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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-17

Southwest that the board commit itself
to keep its immense wheat holdings
off the market, either for stated Pc
Rod or under a fixed price level, are
rejected.
One important concession is made.
The board agrees to limit sales Of its
wheat to 100000 bushels month,
this limit to run on cumulative basis,
the unused portions Of the quota to
be good for succeeding months. But
it excepted from this Limitation i'm
portant contracts with foreign pur-
chasers now under consideration.
To the problem Of the wheat sur
plus there is only one answer, and
that is acreage reduction, the board
declares. Hope was seen for an i'm
proved export market in smaller pro-
auctions in other countries and in the
prospect for better world conditions
"that will be created by the Presi-
dents debt plan"
Chairman Stone, before giving out
the statement, conferred with Presi-
dent Hoover. and he said it was sat-
isfactory to the Chief Executive. It
certainly was not wholly satisfactory
to the grain growers, farm leaders and
grain dealers of the middle western
states. They continued to urge the
board to hold all sales of surplus
wheat for year.
NV HAT was the Presidents ma
Wv tional commission on law en-,
forcement and observance, better
known as the Wickersham commits
sion, went out of existence with the
close of June, and is now just eleven
men and women. On Tuesday the
fine furniture and equipment were
moved out of it's Offices; after mid
night the unexpended remainder Of
its 100000 appropriation reverted to
the government; and Chairman Wick
ersham by that time was the only
member left in the National Capital.
Sticklers for exactness said the
commission will not actually cease to
exist until final history of its ac-
tivities and expenditures is written
and is accepted by President Hoover.
In order to attain this end a tenn
porary commission headquarters has
been established near the White
House, equipped to accommodate only
the chairman and small staff. There
the fifteenth report will be written.
Here is the commissions record:
Ten reports have been delivered to
the government printer or deposited
at the White House; four others, one
of them the still-controverted. study
of prohibition, have been made pub
lie.
Since midwinter the commission has
completed reports upon the deporta-
tion of aliens, ''lawlessness in law
enforcement" crime among the for
eign born, juvenile delinquency, the
work of the police, prisons, probation
and parole, the costs and causes of
crime and progress report upon
the work Of the courts, to be carried
on by private agencies
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-17


rotary and Mrs. Wilbur through Mesa
Verde National park v. NJ. Delerch-
man, president of southwestern Col
orado transportation concern, fell sud
denly i'll and was taken to the park
hospital. There Doctor Wilbur dag
nosed his ailment as acute appendi-
citis and decided an immediate OPP
Grafton was necessary. So he gath
cred up the tools and, with the assist
ance of DIR. E. E. johnson of Cortez,
he performed the operation which al
most certainly saved Delerchman's
life.
Next day the patients condition was
SO good that Secretary Wilbur re-
sumed his trip of inspection Of the
park.
CENOR DON SALVADOR DE MA
- dariaga, the new ambassador from
Spain, presented his credentials to
President Hoover with due ceremony,
and thescustomary polite phrases were
exchanged. Then the two distinguished
men enjoyed an informal chat, as
both of them used to be mining en-
gineers. Senior de Madariaga is a
noted writer and in the past has criti-
cised severely some of the policies Of
the United States in Latin-American
affairs.
G PAIN is to continue to be a re-
~ public, and Alfonso will remain
an ex-king, according to the results
of the national elections. Alajandro
Lerroux, old time Republican leader
and at present foreign minister, is the
man of the hour and it is accepted
that he will be the first premier under
the new constitution that is to be
adopted by the national assembly that
convenes on July IA. The Socialists
and so-called radicals will control this
assembly. which in fact will be rather
moderate in policies. The communists
are powerless.
Catalonia still insists on being q
separate state in Spanish fedora
ton, but Senior Lerroux predicts that
the Catalan movement will soon col
lapse.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-17
The Conceited

A criminologist finds that the con-
ceited make the worst drivers. What
Il lot Of poor drivers there are!-Los
Angeles Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-17
Asks 60-Day Term,
But Gets Only 80

Holland, Mich. = Apparently
dissatisfied when Justice e. B.
Parsons sentenced him to a 80
day Jail term for shaping his
wife, James Verano, forty-nine,
asked that he be given go addf-
tional days for the charge.
His request was denied.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-17

