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The Washington times., 1931-01-07
D. c. DRY BILL
DOOMED BY
]. HIGH COURT
Legal Leaders See Finish of
Howell Measure as Result
of Verdict in Go-Bart Case
By GEORGE r. HOLMES


The United States Supreme
Court apparently has dealt a body
blow to one of President Hoover's
plans to make the National Cap
ital "a model city" of prohibition
enforcement.
When Mr.. Hoover first advanced
the suggestion that Congress enact
legislation to tighten up enforce
ment in Washington there was a
chorus of approval from the dry
organizations that have their
headquarters here.
Howell Offers Bill
Senator Howell (R.) of Ne
braSka promptly introduced q bill
making every Washington police
man prohibition agent. and pro
viding that raids of private homes
could be made upon the "suspi-
cion" of two or more persons that
liquor was illegally possessed in
the home.
While Mr.. Hoover never specie
fically endorsed the bill, it was
generally accepted as an Admins
tration measure, and in his recent
message to Congress the President
recommended tn at legislation
partially completed" to m k e
Washington dry city be finished
at this session.
Measure Is Hit
The Howell bill, which is far
more drastic than any yet pro-
posed in Congress, has been
sayagely attacked by the oppon-
<r.:J D. ri ~
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
Costa Rica Cabinet
Loses 2 Ministers

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Jan. 7
(INS0.-Although appointed only
recently after a political upheaval
in the cabinet of President Con
zales, the ministers of finance
and public education resigned
suddenly yesterday.
Cuts in the appropriations of
their departments were believed
shs cause of the designations.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
York Assembly
To SDeed Relief Bill

ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 7 Q.N.S).
With Governor Roosevelt and Re.
publican leaders determined to
speed up appropriations for State
construction projects in an effort
to relieve unemployment, the 1881
session of legislature was sched'
uled to get under way at noon to-
day
Measures appropriating upwards
of 100000, 900 from bond issues
for State building work were slated
to be rushed through Senate and
Assembly early in the session.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
to Confer
In Baltimore Meet

Local members Of the Mary
land-District of Columbia Council
of the ,Izaak Walton League Of
America will attend conference to
be held in Baltimore Friday.
Restrictions on the shipment
and sale Of black bass and the
prohibition of purse netting in
Chesapeake Bay will be the main
subject before the parley. Both
issues are now involved in legis-
lation pending in the Maryland
legislature.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
Bank Heads Suicide
RZnnled on Sickness

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7
G.N.SO The suicide of Victor
A. Caglieri, So, assistant vice
president of the Bank of Amer.
lea, today was attributed to
dependency over i'll health. His
body was found in the Presidio.
A pistol was found near his
body. Calglieri, according to
relatives, had been in i'll health.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
"Dry Car" and Wife
Tried for ErtOrtiOn

BOSTON, Jan. Z Q.N.S0 With
the jury selected and the three
hour-long task of reading the 303
counts in seven indictments clos
ing, taking Of testimony began
today at the trial in Suffolk
county superior court of Oliver 8.
Garrett. his wife, and Mrs. Lii
liam v. Hatch.
Hundreds crowded the court
house for the trial of Garrett
former so-called "czar" of dry
raiders. on charges of extortion
and conspiracy.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
Va. Sets 5OO-MiLe>
1880 Road Record

RICHMOND Va, Jan 7.-An
records for road construction in
Virginia were broken by the State
highway department in 1880. In
the calendar year just ended, the
department built nearly 500 miles
of roads, not including 421 miles
on which there was no other con
struction than oiling.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
NeW JObLess Mark
Is Set for EngLnnd

LONDON, Jan. Z U.N.S0.-A
new mark in unemployment was
set in England the last week of
December, a census showed, with
the idle placed at 2,643,127.
This was an increase from the
previous week of nearly 235,000
men, exclusive of strikers in the
coal mine regions.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
SiLUer Price Drop
Hits ChinG'S Trade

SHANGHAI, Jan. Z Q.N.S0.
Violent fluctuations in the value
of silver have unsettled business
here, with commodity prices ris-
ing as silver value falls.
In relation to gold the silver
value here has fallen to the low.
est point In China's history, 500
in gold being worth s416 to $424
in silver currency.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
PANAMA REVOLT 7
VICTIM DIES

PANAMA CITY, Jan. 7 GIN.
S.).-Hartwell F. Ayers, Amer
ican newspaper correspondent,
died in the Gorgas Hospital to-
day from bullet wounds re-
ceived in street fighting during
the recent Panama revolution.
Ayers was wounded in the
throat and abdomen. He was a
native of Admission, Alabama.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
Fort Myer to Open
Ridinq Exhibit Soon

