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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14

claimed they thought they were
voting for the death penalty for
the youth, under the Indiana
statute which makes that penalty
mandatory for murder following OF
during criminal attack.
The community and state owe the
Braves family their cooperation
the petition asserts. Ogden said he
could not instigste any investiga-
ton, but could aid the Lake county
prosecutor in any probe he saw fl
to begin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14
1881
Big City Sucker Lost

81 JHifed Press
SHERWOOD, Mich, July IA
Eight-year-old Ernest Anderson,
who. in his own home town Of Chi
cago, can find his way to the Loop
and back, alone, got lost in this vil%
iage Monday and wandered for four
hour before he was found.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14
Son Given Estate
By Times SpecioI

By Times HpeclQb
ANDERSON. Ind, July 14.-The
will Of Mrs. Marian E. Bryant be-
queaths her entire estate to a son.
Fred Bryant, because he provided a
home for her during the last few
years of her life. There are nine
other children.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-14
PRIVATE SALE

Outside building, portable $40
cost new. $3.50 ideal for
parking lot Office, real estate
Office, etc. Bird bath. 81. cost
new, SO Golf putters, Csc
each 100 HIP Westinghouse
AC motor. 81, cost S14 gas
pipe, 2 inch, various lengths, SC
foot. Il S00-watt clear spot or
flood bulbs. soc each, cost SITS.
Call 51S7 Pleasant Run Blvd,
anytime.
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Benton Fair in August
By Times Special
FOWLER, Ind, July 1.-The an
nual Benton county fair will hold
the last week in August.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
n D TEHOLDERS
FRAME POOL

Paving the way for realizing
their investments. holders of
mortgage notes on an uncom.
pleted apartment house project
on N Street near Fourteenth, N.
w., have agreed to pool their
interests. They accepted a propo-
sition submitted yesterday by
Frank Tomlinson. builder, to
finish the structure. which was
TO have been financed by Swart-
Sell, Rheem and Hensey.
The noteholders have agreed
to assign their claims against
the bankrupt firm to the build
lng's trustees and to pay to
Tomlinson $lO4,0O0 balance due
on account of the 100000 first
trust obtained from Swartzell,
Rheem and HenSey.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
1855 FINISHING
NEGRO GRADES

The probable promotion of
1865 colored children to the
high and junior high schools of
division 1913, is announced by
Garnet C. Wilkinson, first assist
ant superintendent. A total of
S55 are expected to enter the
three high schools, Dunbar, Car
dozo and Armstrong.
The number of students enter
ing the junior high schools from
the elementary departments Is
placed at $40. Closing exercises
in the colored schools will begin
on next Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
Young Wilson'S Body Negro Caucus Plans
Is Due in City TOd1yITO AdDise Politicians

Drowned when caught in a
storm while fishing in Narragan.
Sett Bay May 16, the body Of
George Frederick Wilson, son of
Police Capt. James E. Wilson, 5O4
oglethorpe st. N. w., will arrive
in Washington today, after being
recovered q few days ago.
Mr.. Wilson was drowned with
two companions. He was a for
mer student at Mckinley Technt
cal High School.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11

The organization Of a non.
partisan negro caucus by political
leaders for the purpose Of pre-
senting the needs Of the race to
both parties at the next national
conventions has been announced
here.
The leaders, through Repre-
sentative Oscar De Priest of Illi-
nois, have been called to assemble
here June %,
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
DOak To Be Speaker
At Lincoln Shrine

Secretary of Labor w. N. Doak
left last night for Harrodsburg,
KY. where he will deliver an I'D.
dress Friday at the dedication of
the Lincoln Marriage Temple, "
the log cabin in which the father
and mother of Abraham Lincoln
were married.
From there Mr.. Doak will 60 to
Columbus, Ohio, to address the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
BOrGh Starts Today
For Home in Idaho

Senator William e. Borah, of
Idaho, will leave today to spend
the summer and early fall in
idaho, and, incidentally, to sur
vey the political situation in the
Northwest.
The Senator will spend two or
three days in Chicago, where he
will visit o sister, who is i'll. AS
chairman Of the agriculture COM
mittee Of the Progressive con-
ference. Senator Borah expects
to confer with farm leaders.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
ELks' Lodge to Hold
FLd0 DGu Exercises