Hungary and Bulgaria, were notified
that she was not collecting sums due
from them on that date; and her
creditors, England and the United
States, were told she was putting
aside the sums she owes them, pend
ing final decision.
The State department in Wash
ington said the Hoover plan had been
accepted by Belgium and Poland, both
allies of France and by Rumania, and
in part by Greece and Jugo-Slavia.
So France was standing alone in OPP
position. 1t was believed in Paris that
Premier Laval, after closing down
parliament, would call conference of
all nations signatory to the Young
plan to obtain from them a release
from the guarantee clause requiring
her, in case of moratorium, to place
in the bank for international settle
ments, the sum of approximately $780,
100000 to be applied in part to
increasing payments to be received
by other creditors during the period
of suspension.
TOR the first time since the World
war the federal government be-
gan it's fiscal year on July with an
unbalanced budget. The deficit is al
most $903,OO0,OO0.
Handicapped by reduced reve-
nuoc tho Trno Found ftcalA aor-
fronted with rising expenditures.
due to the governments efforts to
help the farmer, the unemployed and
the drought sufferers. About the only
favorable factor in the financial situa-
tion was cash balance of over $780,
100000 with which the treasury en-
tered the new year. This will be used
to meet current expenses during the
first quarter instead of being applied
to the deficit.
VXIILEY POST and Harold Gatty,
w American aviators, set their
monoplane, the Winnie Mae. down at
Roosevelt field, New York. Wednes-
day evening. They had accomplished
the remarkable feat of flying around
the globe, approximately 1915 miles,
. In days Is hours and 511s minutes,
new mark for other flyers to shoot
at. Aes t
They set out to break the record
of % days made by the dirigible Graf
Zeppelin, and they smashed it to bits.
Great skill in plotting and navigating,
unconQuerable courage and nerve and
plane that functioned perfectly all
contributed TO the success of this
epochal flight. The route followed by
the flyers took them from New York
to Harbor Grace. n. F.; thence sucy
cessively to Chester, England; Berlin,
Moscow, Novosibersk, Irkutsk, Blagov-
yeshchensk. Khabarovsk, Solomon and
Fairbanks. Alaska; Edmonton, Can
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-17

tor w. II. King, who has denounced
the idea Of shutting out Russian prod
ucts in blanket fashion and declared
that congress did not have such a
thing in mind and did not authorize
1t. Senator Smoot declares 1t was the
purpose of congress to shut out the
products of convict, forced or linden
tured labor, and that the Treasury
Department VIII adhere to the law.
IN A few days Secretary Of War
APatrick ]. Hurley will be on his way
to our farthest possession, the Philip
pines, for an inspection tour of the
islands. This is because their admin
istration falls under the jurisdiction
Of the War department.
While the official War department
announcement ascribed the reason
for the secretary's trip to a desire ito
acquaint himself more intimately with
the details of Philippine problems"
it was understood that Mr.. Hurley
would study personally sentiment
there for independence in prepara-
ton for movement in the next ses-
sion Of congress tC free the islands.
President Hoover has been advised
by members Of both senate and house
of representatives that 1t appeared
probable sufficient strength would be
mustered in the next session to pass
a bill authorizing Philippine indeDend-
ence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-24
NEW TRAFFIC DEVICE
WILL BE INSTALLED
Pedestrian Operated Sign Con-
troIled by Stretched Traps"

Pedestrian Operated Sign Con-
troIled by Stretched Traps"
installation Of the pedestrian
operated traffic sign at Fourteenth
and Meridian streets, VIII be started
Monday, safety board officials an
nounced today.
The sign will fash "go" to Meri-
dian street traffic at all times until
autos, approaching on Fourteenth
street, strike signal traps Embedded
in the street.
The warning signal then IS given
Meridian street traffic and by the
time the east or west bound auto
reaches the crossing stop light
halts north and south traffic.
Children attending Catholic
schools, near the intersection, and
pedestrians can halt traffic both
ways by operating electric push but
tons on each Of the corners Of the
intersection.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-24
JAIL WILL NOT
Be GUARANTEED
Prisoner Who Died Is Found
Free of Infection.

