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The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
TORCH MAN TO
PLEAD MONDAY
Schroeder to Be Arraigned
on Arson Charge.

Arraignment of Harold Herbert
Schroeder in criminal court on a
prosecutors affidavit charging ar
son will be held Monday morning.
Hearing on petition for re-
straining order to prevent use of
alleged third degree tactics in
questioning the southerner, held
in the High School road torch car
mystery, was continued today by
Criminal Judge James A. Collins,
until Monday morning.
Schroeder faces two arson charges,
one affidavit being filed in criminal
court and the second in the court
of Justice Of the Peace Edgar Dietz.
It was on the latter affidavit that he
was returned from Mobile, Ala. A
murder affidavit also has been filed
against him, but the county grand
jury has failed to act on the charge.
The restraining order petition
continuance, the second on the petit
ton filed by Attorney Ira Holmes,
Schroeder's counsel, was made be-
cause of the trial of Irving Webster
on blackmail charges, now under
way in criminal court. Holmes is
defending Webster.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
STORES FAVOR
EARLY CLOSING
Most Merchants Reported
Pleased With Ruling.

Announcement that downtown
stores will observe 5. o'clock clos
ing hour, from July Z to Aug. 20, has
been we'll received by merchants,
according to the indianapolis Mer-
chants Association.
The 5 o'clock closing hour will not
prevail on Saturday. Practically
every downtown store is displaying
cards announcing the new ruling.
Bee. ming Saturday, July 5, the
following members of the associa-
ton will observe q half holiday on
Saturday up to and including Aug
80: The H. Leiber Company San
der g. Rocker Furniture Company,
w. K. Stewart Company, Vonnegut
Hardware Company and Julius G.
Walk g. Son, Inc.
Two stores will close half day
on Saturdays during July and Au-
gust, from July IL to Aug. 30: L. S.
Ayres g. Co. and Charles Mayer 81
Co.
The following firms will observe
the Saturday half-holiday, begin
ming July IL and ending Aug. 3d.:
The William H. Block Company,
excepting the mems furnishing and
clothing department; PettiS Dry
Goods Company, Kinks Cloak House,
Selig Dry Goods Company and H.
P. WaSSon 81 Co.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
Make the old Vacation
Bring i'm Some Dollars

Touring camping? Travelling staying at homer Golng,
fishing swimming dancing reingor medley of them?
Which is the best vacation?
the ar talking about it. is
write about it! And vacation pictrs
Indianapolis Times during the vacation
will SIS to the submitting the best 100wod letter
describing:
think vacation the best from the standpoint
physical benefit I received"
All Times readers back from their vacations eligible Tell
where went what did and why think choice
wseS"
Then another vacation contest The Times will $5
sending vacation picture
regarded possible winners will daily On the back of the
attached piece of write together
with the of those in the picture and the place the picture
These photographs will not be returned
each contest will be made Tuesday
winners both divisions for the preceding
contests start next Monday First winners will
Tuesday July 5 reader compete in both divisions
letter and photo-if he wishes.
Mail bring letters and snapshots to the Vacation
test Editor, The Indianapolis Times.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
Algonquin Riding Club to Be
Opened in Party on
Sunday.

