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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
WAR MEMORIAL FINISH
TO COST MILLION MORE
Contract to Complete Job
Awarded to Moynahan
Construction Co.

Completion of the interior OF the
Indiana War Memorial with Indi-
annapolis and Indiana labor and ma
terials, at a cost of $1,058,753, will
be started this winter
Trustees of the project today an
nounced awarding of the contract
to the Moyna4lan Construction
Company of indianapolis, which
underbid the lowest of three COM
petitors by 100000
According to trustees, the work
of completing the structure, in
terror of which has stood bare
since the building was erected, will
take more than two, and possibly
three, years.
1t is estimated the construction
company and subcontractors who
will be retained will spend more
than S., 900 weekly in wages to more
than 100 men who will be employed
Will Be Scene of Beauty
The building will be the scenic
enclosed spot of the plaza, with its
exhibits of art, war relics, and
shrine to the flag, which trustees
and architects said, will be the most
beautiful piece of art work of its
kind in the world.
Under the contract arrangement,
the Moynahan company is given
the blanket plan for the finishing
work, all of which will be sublet
by the firm to companies special
izing in each line.
Funds for completion of the in
terror of the structure have been
appropriated by three different
legislatures in the last decade, and
the contract is so written that the
amount of work can be cut dowS
by trustees should funds be slow
in forthcoming, they stated.
With completion of the auditorium
with its startling sound arrange
ments, the hall will be thrown open
to patriotic organizations for meet
ings.
Previous Bid Too High
Trustees previously rejected bids
for the work because the offers
were too high. Today, though, they
said the cost of construction is "as
low as it ever will be-"
Definite date for start of con-
Struction is to be announced later.
Trustees announcing letting of
the contract were Marcus S. Sonn-
tag, Evansville; William Elder,
Frank Henley, secretary, and Sam
uel Ashby of Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
LEGIONNAlRES' JOBLESS AID
PROGRAM FOR WINTER Is
SUBMITTED TO PRESIDENT

Baker, of Cleveland, in the role of
principal speaker at the conven-
tons opening Monday.
Baker, who as secretary of war in
the Wilson administration directed
Americas World war faces, may
share the platform with General
John J. Pershing, who recently re-
turned from France and who now
is resting at his home in Lincoln,
Neb.
General headquarters of the
Legion have been moved here from
indianapolis and will be maintained
in the Masonic Temple until after
the convention.
The big meetings of the Legion
will be held in Olympia arena,
which has seating capacity of
about 10000. The city already is
taking on holiday decorations for
the four-day conclave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
ANSWER TO LEUSSE BAIL
PLEA SHORT, SNAPPY NO

mo argument is necessary, I deny
the petition that Theodore Luesse
be freed from prison on BALL"
In this fat statement, Criminal
Judge Frank P. Baker today dis
posed of the petition of the man
whom he branded as "a menace to
society and government" when he
sentenced him to the state farm for
year and fined him $500 a few
weeks ago.
Leusse was convicted on charge
of obstructing a legal process by an
alleged attempt to prevent an evic-
ton.
Luesse's attorney, Milton Siegal,
asked that his client be let to bail
pending settlement of an appeal to
the supreme court. He also asked
for new trial, which was requested
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
KRAUSE HEARING DUE
Lottery Appeal to Be Aired
in Criminal Court.

Appeal of John Krause, alleged
lottery car, from municipal court
conviction, fine of $1,010, and state
penal farm sentence, will be heard
in criminal court next Monday be-
fore a jury and Special Judge
Charles Remster, former circuit
court judge.
Remster was named special judge
today after Earl Cox. attorney for
Krause, asked change Of venue
from Criminal Judge Frank P. Ba-
ker.
Krause was arrested and several
thousand lottery tickets were con-
fiscated this summer. Only short
time ago Krause was rearreSted
after a raid on his alleged quarters
north of the city Melted another
large supply of lottery tickets.
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later than the time limit for new
trial petitions set by statute.
Counsel fer the 30-year-old IN
employed leader, now serving his
sentence, had little to say in answer
to the judges abrupt and prompt
denial.
your petition for a new trial is
thirty days late" the judge ruled,
land I am not allowing bail because
I don't think there is any danger
of this decision being reversed by
the higher court"
At time of LuesSe's trial, Judge
Baker issued this credo on radical
activities:
I'VE have the right to make out
of this government what we want, .
he said, I'VE can change it by legal
methods, but the man who takes
the law in his own hands is a
menace to. society"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
LIQUOR STOCK Is SEIZED
IN FLAT; z ARE PINCHED