Possibility of a quarantine against
meningitis at the county jail was
erased today when city hospital
physicians announced a Negro pris-
oner who died at the hospital was
a victim Of tuberculous meningitis
and not cerebro-spinal meningitis,
as first believed.
DR.. Herman C. Morgan, health
board secretary, said the tuberculous
disease is not dangerous to other
prisoners. AZ
The prisoner, James G. GaApWay,
10, of $40 Drake street, died after
being rushed from the Jail late
Thursday night.
Investigation was begun today to
determine If James Higgins, Il, Of
523 West Michigan street, who died
Thursday night in the city prison,
showed symptoms Of being nenin-
gifts victim.
Galloway was sentenced one to
ten years on conviction of having
broken into clothing store at 1874
Indiana avenue and stolen several
suits. He would have been taken
to the refornatory within a few
days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-24
POPE BLESSES COLLEGE
IN TRIP FROM VATICAN
By United Press

By United Press
ROME, April 24.-Pope Plus XII,
wearing white cassock, red hat
and red mantle, emerged from the
Vatican today and personally dedi-
Gated the new College Of the Propa-
ganda Eide, which was built with
funds raised among American Cath
olies.
It was the second time the Pope
had left the Vatican since signing
Of the lateran treaty which ended
the sixty-year imprisonment" of
the head of the Catholic church.
The papal automobile, with cur
tains drawn, hardly was noticed by
persons on the streets of Rome as
it left Vatican City for the short
trip to the new college on the
slopes Of Janiculum hill, Two 9TH
er automobiles containing prelates
and officials followed.
The pope, in his speech, thanked
the contributors who made it pos
sihle to build the new college, say
ing that he was particularly glad to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-24
Reunited
Bobbed- Hair Bandit Sees
Robber Mate After
Seven Years.

By United Press
SYRACUSE, N. Y, April "a
- Brooklyn's bobbed-hair bandit,
Cecilia Cooney, embraced her hus-
band, Edward, for the first time
in almost seven years Thursday,
and cried.
The two, who several years ago
perpetrated daring robberies Of
Brooklyn storekeepers, met in the
district court Of the state court Of
claims.
The once-attractive woman
threw her arms around the man,
who now lacks his left arm, kissed
him, and chung for a moment,
sobbing.
Cooney, who has spent seven
years Of his sentence confined to
a hospital because Of tuberculosis,
is suing the state of New York for
the loss Of his left arm, suffered
while working in a prison shop.
Both are eligible for release in
October, 1881.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-24
MISSING DOCTOR
AGAIN IS SEEN
Kidnapers' Victim Reported
Back in Home Town.

By United Press
ST. LOUIS, April 24.-Dr. Isaac
D. Kelley, missing wealthy physi-
clan for whose ransom a demand
of 100000 was rumored, served on
Thursday night, was observed alone
in a restaurant here early today,
two acquaintance told police.
James Markedes, owner Of the
restaurant, and. Paul johnson, ga
rage attendant, declared that cdr.
kelley wearing thin trimmed
glasses, appeared dazed and had a
large bruise on his face. - =.
The two said they hesitated to
question kelley and while Mar
kedes telephoned police, the man
walked out. Johnson said he tried
to follow, "but lost him within q
couple of blocks"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-24

thank "Hina who came such a great
distance to share in this day Of re-
joicing." He referred to Cardinal
Mundelein, who sat or stood at the
left Of the pope throughout the
ceremony.
The new college, in which Cardi-
nal Mundelein had q great part,
was solemnly inaugurated in the
heart Of Catholic christendom. IT
is the most modern structure among
the pontifcal buildings in Rome.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-24
APPEALS CONVICTION;
SENTENCE IS RAISED
4 Months, 500 Fine Is Negroes Sec
ond Trial Finding.

Failing to "let well enough
alone," william Harrison, Negro, IT'S
Indiana avenue, learned lesson in
criminal court severity today.
On March 80, Harrison was con-
victed on q. bin dtiger charge in
Municipal Judge Paul G. Wetter's
court, was fined 500 and costs and
sentenced to jail for forty-flve days.
Attacking validity Of the search
warrant which led to his arrest, he
appealed to criminal court, where
Judge Frank P. Baker today as
sessed a fine Of 500 and costs, while
boosting the sentence to four
months on the Indiana state farm.
Judge Baker held that since Harri-
son was not the owner or occupant
OF the property raided, allegation Of
an imperfect warrant could not be
raised in his defense, but only IN
that Of the owner or proprietor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-24
PARDON FREES
FUGITIVE WHO
MADE GOOD
Caught After 13 Years,
Record in Building Up
Career Wins Liberty.
ESCAPED WHEN ONLY II
Prominent Friends Asked
Ohio Governor to
Give CIemency.
ESCAPED WHEN ONLY II
BIZ United Press