Formal opening of newly rebuilt
clubhouse and stables will be cele-
brated Sunday by members of the
Algonquin Riding Club, Kessler
boulevard and Thirtieth street.
Equestrian enthusiasts from the
city and state have been invited to
attend, according to R. A. MacGill,
club president. Latest equipment
for accommodation of members and
their mounts has been installed.
Practice tracks and hurdles have
been prepared on the club site of
l48 acres, located near thirty miles
of bride paths along Kessler boule-
ward and the city park system.
DR.. P. O Bonham is manager of
the club which has forty-four
horses in its stables, practically all
of which are personally owned.
Other officers of the club are:
Frank j. Haight, vice. president;
M. H. Fuller, secretary; E. G. Bad
ger, treasurer, and club directors,
MacGill, Haight, Fuller, Badger and
Mrs. william Low Rice.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
ASK HOOVER TO
CLOSE SALOON
Mothers Arrange to Picket
New York SpeakeaSy.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, July 3.-MotherS of
st. AlbanS, Queens, who carried a
fight on an alleged Speakeasy to
President Hoover, made plans to-
day to picket the place.
The place is within 100 feet of the
public school, Mrs. Gilbert A. Wicks
of the Parent Teachers Association,
said.
st. Albans is a part of New York
City.
Placards proclaiming. "This is a
speakeasy which the United States
government will not or can not
close" will be carried by women
pickets beginning Monday.
Police told the women they were
powerless to close the place. Federal
authorities said it was up to. the
police.
kilograms we're sent to President
Hoover, the department of justice
and Representative William F.
Drummer Dem0.
President Hoover's secretary re-
piled the matter had been referred
to the attorney general. The latter's
department replied it had been re-
ferred to Amos w. W.. Woodcock.
prohibition director Drummer said
he would give the matter immediate
attention.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY
United Press Stan Correspondent

NEW YORK, July 3.-Babe
IN Ruth hit his thirty-first home
run of the season. had a finger
nail almost torn of and threw a
violent spasm while under the ef-
feet of laughing gas in another
eventful afternoon in the big ball
players career.
After hitting No. 81 in the first
game of a double-header against
the Chicago White Sox. Ruth
climbed up the wire screen in
right field in the second inning
of the second game trying to
catch Carl Reynolds drive into
the bleachers. and tore loose the
nail on the ring finger of his left
hand.
With the nail hanging by one
corner, Ruth had to be assisted
to tlze Yankees locker room.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03

AS he gradually came out from
under the gas, Ruth looked up
and said quietly:
What happened, Charley?" ad-
dressing Ruf1ng, who also made
his exit from the game on the
wings of Reynolds homer.
you just topped up and down
like big whale" somebody re-
marked.
Ruth's finger was now being
bandaged, and the pain started
to set in.
"Lordy, but that hurts, Doc.
Take a dose of that morphine
I gave you. Some one get 1t out
of his back pocket. there"
GONE one got the tablet out
- of a small box, ard gave it to
Babe and then lie quieted down
while the Dandaging was COM
pleted.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03

where the club physician decided
that it would be necessary to pull
the nail completely out. This ne
ceSSitated laughing gas and Ruth
had to wait whiIe the gas equip
ment arrived.
Now BROKER amt this hell"
doomed Ruth as he watched the
blood drip of his finger. "Just
when I was going great"
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ID UTH'S homer with Byrd on
IN base in the fifth inning of
the first game put him twenty
two games ahead of his 1927
schedule, the year in which he
set his record of sixty.
Doc. this finger viii be all
right so can play against the
AS in Philly tomorrow, won't it?"
Take it easy. Babe, and Wen
see, replied the club physician.
Ruth strobe back and forth
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03

What caused him to raise so
much rumpus?" the doctor was
asked.
why that was because we
didn't give him much gas, just
enough to keep from hurting him
when we pulled the nail out"
Ruth vowed as he was dressing
in his white fiannels and black
and white shoes that he would
play against the Athletics today at
Philadelphia.
I'VE got a better team than
those guys he said, land wen
be out in front Of them soon. I
like to beat them, and I'm going
to play"
Others, including the doctor,
seemed to think that Ruth will
be out of the game for several
days. If he plays he viii have TO
grip his bat with three fingers.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03

Ruth grew uneasy, and then. with
one mighty heave, almost wrest-
ed himself free from the half
dozen men who were trying to
hold him on the rubbing table.
Ruth's feet shot up in the air,
lifting the three of us on the leg
end up and down like an elevator.
Then the Babe cut loose with
some of the fanciest cursing ever
heard in any league. Then there
was some more Hopping up and
down, with the Babe almost wrest-
ing himself free.
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TINE gist of Ruth's remarks was
i that he had it in for some
so and so and that he was going
to get him if he never hit another
homer so long as he lived.
The actual task Of severing the
nail was over in a fash and Ruth
did not even feel it, he said later.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
KILLED UNDER TRAIN
JObIeSS Man Dies in Fall
While Boarding Freight.

