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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-16
Put X-Ray on Mummy in
John Wilkes Booth Hunt

BBJ
CHICAGO, 16.-The sixty year controversy
the of Wilkes Booth of Abraham Lincoln,
solved through investigation under today by
group of Chicago scientists
surgeons the loop Office a ply
Tuesday powerful foodlghts scrunzd
the gaunt features of the mummihed body Of who
mtted suicide nearly twenty-nine years
determine definitely whether
body leaped a
Washington shouting according legend
"sic tyrann leaving President Lincoln mortay
wounded.
agents Bowling
Va, April g. 1865 killed identified Booth,
insisted this
1872 Texas ranch called John ST. Helen believing
he dying confessed to FINS that he Booth ST.
Helen recovered killed himself Enid Okla
body mbalmed
attorney Tennessee effort
ST. Helen actually Booth
After Bates died the SdeshoW exhibit
recently Black Chicago Tuesday nights
investigation arranged by Chicago
said surgical operations plates
today have showed traces of the
treatments.
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MORE vEHL|NC
EVIDENCE aired
Further Complaints Heard
by Grand Jurors.
BY DICK MILLER

Deciding to obtain more evidence
in the invetigation into alleged il
legal activities of Coroner Fred w.
Vehling, county grand jurors today
heard testimony of five additional
witnesses.
Those who testified were Doctors
Harry Rabb and Donald White of
the City hospital staff; Rudolph
Steinberger, 8o3 West Iowa street;
William Blasengym, undertaken,
and Mrs. Ida Myers, 636 Marion
avenue.
Steinberger is the plaintiff in a
SIS, GOO damage suit now pending IN
county courts against Vehling for
the alleged theft" of the body of
his wife, Mrs. Paula Steinberger
from their home.
Mrs. Steinberger, according to
charges, died from natural causes.
Vehling is alleged to have taken her
body to his undertaking establish
ment at TOP Virginia avenue and
demanded $87 for embalming, which
regularly costs SIS to $25.
Steinberger has charged Yelling
refused to surrender the body unless
he was paid in cash. Mrs. Stein
berger'S body remained at the I'M
dertaking establishment over night,
while her husband obtained the
money.
Mrs. Myers was to testify about
circumstances surrounding the al
legged unwarranted autopsy per-
formed by Vehling on the body of
her husband, Edward Myers, who
was killed Oct. Is when he fell from
a downtown building.
Mrs. Myers did not know of the
autopsy until several weeks after
the burial.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-16
Charges Child
Given Scraps
Dog Refused
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-A IS
year-old boy testified today that his
12-year- old sister had been fed scraps
of food which the family dog had
refused to eat.
The boy, Francis Riley, said his
step-mother had beaten and abused
the girl, Edith. Mrs. Elsie Riley,
the step-mother, is being tried on
charge of cruelty. Edith allegedly
was confined to a small closet most
of the time for the last four years.
The trial, before Justice F. D.
Lett, attracted large crowd and
was conducted without a jury. The
defense announced it would plead
that Mrs. Riley is mentally ire
sponsible.
Francis testified that Edith was
fed scraps of food from the plates
of Mrs. Isiley's boarders, if any was
left.
zone time" he said, ''ny step
mother put some rice on the floor
for the dog, and the dog wouldn' t
eat it. She put the rice in my sis
ter's food"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-16
PLAN SCOUT Dinner
Troop so to Celebrate Fifth
Anniversary Thursday.

Boy Scout troop, No. so, will cele-
brate its fifth anniversary Thursday
night at the monthly congregational
dinner of the Carrollton Avenue
Reformed church.
Reservations have been made for
more than 200 persons, including
Scouts and their relatives and
friends, according to Hubert T..
Wiz, scoutmaster of the troop.
Guests will be o. F. Belzer, chief
executive of the Indianapolis Boy
Scout council; the Rev. E. G.. HON.
righauSen, pastor of the Carrollton
Avenue church; the Rev. E. N.
Evans, executive secretary of the
Church Federation of indianapolis,
and Frederick Carson, first scout
master of the troop.
Three charter members of the
troop, Ralph Marsh, Ralph Simp-
son and Edward Sorenson, will re-
ceive veteran certificates.
A program of music and short
addresses has been arranged. Res
ervations may be made at the
church Office until tonight, it was
announced.
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engaged on occasion costing $14,-
300 year. A manager" at 3d.
900 and an assistant director Of
gardens at $4,000 are the highest
paid. There are five mechanics,
a chief cook and three assistants,
valet, clerk, painter, two garden
ers, plumber, who gets only
$3.50 a year; twelve laborers. two
buffers, three footmen, seven
house cleaners, a doorman, five
pantrymen, a kitchen maid,
chambermaid, five laundresses, a
maid, and others.
And this does not cover the cost
Of personal employees whom Mr..
and Mrs. Hoover pay from their
own funds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-16
nab Ion CLANCY II
Cops Charge Cripple Just
a Good Actor.

