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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
VAST BRIBERY
RING REVEALED
Two, Assistant District At
torneyS in N. Y. Scandal.

NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-Evidence
of bribe- taking on a large scale,
involving two assistant district at
torneys and ring Of about forty
detectives and court attendants is
reported to be in readiness for the
appellate division inquiry when it
starts it's investigation of the gen
eral district courts.
Amounts of the brides allegedly
taken are reported to be far great
er than the $25 to $50 ones which
John c.. Weston, former prosecutor,
has confessed he took from lawyers
in women's court.
The evidence is expected to be
made public when Joseph Wolfman,
Sing Sing convict, goes on the stand
to tell of his career as fake lawyer.
He probably will tell his story, cor
roborated by court records, some
time this week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
C. A. R. CHIEF
TO PAY RETURN
VISIT TO SOUTH
Former Color Guard in Civil
War Now Friend of
Foes of 1865.

BIZ Scripps-Hotcard Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-Just
little more than sixty-five years ago,
little Jimmie Jewel, youthful color
guard in Company G, Twenty-sev-
enth Iowa volunteer infantry, was
mustered out Of the Union army at
Mobile, Ala.
In the next week or so, little
Jimmie, no longer youthful, no
longer an invader, but tha COM
mander-in-chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic, is going back
to Mobile for his first return visit.
Commander-in- chief Jewel looks
forward with great excitement to
his return to the scene of many Of
his most dramatic military expert
ences.
For although the boy who en-
listed at the age of II served always
as private, he was not "a private
in the rear rank" On the contrary,
Jimmie's job was to help guard the
colors, to seize them if they were
shot away, to protect them from
the enemy, to see that they never
trailed in the dust.
Proud Of His Record
That was duty that kept him
in the front rank, and he is proud
to this day of the fact that the
company colors always were in the
vanguard and never once touched
the ground.
Commander Jewel now is In
Washington attending meetings of
the legislative committee of the G.
A. R. He plans to leave soon for an
extended southern tour. with stops
at Fitzgerald, Ga, Birmingham,
Mobile and other towns in the old
south, with which he was familiar
as a member of the army of the gulf
and in which scattered little groups
of G. A. r. veterans still remain.
Nor will he prove an unwelcome
visitor, not only because he is Of
the type of Union soldier who bears
no rancor, but also because he is
one of those who favor admitting
Confederate veterans to q. A. r.
homes and hospitals on an equality
with his own comrades.
FavorS Pension Bills
A special bill providing for such
admission is pending in congress
and the national head of the G. A.
r. emphatically is for it.
Commander Jewel is advocating
liberalized pensions for the widows
of G. A. R. veterans. lie believes
any widow who was married to a
G.. A. r. man five years before his
death is entitled to at least $50 per
month.
AS the average age of the G. A. R.
survivors Is IS, he feels also that all
are entitled to a maximum of 500
per month. In order to receive that
amount, under the law now, a veter-
an must show that he regularly re-
quireS the assistance of some other
person. 1t Is his contention that
few, if any, now are outside that
category.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27

~ OnGteG Pre6S
XXTESTERVILLE, O., Jan. 81.
" This town is planning to
establish a permanent memorial
to Benjamin Russell Hanby-the
man who wrote Darling Nellie
Gray"
A bill to be presented to the
legislature asks for funds to re-
store and move the old Handy
mansion here to a new site. 1t
was proposed that the home be
moved to the new city park and
maintained as shrine.
There is a warm dispute among
three Ohio towns, each claim
ing to be the place where
Darling Nellie Gray" was writ
ten. Westerville has the most
plausible claim, but Rushville and
Seven Mile also are contestants.
WeSterville is in Franklin
county, Rushville in Fairfield
county and Seven Mile in Butler
county.
Handy was born July %, 1888,
in Rushville. He was the son of
Bishop William Handy of the
United Brethren church. He at
tended college at Otterbein and
later the family moved to West
erVille, where Otterbein is To-
Gated. He later taught school at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
SENATOR WOULD
SCARE CROOKS
Asks Prison Visit Before
Term Is Suspended.

