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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
.BLAMES FINANCIERS
Americans Stuck With De-
preciated Bonds.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29-Inex-
perienced American bankers are to
blame for the plight of holders of
Latin American securities that have
deprecated greatly in value, w. w.
Cumberland, New York and Phila-
delphia banker, asserted today.
Cumberland, a member of the
firm of Wellington & Co., said near
ly $4,000, 100000 of Latin American
loans had been f1oated in this coun-
try. He estimated the present mar
ket value of these bonds averaged
about one-fourth of their original
value.
Cumberland spoke at a meeting
of the American Economic AsSocia-
ton.
Sales of Latin American secur-
tiles, he said, were based on ''over-
sanguine appraisals of Latin Amer
lean financial possibilities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
AIMS AT HIGH INCOMES
House Ways and Means Chairman
Opposes Mellon Tax Plan.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-Chair-
man James w. Collier of the house
ways and means committee re-
vealed today that he is working out
a tax increase program CHIEFLY
confined to large incomes. 1t will
be ready for consideration by his
committee when it begins formula
ton of tax measure after the
holidays.
Collier opposed Secretary Melons
proposal for lowering exemptions
and for otherwise raising taxes on
the small taxpayer. He said he would
consent to a luxury tax only as
last resort.
Likewise, he looked with disfavor
upon Melons proposal to make the
tax increases retroactive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
OGDEN WINS IN
MARION COURT
Circuit Judge UphoIds
Liquor Case Indictment.

BIZ United Press
MARION, Ind, Dec. ga mo-
lion to quash liquor indictment
against Harry Miller was overruled
in Grant circuit court here by Judge
D. D. Clawson. Ruling on a plea in
abatement filed by Miller is pend
ing.
The courts decision not to quash
The indictment is regared as a vic
tory for Acknowledgement James M.
Ogden, who recently conducted a
campaign against alleged vice and
corruption in Marion. Miller was ar
rested during Ogden's investigation,
conducted by George Hufsmith,
deputy encouragement.
In questioning of Elmer Gowing,
foreman of the grand jury which
indicted Miller, defending counsel
attempted to show that Hufsmith in
fluenced the jury to indict him. Evil
dence was introduced to show that
the indictment was approved be-
fore witnesses whose names, ap-
peared on it had been questioned.
It is believed the court also would
reject the abatement plea.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
GRAND JURORS
NEAR CLOSE OF
VEHLING PROBE
Investigate Charges That
Students Rushed En-
baIming.
BY DICK MILLER

County grand jurors today delved
into charges that hurried embalm-
ings were performed on bodies
taken to the funeral establishment
Of Coroner Fred w. Vehling at 7O2
Virginia avenue by students of the
indianapolis Embalming school,
VINO resided in Vehling's building.
Clifford Askin, president of the
school, was one of the witnesses to-
day as the four-week probe neared
completion.
Report of the jurys findings are
to be filed with Criminal Judge
Frank P. Baker Monday, terminal
ing the jurys period of service.
According to allegations, embalm-
ing school students were on duty
at Vehling's establishment, where
they had dormitory quarters.
Rush Work Alleged
1t is charged the students per-
formed rush operations on bodies as
soon as they we're brought to the
place.
These embalmings have resulted
in charges against Vehling of body
grabbing" and levying exorbitant
fees against relatives of deceased
persons for the operations.
Askin and Vehling appeared be-
fore the city health board last
spring seeking permission for equip
ment of an embalming room in
new wing of the city hospital which
was nearing completion.
Tell of Other Autopsies
They suggested embalming bodies
which were classed as coroner'S
cases and charging a standard fee
for the service to Indianapolis I'M
dertakers. Permission was not
granted by health board and hos
pital authorities.
Vehling also is said to have failed
in a proposal to name a resident
hospital doctor a deputy coroner, to
facilitate the embalming.
Mrs. Margaret Arnold, 1913 South
Gale street, testified about alleged
threats made by Vehling in the
Sickle Coble gas death case.
Mrs. Arnold charged she and
other relatives attempted to get the
bodies of a cousin, Mrs. Letha
Sickle; her husband, Ben Sickle,
and William Coble from the Veh-
ling undertaking establishment,
where they were embalmed hur-
riedly.
Vehling is alleged to have told
them that if the bodies were re-
moved from his establishment, he
would change the verdict to pre-
vent them from collecting insur-
ance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
POLICEWOMEN
RUMORED OUT;
FOUR PROMOTED
Safety Boards Action Gives
No Hint of Reported
Dismissal of 18.

