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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-08
HOLD LEEDY FUNERAL AT
HOME FRIDAY MORNING

Former Drum Maker Will Be
Buried in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Last rites for Ulysses G. Leedy,
SO. of $3.50 GrandvieW drive, for
merly nationally known maker of
percussion instruments, will be held
at the residence at 2:30 p. m. Fri
day. Burial will be in Crown Hill
cemetery,
Mr.. Leedy died at the Robert w.
Long hospital early Wednesday.
Death was due to heart disease.
After several years as travelling
bandsnlan, Mr.. Leedy began manu-
featuring drums in Indianapolis in
1898. He established the Leedy
Manufacturing Company here in
1908.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-08
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen
belong to:
J. J. Liddy. sl4 North Arsenal avenue.
Marmon sedan. ss-2s7. from Georgia and
Illinois streets.
Ralph Smith. r. r. is. BOX rs. Ford
sedan, from Senate avenue and Market
street.
Ford sport coupe. 57-2t2. from Vermont
and Meridian streets.
Walter II. STeazeY. 1i19 Naomi street.
Washington street.
W. A. Hadlev SOC East Forty-fourth
street, OIrsmobile sedan. 225-006. from
j. ]. Bessley. 1921 Blaine avenue. Ford
sedan. from Meridian and Raymond
streets
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-08
SEAL FUNDS REQUESTED
Second Warning Is Issued for Dona-
tons to Be Sent at Once

Second warning that unless
Christmas seal donations are for
warded Immediately to headquarters
In the Meyer-Kiser building COM
n1unity health work of the Marion
County tuberculosis Association
must be curtailed during the COM
ing year was issued today.
simultaneously came Endorsement
OF the Indiana tuberculosis COM
missions proposed legislative enact
n1ent to add $50 beds for the care of
tuberculosis to the present state
total Of 1,156.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-08
CRIME REPORT OPPOSED
ConstabuIary idea Draws Fire of
State Labor Head.

Recommendation of the state
crime commissions report for the
establishment of a constabulary
brought opposition to the entire re-
port when T. N. Taylor, president
Of the State Federation of Labor,
announced his stand today.
Il am opposed to the entire re-
port. am opposed to any more
political machines being set UP in
Indiana under the guise Of con-
stabulary," he declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-08

progressive elevation Of educational
standards, in the expansion Of
physical equipment, the improve
ment of teacher training, and in en-
hancement of pay for teachers, as
well as in the broadening of the
varied and modernized courses, we
are compelled to consider the prob
lens which the new education forces
upon some Of our school units.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-08
OPTIMIST OFFICIALS
IN WINTER MEETING
International Chiefs Open 3-Day
Session at Columbia Club.

Boys work and organization poll
cies were discussed today at the
opening of a three-day n1idwinter
meeting of officers Of Optir1ist In
ternational in the Columbia Club.
The three-day sessions opened
with a closed meeting Of the execu-
tive committee this morning.
Friday noon international officers
and district governors will attend
the regular luncheon meeting of
the Indianapolis Optinist Club at
the Claypool.
Paul V. McNutt, dean of the In
diana university law school, will
speak at the luncheon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-08
DENY JUDGMENT ARREST
Benz Sentence Due Saturday for
Illegal Ballot Marking.

With a petition to arrest judg-
ment denied by Special Criminal
Judge Henry NJ. Bowling, John L.
Benz, 70, former Fourth ward C.
o. P. precinct committeeman con-
victed several weeks ago by q jury
of Illegally marking primary cleo
ton ballots, will be sentenced on
Saturday to serve a flve-to-ten-year
term at the Indiana state prison.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-08
seeress Punched on Nose

Mrs. Raleigh Jefries, 955 South
Capitol avenue, was telling the
fortunes of two men wednesday
night, and to one prophesied the
loss Of 1a cents. Her client hit her
in the nose, and both men ran away
she told police. She said they were
drunk.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-08
MARION WOMAN HELD

Matrimonial Swindler Accused Again
in Federal Custody.
BIZ United Press
MARION, Ind, Jan. S.-United
States postal inspectors today ar
rested Mrs. Oda Lippens, 80, Mar
ion, and took her to FIT. Wayne to
be arraigned before United States
Commissioner William D. Renmel.
Mrs. Lippens at present is free
under $4,000 bond awaiting appear
snce before q federal grand jury at
indianapolis in connection with an
alleged matrimonial swindle scheme.
Inspector Herman Atkins refused
to divulge the new charge against
the prisoner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-08
Reapportionment Faced

