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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
Commencement Exercises
Will Be Held Tuesday
Without Speech.
By Times Special

By Times Special
LAFAYETTE, Ind, June with
a final week, Of activity, the first
part devoted to the alumni and the
last to graduating students, Purdue
university will close the school year
Tuesday with the fifty-seyenth
commencement exercises.
Graduates and other former STU
dents of the university returned to-
day to start a three-day reunion
and celebration, known on the
campus as gala days. The classes
of 1881, 1906 and 1926 will hold an
liversary reunions. The three sur
viving members of the class of
1881 will be presented with parch-
ments by the university, on the
golden anniversary of their gradua-
ton.
Banquets, class luncheons, a pa
geant, class paradeS, a play, a dance
and a reception at the home of
President and Mrs. E. G. Elliott are
included in the entertainment
which has been planned for the Wis
itors by o. M. Booher, secretary Of
the Purdue Alumni Association.
More than 600 young men and
women to receive diplomas will
come into their own Sunday after
noon at the baccalaureate services,
at which Dean Charles R. Brown
Of Yale university will deliver the
sermon. This will be the only for
NAL talk to the class, as Purdue,
several years ago, discontinued the
practice of having a commence
ment speaker.
Commencement exercises, which
always attract capacity throng of
parents and friends Of graduating
students, will be held in the Memo
rial gymnasium Tuesday.
After brief interval the univer-
sity's activity will be renewed with
the nineteenth summer session from
Thursday to Aug. 8.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
NATIONAL BODY
WILL CONVENE
Eclectic Doctors to Meet
in INDIANAPOLIS.

Physicians from all parts Of the
United States will attend and sew
eral Indiana doctors have a promi-
nent part in the annual conven-
ton of the National Eclectic Medi-
cal Association at the Lincoln
June 16 to 10.
DR.. j. M. Hillman of Sullivan,
Ind, is president of the association.
DR.. w. P. Best, Indianapolis, is re-
cording secretary. Principal adj
dresses to be made by Hoosier ply
sicians will be the welcoming
speech Of Or. r. E. Wild
man, Peru, president Of the state
association, and DR.. E. w. King, In
dianapolis, on Preventive Medicine
and Public Health"
Among other Indiana physicians
who will take part are G.. C. Por-
ter, Linton, third vice-president; ].
w. Bowers and Morse Harrod, FIT.
Wayne: F. l.. Hosman, Indianapo-
lis; j. H. Hauck, Terre Haute; G. A.
Tindall and P. R. Tindall, Shelby
vile; G. N. Brown, Paramount; E.
R. Haslem, West Terre Haute; w.
H. Waggoner, Peru; H. V. Blosser,
FIT. Wayne; j. S. Brown, Carlisle;
BroSe Horne, Gas City; S. E. Bond,
Richmond; w. w. Wheat, Rosedale,
and A, A. Shanahan, Mai ion.
DR.. c. R. Campbell, Newton, O.,
is president-ele Of the association.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
WOMEN WILL
launch DRY
reform WAR
Indiana Division Prepares
Plans for State Wide
Rally Tuesday.
GUESTS TO BE INVITED
Michigan Chairman to
Make Principal Address
at Holiday Home.