Edward L. Eyster. 40, formerly of
COL x Division street, was killed in
stantly this morning when he was
ground beneath wheels of a freight
train which he attempted to board
at ColfaX, Ind.
Eyster, unemployed, moved his
family to Colfax two weeks ago to
reside with relatives.
He is survived by his wife, Mabel;
three children. Richard, 8; Verna,
10. and Dolores, 3; four brothers,
William Eyster. Elmer Eyster Jr.
and Theodore Eyster of Indianapo-
lis, and James Eyster of New Au-
gusta; his father. Elmer Eyster Sr,
Indianapolis. and a sister Clara, re-
siding in Texas.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
RHOADEs IS VICTOR
Murder Conviction Reversed
for Second Time.

/. Conviction of Dreyfus Rhoades,
for murder of a Vincennes dnd)
policeman, was reversed for the sec
ond time this afternoon by the In
diana supreme court.
Rhoades was sentenced to die
July IL and had filed petition Tor
a stay of execution pending settle
ment OF this appeal to the supreme
court
The case now returns to the Knox
county circuit court.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03

across the room, looking some
what sadly at his finger, and curs-
ing his luck in no uncertain Ian
guage.
When the gas equipment ar
rived, Ruth said:
Now, Doc, don't pull it of
until that gas has taken hold. 1
had Doc King cut me one time
before the gas had put me to sleep
and I could feel it."
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MYTH Lyn Larry holding the
W injured hand, Charley Ruis
fing, 2Oo-pounder, holding him on
the other side, and Kenneth Hol-
loway. Earl Painter, Yankee tram
er. and the writer holding his
feet, the gas mask was placed over
Ruth's nose and he began to
breathe deeply. n
AS the gas began to take hold,
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
'C[ARING VOTE FRAUDS and
CORRUPTION DISCLOSED BY
PROBE SAYS GRAND Jury
Session Ends Without Indictments, Judge
Collins Is Told Lack of Funds
Prevents Fixing of Blame.
ELECTION IS BRANDED FARCE
Criticism Leveled at Council for Hampering
of Quiz; Urge Legislature to Erect
Safeguards by Amending Laws

Sensational disclosures that fraud and corruption dom
mated the primary election this spring made today by
the Marion county grand jury.
Without returning indictments, the jury ended the
probe into election fraud reporting Criminal Judge James
A. Collins that lack of funds prevented fixing of blame for
"garing instances of corruptch nearthed since the in
vestigation got under way six weeks ago.
Recommendations that the state legislature erect safe
guards for the citizenry by amending primary laws to
vent elections from becoming farce made in the re-
port.
Criticism was aimed the county council and political
factionais" for hamperng OF the investigation. Jurors
urged that probe be continued by the succeeding grand
Jury.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
STATE CITIES GAIN
ConnersviIIe Shows Way in
Census Increase.
Bv Times Special

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, July 3.-Increase
of almost 5000 in the population Of
Connersville, Ind, and slight gains
in the other Indiana cities of Craw-
fordsville and Frankfort, were re-
ported in additional census returns
made public here today.
Connersville gained 1888 from
1889 in the 1920 federal census and
Frankfort showed 613 increase to
12.19S. Crawfordsville's boost was
only 1S0 from 10,319.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
CONGRESS TO REST
Longworth Expects End of
Session Tonight.

