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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
LAW REVISION is URGED
Accountant Declares Creditors
Should Name Receivers.

Proposal that state laws be re-
vised to permit creditors to name
receivers, as is done under federal
statutes, was made by Stanton A.
Phillips, accountant, in talk befoce
the Irvington Republican Club
Monday night.
The club will install its new OIL
GERS Monday night. They are Har-
old Healing, president; the Rev. M.
S. Marble, first ce-president; Ed
ward j. Hecker Sr, second vice.
president; Phillips, secretary, and
Alfred NJ. Hogston, treasurer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29

resulted in a fire loss Of $500. Per-
sons living in the apartment above
the store, whose names were not
learned, were driven from the build
ing by smoke.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29

$500 Fire Loss at Pharmacy
An overheated stove in the phar-
macy of G. T. Doval at 1886 Mont
calm street, at midnight Monday
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
PROJECT MAY
GIVE WORK TO BOO

Jobs may be provided soon for
several hundred unemployed Ia
borers, city officials announced to-
day as they neared completion of
an agreement which will brush
aside legal obstacles which for more
than a year have blocked a $4O9, 900
sewer construction program.
This agreement, expected to be
reached in two Or three days, will
allow the sanitary department to
start work on approximately nine
miles Of sewers.
The program was halted in June,
1880, when a group of local con-
tractors filed an injunction suit
because the contracts for the three
projects, Broad Ripple main inter
ceptor sewer and Irvington and
Pogues Run sewers, were awarded
to out-of-city firms.
Merle Walker, attorney for the
local contractors, announced this
morning that IAN agreement prob
ably will be reached in two or three
days"
The city won the case in Hancock
circuit court, but Walkers clients
announced they intended to appeal
to the appellate court.
Contracts specify that local labor
must be used on the projects. City
Engineer Albert Moore estimates
that 300 men will be nodded i'm
mediately,
This is hte largest sewer construc-
ton program attempted by the city
in recent years. The Broad Ripple
line. which is in three divisions,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
Appellate Judges to Give
Decision on Writ Plea
Tuesday.
BY RAY BLACK
United Press staff Corresnondent

CHICAGO, Oct. 26.-"Scarface Al"
Capone'S journey to Leavenworth
penitentiary was ordered delayed
temporarily today by the circuit
court of appeals.
The order halted Capone's sched-
uled removal from the county Jail
to a train late today to start for
prison.
Decision on defense plea for a writ
of S~upersedeas and bond was set for
2 p. m. Tuesday by Circuit Judges
Samuel Alschuler, Will M. Sparks
and Evan A. Evans, after the plea
had been argued.
Convicted of income tax evasion,
sentenced to ten years in the peni-
tertiary and a year in jail, Capone
alternately was bitter and resigned
as the crucial time neared.
Talks to CellmateS
II got a dirty DEAL" Capone
growled from his spacious cell in
the hospital ward on the jail's fifth
floor.
In a lighter mood, he chatted
with Phil D'Andrea, his bodyguard,
held under a contempt of court
charge. He talked to his four other
cellmates, gave them ~cigarets. dis
cusSed items in the newspapers, or
%nervouSly twiddled his bandaged
finger.
Judge James H. Wilkerson, in
United States district court, denied
bail and expressed belief that a writ
of error did not act as an automatic
supersedeas, after passing sentence
Saturday.
Spends Comfortable Weekend
What may be Capone's last week
end in Chicago in ten years was
spend fairly comfortably. His wife
sent in a luncheon of stewed kid
ney, bread and butter.
For breakfast he had Jail fare
corn meal muSh, a hard roll, but
ter and coffee. For dinner he ate
stewed apples, bread, butter and
tea. He ate with relish, guards
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
WITT TRIAL DELAYED
Jackson Staying Case Is
Postponed Indefinitely.