By United Press
COLUMBUS, O., April 24.-Frank
M. Preston, 80, Of st. Louis, recap
tured in st. Louis two weeks ago,
thirteen years after his escape from
the Ohio reformatory at Mansfield,
was pardoned today by Governor
George White.
The Governor based his action
on recommendations Of william j.
Kennedy, assistant state welfare
director, and ordered that Preston
be brought to his Office at p. m.
to receive the pardon.
Preston, when II, was sentenced
to the refornatory for robbing a
South GAINESVILLE, O., taxicab
chauffeur of $11.
He subsequently was made a
trusty for saving the life of teach
ed and a short time later he es-
capped. Preston was received at the
refomatory in 1918 to serve one to
fifteen years. He had served only
seven months when he escaped.
Given Away by Letter
He was unheard from until two
weeks ago when an anonymous
letter, written from Paintsville, KY,
where he formerly lived, informed
authorities he was in St. Louis. His
capture followed 81
His return to. Mansfield was fol-
lowed by host Of appeals for Glenn
ency, among them one from a st.
Louis manufacturer and flnancier,
who told the Governor he person
ally would guarantee Preston's
future if he were released.
At the time of his arrest, Preston
and his wife, the mother of two
children by z former marriage, were
preparing to open a restaurant.
Preston was known as an ideal citi-
zen and he was highlgs respected in
the community in which he lived.
Investigator Is Impressed
Kennedy visited him in the re-
formatory Thursday. Upon his re-
turn today he immediately laid be-
fore the Governor Recommended
tons that Preston be granted a
full pardon.
Preston made good during his
thirteen years Of freedom, /" Kennedy
said. ''ETe wants to return to St.
Louis and open his restaurant. 7
was much impressed with him.
''The object in sending men to
the refornatory or to any other
penal institution is to reform them
and return them to society as good
citizens. I believe Preston will con-
tinue to be a good citizen as in
vestigation reveals he was during
his freedom
Governor White said he believed
he was warranted in granting q full
pardon because Preston made
good" while at liberty.
"I believe he is entitled to free
dom and chance" the executive
declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-24
TRAMP, 81, DAZED IN
LONG BOX CAR SIEGE

Davenport Ha) Man Found Wan
dering on Cleveland Streets.
By United Press
CLEVELAND, o., April "a. -
Harry Arnold. 81, Of Davenport, Ia.
was being. cared for by police today
after he had been found wandering
in the street, suffering from the
effects Of a two-day Imprisonment
In q box car.
The aged man told officers he had
boarded an east bound freight train
In a middle western city and that
the doors IN the car were kept
barred until the trains arrival In
Cleveland He was dazed and
suffering from hunger when police
found him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-24
TWO Testify in Charges of
Conspiracy and Fraud
! -. in PASSAGE.


Grand jury investigation into
charges that conspiracy and fraud
brought about passage in the 1881
legislature Of House Bill 6, regulat-
ing buses and trucks, was launched
today, with William B. Conner of
indianapolis, Marion county repre-
sentative, and Edward H. knight,
corporation counsel, testifying.
Subpenas have been Issued for sew
eral witnesses who are to testify be-
fore the probe body Saturday and
Monday. Some OF these witnesses
are expected to be Indianapolis
newspapermen who were assigned to
the general assembly session.
Conner, author of the bill and a
member Of the conference commit
tee on the bill, was before the jury
for some time. He is named in
complaints fled by Muncie and In
dianapolis in which it was charged
that persons interested in placing
authority with the public service
commission" conspired to have the
contents of the bill changed, passed
and signed. The suits seek an in
junction to prevent Frank Mayr .Jr,
secretary of state, from publishing
the bill as law.
According to the allegations, the
bill, originally assured municipal
ties authority over bus and truck
regulations. However, the bill,
after its passage, did not contain
this provision and vested power en-
tire1y with the public service COM
mission.
Probe was ordered by Criminal
Judge Frank P. Baker.
The state, represented by Attor-
ney- General James NJ. Ogden, was
to file a demurrer in answer to the
conspiracy allegations in circuit
court today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-24