WASHINGTON, July 3.-Speaker
of the House Longworth said today
shortly before the house convened,
that he expected congress would
clear up pending controversies to-
day in time to adjourn by 6 o'clock
tonight.
After President Hoover had made
known his insistent opposition to
the World war veterans pension
bill passed by the senate, congress
sional conferees today reached an
agreement on the bill eliminating
all the important senate amend
mentS. q
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
'BLUEDEARD,'I IS
STATE CHARGE
IN DEATH CASE
Opening Statements Are
Made at Greenfield Poi
soning Trial.
ELECTRIC CHAIR ASKED
Mention of Former Mates
Starts Legal Battle
+ Among Counsel.
BY CHARLES E. CARLL
Times STAFF Correspondent

GREENFIELD, Ind, July g.
Portraying George Kolb, 55, Rush
vile farmer, as Bluebeard, and as
a DR.. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde, states attor-
neys today hurled at him accusa-
tions they assert they will prove in
his trial as the alleged murderer of
his third wife, Mrs. Edna Dagler
Kolb, last fall.
Led by Paul Benson, Newcastle,
special state counsel, prosecutors de-
mand that Kolb die in the electric
chair for the alleged Staying.
Opening statements in Kolb's
trial were delayed one and one-half
hours when defense counsel at
tempted to restrain the states at
torneyS from mention of deaths Of
his first two wives. After long ar
gument, Circuit Judge Arthur c.
Van Duyn ordered the state to pro-
ceed, advising the defense to offer
objections to irrelevant references.
Describes Visit
Outlining Mrs. Kolb's death, Paul
Benson, special prosecutor, de-
scribed a visit of the Kolbs to the
home of her mother, Mrs. Eva
Offutt. in Rushville Sunday, Oct.
27, 1929.
There she was stricken with con-
vulsions, Benson stated. DR.. r. Q.
Kennedy, called by the family, pro-
nounced her a. victim of strychnine
poisoning. His questions as to what
she had taken elected from her
admission that Kolb gave here a
quinine capsule and took one him
self before they left their home,
the state declared.
Immediately after her death, Kolb
is alleged to have asked his brother
in-law, Clifford McGinnis, present
in Mrs. Offutt.s home, to call an in
Surance agent in KnightstowT1,
whose company insured Mrs. Kolb
for $1,000 in July, two months after
their marriage,
Against Her Wishes
Benson said evidence would show
that Mrs. Kolb had one $500 life
insurance policy when she married
Kolb, and that the second policy
was taken out against her wishes.
While friends searched the Kolb
home for clothing in which to bury
his wife, Kolb sat table staring at
the insurance policy, Benson said
he would show.
Later he told another friend ne
had more insurance on his wife
than most persons thought, Ben
son stated. Kolb declared to Dr..
Kennedy, that if the insurance was
not paid, "I am ruined" the at
torney declared.
Benson had not completed his
statement when court was recessed
for lunch.
Ten Farmers on Jury
The jury selected Wednesday aft
ernoon one minute before Circuit
Judge Arthur G. Van Duyn ad-
journed court, is composed of ten
farmers and two school teachers, all
residents of Hancock county, living
within a few miles of Greenfield.
Jurors are: Charles M. Archer,
Democratic candidate for county
commissioner; Frank S. Boone. Ver-
ME Narvelle, S. o. Olinger, Oscar
Fuller, Arthur Campbell, Joseph
Schwartz, Edison Doolittle, Otto
Schramm, Maurice Holmes, Leonard
Cook and Floyd Hines.
The regular panel of taleSmen, a
venire of fifty, and part of spe-
cial venire of twenty-five were ques-
toned by lawyers in the three days
required to select the jury.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
Aim at Hunters Mark

An Indianapolis plane, carrying
Lieutenant Laurence Genaro. who
was identified with two unsuccessful
attempts to set endurance flight
records in the Indianapolis Flam-
lingo last summer. will go into the
air about Jury 90 to break the rec
ord made by the Hunter brothers
in the City of Chicago.
Although, Genaro has not an
nounced the name of his co-pilot, it
was learned today. that ne is con-
Sidering two iiers. Lieutenant c. o.
Perry Of Fairfield airport. Dayton,
and Lieutenant Everett c. Winnings
Of Roosevelt field. New York.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
PU Clean 'Eno

