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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-10
Husband Lures Woman tC
Vacant House, Wounds
Her With Shotgun.

Trapping his wife in a vacant,
three-room house, John L. Adams,
4O-year-old cabinet maker, 1O4
South Davidson street, this after
noon attempted to murder her,
then killed himself.
Mrs. ISabellee Adams, "a, his wife,
is in a critical condition, wounded
in neck and back with shotgun
pellets. Police and city hospital
physicians said she probably will
recover.
She was dragged from the vacant
house at LOG South Davidson by a
daughter, Pearl, 16, and roomer
Mrs. Ruby Hughes, who heard the
shooting.
While his wife was being taken
to the home of neighbors, Adams
calmly reloaded the weapon and
discharged it into his own face and
neck. He died a few minutes later.
Note Tells of Intent
In his pocket was found note
which showed he had intended to
kill his wife. The note gave in
structions to the daughter and asked
that she put nom and me away as
cheap as you can"
At the hospital, Mrs. Adams told
Sergeant Harry Schley and report
ers II don't care if he is dead"
"It may seem hard-hearted to sSS
that, but don't care. He won't be
here to beat me any more. I have
only one request, that Pearl doesn't
let them bury him by my boy"
Schley, who knew Mrs. Adams,
told her she wasn't "as heavy as
you used to be-"
"You wouldn't be either if you
went through the hell I did with
that man."
Tries to Escape
Surviving Adams, in addition to
the daughter, Pearl, are two sons
Chester, 3, and John Jr., 7.
Mrs. Adams entered the. vacant
house after a neighbor, Mrs. Emma
Parrish, had told her Adams had
been seen going into it short time
before.
Adams permitted his wife to en-
ter the second, room of the vacant
residence and then leveled the gun
at her. She attempted to leap
through a window and, as she did,
he fired the single-barreled gun.
Mrs. Adams fell to the floor and
Adams walked into the third room,
where he shot himself.
Police were told that the shoot
ing was the climax of twelve years
of strife in the lives of Adams and
his wife.
In his death note, Adams criti-
cised his wife for not treating me
right"
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.. 5. British
Single man $3.50. 81 500 1888 sS5S.5o
Married man with
STEEL ORDERS LOSE

Untitled Business Decreases 235,S57
Tons During August.
BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 10.--Unfilled
orders of the United States Steel
Corporation decreased 235, 1859 tons
during August to total of 3.l69, Asst
tons. the corporation announced to-
dask
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-10
URGE BUDGET APPROVAL
Parent Teacher Group of School 20
Favors Proposed Figure.

Resolution commencing the pro-
posed budget set by the school
board was added to those already
on file with state tax commission
erS today by patrons of School 20.
Signed by Mrs. Fred w. Mas
president, and Mrs. John Calender
ce-president, of the parent-teach-
ers association of that school, the
letter stated that any further cut in
the budget would tend toward
decentralization of the schools system
in the city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-10
FOUR PER CENT BEER
FAVORED BY GOVERNOR
Cross of Connecticut Flags Dry Act
in Talk to Labor.

in Talk to Labor.
By United Press
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Sept. 10
Governor Wilbur L. Cross sympa-
thizes with labor's demand for ITS
per cent beer, but he would prefer
4 per cent.
"One of the most unfortunate
things national legislation ever has
effected has been the prohibition
amendment" the Governor told the
forty-sixth annual convention of
the Connecticut Federation of La
Dor.
NO amendment to the Constitu-
ton ever has been repealed-it
would require a tremendous effort.
think you are wise in centering
your attention on the Volstead act.'
The Governor also spoke in favor
OF old age pensions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-10
Friday
INDIANAPOLIS DAY

Judging of swine, cattle and sale.
Races. vaudeville. afternoon. in front
of grand stand.
Running races. pageant. vaudeville and
fireworks. in front Of state fair
stand.
Indiana university stage show.
Horseshoe pitching contest.
Horse pulling contest. 3 a. m. to noon.
Sale of beef calves. in coliseum at 1
m.
Society night horse show. coliseum.
Finals in farm bureau quartet con-
tests.
Bands to play on Playground. Boy
Scout band. Bohumir KryI and his
band and Arndt concert band.
Carnival shows.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-10
At the Fair
T onight

Running races. pageant-Hawaiian
Nights, fireworks. in front of grand
stand.
Horse show and vaudeville. coliseum.
Indiana university stage show. up to
$3.50.
Carnival shows up to 10.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-10
MARE COMMITS SUICIDE
Grieved by Colts Death, Horse
PIunges Into Automobile.

