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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-04
Charged With Recklessness

Alleged to have struck two auto
mobiles, L. c. Yuncker of the Coco
Cola Bottling Works, faced charges
of reckless driving and failure to
stop after an accident, today.
He was arrested by Sergeant
Harry Schley Tuesday night after
Albert Jacobs, 35, of 1435 Orange
street, said Yuncker sideswiped his
car on Pleasant Run boulevard
near State avenue.
Jacobs charged Yuncker refused
to give his name or get out Of his
a Jacobs pursued Y%uncker's au-
tomobile and Marcus Sedan, 948
Elm street, said Yuncker also struck
his car in the 1900 block Southeast
ern avenue.
Others injured in accidents:
Allen Davis, 4, of 633 FIT. Wayne
avenue. hands and body cuts; Mrs.
William Bradley, Negro, %, OF 2445
indianapolis avenue, and her chill
dren. Dolores, 3, and Hugh, 2, cut
by flying glass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
HIGH COURT GIVEN
CRABTREE APPEAL
Claimant to Actress Fortune
Faces Jail Unless Deci-
sion Is Reversed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Miners in the rough camps Of the
Old West who flung nuggest and bags
of gold at the feet of a girl actress
built the foundation for prosaic case
that yesterday came before the Supreme
Court for review.
GlamorouS Lolita Crabtree was the
girl. Mrs. Ida Blankenburg of Tulsa.
Okla. who said she was the daughter
OF the comedienne, Is asking the court
to set aside sentence of six months
IN jail growing out of that claim.
Claimed to Be Daughter.
The gold the reckless miners tossed
on stage made of a few planks as
Lolita sang and danced her way from
one-night stand to one-night stand was
the beginning of fortune. 1t had
grown to 100000 when the actress
died in Boston in 1924.
Most of the money was left to
charity. When the will was offered for
probate in Suffolk County, Mrs.
Blankenburg appeared and claimed to
be Miss Crabtree's daughter.
She did resemble the actress and she
had witnesses and faded names scrawled
on the fly leaf of a ponderous family
Bible to support her assertion.
There was a more formidable list of
witnesses on the other side and after
extended hearings, the judge of the
Probate Court read a memorandum in
open court in July, 1925, which caused
everybody to turn toward the woman
who looked like Lolita Crabtree.
Sentenced to Jail.
1t said her testimony was false and
added she had doctored some ones
family Bible to support fraudulent
claim.
Mrs. Blankenburg was arrested in
open court, charged with contempt and
given the jail sentenced.
Beaten in her fight for the Crabtree
millions, she has been trying to keep
out of a Massachusetts, jail since, but
unless the Supreme Court reverses the
decision, or a pardon is issued, its
doors are very near. The full bench of
the Massachusetts, Supreme Court ruled
against her in 1880.
In the meantime, Lolita Crabtree's
fortune is being distributed under the
terms of her will. She left trust fund
of 100000 for disabled World War
veterans and 100000 for a war on
vivisection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
Gets Creamery Post in Ohio.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, February
z Especially Charles Leslie Bennett.
son of Mrs. Sarah I. Bennett of this
place, has accepted a position as direc-
tor of the laboratory of large creamery
plant at Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a
1925 graduate of the University of
Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08

North China recently ordered 1,000,-
900 bags of American and Canadian
-four
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08

Here's Pajama Special that you'll remember long
after this Sale is forgotten Prints, plain coIors,
stripes in coat and slip-over styles Surplice and
English Collars Sizes A, b. C, d.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

