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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
RAIL SHIPMENTS GAIN

Reflect Increased Business Activity,
Erie President Asserts.
BIZ United Press
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 28.-More than
seasonal gains in freight shipments
are rejecting increased business &C
tivity, Charles E. Denny, president
of the Erie Railroad, believes.
Returning from tour of the west
Denny said he expected the freight
gains to continue through Novem-
Der and December.
"The west appears ready to go
into this winter with much better
prospects than the industrial east.
With adoption of efficient produc-
ton methods and effective sales
programs by most coast industries,
they are doing WE'LL" he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
NAME FRATERNAL CHIEF
Walter M. Curtis Elected President
of Indiana Congress.

Walter M. Curtis, member of
Charlottesville tribe of Ben-Hur, is
the new president of the Indiana
Fraternal Congress. Election of
officers closed business sessions of
the thirty-third annual meeting in
the Lincoln Tuesday.
Mrs. May Beaver, supervisor of
Wcodmen's Circle, is vice-preSident,
and Burt M. Kimmell, scribe Of
Ben-Hur, is secretary treasurer.
A dinner-dance in the Lincoln on
T., s-'ay night was preceded by en-
te tainment by state championship
te~~'s of indianapolis Ben-Hur and
W. --Ner'S Circle of Frankfort.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
BRIEF REIGN SEEN FOR
SUCCESSOR TO CAPONE
Chicago's Enemy No. A" Disclaims
Ambitions to Throne.

ChicRgO'S Enemy No. A" DiSclaimS
Ambitions to Throne.
By United Press
CHICAGO, Oct. 28.-Lawrence
Dago) Mangano, the gangster, be-
lieves that the man who succeeds
Scarface Al Capone as boss of Chi
cago's underworld is likely to be
''just king fora day."
Under arrest on suspicion, Man
gano told Detective Chief William
Shoemaker he had no ambition to
take CaponeS place. He limited
that any man who did take it when
Capone goes to prison would not
live long.
Asked what rank he held among
the city's public enemies, Mangano
laughed and said he guessed" he
was No. %, or last on the original
list.
GAS matter of fact" said Schoe-
maker, scanning the records, you
are No. 4, just three notcheS below
the Big Shot himself"
Mangano laughed again.
That's high enough thank you,"
he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
SHERIFF. BOY
TO LEARN FATE SOON
Hunger, Poverty, Thievery, Related
in Murder Trial of Youth, II.

Hunger, Poverty, Thievery, Related
in Murder Trial of Youth, IL.
BIZ United Press
ASOTIN, Wash, Oct. 23.-The
trial of 12-year-old Hubert Niccolls
on charges of numbering Sheriff
John Wormell last Aug. 5, neared an
end today. The slender boy who
exhibited no fear during his short
trial expected to learn with a few
days the jury verdict.
A story of hunger, poor living con-
ditions, thievery. and strong vein
of insanity in Hubert's family was
unfolded by the boys grandmother
Mrs. Marie Addington.
The boy admitted he shot Sher-f
Worme'l when the officer entered a
store which he was robbing
Hubert's grandmother said he
wanted to do right, but didn't seem
to know the difference between right
and wrong"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
TARIFF CALLED
BLOCK TO CUT
IN UTILITY RATE
bar to World Competition
Reducing Materials
Cost, Is Claim.