A protest to the indianapolis
safety board on the proposal to
eliminate the eighteen police posts
held by women was Endorsed to-
day at a board meeting Of the In
dianapolis Council of Women.
The council urged the board to
make every attempt to retain the
policewomen. Mrs. Frank SymmeS
is president of the council.
Although reports are current that
eighteen Indianapolis policewomen
soon will be discharged, the safety
board today gave no indication of
this, when four were promoted to
posts as matrons.
Chief Mike Morrissey and men,
bers of the board have admitted
they feel discharge of the women
would "be desirable to the admins
tration," and effect a saving of
about $4,000 annually.
Those named 10 The higher pay
ing posts today were Mrs. Anna
Peats, Mrs. Mary Canton, Miss Lii
Ian Jachka and Miss Nell Dunkle.
They will serve in the women's di-
vision of the city prison.
According to rumors, charges were
to be filed against the policewomen
to deprive them of their jobs. Ale
cations must be filed before the
safety board and it is probable the
women would band to carry their
cases to county courts.
Pay Will Be Cut
Previously, an effort to discharge
them, failed when county judges
upheld the women in test cases.
Morrissey said the custer plan
was news to me-" but if it were
done, lit would be welcome news.
Jobs of the women, who have
functioned in Jail, courts, guarding
dances, watching department stores
and walking beats, have been
branded useless" by the city adj
ministration.
Under the 1892 budget, police
women will receive a pay cut from
$2,025 to $500 annually, effective
Friday. The matrons are paid
$1,000 annually under the new
schedule.
One Draws Pension
One of the present policewomen
is the widow of fireman and draws
a pension; another is the wife of an
insurance agent; third the wife
of government employee, and two
others are wives of police officers.
Policewomen, other than those
named for promotions, are: Mrs,
Emma Baker, Negro; Mrs. Irene
BeyerS, widow of a fireman; Mrs.
Anna Drummer, widow Miss Meta
Davis, Mrs. Elizabeth Denny, Mrs.
Bertha Duclus, Mrs. Leona Frank
fort, wife of an insurance agent;
Mrs. Loren Fullalove, Mrs. Marga-
ret Hildebrand, wife of a govern
ment employee; Mrs. Mary Moore,
wife of policeman; Mrs. Mary
Moriarity, wife of a policeman; Mrs.
Margaret Osborn, Miss Ruth Hay
wood and Mrs. Cosetta Osborne.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29

dramatized under the title of THE
Copperhead," which was successful
as stage play and motion picture.
He also was the author of THE
Angel of Lonesome Hill" woven
around the life Of Theodore Roose-
welt as President. and which Roose-
welt declared was the picture of
himself he wished his family to
remember.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
sEvEN KIDS HAPPY ON 81 WEEK, soRs GUN GIRLS FArH

That's the real trouble and the
explanation of Dorothy's down.
fall. All seven were born in the
west and when we came to Chi
cago, the city was just too much
for them.
I'm a structural steel worker
by trade, but since the depression
I've had to take any job could
get. The girls couldn't have the
things they wanted. Now that the
electricity had been turned of,
they couldn't even play the radio.
And the house was cold and dark
at night.
L can't Heme Dorothy for
wanting to gdE>t. I'm only sorry
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29

Fearfully and with tears in
their eyes, the four confessed par
TALLY saying the missing trio en-
gineered the holdup of the Beach
view, using the two girls as
front"
who shot Caplis through the
back?" demanded detectives.
The youths shifted uneaSily and
mumbled:
Dorothy did it.
She was trying to dispose Of her
gun when police received an
anonymous telephone call sug-
costing that she be arrested.
Eyes, I had the gun, but l
didn't do any shooting" she said.
i swear I didn't.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
BANDIT ROBS THEATER
AT MARION OF $345
Cashier Is Held Up in Box Office
Thief'S Description Only Clew.

