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The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
BASEBALL POOL
CENTER RAIDED
$4,000 Stock of Tickets Is
Seized by Police.

Police Chief Michael Morrissey's
war against gambling stopped one
of the largest sources of baseball
pool tickets ever found in the city
late Thursday, police claim.
Two police squads raided the Fer
guson Printing Company, 322 North
Senate avenue, and carted away
100000 books of tickets, representing
about $4,000 in materials and
labor.
Sea Ferguson, 81 Negro, 402 West
Twenty eighth street, and his
brother, Denver Ferguson, 25, Ne
gro, 221 East Vermont street, were
charged with operating a lottery
and gift enterprise and selling base
ball pools.
Police say the printing shop sup
piled virtually all Negro ,poolrooms
with daily and weekly tickets
Raiders found quantity of the
tickets burning in q stove when they
entered.
Eight Negro girls, busy at table
pasting tickets to books, did not stop
work until requested by police to
give their names and leave the
place.
The Ferguson brothers we're re-
leased on their own recognizance by
Municipal Judge William H.
Sheaffer. The raid was the out
growth of arrest of a Negro for SELL
ing baseball pool tickets.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
Russian Workers Facing
Another FiUe- Year Plan

Eugene Lyons United Press staff correspondent.
The Times another
fveear plan by Soviet leaders his series of articles starting
The Times Monday, 10.
Lyons has been stationed Russia three
returned the land of the Sovets after
the United States this describes
during his Some of them points
tremey significant.
This SERIES which offers its clearcut
concise discussion of the present situation in Russia which
and failures discussed in frank
Coou descriptions of the
leadership better housing conditions
on and the terrific battle Of ndustrialaon this
United Press writer, who knows his Russia.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
Gimme This and That If
It Costs Ne a Million

blooming Bloomington Thursday.
hit upgrade until police
happened along and detained Bowman Gibson Jeersn for
student at Indiana university.
Gibson according Captain Howard Smith
indianapolis himself big operator
port
With three rubber" checks, ranging from $40
out the towns supply of diamonds
charged
ordered $4,000 diamonds jewelry
contracted for autos expensive
hended after he had been driven this city
model another make.
Gibson, paid checks
Bloomington officers freed the probation father
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
ALABAMA STREET RAID
NETS BIG HAUL OF BEER:
FLAT TENANT VANISHES

the house and asked what "all the
to-do is
wilkins is not the brother -in-law
of the tenant, as stated in the noon
edition of The Times. He merely
stopped in, he said, to ascertain
what the trouble was in his rela-
tive's house.
Police believe that operators Of
the alleged beer "joint" received a
tip that the home was to be
searched and fled before they ar
rived.
Information that resulted in the
raid was furnished by patrolman
Frank Conway, officer in that dis
trict.
Police carted the automobile in
the garage, the ice box, as well as
the liquor confiscated, to police
headquarters.
They are searching for Marshall.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
INSULL FACES ROUT
Utility Board Not in Favor
of Power Loop,

Samuel insults idea of huge
power loop plan, advocated in the
Bloomington rate case, appeared
doomed to defeat if brought before
the public service commissioners at
their conference this afternoon.
Although the insult idea has been
adopted by Commissioner Harry K.
Cuthbertson and incorporated into
a 100-page opinion in the Bloom
ington case, it was learned that
there was little likelihood that the
order could muster three votes
needed for passage.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
IMPEACHMENT SUIT FILED
AGAINST COUNTY CORONER
FOR SEIZURE OF PROPERTY
Vehling Took Deeds, Watch Postal Savings
and Insurance Policies of Dead
Man, Landlord Says.
'CHARGEILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OFFICE
Official Came to Home at Midnight and
Demanded Belongings of His Roomer,
Complainant Alleges.

Impeachment of Fred w. Vehlng Marion county
oner demanded in suit filed today in circuit court,
charging mafeasance in public office
Refusal of Vehng to turn personal property OF
whose death he investigated to James Holland adj
mnisrator of the mans estate forms the basis for the
action brought by Holland Indianapolis taxpayer and
plasterer.
The suit charges that Vehing has been guilty of mall
feasance in office by corupty wlfuy and unawfuly col
lectng illegal fees and conducting his Office in corrupt
manner"
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
CHARGED
Alleged Gary Gambler Is
Kidnapped by Gunmen.
By United Press

By United Press
GARY, Ind, Aug. 1.-Two men
in an automobile kidnapped Gully
Flanagan, 50-year-old alleged GAM
bier, early today from one of Gary's
principal street corners, Charles
Goodman, clothing merchant, in
formed police. Goodman said he
was standing twenty feet away, but
was unable to interfere.
Police declared that Flanagan's
recent consolidation of gambling
interests into bookmaking syndi-
cate, with himself as the head, may
have aroused ennnity and resulted
in the abduction. Flanagan, who
lived at the Hotel Gary, one block
away from the scene of the kid
naping, was married. His wife said
she had received no ransom de-
mandS.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
STILL EVEN
Mcintyre and Stonehouse
Again Tie for Title.

