at 5 p. m,
Feb. 10, the opening date OF the
Forward Indianapolis" movement.
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u. s. STANDS PAT
ON TONNAGE SHIFT

gives her a distinct advantage In
the bargaining over tonnage that
still Is to come.
Debate over classifications, there
fore, takes on the light of a pre-
liminary skirmish. When the
question of cruiser strength comes
up for consideration, the American
delegation may reveal more of the
United States real policy.
Until the cruiser question and
other similar problems are cleared
away, it was indicated today, the
United States will enter into no
agreements regarding battleship
strength, which is the backbone OF
her naval defense.
With the return of Premier Andre
Tardieu from Paris today, the big
five we're to go into conference at
s p. m. today. A plenary session,
open 20 the public, at which prog
ress of the conference viii be re-
viewed, probably will be held before
the end of the week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-05
LESLIE TO TAKE TRIP
Governor Will View Area of
Floods.

Governor Harry C. Leslie next
week will make personal tGur of
southwestern Indiana's flood regions,
he said today, after receiving an
invitation to accompany a delega-
ton to Washington, D. c., on be-
half of federal control of the Wa
bash river against future floods.
Marcus Sonntag, Evansville, and
Mrs. Virginia Jenckes, Terre Haute,
representing 100 leading citizens of
the flood district, called on the Gov
ernor today to extend an invitation
to go with them to the capital
Feb. %.
They will seek federal programs
for flood control and to make the
Wabash navigable from the Ohio
river to the Great Lakes. The Gov
ernor made no decision concerning
the trip, but stated he would visit
the scenes of recent devastation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-05
ASSAILS PERFORMERS
Liberal Party Proposed by
Vets Speaker.
BN United Press

BN United Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-Can for es-
tablishment of a national liberal
party was sounded by President
Samuel H. Church of the Carnegie
Foundation at Pittsburgh, in an
address at a dinner given here by
Pierre S. Dupont to directors of
the association against the prohi-
bition amendment.
An aggressive campaign against
the prohibition laws should be a
part of the party's purpose, Church
said, but it also should fight to
establish religious, political and So
cial liberty" and to divorce the
country from every form of re-
Igious dictation."
Church asSailed the Lords day
alliance, the Ku-Klux Khan and the
Anti Saloon League vehemently and
declared that the churches which
banded together to obtain prohibi-
ton, also propose to secure laws sup
pressing tobacco, boxing, public
dancing, bridge, when played for
stakes" and any pastime that would
make Sunday a day of happiness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-05
BOARD ADVISES
COOKS PAROLE:
U. S. Group in Favor of
Freeing Explorer.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.--Dr. Fred
erick Cook, Arctic explorer, physi-
clan, and promoter, who is serving
a fourteen-year sentence at Leaven-
worth, for using the mails to de-
fraud, has been recommended for
parole by the United States parole
board. the justice department an
nounced today.
The parole recommendation now
must be approved by Pardon At
torney Finch and Attorney General
Mitchell before Cook can be re-
leased.
Cook will be eligible for parole
March 5, when one-third of his sem
tence will have been served. He was
convicted at Ft. Worth, Tex. 1t
was alleged Cook received $375,o00
from the sale Of petroleum stock.
Cook, now 81, startled the world
in 1909, when he returned from a
two-year Arctic trip, claiming to be
the first man to cross the North
Pole.
He described graphically how,
alone, except for a dog team and
two Eskimos, he set out on a trek
across the icy wastes to the North
Pole. He told of the hardships he
had encountered and how, at last,
his goal had been obtained. A hero
for a short time, during which he
was honored by royalty, Cook fell
from the pinnacle when the Univer-
sity of Copenhagen disproved his
contention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-05

Monday night Coogan got a
telephone call. 1t was Mosteller.
He calls him Freddie.
This morning Freddie and Co..
gan came to the arson division Of
fee together. A statement was
taken from the fugitive and Coo
gan took him back to Pendleton
to serve his time.
TTE was sentenced In Parke
l. L county in December, 1927, to
serve from two to twenty-one
years. His minimum sentence
would have expired in December,
1929, and he would have been pa
rolled, for prison authorities said
he was a model prisoner.
But. they let him outside the
walls with another prisoner last
July and both escaped.
''It was a rotten life" Freddie
told Coogan. I'D just get sitting
pretty on a job and along would
NOAAAC bI0V PASVLAAG ea4AQ AldfC
to leave town.
''Down at Houston, Tex, I was
Jailed for thirteen days. You see
at Pendleton they had us march
and I learned to walk with that
march step. One day I was walk
ing along and up came an off,
Ger and said, Say, buddy, when
did you go over the hill?'
''I was scared green. But It
turned out that he thought I had
escaped from the army and when
he couldn't find any army record
on me, he let me go.
"In Arkansas T was working
with a construction gang when
my picture arrived. I quit and
the boss said 1t was a shame, be-
cause I was the best man he had.
"I'm going back and serve my
time and when I get through I
want them to tear up that damn
picture"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-05