Judges and sheriffs would have
a new weapon to throw a scare
into law violators If a bill intro
duced in the Indiana senate Monday
by Senator Herbert v. Tormohlen
rep, Jay and Randolph were to
become a law.
Tormohlen's proposal is to en-
power courts when imposing SEN
tence on convicted defendants, to
defer suspension of sentence ana
commit the prisoner into custody
Of the sheriff.
The sheriff then would take the
prisoner for an excursion to the
state penal institution where he
would suppose his sentence was to
be served.
There, the bill says, "he shall be
given opportunity of inspecting the
penal institution and of observing
the prisoners who are incarcerated
therein"
Then the sheriff would escort the
prisoner to his home county again
and there tell him his sentence had
been suspended and set him at lib
erty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
III Legislature
SO Years Ago
By United Press

Slaslling of governmental costs
was one of the big problems facing
legislators in the 1881 general as
semoly. AS a means toward
this end, Senator Poindexter
introduced joint resolution
providing for a decrease in the
y uber Of judicial circuits, with
CO spending decrease in the
number of judges and prosecuting
attorneys.
Another resolution aimed at
economy was introduced by SEN
ator Heron. It provided that a
commission be created to in
vestigate the practicability of con-
Solidating management of the
state university, Purdue university
and the state normal college. One
of the bills introduced would have
consolidated the two state prisons
under one management.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
new AIR AIDS
WILL DECREASE
FLYING PERILS
indianapolis on Route OF
Proposed Changes in
Telegraph System.

By United Press
WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.-Flying
on American airways soon will be
made safer through the installation
by the commerce department aero
nautics branch of 1924 miles of adj
utlonal automatic teIegraph-type-
writer circuits for the dissemination
OF weather information.
In all, three new circuits will be
established and an old midwest one
divided into two separate channels.
one new circuit will be set up with
stations at Pittsburgh, Greencastle,
on an intermediate field half way
between Blafrsville and Edensburg,
Bellefonte, Newton, Hamilton and
Harrisburg, Pa; intermediate field
site No. SO, near Intercourse, Pa;
Camden, N. j.; Newark, N. j.; Nc
ConnelSbrg, Pa; Hagerstown, Md,
and Washington.
Many Western Changes
Another will be on the Seattle
Portland-Pasco airway, with sta
tons at Seattle, Tacoma, Chehalis,
Kelso, Wash; Portland, Crown
Point, Cascade Locks, Hood River,
Ore; Grand Dalles, Wash; Airing
ton, Ore; Umatilla, Ore, and
Pasco, Wash.
The third circuit will be estab-
llshed from Los Angeles to Wichita,
Kan, and will be divided into two
sections at Winslow, Ariz.
Stations will be erected at Los An
geles, Fontana, Millers Field, near
Hesperia, Daggett, Cadez, Cal.
Kingman, Ariz., and on two inter
mediate fields, fifty to 100 miles
from Kingman (sites yet to be Sc
lected, Flagstaff, Ariz.; Winslow,
Ariz., Holbrook, Ariz., and on two
fields, fifty to 100 miles from Hol-
brook (yet to be chosen, Albu-
querque, N M, and on two fields,
fifty and 100 miles away; Tucum-
carl, N. M; Amarillo, Tex; Way
noka, Okla; Anthony Kan, and
Wichita, Kan.
New Stations Added
In addition, the present circuit
from Chicago through Peoria, ILL.,,
TO st. Louis to Indianapolis, Gin
cinnati and Cleveland will be di-
yided into two circuits.
On the first circuit new stations
are to be added at Pittsburgh,
Washington, Pa; Cambridge, O.,
and Hayesville, o.
The second circuit will consist of
stations at Cincinnati, Richmond,
Ind; indianapolis; Terre Haute;
st. Elmo, ILL.,; st. Louis; Springfield,
ILL.,. Peoria, ILL.,, and Chicago.
Radiotelephone stations at King
man, Ariz.; Winslow, Ariz.; Albu-
querque, N. M, and on two fields,
Waynoka, Okla, on the mid-trans-
continental airway we're taken over
Dec. by the department of COM
merce from Transcontinental and
Western Air, Inc.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
MoOrinq Mast Useless

MONTREAL, jan, 27.-The moor
ing mast erected at st. Hubert air
port here, practically is useless since
the British dirigible, RICO, left Ca
madam shores.
The mast was built at a cost of
100000 solely for the landing Of the
dirigible here. 1t now is proposed
that the tower be converted into
an aerial beacon tower.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Suicide Buried Today
By United Press

