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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-27
$1,000 DAMAGES ARE
CHARGED POLICEMAN
7 COnstitutionality of Statute viii Be
Tested in Appeal.

Constitutionality OF 1929 In
diana statute providing for return
of damage suit verdict on 10
to 2 vote of the jury viii be tested
IN appeal to the supreme court OF
a superior court jurys verdict today,
awarding $500 damages against
Police Sergeant Curtis Barge.
Barge was one Of three policemen
named in the suit, result of fatal
shooting of Luther Shirley, a
Negro, who escaped from them the
night of Nov. u, 1927, at Columbia
avenue and Sixteenth street. OF
the other defendants, one, Lee
Hensley. Is dead, and Russell Dagger
Is no longer a policeman.
Shirley was arrested on a vag-
rancy charge. Police say he was
carrying a twelve-inch knife.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-27
Two Stage Battle in Auto

Their auto zig-zagged on West
Washington street, near White river
as they battled Thursday afternoon
and sent several motorists to side
walks before police arrested Harry
Robinson, 400 East North street,
driver, and Charles Howard, BIT
Laurel street, on charges of assault
and battery and vagrancy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-27
Famed Liberal Takes Up
His Theology Course
at City Plant.
BY DANIEL Nj. KIDNEY

Canning soup can be a post
graduate course in Christian the
ology, DR.. A. A. Hest, famed lib
eral preacher, believes and he now
is taking that course at the Column
bia Conserve Company, 1875 Church.
man avenue.
DR.. and Mrs. Hest came to In
dianapolis from Denver, where for
the last five years he has been pas
tor of Grace Community church. DR..
HeiSt is a Methodist.
He told The Times that he be-
Heves that the method of industrial
democracy which has been adopted
by the Columbia Conserve Com
pany contains the seed of the new
evangel, which must be preached by
the church at work. When he has
served his apprenticeship in all de-
partmentS of the plant he intends
to go forth and spread the gospel
of cooperative conduct of industry.
Industry Must Listen
American industrialists must
listen to this message" DR.. Hest
declared. UNLESS they readjust the
economic system to a democratic
way Of life they can not avoid rev.
olution and chaos.
II am convinced that they can be
converted, just as sinners can be
converted to Christ.
For years I have been preaching
this idea Of industrial democracy.
Now have left the passionate to
come here and by actually working,
find out what it really means. No
longer will I have to speak in gen.
eral terms. I can go out and tell
the world that practical applica-
ton of this doctrine can and is be-
ing made right here in Indianapo-
lis"
Send Out Evangelists
The Columbia Conserve Company.
worker owned and managed with
wages based on workers needs,
sends out evangelists to preach this
democratic doctrine, as well as
statesmen to sell their soups, vege-
tables and other canned goods.
DR.. Hest will be one of these.
Already famed along this line is
Powers Hapgood, whose father,
William P. Hapgood, and uncle, Nor
man Hapgood, made the Columbia
Conserve experiment possible
DR.. Hest enters the field with an
outstanding reputation as liberal
preacher, being a close friend of the
famed DR.. Harry F. Ward of Union
Theological seminary.
Church Birth Control Clinics
In addition to his progressive
ideas along industrial lines, he is
an open advocate of birth control.
His comment on the recent stand
of the majority committee of the
Federal Church of Christ in Amer
lea, which favored birth control,
was that "it was not half strong
enough"
AT my church in Denver had
birth control Clinics" DR.. Hest as
OC4 VCN' LAC was dloO q 44ACAAO dlAO
hacker Of the former Judge Ben
Lindsey of Denver.
But he believes in prohibition.
Prohibition has been hurt by It's
foolish friends, I will admit" he
declared. 81 favor referendum on
the subject and feel that if there
is one place where we church folk
are united it is in retaining and
strengthening the present prohibi-
ton laws"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-27
STEALS HER OWN CHILD
Mother Arrested for kidnapping
Baby She Gave for Adoption.

By United Press
NEW YORK, March ga
mother was under arrest today on
charge of kidnapping her 5-year-
old daughter, whom she had given
for adoption when the child was
an infant.
The mother, Mrs. Marjorie Koch
man, and her sister, Helen Platter,
were arrested on complaint of Mrs,
Dorothy Hoffman, who alleged that
the two women snatched up he
foster-child Theda, from the side
walk in front of her home and drove
away in a taxicab.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-27
MOVES TO DROP SUIT
Fountain Phone Firm Opposes
Declaration of Utility.