The Smoot- Hawley tariff bill.
championed to final passage in the
United States senate by Senator
James E. Watson. may prove one
stumbling block to relief from high
ut tiles rates in Indianapolis.
For the bill is one of the things
pointed to by public service COM
mission engineers as a barrier which
keeps cost Of utility supplies from
falling with other commodities, de-
spite decreased demand.
Admitting that American prices
ere controlled by large combinations
and not by supply and demand,
Harry Wenger, chief of the commits
sion engineering staff, pointed out
that without the high tariffs pro-
vided by the Smoot- Hawley law,
world competition would drive
prices to lower levels.
Monopoly Is Hindrance
But the tariffs and the combina-
lions are there and price control
and complete monopoly in the
utility field leave little hope for i'm
mediate or great and lasting relief
to the consumer who pays all the
bi l..
There was a time when world
COZ petition, particularly importa
tions of electrical equipment and
materials used in utility con-
struction, kept prices down despite
combinations and trade agree
men-s," Wenger declared.
But the present tariff law has
removed Belgian, German, French
and other industrial countries from
the American field. Prices, there
fore, have dropped little or none,
and there seems to be no immediate
prospect of their doing so with such
high protection"
Cared for by Dole
Under the big industrial combina-
ton system, the over-supply is
taken care of by turning the
workers out to live on local
dole or charity rather than by
huge price reductions to stimu-
late buying, it was pointed out by
Wenger.
Another factor against rate re-
auctions is the system of holding
companies and interlocking direc-
torates whereby utilities produce
their own products and sell to them
selves at large profits.
T.1ov-iY,or IF fI,ic &c +I1o
coal sales to the indianapolis Power
and Light Company by subsidiary,
whereby coal is purchased at prices
bearing little or no relation to the
market price.
Audit, Appraisal Asked
This company and the Indian
apolis Water Company are to be the
subject of adult and appraisal under
petitions for rate reductions filed
with the commission Tuesday by the
city administration and citizens who
are rate payers.
Fight for rate reductions will be
based on the grounds that the
theory of replacement new de-
preciated as the basis of value in
rate making was built up laboriously
tn. ough the federal courts by the
utilities themselves. This was done
on rising market.
Now that the prices have dropped,
or at leart should drop if economic
law is not completely thwarted, the
public should take its turn as bene-
fic.ary Of the replacement new the
DRY, petitioners contend.
Both the water and light petit
lions were assigned to Commissioner
Harry K. Cuthbertson by Chair
man John w. McCardle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
UTILITY TO AID J0BLESS
In u Firm Urges Employees to Give
to Relief Funds.

Employees of the InSull-owned
Midland United Company have been
requested by President Feustel to
give from one-half to a full days
pay during each of the next five
months to aid unemployment relief.
The company will add so cents for
each relief dollar thus obtained, the
announcement said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
FORD REFUSES TO JOIN
WORLD AUTO ALLIANCE
Andre Citroen Returns to France,
Rebuffed by Henry.
By United Press

Rebutted by Henry.
By United Press
ABOARD S. S. LIE DE FRANCE,
Oct. 28.-Henry Ford's refusal to
join the worldwide cartel for reg
ulation of automobile production
and sale have caused Andre Cit
roen, French motor magnate, to
abandon plans for the agreement, he
announced.
Returning to France after a hur-
ried trip to Detroit to discuss the
scheme with Ford, Citroen said the
plans would have to be put aside "at
least temporarily"
"a cartel without Ford would be
useless, and hence we are forced to
continue our present wasteful, ex-
travagant methods in spite of the
depression" Citroen said.
Ford always has refused to enter
trade agreements regarding produc-
ton, costs and distribution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28
South Side Home Ransacked

Ransacking the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Wall, 1884 English
avenue, Tuesday night, thief t <
81 from a purse, watch valued at
SIS and pawn check for a $50
diamond ring, Wall reported to
police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28

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The Washington times., 1931-01-31
PARENTS CLAIM
BANDIT s BODY

The parents of Lewis R. Tay
lor, 81, Laurel jewelry bandit
are expected here today to claim
the body Of their son, now at
the Kaiser fnortuary in Laurel
Md. They will take it to their
home in Topeka, Kan, for burial
following an inquest to be held
this afternoon by Coroner H. M
Scott.
Shot Self in Trap
The young man sent a bullet
through his brain last Wednes.
day when cornered in a swamp
by police. He is said to have
been a trial to his father, who
is a wealthy nurseryman, since
his high school days. Police said
he deserted his wife and two
children two years ago.
The dead mans confederates,
Paul M. Taylor, Of Washington,
and Thomas A. Phillips, of Bal
timore, will be givenl a prelimi.
nary hearing at Marlboro Tues
day. They are held at Marlboro
jail charged with highway rob
berry,.
The two women, one of whom
said she was the dead TaSlor's
bride, were released yesterday
from Ellicott City jail.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
Prince Georges Wars
On "FLH" Epidemic