Cashier is Held Up in Box Office;
Thief'S Description Only Clew.
By Times Special
MARION, Ind, Dec. 30. - Police
are searching for a young robber
who held up the cashier of the In
diana theater and escaped with
$345 Monday night.
The robbery was quickly executed,
and no one saw the bandit but
the cashier, Miss Ellen Perkins. The
theater is in the center of the bust
ness district, one block from the
public square.
The bandit knocked on the door
of the box Office, and Miss Perkins
expecting one of the uShers, ad-
mitted him. After taking all the
nights receipts, the bandit ordered
Miss Perkins to walk to the inside
of the theater.
Police obtained a good description
of the robber, but have obtained no
reliable clews as to his identity.
The theater is owned by the
Fourth Avenue Amusement Com
pany, Chicago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
Hundreds of Motorists Are
Marooned; Rising Rivers
Spread Fear.
By United Press

By United Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.-The
Pacific coast, deluged by rain and
snow, surveyed flooded homes and
farm lands today as it began slowly
recovering from one of the worst
storms in years.
Rail lines were torn by
avalanches. Hundreds Of motorists
were marooned by snow. Rivers
flowed at peak capacity or broke
their banks. Rainfall shattered long
standing records.
Crops ruined by floods and
property damage along the coast
from pounding breakers brought
heaviest losses. But the rains proved
boon to agriculture in many places
by filing dams and reservoirs.
Unsettled weather was predicted
today.
Fear Flood Damage
Rivers and streams are not ex-
pected to reach their highest flow
for two or three days. The fact
many are now at capacity caused
grave concern.
Trains held fast in the Sierra
Nevada mountains by snow began
coming through to San Francisco,
and airmail planes resumed partial
schedules. East and west mail
planes were grounded for eight sue
ceSsive days, the longest sustained
delay in the history of the service.
Two deaths in California were
attributed directly to the storm.
Snow Is Deep
Snow continued falling in the
Sierras, where most of the motorists
and trains were stalled
Snow at Sierra summit measured
181 inches and at Truckee, IS
inches.
The rain on fiat lands closed at
least score of roads and delayed
train and motor traffic between Los
Angeles and San Francisco.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29

she didn't go with the right kind
of boys. If she was guilty want
her punished, but 1 don't believe
it. She didn't know what she
was getting into last night when
she went to that cabaret"
Luxury of Marcella's home con-
trasted with that of Dorothy's.
Marcella lived in a beautifully
furnished, seven-room apartment.
The RoyceS. have one other child.
large automobile and every
thing that a girl could want, ex-
cept excitement.
Excitement it was that Dor
othy and Ma-cella were after,
they told reporters before Detec-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
Southern Area Flooded

bU UNtItU fFtSS
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29.-The
heaviest rainfall in years flooded
streets, isolated homes, filled water
courses to overtiowing, delayed
trains, and halted airplane traffic
in Southern California Monday.
Eleven Southern Pacific trains
were delayed by slide on the north
side of Cuesta grade Small boats
were driven ashore, and some sank
Ballona creek, which carries water
from Los Angeles storm drains,
overlooked and flooded truck farms
Hundreds of automobiles we're
marooned on highways.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29

as the other gun girl" They
spanked Marcella because she
stayed out so late the night of
the Staying, only to learn that
four men associates had accused
her Of pulling pistol from her
purse while she sat at a table
near the dance floor and firing a
bullet through Caplis' back.
Evans and his wife wept in
each others arms at their Squalid
clapboard house, so poverty strick-
en- that the electricity has been
turned off because of unpaid bills.
"TWcn5y-seven dollars a week
just : :, enough to keep all the
kids led and clothed" said Evans,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29

tive Chief Shoemaker locked
them in a cell and denied them
to any one but attorneys and
relatives.
They said they wanted the
thrills of going around with
gangsterS."
But we didn't think there was
going to be any shooting or any
thing" wept Dorothy.
Their staggering escorts swag-
gered no 4onger. Nicholas Bruno.
81; Tony Pape, 18; Jack Burlison,
20, and Frank Freeman, 25. we're
in nearby cells. They implicated
three other youths who were
sought by detectives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29

paper editor, who
has been a radio
speaker for the past
year.
AS "the Hoosier
Editor" Lands has
won popularity
among radio listen
erS during the past
year. He served
two terms as a rep
reSentative in con-
gress from Indi-
ana" His brother.
the late Charles B.
Lands, represented
an adjoining dis
trict. The editor
wrote a novel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29

~ UHitCd Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-"You can't
~ keep seven kids harNy on
SGT a week." Sobbed the fat or of
l6-year-old Dorothy Evans to-
day. He was trying to eIr.ain
why she was being held as one
of the gun girls" accused of
participating in the Staying of
Patrolman James j. Caplis when
he attempted to avert holdup OF
the Beachview Gardens cabaret.
From the luxurious apartment
of Marcella Royce, II, there
came no word Her prosperous
lgt.'ar a ~ E~T were reported
Frustrated because she was held
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
BARRED
AS CLIENT JUMPS
Bum Luck