Wary on
Evidence

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Business
men. physicians, scientists and
prison officials, rather than famous
and outspoken vets, will feature the
hearings on anti-prohibition bills
to open before the house judiciary
committee next week.
This plan was adopted by house
wet leaders today in an effort to
make the hearings a serious "edu-
cationaP' campaign, instead Of just
another forum for the worn, IA
miliar arguments the man On the
street has heard for ten years.
In making up their lists Of wit
nesses, they have eliminated such
wet Spokesman as Alfred E. Smith,
Democratic presidential candidate
last year; DR.. Nicholas Butler, presi-
dent of Columbia university, and
others who have made an issue OF
their views.
Realizing they have absolutely no
hope of action on bills proposing
repeal of the eighteenth amend
ment, wet leaders have decided upon
the new line of strategy. hoping,
to convince the country
as a whole that the present prohibi-
ton laws have failed.
The wet bloc will make particu-
lar effort to include among its wit
neSseS men and women who have
changed their views regarding pro-
since it became effective, es-
pecially those who voted for the
amendment, but now favor modif1-
cation or repeal.
The group has decided to take no
stand on the bill proposing trans
fer of the prohibition bureau from
the treasury to the justice depart
ment which comes up in the house
Each member will make
his own decisions on this measure.
Meanwhile, prohibition still was
to the tariff in the
senate. Wet and dry leaders, al
though having difficulty restraining
themselves, are working under a
gentlemen'S agreement to get the
tariff bill out of the way before re-
opening the popular prohibition con-
troversy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-05
BY AYMOND CLAPPER

LONDON. Feb. 5.-With no for
NAL gathering of the big five
delegates to the London naval con-
ference scheduled until tonight, the
conferees devoted today to informal
discussion of the technicalitieS
raised by France and Great Britain.
There was a growing tendency
among the Americans to regard the
questions now being discussed as
subordinate to the main purpose Of
the conference.
The United States has no inten-
ton, it was learned authoritatively,
Of cntering any preliminary agree
ment on battleship reduction until
a general, definite program has
been completed by the conference.
Instead, America can stand pat.
with the knowledge that her
superior economic position and her
ability to build battleships at viii,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-05
BANDITS GET $1,000
Five Slug Bank Cashier and
Make Getaway.

TOLEDO, o., Feb. 5.-Five ban
dts beat bank cashier on the head
with the butt of gun, gathered
$1,000 from the open money drawers
and escaped here today.
A Sylvania constable was In full
pursuit of the auto carrying the
bandits as it sped away. They are
believed hiding somewhere between
Toledo and Trilby.
j. c. Issland, cashier Of the Farm
ers and Merchants bank. refused to
open the vault for the robbers even
after they had attacked him and
injured him with the revolver. He
had turned the key in the vault as
the robbers lined customers and
employees against the wall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-05
VISIONS AUTO BOOM
WHY'S Tells President Build
ers to Increase Car Output.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Efects
of the stock market crash on
American industry will have dis
appeared completely within thirty
or sixty days and automobile manu-
facturers will make as large profits
as last year, John N. WHY'S, Toledo,
nationally known motor manu-
facturer, told President Hoover to-
day.
There has been so much over
head saved by efficient processes in
the automotive industry that I be-
lieve our profits this year will be
just as large as last year" the
manufacturer said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-05
AGED VlLLAGER IS
SLAIN BY BANDIT

BELLEVTLLE, Mich, Feb. s.
Ben Laframboise, 65-year-old saloon
keeper of the nearby village Of
French Landing, was found dead
this morning. apparently the victim
Of a murder, who tried to cover
his tracks with fire.
The aged man, who lived In a
small room adjacent to his saloon.
was found lying across the bed,
dressed only in bis underwear. His
throat was cut and the bed was
afire. On the floor nearby lay G
revolver, a bloody butcher knife
was On the table, and naAg no anAk
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-05
MERCHANTS REQUEST
WIDENING OF STREET

Association CircuIates Petition to
Have Bottle Neck" Removed.
The Massachusetts, Avenue Mer-
chants Association today urged the
city to remove the bottle neck"
condition at Massachusetts, avenue
and Tenth street.
A petition, asking the street be
widered beneath the elevation at
Tenth street, will be circulated by
merchants who contend present IA
cilitieS are inadequate to handle
traffic.
City Engineer a. H. Moore spoke
before the association Tuesday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-05
MYSTERY SHROUDS FATE
Rum Runner Believed Frozen to
Death in Boat.
BIZ United Press