Fountain Telephone Corporation
today filed motion to dismiss the
petition of the Foster COOPERATIVE
Telephone Company to be declared
a utility. The motion was based
on lack of commission jurisdiction
and authority. The cooperative
company would operate in Fountain
company territory. Motion was
fled by attorney John Powell.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-27
Former Lawmaker Dies

. = LFttttU 4 Goo
PORTLAND, Ind, March H.
John NJ. Smith, Democrat, former
member Of the Indiana senate and
house Of representatives, died at his
home here today Of heart disease.
He leaves two sons and three
daughters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-27
Snow, Temperatures Near
18 to 20 Expected by
Early Sunday.

Indianapolis was on the edge of
the cold wave zone today, and, al
though early temperatures here
were higher than Wednesday, the
forecast called for the first touch
of returned winter tonight.
The drop will start late this aft
ernoon and by Saturday night IN
dianapolis is slated for snow, roar
ing winds and temperatures near Is
and 20. Tonight, however, the
mercury will drop only slightly be-
low freezing, according to the
weather bureau.
First reports of the storm in the
Indiana area came from Chicago
where, early today, snow began fall
ing until the air seemed solid with
huge, heavy flakes. No snow has
been reported officially in Indiana.
Storm Weakening
The storm is weakening somewhat
and, with the high temperatures
preceding it, by the time it strikes
central Indiana there will be no
danger of temperatures lower
than 1S.
j. H. Arlington, head Of the
weather bureau, said the snow
probably will seem worse in Indi-
annapolis due to the heavy winds
that will drive the fall.
The cold weather will last through
Sunday, with snow probably preva-
lent most of Sunday. Bureau fore
casters said they could not predict
the situation early next week, but
expected the cold and snow to
break, perhaps, Tuesday.
Will Strike Whole State
Rain fell early today in Indian
apolis and in several sections Of the
state.
The cold wave will strike Indi-
ana as a whole and the south por-
ton Of the state is expected to wit
ness the mercury drop late today.
The blizzard today had tied up
traffic and pushed the mercury to
below zero in many cities in the
western plains for the first time
since 1880, according to dis
patches. Wyoming was hard hit,
Nebraska reported zero tempera-
lures this morning and northern
Texas saw drop to 20 degrees.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-27
GUNMAN,S WIFE ARRESTED

CITY March Porter blonde wife of Fred Burke
was detained by police here today No charges
She became hystea capture
told OF the crimes with which
Burke under the name of R. NJ White little She said
he posed estate
He told he had always
to have plenty of folks didn't
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-27
BANK CALL is ISSUED

Comptroller of Currency Asks for
Statements as of March rs.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, March 27.-The
comptroller Of the currency todss
issued call for statement Of the
condition Of national banks at the
close Of business March IS.
A call for statements of condi-
tons of state banks at close OF
business March Is was announced
today by Luther F. Symons, state
banking commissioners.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-27
CHAPLIN IS DECORATED
Comedian Made Knight of French
Legion of Honor.
~ United Press

% . OFtttCu 7 Ito8
PARIS, March 27.-CharIe Chap
lin was decorated today as knight
OF the Legion of Honor, in recogni-
ton Of his artistry. The decoration
was awarded at the foreign office by
Philippe Berthelot, general secretary
Of foreign affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25

her inner and true self. Things were
beginning to happen. Menace was in
the story now. Conflict. The only ele-
ment missing was love interest Could
life be complete without love interest?
book should have a hero. But there
was no hero she could give to tex
cept, perhaps, Tom. A hero with a
half a name. A 10-minute hero who
had faded Immediately away.
Cathleen wrote until midnight. She
was already half asleep when she pulled
back the couch cover and climbed into
bed.
She had Just dropped of the edge of
consciousness into oblivion when she
was awakened by crash. She leaped
from bed, switched on the light. One of
the geranillms in the window was
missing. 1t must have fallen into the
courtyard below. The broken pot, that
was the crash which had awakened her.
She listened. Voices came to her from
the courtyard. Low voices and a
smothered oath. She ran to the win
dow. The moon was out, flooding the
yard. Two men were struggling under
her window. She could hear the thud
of their fists, the scufi1ing of their feet.
One Of them, she saw, tore himself
away from his adversary, who had been
pummeling him without mercy. He
backed away. crouching, then turned
and fled through the passage leading to
the street.
The man who remained behind looked
up at Cathleen'S window, and saw her
outlined there against the light.
Its all right, Miss Carroll" he called
reaSsuringly. 81 saw him when he came
over the roof, but he dropped so quick
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25