The annual season of Fort Myer
weekly exhibition rides will start
Friday, January is, at the post.
Tickets can be obtained gratis
by application to the post adult
ant. The rides viii continue
weekly at Fort Myer until March.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
Retired N. Y. Broker
Dies in Vest Indies

NEW YORK, Jan. I 0N.So.
Daniel Alden Loring, jr., retired
real estate broker. of New York
and Chicago, is dead in Nassau,
British West Indies, according to
word received here today.
He was SO. The body will be
brought to New York for inter
ment.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
RICH MOTHER
SECLUDED
IN HOME
Attempts to Interview Her
Fail, While U. S. Officials
and Police Doubt Rumors

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. z dN.S1
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, Phila-
delphia's millionaire draft dodger.
was reported today to have re-
turned from Germany.
He arrived in New York yes
terday aboard the S. S. Majestic
and made his way here last
night, according to those who
professed to have recognized him.
Mother Secluded
However, the reports could not
be verified and Mrs. Emma Berg
doll. his aged mother. could not
be reached at her guarded home
here.
Americas most famous slack
er" left Weinsberg, Germany,
where he has spent about nine
years since the World War, after
his family obtained permission
for him to return to this country,
it was said.
Check-up Started
Federal authorities here, how
ever, declared they had no knowl-
edge of any such arrangements.
Police and Federal officials i'm
mediately started check-up, but
UP to noon no results had been
obtained.
Department of Justice officials
were inclined to doubt today that
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll has
returned from Germany.
On a tip that the notorious
Stacker was aboard the s. S.
Majestic, the department assigned
agents to watch the vessel upon
arrival, and they we're unable to
find any trace Of him. Officials
believe Bergdoll to still be in
Germany.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
CAIRO RIOTERS FREED

CAIRO, Jan. Z QNS0.-Sixty-
eight rioters on trial here in con-
nection with disturbances July 9
when two policemen were killed
have been acquitted Of manslaugh'
ter,
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
TAKE THEFT PRECAUTI0N

AS an aftermath of the payroll
robbery at the Washington Sani-
tarium and Hospital, a system of
paying employees by check instead
of in cash, has been adopted.
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
WOMAN STARTS
PARIS FLIGHT

international Newsreel

NEW YORK, Jan. I (I.N.S.).
The S. S. Gulf Trade reported
sighting the Trade Wind 18O
miles west of Bermuda, goal
of the pilots, Lieut.. William S.
MacLaren an dMrs. BeryI Hart,
on the first leg of a New York
Paris hop at S:45 a. m. today.
HAMPTON ROADS, Va, Jan.
y 0.N.SJ.-"So long: Wen be
in Paris Friday"
Lieut. William S. MacLaren
and Mrs. Beryl Hart, red-haired
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1931-01-07
THE WEATHER

Fair todayi Thursday increasing elOudiness
and warmer. Temperature yesterday-Highe't,
-; lowest, SO.
Full Weather Report on Page
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
REPEAL ASKED
OF Gas REFUND
Bill Author Says Million
Would Be Added to Fund.

Indiana's gasoline tax fund would
be increased approximately ST ,OOO,-
600 annually and governmental
overhead reduced approximately
100000, it is claimed, by enactment
of measure now in the hands of
the house of representatives roads
committee.
The bill, introduced by Repre-
sentative Clarence o. Schlegel
Dem, Clay, provides for repeal
Of that section of the gasoline tax
allowing refunds for gasoline used
in tractors and stationary engines.
Charging widespread abuses of the
refund provision, Schlegel bases his
million-dollar figure on the refund
total for 1880 and estimates cost of
bookkeeping and salaries in main
tanning the refund department
would effect the 100000 overhead
saving.
Schlegel asserts farmers have
been the worst offenders, obtaining
gasoline ostensibly for tractors and
engine use and diverting it to uses
not eligible for refunds. More than
100000 different claims were made
last year for refunds, he estimated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
P. 7. A. GROUP
TO HEAR TALK
Mrs. E. R. Moon to Speak
at School IS.