BIZ United Press
FT. WORTH, Tex, July "a
good method to relieve the farmer
is tc take the bucketshops of
his back and the ticker tape from
around his neck, so he can fight
the boil weevil," in the opinion
of c. G. (Soapy) Moody. a Ft
Worth laundry wagon driver by
day and candidate for Governor
of Texas by night.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
CANTON NEWS is SOLD
Mellett Newspaper, Pulitzer Prize
Winner, Bought by Opposition.

BH United Press
CANTON, O., July 3.-The Can
ton News. one of Ohio'S most in
fluential afternoon papers, has been
sold TO its opposition, the Canton
Repository, it vas announced here
today.
The News was the paper of Don
Mellett. the crusading editor who
was aSsaSSinated for his activities
against vice IN the city.
The newspaper was awarded the
Pulitzer prize for Mellett's work.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
Broker PIunges to Death

BW United Press
NEW YORK, July 3.-Guy B.
Turlbut, 54, member of the firm of
Munds & WinSlow, brokers, COM
mitted suicide today by jumping
from a tenth-f1oor window of his
Riverside apartment drive.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
End of the Trail?

BV United Press
TORONTO, July 3.-Possibility
that an unknown man who died
in a hospital here may have been
Ambrose ]. Small, millionaire
Canadian theater magnate, was
investigated today. Small van
ished Dec 2. 1919, after selling his
theater holdings and receiving
S1,OOO,0OO check.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
STILL MAD AT CHARLIE
Lita Denies Chance of Patching Up
Trouble With Chaplin.

Bu United Press
NEW YORK, July 3.-There is no
chance of a reconciliation between
Lita Grey Chaplin and her divorced
husband, Charlie Chaplin, the film
actor. she said on arriving aboard
the liner Europa.
She denied reports she is to marry
either Roy Darcy, the actor, or an
European nobleman.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
Danger Sign Is Up

By United Press
OKLAHOMA CITY, July s.
Hundreds of millions worth of
Oklahoma City property may be
without fire insurance protection
if the present oil well drilling
campaign within the city limits is
carried out.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
Cold Facts

A hot ice oox caused a $500
FIRE damage at the Thomas
Barragry grocery, 34o3 West
Michigan street, at midnight
Wednesday.
FIRE. starting IN the rear of
tl1e ice box. damaged the box
$500 and the store building
500 more.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
MUST BE GETTING OLD
Woman, 1O2, 'Guesses She's Not as
Young as She Used to Be-

Young as She Used to Be-
Bu United Press
PHILADELPHIA, July 3.-CeIe-
brating her 102nd birthday Thurs
day, Mrs. John Hartman told
newspaper men, Il guess 1 must
be getting old, for I don't hear and
see as well as 1 used to-"
Mrs. Hartman had two birthday
cakes because one would not hold
the required number of candles for
the birthday celebration.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
What! only One Wife!

BIZ United Press
PARIS, July 3.-Sidi Moham-
med, 10, youngest absolute r'iler
in the world, Morocco's first
monogamic sultan in three CEN
turies, and who rules over 5,000,-
600 Mohammedan Moors, started
his visit to Paris today by placing
flowers on the Unknown Soldiers
tomb. Sidi has but one wife, his
cousin. although his palace is
filed with concubines. He is on
an educational tour.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
And N0tU--Death

BU United Press
SANTA FE, N. NJ, July 3.-Woo
Oak San, Chinese slayer, offered
his life for the use of his body
for experimentation with the ira
chOma germ, will not have to
make decision. Governor Dillon
today said the offer had been
withdrawn and science will con-
tinue it's search for volunteer.
Woo. then, unless granted a re-
hearing, will die in the electric
chair.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
One Edition

The Times, in accordance
with its custom OF giving its
employees a half holiday on
July 4. win r mt but one edi-
ton Friday.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
SONG of Wheatfelds