There can be no doubt as to need
for an honest registration as q pre-
ventive Of fraud at our elections,
It is your part to devise q registra-
ton system adequate to meet a gem
uine need, while carefully avoiding
partisan motive. extravaganza, and
error.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-08
DEATH TAKES HISTORIAN

Cerebral Hemorrhage Proves Fatal
to Edward Charming.
81 United Press
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Jan. Sd
ward Channings professor emeritus
of Harvard university and histor-
ian, died from cerebral hemor-
image at his home here Wednesday
in his seventy-fifth year.
In addition to his voluminous his
tory. Charming wrote numerous
smaller works treating almost all
phases of American history.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-08
Father of Five Kills Self

FGCIIEE VI tive IAIIES DCI
BIZ United Press
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Jan. g.
Thomas Parton, IS. committed sui
eide today by shooting himself in
the head with a shotgun. He leaves
his widow and five children.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-08
BACK HOME AGAIN

stolen automobiles recovered By police
belong to:
Edith straw. Anderson. Ind Dodge sedan.
found in front Of 2zo9 Alvord street.
O. A. Human, $40 North Hawthorne road.
Streets 49,.
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Daily Health Service
ACCIDENTS PERIL TIRED CHILD
Can Cut Down Danger to Children by Education and
Efficient Control of Motorist Traffic

supplied by suitable competitive sport
under controlled conditions, by scout.
ting, by camping, football or some sim.
liar activity, the child Is likely to gel
his thrills by hitching, running across
the street, jumping from high places
or similar performances.
\ 4
The method of teaching apparently
most successful in causing children
to avoid accidents is the demonstra-
tion method with an artificial acci-
dent. In the place Of such demon
strations an effective substitute Is the
story lesson with the demonstration
Of the effect of wrong action.
An interesting observation is the
fact that accidents occur just as fre-
quently to the more intelligent chill
dren as to the less intelligent. The
intelligent quotients, as determined by
intelligence tests, do not seem to offer
criterion of behavior in an actual
situation.
There are two ways in which the
incidence Of accidents may be at
tackled: ID through education Of
those who are the subjects of the ac-
cidents; ca through control of those
who are likely to cause accidents. Mo-
torists, particularly the drivers OF
trucks, must be taught to respect signs
indicating the neighborhood of a
school or children's playground.
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* TO-DAY So S.
<W is THE ~
WORlD WAR \
ANNIVERSARY
\%M ON&E.
.E& T 4$G
REVEAL SECRET PACT

REVEAL SECRET PACT
On Nov. %. 1917, the text of an al
legged secret treaty between France,
Great Britain Russia and Italy was
given out at Petrograd.
The agreement" sanctioned the
annexation by Italy of certain terri
tory for entering the Entente ALL
ance.
The agreement" also engaged to
brand as inadmissible the interven-
ton Of Pope Benedict with a view to
stopping the war.
The document was said to have
been signed in London April 26, 19l5'
by Sir Edward Oater Viscount) Grey,
former foreign secretary; Paul Cam
bon, French ambassador to Great
Britain: and Count Benckendor1t,
Russian ambassador to Great Brit
ain.
It was also said to contain memo
randum from the Italian ambassador
at London to the Foreign Office ana
the Allied ambassadors.
According to the Bolshevist revela-
tions. Italy was to have the assistance
of the French and British naVal
forces until the Austrian navy was
destroyed. ,a,,,o
After peace Italy was to receive
Trentino. Southern Tyrol to the bren-
ner Pass, Trieste, 1stria, ana DallnaV-
ia. with additional geograpnlcal Oo"ii-
diaries outlined in great detaA'
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-28
IN
NEW
YORK
!!!!' wan