Trial of Charles Vernon Witt and
Louis E. Hamilton, alleged gun
slayers of Lafayette A. Jackson,
head of the Standard Grocery Com
pany, was postponed indefinitely
today by John John w. Hornaday
of the Boone circuit court at
Lebanon.
Prosecutor Herbert E. Wilson said
the trial, which was to have been
held Nov. 2, had been delayed due
to the length Of time necessary to
try the poison murder case against
Mrs. Carrie w. Simmons.
Hornaday, according to Wilson,
said he would require time after
the Simmons case to attend to
other court work, and had removed
the Jackson Staying case from the
docket.
Witt and Hamilton await trial
in the Marion county Jail. They
are charged with first degree
murder.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
BY HIKOICHI MOTOYAMA
Copyright Scripps-Howard News
NeMSpaperS. l93l)

7 DEEM it a privilege to abide by
l. your request and state to the
American public my position rela-
tive to the actual situation in
Manchuria.
1t is hardly necessary for me to
reiterate in this connection how
highly we Japanese prize the ira
ditional American friendship. The
very persistence of amicable rela-
lions ever since the two countries
began their association. scores of
years ago. is proof of Japan's
profound trust in American good
will.
You seem to imagine that ia
pans course Of action recently
pursued IN Manchuria tends to
jeopardize Americana a p
friendship. so highly valued. I
must confess that for once I diff
fer with you.
1t is my firm conviction that
Japan's recent action in Man
chris will be found, when the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26

sands of youths, the accumulation
of a huge national debt-but, due
to her desperate efforts, the indie
pendence of Manchuria was pre-
served.
These all are well-known facts.
I mention them because. without
full cognizance Of the historical
situation. it is impossible to view
properly the subsequent develop
ment Of affairs " Manchuria.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
Home TO7Cn Rallies to
Aid Ruth Judd:S Father

Contribution boxes were
placed in stores and in the Office
Of the Darlington Herald,
Charles Marshall, editor of the
Herald, took charge of the con-
tributions.
Mr.. McKinnell said he and his
wife would not start for Los
Angeles until a few days before
Mrs. Judd's trial begins. No date
has been set yet for the court
session.
Mr.. McKinnell, 72-year-old
retired minister, taught his
Sunday school class in the Free
Methodist church as usual Sun
day. Scores of friends and
neighbors visited his home in
the afternoon to comfort his
wife, who is an invalid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26

pointed at Nippon'S heart. This
single fact is sufficient to keep
Japan ever concerned about the
peace and welfare of that terri
tory.
It was to remove the pistol from
the hand of one who forcibly had
seized it that Japan, risking her
national life, went to war with the
giant Russia. In that war. Japan
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26

His cable, printed IN full herewith, is in response to
one from Roy W. Howard of the Sc~ripps-Houard nems-
papers, asking for a statement in newspaper language
of the japanese position.
1t was pointed ont that diplomatic statements hare
indicated an almost incomprehensible willingness on the
part of Japan to wreck the World aOar prevention ma
chinery If necessary to sustain her reported military az
gression of Mdnchurid.
The statement, IN justification of Japon's attitude, is
printed here:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26

believed she was fighting partly TO
help China, whereas in fact, the
latter secretly had entered into
military alliance with the car and
looked for an opportunity to stab
her redeemer from behind.
Had Japan known the secret in
time. her military action certainly
would have been different. The
price Japan paid for victory was
dear-loSs Of hundreds Of thou
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
TRIP TO
PRISON IS DELAYED
Edison at PZay

Some of the stories told at
Edison's banquets had a Rabel-
alsan flavor. . Many a time
Edison laughed so hard he COL
lapsed on the table from sheer
weakness"
That is one Of the parts told
told today in the enthralling
story of the life of Thomas
Ava Edison now running in
The Times.
It is not too late to start the
Edison series today. Turn to
Page 7 and read of the feasts
staged in Edison's famous Men
10 Park laboratory, where
f a m e d scientists dropped
worldly cars and became "the
boys"
It's the greatest series of the
day. Don't miss one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
JAPAN GHTN MANCHURIA FAMED PUBLISHER SAYS|


A Monroe doctrine for the Orient is the basis ad-
oanced today By Hikoichi Motoyama, Japan's foremost
publisher, IN justification of his countrys refusal. to &C.
cept the proposed Intervention of the League of Nations
and the Br1and-Kellogg signatOrieS in the international
situation caused By the Manchuridn aUar threat.
M. Motoyama, president of the Osaka Mainichi and
the Toxic Nicht-Nichb and dean of japanese journalists.
though a frequent and o~utspoken critic of American poL-
icy IN the for east, has been an equally uioorous Dro-
ponent of better Japanese-American UNDERSTANDING.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26

