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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
Moyle and Allen, Due at
Seattle, UnSighted for
40-0dd Hours.
By United Press

By United Press
SEATTLE, Sept. 9.-Forty-odd
hours of silence began today to
engender anxiety over the fate of
Don Moyle and c. A. Allen. as a
crowd waiting over Boeing field for
the arrival of their plane, City of
Tacoma II, from Japan, swelled to
several thousand.
Total absence of reports from
UnalaSka or Dutch Harbor at the
eastern end of the Aleutian islands
was considered strange. Moyle and
Allen had been expected to skirt the
Aleutians to Unalaska, then turning
eastward to cross the North Pa
ciflc. Tt was expected that their
plane would be sighted or heard
there.
Advice from Dutch Harbor that
no one had reported the plane led
to feeling of uncertainty, although
it was admitted generally that the
aviators might have swung south
OF the islands; not approaching
within sight or sound of any radio
station.
By noon the City of Tacoma II
will have been gone from Japan
about forty-eight hours. 1t carried
enough gasoline to keep it in the
air for AZ to 40 hours.
Provided the plane followed a
more direct route across the Pa
cific and did not skirt the Aleu-
tians, lack of reports would not be
considered usual.
Ayiators believe Moyle and AL
len could have spent ten or more
hours over open water before ap
preaching the North American
mainland in the vicinity of Prince
Rupert, British Columbia, and that
the flight from there would require
only a few hours.
There was little possibility
that they deviated from their pro-
posed route and followed the North
Pacific shipping lane, which would
bring them directly to Puget Sound
and land them at Seattle almost be-
fore reports from nearby points
could be received. Weather condi-
tons were fair. today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
PRISON RIOT IN
UTAH QUELLED
One Convict Slain Before
Battle Is Ended.

By United Press
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. ga
riot ragged for an hour and a half
today in the Utah state penitentiary
before it was quelled.
One convict was killed. Two
guards were captured and held pris-
oners for time.
Many of the rioting convicts were
armed. Shots were fired at guards
and reserves, but no officers were
wounded.
After two guards had been cap
tured, F. G. Hertel, reputed riot
leader, running to the northeast
corner of the prison yard, threw a
bomb to the top Of the watch tower,
the explosion being the prearranged
signal for a general riot.
Louis Deathridge, former st. Louis
gangster, threw rope ladder with
a hook on the end to the top of the
barrier and started to Chamber up
the side.
An alert guard opened fire.
Deathridge toppled back to the
prison yard, killed instantly. Con-
victs from the dollhouse braved the
cross-f1re of bullets and dragged
their comrade inside.
Warden Davis called for police
and sheriff reserves, then ignoring
the danger, walked into the midst
of the rioting convicts to plead for
the release of the two guards. APP
parently admiring the warden's
bravery, the convicts acceded to his
demands.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
FEAR FOR SAFETY
OF PACIFIC FLIERS
At the Fair
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Harness racing. Gus Suns three-ring
circus and fireworks in front of state
fair stand.
Horse show and vaudeville. Coliseum.
Indiana university stage show to $3.50.
indianapolis Military band. Coliseum.
Indiana University band. grand stand.
Carnival shows open until 10 D. m.
THURSDAY
GOVERNORS DAY. LEGISLATURE
DAY
Judging of horses. cattle, sheep and
swine.
Indiana university stage show. $3.50 a.
m. to $3.50 D. m.
Farm Bureau quartet. 10 a. m. to noon.
Grand Circuit racing and vaudeville.
afternoon; night racing. circus. fire.
works.
Cat show-DOg and Cat building.
Indiana University band.
indianapolis Military band.
Horse show. Gov. Stake. vaudeville.
night. Coliseum.
Carnival shows.
Story on Page One, Section Two,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
SMASH RANSOM RING
Cops Hold Five as Alleged
kidnapping Gang.

By United Press
DECATUR, Ill, Sept. GA gang
which recently terrorized the middle
west with kidnapings for ransom
was believed to have been smashed
today by the capture of five men.
The five were arrested through
the combined efforts of Decatur and
Chicago police. 1t was declared the
prisoners and another man whose
arrest was expected momentarily
were the kidnapers of James Lynch,
wealthy Chicago turf figure, and
James Hackett, Blue Island gam
bier, who repeatedly paid a total of
$125,00 ransom.
Three of the men were arrested
late Sunday when found at cot
tage resort near DecatuR They
gave their names as Monte Moore,
ex-convict; Morris Luttrell and
Jack ESslinger.
The other two, arrested early to-
day, identified themselves as Joseph
Yates, former member of the no.
torious Shelton gang, and William
Wallace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
IS SINKING
Slowly and Definitely Fail
ing Says Doctor.