RuSe of cripple" who for weeks
solicited aims in city street cars,
was discovered today by police with
the arrest of Harry Mccormick, AZ,
of 1913 North Pine street, on a
charge of vagrancy.
The cripple" his body twisted
awry at the joints, was arrested on
Tuesday night aboard trolley in
West indianapolis while passing
cards on which he asked for money
ito support wife and two children
and pay doctor bills"
Members of a police squad in
charge of Lieutenant Frank Reilly
ordered Mccormick from the street
car. Mccormick floundered across
the pavement to the police car. and
was lifted into the seat and taken
to headquarters.
After being placed in a cell, Nc
Cormick Strengthened the wrenched
joints and strobe actively about the
cell, police said. Like Lon CLANCY
Of film fame he is believed to be
able to throw arms and hips out of
joint at will.
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ARRESTS
BARRED BY JUDGE

for persons charged with the unlaw-
full sale of liquor not exceeding one
gallon, unless two sales to separate
persons are reported.
2. No warrant for the unlawful
transportation Of liquor not exceed
ing one gallon.
8. No warrant for the unlawful
possession of not more than one
gallon of liquor by person not hav-
ing been convicted within the last
two years of a prohibition violation.
The order Of Judge Cochrane
comes as an aftermath of COM
plants made by him that too many
half-pint cases were being brought
in by the officers while the larger
offenders presumably were unmo-
Tested"
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spectively. Mr.. Hoover pays his
valet $1,000 a year. incidentally,
the valet, Boris, has been with him
since the days of the Polish rel
lief administration Immediately
following the war.
1t also reveals that people have
a habit of sending things to Mr..
Hoover charges collect. An item
of $50 a year is in the budget to
pay for collect kilograms and post
age due letters. It's under the
strange heading Of transportation
of things, $50"
n
TT will cost the American people
i $429 ,3Se to maintain the Presi-
dent and his establishment during
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-16
BY BEN STERN

INDIANA will have but thirty-oAe
l. votes in the next Republican ma
tional convention, according to the
recommendations for apportionment
of delegates.
This means reduction of two
votes and is a result of the cut in
number of congressman from thir-
teen to twelve, made under the con-
gressional reapportionment as a re-
suit Of the 1880 census.
Despite attempts of M. Bert Thur
man, Republican national commit
teeman, to retain the thirty-three
votes for this state, the other mem
bers of the committee we're firm for
the slash.
Indiana doomed fairly large in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-16