Rallying to the standard of pro-
hibition reform, fifty prominent In
dianapolis women next Tuesday will
inaugurate plans for an intensive
statewide drive membership for the
Women's Organization for National
Prohibition Reform.
Mrs. Frederick NJ. Alger. state
chairman Of the Michigan division
OF the organization, will speak be-
fore the Indiana divisions officers
and advisory council at the resi-
dence of Mrs. j. S. Holiday Tues
day afternoon at 3. Her talk will
spur statewide efforts to enlist
thousands Of Hoosier women in the
cause.
Mrs. Moore Organizer
Mrs. Mary Sayles Moore of New
Jersey, formerly of indianapolis.
succeeded in perfecting Indianas
preliminary organization. Mrs. Rich
ard Edwards, Peru, and Mrs. Holh-
day are joint state chairmen: Mrs.
Charles Harvey Bradley, treasurer.
and Mrs. Robert F. Scott, secretary.
Executive committee members are
A1esdames Clifford Arrick, Elias c.
Atkins, Henry w. Bennett. Cecil g.
Fowler, Lafayette; Meredith Mich
olson Jr., George S. Olive and Mark
Pangborn.
ADVISORY council members. each
OF whom has been asked to bring
a guest to Tuesdays meeting. are.
Mesdames Fderedic M. Ayres Will
liam A. Atkins, William C. Robins
Charles E. Coffin, D. Lawrence
Chambers, Augustus Coburn. Joseph
j. Daniels, George L. Denny. John
3. Flshback, Felix Geddes, John D
Gould, j. A. Goodman, BENJAMIN u.
Hltz, Fletcher Hodges, Alexander r
Holiday, Sylvester johnson. Fred
erlck a. Joss, Douglas Jillson FISK
LanderS, Edward L. Mckee GEORGE
Philip Meier, Enrique G. Miller G
Barrett Monkey. Robert A. Milliken
John Martindale, Meredith Michel
son. Perry E. O'Neal, LAFAYETTE PAGE
AoolSon j. Parry, George O. Pock'
wood, Mary Sphinx. william scott
samuel B. Sutphin, Henry Talbot
Raymond P. Van Camp. Arthur
AlnKln, the Misses Mamie Rass
Aarea Haueisen. Adele Panther and
Lucy Taggart and DR.. Mary sphinx.
Temperance Is Object
Promotion Of temperance. better
social conditions and restoration Of
respect for law and honesty in gov
eminent are objects of the ORGAN
lzatlon, founded two years ago in
chicago by twenty-four women
from twelve states. Three hundred
thousand women in thirty-tbree
states now are members.
The unfortunate economic con-
dltions which confront our country
at this time have robbed prohibi.
tlonists Of their prosperity arpu-
ment, said Mrs. Holiday TO-DAY.
The alarming crime wave through
out the country shows the failure
OF their promise that the prisons
would be emptied, and the rapid
growth of our organization is a daily
reputation of their claim that
women want to continue national
prohibition"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
1881 PURDUE CLASS
TO BE ABOVE 500
Ira La! Bully!

By United Press
GENEVA, Ind, June 5.-Mrs.
G. o. Ryan was amused two
weeks ago when she discovered
that her husbands bull liked
music. Now she's disguised.
The bull is kept in a pasture
adjoining the Ryan farm home,
near here. He was restless one
afternoon and was paving and
believing when Mrs. Ryan
started playing a piano. The
bull became quiet at once.
Next day the bull returned
to a point near the house and
paved and beloved until she
played. Since then he hasn't
missed a day.
ut was funny at first"
said Mrs. Ryan, "but it's got
to be a nuisance now"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
BAKER CAN'T ATTEND
Ex-War Secretary Unable
to Be Editors Guest.

Newton D. Baker, secretary of war
in the Wilson cabinet and poten-
tial presidential contender, will be
unable to accept the invitation Of
the Indiana Democratic Editorial
Association to address their sum-
mer meeting at Gary June 26-27,
he informed r. Earl Peters, state
chairman, today.
Final meeting Of the Wickersham
crime commission in Washington
prevented his acceptance Of the in
vitation, Baker said.
This is the second disappointment
experienced by the editors, who
were unable also to obtain the
presence of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
New York Governor.
Other Democratic notables are
being considered.
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By Tim es Special

By Times Special
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, June S.
According to orders received here,
Noblesville's national guard unit,
the First battalion headquarters
battery and combat train, 18th
field infantry, will entrain for Camp
Knox, KY, Aug. 2, and will remain
in training there until Aug. Is. The
unit will train as usual with the
remainder of the 63d field artillery
brigade, composed of units from the
18th, 18th and 150th field artil-
lery regiments.
The Noblesville outfit will go to
camp for the first time this year as
a headquarters battery, having in
past seasons always functioned as
firing outfit. This year its work
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
CITY LAUNCHES
DRIVE AGAINST
RIVER DEATHS
Children Warned to Stay
Away From Unguarded
Swimming Holes.
THIRTEEN ARE ARRESTED
Health Board Cautious on
Bathing in Polluted
Streams.

