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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
PROPOSE CIGARET
TAX BY WEIGHT

troduced by Representative Harry
Stamp (Dem., Owen and Putnam i.
Unusual features were included
in the tobacco bill, levying rate
of / to 4 mills a cigaret according
to weight by thousands Cigars
would be taxed from 10 cents to
$3.50 a hundred, according to their
retail price. All cigarets sold in
the state would be sold in pack
ages containing such odd numbers
as five, eight, ten and twelve, up to
q hundred.
With administration of enforce
ment intrusted to county and city
authorities, heavy penalties are
provided for not affiXing the stamps.
All revenue derived from the to-
bacco taxes would be assigned to
the state school fund and redistrib-
uted to the counties on the basis of
school attendance.
A levy of 10 per cent on total
paid admission to motion picture
theaters, vaudeville and stage per-
formances,, wrestling, boxing and
auto racing is provided in the bill
introduced by Representative Louis
r. Douglass (Dem., Vermilion).
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
BUS LOOTED BY
MAIL ROBBERS
IN MINNESOTA
Three Gunner Get Fl
Pouches in HoIdup; Loot
Value Not Known.
By United Press

By United Press
MORRIS, Mimi, Feb. A mail
robbery remindful Of frontier stage
coach days was enacted Tuesday
night when three men escaped with
twenty-one pouches of government
mail after a carefully executed
holdup of a Northland bus near
Morris.
Value of the loot had not been de-
termined today but officials were
checking their records in an effort
to estimate the loss.
1t was the second robbery Of mails
in Minnesota within two days. Mon
day night a pouch bearing bonds
valued at 5000 disappeared while
being transferred in st. Paul.
The bus was returning to Morris
on its second daily round trip from
Browns Valley when a large sedan
blocked the road at an isolated spot.
AS the bus neared the sedan, two
passengers drew guns and held up
the driver, Herbert Ketchan. and
the only other passenger, P. r.
Thorverson, Minneapolis.
The bandits forced Ketchan to
stop his bus beside the sedan. Con-
federates waiting in the sedan
helped transfer the mail to the
smaller car.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
ELECT LEWIS AGAIN
Renamed President of Mine
Workers. Order.

John L. Lewis has been renamed
president of the United Mine
Workers of America, announce
mentSw by tellerS who tabulated re-
turns of a nationwide election
held Dec. 10 in each union, have
revealed.
Phillip Murray, Pittsburgh, was
reelected vice president, and
Thomas Kennedy, Hazelton, Pa,
secretary
Delegates to the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, besides the off,
GERS, are: P. T. Pagan, Pittsburgh;
William Green, CoShocton, o.;
John Boylan, Scranton, Pa; Mar
tin F., Brennan, Pottsville, Pa, and
Michael Hartneady, Hazelton, Pa.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
BY WEBB MILLER
United Press Stah Correspondent

nj WEBB MILLER
United Press StaR Correspondent
ROME, Feb. Like the rest of
the world Italy is suffering severely
from the effects of the great eco
nomic crisis.
Unemployment is serious and ris-
ing, the budget threatened by a
deficit. Foreign trade has decreased.
Taxation is at the highest limit
Mussolini considers possible. Bank
ruptcies have reached a postwar
maximum.
Emigrant remittances and tour
list trade, which usually offsets her
unfavorable trade balance, drastic
ally are curtailed.
But, in general, Italy does not
compare unfavorably with other in
duStrialized nations.
Economy Is Forced
Unlike other countries where
great efforts are being made to
maintain the wage standard Mus
Solini acted promptly by inaugural
ing the remarkable experiment of
reducing salaries of all state and
municipal employees, about 500, 900,
by II per cent.
This was done to Offset the budget
deficit and initiated nation wide
movement to bring down wages,
salaries, rents, food, industrial
products-everything that enters in
to the national economy-by 10 to
II per cent.
The object was to reduce the cost
of living and cost of production so
as to enable more effective compe-
tition abroad and expansion of ex-
ports.
These reductions are estimated
to tighten the burden upon indus
try, agriculture and the state by
$150,000,000 annually. Meanwhile
a commission is examining state
expenditures to effect other econ
omies.
Charity Funds Raised
Last available figures gave 600,-
600 unemployed but it officially is
estimated this will be increased
by more than 100000 during the
winter.
Charity funds are being raised in
some cities to feed unemployed and
public works initiated. Several
hundred thousand who otherwise
would be unemployed now are en-
ployed on public works.
Foreign experts told me they
were convinced Italy will be in a
better position than other coun-
tries when world demand revives
because of her strong, centralized
government, low wages and re-
duced cost of production.
Taxes Are Heavy
About 80 per cent of the entire
national income is taken in taxa
ton in one form or another. The
product of taxes is over eight times
pre-war. Direct and indirect, state
and communal taxation touches
nearly every phase of business &C
tivity.
In the great industrial cities of
Turin and Milan I saw no outward
signs of distress in the working class
quarters. The condition of the
workers, and their habitations
seemed much in advance Of a Brit
ish industrial town.
Next: Miller writes about the
Fascist drills for youths.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
HOLLYWOOD ENDS COLDS
BY METHOD USED HERE
Talhe Stars Use Same Method So
Popular In Homes Here to End
Head Cold, Cough, Chest Cold