BIZ HtfCd Press
CLEVELAND, o., Feb. 5.-Leo
Leonard. Green Bay, Wis. scheduled
to appear in federal court here to-
day by answer to a charge of rum
running, is believed by Federal
authorities. 10 be somewhere in the
frozen wastes of Lake Erie, frozen
TO death at the wheel of his boat,
the Gray Chest.
Letters from Erieau. Ont, state
that Leonard was on the boat when
it left that port Jan. 7 with l25
cases of liquor aboard. The boat
never has made port and reports
that its wreckage, with a dead man
upright at the helm. had been
thrown up on the ice near Pelee
Island never have been confirmed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-05

twelve feet from the body, was q
pool of blood apparently left by his
assailant.
George C. Coleman, justice Of the
peace of Van Buren, township, who
saw the body, expressed the opinion
Laframboise had surprised a bandit.
officers believed the killing was
discovered only few minutes after
it was done, as the fire on the bed
apparently had been burning OILY
a short time.
Lack Of telephone commumci-
lions with French LandinD made It
Gldeaae1k fex @zssansH ID Ahfain details.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-05
Ex-Chief Justices Blood
System Weakened; Tax
on Heart ArduouS.
SUFFERS NO PAIN, FEVER
Hoover AbandonS Duties to
Visit at Home of Sink
ing JuriSt.
BY THOMAS L. STOKES
United Press STAFF Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-William
Howard Taft was fighting a good
fight today against an adversary
never encountered in the courts of
law
Reclining among pillows, much
against his will, the tired old gen.
tleman who has lived vigorously and
fully, who has served his country
in the highest places in its gift,
smiled again his famous smile, cou-
rageously though bit wanly, and
thus denoted his determination to
win. if possible.
He is fighting against great odds.
His physicians announced his con-
dition Tuesday, soon after the or
deal of a long train trip from Ashe-
vile N. c.. as serious.
A bulletin signed by Drs. Francis
r. Hager and Thomas A. Clayton,
read as follows:
Mfr. Taft is slightly better than
Tuesday He spent a quiet night
and was comfortable today"
Grieves Over Brother
This fight is against q weakening
blood system, with a heart heavily
taxed by arduous, detailed attention
to the supreme court and by grief
over the death of his half-brother,
Charles P. Taft, who was closer than
a brother. But the heart still Is
brave.
The former chief justice is suffer-
ing from no pain and has no fever,
it was announced Friday night after
a special consultation Of his phySi-
clans
At the former Presidents side con-
stantly is the woman he married
forty-four years ago, just as he was
beginning the career that has made
his name known around the world.
Mrs. Taft attends his wants ten
derby.
Only she and a houSekeeper, IN
addition to the nurses, doctors and
a secretary, are in the big three
story brick house with the former
chief justice.
Sons Coming Soon
His two sons, Charles and Robert
Taft, have notified The family they
will come to the bedside in a day or
two. 1t was Robert Taft who sub
mitted the resignation of his father
as chief justice to President Hoover
two days ago.
The aged ex-chief was encour-
aged in his battle by praise from
President Hoover for "the long and
distinguished service of great
American to his country" The
President sent a personal message
expressing his regret at the necessity
of accepting Taft'S resignation.
President Hoover was to call on
Mr.. Taft at his home at $3.50 this
afternoon, il was made known at
the White House.
Several friends called Tuesday,
including Associate Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, 88-year-old dean
of the high tribunal. Holmes him
self was confined to his home few
days ago with slight cold, but is
out again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-05
BOYS DRIFTING
ON ICE FLOE TO
NIAGARA DEATH

Bu In Press
BUFFALO N Y
attempted today to drifting
steadily falls which life
reports Falls said that
had
they remained the drifting patch.
difficult the foe officials later said they
definitely whether foe.
attempt lines from Goat island
reard the progress o. the falls.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-05
BULL GORING FATAL
Injuries of Jan. 20 Claim
Life of Farmer.

Gored by an Infatuated bull Jan.
%. Alexander Christoff, so, living
five miles north of Riverside park
near KesSler boulevard, died at
Methodist hospital Tuesday night.
Christoff went to the barn to feed
cattle. The bull attacked him and
Christoff was badly gored and
crushed. He fought the animal OF
and was able to stagger out of the
barn and bar the door.
His widow and four children sur
vive him. Coroner G. H. Keever is
investigating.