Three police squads, with fifteen
search warrants, broke open all
trunk lockers in the basement of a
twelve-apartment building at 408-
10 North New Jersey street this
afternoon and conflscated large
quantities of red whiskey, gin,
alcohol and beer.
They arrested Mrs. Thomas Black,
whose husband "Blackie" Black.
they charge, is one of the citys best
known bootleggers, on blind tiger
charges, and also will slate her for
drawing deadly weapon. Black
was not at home
Police say she reached for a gun
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
Hes Seen DebreSSiOnS
Come, Go; Fears This One

from Nashua, N. H. Were a
greedy and hard-hearted lot
and I call to mind a passage
from the Bible:
Mems hearts will fail them,
for fear of things coming up
out of the earth. +"
I've seen depressions as bad
as this, but never Of such dura-
ton" he said.
The captain was not yet four
teen when he enlisted in the
Union forces when he was mus
tered out as a captain he was
not quite eighteen. Hence, he
is one of the youngest Of the
G. A. r. today at 80. He's still
active as civil engineer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
BY ELMER ]. SMITH
Amateur Radio Operator at Belize
lCnr,r-rsrrl,h 1901 Initial Dcaccl

tCOpyrlgnC, 1881, united PleSSl
BELIZE, British Honduras, Sept.
15.-(By radio to the United Press)
Further clearing of streets and
wreckage Of homes today revealed
scores of additional bodies and lent
added strength to the fear that the
total dead in the hurricane horror
of last week may reach well above
1900.
In some quarters it is believed
that as many as $500 residents Of
the British Honduran capital lost
their lives.
Concern for the living, threatened
with disease and lack of medical
supplies, water and common neces-
sites, was relieved today, however,
by the distribution of supplies
brought here by British warship.
Order Partly Restored
The population, working cease
lessly since the clearing after the
storm, have begun to restore the
streets to a semblance of order. A
few stores, undergoing repairs, were
opened for business today, with
Whatever stocks survived the hur-
ricane.
Day and night the monotonous
process of burning the dead con-
tinues. With the uncovering of
each pile of ruins, the death toll
increases.
Meanwhile, in a constant stream,
refugees we're fleeing the city to
the north or south.
Approximately leo small boats,
tossed upon the land by the vio-
lent winds and waves. are being re-
covered from unbelievable places,
some far inland, and are being sal-
vaged and put into shape for trans
portation, in case an epidemic
should force the remaining popu-
lation to leave the city.
Starvation Is Faced
Reports from outlying villages,
beginning to filter into Belize, say
that hundreds of surviving inhabi-
tants are now facing the danger of
starvation unless relief comes at
once.
A severe squat hampered the work
Monday night, when a typical trop-
ical downpour struck the city.
This, however, was not without a
certain advantage, for through it
the inhabitants hoped to catch
enough water to prevent a famine
in the drinking supply.
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as they entered, but was prevented
from getting it into action. Cor
nelius Richmond, Negro, custodian
of the building, was held for blind
tiger.
Squads under Lieutenant Ralph
Dean, Sergeant Ed Kruse and Ser
geant John Haney made the raids.
In each of the trunk lockers in the
basement, police found quantities
of liquor.
However, they said they would
not search all the apartments in
the building, believing that the
Blacks had rented most Of the
locker space in which to store the
liquor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
MANS HEAD STRUCK
BY TRUCKS MIRROR
Donald Leslie Hurt Seriously As
He Alights from Street Car.