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Jan.
31.-A widespread epidemic of in
fluenza, prevalent throughout
Prince Georges county, is being
fought by county and State health
officials, according to County
Health Officer A. B. Hooton. The
majority of cases reported are in
and around the towns of Mitchells-
vile, Cheltenham and Upper Marl-
boro, DR.. Hooton stated. The sit
uation is not regarded as at all
serious at its present stage.
A concentrated effort to prevent
diphtheria in the county resulted in
the incubation of $50 children be-
tween the ages of 8 months and
l6 years, in Hyattsville. DR..
Hooton stated that the success of
this clinic is largely due to mothers
and other women Of the commun-
ity who have been cooperating
with the health department.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
JURY CONV|CTS
GAMBLER

Irving Sellers was remanded to
Jail last night after a jury in
Criminal Court, before Justice
Peyton Gordon, convicted him on
four charges of operating a
gambling establishment. Wilbur
Dorsey, who was indicted jointly
with him, was acquitted.
Sellers faces possible sentence
Of 20 years in prison as the
result of a raid September % at
Tenth and H Streets Northwest.
AS the jury awaited the return
of Justice Gordon to receive the
verdict. a large group of men
gathered in the corridors, causing
the detail of additional marshals
to quell any disorder that might
follow the report of the jury.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney James R. Kirkland spent
three days in completing the case.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
Man Is Promised Break
When Women Rule

through the increasing dominance
of the American woman over the
masculine species.
DR.. Gerhard Venzmer, German
physician, started the discussion
by declaring that some organic
influence in the United States
was making the male submit
meekly to female domination.
Man to Get Break
Lucille Pugh, lawyer, said that
women had not yet dominated
men but would in time. She
added:
"And even though he does
not deserve it, when we do get
to the top we'll give man
$3.50 break"
Rita Weiman, writer, said:
"The fear that feminiSm will
OverruIe the rights of man is
Victorian"
Louise Henry, inventor, asserted
"It may be dislOyal to my
sex to say so, but believe that
man should be in the lead at
all times"
DR.. Mary Halton, physician, de
clared that while every American
woman is a queen, every Ameri
can man is king.
Changes Predicted
Miss Pugh later added:
"When we women take the
stage things are going to be
different. We are going TO take
care of the men. After all,
woman, with the gift of mother
hood, alone is able to under
stand humanity. She will rule
for the good of civilization"
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
APPEAL n D 7 Ed
| BY SLAYER
Of SPOUSE
Virginia Woman Demands
New Trial on Charge Of
Shooting Mate to Death

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Jan.
S1.-Mrs. Essie Smith, former Sun
day School teacher, was sentenced
to 10 years in prison yesterday
following her conviction on a
charge of killing her husband.
Attorneys for the woman imme-
diately entered a claim that the
verdict was contrary to law and
evidence and entered a plea for a
new trial which will be argued on
February 3.
The verdict was returned after
the jury had reported that it WIS
hopelessly deadlocked. The Judge
ordered further deliberation which
resulted in the verdict. This act,
the defense claims, was prejudi-
cial.
The courtroom was cleared dur
ing tn trial when the defense
entered testimony of an alleged
attack made by the womans
husband on her 15-year-old daugh-
ter.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
n T v NUMBERS.
CAME POPULAR