BV United Press
COLBY, Kan, July 3.-Five
~ years ago applause swept
across the footlights of the Metro
politan CI1era House where Marion
Talley, the girl from the Kansas
wheatfields. sang her way into
fame and glory in the world of art.
Today Marion sat atop a noisy
clattering machine, inaugurating
the harvest, and smiling at her
latest applause-the cheers Of
Thomas county farmers. The re-
tired Talley was home-and
happy.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
"Lord Can Take Him"

BV United Press
NEW YORK, July 3.-Story of
IN mother willing to let her
son die because ''the Lord gave
him to me and the Lord can take
him away" was told today by
Justice Peter B. Hanon of chill
dren's court, who said the boys
life was saved by an operation
ordered by the court.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
Side Shoe!
Step Right This Way fO
a Real Picture of This
Life of Ours.

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, July 3.-Wynan
~ King, 40. sideshow sword
swallower, swallowed a dime and
went to the hospital. Doctors
used a bronchoscope to remove
the coin from a bronchial tube.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
Liberty at Liberty

Bv United Press
PARIS, July SEARCH of
American patriots in Paris for the.
classical French model who stood,
right arm upraised and clad in
yards of flowing cheeSecloth to
pose for the Statue of Liberty.
must go down as a failure, for
no one remembers who it was
that posed for Sculptor Frederic
Auguste Bartholdi. Forty-six
years ago, July 4, 1884, France
presented the statue to the
United States.
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A Mattress With Feeling
Bu United Press
NsSINING, N. Y, July g.
~ Jack Levy tired of Sing Sing.
So he sewed himself inside of
mattress which he just had
finished making. At the prison
gate, a truck taking the mattress
away halted for inspection.
Guards thunped the mattress
heartily. Jack groaned. Today
ne was in solitary confinement.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-14
YUKON BRINGS 30PAsSENCERS;
 TAKES AWAY 5
Concen trates and Mink Constitute Part of
 Vessels Cargo

] Bound from Seward to Seattle the steamship Yukon called at Jul neau early this morning. She dock ed at AIS and showed off at CSC o'clock. She brought 30 passengers to this port and,took away 53. Her through list was large, so virtual ly all of her cabins will be occu- pied when she departs from Ket- chikan. While here she loaded concentrates of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company for Seattle She also took aboard 20 pair of mink destined for Sweden They i are in charge of their owner Mons Anderson, fur farmer in the Men denhall Valley. He values the animals at $200 a pair and will &C., company them to their European destination.
 Arrivals on Yukon
 Persons who disembarked from the vessel at this port were George Grigsby, Arthur M Carlson, John Knudson, Claire Loftus, Mrs. L. Stanfield, It. T. B. Kuhre, E, J. Patton, Edwin Thomas, Ernest Na- toll, William Englehardt, Mrs. c. Anderson, Mrs. B. King, O. Bergen and T. J. Shea from Seward; J.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-10-14
FIGHT 4,O00 DUELS
 A YEAR IN VIENNA

VIENNA, Oct. 14-The bursar of Vienna University is authority for statement that 4,O00 is the av- craze number of duels fought each year by students of the institution.
 The duels are not fought out singly, because the swordsmen sell dom can afford to hire a hall in which to conduct the private strife safe from the eyes and ears of the authorities. Consequently the sec retaries of the various student groups keep track of the affairs and when a sufficient number have accumulated, there is a long pro-
 gram in some one hall
 The fighters fall into three cate gories. The first include those who fight to prove manliness. They challenge without provaction.
 The second category comprises
 those who fight on trivial grounds,
 such as walking out with another fellows girl, or being stared at. The last group challenges for in- suits of a graver nature. It includes Jewish students but they do not Ialways get satisfaction as a Pan-
 German Christian will not meet a Jew and the Roman Catholic clerical students will not fight at 1 all, as a matter of principle.