Getting rid of colds is no longer
worry among scores of talkie
stars like Robert Armstrong, Alice
White, Betty Compson, Robert
Montgomery, June Collyer, etc. No
longer the embarrassment of spoil
ing sound film by the harshness
of a cough, the sniff1e of head cold
or the hoarseness of a chest cold.
For, Ayers Pectoral has been hos
pital certified as the most effective
of different widely known methods
tested for head colds, coughs and
chest colds.
The comment of James Gleason is
interesting and typical of the Hol-
lywood colony.
II had such a head cold and harsh
cough that it seemed almost neceS-
sary to hold up my latest sound pic
ture. Acting on the experience of
physicians. I dropped in the nearest
drug store for bottle of Ayers
Cherry Pectoral. In a surprisingly
short time coughing had ceased and
my voice became clearer. In just a
day or so, Ayers Pectoral entirely
ended the cold.'
In Indianapolis homes, as in Holly
wood. Ayers Cherry Pectoral is the
first thought for colds. Ayers Pectoral
Advert
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
BILL TO DIVIDE
GAS TAX WITH
CITIES FAVORED
House Committee Advances
Measure to Reduce Local
Unit Levies.

Reduction Of property taxes
through more even distribution of
the state gasoline tax is the object
Of the house bill introduced by Rep
resentatiye Frank Finney Dem,
Morgan) recommended for passage
today by the committee on county
and township business.
Another measure was introduced
by Representative Russell D. Dean
(Dem.. Marion) which would permit
cities to use one-half of their share
Of the gas tax money to pave
streets, and counties with their part
to resurface county highways con-
Meeting with state roads.
The Finney bill, according to the
author, would reduce taxes in his
county Is cents by removing the
gravel road levy, and cents in
Martinsville by wiping out the street
levy.
Proposed as Tax Relief
Finney would have the state
highway department receive but 2
cents Of the Accent tax instead of
the 8 cents as at present.
His argument for a more equi-
table division is based on the mes
sage of Governor Harry G. Leslie
in which the latter declared that
the state highway system is so COM
plete today that any portion of the
state may be reached by automo-
bile without difficulty.
Upon the Governors own state
ment we can see that the state
highway department does not need
the 3 cents. Why not give them
but 2 cents and the cities, counties
and towns the remaining 2 cents
in order to relieve the burden on
real property" Finney asked.
Aid Would Be. Doubled
An amendment requiring all city
and county budget makers to ar
range their 1892 budgets for 1888 SO
as to allow for the increased di-
vision and so reduce the local levy
was inserted in the bill today.
Finney would have the 2 cents
divided as follows: z cent to
cities and towns based on popula-
ton; q cent equally distributed
among the ninety-two counties, and
y cent distributed to counties on
the basis Of rural mileage.
Instead of local units receiving
but $4,131 ,472, as in 1929, they would
get double that amount if the bill is
passed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
Equal Rights
Mot FavOrS

The railroads for . long tirs
were almost alone in the field Of
transportation. In the absence
Of competition regulation was
thought TO be necessary to insure
good service and low rates.
AS time went on regulation
came to be strangulation. Re-
strictions were heaped upon the
railroads Taxes multiplied.
Now there are various forms
Of transportation. and the field
is highly competitive.
Yet the railroads are still in-
+ensiveIy regulated and heavily
taxed. Their competitors, on the
other hand, are relatively free
Of regulation and taxation.
Z The railroads have asked the
American people to do what Is
necessary to equaIlze these COM
petitive conditions. They do not
ask favors- They ask an equal
chance.
A race is not a fair race unless
the runners have an even start.
Constructive criticism and sus-
gestions are invited.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
Mothers, Mix This
At Home for
a Bad Cough