A new system of the celebrated
numbers game" which was
temporarily checked when no
numbers were available, is sweep
ing the country with greater
bounds than ever before.
Ingenious operators Of the
game, stumped for a while by
action of the Clearing House and
Stock Exchange, have now chosen
race results as a means for bet
ting on the game. They report
that during the past two days
since it's Inauguration. thousands
of persons all over the country
have joined in with a vigorous
enthusiasm.
The new system is this: The
winning number each day is de-
rived from figures included in
money paid to winning horses in
the first three races. The NUNS
ber selected is composed of those
digits preceding the decimal
point. For instance, if the horse
in the first race pays $500, the
first figure in the winning num-
Der will be 49," in the next race,
$4.20, the second number will
be a" etc.
1t is estimated that more than
100000 Washingtonians play the
game daily. The odds are so
tremendous that the game is at
tractive to persons in all walks
of life. The winner with a one
cent bet, will receive $6-a 900
to / shot.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
Red Cross Relief
Station Is ODened

HYATTSVILLE. Md, Jan. 81.
Permanent relief headquarters for
the Prince Georges county chapter
OF the American Red Cross have
been opened in the offices of the
Associated Charities on the Wash
ington and Baltimore Boulevard
here, H. L. Leonard, chairman of
the general committee, announced
yesterday.
They will receive and distribute
clothing, fuel and food certificates;
assign craftsmen to do repairs on
churches where repair material is
supplied by the churches; such
work being paid for in clothing,
fuel and food with the understand
ing that as jobs are available these
craftsmen will be given a chance
in turn.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
Credit Men Discuss
Collection Policies

New policies and methods to be
pursued in collection bureaus were
discussed at the conference of the
Eastern division of the National
Association of Credit Men, which
opened yesterday at the May
flower Hotel.
Charles w. Clayton, president,
and John A. Reilly, secretary
manager of the Washington Asso-
citation of Credit fen, also spoke.
Thomas Scheckell, secretary-mana-
ger of. the New York City Credit
Mems Adjustment Bureau, is pre-!
siding.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
FdirlGnd Grange Has
13 NeU Officials

FALKLAND, Md, Jan. 31.-At
the regular meeting of Liberty
Grove Grange No. 54, P. o. H,
yesterday, the following officers
were elected, J. Wilson Lord, mas
ter; Robert Miller, overseer;
Mrs. James D. King, lecturer;
Granville Thompson. steward; !;
Robert Ady, assistant steward;
Walter Wright, chaplain; Calvin
Brady, treasurer; Pearl E. Mar
low, secretary; Raymond Kemp,
gatekeeper: Mrs. ]. Wilson Lord,
ceres; Mrs. Francis Kemp, po-
mona; Mrs. ]. Burdette, flora;
Mrs. Unglesbee, lady assistant
steward.
The meeting adopted resolu-
tion urging relief for the farmers
in the drought striken area and
recommended location of the pro-
posed almshouse outside of Mont
gomery county.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
Vets Are Entertained
BY 20 DANCING Pupils

Patients at Walter Reed Hos
pital last night enjoyed an elab-
crate dancing program.
Miss Loretta Murphy, who con-
ducts a dancing academy at 5906
Connecticut Avenue, took 20 of
her most talented pupils to the
hospital to entertain the disabled
veterans. The program included
the ballarina, tap dancing, bal
let and ballroom dancing. Miss
Murphy agreed to bring them
back for another dancing pro-
gram at an early date.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
Inspection of Mix
Bottles Is Ordered

ARLINGTON, Va, Jan. 81.
Health Inspector Norbert Melnick,
Of the county health department,
is making an inspection of all
stores selling milk in Arlington
county.
The purpose Of the inspection is
to ascertain whether or not local
milk dealers are complying with
the State law, which provides that
the grade of milk must be stamped
upon the cap Of each bottle. Vic
lations Of this law will result in
prosecution, Mr.. Melnick an.
nounced,
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
Romping
Around
Radio
Dial