BIZ United Press
KENYON, o.. Sept. lot was
animal suicide, said the veterina-
rian, of the death of Bell, 1O-year-
old mare, whose colt died almost
before its long. awkward legs had
ceased to wobble under it.
Yves RoStorfer, farmer near here,
said the mare ran up and down the
fields wildly until she was exhausted
after the colts death. When a mo-
tor car wasedriven into the pasture
Wednesday Bell ran into it, shat
tering glass and bending tenders.
The mares skull was fractured and
she was badly cut.
Have to shoot her, said the
horse doctor. Its plain suicida."
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The truck was driven by Russell
Howe, rs, of 1415 Bellefontaine
street. behind another truck whose
passage the pedestrian awaited be-
fore he walked in front of Howze'S
truck.
The mans body was hurled
twenty feet. His neck was broken
and he died a few minutes after
the mishap.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-10
Sumner Wins

Sheriff Charles (Buck)
Sumner, in a spree Of ballot
ing during the past ten days,
won The Brown Derby crown
today. with 32,449 ballots to
9.181 votes for his closest
competitor, Jesse Mcclure.
The how and why"
Sheriff Buck" won, with his
photo in the regal lid, and
announcement Of his corona
ton, is all told on page /.
section 2, Of today's Times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-10

IIaLlc 1dGdllLy UHlS
afternoon W h e n
he st epped in
front of a truck
in the 5000 block
West Washington
street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-10
DIR. MYERS WELCOMED
Staff Society Greets New Head Of
City Hospital.

City Hospital.
DR.. Charles w. Myers, newly
named superintendent of the city
hospital, was welcomed Wednesday
at the meeting of the institutions
staff society.
August report Of the society
showed 756 were admitted to the
hospital and ambulance runs to-
tailed 359.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-10
GRADE SCHOOLS 'OUT'
Heat Forces Dismissal of Glasses for
Afternoon.

AAN~N = OaNNo 1A1AAAAcSSAA VA OAocoCc AUA
Afternoon.
With temperatures rising to 80
degrees at noon. fifty-two of the
city's grade schools announced that
they would hold no afternoon ses-
sions today. This is two less than
dismissed Wednesday, when the
heat was about the same. None
of the new schools, Nos. Sc. 50 and
80, dismissed.
High schools announced that they
did not anticipate dismissal. unless
temperatures rose much higher
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-10
Comparison Is Amazing

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10-The
new British income taxes are ap-
proximately 100 times American
income taxes for single men of
small income and about 80 times
those in America for married men
with families The following table
gives comparisons
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-10
IT'S 40 AT AUBURN!

Temperatures Go Up. Up. Up in
New York State.
By United Prcss
AUBURN. N. Y. Sept. 10.-The
temperature rose to ITO degrees
here at noon today in the second
day Of 3 new heat wave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-10
An Editorial
Futile
Is Given to
Futile Plan


day to President Hoover, con
graduating him on his plan:
for meeting the unemploy
ment problem" will tend only
to increase the growing sense
among the public of the utter
futility and intellectual bank
ruptcy of the present admin
istrations, national and state
in the current crisis.
In the first place, what pre-.
cisely are President Hoover'S
plans? Apparently nothing
but the appointment of an.
other commission, and the
"Great Engineer" already
holds the worlds champion.
ship as appointer of commits.
sions that no one ever car
take away from him.
What will the commission
do? Issue another report
which, like the Wickersham
reports, will give aid and com.
fort to every shade Of opinion
and prejudice and serve as g
verbal arsenal for politicians
God forbid: We have hac
enough of such spilling of ink
at public expense, aspiring tC
Office, but not to public serv-
ice.
In all probability, the mem
bers of the recently appoint
ed Hoover commission will
serve as chairmen of state
and local committees to hand
out doles of charity from
funds collected as voluntary
donations from charitably
disposed individuals, who con-
tribute mainly as an insur-
ance against possibly worse
evils.
GO far, so good, but how can
~ any intelligent person,
by any stretch of the mag
nation, call such fumbling
"plans for meeting the I'M
employment problem?"
No intelligent citizen, of
course, wants the government
to give out doles to the unem-
ployed without necessity, but
it should be borne in mind
that it is the paramount duty
of government to secure the
greatest good to the greatest
number of citizens. If pri-
vate industry fails to provide
a decent livelihood for mil
lions of worthy citizens, then
the government must, in one
way or another.
incidentally, is there a ire
mendous difference between a
dole given by government
and one given out of a fund
collected by private endeavor
The government dole is paid
out of taxation, which is a
compulsory contribution made
by the citizens to government
=
THE funds collected by I'M
employment commissions
nominally are voluntary con-
tributions, but how many Oh
the men approached for funds
dare refuse to give? This is
only another form of taxation
against which many argu-
ments can be urged.
In any case, it does not re-
lieve the unemployment sit.
uation. 1t does not give jobs
to jobless men.
Apparently Governor Les
lie is committing the State OF
Indiana to cooperation with
the utilities of the nationa.
government.
Something must be done
soon, but apparently we need
not look for leadership tC
Governor Leslie or President
Hoover.
GRADE SCHOOL 6 I0IIT
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-10
BUDGET HEARING IS SET
Sept. Is Date Selected by Tax Board
for Appeal.