Inasmuch as the worlds exist
ing order is but a continuation Of
the past. it is not right to con-
slider the present Manchurian
condition apart from its history.
Upon termination of the war
- through the treaty Of Ports
mouth, Japan, with consent of
the Chinese government, took
over some of the economic in
terests and concessions that Rus
STA had obtained from China.
On a basis of these treaty
rights, Japan commenced develop
ment Of territory hitherto largely
abandoned. For more than two
decades Japan devoted energy and
resources to turning a wilderness
into the rich granary of the Far
East. Until only twenty-five years
ago that territory was a hotbed
OF famine and pestilence, of
thieves and bandits, just as other
parts Of China are at present.
Today it is the only truly sani-
tary, peaceful, prosperous and
/ may say in a word-civilized
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
REAFFlRMS LEGALITY
OF CHAIN STORE TAX
High Court Cites Indiana Ruling in
North Carolina Case.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-The SUI
preme court today reaffirmed it's
divided stand on the question of
state taxation of chain stores when
it approved a North Carolina statute
placing chain stores on a higher
tax basis than that applied to sim
gle store owners.
The court cited, as authority for
approving the Carolina law, its de-
ciSion last year when by a 5 to 4
vote it upheld the Indiana chain
store tax.
Justices Van Devanter and Suth-
erland, who opposed the Indiana
case decision, joined in affirming
the Carolina ruling, "solely on the
ground that the Indiana case is in
point and controlling" They added
later that IF the question still were
OPEN" they would regard the tax
ing act as repugnant to the equal
protection clause of the fourteenth
amendment"
Justices McReynolds and Butler
diSSented.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
JAPAN STANDS FIRMLY
AGAINST LEAGUE A
False Teeth Are Ne70
Problem in Poor Relief

Looking applicants for poor
relief in the teeth is the latest
task assigned field examiners of
the state board of accounts by
Lawrence F. Orr, chief examiner.
Reason for the order turning
accountants into dental ex-
aminers is because of the num-
Der of false teeth claims ap-
pearing on various poor relief
vouchers filed with township
trustees, Orr explained today.
Il have ordered the examiners
to go out and inspect, to see if
plates actually are received as
recorded, or the claim and not
the teeth are false" he asserted.
Orr is listing various comic
uses to which the por relief
funds have been put. Latest is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26

a Lake county report of a GER
tain township where the draft
to the groceryman was spent at
a store for bottle caps, sugar,
and malt.
1T may be the recipient was
going to start in business boot
Logging, but we hardly can con-
slider that legitimate" Orr de-
clared.
Other instances listed include
the posting of poor relief vouchers
as collateral at a bank, buying
mushrooms at 80 cents a box,
and securing cash for gasoline
for joy riding.
"One report we received
showed a man was receiving
por relief, although he had a
$1,000 job as school janitor,"
Orr said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
BIZ Lnited Press

bH GHfffN fftss
DARLINGTON, Ind, Oct. 26.
< Contributions, in
amounts ranging from nickels
and dimes to bills Of large de-
nomination, today poured stead
lily into a fund to finance the
Rev. and Mrs. w. J. McKinnelrs
trip to the west coast to be with
their daughter, Mrs. Ruth Judd,
alleged trunk" murderer.
Shortly after Mr.. McKinnell
announced that he would sell
his home and belongings to get
money for the trip, kindly
neighbors went to his aid. A
benefit movie and basketball
game were planned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26

from near Fall Greek and Indiana
avenue to Meridian street and the
canal, is about five miles in length.
Clearing of the legal difficulties
wi satisfy the state board of heath,
which recently intimated the board
would force the city to start the
sanitary district construction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26

truth of the situation becomes
known, to have been not only in
offensive to the United States,
but, rather, highly conducive to
the promotion of her interests and
ideals. Let me explain.
=
A S you are aware, MsRchuria
IA has been bound clos& with
the destinty of Japan. Geograph-
ically it is, So to speak, a pistol
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
FINANCE EXPERT DEAD
Roland William B0yden Succumbs
While at Church Services.

ny tHtttd TfCSs
BEVERLY. Mass. Oct. 26.--Fu-
neral services for Roland William
Boyden, 68, international financial
expert. Will be held Wednesday aft
ernoon at First Parish Unitarian
church, where he died of a heart
attack while attending Sunday
morning services.
Boyden was umpire of the Ger
man-American mixed claims COM
mission and president of the arbi-
irrational tribunal set up under The
Hague agreement of 1880 to deal
with German PREPARATIONS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
KoIb Case Enters
SHOWERS FOR CITY
Mercury to Rise to Near
70, Experts Declare. e