You'll be pleasantly surprised when
vou make up this simple home mixture
snd trv it for a distressing cough or
chest cold. 1t takes but a moment
70 mix and costs little, but it can be
depended upon to give quick and last
Get 21h ounces of Pinex from any
drnreist. Pour this into pint bottle /;
fhen III it with plain graduated sugar
srrnn or strained honey. The full pint
aims made costs no more than small
hottie of readySmade medicine, yet 1t IS
sruch more effective. 1t is pure, keeps
nerfectly and children love its pleasant
taste.
.hla three-fold action. 1t goes right to
az seat of trouble, loosens the germ
laden nhlegm, and soothes away the
REORGANIZATION. Part of the medicine is
..hsorhed into the blood, where it acts
5;rsctIv unop the bronchial tubes and
thus helps inwardly to throw of the
rhole trouble with surprising ease.
Piuex is a highly concentrated COM
mound OF genuine Norway Pine, con-
saining the active agent of creosote. IN
! refined. palatable form, and known
a one Of the greatest healing agents
. for severe coughs, chest colds and hron'
! chial troubles.
De not accept substitute for Pinex:
II il guaranteed to give prompt relief
81 money refunded,
advertisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
MODERATE WEATHER
EXPECTED TO REMAIN

Slight Mercury Drop Fails to End
Springlike Temperature.
Although a few degrees colder
than Tuesday, today was another
link in the chain of springlike days
that have marked the current win
ter, and Thursday bids to leave the
chain unbroken, according to the
United States weather bureau.
The mercury assembled to so de-
grees, within l degree of the high
mark for 1881, Tuesday afternoon,
but at 7 this morning registered
only 80 degrees. 1t probably will
go above so this afternoon, and
sink again to not lower than % de-
greeS tonight, the weather bureau
indicated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
LARGE S-OZ. BOTTLE IS Cents
1t Must Do AS Advertised Or
Money Back, Say Hooks
Dependable Drug Stores.

Here's the swift modern 4S-hour way
to get the uric acid out of your joints
and muscles and overcome Rheumatism,
Neuritis and Sciatica.
start to take Allenru as directed when
Won go to bed Friday night-stay in
he'd as much as possible till Monday
morning-Allenru acts double fast when
the body is relaxed and rested.
A large S-oz. bottle of Allenru costs
hut IS cents at Hooks Dependable Drug
Stores or any live drug store in Amer
lea and IL must do as advertised or
money back-Advertisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
THE INDIANAPOLIS TINES
BILL WOULD SPLIT
STATE IN II AREAS
Measure Would Set Up Dis
trictS by Normal
Party Votes.

A new wrinkle in congressional
gerrymandering was introduced to-
day by Representative Lee Vellom
dem, Orange and Washington
with presentation Of a bill which
would divide the state into eleven
districts, but would give one dis
trict two congressman.
Vellom would put Marion, Hamil-
ton, Upton and Madison counties
into one district to be known as the
Fifth, but this section would elect
two congressman, one of whom
would be, the author hopes, DEM
ocrat.
The plan would set up four dis
tricts as normally democratic, a
similar number which would be Re-
publican, and three doubtful.
In the doubtful column may be
listed the combined district to be
known as the Fifth where the re-
suits would depend materially or
the size of either the Democratic OF
Republican majorities in Marion
county.
Proposed lineup of districts:
First (Democrstic) Gibson, Knox. Pike
Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh and Warrick
Second (Democratic)-Clay, Davies
Greene. Martin, Monroe, owen, Sullivan
Third (Democratic)-C Crawford
Dubois, Floyd Harrison, jackson, Jen-
nings, Jefferson. Lawrence. Orange. Perry
Scott, Switzerland and Washington.
Fourth (Democraticy = Bartholomew.
Brown, Dearborn, Decatur. Fayette, Frank
lin, Hancock, Johnson, Ohio, Ripley, Rush
Shelby, Union and Wayne.
Sixth Republican, Benton, Boone
Clinton. Fountain, Hendricks. Montgomery
Morgan, Parke, Putnam. Tippecanoe, Yer
million. Warren and White.
Seventh Republican, -Blackford Della
ware, Grant. Henry, Huntington, Jay
Randolph and Wabash
Eighth Doubtfull -Adams, Allen, De-
kalo, Lagrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells
and Whitley.
Ninth (Republican) -Carroll. Cass Elk
hart. Fulton. Howard, Kosciusko, Marshall
Tenth (Doubtful Jasper La Porte
Porter, st. Joseph and Starke.
Eleventh (Republican) Lake and
Newton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
BY JOHN D. MONTGOMERY