Jungle Night Club here.
Il want Evelyn to be happy" he
explained. IF she's in the show bust
ness. she has nothing but my best
wishes"
do you intend to see her during
your Baltimore visit?" Thaw was
asked.
NO" he replied. Il intend to go
straight to my home in Winchester.
This is the first time I've ever been
in Baltimore and I don't intend to
stay here very long-just as long as
it takes to get train"
Thaw drew out the tiny cambria
flag after reporters surrounded him
on the deck of the liner.
Look" he said, here am, happy
to be back in the land of the free
and the home of the brave"
He waved the flag back and forth.
1.-THE most amazing thing about
Europe is the spread of Communism
in Germany and the big meals people
in Europe tuck away. We had a
stormy voyage. What this ship needs
is ballast-it bobbed like cork in
those big waves"
Are you thinking of turning Com
muniSt?" he was asked.
well, no, no."
those who passed him heard ThaW
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going the installation of improve
mentS in the ventilating system
which would have added consid-
erably to his own comfort. The
additional $1,000 saving this year
is contemplated in the equipment
fund. Mr.. Hoover will make the
old desks and typewriters last an
other year. The only item in the
Presidents own budget which is
increased, is for repairs of the
White House. 1t was S10.609 last
year. A thousand dollars is added
this year.
= r.
TT takes thirty-Seven people to
l. operate Mr.. Hoover's Office.
There are three secretaries at
$4,000 year apiece; an execu-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-16
HURLEY PAINTS
PRESIDENT AS
GREAT LEADER
Urges G. o. P. Committee
to Sing Praises of
Hoover Loudly.
JUNE ID DATE RATIFIED
Chief Executive Determined
to Keep Treasury Firm,
Says His Ally.
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press stan Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Presi-
dent Hoover is determined to MAIN
tain the strength of the United
States treasury, regardless of it's
effect on his political future, Sec
rotary of War Patrick j. Hurley
said in a speech today to the Re-
publican national committee.
"On a recent visit to New York
I was advised that if the President
proposed an increase in taxes, it
would mean his defeat for re-elec-
ton" Hurley said.
MY answer was that the Presi-
dent is far more concerned with the
welfare of this republic and it's
120,000,000 inhabitants than with his
own political future. He will main
tain the strength of the United
State treasury, regardless of the
effect his effort may have on his
own political future"
The national committee unani-
mously ratified the choice Of June
IA as the date for the national con-
vention, as well as the report re-
apportioning delegates.
Provides fer Increase of 65
The joint report was presented
by Chairman Roy O. West Of the
| committee on call and was adopted
without discussion or objection. 1t
provides for an increase of sixty
five in the number of delegates
and reapportions the allotmentS OF
many states.
Hurley retorted aggressively to
critics of the Hoover debt program.
"All these people who now are
shouting about cancellation should
remember that the only reason we
haven't cancelled the debt long ago
is because a Republican administra-
ton wouldn't let the Democrats do
it, Hurley said.
1--WE became entangled in this
situation through lobbies and to a
great extent unnecessary loans
made by a Democratic administra-
ton to everybody in Europe who
wanted money.
Hoover Settled 1t"
Every Republican administration
since then has been trying to olsen
tangle us from Europe. The first
thing we did was to defeat the Dem
ocratc League of Nations. Further
more, so sure were they in Europe
that we were giving them the money
that had been loaned that the
French debt was subject of acri-
monious debate for ten years until
Herbert Hoover settled it."
Hurley said that though he was
reluctant to admit it, Mr.. Hoover's
efforts in the moratorium and in
providing credit for Europe was for
the selfish interests of the United
States.
1--WE have to sustain our customers
as far as we can without becoming
politically entangled," he said.
Brings In Raskob Issue
Hurley brought laughter when, in
referring to Democratic party de-
ficits, he said the Democratic party
owed much to jefferson and jack
son, but never owed as much to
any man as it owes now to John
j. Raskob."
On the basis of the congressional
reapportionment and the bonuses
representation Of these states would
be increased:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-16
BIZ United Press

By United Press
CONVICTION, KY, Dec. 16.-Fed-
eral dry officers virtually we're pro-
hibited from arresting petty liquor
offenders of the half-pint kind by
United States Judge A. M. j. Coch-
ran today.
In a sweeping order, the federal
juriSt, an avowed friend of prohibit
ton, whose court extends over the
entire eastern half of Kentucky, in
structed federal commissioners to
issue no liquor warrants in the fol-
lowing designated cases unless the
district attorney specifically ap-
proves:
1. No warrant to be sworn out
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-16

"Boop- Boop Pah-Doop"
N0aU We Cam Go ON With Christmas
By I'm
CHICAGO, in
~ providing
been established here for the service guaranteed from
to have been issued pamphlet telling
o drinks
Bandit Gets Bullet for Generosity
CHICAGO, 16-Somewhere Chicago today gunman
" nursing
displayed his generosity i'll adviSedy.
The obber about 80 old entered drug store Pointing
pistol at Abraham Ansche the clerk him the prescription
department. The bandit then mo SALE the cash register
emptying the till when small boy entered
GIMME dimes worth of gumdrops mister" said the boy
Certainly sonny" robber opening candy
here take all want"
Meanwhile emergencies
opened fire the Twelve shots exchanged
the robber
Flat Tire and P1uacture
CHICAGO, 16-MOrton TuI something a practical
attending Inadvertently picked wrong
and shot in the leg by the A M. DOoltle.
Nine Words Give CIeaU IN Suicide
YORK lonely
fascinationhe East which the
in which she lived
night spread meager fnery
pair hghheeled slippers string of blue artificial
flower.
windows jets
pillow the kitchen
believe hold the for her death They
THE in the full of love-"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-16
Annapolis Candidate Chosen
BIZ Times Special