Lives Of many persons, chiefly
children. were in the balance today
as the swimming season opened,
and police, deputy sherifs and
health department officials started
a drive to reduce the number of
deaths from drownings.
Don't swim in unauthorized
places" was the warning sounded
throughout the county as authori-
ties guarded places in rivers, streams
and creeks where attempts to swim
likely would be made.
Thirteen men and boys were ar
rested late Thursday by police while
swimming in the gravel pit of the
American Aggregate Company. 14oo
West Raymond street. They were
given suspended fines of SIS by Mu-
nicipai Judge William H. SheaTer
today.
Last year five persons lost their
lives in accidental drownings with
in The city limits. This year the
water toll has reached four.
According to figures of a large life
insurance company, $500 persons
are expected to lose their lives this
summer. in droWnings throughout
the nation. Cities the size of Indi-
annapolis are rated to have a drown
ing death expectancy of six persons
during the season.
DR.. Herman G. Morgan, health
board secretary, not only warned
against the drowning danger. but
also the hazard of disease from
swimming in places where water
has not been tested.
Park board officials today an
nounced that the pools in parks
will be opened about June is. Date
Tor the opening Of White river
beaches still is in doubt.
With advent of the swimming
season comes the hazard of using
streams for swimming which are
not guarded or analysed to de-
ternline whether or not pollution
exists" DR.. Morgan said.
AOW1Al4II414lS ID line exercise ana a
pleasant recreation. However, par
ents should warn children to avoid
swimming in places where there
are no life guards, where there is
possibility of water being contain
mated.
Evade Police Supervision
"In the face of the closest super
vision of the police department to
keep children from unguarded
streams, each year finds toll of
drownings which might have been
avoided"
Included among those fined for
trespass we're:
James Butterf1eld, II, of Ala East
Orange street; Frank Hally, %, of
1850 Union street; Russell Joundt.
II, Of 1927 Leonard street; Ed Goran
II, of 1850 South Meridian street:
Robert Williams, %, of 822 East
Raymond street; Frank Geiss, II,
of 325 Sanders Street; Carl Tierce,
%, Of 406 West Raymond street;
Scott Benson, %, of 1852 South Me-
ridian street; Robert Mcbride, II.
of 1913 South Illinois street; Ed
Steele, 10, of $50 South Capitol ave-
nue., and Robert Graves, 81, Negro,
1888 Calhoun street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
STATE TROOPS TO
GO INTO TRAINING

will be composed entirely Of COM
munication duties, involving train
ing in the use of telephones, radio
and other signal equipment. The
unit will be composed of three Of
f1cers, Captain Ralph Neal, Lieuten-
ants Frank Heinzmann and Arthur
Neal and thirty men. The battery
will be mounted as in past years.
In addition to the 63d brigade,
the remainder Of the 18th division
will also be in camp, consisting Of
the 18th signal corps. the 38th tank
corps, the 18th and the 18th in
fantry brigades and the 18th en-
gineers and observation squads. The
division is composed Of troops from
Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and West
virginia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
POSTPONE LICENSE
TRIAL OF TEACHER

When Kenneth Hauk, former high
school coach and teacher at Mer-
rillville, appeared at the Statehouse
today with legal counsel, hearing
on revocation of his teachers license
was continued until July "a by the
revocation committee of the state
board Of education.
The hearing, at which the state
will be represented by attorneys, win
be held in the house of representa-
tives. The committee is expected
to take the ruling under advisement
and report its findings to the state
board July 81.
With Hauk today were more than
a score of pupils and their parents,
who said they would show that the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
BY ARCH sTEINEL

BY ARCH STEINEL
KEANNIsHNESS Of business
Ava women has gone one step
further, doorning frail sandwich
luncheons for real, man-sized
meals.
And as an aid to- giving the
feminine punchers Of the type
writer a well-balanced diet, the
Y. w. G. A. cafeteria bans car
donated drinks. "hot dogs" and
"what-have-you-quickly.
"They just don't want sand
wiches and drinks that they can
eat on the run, declares Mrs.
Nellie Reagan, cashier Of the cafe
terra.
Six years of handing out lunch
con checks to business women has
enabled Mrs. Reagan to see the
fad for sandwiches so "flooey."
Il tt
"NF course they can't get them
~ here, but they don't want the
sandwiches. Business girls ara
eating vegetables,' soups, meats
and drinking milk instead Of pop
she says.
pies still vie with salads in
the eyes of women"
But she assures, with an aside,
that her comment en- desserts
goes only for those who are not
bothered with the problem of
keeping a svelte figure.
"But with cur meals planned
with a basis Of vegetables, it is
easy for the fat girl to try to be-
come slim and the slim girl fat"
she added.
"THE average check is about
Il 80 cents for a luncheon and
that includes vegetables, dessert,
and drinks. It's funny they'll
come by with their trays and
thereu be three or four more
punched calling for new
amount"
Cabbage and spinch no longer
are the ostracized of the food
family on the cafeteria hot plates.
And when it's cabbage day,
you can be sure we won't have
any left" Mrs. Reagan declares.
She says the feminine nibblers
who pecked at food just to be
eating are a rarity.
"They really eat now just like
a man." she concluded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
State PLANTS
SET RECORDS
IN PRODUCTION
Auburn Auto, Perfect Circle
and ServeI Report New
High Marks.
GLASS FACTORY BUSY
Full Time Schedule to Re-
place Part Time at
Gas City.
BY CHARLES c. STONE
State Editor. The Times