"ObhN ID. MONTGOMERY
at daylight waved good-by to
the City of Kings. We flew over a
lew isolated mountain rocks to the
sea
riding over the clouds is like rid
Ing above the water. The snow
capped Andes were the shore line
OF the sea of clouds.
IN an hour the clouds had dis
appeared and we we're flying over
the Andes foothills. The noun
talns below we're rough and rugged.
AS our plane sped on became
more and more Impressed by the
barren country below me.
finally decided that Peru looks
IKE the moon when seen through
a telescope.
Three Girls Meet Plane
1t seems that ever since the Pan
sgre-Pan-Annerican Grace Always
line has been flying into Arequipa,
second largest city in Peru, each
plane has been met by three charm
ing women mounted on thorough
bred horses.
These three girls ride over to the
air field every time a plane comes in
TO have the pleasure of thirty
minute chat with American boys
and to keep in touch with the out
side world.
III Is almost tradition that trav-
elers to Arequipa bring Jumps of
sugar for the girls horses.
AS soon as We landed at Areuuipa
the three girls met us and when
they learned that I was to stay
three days, invited me to a picinc. I
accepted
City Has Fine Climate
This is the land Of the llama. I've
heard that the llama, looking like
a cross between an overgrown goat
and a humpless camel, spits at any
one whom he particularly dislikes.
The cud goes like bullet and must
be a rather pasty calling card.
Arequipa is noted for its beautiful
climate, but that isn't the only
thing it boasts of. 1t was the birth
place of the revolution that swept
President Leguia from his capital
at Lima.
1t is also the home of Sanchez
Cerror, revolutionary leader and
now head of the junta ruling the
country. ss
The main business section of
Arequipa is built around a beautiful
plaza. Nearly all the buildings arc
of Spanish architecture with stone
and wooden balconies overhanging
the sidewalks.
Streets Are Cobblestones
Arequipa is said to be the most
Spanish city in Peru. It's cobble-
stone streets, elaborate churches,
tiled plaza square, arched colon
made buildings and balcony covered
sidewalks make it the delight of
the Spaniard
!. met a man named Faucet who
told me how he started the air
line serving the length of Peru.
He wrecked his original plane but
by making racing car out of the
wreckage and winning race with
it, he obtained enough money to
buy another plane and pay for the
wrecked machine.
He started his company in 1928
and was favored by luck for the
next few years.
His line has grown so that it is
now serving all Peru and paying
dividends.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
W4eS Charge Account Spree.
Lands Husband In Bankruptcy

g SENSATIONAL details of how a
- wife, with the lid off on credit
and an Unsuitable desire for
clothes, forced her husband into
bankruptcy were revealed today
in federal court.
During a spending spree that
lasted two months, the wife
charged So, 400 at downtown stores,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
BANDIT TRIO GETS S84

Negroes Force Grocer to Lie on
Floor; Rifle Cash Drawer.
Three Negroes who held up the
Duncan grocery, 1916 West NIichi-
gan street, Monday night. forced
Fred Duncan. proprietor, to lie on
the floor while they rif1ed the cash
drawer of S84.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
LOVER is GIVEN FINE
FOR FRIENDLY FIGHT
Sweetheart Charges Negro Dor
rOwed" From Her Pocketbook.

Sweetheart Charges Negro Dor
rOwed" From Her Pocketbook.
A loving fracas" brought Miss
Loving Frakes, Negro, %, of 849
West Walnut street, and Ollie Ma
lone, Negro, "a, of 1910 North Sen
ate avenue, before Municipal Judge
Paul G. Wetter Tuesday.
Miss Frakes WIS the prosecuting
witness against Malone, who she
said was her sweetheart, but alleged
he scratched her in fight on
Twenty eighth street near Capitol
avenue, after she discovered he had
taken 81 from her purse.
Malone was fined ST and costs for
petit larceny and SIS and costs for
assault and battery.
1T was just friendly fight"
Malone said. when I want money
I always take from her pocketbook."
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partment store, 1884 at another
and $500 and $375 at three other
shops.
Credit was like a Midas in Mrs.
Sondin'S hands. She frequented
the most exclusive shops buying
Gust the things she needed" as
she testified before the court. Now
creditors will divide what is left
of a small shop operated by Louis
Sondin, her husband, at Georgia
and Illinois streets.
r
A CCORDING to testimony, her
IA needs ran rather high in
price.
She needed one $500 fur coat,
another costing 1926, and a
Cheap one for ordinary wear"
she testified, that cost only SITS"
She also needed three mirrors,
priced SIPS, $55 and SOS, to see
herself in her f1neries. What's
more, her bedroom had to be
decorated with a bronze statue
that added a fabulous figure to
her art shop bill.
Not forgetting her house guests,
she bought a $79 coffee table.
And when Ralph Brandenburg,
attorney for the creditors, asked
why she needed it, she said, st
needed it for the living room at
home"
NTHEN questioned as to
w whether certain shop she
freQuented wasn't rather exclusive,
Mrs. Sondin answered, Eyes, it has
that reputation"
And didn't you have habit Of
visiting exclusive Stores?"
Brandenburg further questioned.
yes, I guess So" she returned.
well, you guessed right" the
attorney replied.
Attorneys are investigating the
case which they describe as one of
the most unusual charge account
extravaganzas ever heard in fed
eral court here. Next hearing will
be held Feb. II.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
FIVE HELD AFTER JAM
IN DOWNTOWN STORE
Constable, Father and Three EN-
pIoyes Arrested in Free-for-