| New York, Nov. 28.-You never can
tell, in this mans town, when and
where you'll come upon the 'front.'
page folk of yesteryear.
They have way, in New York, of
dropping out of sight. Yet their hope
of a spotlight comeback seems never
to die.
Just few weeks back, I dropped in
after theater at one of the late spots
in Greenwich Village. And there, at
tracing no great amount of atten-
ton, was an attractive and capable
| entertainer.
Her name was Evelyn Thaw-may-
be you remember it!
She had, it seemed, been appearing
there for several weeks. One or two
of the gossipy photographers had men
| toned her presence in passing. And
that was all! No longer could any
hue and cry be raised at the mention
of her name.
| Someone reminded me that the child
that figured SO prominently in the
front-page tragedy of another gen.
CI dCAUA1 Wdo a S1OWu yOuAA6 AAdAl, <lAAA
was fast becoming an aviator of some
consequence.
A few nights later, Evelyn was no
longer there. An attractive and Ca
pable dancer was the attraction Of the
evening.
Her name was Evan Burrows Fon-
taine! Remember the famous 'love
child" case?
And speaking of night spots, re-
minds me that the authorities have
put an end to the vogue for lisping,
falsetto-voiced young men.
Last winter any number of them
were heading the floor show program
of the smart places. Jean Malin was
quoted and requoted by the tabloid
column penners and was built" into
the status of town personality. Fin
ally he opened his own night club but
it didn't last.
Meanwhile, word was passed round
that the officials would frown on fur
ther efforts to display the cavortings
of certain performers of the female
impersonator type.
And so another of Manhattan's OH
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CriticiZing Critics

An American orchestra leader, re-
turning from a visit to Russia, re-
ports that no professional critic;
cover any Of the musical events ir
the land of Stain. Instead, each
theater and concert hall has a bic
blackboard in the lobby, and any
patron who cares to. writes his own
criticism of the performance on it
for all to read.
Now this seems to be one of the
neatest ideas that Soviet Russia has
yet brought forth. The critic of any
of the arts tends to get above him.
self and nourish an exaggerated idea
Of his own function; and the layman
the cash customer. so to speak, the
ultimate consumer-tends to place
too much reliance on the critics yer.
diets.
We are, after all, very much like
sheep, especially when it comes to
any form Of art. Instead Of enjoy
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-28
ing what we like, we strive manfully
+o o,, iov u,hot VIC oro told tn lilo

ing what we like, we strive manfully
to enjoy what we are told to like.
We go to a concert, for instance,
and get a great deal of pleasure out
of the music; but the next day some
critic announces that the orchestra
was badly off form, the composers
represented were dull and hackneyed,
and the tenor had bad cold-and
our remembered enjoyment vanishes
as we try to make our own impress
sions jibe with those of the Olympian
reviewer.
This blackboard idea represents a
way out 1t would do away with a
lot of hypocrisy and cant. And 1t
might-who knoWs?-prove a stimu-
lus for the performers themselves.
OF course, as a matter of common
practice, this stunt already works IN
a different guise. The patron rem
ders his verdict, not on blackboard
but at the box office. So, now and
again, we have a phenomenon such
as "Abies Irish Rose" presented, with
the critics rising unanimously to ex-
press dLsapproval and the general
public registering it's enjoyment by
buying tickets in droves.
But the blackboard would add more
zest to it. The artist who gets by
on a puffed-up reputation might suf-
fer, but the unknown performer of
genuine ability would get break.
And the cash customer would have a
lot of fun.
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so-different entertainment fads disap-
peared overnight.
Meanwhile, old-timers of Gotham
find themselves disturbed over the
continued invasion of famous old
mansions by new domos Of the night
world.
Within the season, half dozen
famous palaces of fashion have found
themselves turned into gay spots
where the spenders gather to sing,
dance and make merry.
The CleWs' home, where some of
the smart sets most exclusive affairs
were once staged, now is The Man.
sion, a very swanky resort. The old
Woolworth place, one of the show
spots of the mid-Fifties, is now the
Club Napoleon, quite the most popu-
lar of the current play-spots. The
Surf, the Stork, Leon and Eddies, the
Park Avenue Club and half dozen
others have taken over many OF the
towns most elegant homes.
In the late Thirties, the palace OF
countess is now a well patronized
speakeasy.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, 1nc.)
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-28
By DIR. MORRIS FISHBE1N
Editor, Journal of the American
Medical Association