Mrs. E. r. Moon will speak at 3
Wednesday before members of the
Parent-Teacher Association at
School 86. Her subject will be 1.-THE
People of Africa" Miss Miriam
Book will play two selections.
Other meetings scheduled:
Broad Ripple high school P. T. A.
will meet at Wednesday night.
The program will be Parents
Night" A play, Mrs. Apple and
Her Corps" will be given by the
Broad Ripple o. E. S. auxiliary. The
cast follows:
Mrs. Coran Apple. Mrs Maggie Boni-
field: Arabella Alderby. Mrs. Lillian De-
Mars: Belladona Blink. Mrs. Ethel Bacon;
Bertha Buttonbust. Mrs. Stella Olvey: Nell
lie Nibblebit. Mrs. Anna Glaudke: Fatina
Stubble. Mrs. Daisy Armentrout; Leanora
Stubble. Mrs. Gertrude Mulvey: Agatha
Aimshoot. Mrs. Emma Conley: Dora Dun
bly,. Mrs. Maxine West: Elacious Emmons,
Mrs. Ester Dawson: Minnie Bullion. Mrs.
Hazel Masten: John Bullion. Mrs Ivadell
Walters: Little Annie. Mrs. Maxine West.
School %, P. It. A.. will meet at
2:45 Wednesday afternoon. Miss
Mary Ferguson will speak on 'Nu-
triton Nurse" Music will be fur
nished by the department under the
direction OF Miss Ruth Lewis, de-
partment music teacher.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Children S Colds
Doubly Dangerous
With Flu Around

While there is no cause for
serious alarm over the develop
ment of scattered cases of flu
in this locality, health authori-
ties say that extra precautions
should be taken to check every
cold at the start. Unless treated
promptly, colds tend to lower
body resistance and may pave
the way for an attack of in
fluenza with all its serious COM
plications.
Internal medication should
be avoided except on the adj
vice Of physician. Too much
dosing" often disturbs the di-
gestion and lowers the vitality
just when the child needs its
y-strength most.
Applied externally vicks
VapoRub can be used freely
and as often as needed with no
fear of upsetting the stomach.
Rubbed on throat andschest,
Vicks acts thru the skin like a
poultice or plaster, drawing out
the tightnesS and soreness. At
the same time, its medicated
vaporS, released by the warmth
Of the body, are inhaled direct
to the irritated air-passages.
loosening the phlegm, and
soothing the irritation.
OF course, Vicks two-way ac-
ton is just as effective for
adults cold-troubleS too.
Don't take chances with
colds NOWl-Advertisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Contributions in 1929 Are
Near Top for Nation,
Report States.

Third in amount of distributions
and sixth among American COM
munity trust foundations is the
record achieved by the Indianapolis
Foundation since 1915.
During the past year, according to
a report by Eugene G. Foster, sub
mitted before the board Of Trustees
Monday at the Columbia Club,
$119,924.69 was contributed for prof.
ects in the fields of recreation,
health, education, relief and social
service. The contributions since 1915
total STOP ,693.73.
Funds for foundation use, Foster
said, are derived from trusts be-
queathed by Alphonso P. Pettis,
James M. Roberts, Delavan Smith,
Joseph B. Healing, Mrs. John H.
Holiday and James Lilly. The
Pettis fund now is tied up by liti-
cation. and no income was received
from the Lilly estate during the
year.
Among the expenditures for the
year we're $8,623.21 for administra-
tive expenses, $687.3O for a hospital
report, $4,000 for the Indianapolis
employment bureau, $12,335 for
scholarships, $4,000 to the Com
munity Fund, $4,000 for the Marion
county tuberculosis hospital at
Sunnyside, $4,O35,83 for st. Mar
garet's Guild at city hospital and
$12,063.72 for the James E. Roberts
School for Crippled Children.
Balances for the year have been
exhausted, Foster said, and during
the present year contributions will
not reach those of 1880 unless addi-
tional funds are provided.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
PERKINS BILL is
INTRODUCED ON
CONGRESS- SHIFT
Four Districts Would Be
Put in Doubtful Column
of Politics.