Neal Mcintyre. Highland profess
sional, and Ralph Stonehouse,
Pleasant Run pro, tied again today
over the eighteen-hole route in the
second playoff for the Indiana
open title at Speedway. The links
aces finished with scores of "A. Par
is II.
The golfers will engage in third
play-of of eighteen holes at Speed
way Monday at 2 p. m. Mcintyre
and Stonehouse finished tourna-
ment play, 70 holes, even up at 296
Wednesday and on Thursday tied
at 70 for eighteen holes. Mcintyre
was one stroke ahead going into
the fifteenth today.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07

A fiat in an apartment house,
1443 North Alabama street, next
door to All Souls Unitarian church,
that doubled in the role of home
in the daytime and an alleged beer
fiat at night was raided this morn
ing by two squads of police.
Squads led by Lieutenants Leo
Troutman and Harley Jones re-
ported that they confscated 300
quarts of beer, three gallons of
alcohol, two quarts of whisky, three
gallons of grain alcohol, malt, two
cases of white soda, two cases Of
orange juice, in addition to other
mixtures commonly used for making
"highballs."
When police arrived at the house,
no one was at home.
The search warrant was read to a
neighbor, Hiram Kercheval.
Police then broke down a rear
door Of the south side fiat, down.
stairs and entered the home.
Egg stains, odds and ends of toast
on breakfast plates, and pieces of
pie in the kitchen gave evidence Of
recent occupancy of the home.
Seventy-f1ve quarts of beer were
found in an ice-box, police said.
The remainder was found in the
basement of the home, and in a
car in the garage, they reported.
Police say S. A. Marshall, a paint
er, is the tenant.
Upstairs, the police said, they
found a complete layout for serv-
ing customers. Tables with nine
electric fans on them were found.
Tin cups, with the tops cut of,
we're lying on the tables, they said.
In the upstairs window was a sign,
For Rent" Blinds over the entire
home were down.
While the raid was in progress, a
man who gave the name of Fletcher
wilkins, brother. .in-laE Of the
apartment house owner. stopped at
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
6. Morrison Is Given
Promotion; Washington
Executive Comes Here.

Promotion of Frank G. Morrison
to be business manager of the Pitts
burgh Press, one of the three larg-
est properties of the Scripps- How
ard newspapers, was announced to-
day at New York by w. G. Chan
dler, Scripps-Howard general busi-
ness manager.
Morrison has been business man
ager of The Indianapolis Times for
the last three and one-half years.
He succeeds Frank T. Carroll, for
merly advertising manager of the
Indianapolis News, in Pittsburgh.
Morrison will be- succeeded as
business manager of The Times by
Earl D. Baker, now business man
ager of the Washington News.
Baker, former business manager
of the Terre Haute Post, went to
Washington when Scripps-Howard
sold the Post to the John G. Shaffer
interests.
Carroll Is Promoted
Frank T. Carroll, whom Morrison
will succeed in Pittsburgh, has been
promoted 70 general offices of
Scripps- Howard. He will be asSo-
ciated with the general management
in the particular field of expense
control. He went to Pittsburgh from
Indianapolis, and his rise has been
rapid.
Baker will be succeeded in Wash
ington by Nelson Poynter, now ad-
vertiSing manager of The Washing
ton News
Morrison came to indianapolis as
business manager of The Times
from Akron, where he was a news
paper advertising executive for
thirteen years. He started his news
paper career in Peoria, Ill.
When the Akron Times was con-
solidated with the Akron Press,
Scripps- Howard paper, in 1925,
Morrison, who had been advertis-
ing manager of the Akron Times,
joined Scripps- Howard as advertis-
ing manager of the Akron Times
Press. His record there won for
him the business manager post in
Indianapolis.
Leaves Next Week
Married, with one child, Morrison
lived here at Al East Forty-ninth
street. He was a member of the
Indianapolis Athletic Club, Scottish
Rite, Avalon Country Club and the
Rotary Club.
He will take over his new duties
in Pittsburgh the latter part Of
next week.
Baker, who also is married and
has one child, not only will take
over Morrison's duties here, but will
take over Morrison'S residence.
Carroll, before going from Pitts
burgh to New York to assume his
new position, will leave on short
ocean cruise with Mrs. Carroll. =
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
FAMILIES OF JAILED
STRIKERS IN PROTEST