The state tax commission today
set Sept. Is as the date for hearing
Of the appeal on the indianapolis
school city budget. The tax levy for
next year was set at $l.0I by the
Indianapolis school board.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-10
STEPS IN CARS PATH;
UNKNOWN MAN KILLED

Walks in Front of Truck, Hurled
Twenty Feet; Neck Broken.
An unidentified man was Marion
county's one hundred thirteenth
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-10
FIREHOUSE BONDS SOLD
City Prepares to Receive Bids on
Three New Stations.

Three New Stations.
Safety board today prepared to
receive bids on the construction of
three new Indianapolis fire houses.
Bond issue Of $4,000 for them was
sold to the Fletcher American COM
pany Wednesday on a $2,222 pre-
MUM.
The fire stations are to be To-
Gated at Morris and Harding
streets, 1912 Central avenue, and
near Fifty-sixth and Illinois streets.
The Washington times., 1931-01-27
HOW a WOnaGn's Faith
Conquered AU

''It will break your heart, my
girl, but it is best you should
know how worthless I have
proved myself" $50 he had
written)
IT am being brought to the
East to be sent back to France.
The laws of America will let
you get a divorce. They do not
make a woman stay married to
felon. Do that. Yvonne, and
forget me. Don't tell little
Pierre about me. Tell him his
father is dead.
IT have not been a good hus-
band, or a good father. I have
not shown that I have love in
my soul, but it is there.
Always, my sweet, I will love
you and our boy. Back, per
hapS, in France, I will be a
man. God forgive me for be-
ing a curse to you, the one I
love best of all in the world,
you and my boy"
Exit the MalcOntentS
The deportees marched down
the pier toward the section of
the great ship that was to take
them back over the ocean.
Pierre LaVelle marched with
eyes downcast, tears blurring
his vision.
He all but fell from his feet
when a frail figure Of a boy
crashed into him when he was
put on the prisoners deck, just
aft the Steerage.
"Yvonne!"
"Pierre!"
"Papaw
Mon fill"
It was all so blurred-and
then he heard her voice.
Il read in the papers about it
the people who broke the laws
were being sent back. I heard
about this train long before it
came to this big city. I know
you would be sent back to
France. So I broke laws, too. I
went to meetings of the Reds
in Union Square until the po-
lice came. Then I kicked and
scratched a gendarme. I cursed
the country and the laws. They
took me to the courts. I
screamed and cursed all Of these
United States. They wanted
my citizenship papers. I
laughed. So they told me they
would send me, back to France.
You see, Big Pierre, I use the
head to think as well as the
fingers to sew"
Together, in the fading twi-
light, they watched that God
dess Of Liberty that France gave
to America, fade into the dusk
astern.
Can names Of characters In this story
are fiCtitiOua
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Where Love Leads

soul. She will always love
you, papa Of Petite Pierre, al
ways.
Always His Girl
wherever you may be her
heart is always beating for
you. This big land Of Amer
lea is not one Of streets
paved with gold. We would
be better, perhaps. back in our
own poor% Valley Of the Meuse.
But anywhere, Big Pierre,
your Yvonne is always your
girl"
It was almost a votary that
monolog to the picture of the
man who was away. Almost in
reverence she covered the pic
ture again with it's silken hand
kerchief and put it back in the
trunk.
y Il
The long train had started in
far away Seattle. Men and
women too, were its passengers.
Two by two they sat in the
The Washington times., 1931-01-27