By United Press
WEST ORANGE, N. j., Sept. O.
Thomas A. Edison, 84-year-old in
ventor, has not recovered from his
collapse of five weeks ago and is
slowly and definitely falling" ac-
cording to his physician, DR.. Hubert
S. Howe.
DR.. Howe said there was no cause
for immediate concern.
When I say slowly and definitely
failing I do not mean that he can
not live" DR.. Howe said. He might
surprise us"
The physician disclosed that while
certain features of Edison's condi-
ton have improved, the uremic
poisoning Of which he is suffering
has settled in his kidneys and is
slowly becoming more dangerous.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09

state highway commission to block
completion of work on the roads.
They say that this move will be
the only salvation to the workmen,
for if, by promises and threats, the
roads are completed, the men may
never receive their wages.
According to workmen and sub
contractors who were hooked" on
Johnson's credit lists and left PEN
niless when pay stopped, the high
way commission has knowledge of
the situation near here, but has
taken no steps to- remedy it since
the first tieup in funds came last
April.
Workers Near Rebellion
Two recent near-rebellions Gre
ated furore among the truck driv-
ers and laborers. Once it was neces-
sary to call authorities from Putnam
county to quell the uprising and de-
mandS for wages and food.
Citizens Of Greencastle and vicin-
ity who received no rent due them
for rooms used by the unpaid Ia
borers, also have laid cases for pros
ecution before Abrams. Many of
those who fled the state without COL
lecting wages will not return to try
to get their pay for fear of prosecu-
ton for beating" the rent bills.
One truck owner, F. Boesen of
Greencastle, lost his truck because
he was unable to meet the payments
on it and now faces legal action by
a bank because he is unable to pay
a note he signed to buy food.
Unable to Pay
Boesen now is working for F. w.
Henderson, who has two trucks ir
operation, but he is unable to pay
Boesen for his services, Henderson
himself having considerable money
coming.
Henderson charged that Johnson
gave him two checks, one for SIS
and the other for $35, and that he
caShed one of them with a grocer,
but it was returned because of in
sufficient funds. This later was
made good, he said, after the gro
Gerry company threatened action.
Truck operators who are working
say they have credit for truck sup
plies, otherwise they would be I'M
able to push their trucks for miles
over the roads each day, but these
privileges are being cut off now.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
SEEK TO TRAP
BUTCHERS WIFE
Mrs. Powers Is Watched
Closely by Police.

BIZ United Press
CLARKSBURG, w. Va, Sept. g.
Close surveillance was maintained
today over Mrs. Luella Powers, wife
of Harry F.. Powers, "Bluebeard''
mail order Romeo, and her sister,
Miss Eva Strouthers, after police
discovered evidence the women knew
more of Powers operations than
they had revealed in previous ques-
tioning.
Mrs. Powers and Miss Strouthers,
after disclaiming knowledge of
Powers matrimonial agency activi-
ties or the five killings he is charged
with, were confronted with a deposit
of $3,65763 in their joint bank ac-
count. The deposit was made Aug.
81, the day Powers was arrested.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
SCHOOLS DISMISSED
Heat Results in Vacation
for Thousands.

Heat, which caused the collapse
of one school teacher this morn
ing brought an unexpected half
day vacation to thousands of In
dianapolis grade school pupils this
afternoon, when fifty-four of the
citys eighty-six elementary schools
dismissed the afternoon sessions.
The teacher who was over come
was Mrs. Anna May Trimpe, 2527
Shelby street, instructor in 5B and
ga at school No. 81. Miss Adelaide
McCarty, principal of the school,
said that temperatures in class
rooms were between 88 and 80 de-
greeS.
Superintendent Paul G. Stetson's
office notified principals this morn
ing that they might use their own
judgment as to dismissal at noon.
High schools announced that they
would not dismiss unless tempera-
lures rose much higher.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
HEAT WAVE ON WAY
Perfect Weather to Push
Mercury to Cos.