LINTON, Ind, Jan. 27.-Funeral
services were held here today for Miss
Ruth Wright, IS, who died at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
w. D. Wright, after taking poison
Saturday. Several notes to the
parents were left by Miss Wright
but none of them indicated a mo-
tive for the act.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Season Tickets Used

bN MA service
LONDON, Jan. 27.-Air travel in
England is getting to be SO COM
mon and such a big enterprise that
air lines are adopting big business
methods.
The Air Union just has an
nounced it will issue season tickets
for air travellers on its line. Pas
sengers using them will save third
of the ordinary fare.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
FILM STAR UNDERG0ES
EMERGENCY OPERATION
Grant Withers ColIapSes at Theater
After Leaving Stage.

Grant WitherS COllapSeS at Tneater
After Leaving Stage.
By United Press
CHICAGO, Jan. 27.-Grant With
ers, screen star, underwent an
emergency operation at Passavant
hospital early today.
Withers collapsed late Friday
night while going from the stage of
a local theater to his dressing room.
He has been appearing in vaudeville
here this week.
The young star was rushed to the
hospital, but delayed the operation
for two hours while he telephoned
his wife, Loretta Young, also a
screen star, in Hollywood.
DR., Arnold H. Kegel, city health
commissioner, performed the opera
ton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27

Dangerous Spot Lighted
BIZ Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Jan. 27.-Three
large reflector warning signs have
been erected at approaches to a
Big Four railroad crossing on State
Ros.d 81, one mile southwest of An
derson. The crossing has been the
scene of many serious automobile
accidents, recently resulting In two
deaths. Protection was requested
by Oswald Ryan, president of the
Madison County Safety Council.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Following is the explanation of
Ripley's Believe 1t or Not" which
appeared in Mondays Times:

'BObbie," the ProdigaI Dog -
Bobbie, a Scotch collie owned by
G.. F. Brozier of Silverton, Ore,
was lost by his master in Wolcott,
Ind, in August, 1923. Mr.. Brazier
advertised extensively for the dog,
and had given up hope of his re-
turn, when on Feb. Is, 1924, Bob
bic appeared at his old home, the
REQ Cafe, in Silverton, footsore
and weary from his 3,0O0-mile
roundabout tramp from Indiana.
Since the death of this famous
dog few years ago, plans have
been made for erection of
memorial in his honor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Seek Tribute to Author
of Darling Nellie GRAY

Seven Mile, accounting for that
towns claim.
1t is believed that the song was
written in 1856 while Handy was
living here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Former Official Dies

IN Times Special
SHELBYvILLE. Ind. Jan. 81
George c. Rhodes, SIS, former Shelby
county commissioner. is dead here
OF apoplexy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Troubled With Eczema So Could
Not Sleep. CutiClIra Healed.

II troubled sIeeu II broke out
pmpes and hed badly that could keep my
When scratched caused erupons and
the side face bad home from work.
and was ashamed to anybody
Il advertisement for Cucura
for free sample purchased and after using
CucuTa Soap and Cucura Ointment completely
healed Signed Miss Grace Clay 104 Church Ferguson Mo
sosp 2sc Ointment Sold ererywhere smpl. each frss
Address; 7Cuicura Laboratories Dept II, MaidentAaas&"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Radio Stars Kin

Radio Stars Kin
By Times Special
DECATUR, Ind, Jan. 27-Lowell
Thomas, widely known among radio
listeners, is a cousin of DR.. P. B.
Thomas of Decatur.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27

Hurwitt Lost a Tournament
With Better Average Than OPP
pcnents In the 1880 amateur
handicap 1872 balkline billiard
tournament Of Portland, Hurwitt
and w. Rosenfeld, playing for 10
points, tied at 108 in the thirty
sixth inning. In the first half of
the thirty-seventh inning, Rosen-
field made the necessary 2 count
ers to win, giving him an average
of 299 an inning, while Hurwitt
had an average of exactly 300.
The record of this game is in the
Rialto Billiard parlors of Port
land, Ore.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27