thought. The common ground between
them had parted and left wide chasm
you've cut yourself of from u.s.
Cathleen recalled her fathers angry
words. After all, he had been right
Ellen was a stranger to her.
I'VE must be going" Ellen said
dropping on Pats arm. Glad to have
seen you"
what had come over Ellen? She
was full Of airs. actually patronizing
She kept jingling her slave bracelet as
though 1t were badge Of new ele-
Walton
Hold fast, Kitty" Pat advised, with
a deeper tone than the usual persifiage
he affected. Don't let them kid you
cut of doing what you want to do"
They'd have to pry me loose in
little bits of pieces" Cathleen said
least, had no intention of being pried
loose.
pat must be winning at his gam
bling" Cathleen told Julia later ELLEN
has a new bangle. and gosh, how it
banglesl She couldn't think of any
thing except the slave bracelet all the
time we were talking with them"
"She's a study in everything we're
not" Julia remarked. "Clinging and
coy. Proud to Jump every time her man
cracks the whip"
Cathleen was thoughtful. i've never
known Ellen to be so stand-offlSh be-
FORE" she nnurmured.
She said good night to Julia at the
corner. She wanted to catch up on her
Declaration Of independence" Much
must be recorded in the secret diary
which she had come to look upon as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
Is VESSELS PICKED
IN ROTATION PLAN
Destroyers Given Assign
ments Under. Navy Depart
ment's New Policy.

The Navy Department yesterday. an
II nounced the names and assignments OF
the is destroyers that will be recommls-
;. stoned and placed in reserve commits
sion, as the first step In the new heet
; rotation plan" The department said
/ that recommissioning work VIII start
I about January rs at the Philadelphia
I Navy Yard, where the ships are now
! tied up.
I The destroyers affected are Hatfield,
! Brooks, Fox, Kane, Humphreys, NC
Farland. j. K. Paulding, King. Sands,
! Lawrence, Reuben James, cambridge,
: Golf. Overton and Sturtevant.
!, The first 10 on this list will be as
signed to the scouting force, and the
destroyer Reserve Squadron" based at
the Norfolk, Va, Navy Yard; the Reu-
ben James, cambridge and Golf, Will go
! to the battle force, and be assigned to
the destroyer reserve squadron" base
at the Mare Island, Calf, Navy Yard,
while the Overton and Sturtevant VIII
f., do duty with the Special Service Squad
ron to replace the destroyers Wickes
and Philips, which will return TO the
training squadron, scouting force.
, These destroyers were ordered decom.
: nissioned last October, and were placed
in first priority among those vessels In
a state of readiness to be recommis-
stoned in case of emergency, the navy
/, Department asserted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
d CITY GIRL
i, H+le ahss JANE DIXON

first time Cathleen had seen Ellen since
she had left home
She saw that Ellen would have passed
by with SNUG little nod If Pat had
not stopped and hailed her cheerily.
"How's the runaWay?" he asked to-
vially. Got to hand 1t to you, Kitty.
You gave the neighborS some jolt"
Catleen had never liked Pat O'Brien
much--he treated life as a rubber ball,
to be bounced at will-but now, sud-
denly, she found that his friendly greet
ing warmed her.
Doesn't take much to Jolt them,
does it?" She laughed, and introduced
Julia.
II don't see how you dared do it
go away from home" Ellen said. Her
tone implied that going away from
home was very questionable conduct.
'Puss, pusS," Pat teased. stop meow
ing at Kitty"
Ellen tossed her head. She was wear
ing a heavy gold slave bracelet of
which she was very obviously conscious.
I'm not catty." she purred, "am
Kit?"
"of course not" Cathleen said. Gust
kittenish."
Ellen, somehow. had changed. she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
ARMY ORDERS