PAVJOO EAAANoUSA Az ~GAAAs
Following what police say was a
free-for-all battle Tuesday night in
a downtown store five men today
faced assault and battery charges
in municipal court.
Those arrested were Stanley Nc
Mahan, %, of 1886 Tabor street,
constable of the Center township
justice of the peace court; William
Mcmahon, so, his father; Berry
Abrams, 35; Roy Bostic, 81, and
Fred Phelps, 80, store employees.
According to police Stanley Nc
Mahan went to the store and
charged employees were fraudulently
using badges in retaining pur-
chases by patrons who were unable
to complete payments. This led to
the fight in which the quintet was
involved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
Auto Victim Buried
.By Times Special

81 ines NpeclNT
MICHIGAN CITY, Feb. s4.-Fu-
neral services were held today for
Francis r. Davis, 16, killed when
struck by an automobile driven by
Andy Gill, athletic director of the
Michigan City high school, and a
former instructor of the boy. Dill
has been exonerated of blame for
,the tragedy by DR.. E. H. Miller, Por-
ter county coroner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
REFLECT CITY BOARD

Reelection of George T. OCon-
nor, president; Louis j. Borinstein,
vice-president, and Henry B. Steeg,
secretary-engineer of the city plan
commission, was announced today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04

testimony at a hearing before Carl
Wilde, bankruptcy referee, re
vealed.
Advised by her husband that
she "culd buy the things she
needed" Mrs. Sarah Sondin, 1881
North Delaware street, started an
exclusive" shopping tour last
October. 1t ended in November
with her owing $1,O38 at one de-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04


Arrangements for reception and
speaking engagement of Floyd
Gibbons, radio announcer and
newspaper man, who will speak
Monday night at Cadle tabernacle
are nearing completion, American
Legion leaders sponsoring the
event, said today.
Robert G. Winslow of McIlvain-
Kothe post, No. 1853, will be grand
marshal of the parade. Colonel
H. P. Hobbe, commander of the
Eleventh infantry, FIT. Harrison,
and his staff will participate in
the ceremonies.
Headquarters for the event are
at $50 Monument Place.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
New Measures Would Raise
Millions Annually, Is
Claim.

New tobacco and amusement tax
bills which. it is claimed would
raise millions of dollars annually,
we're introduced in the house of
representatives today, the tobacco
bill sponsored by the Indiana
Farm Bureau Federation and in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
CAR STRIKES HORSE
AND INJURIES RIDER
NJ. B. Sheridan Sustains Fractured
Leg in Accident on Bridge.

Leg in Accident on Bridge.
AN automobile struck horse on
a bridge near College avenue and
Ninety-fifth street, Meridian Hills,
late Monday. breaking the animals
legs and throwing its rider to the
ground with fractured leg.
Before deputy sheriffs arrived
friends had sent M. B. Sheridan,
1907 Lexington avenue, the horse
man, to city hospital. Deputies shot
the horse. The car was driven by
Edward L. Verbraken, $40 College
avenue.
Riding with Verbraken were N. M.
Davis, 607 Kahn boulevard, and
Everett Harrison, Meridian Hills
stables.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-04
HOME FIRES TOO WARM
Young Pugilist Seeks Place to Sleep;
Nabbed by Detective.

Trouble at home drove him to
seek place TO sleep, Dale pug
Smith, r. r. ?, Box $50. 1S-year-
old pugiliSt. told police today, ex-
planning his presence on the roof OF
the English, where he was arrested
by the house detective Monday
night.