Setting Of new production records
and some instances OF increased en-
ployment were noted in a survey OF
Indiana industry and business for
the week ended today.
Shipment of GIT units during
May set new record for the Au-
burn Automobile Company, Presi-
dent r. H. Faulkner announced. An
increase Of Is per cent in sales of
Studebaker automobiles y May over
those Of the same month last year
is announced by President A. H.
Ersl.ine.
With shipments for April having
established q new high for Servel,
Inc, of Evansville, Frank E. Smith,
president, predicted that the May
business would break the new
record.
Replacement sales of the Perfect
Circle Company for April set rec
ord. The company has plants at
Hagerstown, Upton and Newcastle.
During April the foundry at New
castle had its biggest month, turn
ing out 5,315,7o2 units. The best
previous months production was in
May, 1880, for a total OF 4,566,OOO
units.
Full Time Work Ordered
The plant Of the United States
Glass Company at Gas City, which
has been operated on part time
schedule for several months, will go
into full production in two weeks
and more than four hundred men
will be employed.
Several hundred Calumet district
workers will be given employment
through increased operations in the
steel car department of the Gen
eral American Tank Car Company
and Plant 4 Of the Universal Atlas
Portland Cement Company.
In about one month enlarging of
the Heltonville Limestone Company
mill will be completed, doubling the
capacity of the plant.
New StockyardS at Bluffton
A building 1876 feet long and 80
feet wide is being erected at Bluff
ton for the new union stockyards to
be operated by E. G. Buroker, for
merly engaged in the same business
in Coldwater, o.
All property of the Mt. Vernon
strawboard mill has passed to the
newly formed Mt. Vernon Straw
board Company, and it is planned
to have the plant in full operation
within a week. 1t has been idle
since September. The industry
employs 10 men when operating at
capacity.
Washington has suffered a blow
in an indefinite furlough for 354
men employed in the car and loco
motive departments of the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad shops. A force
of 1874 will remain on the pay roll.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05

charge of contributing to delin-
quency of a girl school pupil, for
which he was sentenced to the state
farm for sixty days recently, was
groundleSs.
According to Hauk. he pleaded
guilty to the charge due to some
technical misunderstanding.
The former coach was paroled
from the state farm by Governor
Harry C. Leslie on recommended
ton of institution trustees after
Hauk had served twenty-one days
Of the sentence.
According to the charges, the al
legged offense took place on pic
mic attended by boy and girl pupils
of the school.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
HE HAD IT CONIINGr-GAMBLING DUEL KILLER FREED

in the vests newest bit of gun
play-an affair as melodramatic
as an escapade of Wild Bill
Hickock, Kit Carson or even
Billy the Kid.
1t was the third and last of the
gun fights that marked Nc
Crackers life as a gamester in
mining camps and desert towns.
He went on" with an oath on
his lips. bis weakening fingers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
S16,5OO DISCOVERED
Couple Digs Up Bonds Near
Lake Village.
By United Press

By United Press
LAKE VILLAGE, Ind, June s.
Local and state authorities have
undertaken the task of identifying
$4,000 in federal bonds, mostly
liberty bonds Of 1918 and 1919,
which were dug up by Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Cool at their farm near here
Besides the glass jar, in which the
bonds were found, Cool found sew
eral sticks of dynamite, and some
.38-caliber revolver cartridges, which
led authorities to believe that the
bonds were part Of bank loot.
The plot on which the jar was
found had recently been cleared
of timber.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05

Graham knocked him down.
A lookout at the club saw Nc
Cracker returning Thursday and
warned Graham.
Let him come in" Graham
said.
McCracken came. shooting from
the moment he passed the door,
witnesses said. His first bullet
split the padding on Grahams
coat. Then his gun TANNED.
Graham fired three times. SO
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05

By United Press
NEW YORK, June 5.-Ruth
Nichols, aviatrix who plans to span
the Atlantic ocean alone, today said
she hoped weather conditions would
permit her to take of shortly.
Her plane was in its hangar at
Jersey City airport. Mechanics have
made final adjustments and both she
and Clarence Chamberlin, her
technical adviser, have tested it
thoroughly.
Miss Nichols, holder Of the wonl-
ems altitude record, is planning to
start her ocean flight from Harbor
Grace, New Foundland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05

working futilely on a frozen
cartridge chamber.
Graham calmly laid down his
smoking revolver and surrendered
to police. He would not say what
they fought about, but it was
known McCracken had borrowed
much from him lately.
The story came out at the inc
quest. and so unanimous was the
agreement that District Attorney
Melvin Jepson said e would take
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05