Mai. F. A. Holmer, Coast Artillery,
. has been transferred from Fort Han
cock. N. j., to the Philippines; Maj.
Fred M. Green, Coast Artillery, from
Fort Totten, N. Y, to Boston for duty
j with the Massachusetts, National Guard;
I Mai. M. p. Rudolph, Medical Corps,
! from the Philippines to Fort Hayes,
J Ohio: Capt. j. o. Gillespie, Medical
Corps, from Hawaii to Fort Sam Hous-
ton, Tex: Capt. j. G. Hutchinson, Quar-
termaster Corps, from Hawaii to Fort
termaSter Corps, from Panama to Phil
adelphia; Capt. z. M. Pickett, Cavalry,
from the Philippines to Fort Ringgold,
Tex; Capt. A. M. Parmelee, Coast Ar
tillery, from Fort Macarthur, Calf, to
the Philippines. The President has ac-
cepted the resignation of Second Lieut..
Henry L. Knight, Infantry, at San
Francisco.
Lieut.. Col. Lewis Brown, r., Cavalry.
at Atlanta, has been promoted to the
grade of colonel; Maj. Pierre L. Foo
cardi, Engineers, In Panama, has been
ordered to Kansas City for duty with
the Missouri National Guard; Maj. p.
q. Blackmore, Ordnance, has been
transferred from Aberdeen, Md, to Fort
Benning, Ga; Capt. D. M. N. Ross and
Lieuts. T. L. Dunn, Ralph Finch, r, d.
Graves, F. s. Bowen, jr.; w. H. Brunke
and w. S. Matthews, all Of the Infantry,
have been ordered from the Philippines
to Fort Benning, Ca; Capt w. A. Jack
=son, Infantry, from San Juan, p. R., to
: Fort Williams, Me-, and Capt. H. F..
: Gardner, QuarternlaSter Corps, from
Brooklyn, N. Y, to Fort Mcclellan, Ala;
: Maj Selden B. Arnat, Finance Depart
: ment, Army Medical Center, this city,
: and Capt. Frederick T. Murphy, Cav
: airy, Fort Riley, Kans., have been or
: dered to examination for possible retire
ment.
Corps, at San Francisco, has been or
: dered to examination for possible re-
tirement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
FIVE CIVIL SERVICE
JOB TESTS SCHEDULED
Municipal Social. Economist at
$4,000 a Year Leads Posi-
tions to Be Filled.

Civil service examinations for posi-
lions ranging from cottage warder, at
81 .O2O a year, to principal social econ
onist, at SIS. 500 a year, have been an
nounced by the Civil Service Commits
sion. The closing date for registration
in these examinations is December ~.
They include:
Warder (head of cottage), $1,000 q
year; warder relief class, $1,000 q
year, Federal Industrial Institution LOT
Women, Anderson, w. Va. An aodl-
tional $500 year is allowed for quar-
tiers, subsistence and laundry.
Photo-engraver "copper" re-etcner)'
Government Printing ONCE.
Senior orthopedic mechanic, $500 to
$4,000 a year; orthopedic mechanic,
$4,000 to $4,000 a year; Veterans Ad-
ministration.
Principal social economist, $500 Q
year, Childrenis Bureau, Department OF
Labor. Closing date, December %, 1881.
Full information may be obtained at
the Office of the Civil Service Comm1s-
sion, 1924 street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
FOOT BALL STAR DIES

CRESTON, Iowa. November Is (P).-
Donald Stickels, star end of the Creston
High School foot ball team until he
became Ill about three weeks ago, died
in hospital yesterday.
A blood TRANSMISSION last night, with
his father furnishing the blood, failed
to save the boys life. Physicians said
Donald died from general infection,
possibly aggravated by bruises received
In foot ball game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25

his feet hit that flower pot before I
could say Jack Robinson. It scared him,
so he climbed right down that wall like
q fly"
WAS he a burglar?" Cathleen was
trembling and held onto the window
sill tightly.
Burglar, nothingl He was a low
down snooper. Wanted to throw a good
scare into you. Go on back to bed
I'm the new night janitor. The next
one of those shoppers catcl1ll be car
ried out in a sponge"
For long time Cathleen sat very still
in her blue chair. Then she pulled out
the light and lay down again. One
sheep, two sheep, three sheep-some-
where between a hundred and a hun
dred and fifty sheep, she lost track and
had to begin counting them all over.
She had reached one hundred again
when the curtain Of oblivion once more
descended.
(To be continuted.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
FoRTY-sECoND INsTALLMENT.