The annual Flag Day exercises
OF Washington Lodge. No. IS, B.
2 o. E., will take place at the
Sylvan Theater, Monum t
Grounds, Sunday. at p. m. The
program has been arranged by
Major c. Eugene Edwards, chair
man in charge.
The U. 8. Marine Band and the
Boys Band Of the lodge will fur
nish music. Three parades will
abe staged before the exercises.
Senator James j. Davis, of Penn
'sylvania, former Secretary of La
-bor, will be the principal speaker.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
Rep. Schafer to Ask
u. S. Law to Curb
Drunken Driving

A Federal law aimed at
drunken automobile drivers will
be sponsored in Congress by
Representative John C. Schafer
(RO of Wisconsin, he an
nounced today.
The measure, Representative
Schafer said, would provide
mandatory Jail sentences in the
District, of Columbia and
against drivers operating in in
terstate traffic.
Representative Schafer, a
member of the wet block"
contends that drunken driving
has increased under prohibition
and is now a national menace.
The Washington times., 1931-10-17

CLIGO VALLEY PARK with it's
~ rich autumn coloring forms the
encircling background of this
thoroughly modern, well-planned
community. Sligo Park Hills is only
25 minutes from downtown by 18th
st. bus, and only 6 miles from the
White House by a direct new high
The Washington times., 1931-10-17
FORCE school
'HEMMED IN

Force school on Massachusetts,
Avenue Northwest, between Seven
teenth and Eighteenth Streets,
LIilt in 1879, has many features
modern school houses do not pos
SeSs, but it lacks an aut torium,
and is shy adequate Fairgrounds
and classroom space.
Part of the sixth grade, the
highest accommodated at the
school, is taught in the same
room with the fifth, since there
are only 10 rooms, and one is
taken up by the kindergarten.
Miss S. E. Thomas, principal,
said:
1--WE could use a playground,
but we are absolutely locked in.
Residences are on every side cx-
cept the front, and you see how
close we are to the street."
Fire-escapes are of the old lad.
der type, not conforming with
the present step standard, but
that, according to Miss Thomas,
is no liability. She says the build.
ing from third floor to basement
can be emptied in two minutes.
The school has lofty ceilings. wide
windows and spacious Railways.
The Washington times., 1931-10-17
'GAS" WAGONS
UNDER BAN

BY amending a police regula'
ton, the District Commissioners
yesterday prohibited the sale of
gasoline to automobilists from
tank wagons on the streets Of the
Capital. The action was taken
after the Commissioners had re-
ceived a petition signed by 100
operators of filling stations. pro-
testing against the street sale Of
gasoline.
Coupled with the protest, Capt.
H. c. Whitehurst. District en-
gineer Of highways, and Fire Mar
shall Clavin c. Lauber added their
diSapproval to the street vending
on the ground that it constituted
a fire hazard and drippings from
the tanks caused injury to the
streets.
The matter was put up to Cor
poration Counsel William w.
Bride. whose recommendation
that the police regulation govern
ing sale of gasoline be amended
to prohibit street sales, except in
cases of emergency, was approved.
The Washington times., 1931-10-17
REALTORS HEAR
SERVICE PLEA

In addressing the annual meet
ing of the washington Real Es-
tate Board shortly after his cleo
ton as president, j. F. M. Bowie,
vice president of the H. L. Rust
Company, declared efficient SER
vice to the public was not only
the highest obligation of every
realtor, but the surest way to de-
velop a satisfactory business.
StreSSing the free service bureau
of the board as an invaluable aid
in guiding and protecting the
public, Mr.. Bowie expressed the
hope that during the coming year
the facilities of the board for
rendering this service might be
even further increased
The greater the measure Of
service rendered by the board to
tn public the greater was its
value to the city and to individual
members of the board, he said.
The Washington times., 1931-10-17
Three Hurt As Police
Car Is in Accident

Two policemen and a motorist
are recovering from injuries to-
day, suffered when a police scout
car and another automobile col.
lided at Twentieth and L Streets
Northwest yesterday.
Policeman H. Quinn suffered a
sprained ankle and Ferdinand D.
Martin. driver of the police car,
was bruised. Fred L. Garlock.
3511 Davenport st. N. W., oper-
ator of the other machine, was
treated for head cuts.
The Washington times., 1931-10-17
Woman, so, Injured
When Struck RH Car

Miss Laura Hayes. so, of 210
F st. N. W., is at Garfield Hospi-
tai with injuries received when
struck by an automobile at Illi-
nois Avenue and Randolph Street
Northwest last night. She suf-
fered a possible skull fracture.
The automobile was driven by
Anthony Baumgartner, of 637 E
st. N. E., police reported.
The Washington times., 1931-10-17
Woman Overcome
BH Gas in Home