Warm weather in which the mer-
curry will rise to near 70, and
showers are on the city's weather
schedule for tonight and Tuesday.
The mercury ros rapidly today
after dropping to A this morning,
accompanied by frost which
blanketed 1.-THE eastern half of the
state.
High mercury mark Sunday was
SO, which will be exceeded today and
Tuesday, according to j. H. Arm
ington. weather bureau chief.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
GRID INJURY CRITICAL
Technical High Player Still Is in
Serious Condition.

Condition of Thomas Taylor,
Technical high school football
player, who was injured in a game
Friday afternoon, remained critical
today, according to Methodist hos
pital attaches.
The youth is partly paralyzed, as
a result of broken vertebrate at the
base of his neck. The injury
occurred during the Manual-Tech
game at the east side field when
ne tackled a Manual player.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
TWO KILLED BY PLANES
Stunt Filler Dies in Dive; Youth
Crushed by Propeller.
BIZ United Press

81 JHlIed Pfc8S
JERSEY CITY, N. j., oct. 26.
An air meet, held to raise I'M
employment relief onds, cost two
lives.
"Stunting" his sports plane after
warnings against it, Harry E. r.
Hall. a broker, was killed when his
plane fell in an inverted spin from
a half-mile height Sunday.
Less than an hour later, Samuel
Lang, 10, airport messenger, was
struck on the head by a whirling
airplane propeller. He died several
hours later.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
RED PAPER IS BARRED
High Court Sustains Postal Heads
Exclusion of Revolutionary Age.
BIZ UHited Press

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-Benja-
min Gitlow, New York, publisher of
the Communist party organ, the
Revolutionary Age, today lost his
second major battle before the SUI
preme court, to prevent the authori-
ties from interfering with his ac-
tiyitieS.
The court sustained the right of
the postal authorities to bar the
Age from the mails because of its
radical doctrines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
MOTHER IS NOT
PO|SONER, SAYS
SON, ON STAND.
George Simmons Declares
Parent Did Not Kill
Two Daughters.
EMPHATIC IN ANSWERS
KoIb Death Trial Brought
Into Cross Quiz by
State Attorneys.
BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT

LEBANON, Ind, Oct. 26.-T
know my mother didn't put strych-
nine in those sandwiches"
This defense cry of George Sim
mons rang through the Boone cir
cult courtroom today as he told his
story of the fatal picnic, June 81.
He was of the star witnesses
for the defense, attempting to prove
that Mrs. Carrie w. Simmons. Han
cock county farm mother, is not the
poison slayer of her daughters.
Her sons statement came after he
had been on the witness stand three
hours this morning, subject, the ma
jority of time, to crosS-examination
by states attorneys. He upheld his
mothers innocence and was firm in
his statements made to clear her.
The questioning led him from the
Simmons home to this town and the
grounds of Memorial park, where
Alice Jean and Virginia ate the
stryhnine sandwiches which result
ed in their deaths.
Brought Sandwich to Mother
81 bit into one of the sandwiches
and broke the capsule" George TOLD
the jury. "The powder spread over
the sandwich.
Right waya I went to my mother
and she told if I didn't like the
sandwich I could throw it away"
He already had rehearsed watch
ing his mother go through the
movements" of making the sand
wiches in the Simmons home the
morning of the picnic, while II was
going through the motions of shay
ing"
you didn't see her put any cau-
'sules in the sandwiches in the
kitchen?"
Il know she didn't do it, he
cried.
But yet, you went to your mother
just as soon as you found something
was wrong?"
yes"
Kolb Case Enters
You thought those ~strychnine
capsules could have been put in at
the park?"
I'VE wondered where they we're
put in"
Prosecution laid stress on the
murder trial of George Kolb, Rush
vile farmer, who was convicted of
Turn to Page q
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
HIGHEST COURT TO REST

Supreme Bench TO Adjourn Nov. 2
Until Nov. %, Hughes Says.
BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-Chief
Justice Charles Evans Hughes an
nounced today that the supreme
court will adjourn Nov. ? until
Nov. %.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
Definite Date for Troop
Withdrawal Refused
by Toxic.
BY MILES w. VAUGHN