chair cars, handouts holding
each to the arm Of the chair.
Stop by stop it made it's way
across the country. Men, they
were, and women too, who were
Spurned by the country to
which they had come with high
hopes Of a future. They were
deporteeS, bound for the sea-
port of New York, to be sent
back across the ocean to their
homelands, for some infraction
of the laws 70 the land of their
adoption.
Guilty of Lawbreaking
Two weeks before that train
had reached Detroit, Pierre La
Velle had been found guilty Of
breaking the prohibition laws,
of being a gangster, of consort-
ing with men who defied all
law. He had been listed for a
seat on the east bound train.
And the day he knew, he had
written a clear confession, and
mailed it to Yvonne.
The Washington times., 1931-01-27
YOUR RULING
STAR
BY William Shwader-
THE YEAR AHEAD
For Those Whose Birthday Is
January 28

If January % is your birth
day, during the coming year
you may experience some minor
difficulties-pQssibly in connec-
tion with relatives or matters
dealing with correspondence or
writings of some sort. Don't be
too haSty in making up your
mind and refrain from serious
arguments.
Important dates: Avoid ex-,
cesses of all kinds, take no risks
and maintain routine from
April 7 to 9, April 18 to %, May
l to 4, 81 to 25, July II to IS,
% to 81, August 7 to 9, IL to
%, September 27 to 80, october
19 to 21, 25 to 81. Good for gen.
eral affairs from February IA to
16, March 10 to II, July II to
IS, 19 to 81, August II to IA.
September "a to 26, December
20, 20 to 81. Contradictory
dates show two opposing influ"'
ences. ,
A child born January % will
be persevering, determined and
capable. 1t would be well for
him to learn to adopt an un-,
prejudiced attitude or he will
make mistakes through too
haSty decisions.
Tendencies for January 29:
The earlier part of the day sug-'
gests the need for caution in.
legal matters and restraint in
buying; the latter part of the
day favors aggressive business
activity, contacts with the pub
lie and Superiors.
Copyright. 1881, by The PremtST
Syndicate, Inc)
The Washington times., 1931-01-27

NEW YORK-Have you no.
sliced anything new about stock
ings lately? Well bet you
haven't.
Not that there isn't anything
new about them-but that this
very newness tends to make
stockings less noticeable.
There's a reason for that
as we've explained before.
Stockings are no longer just
something you buy to put on
your feet. They're part of a
complete costume. And as such
they mustn't be more noticeable
than anything else in the cos
tune. They shouldn't be the
thing you see first.
And everything new about
stockings is quieter-less notice
able-more in keeping with the
idea of the complete, ensem-
bled costume.
The most important new
thing about stockings is the
great increase in the fashion
for dull finish. Fashionable
women are quick to see how
much better a dull-finished
stocking looks with the dull fin
ish of fashionable dress and
coat fabrics.
Ensemble Easier
And how much easier they
fit into the plan Of complete,
ensembled costume because they
blend into the background in.
stead of shine like a headlight.
So, dull-finished silks are anA
The Washington times., 1931-01-27
HEALTH AND
DIET
BY Logan Clendening-

Every time you cross the
ocean the conversation on ship
board veers around to the old
subject, what would happen If
you got appendicitis and had to
be operated on mid-voyage. OF
course, there are always COM
petent ships doctors aboard,
but they are not always wide
ly experienced surgeons.
A fellow passenger last sum-
mer told me with bated breath,
as if I would probably not be-
lieve it. how he hal treated a
travelling companion on his pre-
vious voyage. His friend came
down with what was undoubted-
ly appendicitis. The ships doc
tor said it was, but did not feel
competent to operate. The pa
tient sent for my informant in
despair.
Scared to Death
What shall I do?" he said.
IT place myself in your hands,
IT was scared to death, ana I
didn't know what medicines to
give him, or what kind Of a
diet. He couldn't have kept
anything on his stomach, any
way. I was frightened to do
anything, so I just let him
alone. Would you believe it?
He was up in three days and
put his clothes on and walked
off that boat"
"Of course" he added, "he
went right to a hospital and
had his appendix out. Got
along slick, too"
He asked me what I thought
of it. I answered that he had
probably saved his friends life.
And I was perfectly sincere.
It is worth remembering that
everybody who isn't operated
on for appendicitis doesn't die.
It'is a common question to ask,
What happened to people with
appendicitis before the days of
aspectic surgery?" And the
answer is, They got we'll
mostly.
Protective Power Great
The protective power of the
body for infection in the appen-
dix is very great. Provided you
do not destroy it by meddle-
some treatment. If let alone
the intestines will balloon out
over the inflamed appendix
and, with the help of the omen
tum (Which tends to all in
fectionS inside the abdomen),
will wall off the inflammation
until it subsidies. The appendix
may even burst and these de-
fenses will keep the puS from
spreading widely and finally
will absorb it.
A surgeon should. Of course,
be called and the management
of the case left to him. But if
no surgeon is available or is
E a long way off, do not despair.
A Difficult Situation
The thing to do until the sur
geon comes is by no means
easy. It is Nothing" This
is hard to do when people are
sick; the tendency is to do
something" Do nothing. Do
not give the patient any food,
or any water. Above all, do
not give a cathartic. Food,
water, and especially cathartics
make movements throughout
the intestines and break the
natural defenses Of the body
down.
The Washington times., 1931-01-27
new thing about stockings
that makes them less noticeable.
Fine MeSheS Popular
Directed by Amos Parrish