n YIGHT SCHOOL, Cathleen found,
was more interesting than she
had believed it could be. The
intricate system of dots, dashes
and loops which human inge-
nuity had devised to save time and
effort was like puzzle she must work
out. Every step of the solution must
be taken carefully. No use in becoming
a stenographer unless she became
good one.
Julia's mind, Cathleen found, worked
with lightning swiftness, but her re-
suits were not always accurate. But
Julia had less need for the finished
product, since stenography for her was
TO be merely an added tool to simplify
the work in which she was already well
established.
"It seems sort of hopeless in the.
beginning" Cathleen said when they
had finished their first evening at the
school, $50 many things to remember"
"Yes," Julia agreed. But we have
to remember only one of them at
time. It's a question of pasting up
each one so that 1t sticks"
On their way home they met Ellen
Nolan and Pat O'Brien. It was the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
ACTRESS ABDUCTED
Partisan Reappears at Bucharest
After Three DAYS.

BUCHAREST, Rumania, November
Is R1.-Rose Amy, Partisan actress, who
was reported missing last Saturday. re-
appeared yesterday with a story of abb
duction and robbery, details Of which
the police did not disclose.
The actress ended an engagement
here last Thursday and had made res
ervations on train returning to Paris
before she disappeared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25

A five-acre field Of potatoes was sold
at Selby, England, recently for SIS, the
new owners agreeing to dig the "spuds."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-07-09
Walnut Grove is
Sued for $14,5O0
Landowners and Tenants Claim
Sewage is Nuisance and
Cause of Damage

The village of Walnut Grove is be-
ing sued for $14,500 for damages
alleged to have been caused by the
sewage disposal plant east Of town,
according to the Tribune.
There are three suits being brought
against the village, two of them by
owners of land east Of town, L. u.
Virgins and D. v. Gleysteen, and
the third by Andrew Amdal, tenant
on the Gleysteen farm.
The plaintiffs charge that the out
flow of the sewage plant is a nuisance
and the cause of damage to their
property and detrimental to the lives
and health Of the occupants of the
premises. They further allege that
the sewage plant pollutes the water
in the creek that flows southeasterly
over the property owned or occupied
by the plaintiffs. Loss Of three cows
and one horse in 1880, claimed to
have been due to drinking of the
polluted water.
The parties bringing the suit ask
the court to restrain the village from
continuing to dispose of the sewage
so as to be the nuisance complained
of, and demand payment for damages
in the following amounts: L. U. Wig
gins, $4,000; D. v. Gleysteen Sc, 400,
and Andrew Amdal, $4,000.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-07-09
STATE POLICE URGE UNITY
AMONG ENFORCEMENT AGENTS

The Minnesota Police association
concluded its annual convention at
st. Paul last week after electing
Thomas A. Brown, st. Paul, chief of
police, president for the coming year.
Other officers elected were Ser
geant Frank Lake, Duluth, vice pre-
sident; Frank Cullen, st. Paul, secre-
tary and Fred C. Witte, Virginia,
treasurer.
Resolution passed by the associa-
ton recommended:
Establishment of a state police
school.
Establishment of uniform traffic
rules and regulations throughout
Minnesota and Of a uniform school
police system.
Opening of state police radio
broadcasting station and equipping
all squad cars and police stations in
Minnesota with receiving sets.
Coordination of all law enforce
ment agencies.
Renewal Of a contract for three
years with George Van Allen of Du-
luth for publication Of the Minnesota
Police Bulletin.
At the close of the session, on mo-
ton of j. L. Bradley, Duluth, the
association went on record as con-
demning all crook and gangster mo-
ton pictures in which policemen are
shown in ignominous positions or be-
Titled in any way.
Governor Olson addressed the clos
ing session, pledging his co-opera-
tion in the efforts Of the association
toward better policing.
Members of the board Of directors
reelected are ]. A. McCaffrey, Crook
ston; ]. L. Bradley, Duluth; Tony
Mimbach, Hutchinson; Carl Mayer,
st. Paul and Edward Jensen, Albert
Lea.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-07-09

An improved stop watch has been
designed for athletic events which
will time contests to one twenty
fifth of second.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-07-09

A bath in kerosene was recently
tried for sick fish in the New York
! aquarium and proved successful.