In 1890 over $4,000 children were
killed in accidents in the United
States, and q large number were Sc
riously injured.
In a recent report Of the subject,
DR.. H. j. Stack points out that chill
dren who are worried about affairs
at home or at school are more prone
to accidents than those who are not
worried. Tired children are also pc
culiarly liable to accidents. An inves-
tigation made in New York city
showed that accidents to children on
the city streets are Of maximum incl
dence in the hours of the late after
noon.
This is, of course, the time when
children are coming home from school
or else when they are playing IN the
street. The morning hours involve
Just as much walking on the streets
as do the hours in the afternoon, but
in the afternoon period the children
are tired and responses are slower and
senses are less acute, and their judg-
ment of distances and of time and
their coordination are disturbed.
In his investigation, DR.. Stack
found that all normal children love
adventure and unless this craving is
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-28
BARBS

crime. says a scientist, is caused ny
GLANDS. Second story men are prob
ably victims of monkey glands.
Anyway, Theodore Dresser will
henceforth be more careful about
toothpicks in public.
X X X
A London rubber company pays
girls to test wearing qualities of shoes
with rubber 'soles. American co-edS
should take advantage Of this to
make some profit on the way back
from automobile rides.
X X X
Business experts are looking for q
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Alleged Deserter Is
Back at Fort Lincoln

Raymond Rohrdaher, alleged to
have deserted from Fort Lincoln about
five weeks ago, is back at the U. S.
army post here awaiting action by
post officials.
Rohrdaher was arrested in Mandan
Thursday, according to Chris j. Mar
tineson, Bismarck chief of police.
Martineson said Rohrdaher, who Is
20 years old, is accused of forging the
signature of a captain at Fort Lincol1H,
to a check which he cashed at a local
clothing store and also of attempting
to pass another forged check at an
other store.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-28
ALAS-KNEW HIM WELL

Fort Worth, Tex.-No trouble at all
did j. c. Williams have in getting
out of jury duty in the trial of A. L.
McNutt, up for robbery Williams was
taken before McNutt. and Prosecutor
Will Parker put the usual question
do you know this defendant?' to
him. 'Yes," Williams answered
How well do you know him?" Park
er asked. Williams smiled and re-
piled, He held me up two years ago.
He was excused.
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UNGRATEFUL

Fort Worth, TeX.-Mrs Lizzie
Switzerland has found, contrary to
common belief, that kindness does not
pay. A 14-year-old hobo recently
came to her home and she gave him
a home and something to eat. The
same night the youth slipped up be-
hind her and attempted to choke her
Her screams frightened him away.
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HAZEL.
ROSS.
HAILEY
0N1I BY NH SeuIce Inc.