evening told Mrs. Massey believed I'd cut
out going to the beach for little while.
81 win. too" she said, because, Of course. she
was sympathetic ~ didn't think these people
acted very nicely about what you told them,
myself and all this talk about Mime. Palma Is
getting rather tiresome Are you going to play
checkers with Mr.. Wilcox again this EVENING""
Well, had thought Of 1t: so pretty soon
went outdoors and he was lending In front OF
the Ballinger cottage kind Of waiting around
for me. "Kitchens all ready" he said. Il was
thinking maybe we'd play more on an even
basis I allowed you first move for every
gam"
or course that stupg me In sensitive spot.
you might say-as considered myself fully his
equal and maybe his superior: but we played
four evenings until close to midnight before
could convince him he'd better not give me
first move any more, and, as 1t happened. 1t
wasn't until then that even caught glimpse
OF Mrs wilcox. That Is to say. mem Nine.
Palma Of course. All CT q sudden there was a
yapping Of dogs and she came sailing into the
kitchen in q red and orange and green end ysl-
low and purple and magenta wrapper, with
three dogs in her arms and the rest jumping
and barking around her. She was chattering
to thSm In her big voice and kissing them with
loud smacks: and. anyhow, whenever she came
into o room it seemed a good deal as If the
whole fire department had arrived. Orlando
introduced M and she made quite fuss over
me- as could see she usually did over any,
thing. She certainly hadn't learned TO speak
our language In California, either
"You are bcotifuls for my Orlandc!' - she told
M. and thst was the way she said it. He goes
lonely sometime. and you bootifuls old
friends of him to play him some shaker" That's
what she called checkers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

As he was sort Of o musical person himself, ne
got acquainted with Madame Palma In some
place that can't pronounce. where she was
singing not being IS prominent then as she
rot later, and pretty soon they married each
other They'd been married IL years. he told
me. and he'd had to give up his business to
look after her interests. But Il paid, he told
me.
She's from California, isn't she?" asked
him.
mo-" he said "She's o Croat."
I didn't know what he meant, and don't
yet except that it couldn't be any kind OF
Californian His name was Orlando though,
which was the one single thing Marys Neck
got right-Orlando M. Wilcox, related to the
Wilcox family OF Logarsyille I'D always
spent the rest of Sunday ct their house while
was q member Of the Second Presbyterian
Church choir" he told me. "Old Uncle George
Wilcox and I would play checkers straight
through the afternoon until time for ny train to
Nation I remember his telling me once you
were the only checker player in Logansville he
couldn't give the first move to and beat
Well at that, I kind Of laughed. Il should
say he couldnt!" said. "Old George Wilcox
never was what you might call . tournament
checker player.
do YOU play much here?" Orlando asked me.
Goodness, mol don't even bring checker
board In my trunk with me any more-found
1t was no use"
i've got o checkerboard" he told me, and
It struck me right then that he'd been looking
at me in . kind Of wistful manner all along.
Being associated mainly with musical people,
he said 81 don't get many chances to play.
eitn.r, but I always carry board and box
Of checker with me in case anything might
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

turn up. I suppose you're probably busy this
evening. aren't your"
I told him mo-" and that settled It. We
went into the Ballinger cottage didn't see
Madame Palma because she was upstairs some
where-and he got out his board and box Of
checkers and asked me II I'd mind playing IN
the kitchen. "She can't stand smoke in any
part Of the house except the kitchen" he
said. I'VE can smoke all we want to out there
and be right coy"
I couldn't have asked for anything better,
myself, especially rs he turned out to be q gen.
uine checker-p player and was seven games ahead
when we quit at IL o'clock because I thought
Mrs. Massey might be getting anxious about me.
She wasn't. as it turned out; but when men,
toned where I'd been spending the evening she
and Clarissa and Enid got nearly beside them
selves they were so excited. or course, they
knew I was telling the truth about Orlando and
everything. naturally, and you'd certainly have
supposed that anybody on earth would have
known the same, but next morning when we
went to the beach and I told Mrs Dalrymple,
Mr.. and Mrs. Weeder and Mr. and Mrs. Bull
finch all about Orlando's being named WILCOX
and Mime. Palma's being Mrs. Wilcox, and not
from California, but . Croat or something. and
how he used to sing baritone in the Second
Presbyterian Church In Logansville and every
thing. they took 1t in a mighty peculiar way.
Mrs. Dalrymple and Mrs. Weeder began wfis-
pering together, and as for Mr.. and Mrs. Bull
finch, you'd have thought was pretty nearly
saying something offensive. do you mean to
tell u.s." Mrs. Bullfinch asked me- in tone
didn't like at all, lido you mean to tell us that
they deny she's Fanny Palmer from Oakland
and he's q low Italian tenor?"
That's the way they took it; couldn't make
any Roadway at sll just relating the simple
facts, because they'd got their own impressions
SO fixed upon their minds that they might just
as well have had cotton in their ears and the
more I insisted, the more they seemed kind Of
irritatedly skeptical toward myself and kept
whispering together. They were practically
pretty unpleasant about 1t, thought, and the
whole thing got me to feeling so put out and
rettish that was grumpy all day and in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