Struck by truck as he stepped
from a street car, Donald Lesley, %,
of 1923 North Illinois street, was in
jured critically at noon today.
Lesley's head was split by an ex-
tension mirror on the truck His
condition is grave, city hospital
attaches said.
Lesley had stepped from an out
bound Illinois street car at Thirty
fourth and Meridian streets when
he was struck.
Lester Drago, 81, of Upton, driver
of the truck, was held by police.
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BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-The
American Legion's winter relief and
employment program was sub
mitted to President Herbert Hoover
at the White House today by the
legion committee, which has been
in session here the last two days.
Chairman Howard P. Savage of
the committee declined to reveal the
nature of the report prior to it's
submission to the American Legion
convention in Detroit next week.
Included in the delegation which
called at the White House was
Ralph T. O'Neil, national COM
mander of the Legion.
By United Press
DETROIT, Sept. 15.-Inability of
President Hoover to attend the
American Legion convention here
next week, has placed Newton D..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15

TIES MONIES, Sept. Is
II George A. Gay, who has
lived through several business
depressions, thinks we're all too
greedy and hard-hearted.
Gay-he was a captain at II
in the Civil war and is attend
ing the army's annual encamp-
ment of the G. A. R.-was frank
to confess that the present state
of economic affairs has him
worried. He's seen depressions
come and go, but it looks to
him as if the Judgment day
may be at hand.
There's no heart touch be-
tween men," said the veteran
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
Miner Trapped in Pit;
Fifty Work at Rescue

rock fall earlier in the day. His
sons and neighborS, hoping he
still lived, summoned help from
the surrounding countryside.
From the top Of the shaft,
partially filed with rocks and
broken tinbers, part of his
body could be seen, wedged
under a large rock.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
Hourly Temperatures
TOWN HAS NO CRIME
Columbus (Neb.) Celebrates Its Dia-
mOnd Jubilee.

By United Press
COLUMBUS, Neb., Sept. 15.-Co-
lumbus celebrated its diamond jubi-
lee today and congratulated itself
as a town where people can get
along without fights, chickering's or
crime.
once in its history, Columbus has
had a major crime. A murder was
committed so long ago that no one
knows the details
It's people of different religious
faiths, this town has escaped the
quarrels which frequently arise I'M
der similar conditions. Twelve Ger
mans, coming here from Columbus,
o., founded Columbus, Neb., sew
enty-five years ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
FIREBUG STRIKES AGAIN

Ignites Rubbish in Rooms of Home
on South Side; Damage, $500.
The south side firebug who has
been operating for months without
being unprecedented struck again to-
day attempting to destroy the resi-
dence of w. M. Hoy, 1929 Wade
street.
Rubbish had been piled in down
stairs rooms and the attic and ig-
nited. Burned matches were found
in all parts Of the house by fire
men.
Damage to the residence was esti-
mated at $500.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
EDISON GROWS WORSE
Decline Steady in Past Week, Is
Notice of Physicians.

81 UNtItu PFtSS
WEST ORANGE, N. j., Sept. 15.-
Thomas A. Edison's health has de-
clined during the last week, accord
ing to a bulletin issued at the in
ventor's home today by his ply
sicians. DR.. Frederick Allen and DR..
Hubert S. Howe.
THE pass twenty-four hours has
not produced much change in Mr.
Edison's condition" the morning
bulletin read. I'm comparison with
a week ago, he has declined"
Bulletins on the inventors conoi-
ton are being issued twice daily
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
FALL PROVES FATAL

Plunge to Concrete Ramp Kills
George A. Want of Cincinnati.
Injuries sustained when he fell
ten feet to a concrete ramp at the
Plaza garage, 30 west Vermont
street, today proved fatal to George
A. Want, Cincinnati, sales manager
of the Carnegie Steel Company.
Wants skull was fractured in the
fall which occurred after he had
parked his car on the FIRST floor
He died at the city hospital, Want
had offices in the Chamber of Com
merce building A son is attending
Culver Military academy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
VOTE TO EMPLOY GEAR
Fire Insurance Companies Will
Follow Movies Precedent.
By United Press