looked all greeny around the gills.
like he was fascinated by it-and
scared, too, maybe. / never saw
just the same look on a mans face
before in my life. No, sir, never!
Says l to myself. oh ho! some
things up. l kept my eye on him,
though he couldn't see me-least-
ways not my face. Pretty soon he
turned around like a man in a
trance and walked away with his
head down, not looking where he
was going.
g SAT up and watched him. And
l. then, just as he was crossing
the middle of the street. down the
road driving hell-bent for election
like he always does. came your
chauffeur, Tom, in that big Lorimor
car. De Iona jumped back quick.
but at that Tom had to swerve
way out to keep from hitting him.
Made Tom hopping mad. He yelled
at him and says. why don't you
do your sleeping in bed?' and De
Iona yelled something back-I
didn't catch what. And he just
stood there, shaking all over. And
he was green in the face that time
his eyes all but popping out of
his head.
"He looked at the license plate,
and when he saw the number he
just stood and gaped. A native was
standing by the curb, and he asks
him, Whose car is that?' like the
native ought to know. and II he
didn't tell he'd shake it out OF him.
But the guy just shook his head.
easy.like. And De Iona went into
a drugstore quick and I went in
the barbershop next door and
watched till he came out. He went
over to his car. parked along the
courthouse curbing-one OF those
Drive It Yourself busses and got
in and set out for town.
II went in the drugstore, and
asked the soda-fountain boy about
him-if he did any telephoning and
SO on. But the boy said no. all he
asked for was bromo seltzer.
double strength. But funny thing
had happened. he said.
"There was a big clean space,
square, on the wall up beside the
fly-specked mirror where some kind
Of picture must have hung until
very recently. The nail was still
there. He pulled that picture
down and tore it up in a thousand
pieces the boy told me. He was
worried for fear his boss was going
to be sore. Seems he was proud OF
that picture-it was some guy he
knew that had since got famous.
Hes framed this picture to keep
it nice because he was specially
proud of it. That was because the
man in the picture was born there.
in the village. and he knew him
since he was boy"
Bates paused thoughtfully and
put a hand in the baggy pocket of
his linen coat.
Il asked the boy who it was. but
he didn't know. He was just a
young punk, the clerk. He didn't
remember anything about it. But
he told me could look in the back
, room where he'd thrown the pieces
and maybe I could put them to-
gether again."
Out of the pocket Bates now lift.
ed a newspaper parcel. Inside were
hundreds Of small bits Of card.
board. the torn fragments OF the
picture De Iona had demolished.
Bates balanced the odd package on
, his open palm. Mary and Mr.. Jupi-
ter stared at the heap. fascinated.
,, "Who could it be-" Mary whis.
!, pered.
J. THAT" said Henry Bates, care
e fully folding his parcel together
! again, lis what am going to spend
t the next couple of hours finding
a out"
e ITO BE Continued)
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the others would help her. lead him
straight into trap.
She went to her dressing-table
and put the bracelet in her hand.
bag, where the I. O. U. already was
hidden. With the bag tucked under
her arm she went into the hall.
Louise. Of course. was relying on
her to return the bracelet when
Bruce's eyes were turned the other
way. She must have been surprised
at Mary's unexpected support of her
lie. but she evidently considered it
just the quixotic act of one woman
helping another pull her chestnuts
out of the fire. Mary disliked Bruce
enough to do it for the fun Of an
noying him. she probably reasoned.
She would 60 on thinking SO until
she found out that Mary did not
mean to give the bracelet back.
Then, look out!
Louise would havesto account to
De Iona sooner or later for its
loss. If she were angry enough she
might set him to get it back for
her secretly. Unquestionably he
would scent graver reason for its
being withheld and then-she shiv.
cred as she realized the lengths to
which he might go to recover 1t.
MARY knew she must act quickly
A'A If the bracelet were to be put
beyond his reach. She resolved to
go downstairs at once and put the
two objects in the hotel safe until
she could take them out to the
yacht.
Bates was coming down the cor.
ridor as she stepped into the hall.
He looked hot, dusty and tired. She
remembered that she had not seen
him all day.
Hello" she greeted him cheer
fully. "Where've you been?"
"Oh, out and around" he an.
swered. noncomittally. Here and
there. Come along and I'll tell
you about it,
There was something in his man.
ner-a sort of electric excitement
that intrigued her. She waited as
he raped at Mr.. Jupiter's door,
and followed him inside.
They found Mr.. Jupiter at his
open sitting-room window. which
looked out over the bay. a palm
leaf fan in his hand and cold glass
at his elbow. His stockinged feet
were elevated to the seat of a chair
and his shirt was open at the
throat.
"Come in, come in. What's up:
You just getting back, Bates?" He
motioned them to chairs. "Where've
You been?"
Bates mopped his grimy counte
nance. FOLLOWING a crazy man.
he answered bitterly. I'm telling
you, that guy is crazy as a loon!"
Here. have a drink" Jupiter Of
fered. When the returned traveller
had cooled his parched throat he
Frightened visibly.
well. when you turned back thi:
morning, boss. saw your son an(
the lady were fixing to lose me, too
Young love and all that. you know
So let on ! wanted to have a lool
at the town-it's an old settlement
; with historic court house, 70,
|. know. They put me down on th'
public square and went on dowl
to the beach where the Shore Din
ner' sign pointed.
, II sat down on the court hous
lawn for a minute to cool off.
guess I kinda dozed off, with m,
hat shading my eyes. but prett
, soon I saw out of the tail of m,
. eye a man standing a few fee
away, staring up at the court hous
, steeple! It was De Iona. couldn'
} believe my eyes. What was he dt
ing out there? And staring lik
5 he'd never seen a building before
!. Well. that's famous old cour
3 house. but it wasn't that kind Of
1 stare, You know what I mean? II
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revival. And so, probably, is Aimee
Semple Mcpherson Hutton.
y X X
A Hollywood syndicate was found
to be distributing liquor instead of
films. Which makes 1t appear that
talkies are turning into speakeasies.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, 1nc.)