c HE put down . couple Of the dogs and gave
- me about . DOZEN pats on. the back. prais-
ing me some more about the shaker: and
she kissed Orjando five or six times. calling
him her poor little cockatoo, and said she was
going to make US raggoo or something She
did it. too, she cooked up o dish, mostly onions
but with q good deal Of pretty much everything
else in 1t, singing and stopping to kiss the dogs
and Orlando all the time. Then she poured
it out in two plates for Orlando and me, gave
me some more pats on the back and said. you
are bootifuls for the shaker, my Massey" That
is what she called me. my Massey" That's
what she calls me- my Massey" Then she
told US to play all the shaker" We wanted to,
but without noise because she was going to bed.
Orlando was pleased, he laughed and said in
. kind Of lowered voice, "She likes you; she's
taken fancy to you. Shes always mighty
nice to people she likes"
It didn't take Icing to see he was right about
that; she was foreign and peculiar but mighty
nice big, warm hearted woman, liable to fly
OF the handle, maybe. but affectionate and
fond Of laughing. She made US q raggoo pretty
nearly every night; once when she finished it,
she began to sing and dance, and never did
see anything like the way she went spinning
around that kitchen until she ended by plop-
ping down en- Orlandos lap and pretty well OBJ
nterating him. You couldn't see him at all, but
could tell he was trying to get out, and she
laughed till thought the neighbors would come
In. "Ffolicsome," he told me- after shed left
u.s. She's always been mighty frolicsome
woman. But that's got nothine to do with
checkers" So we went at it again and it was
so much nip and tuck between US, we played
TIL pretty near 2 o'clock.
He let me out the kitchen door, warning me
to keep ON the grass instead Of the gravel path
that led round the house, 80 went tip-toeing
out to the front gate. and just before got there
I noticed four people standing ON the board
sidewalk in front OF the Dalrymple's gate talk.
ing. It was Mr and Mrs. Dalrymple and Mr.
and Mrs. Weeder, who had been to some card
party in the neighborhood probably.
was going to speak to them when thought
maybe I'd better not-they didn't seem to have
noticed me, because IL was pretty dark, and
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08
PAIR KNOWN
OVER VALLEY

Reg Robbins. II. s. Jones and
Jimmy Mattern. principals in the
nonstop flight from Seattle to To-
kyo, are all well known in Valley
circles.
Robbins has been flying land par
ties TO the Valley from TT. Worth
for the Lone Star immigration COM
pany OF Brownsville since the first
Of the year. Robbins brought his
tri-motor here frequently UP until
six weeks ago when ne and Jones
begin planning the Pacific span
ming flight.
Bryan Robbins. cousin To Reg.
flies between #. Worth anc
Brownsville regularly for the South
ern Air Transport company.
Jones, hacker Of the flight. has
stopped i'm Brownsville frequently
on trips TO and from Mexico City.
He has numerous friends In avia-
ton circles Of the Valley. Jones Is
acting as navigator for Robbins
plane on the long hop.
Jimmy Mattern, IN control OF the
refueling plane. lived I'm Brownsville
about two years ago, flying a plane
for the Tex-Mex Fishing company
This concern operated q fishing
fleet AZ Soto Ia Marina, Mexico. and
brought It's fish 10 Brownsville by
plane. Mattern was interested 10
refuelinR work at that time and
aided in preparing 2 Stinson loo
for an endurance test at Houston
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08