Millie Ballard, "a. 1015 Eighth
st. N. w, is recovering today at
her home after having been over,
come by gas late yesteld day.
She was found unconscious in
the kitchen of her home by Susie
c. Ellis. who lives at the same
address. Gas was escaping from
three burners of the stove.
The Washington times., 1931-10-17
D. c. REALTORS
ARE PRAISED
BY PETTY
Little Cause for Criticism Of
Brokerage Business Here,
Says Secretary of Board

Notwithstanding the publicity
and notoriety given several i'm.
portant failures and disclosures
in the real estate business during
the past year or two, John A.
Petty, executive secretary of the
Washington Real Estate Board,
claims that the real estate broker
age business as such has been
conducted in the city of Wash
ington with little serious criticism.
In making his annual report to
the realtors organization last
week, Mr.. Petty said:
"The real estate brokerage
business as such has been un-
Justly connected with much Of
the not6riety and publicity
given to certain failures and
disclosures during the past two
years, most Of which occurred
in the mortgage loan field.
During the present lull in the
public discussion Of these mat
ters it is now possible to exam
inc them calmly and with due
regard to the facts. =
Only Seven Cases
GST onH-.,... Aoolr o,ro- NhA s;kV,o
ton during the past two years
1t Is revealed that throughout
the investigations by q con.
gressiOnal committee, the De-
partment of Justice and the
Grand Jury and subsequent in
dictmentS and criminal trials,
there has been a total Of seven
cases which caused the various
difficulties publicly discussed.
"A study of these seven cases
disclose that four concerned
financial institutions dealing
in mortgage investments and
more commonly considered in.
veStment bankers, two Of which
were not located in Washing.
ton and the other two which
were located in Washington
incidentally have in the main
been conducting their bust
ness ON a national basis; one
was finance corporation
which can be ClaSSed as a
purely speculative venture
from its very inception; the
activities Of a discredited lot
promoter who was expelled
from membership in the Seattle
Real Estate Board and whose
license to operate was revoked
by the State of Washington,
which latter action automatic
ally prevented his operation in
most of the States having real
estate licenses laws; and finally
the acts Of a real estate
broker who in selling certain
homes permitted settlements to
be made without exhibiting
title examinations with the re-
suit that the existence Of Ger.
tain ground trust were not dis.
closed.
One Involving Broker
"ThiS last case referred to
is the only one that can prop
erIy be considered as involving
the acts of q real estate broker
as that term is usually referred
to, and incidentally it has been
publicly stated that in this
particularly case none of the
home purchasers sustained any
actual loss"
The Washington times., 1931-09-14
GOLF DEAN s KIN
LEADS FIELD

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Sept. IA
1.NSO A slender, blond-haired
youngster of 81 years, answering
to the name of James Fouls, of
the Ruth Lake Country Club in
Chicago, recorded II in the
qualifying round of the ProfeS-
sional Golfers Association cham
pionship here today to lead the
procession. ..... ... ..
Fouls comes by his golf ability
naturally, as his dad, old Jim
Fouls, is one of the deans Of
Chicago golf.
Another comparatively unknown
contestant, Pat Giro eli, Of Mama
roneck, N. Y, was right up in
front with a 70, and that was q
stroke better than Gene Sarazen,
of Great Neck, L. l., and Joe
Kirkwood. the trick shot artist
from Philadelphia. t...-.
Horton Smith, Of Joplin, Mo-,
and wild Bill' Melhorn, of New
York, both unattached so far as
clubs are concerned finished
with "a.
The Washington times., 1931-09-14
JURY TO PROBE
QUEER DEATH
Of MORROW
Few Clues to SubStantiate
Murder Theory; Policeman
Found Saturday at Bridge