that makes them less noticeable.
Fine MeShes Popular
Another new fashion is mesh
stockings. And you'll see these
(when you notice them at alb
worn mostly with mesh-like,
lacy fabrics-lacy tweeds,
wool meshes, loosely knit woods,
At first that sounds as though
these stockings would be more
oonspicuouS-knit as they are
in mesh effect. AS matter OF
fact, the fashionable meshes
are so fine Ohardly more than
pin points, that they're scarcely
noticeable.
But they give an even sheerer
effect than regular knit stock
ings. And in an ensemble with
mesh-like fabrics, they're IN per-
feet harmony.
We've had a mesh stocking
sketched at the upper right.
You can see from this that the
meShes-or holes-are not con-
spicuouS at all.
Narrower Heels
Stocking heels-or rather the
heel reinforcement at the ankle
- are growing narrower. an
other fashion that makes them
less noticeable. (We've had the
fashionable type heel sketched
on the stocking the lady is hold
ing and on the other just below
the figure.)
They're still wide enough to
protect the back of the stock
ing from the friction of the
shoe. But not so wide as to
sAN attention to themselves.
The Washington times., 1931-01-27
Times Health Hint

There headache and sleep remedies which con-
tain chloral heart depressant, and its may be-
come habit-forming.
The Washington times., 1931-01-27
NOU Continue
CHAPTER XLVI

C61AE i ckb AAN4
# he felt free to propose
Connie was chilled by
the sudden thought that Duke
Carson was already married.
Either that or some secret
barrier
I'm not exactly crazy to
have you propose while we're
jolting along in this station
wagon with all its tenders
creaking," she said, managing
to establish a facetiouS tone,
"but you certainly arouse my
curiosity. Without obligating
myself, may I ask why you
aren't free to propose to me
or any other grip"
Carson lit a cigarette and
tossed away the match.
"Oh, for q dozen reasons" he
asserted, with a nonchalance
which Connie suspected was
not real. I've lived more or
less the life Of a lone wolf, and
I doubt if I have the domestic
qualities a husband needs. I
haven't another wife hidden
away. or anything like that
but the people I associate with
aren't precisely respectable.
You can't live with the crooked
tribe without taking on some
Of their color. I have an acute
consciousness that I'm lined up
with the illegal side of life"
Is He q Criminal?
you've told me that before"
Connie said, sharply, "and I
think it's nonsense. You aren't
q criminal yourself, are you?"
"No. I don't commit crime
and I don't profit from it,"
Then, you aren't half as
bad as you make out. You
keep talking about your Grim
inal background until q
stranger would think you're
actually a crook yourself. OF
course, I can't understand why,
from choice, you would associ-
ate with criminals-but I don't
suppose they are any more
stupid than most respectable
people. I'll bet if the truth
were known, you'd really con-
The Washington times., 1931-01-27

Pattern 2092 is serviceable
and chic fashioned of canton
crepe, satin or one of the sheer
fabrics such as georgette, crepe
Elizabeth, voile, etc. Fashion
able colors are blue, green, rust,
rose and the pastelS.
May be ordered only IN sizes
96, 38, 40, AZ. A and AZ Size
SO requires AZ yards of 39-inch
material.
Send Is cents, coin or stamps,
for each pattern giving name,
address, style number and size
wanted. Send for winter fash
lOn book, price Is cents. Book
with pattern, rs cents. Address
Washington Times Pattern Blu
reau, 24S West 18th St., New
agk City.