By Times Special
NORTH LIBERTY, Ind, Dec. Is.
Lawrence HoStetler, 19-year-old
son of the town clerk here, has
been chosen by Representative
Samuel B. Pettengill, to take the
entrance examination for matricu-
lation at the United States aca-
denny, Annapolis, Md.
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Young Mother Punished
BN Times Specaal

81 IIWth NVttut
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Dec. TO-
Goldie Russell, 19-year-old mother,
was sentenced by Circuit Judge Her
bert Rundell to sixty days in the
correctional department of the In
diana woman's prison and fined SIS
for. contributing to the neglect of
her child. 1t was charged that the
mother attended dances and became
intoxicated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-16
DENY SHEARER CHARGE
Poor Basket Under Fire Not From
KaSton Co., Says Attorney.

Walter Clarke, attorney for the
Center township trustee, today an
nounced that the food delivered in
a poor relief basket to Earl DeNoon,
2l6O Bosart avenue, did not come
from the Thomas Kaston Grocery
Company. Twenty-second and Oh
new street, as charged by County
Commissioner John Shearer.
THE basket was delivered by an
other grocery and the Center town.
ship trustee, Miss Hannah Noone,
is investigating the situation.
Recommendations regarding dis
charge of the grocer responsible will
be made as soon as the probe is
complete, If the charges of rancid
boiling beef and decayed vegetables
are found to be true" Clarke said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-16
THAW BOOP BOOPS
European Meals Amaze Harry

ALTTMORE Dec 16-Wavng tiny American and Grooming
- a-Doop Harry roled gangank
the City Baltimore after dockd this morning Thav
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-16
By United Press

By United Press
VXTASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-The
w annual budget of the United
States government is book about
the size of a New York city tele-
phone directory. 1t contains 1000
closely printed pages, formidable
with tables, figures, estimates and
statements of expense. In those
tables, however, are contained
much gossip.
For instance, that book tells
what Mrs. Hoover pays her cook.
She pays the chief cook $500
year and his three assistants
$500, $1,000 and $1,000. The
Hoover butlers-there are two of
them-get $l,440 and $1,000, re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-21

Boudoir and chan Der scrap baskets
usually take on a dainty appearance.
1t is in these rooms that satin and silk,
ribbons and laces, are most appro-
priately used on the baskets. Applique,
especially raised work, is frequently
employed. punches of grapes. each one
OF stuffed silk or satin. inviSibly sewed
in position to form punches, are popu-
lar. The leaves may be slightly raised
or OF nat applique, while cord forms
stems and tendrils.
Bandbox scrap baskets continue in
favor. These may be round or oval.
Ordinary types of these baskets" can
be transformed into handsome styles
by gluing plain or fancy paper over
the outside and adding some fine COL
ored print positions on one side Or a
black and white silhouette can be used
effectively. On Monday the craft
article will be on the ornamenttng of
waste baskets of various kinds, together
with designs well suited to the pur-
pose.
Metal scrap baskets are best for
kitchens. They are also correct for
ofhces, and If sufficiently decorative
they are not out of place in libraries.
Bath room scrap baskets of metal are
also correct. The advantage Of these
Is their freedom from danger Of FIRE.
OF whatever sort waste baskets are,
they should not have interstices large
enough for scraps to go through. Moth
ing is much more annoying than to
throw something into q basket and
have 1t drop through onto the floor,
either at sides Or bottom.
.sf-1s Z $50 .ffsorvRtal,ks .foafN -
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DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX

and awaken to the fact that
Gods gift the lazy and carele Why don't they realize
Isn't piful the and women
thing life slip through their fingers when with only
had and lost it. ONE WHO HAS LEARNED
speak saddes thing in the world
the and women abuse love the way they tTampe unoef
then the way they mourn 70 af persisted.
THEY
beautiful untarnished They
then back and pick
it
that loves he bound to loving you the
Of the chapter matter how treat him her
strange faacy perishabe
a
will loved the human heart ncke
would realize that love not miracle that daily
special benefit fragile that they
If they alive and it bless their lives
ngecing olng them with Jealousy
loving
phnandees.
grouchy
wives except to find fault with them We
who make their wives nothing but npsd servan and We Wonder that
these that they starving DEATH
WE married loved them because they were
themselves sovenly
marriage We complain
petty tyrann
OF
don't see their husbands bound to to hate them
other in husband or
wife has slain the others affection.
Pity isn't it9 DOROTHY DIX
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-21
OUR CHILDREN
BY ANGELO PATRT.

burden Of a maturity Of which they
are completely innocent
Can I use the car tonight?" ought
not to be asked. When q child IL
taught to drive car he is taught also
that he drives only when his father
or mother sits beside him. He 10 taught
that he is handling an engine Of great
power, one that can work havoc If 1t
Is for an instant out of control. He In
taught that when he puts his hands on
a steering wheel Of a motor car he has
put his hands on the greatest force
known to men and 1t behooves him tor
consider what he does with q gravity.
akin to reverence.
It does not help us any when q
young person is hurt while driving a.
car; when one hurts somebody else. or
when one comes to grief in tragic FASH
ion, to know that he had license to
drive car. That license said nothing
about the moral and social responsible
ity Of the person who held It. The
authorities hoped for the best, but the
reality was hidden within the character
Of the young person.
Children should be trained to the idea
that they are passengers until their
maturity has been proven. They are,
to be taught to handle q car; they are
to drive under the supervision Of their.
elders; they are to gradually assume
control of the machine. But they are
not to be given q car TO use as thew
will until they have proven to the satis~
faction OF the community that they are
no longer children. =
A very safe plan Is that Of holding to
the idea that when boy or girl earns
the money and buys his own Car the
road is open.
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to fold himself up lengthwise and dis
appear into the back OF his home.
He has only one foot, 1t is true. but
this one runs the whole length OF the
lower side of his body. When he walks
he stretches this foot out of the shell
house Along its sides are f1anges
pouring out a sticky substance which
enables the stroller to stick fast to any
object he walks on. Smooth objects
are as easily chung to as rough ones.
Then, should he desire to let go, he can
do so as easily as we could. The thing
is to get him to want to let 60 when
we wish him to. He leaves behind him
path of silver to let you know he has
called.
When ready to take his constitutional
he sticks the rear end Of his foot out
first, then the head. and what seems to
be pair of rubberlike horns These,
If you please. are eye stalks. They are
like tubes, with a bulb at each end. The
eye can drop down out of sight If need
be. Another pair of shorter horns Is
under the eye stalks. These answer the
same purpose as a cats whiskers, and
are his hearing and feeling organs.
AS Mr. Snail ambles along he
stretches an eye stalk up an amazing
distance. This is sort Of observation
tower. If all seems well, the other eye
comes up and surveys things in the
other direction. Should he strike some
object, the eye drops down into its tube
The feelers are used for nearby objects
and are very sensitive organs. Touch
them and see how quickly the snail
withdraws into his home and closes the
| door behind him. He uses a sticky,
thick substance to block the way.
When he thinks all danger has passed
he resumes his stroll. The motion is
almost too slow to see, but the muscles
move the animal along its path and
the sticky foot clings to the position
taken. Sometimes Mr.. Snail may be
seen standing up on his tail, inspecting
the land.
When seeking food he walks up the
| stalk Of the plant to reach the tender
leaf or juicy fruit. He has an upper
set of sharp, SaWlike teeth and a
round tongue. He works his way into
the fruit and gets his face all smeared
up like child in a jam pot
The snail is both father and mother.
The eggs are placed under stones or
leaves. They are beautiful and pearl
like, being about the size of a pea.
They have the softest Of shells and are
held together with the mucus he uses for
travelling When the baby matches, his
house has one spiral turn, and as he
grows he adds another spiral to the lin
| of his home. A breathing place is To-
Gated where the snail is joined to the
shell.
When ready to go into Winter quar-
ters snails creep under leaves, close
their homes with three doors and leave
a tiny hole for fresh air to enter.
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