The Motto of the Prince of
WaleS-The Prince of Wales Ger
man motto, "Ich dien," first was
adopted by the Black Prince, who
found it inscribed under the plume
of the blind King John of Bohe-
mia, killed by the English in the
battle of Crecy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-27
Dangerous Spot Lighted

Wednesday-"Can you tie rope
to a hole in the grOund?"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-26
Sport ], Sla11ts
 A1AM J.0oaD

The fiye-man defense in basket ball, standard style of play for even the smallest high school teams these days, was originated by the late Eddie Stewart in 1909, while coaching at Alleghany college, in Meadville, Pa, according to Ray Peebles, sports editor of the Erie (Pa) Herald.
 Peebles writes to this column as follows:
 You m ig ht be interested to know that credit for the introduc- ton of the five-man system of de- fense in basketball belongs to Eddie Stewart, who introduced it at AL legheny college back in 1909
 "He stationed the three rangiest men on his team across the center of the court, with the other two behind them and met the opponet $ attack at that stage. The system was so effective that it was inn lmediately copied, and Stewart was asked to visit other schools and teach it to the basketball squads. Stewart, incidentally, had quite
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-26

The Ramblers from Notre Dame have played Solems Drake Bull dogs and Ingram's Navy Midship- men for years and he knows the work of them at first hand. Bach man was a player at South Bend under him. Shaughnessy and Bier man have been turning out great teams across the fence from each other out on St. Charles avenue in New Orleans for years. Before Shaughnessy moved over to Loy- ola he had some fine teams at Tu- lane, setting up a reputation for smart play that Bierman has up held.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-26

a record at Allegheny. In 1910 the Methodists lost their first home basketball game in 10 years. They lest another home game the fol- lowing year, and were then unde- feated on their own court until 1915.
 Stewart left Allegheny at the close of the football season in 1911 Che coached both basketball and footbalD, taking a position with the Oregon Aggies He reulaiaed there for several years and then went to Texas where he was fatally injured in an automobilc accident little over year ago.
 A friend close to the California situation writes us that Kauta Roskne, the shaggy headed dean of Notre Dame, had a good deal to do with bringing about the se- lection of Navy Bill' Ingram as the Golden Bears football coach.
 Our informant says the field for the position finally was narrowed down to Ingram, Clark Shaughnas- sy, coach at Loyola of New Orleans Ossie Soiem, of Drake, Benny Bier man of Tulane, and Charles Bach man of Florida.
 "Knute Rockne was a powerful factor in the selection and tht above order was his rating" the letter said
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-26

A tattered American flag was found still floating over the log shack in which Stock Richter, Civil war veteran, lived alone at Center vile. Wis, after his death recently as 91.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-26
(By the U. S. Weather Bureau)

is unusually low off the British Columbia coast high Hawaii fallen Alaska Oregon and geenray Southwestern Alaska Tempera fallen most southwestern portion of the Territory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-26
ELKS PRAISED BY DEPUTY FOR
 PROGRESS MADE
District Deputy Messer- schmidt Inspects- New
 Gym Is Proposed

Henry Messerscnmidt, Dis tr i ct Deputy, made his official visit to Juneau Lodge last night, following his arrival from Skagway on the steamer Queen. Many of the Ju- neau members were on hand to welcome him home and to listen to his message from the Grand Lodge.
 MT. Messerschmidt commended tEe officers upon their progress siveness in modernizing the Club home. His talk dealt chiefly with the subjects of methods of im- proving the interest of the mem- Dcrship and the sphere of the Or der in community affairs.
 After the meeting feed of fresh shrimp, mayonnaise and coffee was served by the members born dur ing February.
 Cash Cole, on behalf of the February members, advanced the idea of building gymnasium upor the lot adjoining the Elks Club the ground being owned by the local lodge. It is believed that such project would fill long felt need here and would be 6 place where children as well a: grcwn-ups could engage in health building sports. The gym could be opened each afternoon and sev. eral evenings each week to th' youngsters, and provide place for supervised recreation.
 Plans are now being outlined tentative costs obtained, and ; committee will be named next weei to investigate thoroughly the feas ability of the idea. It is though that a sufficient number of Elk and others interested could ad vance at a nominal rate of inter ~ the money necessary to con gfszlct such structure; all fund being derived from activities under tsken by committees named 10 psrpose of raising money to b s,Sed for retirement of the loans \ ' ---.---
 f3,d pepers ct the Empire office
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-26