By United Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec.
29.-Harry Hyner, IS, itinerant,
had a good reason for want
ing to get to Denver when he
was plucked off a train:
They have such a fine jail
there-radios in every cell,
movies, and so forth. I planned
to steal a bar of soap so I
could winter in that jail"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
NEW TRIAL SOUGHT
Convicted Slayer Files
Motion at Decatur.
BIZ IiIIle& SnecinI

BIZ Times Special
DECATUR, Ind, Dec. 29-Argu-
ments will be heard in Adams cir
cult court here, Jan. 4, on a motion
for a new trial by Joseph Everett,
convicted of Staying Doris Werling.
The motion cites eighty-nine reasons.
Werling was shot fatally last June
when it was said Everett became
angry because Werling and others
were swimming in st. Mary's river.
disturbing him while he was fish
ing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
County Council Sued

GREENCASTLE, Ind, Dec. 30
A suit to mandate Putnam county
council to appropriate funds for the
salary of a county farm agent has
been filed in circuit court here by
the Putnam county farm bureau.
Last summer thu council lost a suit
in similar action, but still refused
to appropriate the funds on the
ground that there is no necessity
for a county agent
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
Truck Permit Sought

Petition to operate a freight
trucking line from Chicago to In
dianapolis was filed with the public
service commission Monday by
Supreme Motor Transport Lines
The line which would operate
through Lafayette, Elkhart, Fl
Wayne, Decatur, Warsaw and other
northern Indiana cities, would dc
interstate trucking only.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
Fire Truck Strikes Auto

30 Times Special
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Dec. %
While making a run to fire, a
Noblesville fire department truck
collded with an automobile occupied
by the Misses Elizabeth and Vir-
ginia Neal daughters of Judge N. c.
Neal of the Indiana appellate court
and Miss Ruth Craig, who escaped
injury. w. A. Miller, who was on
the truck, making the run for the
experience was thrown over to the
paved street ard sustained injuries
that made hospital treatment
necessary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
BRIDGES TO BE BUILT
State Highway Commission Awards
Contracts for Five.

Contracts for construction of five
bridges were awarded Monday by the
state highway department.
Successful bidders were: Bridge
near Auburn, on State Road l, Gen
eral Dredging Company, FIT. Wayne,
S6,322.99; two bridges near Salem,
on State Road 35, R. P. Olinger,
Huntingburg, 29,5o9.81; bridge on
State Road 234, near Kingman,
Burk Construction Company New
castle, $1z,086.64; another bridge near
Kingman, on Road 234, Columbia
Concrete Corporation, Lafayette,
13,357.34.
Highway commissioners probably
will discuss awarding contracts for
a half-million gallons of gasoline
and oil at their regular meeting
Wednesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
YOUTH JUDGES
SELF; DEPARTS
WITH Warming
'SIoWeSt Man on East New
York Street Wins $40
Fine.

The "slowest driver on East New
York street" and high school pupil,
who was his own judge on a traffic
violation charge, today brought hui
NOR to Municipal Judge Clifton r.
Cameron's court.
Police arrested Harry Stewart, 40,
of 1249 KappeS street, for speed
ing forty-six miles an hour for four
teen blocks on East New York street.
Patrolman Jake Hudgins caught him
at Gray street, the court was in
formed.
Stewart admitted the speed. but,
added this comment:
Judge, all I've got to say is I'm
the SloweSt driver out there"
He was fined $40
I'D Suspend Everything"
Lanky Bob Huntzleman, 1924
North Pennsylvania street, Short
ridge high school senior, was
charged with failure to stop at
preferential street at Thirtieth and
Delaware streets.
Yes, did it, judge" he admitted.
L didn't see anyone coming, so
I slipped through
What do you think I ought to do
to you?' Cameron asked.
Judge, that's bad question to
ask a fellow"
Really, what do you think I
ought to do?"
We'll, I'm not the judge but if
were, I'd suspend everything
the boy answered.
Cameron withheld Judgment and
warned the youth against traffic
law violations.
Thomas E. Jones, Negro, 1913 East
Twenty sixth street, a chauffeur.
who ran afoul the law while rush
ing to meet my boss" Monday aft
ernoon, did not fare so well.
DiSregards Lecture
Police said he ran through safety
zones at the rate of forty-four miles
an hour. He was arrested at Ill-
nois and Washington streets.
Cameron levied fines of IS and
costs for driving through safety
zones, a $40 fine for speeding, and
dismissed reckless driving count.
Mrs. Sarah Withrow, Negro, 2041
Ludlow avenue, who refused to heed
a warning of a motorcycle officer,
was fined S. and costs on a reck-
less driving count and 81 and costs
for driving on the wrong side of the
street.
Motorcycle officer Nolan Hill said
he stopped her and demanded TO
see her drivers license warning her
not to cut into traffic as she had
been doing.
Hill told the court Mrs. Withrow
started her car and roared away
as he f1vished his lecture. Driving
her car to the wrong side of the
street, she fled into the home of a
relative in the 1900 block Sheldon
street. where Hill arrested her, he
told the court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
STATE WINNER IN SUIT
Former Oil Inspector Ordered to
Pay S4OO.