Spend Night in Courthouse With
Imprisoned Miners.
By United Press
CLARKSBURG, w. Va, Aug. T.
Wives and children of imprisoned
striking coal miners converged at
two county seats near here today to
cheer their men and protest to Off
cials.
Many of the $50 women and
children who gathered at Phillip to
interview Judge Warren B. Kittle
concerning the jailing of thirty
three men from Galloway slept
Thursday night in the basement of
the courthouse and shared rations
with the imprisoned miners. They
had been informed that Judge Kit
tie was out of the city and would
not return until today.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
POWER OF CHURCH is
THREATENED IN SPAIN
Conflscation of Catholic Property Is
Proposed by Commission.

BIZ United Press
MADRID, Aug THE centuries
old power of the Catholic church in
Spain was threatened anew today
by the Republican regime.
A proposal for dissolution OF re-
iigious orders throughout the coun-
try and confiscation by the state
of their properties was agreed upon
by the parliamentary commission
studying the proposed new consti-
tuition for the republic.
The constitutional assembly. now
in session, will be asked to pass on
q bill with these provisions. The
action followed earlier moves by the
Republican administration to sep
arate church and state after CEN
turtles of the states traditional
support Of the Catholic church.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07

Complaint that "the COR
oner has been collecting
property of deceased persons
without any right, warrant,
or authority of law" is made
in the petition filed by attor-
neys E. w. Little and Sidney
Horn.
Holland contends Vehling came
to his home, at 130 West Vermont
street, at midnight July II. and de-
manded all property and belong
ings of John Snyder. So, a roomer.
who died in the city hospital that
night
Property Seizure Charge
Holland, appointed administrator
by probate court, further alleges
that Vehling retains said property
and refuses to turn the same over
to the qualified administrator of the
estate"
This estate includes personal
property totaling approximately $500
and deeds to real estate in Hamilton
county, Ohio, and Hardee county,
Florida, value Of which is unknown,
the suit contends.
Although the coroner gave Hol-
lands wife receipt for the
property, and promised to call her
regarding it the next day, he has
failed to do this" Holland declared.
Two insurance policies, $3.50 in
postal savings, a gold watch and
the real estate deeds were taken by
Vehling, his receipt shows.
Holland told The Times todav
that Snyder had been rooming at
his home since coming to this city
alone from Toledo, O., April Is,
1881.
Body Taken by Vehling
AS far as we know, he had no
relatives except divorced wife.
whereabouts unknown, and a sister
living in Ohio" he said.
The body was taken to Vehline's
private undertaking establishment
and kept there five days before
burial, Holland stated.
Snyder is supposed to have died
irom drinking poisonous liquor. He
had been sent to the hospital bv
Holland. He was drawing $50 a
month pension for Spanish
can war service. This pension GER
tlf1cate also was acquired bv the
coroner.
didn't think Vehling had
Tlght to the belongings, and I told
MIN that Mr.. Snyder owed us
around 5000 for board and room
rent, Holland said.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
FEAR OF PARALYSIS
SPREAD Is ALLAYED
Health Service Declares There Is
No Cause for Alarm.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. THE
United States health service finds
no cause for general alarm over the
epidemic Of infantile paralysis IN
New York City.
Reports from all parts Of thu
country indicate that the disease is
well localized. Of 598 cases re-
ported last week, 404 we're in New
York.
A few more cases than usual vera
noted in Connecticut. Massachu-
setts, New Jersey, Illinois, Mich.
igan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. buk
the increase was said to be almost
negligible.
The disease has a normal in-
crease in the summer months which
continues until cold weather.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
81 ARE ARRESTED AS
SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE
Believed Planning FiIibustering Ex.
peditiOn to Cuba.

u
peditiOn to Cuba.
By United Press
ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.. Aug L
immigration and department Of
justice officials arrested fifty-two
men today on suspicion they were
planning a f1libustering expedition
to Cuba. Among the men were
thirty-nine Cubans, several Negroes.
Mexicans and Americans. All said
they had been on fishing trip.
Six others arrested on the same
charge were freed Thursday for lack
Of evidence.
There were two licensed air pilots
and two college graduates among
the Cubans. All the men were held
in the city Jail, where immigration
officials sought to obtain from them
information Of an alleged secret So
ciety for the recruiting of revolu-
tionists.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
Home Fires