The mystery of the death Of
Policeman Raymond M. Morrow
entered it's third day today.
The formal inquest was slated
for II o'clock tomorrow at the
morgue, and before the jurymen
reach a decision, they are ex-
pected to visit the Sixteenth
Street bridge just north of Spring
Road, under which the Third
precinct private was found dead
early Saturday morning. .
Meanwhile, officers of the
homicide squad are seeking de-
tails of an alleged Joy ride, and
drinking party. Morrow is said to
have participated in Friday night.
They have traced his movements
from 8.So'cIOck Friday morning.
when he went Off-1uty- at No. 3
precinct, until nearly the time he
is supposed to have died.
Doubt Suicide Theory
The theory of murder, which
is gradually being given UP, was
based upon these facts:
That the body was lying in
repOSe with arms crossed and no
bones broken on q mass of dried
twigS which formed a natural
bed, indicating that the man had
been brought there dead or dy-
ing; that bruises on the face and
a footprint in the back suggested
beating.
However, an autopsy showing
death due to a ruptured lung
and liver as from a fall; a revela-
ton that Morrow's own shoe
made the imprint on his back,
perhaps from stepping on the
shirt before putting it on, and
(continued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1931-09-14
Mrs. Ceilings Re-enacts
Pirate Assault
Photo by International

neer and graduate Of Yale, has
furnished a mystery that is as
weird as the most imaginative
fiction.
The young wife's story of how
her husband was done away with
was characterized by Police IN
Spector Harold King as the
most astounding narrative of hui
man behavior he has ever heard.
Police were studying the hand
writing of the missing man, com
pairing it with a registration OF
'F. E. ColIingbourne and wife" at
the Hotel Charles in Springfield,
Mass, last year.
The possible Importance of the
registration lay in the fact that
when Mrs. Ceilings was rescued
from the motorboat Bo-Peep,
where she said she was taken by
the pirates, she had been kept
comfortable by a blanket which
bore the Hotel Charles label.
Mrs. Ceilings said she had
never seen the blanket before,
Mrs. Ceilings denied she and
her husband had ever stopped
at the Hotel Charles.
pictures on Page 81
The Washington times., 1931-09-14
RUSSIANS SEEK
FUER5' BODIES

MOSCOW, Sept. IA t1.N.s.).
Full details of the tragedy which
cost the lives of Joseph Lebrix
and Rene Mesmin, French air.
men, on an attempted record
breaking nonstop flight from
Paris to Tokyo, today awaited
return of a rescue party from the
isolated scene of the crash.
News Of the crash was sent 10
Moscow by Marcel DOret, third
member of the team, who escaped
by jumping with q parachute
when the plane, Hyphen II, came
to grief in a heavy fog about 12S
miles southwest Of Ufa In the
Ural Mountains.
There is no railway near the
spot where the crash occurred.
It was believed the plane ex'
ploded in midair.
The Washington times., 1931-09-14

For a dollar or two, boys from
IL to is years will risk their
lives and liberty to row cargoes
of beer across the Detroit and
Niagara rivers, it was revealed
here today by Treasury special
agents.
Reports have even been received
that q number of youthful and
other beer runners have been
drawn into the Niagara rapids
and have gone over the falls to
their death.
Smuggling of hard liquor" was
said to be on the wane along the
Canadian border, the rum run
ners now concentrating on beer
and ale, for which there is a
large demand in the United
! States. .> i
The Washington times., 1931-09-14
!.
.FL|ERS HEADING.
INTO STORM
D-2027 Trio Last Sighted at
Azores on Hop From JuncaI
do Sol in a Daring Attempt

NEW YORK, Sept. IA G.N.S0
Three intrepid airmen sat today
at the controls of the giant junker
all-metal plane D-'027, gambling
against death over the storm
lashed depths of the Atlantic for
the fame of completing the non
stop East-West transatlantic
flight from Portugal to North
America.
The three men, Willy ROdy, a
German; Christian JOhanssen, a
Dane, and Fernando COSTA Vega,
a Portuguese, took the air from
a makeshift flying field at Juncal
Do Sol, Portugal, at $3.50 a. m.
1880 q. m., Wa '1ingtOn tinne)
yesterday morning in an attempt
to reach New York in from 40
to ~ hours.
Face Oceanic Storm
Twelve ours and twelve min,
utes later, the giant modern roc
darkened the gale-whipred sky
over I-orta. the Azores, then she
disappeared.
At 1890 am. Washington
time, DIR. J. H. Kimball, the
famous meteOrOligist, declared
that the flierS would be bat
Ting in a StOrm-ridden zone for
several hours, but if they
emerged safely from it, they
would have clear flying weather
and an excellent change for \
happy handling.
The plane is due in New York
at 8 o'clock tonight.
The D-2027 is a Junker 33, the
same type as the Bremen, which
in 1927, accomplished the first
east-west flight.
Has Atom Load
When she took the air at
JuncaI Do Sol, she and her
load weighed four tons.
For fuel she carried 635 gal
Ions of gasoline, 165 pounds Of
oil.
For her crew she carried two
gallons of mineral water, IL
(COntinued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1931-09-14
Beer SIN ugglers Employ
Boys on Niagara River