By GHiteQ PFeS8
HARTFORD, Conn, Sept. IS
Representatives of lis fire insur-
ance companies have voted to APP
point GEAR" to guide the fire in
surance business of the United
States, it became known here today.
The insurance car" will have
broad powers with regard to for
mutation of general policy and rules
of conduct for the business. His
position will correspond roughly to
that of Judge Kenesaw M. Lands
in organized baseball and Will Hays
in the motion picture industry.
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~ VNVttD 20
EQUALITY, H., Sept. 15.-
More than fifty men, working
in relays, strove today to reach
John o. Martin, So, a coal min
er, trapped under debris in the
small shaft which he and his
three sons operate.
Martin was caught under a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
RICH OF CITY
MUST ASSUME
FUND BURDEN
Community Chest Officials
Say Increased Amount
Is Up to Wealthy.
BROWN TO DIRECT DRIVE
Chairman Is Reappointed to
Head Campaign, Which
Opens in October.

Mr. and Mrs. Well-to-do- Citizen,
you must shoulder the major part
OF the necessary increase in the
financial burden of caring for the
leedy Of Indianapolis.
This plain challenge was issued
today by officials of the Com
munity Fund, as they announced
organization plans for the annual
city charity fund campaign to be
staged in October.
With the appointment of Arthur
v. Brown, president of the Union
Trust Company, as chairman of the
drive again this year, Edward A.
Kahn, president Of the Community
Fund, today put into motion the
wheels of mercy that must feed the
hungry and administer to the poor
throughout the winter.
Aids Are Appointed
Kahn also announced the appoint
ment of J. K. Lilly, president of Eli
Lilly e. Co., as chairman of the
special gifts division.
Curtis II. Rottger, chairman of
the board of directors of the In
dianapolis Bell Telephone Company,
and Frank Stalnaker, president of
the Indiana National bank, were
named as assistants to Lilly.
The special gifts committee
solicits subscriptions of $3.50 and up.
Members of the committee pointed
out that they must be responsible
for the major portion of the in
crease which will be necessary this
fall to care for the city's unfor-
Inmates.
Up to Moneyed Folk
Successful mobilization of the
financial resources of those in posi-
tons of advantage will determine
the outcome of the campaign"
"A generous and sacrif1cial re-
spouse of the wealth of Indianapolis
is necessary if the emergency rising
out Of unemployment is to be dealt
with adequately" it was stressed.
Kahn asserted that the special
gifts committee represents the
strongest leadership of a volunteer
effort that ever has participated in
a Community Fund campaign here.
1t is the nucleus of the successful
volunteer money-raising organiza-
tons that worked in Indianapolis
during the World war"
Glad to Undertake Task
Brown was chairman of the city,
wide charity campaign last year
when the fund goal of $685., 900 was
oversubscribed $4,000.
In view of the emergency facing
us this winter 1 am glad to accept
for a second time the Craftsmanship
of the Community Fund cam
paign," declared Brown. Il realize
that the outcome Of this campaign
will determine, in large measure
whether or not Indianapolis will
meet its unemployment and relief
situation during the coming winter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
5-DAY WEEK IN FORCE

Nearly Half of Men in Auto In
dustry Have Saturday Holiday.
BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-The
Labor department has received re-
ports showing that nearly half the
men employed in the automobile in
dustry are working on a f1ve-day
week basis.
Reports from 1887 industrial
establishments in seventy-aeven diff
ferent lines showed that Sc per cent
of all employees have a holiday on
Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
SENDS MORE COFFIN
Scientist Realizes Need of Woman
Ill With AddisOn's Disease.
Press

Ill with Aod1SOnS disease.
By. United Press
BUFFALO, Sept. 15.-Dr. F. A.
Hartman said today he had sent a
three-day supply of cortin to the
Albert Billings hospital in Chicago
for use in treating Mrs. Andrew
Nelson, mother of six, seriously i'll
with Addison's disease.
The cortin was sent by train late
Monday, DR.. Hartman said, and
should be at the Chicago hospital
this morning. He said he realized
more of the extract-the only
known treatment for Addison's dis
esse-would be needed, and that he
did not wait for Mrs. Nelson's ply
sicians to request it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
COUNTY SCHOOLS OPEN
1000 Enrolment Is 500 higher
Than a Year Ago.