Increasing temperatures that will
push the mercury above 80 today
was predicted by the weather bu-
reau as il appeared indianapolis
and the state may be in the grip
of a several-day heat wave.
With perfect" weather conditions
over this section of the county, the
bureau said if the condition con-
tues indianapolis may find a repe-
tition of two previous heat waves
earlier in the summer.
temperatures Tuesday were 7 de-
above normal and today they
exceed this mark by several
degrees
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
HURTS LEG IN LEAP
Woman Injured in Fleeing
Street Car Fire.

Leaping through the window of a
street car that caught fire this
morning. Mrs. Dorothy Riggan, 10,
of 2107 North Pennsylvania street,
sustained leg and arm injuries.
The tram, an inbound Pennsyl-
vania street car, caught fire after
the control box exploded. Fifty
passengers on the car fed to the
rear and James Irkes, 10, of COZ
North Pennsylvania street, was the
first to jump.
Mrs. Riggan leaped through the
window after him. Irkes was not
hurt.
w. A. Martin, 281S North Capitol
avenue, motorman of the one-man
car, was not hurt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
Marriage Bureau Closes
By United Press

~ OHfbCu PTCSS
DETROIT, Sept. 9.-Faced with
vigorous prosecution by the state,
the American Friendship society,
through which Harry F. Powers,
West Virginia Romeo killer COM
municated with possible victims,
has disbanded voluntarily.
An amendment to the organiza-
TONS charter, terminating its
existence, was filed with the sec
rotary of state, at Lansing. State
investigators, preparing to seek an
injunction against the society as a
matrimonial agency, charged the
stockholders, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
B. Platter and Ruth Topper,
realized more than 100000 from
their $4,000 members.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
Patch Ub
NOW

nON'T let the cold blasts
II of winter spoil the
comfort of your home be-
cause of your neglect of
those openings and other
leaks before winter sets in.
Patch chem up!
In order that you may do
this properly and assure
yourself of a cold-proof
home, THE TIMES HAS
ARRANGED FOR A SER
les OF ARTICLES ADJ
VISING YOU HOW TO
PREPARE YOUR HOME
FOR WINTER.
The first of these articles
to appear each Wednesday,
tells how to prepare the
furnace and chimney be-
fore building the first fire.
READ 1T TODAY ON
PAGE EIGHT.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
Hundreds of Men, Sleeping in Barns, Shacks
and Tents, Toll Long Hours and
Clamor Futilely for Wages.
TRUCK FIRM CRASH BRINGS DISASTER
Sub Contractors on Verge of Ruin; RoOming
House Keepers Lose Money When
Tenants Can Not Get Funds.
BY DICK MILLER
Times STAFF Correspondent

GREENCASTLE, Ind. Sept. 9.-Weak from INSULT
cen food and suffering from the hardship of sleeping in
tents hundreds of tumbed from makeshft
morning perform abors State Roads SO and
43 for which they may be paid.
Working long hours for weeks without receiving
that in the majority of amount only to $175 day
they paid-the workmen looking toward the
state highway commission and Indiana courts to
them from dire want.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
FALLS BENEATH TRUCK

Negro Youth Critically Hurt as
Wheel Passes Over His Chest.
Sheriff. Nichols, is, Negro, 514
West Michigan street, helper on a
city garbage truck, was injured
critically early today when he
slipped while boarding the truck
and one of its wheels passed over
his chest.
The accident occurred in front of
Nichols home. Noah Bowman,
Negro, sos West Michigan street,
was driver. The boy was sent to
city hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
FIRE LOSS DECREASES
Marked Difference Revealed in 1880
and 1881 August Reports.

Heavy decrease in fire loss and
the number of fire alarms was re-
corded in August, compared with
August, 1880, Fire Chief Harry E.
Voshell announced today.
The department answered 308
alarms in August, a decrease of
231 runs, while the total fire loss
was estimated at only $4,000, a de-
crease of '$2O,474.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09

M e ! V i n
score d high
total for all
classes Of live
stock in the
S t a t e boys
judging con-
test h Id in
connec t i o n
with the Indi-
ana state fair.
And he ranks
right up with
the best of the
official f a ir
judges, too, for
Melvin scored
663 points of
a possible $50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
$4,000 TO GET JOBS

Radio City Project to Require
100000 Eight Hour Days.
BIZ United Press
NEW YOBK, Sept. 9-The $780,
100000 midtown building project
known as Radio City will employ
more than $4,000 workers for a total
of 100000 eight-hour man days,
engineers on the project announced
today.
The three blocks on which Radio
City will be built already are nearly
cleared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
Stabber to be lConfined
BIZ Times Special