Weber and Fields, Broadway's
most famous cross-fire comedians
for the past so years, will take
the air tonight at o'clock, fea-
turing the new weekly radio pro-
gram Of the Webster Cigar over
the N. B. c. red network, includ-
ing WRC.
There's gold in them thar radio
studios, boys and gals, but you've
got to be good to get it. They're
paying the lovely Frances Aida
$240 a minute on the air for her
twice-a-week performances. That
amounts to $2,400 a night, or
$4,000 a week, which is figured
at the rate of $14,400 an hour,
though she performs only about
10 minutes in each broadcast. If
you like figures, get out your
adding machine. and you'll see
that all this amounts to a quar-
ter Of a million dollars a year.
Two Of the youngest and most
brilliant stars of the Metropolitan
Opera Company, Ada Doninelli,
soprano, and George Cehanovsky,
baritone. will present the pro-
gram Of the Atwater Kent radio
hour with the Atwater Kent Con-
cert Orchestra, directed by Josef
Pasternack, Sunday night.
Both of these artists have
been heard in other Atwater
Kent seasons and each has been
greeted with many letters of re-
quest for more of their programs.
Using his airplane as an ambu-
lance, and flying to safety and
medical aid, 18 Marines wounded
in Nicaragua, won the Congress
sional Medal Of Honor for Lieut..
C. Frank Schilt, hero in this
weeks Chevrolet Chronicles"
programI scheduled for tonight at
1880 p. m.
Three lives saved and relief
brought to others in desperate
need, the official citation says,
resulted from Lieutenant Schilt'S
extraordinary heroiSm diStin-
guished by conspicuous gallantry
and intrepidity at the risk of
his life" in January, 1923, during
the Nicaraguar. trouble in the
town of Quilali. Marines sue
ceeded in taking this town, which
lies like a cup in the hills, but
at sacrifice Of number killed
and wOunded
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
Sailors Wife Sues
OUer Other Girls

ROCKVILLE, Md, Jan. 81.
Declaring that her husband was
guilty of misconduct in Nicaragua
with a named correspondent, and
on several other occasions with
women unknown to her, Mrs. E.
Virginia Hughes, through Attor-
ney Harold C. Smith, of Rock
vile, has filed suit in Circuit
Court for an absolute divorce
from Clarence Gilbert Hughes.
whose present address is said to
be the United States Naval Base,
Norfolk, Va.
According to the bill, the couple
was married october 20, 1927, and
the defendant left her September
%, 1928, although she had given
him no cause to do so. There
were no children born of the mar
riage.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
-WRC-316n,

4:00-Classic Gems.
4;15-Pacific Feature hour.
5:O0-Lady Next Door.
5:30-Orchestra.
Bookkeeping mp with The Times.
6 6:09-Correct time.
6:10-Community Chest.
6;15-Concert orchestra under the di
rection of Rudolf Schramm.
6:45-Uncle Abe and David.
7:O0-Amos n Andy.
7:15-Jesters
7:30-Orchestra.
, S:OO-Weber and Fields.
S:15-Varieties with Bugs" Baer.
S:30-Sdneys Orchestra.
9:00-Musical program.
10:O0-B. A. Rolfe's Orchestra.
II .00-Orchestra.
II 1:30-Weather.
11:31-Red Nichols Orchestra.
Jack Little.
Ballew's Orchestra.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
.G.W.U. Alumni Unit
Lunches With Proctor

The alumni of George washing
ton University, with five members
of the District Supreme Court
among its members, gathered at
luncheon today at the Hotel La
fayette, with James M. Proctor
president of the alumni associa
ton, presiding.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
MRS. WRIGHT TO SPEAK

CHEVY CHASE, Md, Jan. 81,
"The Y. w. C. A. Conference in
Switzerland" will be the subject of
a talk to be given by Mrs. Fred
E. Wright, of the board of direc-
tors of the Y. w. C. A., Tuesday
afternoon, at the home of Mrs.
Walter c. Clephane, Connecticut
Avenue and LenoX Street. Mrs.
William Foster Burdick, the new
president of the Chevy Chase
Chapter, will preside.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
Quickest
Way To
Knock
a Cold
Millions Say Of This Proved Way
You Feel Like a New Person
Almost Before You Know Il