. the case before the grand jury
to obtain complete generation. J"
Witnesses told Of Graham and
McCracken meeting in the Hay
market Club, typical gambling
and speakeasy casino on Doug
las alley, the night before the
shooting.
Apparently angered over some
difference, AIcCracken uttered
what witnesses called "tl1e ia
nous fighting words Of the west"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05

fast they sounded as one long
shot. McCracken sank to the
floor and died, working with the
pistol to the last.
McCracken's previous gun duels
were in Cripple Greek and Bak-
ersfeld. In one Of them he was
wounded in the neck.
Graham recently joined the
group headed by Jack Dempsey to
promote prize fight at the Reno
horse racing track July 6
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
Business Better, Says Rail Chief

Business Better, Says Rail Chief
By United Press
OTTAWA. June 5.-Sir Henry
Thornton, president of the Cana
dian National Railways, today told
the house of commons railroad COM
n1ittee that conditions in business
appeared better.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
GYPSY QUEEN BURIED
IN GOLDEN SHROUD
Leader of Band for 20 Years Richly
Adorned in Tribal Rite.

"a @-~AAA AOA ~ CARS ENLC0fK
Adorned in Tribal Rite.
By United Press
OMAHA. June 5.-The body OF
Queen Mary, who led a band Of gyp-
sizes over the world for twenty wears
was wrapped in shroud of gold
cloth today, her head adorned in
scarlet chiffon and chain of $40
gold pieces wrapped about her neck.
A sealed vial Of her blood, drawn
Immediately after death, was placed
In he rcasket. Her fingers were
adorned with four rings and her left
arm with two bits of crystal.
Queen Mary, whose real name is
Mrs. Mary Socka Ephrem-John
died in a hospital here of brain fe-
yer. Her favorite son, Miller
Ephrem-John, is expected to succeed
her as leader of the tribe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
Golfer Seeks Divorce

By Times Special
SOUTH BEND, Ind, June 5.-A
marriage consummated in Tsientsin,
China, probably will be ended here.
Jack Metz, a golf professional, is
seeking divorce from Mrs. Cell
Metz, charging cruelty. They were
married while he was a soldier.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
CHILD HURT IN FALL
Plays With Catch on Auto Door, It
Opens, She TumbIes.

Playing with the door handle on
her fathers auto, 3-year-old Doro-
thy Bennett, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Bennett, toppled into
the street, when the door opened,
two blocks from their home early
today, but was injured only slightly.
Thomas Lynch, 1922 West Nichi-
gan street, in front of whose home
the nlishap occurred, picked up the
baby and carried her into his house
as Bennett stopped the auto a few
yards away. The little girl was cut
and bruised by the fall to the pave
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
BY EARL Fl. LEFT
United Press Staff Correspondent

RENO. New, June 5.-William
(BilD Graham. quick-triggered
member of Nevada's big four"
gaming combine, and an asso-
ciate Of Jack Dempsey. stood ex-
onerated by a coroner's jury to-
day in the gun duel death Of F.
r. McCracken, q western gambler
Of the old school.
sSelf-defense" was the verdict
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
BROTHER SUES BROTHER
Plaintiff, "a, Asks $4,000 From 10
Year-OId Kinsman.
By Time s Special


LOGANSPORT, Ind, June s.
The defense is offering testimony
in Cass circuit court here before
Special Judge Hurd Hurst in the
case OF David Shaner, IA, who is
seeking $4,000 damages from his
70-year- old brother, Carey Shaner.
More than thirty witnesses were
placed on the stand in support Of
the plaintiffs case.
David bases his claim for dam
ages as a result of being held in
the county jail several months ago
pending sanity hearing asked by
his brother.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
First Motor Ride at 81
By United Press

By Untted Pre88
MARION, Ind, June 5.-Mrs.
Mary McMinaman, 81, might have
gone through life without ever hav-
ing ridden in a motor car if she
had not suffered a hip fracture and
been forced to go to a hospital in
an ambulance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-05
Democrat Elected

MARION, Ind, June 5.-W. d.
Moss has elected as the Republican
member Of the Marion city school
board by the city council. He will
succeed A. A. Burrier. who lost a
race for reelection. A third candi-
date was DR.. v. v. Cameron.