PAPERS CLAIM
VATICAN PLOT

ROME, July S-P-Italian news
papers have resumed their editorial
campaign against the Vatican.
Lavoro Fascista leading the way
with a charge that the Catholic
Action organization plotted a count
er-revolution against the Fascist
state.
Popolo D'Italia, edited Nv Prem
ter MusSolini's brother, Arnald0.
prints another editorial ON lay sup
porting the government in its con-
troversy with the Pope. aid rela-
tlors between the church and SEN
ate appeared on the whole " have
reached "a point where negotiations
for the moment r extremely diff
ficult II not impossible.
III government circles III Is ad-
mitted that resumption e CONVEX
saticns with the Holy See w q
problem and II Is understood 10 be
the premier's intention 10 delay for
a week or two his reply TO the
weekend PaDal e~ncyclicaI Nh
corning Catholic action"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08
SLEEPING MAN
Is MURDERED
BY DAUGHTER
Girl Brooded Over
Scolding, Police
Believe

JASPER, Tenn, July 8. -tP-A
l~5-year-old daughter Of a Tenant
farmer was imprisoned here today on
= charge OF killing him as he slept
because he punished her for going
out with boys.
Early this morning Clara Roberts
aroused neighbors and told them
her father. J. M. Roberts. has been
slain. They hurried to the house
where ne and his seven motherless
children lived and found his body
in bed with q side Of his head blown
away by gunshot. A gun was found
under the bed.
Clara refused TO talk TO Coroner
Z. l.. Coffield. but II was learned
from others that her father recently
scolded her for having dates with
boys and later punished her as she
persisted.
The coroner's jury verdict was
that she fired the shot and she
was imprisoned without bond. Three
OF the children are being held as
witnesses.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08
DREDGING OF
CHANNEL IS
EASY, CLAIM
Private Concern Will
Get Contract On
Turning Basin

The port survey completed recent
~, shows everything satisfactory.
government engineers who looked
over the situation Tuesday said.
Major Milo p. Fox. district en-
gineer With offices at Galveston,
Arthur McFarlane, mechanical en-
gineer IN charge Of government en-
gineers. and Paul Miller OF the At
lantic. Gulf a. Pacific Dredging COM
pany. a private contracting company,
were visitors here Tuesday.
Mr.. Miller indicated that his COM
pany will bid on the dredging OF the
Brownsville ship channel and turn
ing basin. and he examined the pro-
ject carefully. The dredging will be
easy, in his opinion.
IN all probability the government
will advertise for bids and award
the contract for this dredging to
some private contracting concern.
However, the army engineers have
a numbef Of government dredges
available. so that the work can De
done by the government II the bids
OF private concerns are not salts
factory.
Mr.. Miller and the other visitors
c~onferrc- with members Of the
Brownsville Navigation district CON-
mission.
They were taken over the chan
mel route by 7. w. Foreman. asso-
slate engineer Of the Galveston dis
trict office. who is IN charge Of the
port survey here.
Mr.. Foreman said he will leave
Friday or Saturday Of this week Tor
Galveston, as the remaining work
Of placing some more markers. and
Of completing the bar survey viii be
finished in a few days. The sur
vey OF the Brownsville channel Ind
turning basin was completed several
days ago, and plans and ~specifica-
tons are now being drawn. This
work also will be completed soon
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08
CLAIM WIDOW
HIRED KILLER
Sweetheart Of Bootlegger's
Wife Shot, Small Son
Describes Murder

NASHVILLE. Tenn. July 5-fFl
Mrs. Hadley Moseley. widow OF a
liquor king. vas under indictment
today for murder of Richard Ack-
len. newspaper reporter and bort
logger who claimed her as his
sweetheart after he killed her hus-
band IN a dispute over rum trade
territory.
Mrs. Wes Ingram, wife OF a con-
victed highjacker and bank robber,
vas charged in another first degree
murder indictment with procuring
"the said Mary Mosely to do and
commit the murder"
The indictments we're based
largely on testimony of Mrs. Mos
eley's S-yea--old son. Hadley. Jr.
who said ne saw his mother and
Mrs. ingram beat Acklen before a
shot ended his life In the Moseley
home on MAY q.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08
Wire Flashes