Most of the liquor smuggling.
according to the authorities, is
conducted on the Atlantic sea-
board from Florida to New Eng
land. Great quantities of liquor
are entering the country over the
New Jersey coast, from where 1t
is trucked to New York, Washing
ton, Philadelphia, and other i'm
portant consumption centers.
Juvenile rum running is one OF
the most recent developments Of
the smuggling business. A youth
who is "a good hand" at the oars
is able to make several trips a day
on the Detroit River, brinG'"e """"
q dozen cases or more o. beer
The smuggIers are using bot
Canadian and American boys, but
II was said most Of them are OI
foreign parentage.
The Washington times., 1931-09-14
Infantile Paralysis
Bars West Point
To. Visitors

NEW YORK, Sept. IA QN.S.l.
West Point is under quaran-
tine for infantile paralysis and
all visitors are barred from the
Government reservation. it was
revealed today.
Cadet Waldemar J. ThinneS,
Of st. Paul, Mimi, is in the
Cadet Hospital, but. according
20 Capt. Walter H. Wells. is in
an improved condition.
The fourteen-day period Of
incubation prescribed by New
York State health authorities
has passed, Captain Wells said
today, and no further cases are
expected to develop.
The Washington times., 1931-09-14
8 DIE IN FLORIDA
PLANE CRASH

VERO BEACH, Fla, Sept. IA
QNS0-Three men, rushing pic
lures of the Honduran hurricane
to Atlanta, lost their lives dur
ing an electrical storm last night
when their airplane plunged to
the ground three miles south of
here, it was learned today.
The dead are George w. Glib
son, "a; E. r. Maccroon, 26, and
e. A. Edwards, 28. Edwards was
an Atlanta newspaper photog-
rapher. The other two were
pilots.
The plane was believed to have
been struck by lightning.
The Washington times., 1931-09-14
PROBE CALLS
UPON Him
F0RDATA
Information on PresSures
Kept at officials Home,
Unknown to Utility Board
picture on Page p

Fireworks were exploded at the
opening session of the Public
Utilities Commissions h arin g
into gas preSsures and owner
ship of the Washington Gas
Light Compan today when
George A. Wood. president Of the
company. disclosed he kept q
confidential file on pressure re.
ports which never had been re
vealed to the commission.
Mr.. Woods disclosure was made
under cross-examina9i0n by As.
sistant Corporation Counsel VII
Ham A. Roberts. Immediately Mr..
Roberts asked the commission %
issue D subpoena ordering the
file brought to- the hearing
After a conference with Wilton
j. Lambert. chief counsel for the
company, Mr.. Wood promised to
go to his he c, $500 Edgemore
Lane. Chevy Chase, Md. and
bring the file to the commission.
Wood Cites Error"
Mr.. Wood was the first witness
called in the hearing. He testified
that "an organization error" was
primarily responsible for high
gas bills last winter.
He said that unless a maxi
mum pressure of between 8 and
10 inches was maintained, the
company would be forced to ex.
pend a. considerable. sum. OF
money on its gas distribution
system.
Usually the company submits
bills to its customers for a 28'
day period. Because Of two holl'
days intervening last December,
he said, bills were issued over a
S5-day period, which consequent,
ly made many feel their bills had
been increased when actually. as
subsequent testimony will show
their bills were lower"
Costly Improvements Seen
The company contends that
unless it is given a pressure of
between eight and 10 inches
maximum, it will be forced to ex.
pend approximately $5OO,OOO for
improvements of the distribution
system over fiVe-year period
and this cost will ultimately be
borne by the consumers.
Walter M. Russell, chief
engineer of the company, testi
fled that it was necessary to in
crease presSures last winter be
cause a survey had shown gas
was not being distributed pro
perly to outlying sections.
He said that, within q reason
able limit, pressures did not
affect gas bills.
The Washington times., 1931-09-14
Policeman Teaching
Wife How to Shoot
Killed by Bullet

HARRISON, N. Y, Sept. IA
U.N.S0.-'DOnt point at the
arm, point at the chest"
Patrolman Arthur Godin was
jokingly explaining to his wife.
Gussie, how she could shoot
him.
Mrs. Dodin pointed the re-
volver Godin had handed her
and then the weapon suddenly
exploded. He died in half an
hour.
Police today exonerated Mrs.
! Dodin; who said she thought
the gun was not loaded.