If you want quick relief from a
cold, go back to first principles
and use something you knoD does
the buSineSS-don't start trying"
a lot of fancy ideas or remedies.
Even a little" cold is too danger
Gus to take chances on.
Get Hills Carcara Quinine. A
scientific formula made to do
ONE THING WELL: to knock q
cold in a jitty, not to cure hun
dred different things.
Take two tablets now. Then
follow directions on box. Drink
lots of water, too-that's all. Soon
those mean. aching pains in head
and body begin to go; the cold
breaks up; poisons leave your syS-
tenn. Almost before you know it,
you feel like a new person.
If it doesn't do that, your
money back. Get a box now.
You'll be surprised at the speed
with which it works. Costs only
a few cents.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
WHITTINGTON SPEAKS

CLARENDON, Va, Jan. 81.
Representative William M. Whit
tington, of Mississippi, will be the
guest speaker at a meeting of the
Columbia Lodge, No. 285, A. F.. g.
A. M, to be held tonight in the
Masonic Temple here.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
63Ok-WMAL-476n1

4:OO-Ann Leaf. Organist.
4:3O-Spanish Serenade.
5:OO-"Farm Science Snapshots
5:1O-Frank w. Young, pianist.
5;15-Morton Downey.
5:3O-Community Chest.
5:35-MortOn Downey.
5:45-News Flashes.
6 6:OO-Time and Program Resume.
6:O2-CiVic Talk.
S:15-Sunday School League Lesson.
6 6:3O-Ambrose Durkin. Baritone.
G:45-TOny's Scrap Book.
7:OO-MortOn Downey.
7:l5-Romance OF American Industry.
7:3O-ChroniCles
s:O0-Ben Alley. Tenor. with Ann
Leaf. Organist.
s:3O-Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra.
S:OO-Herbert Gordon's Orchestra.
9:3O-Radio Forum.
10 :OO-Wnl Rogers-Red Cross Program
l1:OO-Jack Dennys Orchestra.
/ :3O-Guy Lombardos Royan Canadians.
12 :00-Weather.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
Man Shot in Chest,
Youth Under Arrest

Reginald Buoy, "a, 2447 Shows
Court Northwest, was treated for
gunshot wound in the chest
last night at Emergency Hospital.
Later Leonard Sole, 10, GIT
Hughes ct. N. w., was arrested
and is being held pending the
outcome Of Bucy's injuries which
are said to be not serious.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
Artists Rush Scenic
Work for Bal BOhen1e

A corps of artists and workmen
will start tomorrow reconstructing
the bathrooms of the Willard Ho-
tel into the bizarre settings for the
Bal Boheme, which will be held
there Monday night, starting at
10 o'clock.
Fancy dress is obligatory at the
affair, which is given annually by
the Arts Club,
The Washington times., 1931-01-31

ment and DIR. Vaughan
furnishings at 932.934 F Street
N. W., Metropolitan Theater
Building, this city, where he
will be glad to see all Of his
old friends and to welcome
new ones as well. DR.. Vaughan
is too we'll known to need any
introduction to Washington
people. Watch this paper for
announcement Of opening on
or about February lst.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
I3IOk-WOL-229n1

S:45-George P. Harper, tenor; Robert
s. Clippinger. accompanyist.
4:0O-Ted StamfoFd's Orchestra.
5:0O-Variety Hour.
5:3O-Opportunities.
6:O0-Public Service Man.
6:O5-Aerial Columnist.
6:1O-WaIter 7. Holt, Mandolin and
Guitar Program.
6:3O-Community Chest
6:S5-Grace Linger. contralto; Dorothy
pianist
7:OO-Seba Christie. tenor.
7:2O-L.ate News Flashes From The
Washington Herald.
7:30-Ralston's Orchestra.
8:OO-DickinsOn Choral Ensemble.