NEW YORK, July 5-iF-Aided
by three home runs. big Jim Weav-
e. started and finished his first
game Of the year as the New York
Yankees defeated the Boston Red
Sox 13 to 3 In the first game OF
today's double header.
Score by innings:
Boston .+.... 200 0i0 o00-3 Q A
New York . $40 DOL l4x-l3 Is I
Russell. Lisenbee. Morris and
Berry. weaver and Dickey.
NEW YORK. July 6-Pl- Max
Schmeling, worlds heavyweight
boxing champion. and Primo Car
ner7. giant italian challenger, will
meet sometime in the early fall'
in a championship bout, William
Sake. president Of the Madison
Square Garden, of Illinois, an
nounced today following a confer
ence with the fighters managers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08
Youth Believed
Drowned In River

Matamoros police were notified
this morning that the body OF
Arturo Alvarado was still in the
waters Of the Rio Grande.
Alvarado. according TO reports
received by police. was swimming IN
the river Wednesday morning at a
point called La Baquetera". Friends
saw the man dive in the river and
fail TO come up. They dived TO his
rescue but were unable - find him.
After an hours effort. they report
ed the matter to Matamoros police.
Alvarado lived az the ranch IN
question and was well known in
Matam0roS.
Matamoros authorities have asked
the American authorities 70 be on
the lookout for the body. The
drowning took place at a point
about six miles above the city.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08

WASHINGTON. July q. P-The
private violator or the liquor laws
would he left 70 his own conscience
and the forces or education" under
q policy advocated by Prohibition
Director Woodcock.
Broadcasting System last night,
Woodcock expressed the belief that
such progress had been made by his
bureau I'm the past year that event.
ually 1t would eliminate the big I'LL
cit liquor dealers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08
Humble Company
Cuts Crude Price

HOUSTON. July SZPl- The
Humble OIL and Refining Company.
effective today. made reductions In
posted prices for crude oil averag-
ing fifteen cents a barrel.
Humble in the new schedule did
not post prices for East Texas
Crudes from the Kilgore. Long
view and Lathrop pools. and will
continue TO pay the average price
there.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08

Governor Sterling granted the
men a 20-day reprieve that will
expire Friday. The original exc
cution date was June 10. The re-
prieve was granted when It was
represented TO the governor that
one Of the defense counsel was not
licensed 70 practice law in Texas.
It was granted to permit the dis
trict court in Hidalgo county or the
court OF criminal appeals to act.
Governor Sterling said he was
informed the lower court and the
court Of criminal appeals had de-
clined 70 act.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08
QUICK BOND
SALE LOOMS

Thirty inquiries from bond buyers
II various sections OF the United
States have been received regarding
the $4,000 bond issue recently voted
by the Brownsville school district,
1t was stated at the offices OF the
district Wednesday.
Inquiries came from Houston
Dallas. san Antonio, st. Louis. Chi
cago, Cincinnati and Toledo. mem
bers Of the board state, and the
number received indicates that the
board will have no trouble in sell
ing the issue at a satisfactory price.
The board will meet At $50 ,. m.
July Is to receive bids on the issue.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08
Report Reign Of
Terror In Mexico

MEXICO CITY. July S-tPD-
Military authorities at Tampico
we're ordered by the war depart
ment today TO investigate a pur-
ported reign OF terror which is al
legged to hold sway over the oil
fields near there. High army Of
ficers and prominent oil men are
said TO be involved.
Amado Hernandez, OF Tampico,
told authorities that a band using
as its slogan silence or DEATH"
which he described as a racketeer
organization. was responsible fir
fraudulent deals mounting into
millions or dollars and for ruthless
acts OF violence.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08
Dead Over Hours, Youth
Lives to Tell Experience

PHILADELPHIA. July s. Up
Believed drowned after five min
utes At the bottom Of Laurel Lake.
N. J.. William Dugan was alive and
well today. For nine hours physi-
clans and nurses at a hospital
made efforts to revive him all
though his heart and pulse had
stoned and his body was blue and
cold.
He was wrapped in blankets.
lined with hot water bottles. was
given frequent hypodermics and
inhalators were useo. Finally he
sighed and opened his eyes.
1T was so comfortable just rest
ing in space" he said. yet I had
a feeling / had 70 rouse myself. TO
make an effort TO go somewhere
Then. from q great distance ]