NASHVILLE, Ind, Sept. g.
George Settles, 40, who stabbed four
members of his family, is awaiting
commitment to a hospital for the
insane. He told authorities that
he had decided to shoot himself and
became angry because he could not
find a gun, and the stabbing fol-
lowed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
SENATOR'S SON ELOPES
Marries High School CIassmate;
They'll Graduate Together.
By United Press

Any A. III aanatC AOHCbACAs
By United Press
FAIRMONT, w. Va, Sept. g.
Marriage of John Champ Nicely, IT.
year-old son of United States Sena-
tor M. M. Nicely, to Mary K. Faust.
ID, his high school classmate, was
announced by the youth today and
confirmed by his parents.
The senator's son said he married
Miss Faust, daughter of sheet
metal worker, Aug. 81. He said they
intended to continue their school
work in the senior class at Fair
mont high school. They are liv-
ing with the brides parents. Indi-
eating the wedding was surprise
to her, Mrs. Nicely said she and the
senator had other plans for their
son.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
FLEES FROM HOSPITAL
Man, Held for Grand Jury, Escapes
From Detention Ward.

Police, throughout the state today
were asked to search for Rosa
Casky, "a. of 1868 Singleton street,
who escaped from the city hospital
Tuesday night.
Held for several weeks at the
county Jail pending grand jury ac-
ton against him on a vehicle taking
charge, Casky became i'll and was
taken to the hospital Aug. 10.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
U. S. BOND ISSUE SOLD
SO0,000,000 In Certificates Over
subscribed by $14O,599, $40.
By United Press


subscribed by S14O,599, $40.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-Secre-
tary of Treasury Andrew Mellon to-
day announced the oversubscription
by $14O,599,540 Ct the $80O,OOO,O00 3
per cent 20-24 year treasury bond
issue.
A similar S8OO,OOO,oOO issue re-
Gently was oversubscribed TX times.
Although officials refused to com
ment, it was pointed out the in
terest on the bonds was q per cent
less than had been anticipated by
interests. 1t also was not
expected the issue would be for such
a long term.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
BOTTLE BLAST CUTS BOY

Watching Bonfire, Detroit Lad Is
Injured in Freak Accident.
BIZ United Press
DETROIT, Sept. 9.-James Hall,
II, was looking into a bonfire when
a man came along and spat into the
flames, hitting a bottle which lay in
the Goals. The bottle exploded. A
fragment of glass pierced the boys
throat seriously injuring him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
J0BLESS THRoNGS RIOT
Cleveland Men Wage Battle in Des-
perate Effort to Work.

BIZ United Press
CLEVELAND, Sept. 9.-Rioting
broke out among unemployed groups
today as several thousand men
stormed two county store yards to
apply for county highway ditch jobs.
Desperate for work, late appli-
cants sought to break through the
columns Of job seekers who had
stood all night and police squads
we're called out to suppress the en-
suing fighting. Windows were bro
ken, several men we're injured,
others tainted and warehouse doors
were crushed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
MISS POLE $50 MILES

Nautilus Pierces Arctic Pack; Re-
fuel for Trip Southwark.
BIZ United Press
ADVENT BAY, Spitzbergen, Sept.
Sir Hubert wilkins polar sub
marine Nautilus penetrated Arctic
seas to within about $50 miles Of
the north pole, the crew revealed
today The ship was being refueled
for departure southwark,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
COrydOn Lad
Is Champion
Stock Judge

When it comes to livestock,
Melvin Flock of Corydon, Ind,
has championship judgment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09

He's just one of the many
lovers of championship stock
and apostles of better farming
that agricultural Indiana is
developing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-09
GERMAN JOBS SLUMP
$1,000 More Unemployed in Last
Half of August, Announcement.
BIZ United Press

BERLIN, Sept. e.-Germany's
unemployed total 4.l95 900, an in
crease of $1,000 during the last
half of August, according to latest
official statistics.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-12
WILL
SPEAK DESPITE
ORDERS OF COPS
Great Interest ofWork-
ers Scare Bosses