AND it's fine picture for youl
 Here's the biggest firm in all the world making blue suits and only blue suits. It's the big scale thinking and doing that accounts for the ''big value" price, $37.50-for a blue suit that would simply haue to be $50 if produced without the specialization.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-26

old papers at the Empire office
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-26

Take your choice - plain, striped, unfinished, basket weave, herringbone and novel weaves. Middishade's exten- sive range of models and size graduations takes care of even the man who says, T dare you fit me-
 Your Middishade dealer is in a position to fiji every man
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-26

be made to Q youth who had been hurt, saying: Cut off your own joints for that amount"
 Analysis or water from Dire Water Springs" near Caddo, Tev., showed 13 different minerals
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-26

Her keen man s eye quickly takes in the smart trim lines of q Middishade Blue Suit; the $50 standards; the bargain aspect ot the S37.5O selling price.
 So ichen he turns around to her and asks for the deciding uote, Ter inumiabIe a1s,0er IS C hearty nod of dpproUal.
 Bring her along!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-26
MOTHS MAKE OWN SUITS

WASHINGTON Young moths make suits of clothes for them selves out of the suits they ruin for others. Hairs are cut from clothing by the young moth in the caterpillar stage and are woven into a sort of jacket about it's body
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-26
JUDGE VALUES FINGER

LONDC.7.-a mans finger is worth more than SITS, Judge Cluer, of Shoreditch county court, be- lieves. The judge refused to al low a settlement for that sum to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-26
p PRESIDENT IS AGAINST BILL;
 GIVES REASONS
Special Message from Chief Executive Is Hand-
 ed to House
(Continued from Page One)

veterans who will use the value of the certificates there by being deprived of the ne- cessary insurance.
 Higher Taxes
 "The need today is a de- crease in the burden of taxa tion and unemployment, yet the people, including the vet erans are being steadily fore ed toward higher tax levels and lessened employment by such acts as this" said the President in his message.
 The President termed the legislation important in itself but said of much graver i'm portance is the tendency to open the Federal treasury to thousands of purposes.
 The Pre- i'd e n said the threatened burdens are be- yond the ability of the coun- try to norm a ly pay and breaks a barrier of self-re- liance and self-support of our people.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-26
sOYBEANs BOOST MILK YIELD

AMES, Iowa-Records of highly successful COW testing associations in Iowa for the last three months indicate the value of cracked soy beans in the dairy ration,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-26

WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb 26.- Congress is set for quick action on President Hoover's veto of the vet erans' loan bill.
 Speaker Nicholas Longworth is determined to give consideration of the veto the right of way in the House.
 If the expected overwhelming majority develops, the bill will be sent directly to the Senate which is expected to vote immediately on the overthrow of the veto.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
Are Murder Mysteries of This
City Mishandled?

The homicide squad of the Washington police force consists
Of about The detective force itself is made of
far larger number.
In the mysterious of Beulah Limerick unquestionaby
murdered members of the homicide squad almost alone have
worked the From the testimony before the coroner
Jury two three detectives have borne the brun Of in
vestigation that should have taken twelve fifteen
In ordinary murder where the murderer is known
and little necessary beyond getting all the facts for the
coroner jury and the courts homicide squad OF SIX men Is
sufficient One detective may be sufficient.
Not in like that which holds the close atten
ton of this whole city and which, far developed is as
much unsoved today the day the body of the girl was
found.
men interview witnesses make frequent and thorough
anaons of the and keep in close contact with
poets Putting the burden few placing too much
responsibility upon them furnishing them physically with long
hours of work until they exhausted and day1ng with
eventual solution.
The proper thing to have done supplement the homl
eide squad with experienced hrewd detectives from the
detective staff that nothing should have been left undone to
get all facts quickly.
What be gained by keeping good detectives at work
insignificant criminal when major criminal case
dragging along without results?
The policies Police Department heads in this cannot
but appear the public weak and to be avoided in the
future
The mysterious killing of women in Washington
calls for the best detective minds the department has and the
assignment of sufficient number to dc successful job
homicide squad not be in police work. but
there sound in confinng the solution Of deep
mystery to few