A fire alarm changed in en-
CINE house 6 this morning.
Fireman Cicil Richardson, 261
North Addison street, glanced
at the box number, and raced
to the wagon.
Hurry up, you birds, that's
in my neighborhood and it
might be my house he yelled.
1t was the Richardson home.
Damage was about $75 to the
roof.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
Leaves Next Week
Discarded Auto Menaces Shipping

By United Press
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. Car
lin Peyton tried to get rid of his
automobile by the inexpensive means
of driving it off wharf into the
Potomac river. The mayor ruled it
was a menace to navigation and or
dered Peyton to get the car out of
the river.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
TAX EDlcT IS IGNORED
Three More Counties Dissent to
Township Levy Order.

AUHASAAtp Ivy OAUOls
Sullivan, Harrison and Floyd
counties today joined the list of
those who refused to accept the
equalization of assessment orders
issued by the state tax board.
Washington county officials reported
that they had put the notifications
into effect.
All counties where changes have
been ordered must make reports to
the state tax board by Monday.
Seventeen counties we're ordered
raised
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
PLANE FALLS IN LAKE
Life Boats Rushed to Disaster Five
Miles Off Canada Shore.

BIZ United Press
TORONTO, Ontario, Aug. IA
Large plane fell into the waters Of
Lake Ontario about five miles off
shore, it was reported here today.
Life boats we're sent out to rescue
the occupants.
The reports did not identify the
plane.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
$4O0,0Oo ORDER PLACED
Pennsy Buys Bearings to Equip $50
New Locomotives.
By United Press

By United Press
CANTON. o., Aug. IA 100000
order for bearings to equip $50 new
electric locomotives in the electrifi-
cation project between New York
and Washington has been placed by
the Pennsylvania railroad with the
Timken Roller Bearing Company,
it was learned toway. The order
was said by Timken officials to be
the largest of its kind ever placed
by railroad at a single time.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
SUFFERS KNIFE WOUNDS
Thomas Hutchings Hurt as Weapon
Slips in Scraping Junk.

Thomas Hutchings, so, of 16 North
Lansing street, suffered knife wound
injuries to his left hand today when
the knife Sc was using to scrape
junk in his back yard, slipped. He
was taken to the city hospital.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-08-07
FALL INJURIES FATAL
Mrs. Margaret Makemson Succumbs
at City Hospital.

Injuries suffered In a fall down
stairs at her home we're fatal today
to Mrs Margaret Mskemson, 7s, Of
536 East Morris street.
Mrs. Makemson died at city hos
pital, where she was taken on July
i23.
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in waters all over the earth. It's traces
were unmistakable. There were also
tiny shiny filaments in the rcck left by
another alga. Apparently it had abound
ed in the ancient waters. There were
also little trails in the rock which,
found in other parts of the world, have
been attributed to the paths OF worm
like creatures through the ancient mud.
But DR.. Resser is convinced they were
not made by worms, but by algee. There
was nothing that could be attributed to
an animal. In the Cambrian, right
above, were plenty of animal remains.
Region Covered by Lake.
The probability is, DR.. Resser says,
that this extremely favorable locality
for fossil hunting today was not suited
to animal life in the very distant past
Then, he believes, the region was COW
cred with a shallow, fresh-wster lake,
with an almost level granite bottom
Thu ancient deposits were made up of
material washed down gently from the
shores which gathered in little depres-
sions in the bottom. And it is almost
certain that animal life in those days
was confined to the sea. The trilobites
of the next age we're sea-living crea-
lures. If this had happened to have
been an arm of the sea, results might
have been quite different.
But there are no pre-Cambrian de-
posts that biologists know about in
arms of the ancient sea which have not
been so changed by the extreme pres
sures to which they have been sub
jected as to obliterate any fossils they
might have contained. So the great
enigma of the beginning of animal life
remains. The nature of the Nankweap
Valley formation was such that some
trace probably would have been left
even of soft-bodied animals which did
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$4,000, 900 ASSETS
ADVERSELY REPORTED
Closed Bank of United States In
ventory Indicates Third Lost,
Impaired or Frozen"
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February ga state
ment of inventory indicates that
$75,000,000 of the assets of the CLOSED
Bank of United States, or nearly one
third of the total, were lost, impaired
or frozen" The statement, by State
Banking Supt. Joseph A. Brod rick, was
published yesterday.
The statement revealed that $24, 1885,
381 of this sum constitutes loans to
affiliates, $1,000, 900 represents the dis
charging of surplus and undivided
profits. $13.0O0,000 is in weak and ques-
tionabla loans and $17,103, GAS is derived
from frozen" and "slow" mortgages
and building loans.
Based on book values, the inventory
led experts to estimate that the 400 900
depositors might receive between IS and
70 per cent of their money. Such liqui-
dalton might take from six to two years
The banks resources were listed at
1921, 1853, 1888, as of December 10, 1890,
the day before it was suspended The
difference between the impairment of
its assets and its total resources as they
appear in the statement is $162 1868 ,937,
or about $3000.000 in excess of deposits
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HUI P M OBlLE