LAWRENCE, Mass, Nov. 10
without giving the slightest reason,
in fact, positively refusing any rea-
son, Marshal O'Brien of the Law
renee police department positively re-
fused Tuesday to give Sam Bramhall,
Communist candidate for Mayor, any
permit for an open-air campaign
meeting that night
Bramhall has succeeded on only
one occasion in extracting such a
permit from the police Of Lawrence
In this campaign. The great success
of that meeting and real interest of
the workers in Bramhalls speech has
evidently resulted in policy Of sup
preston on the part of the city au-
thoritieS.
However, the Communist campaign
goes on. Meetings are held fire.
quently in the Bramhall headquar-
tiers, SO Union ST., and the town has
lot of big poster cards around in
the windows A struggle for the
right OF the workers to speak in the
streets will develop.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-12
Let's All Go to This
One, Says the LSNR

Fellow workers, Negro and white:
The League of Struggle for Negro
Rights urges all who read this arti-
Gle to take out your pencils and pa
per at once and make note regard
ing one grand ball which will be Civ
en- by the New York District of the
League of Struggle for Negro Rights
on Saturday, December 10, at Harlem
Casino, Lenox Ave, at 18th st.
The admission is only so cents.
Music for the dancing will be sup
piled by the o. K. Rhythm Kings.
A great many tasks such as the
Liberator Drive, the Scottsboro Cam
paign, fights against eviction, dis
elimination against Negro workers,
etc, are facing the League of Strug-
gle for Negro Rights, and white and
Negro workers are alike determined
to unite in revolutionary struggle
against the bosses Of white and Negro
workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-12
PHILCO RADIO CO.
SLASHING AGAIN
Layoff and Rehire to
Cut Wages
(By a Worker Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA. PA couple of
months ago we workers of the Philco
plant were making on the average
2912 cents an hour for women work
ers and 3S to 40 cents for the men.
That was our wages after many cuts
we got and the speed-up. Yet after
driving our earnings below the ex-
istence level, the bosses decided to
cut our wages again.
Skinne. and the rest of the bosses
knew that the workers were organ
izing, because we of the Grievance
Committee were issuing leaflets and
shop bulletins, so they used an old
trick. First they announced that they
have lost an order and began to lay
us off A little later they decided to
hire us again but on the basis Of a
different scale. The girls now get
only 10 to "a cents an hour and the
men % to % cents. Now we know
that it was only dirty trick to cut
our wages.
Now more than ever we in the
Philco plant must organize to fight
this new attempt at wage cuts. Join
and form grievance committees in
every department and fight against
the wage cut and speed-up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-12
HaCkmen to Wage
War on Monopoly
Mass Meeting. Tonite
Hunts Point Palace

The Taxi Commission will be called
before the Board of Aldermen soon
to give its report in favor of turning
the taxi franchise to "the most re-
sponSible party" This will give a mo-
nopoly to General Motors, and thou
sands of cab-drivers will be perma-
nently thrown out Of the industry,
and those working cut in commission.
At the mass meeting tonight at $50
at Hunts Point Palace. Southern
Blvd. and 163d St., the hackmen will
elect their own Committee to make
demands to the Board of Aldermen
protesting the handing over of the
industry to the Taxi Trust and de-
handing living weekly wage and
human working conditions: hour
day and three shifts with no black
list. Petitions with these demands are
being circulated by the Taxi Section
Of the Transportation Workers In
drgtrial League, E. 18th st. The
Hackmen Committee will have the
support of thousands of cab-drivers
signing these petitions.
Hackmen: Come to the meeting
elect your committee and get the sig
natures of thousands of hackmen on
the petitions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-12
international Comm.
Formed to Save Life
of Ruegg and Wife

BERLIN. - An international COM
mittee has issued an appeal for
concentrated drive to save the life Of
the Pan Pacific Trade Union Sec
rotary Ruegg. AS already reported,
Huegg, has been sentenced to death
in Marking and his sick wife to hard
labor for life. No official information
concerning them can be obtained and
fears are entertained for their lives.
The appeal calls for the formation Of
special Ruegg committees, and, If
necessary, for the sending of repre-
Sentatives to Shanghi. Amongst those
who have signed this appeal are: the
Well-known German lawyer, DR.. AL
fred APPEL, Professor Alone Gold
schmidt, the German artist, Otto Ma
gel, the well known author and lit
erary critic DR.. Kurt Kersten, the
lawyer Giltay of Brussels, advocate
Fourier of Paris, lawyer Brodsky of
New York, and the Japanese lawyer
Fudimore of Toxic.
In response to request from Prof.
Albert Einstein and others, Senator
Borah of Idaho has promised to lend
his personal assistance in obtaining
the release of Ruegg and his wife.