Than a Year Ago.
First class recitations Of the year
in county schools were held today
with more than 1000 pupils in
attendance.
This number of boys and girls
living outside the city were enrolled
in county rural schools Monday.
Fred T. GLADDEN., county superin-
tendent, has announced this is a
gain of 500 over last year.
Seventy-f1ve new teachers have
been added to the teaching stats in
the thirty-one grade and eleven
high schools of the county.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
CHARITY PLEA SOUNDED
German Government Appeals for
Funds to Aid JoblesS.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
BERLIN, Sept Is. = Germans
were called upon today to contribute
from their own pockets to aid the
poor this winter.
Facing an unemployment total of
4,195,000 persons and continued
economic and industrial depression,
President Paul Won Hindenburg and
Chancellor Heinrich Bruening
signed a proclamation urging pri-
vate charity to relieve winter need.
The government has set aside as
much as possible for poor relief.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
Won't Be Tolerated
KING OF RIVER SOLD

Side Wheeler Cincinnati Is Pur-
chased by st. Louis Company.
By United Press
CINCINNATI, O., Sept. 15.-The
Cincinnati, largest side-wheel steam
boat on the Ohio, has been sold by
John w. Hubbard, Pittsburgh, to
the Streckfus line, st. Louis it was
announced today.
The Cincinnati, valued at $780,
000 will be converted into an ex-
cursion steamer, making its home
port at Pittsburgh.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
WHAT-A- MAN IN SUIT

Ma Kennedy's Boy Friend Asks
Divorce From Wife.
By United Press
LAS VEGAS, New, Sept. 15.-Guy
Edward Hudson, who became ma
tionally known as "What-A-Man"
when he married Mrs. Minnie (Ma)
Kennedy. today filed suit for di-
vorce against Mrs. Margaret New
ton Hudson, his Los Angeles wife.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
VISITS SON; KILLED
Father, on Way to Injured Boy,
Struck by Automobile.

By United Press
DETROIT, Sept. 15.-Coming
from Chicago to see his son, who
was seriously hurt in a motor crash,
Eugene Williams, a, went across
the street from the hospital to buy
the injured boy some fruit. He was
struck and killed by an automobile.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
JOHN, INA STILL PALS
But Gilbert Says They Won't Re-
marry: Calls Her Best Friend.

marry; Calls Her Best Friend.
BIZ United Press
HOLLYWOOD, Cal, SEPT. IS
A mans best friend is his ex-wife,
in the opinion of John Gilbert, mo-
ton picture actor, who today took
occasion to deny he contemplated
remarrying Ina Claire, also of the
screen.
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Mary VIII Help The Times Women Readers

THE housewives of the nation
abundant Fruits and vegetables cheaper Economy
watchword Waste national upon
and jars lining the counys cupboards
preserve the summers surplus for winter
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
POLE SUB HEADS SOUTH
wilkins Proceeding to Norway From
Spitzbergen.

BIZ UHltcu PTcSS
TROMSOE. Norway, Sept. IS
The polar submarine Nautilus will
proceed direct to Bergen, South
Norway, and not call at Tromsoe,
Sir Hubert Wilkins said in a wire
less message from the ship today.
The Nautilus is en- route from
Advent bay, Spitzbergen, where she
put in after exploration in the
Arctic seas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15

In with the The Times Wednesday will start
articles Surplus
help They written
MEAS nationally known food authority and they discuss
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o. Canning Vegetables How to select Jars and ru6bers
how to avoid spolage etc.
(2 The Canning of preserving
and how prepare for canning purposes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15
DEATH
TOLL MOUNTS,
famine FACED
Hurricane Toll May Pass
1000; WarShip Brings
Relief to City.
MANY BODIES BURNED
Refugees by Hundreds Flee
From Stricken Capital
of British Honduras.

By United Press
TEG UCIG ALPA, Honduras,
Sept. 15-More than 100 persons
were reported drowned today in
the loss of six Honduran schoon-
ers, including two government
vessels, caught in a hurricane.