Redistricting of the state in a
manner which would more or less
mix up the situation so that Re-
publicans and Democrats could
count on only four certain districts
for each; and the remaining four
districts would be in the doubtful
column, is proposed in congress
sional reapportionment bill intro
duced today by Senator Chester A.
Perkins (Dem., st. Joseph.
Perkins would take Center town
ship, Marion county, and make it
the Fifth district, which would be
doubtful in political alignment.
Under the provision Of his plan
the First, Second, Third and
Eighth normally would be Demo-
cratic with the proposed Fourth
having a better than even chance Of
falling into that column; while the
Republicans would be sure of the
Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh and
Twelfth districts.
The doubtful column, besides the
Fourth, would include the Fifth,
Sixth and Tenth districts.
Districts under the Perkins plan
would be as follows:
First District-Gibson, Pike, Posey,
Spencer, vanderburg, warrick, Dubois,
Perry, Orange and Crawford.
Second District-Bartholom jackson,
Washington. Harrison, Decatur, Jennings,
Scott, Clark, Floyd, Franklin, Ripley,
Dearborn, Ohio, Jefferson and Switzerland.
Third District-Sullivan Knox, owen,
Greene, Daviess, Martin, Morgan, Monroe,
Lawrence, johnson and Brown.
Fourth District-Fountain, Vermilion.
Parke, vigo, Clay, Montgomery, Putnam,
Boone and Hendricks.
Fifth District-Center township in
Marion county.
Sixth Decentralization and Hamilton
and all of Marion county except Center
township.
Henry, Wayne, Hancock, Shelby, Rush,
Fayette and Union.
Eighth District-Allen, Wells, Adams,
Grant, Blackford and Jay.
Ninth District = Elkhart, Lagrange,
Steuben, Noble, Dekalb, Kosciusko, Whit
ley, Fulton, Miami, Wabash and Hunt
Tenth District-LaPorte, st. Joseph,
Eleventh District-NeWton, Jasper, Ben
ton, White, Cass, Warren Tippecanoe,
Carroll, Clinton, Howard and Upton.
Twelfth DiStrict-Lake and Porter,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
YECCS FAIL TO
OBTAIN LOOT
Small Stronghold in Safe
Battles Robbers.

Piling boxes to gain entrance and
avoid burglar alarms, yeggs early
today pried open a large safe in the
Capitol Loan Company, 14115 East
Washington street, but failed to OBJ
tain loot when the small interior
strong box would not yield.
Apparently familiar with the
ground, the yeggs piled several
boxes in an alley in the rear of the
loan firm which is on the second
floor, to avoid alarms on the win
dowS of the Carlin music store, be-
low the loan company.
After reaching the Office of the
firm, the yeggs pried open the door
of the 900 pound safe and knocked
the combination off the small cash
box. Police said they may have
been frightened away before they
had further opportunity to work on
the box.
Lee Bishop, manager, did not
state how much money was con-
tanned in the StrongboX.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
A CLEAR COMPLEXION

Ruddy cheeks-Sparkling eyes
most women can have. DR.. F. M.
Edwards for 20 years treated scores
of women for liver and bowel all
ments. During these years he gave
his patients substitute for calomel
made of a few well-known vegetable
ingredients, naming them DR.. Ed
wards Olive Tablets. Know them
by their olive color.
These tablets are wonder workers
on the liver and bowels, causing a
normal action, carrying off the waste
and poisonous matter in ones sys-
tenn.
If you have a pale face, sallow look,
dull eyes, pimDles, coated tongue,
headaches. listless. no good feeling
all out of sorts. inactive bowels, take
one of DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets
nightly for time and note the pleas
ing results.
Thousands of women and men take
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-now and
then to keep fit. 15c. 3Oc and 6Oc.-Ad-
vertiSement
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
DEATH FOLLOWS
FORCED DRINKS
Two Policemen Charged
With Liquor Killing.
Bu Lnited Press

By United Press
DETROIT, Jan. 27.-The grand
jury was to investigate today the
charge that two policemen Satur-
day night forced Joseph Steinke,
As, to drink eight large glasses of
moonshine liquor.
Steinke was found dead Sunday.
DR.. w. c. Kersten, county medical
examiner, said Steinke died from
drinking poison liquor.
Philip Lee and Caesar Moore, who
made the charge, said the officers
followed Steinke into his room,
where they were waiting. Steinke
had jug of liquor under his arm.
They said the officers told Steinke
he would have to drink all the liquor.
AS he finished the last glass, he fell
to the floor unconscious, they said
The officers then left
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
AGED MOTHER
FAILS TO SAVE
DOOMED MAN
Woman Who Believed Son
Only Had Prison Term to
Visit Manter Bandit.
By United Press

By United Press
CANON CITY, Colo, Jan. ~
John Walker, convicted leader Of
the Manter bank bandits, expected
a visit today from his 71-year-old
mother. who believed for months
her son had been sentenced to ten
years in prison instead of to death.
Walker and two companions,
Claude Ray and Andrew Halliday,
are under sentence to be hanged
before midnight Saturday.
They were sentenced last April,
but Walkers mother. who lives in
Missouri, was told John was SEN
fenced only to serve ten years.
She found out the truth few
days ago and came here immedi-
ately to plead with Governor w. H.
Adams for clemency. Adams denied
the plea.
The mother. Mrs. Julia Rhodes.
and her two daughters. Mrs. Mary
Taylor and Mrs. Bert c. Brown.
were told they could visit Walker
today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Poison Death Accidental
By United Press

NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind,
Jan. 27.-Mane Harms, So, farm
er of near here, died Monday after
drinking poison he was believed to
have taken by mistake. He arose
during the night to take medicine to
relieve rheumatic suffering and
drank from a bottle of livestock
medicine containing poison, it was
reported.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27

Some already have been found by
natives, but, unfortunately, were dis
posed of by them. Such random
disposition of the treasures will be
stopped by the government of Persia
under the new agreement.
1--WE will work chiefly amid the
palaces and temples of Darius and
his son. Xerxes, and we expect TO
find golden tablets which will shed
new light on the interesting reigns
of these many-sided rulers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Stolen Auto Burns
~ Times Special

o y EHEto bpbCEUL
ANDERSON, Ind, Jan. 27.-An
automobile stolen from Winfield
Busby was found seven miles south
west of Anderson, damaged by fire
A farmer told Sheriff Bernard Brad
ley he saw young man abandon
the car and flee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27

DR.. Breasted frequently has
forced historians to rewrite their
books because of his discoveries, and
is confident a new light also will be
shed upon ancient history by his
work at Persepolis.
DR.. Breasted will remain in
America until the expedition is in its
second year. The first years work
will be in charge of Professor Ernest
Hertzfeld Of the University of
Berlin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
STAR WITNESS WEEDS
MURDER CASE SUSPECT
state Faces Necessity of Dropping
Case Against Defendant.

81 United Press
HOUSTON, Tex, Jan. 27.-Since
the star witness has married the de-
fendant and can not be forced to
testify against him, the state OF
Texas today faced the necessity of
finding a new witness or dropping
Its charges of murder against j. c..
Vaughn.
Vaughn was charged with killing
Fl. H. Comley as Comley and
Vaughn'S former wife. Louise,
Strolled along a street together.
The states attorney believed he
could get conviction on testi-
mony of the one witness. The rrial
was called Monday.
Confident, the prosecutor called
his witness. She refused to testify,
announcing she had remarked
Vaughn. There was no case left.
The trial was postponed to Feb. &c
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
AUTO DRIVER ROBBED
OF ST 900 IN CHECKS
Cash, Jewelry, Household Articles
Are Reported Stolen.

Leaping on the running board
near Thirtieth street and Kenwood
avenue late Monday, a bandit forced
Otto Lay, 407 Bernard street, opera
tor of the Community market. IS
West Thirty-fourth street, to drive
his truck into an alley. Lay was
robbed of $1,000 in checks and $45
in cash.
Clothing and household articles
valued at 5000 were stolen from the
home of j. c. DeHaven, 48 West
Twenty-third street. he told police
today, returning after a months
absence.
Miss Mona Gather, 103 North
Chester avenue. told police thieves
who entered her home took jewelry
valued at $3.50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Savages Don't
Wear Trusses
5000 Surprise Packets Free;
Exciting Invention

Savages don't wear trusses. A scientist
win tel you why and send you an ex-
citing book. and sample that will open
ycur eyes about rupture. No dope. No
ox-hxxness- 5000 Sample packets free If
YOU write today. Delay means never.
Write or wire X. II Schumann, 3l5
John Bldg. steubenville, Ohio.-Adver-
tisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
CITY'S FOUNDATION
SETS HIGH RECORD
Such Legs!
By United Press
~-aw-x

u CHttCO 1f6o6
SEATTLE, Jan. 27.-Wom-
ems legs, not skyscrapers or in
dustrial achievements, are the
most remarkable things in
America, in the opinion of La
Argentina, Spanish dancer,
who came here for recital.
"Ooo-such beautiful legs"
she sighed as she watched
young American women in the
lobby Of a hotel.
Never have I seen such legs
as the American women have.
They impress me more than
anything else in your magnif1-
cent country"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Generals CaptOr Dies

y HIItu FTtSS
MUNCIE, Ind, Jan. 27.-William
T. Downing, IS, Civil war veteran
who assisted in the capture of the
Confederate general, Mormeduke, is
dead. He served under General
Custer during the Civil war and in
a battle at Pearidge, Mo, succeeded,
with the aid of another soldier, in
capturing Mormeduke.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
TwO Held in BANK Robbery
Ry Times Special

PETERSBURG, Ind. Jan. ~
With two suspects already in Gus
tody, authorities are seeking a third
man in their investigation of the
robbery Of the Peoples Loan and
Trust Company bank here. Those
held are Lester Church and Nc
CrillxS Harper.