United Press STAFF Correspondent
TOXIC, Oct. 26.-Japan stood
firm today on her refusal to set a
definite date for withdrawal of her
troops from Manchuria.
A restatement of the Japanese
policy. after refusing a League of
Nations demand for withdrawal of
troops by Nov. .16, was framed by
the cabinet. There was no change
in the government policy, and en-
phasis was placed on "scrupulous
respect for Japan's rights and in
terest in Manchuria acquired by
treaty"
There was no indication that
Japan would withdraw from the
league at present. No change was
expected in her position. Japan's
vote against the league councils
formula for settlement of the Man
churian dispute with China made
the council resolution ineffective, as
it required a unanimous vote.
The Japanese press felt that Ken
kichi Yoshizawa, head Of the dele
gdIlOn at GENEVA, IdlleQ COIlpl6bS4y
because he did not state Foreign
Minister Baron Shidehara's five
points for a settlement before the
council and have them inserted in
the official record.
Newspapers predicted that Yosh-
izawa would not represent Japan if
the council meets again on Nov. 16
for further consideration of the
Manchurian problem.
1t was announced officially that
Japanese troops are occupying the
Supingkai-Taonan railway to pro-
tect Japanese interests. The most
serious fighting in Manchuria oc-
Cured when Chinese troops at
tempted to destroy a Japanese
owned railway bridge on the line and
were bombed by japanese aviators.
China owns the railroad, but the
Japanese-owned South Manchurian
railroad and the Yokohama specie
bank hold mortgages on the road
totaling 49, 900, 900 yen.
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BU United Press
MUKDEN, Manchuria, Oct. 90
Reports current here today said the
Soviet government had sent two
field guns, two anti-aircraft guns
and twelve machine guns to Tsitsi-
har, Manchuria, near the Monaghan
border. and north of the Vladivo-
stok branch of the Trans Siberian
railroad.
Other reports, entirely uncon-
frmed, we're that Soviet officers
were training troops of Heilung-
kiang province loyal to Chang
Hseuh-Liang, Manchurian ruler,
who are opposing the forces of
Chang Hai-Peng, reported to be
supporting the japanese.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
RUTH'S PLANE BURNS

Woman Flier's Ship Catches Fire
at Louisville Airport.
By United Press
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 26.-The
piloted by Ruth Nichols
caught fire at Bowman field as she
prepared to take off for Floyd Benz
nett field, New York, to complete q
coast-to-coast hop. First reports
did not tell the extent Of damage,
but it vas believed che would Be
unable to leave today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-26
HEADS WABASH RAILWAY

Walter S. Franklin Elected to Sue
coed w. II. Williams.
BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Walter S.
Franklin today was elected presi-
dent of the Wabash railroad, sue
ceeding the late William H. Will
liamS.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-09-04
Mortgage Sale

BY virtue Of the power and authority
contained in a certain mortgage from
George w. Duvall and Elizabeth A. Duv all.
his wife, to the Farmers Banking and
Trust Company Of Montgomery County.
dated the 9th day Of December. 1919. re-
corded among the Land Records Of Mont
gomery County. Maryland. in Liber 2S7.
folio 399, the undersigned as attorney
therein named for said purpose. will, on
Tuesday the 18th d y of
september. 1881,
at the hour of II O'Clock, A. NJ.
offer for sale. at public auction, ia front of
the Court House door in Rockville. Mary
land, all the land described in said Mort
gage, to-wit:
FIFTY-SN ACRES. MORE OR LESS.
located on the pike leading from Etchison
to Damascus. about 3 miles from Etchison
and 8 miles from Damascus. This property
is now in possession OF George W. Duvall
and adioins the lands of Thomas d. Darby.
estate of Basil T. Warfield. Adl Nick.
Bowman and others. and improved by
a dwelling house, barn and other necessary
outbuildings. All the land is practically
under cultivation.
TERMS OF SALE. as prescribed by the
mortgage AN cash upon ratification OF
sale by the court Of which deposit of
$500 90 will be required when property
is knocked down. Conveyancin9 at cost
Of the purchaser.
ALBERT NJ. B0UlC.
Attorney.
N0TE-A reasonable sum OF money will
be loaned on said property upon terms
satisfactory to the undersigned.
ALBERT M. B0UlC.
aug 2l-ts Attorney.