BY ARCH
chancel Capitol
l. avenue, afre light
PewS the
the chancel
priest leads his congregation
1t be heard the shadowy
heard within foot of the singers
the church and sings song without spoken
The singers
hymns and running the major clefs Of Holy Ghost
in sign language.
They led by the Higgins redemptor priest
ST. Louis, Mo, Thursday night a
With supple fingers fingers
o. make oroors or such and feminine fingers. they sang
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-24

often park on that road" Roome
said.
about minute after the car
drove in, heard woman scream.
7 looked toward the automobile,
and heard the shots. There were
five Of them.
Then I saw the woman scraIn-
bic out Of the car. She ran around
to the drivers seat, reached in
and grabbed her companion 1t
took her half a minute to pull
him out Of the car.
Then she stood over the body
looking down at it. A minute
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-24
TAKES LOVER FOR RIDE' STAYS HIM IN PARKED CAR

By Unifed Press
TsLINT, Mich, April 24.-Miss
L Helen Morgan, 81, heiress,
sat in a celt-today and recounted
to police how she took her 200
pound sweetheart for a ride
Thursday night and shot him to
death at the edge Of Glenwood
cemetery.
He threatened me with g CUR"
she sobbed to detectives. ''I took
it away from him and pulled the
trigger. I had to do 1t. 1t was
self defense.
Police doubt her story Of the
shooting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-24
World ObIjUion

By United Pyess
NEW YORK, April 24.-Dis-
indignation Of the universe
was forecast today by Sir
James Jeans, British astrono-
mer, who arrived aboard the
Mauritania en- route to Mt.
Wilson observatory at Pasa-
dena, Cal
Sir James tempered his pre-
diction that mice, men and the
universe are headed toward
oblivion by adding that at least
one million years viii pass be-
fore the breakdown of matter
brings an end TO everything.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-24

was willing to go through with
the case. Shortly after p. m,
she met Casteel in her car, police
learned, and together they drove
out to q lonely side road which
runs past the cemetery.
-
A N account Of what happened
\ then was given police by
Nelson Rome, who was at WORK
IN a city pumping station nearby.
i saw the automobile go into
the side road. but I paid no at
tention to. it as young couples
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-24
SHOWERS FORECAST
Rising Temperatures End
Frost Damage.

With temperatures to rise slight
ly, the weather bureau today fore
cast occasional rains and continued
cool weather for the next twenty
four hours.
No frost was reported in Indiana
Thursday night and early today and
the frost Of Wednesday night did no
damage to fruit and vegetables, &C
cording to final statewide reports
to the bureau.
Lowest temperature Thursday
night was q.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-24
2 BOYS Die IN FIRE
Parents, Baby May Die of
Burns in Cabin Blaze.

By United Press
PORTSMOUTH, O., April "a. -
Charles Crabtree, 8, and his brother
Harold, 6, were burned to death,
their parents and another brother,
Homer, an infant, were burned
probably fatally when fire swept
their cabin on the banks of Duck
run, fourteen miles west Of here to-
day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-24

The body Of the victim, Les
Casteel, 35-year- old garage me-
chanic; was found near the Gene
terry. It bore two. bullet wounds.
Police said the tragedy was the
result of an arson charge fled
against Casteel several weeks ago.
Miss Morgan was to have been
the chief witness against him.
Detective Ray Martin said, but
she suddenly refused to testify
and Casteel was released.
THURSDAY afternoon, Martin
i said. she re-appeared at the
prosecutors Office and said she
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-24
INDIANA Is MODEL
FOR RELIEF STUDY
Unemployment Council Secretary Is
Informed Of Choice.

Indiana was selected as a model
midwestern state" to study in the
nlattre of handling unemployment
relief, DR.. John w. Hewitt, secre-
tary Of the state unemployment
council, was informed today by
ROLAND Haynes, Washington, D. G.
Haynes, who has taken the place
Of Fred G. Croxton as director of
federal unemployment relief in the
middle western and southern states,
came to indianapolis Wednesday to
confer with Hewitt on the states
program.
Croxton is in Washington as as
sistant director to Colonel Arthur
Woods, Hoover relief expert. Crox-
ton will have national charge Whit
Woods is visiting Europe.