GREENCASTLE, Ind, Dec. %
A Judgment for $40427 was returned
against Arthur L. Reat, former state
oil inspector, in Putnam circuit
court here in the suit of the state
against Reat and the Fidelity and
Casualty Company.
The states complaint showed that
Reat owed the state $6,955.57 in
fees collected and unaccounted for
Salary vouchers and $1,000 paid by
the insurance company settled all
but $40427 of the debt. Judge James
P. Hughes returned the judgment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
Scarlet Fever Spreads
30 Times Special

~ I TIT O NVtttuE
COLUMBUS. Ind, Dec. 29.-Dr
Omer Woodbridge, secretary of the
city board of health, has issued q
warning to parents to keep their
children out of crowds in an effort
to check scarlet fever epidemic
More than fifty cases have been re-
ported. and the situation is regard
ed as serious.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
Decatur Pastor Dies
BIZ Times Special

DECATUR, Ind, Dec. 29.-Fu-
neral services were held Monday for
the Rev. Harry H. Ferntheil, 40,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, who died following an ap-
pendicitiS operation. He had been
pastor for five years. He was a
former state chaplain of the Ameri-
can Legion, and the first minister
to become a member of local Rotary
Club.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
ARTIST KILLED AS CAR
PLUNGES OVER CLIFF
Road Made TreacherOus by Storm
Blamed for Tragedy.

80
Blamed for Tragedy.
By United Press
SANTA MARIA, Cal, Dec. 90
A road made dangerous by heavy
rains was blamed today for the
death of Gardner Hale, 48, noted
painter of murals and frescoes.
His body was found at the bot
tom of a 5O0-foot cliff, near his
wrecked automobile. He had been
crushed to death.
Authorities said he apparently
had missed turn in the road, made
treacherous by the storm.
Haie's home was in New York.
He leaves a widow, the former
Dorothy A. Donovan, whom he
married in 1929 after a divorce OBJ
tanned in 1926 by his first wife,
Marie Louise Gibson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
PLAN SCHOOL SURVEY
State Superintendent to Inspect
Physical Education Methods.

Plans have been drafted for a
survey of physical education activ-
tiles of 300 high schools throughout
the state, it was announced today
in the office of George c. Cole, state
school superintendent.
The survey will be in charge of
D. A. Glascock, director of physical
education for men at the Indiana
State Teachers college, Terre Haute,
and will be under the auspices of a
committee of high school instructors
and attaches Of Coles office.
The plan will be laid before the
state board of education at it's
meeting in January for approval
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
IMPEACHMENT ACTION
AGAINST MAYOR ENDS
South Bend Council Refuses to
Consider Charges.

BY United Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Dec, 90
Impeachment action against Mayor
w. r. Hinkle was dropped definitely
at the city council meeting here
Monday night, when the council
men refused further consideration
of charges preferred by Rudolph
ASkermann.
Ackermann, who presented his
Impeachment charges after being
ousted from Office by Hinkle, sent
letter to the council deprecating
that body's action in quaShing his
seven charges. His concluding sem
tence, "I do not accept any such
miscarriage of justice as final, nor
will the public" friends interpreted
as an intimation that he will pre-
sent the charges to a grand jury.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
Murder Trial Shifted
By Times Special

CANNELTON, Ind, Dec. 90
William L. Taylor, charged with the
murder of his son, Bryant Taylor
has been granted a change of venue
but the county in which trial will
be held has not yet been designated
The younger Taylor was shot IA
tally at a dance hall Nov. Z.