"<Ih0ve alaray fund Amoco-Ga5 a most t0tigtac-
tory and econo1uical nr0to, fuel and unhestatfng
commend it to Hubnu0bc buyers. The better the car,
the better the motor fuel it deserUes
7Hos. 7: MoAI
For economy, for better performance,
for longer, more satisfactory service from
your car--follow the lead of men who
know motors. Drive on Amoco-Gas!
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not happen to decay before they were
incrusted in the rock. There also is
the possibility. DR.. Resser admits, that
such traces were there and were not
found, for they are often very elusive.
So far as the evidence goes up to
the present, remains of animal life be-
gin with startling abruptness in the
Cambrians era and continue without
val to the present. Where it was before
that nobody knows. Biologists prefer
to blame the inadequacy of the record
to falling back on an hypothesis Of spe-
cial creation which would be contrary
to all the other facts, including the
previous existence of plants.
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JAPANESE SHIP BEACHED
10 Passengers Transferred to Sec
ond Vessel After Mishap.

TOXIC, February 3 (P).-The Japa-
nese steamer Arabia Maru was beached
at the mouth of Toxic Bay yesterday
after she had begun taking water as the
result of a collision with the steamer
Takao Maru yesterday.
The Arabia Marus upper decks were
but five feet above the water line after
she was beachcd. Ealvagers estimated
the damage to ship and cargo at $780,
600. Nineteen passengers were trans
ferred to the Takao Maru shortly after
collision.
Both vessels are owned by the Osaka
Shosen KaiSha. The Arabia Maru was
inbound from Victoria, British
Columbia
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12-H0UR SHIFT CHARGED
ON U. S. LEVEE PROJECT
A. F. Of L. Representative Says
Laborers Are Overworked.
Denial Is Made.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn, February s.
Working conditions among the laborers
on Government levee and revetment
projects along the Mississippi River
were criticized here Sunday by Thomas
E. Carroll, American Federation of
Labor field representative.
Lieut.. Col. F.. B. Wildly, United States
engineer in charge of the Memphis dis
trict, denied CAROLS statement that
men were required to work 12-hour
shifts in violation Of the eight-hour-
day law.
Ten-hour shifts for some classes of
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MUCH of the credit for Hupmobile's
1N1 popularity in Washington and
nearby territory is due to the interest
which Mr.. Mott, President of the Wash
ington distributing organization takes in
the cars he sells after the sale is completed.
One point which Mr.. Mott always
stresses is the use of only the best motor
fuel in order to obtain the most satisfac-
tory results.
In line with that policy, read the fol-
lowing statement:
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Mexico Has 1877 Pilots.

MEXICO CITY R)-Mexican avia-
ton starts 1881 with a total of 1877 Ii
censed pilots and registration list of AZ
military planes. The aviators are
divided into lib transport pilots,
limited transport pilot and 10 tourist
nilOtS
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SOVIET GAIN SEEN HERE
Failure of Hostile Campaign in
U. S. Asserted by Paper.

q ~ @AS5VA tOU " dP0As
MOSCOW, February (P-The
newspaper Izvestia, commenting yester-
day on what it calls failure of the anti
Soviet campaign in the United States,
asserts that country. passing through a
serious economic crisis, cannot afford
the luxury of losing such a potential
market as that of Soviet Russia"
I'VE notice" the article continues,
that official circles in the United States
have found it expedient in the interests
of Soviet American trade to remain
aloof from the campaign which, if it
had been successful, would have brought
no less damage to that country than to
the Soviet Union"
The fashion of going bareheaded is
Srrea ding in F,IlrOOe