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The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
90 AT CATHEDRAL
TO BE GRADUATED

commencement address, and Leo F..
LAUDER, president of the class, will
give the valedictory.
. The Rev. w. Henry Mclean Of
Bloomington stressed the Importance
Of ideals to the graduating class of
Emmerich Manual Training high
school Monday night in Cadle
tabernacle.
Students were warned against
ideals too imaginary Or lofty.
Ideals might be of a height out of
proportion to their base and thus
crash Of their own weight, he said.
Pal G. Stetson, superintendent of
Indianapolis schools, presented the
diplomas. The school band, orches-
ira and girls glee club participated
in the program. E. H. Kemper Nc
Comb, principal, presided.
Seventy-two graduates Of Broad
Ripple high school were told Mon
day night by DR.. Herbert L. Willetts
of the University of Chicago that
education is not intended as a
preparation for vocational success
or to teach a boy or girl how to
make living.
Education" he said, rather than
cramming a mass Of knowledge into
the young student, today is for the
purpose Of enabling the young per-
son to find his proper place in life y
DR.. Thomas w. Grafton deliY-
cred the invocation and diplomas
were given by Milo H. Stuart, assist
ant superintendent of schools.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
PICKUP COSTS
BIG OIL MAN
Texan Starts on Auto Ride,
Ends Un $65 Poorer.

Meet Robert Hacker, 25, "big
oil man from Texas" and as non
chalant as a drowsy crocodile.
He started his party Monday
night, he said, with $400 in travel
ers' checks and $40 in cash.
But when police caught up with
him in the 400 block North New
Jersey street he had only $3.50 in
checks and $5 in money. He had,
too, a scompanions Burnie Brazzell,
alias John Weller of Dayton, O.,
whom police say has criminal rec
ord, and Keith Cole of 1850 Olive
avenue.
Both are charged with vagrancy,
while Hacker, according to police,
was drunk. They we're in taxi
Hacker met his friends on the
northeast side. He picked them up
in a cab.
When shown that his fortune had
diminished SOS, Hacker dismissed
the loss with a smile.
Sure, 1 know they robbed me
but what do l care? I'm an oil ex-
pert from Texas, and I've been
robbed before" I
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
CHARGES MATE LIT
BLAZE ON TABLE

ments to his f-day sprees, Mrs.
Owens charged.
First he started running around
with women," she told Geckler. i
saw him myself riding around in a
car with a girl named Lillian. Then
he refused to give me any money,
and not so long ago he started some
thing new.
He built a fire on the dining
room table and told me he was
burning incense to make the house
smell good"
Mrs. Owens told Geckler that
Owens is "a nice fellow when hes
sober and INcould live with him II
he'd stop drinking
Owens told Geckler:: Il can't live
With Maude any more. guess. /
think I'll get a divorce"
Gecklar toe the case under ad-
vissmene
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When mail carrier has day
of he takes a walk"
And when one fireman has a day
of he builds fires on the dining
room table.
At least that's the story Mrs.
Maude Owens. wife of Marvin D.
owens, city fireman, related to Ju-
venile Judge John Geckler today
when she testified in support of her
charge that Marvin is neglecting
their children, Lois, 10, and John, g.
According to her testimony, Ow-
ems had made a habit of getting
drunk every other day. Under the
rules Of the fire department the fire.
men work twenty-fcur hours and
are of the next twenty-four.
q But, as days have gone on, Owes.a
has added variety of accomplish
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
END CONTRACT
OF CLARA BOW
Film Star Says She's Glad
She's Released.
Rn united Preaa

By United Press
HOLLYWOOD, June 9. - The
long association of Clara Bow, red
haired 'it'' girl of the films. and
the Paramount-Publix Corporation
has ended.
A formal statement was issued
Monday night by B. P. Schulberg,
general manager Of west coast pro-
duction for Paramount Publix, in
which he said Miss Bow had been
released from her contract at her
own request.
Miss Bow, a Brooklyn girl who
rose to position on the screen
where she typifed the American
f1apper, had been forced by illness
to remain away from the studio for
several weeks. Court appearances
and an attack on her by tabloid
newspaper were said to have under
mined her health.
In statement issued through
thes studio, Miss Bow expressed
qualification that the contract had
been terminated and said that she
now can face the task of regaining
her health with a free mind.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
CITY STREETS
CLEANED BY
TOWN RULE
Parked Cars Rare Sight in
Business Area, Says
Traffic Head.
GARAGE GAINS LACKING
Police Find Few to Haul In
as Campaign Runs Into
Its Second Day.

With thirty-five automobiles i'm
pounded Monday for improper
parking, police today renewed their
campaign to enforce obedience of
motorists to the new traffic ordi-
nance.
AS three police tow-in trucks
started out at 7:30 a. m. today in
charge Of squad of traffic police
men, parked automobile in the
downtown traffic area were a rare
sight, only a scattered few being OBJ
served.
Only eight cars were towed in by
noon today for improper parking.
Captain Lewis Johnson said.
THE officers with the tow-in cars
reported they had to cover ghe en-
tire downtown area to find that
many cars violating the ordinance. !"
Johnson said. Street after street
was found empty of parked cars, ex-
cept for trucks halted momentarily
TO make deliveries, and few out
oI-SIaCe automobiles.
Warning Stickers Effective
Fewer out-of-state cars were no
ticed this morning, warning stick
ers given Monday proving effective"
No protests against enforcing of
the ordinance were made at the
safety board meeting today, and
board members said they had re-
ceiyed no complaints previously
from persons whose cars had been
impounded.
What has become Of the hundreds
Of automobiles which formerly filed
practically all available downtown
parking spaces long before 8 a. m.
today was left mystery.
The larger downtown parking
garages either disclairned any in
crease at all in business, or declared
only few more cars we're parked
in their buildings Monday.
Downtown parking lots also were
divided, some reporting no increase
ana others admitting a slight in
crease IN patronage, although all
appeared to be well-flled
indianapolis Street Railway off,
cials said that while exact figures
on Mondays passenger receipts were
not yet available, from observance.
and reports of employees, increase in
passengers was scarcely noticeable.
Increase in number of cars parked
north and south of the restricted
area was reported by Captain John
son.
Sixteen Pay Sticker Fines
OF the ttirty-flve cars impounded
Monday, six were for parking on the
east side of Meridian street between
Vermont and Sixteenth street dur
ing the evening traffic rush hours,
4:30 to p. m, johnson said.
Only three care were impounded
for parking on Monument circle, or
its approaches, banned at all times
for parking.
The remainder of the cars towed
in either were parked double in al
leys, in safety zones, in front of fire
plugs, or otherwise in violation Of
the ordinance.
None Of the cars were craned in
Monday, all being towed.
Sixteen motorists who arrived on
the scene before the tow car left
with their automobiles were permit
ted to drive their cars away Monday,
but were given traffic stickers, re-
quiring payment of a 50 fine.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
Mine STRIKE
FIGHT FLARES
AT PRINCETON
Nonunion Workers Pulled
From Cars and Beaten
by PiCkets.
NONE HURT SERIOUSLY
Efforts to Operate Closed
Shaft Will Be Made
Again Wednesday.

By United Press
PRINCETON, Ind, June g.
Fighting between union and non
union miners broke out again to-
day in the coal fields near here.
Seventeen workers, going to work
in the Liberty mine, near Francisco,
were attacked by pickets, pulled
from their automobiles and trucks
and beaten severely. None were in
jured seriously by the attacking
men, believed to number approx
imately fifty.
A warning was given the men
that they should not attempt to op-
crate the Liberty mine, but work
ers and officials said another at
tempt would be made Wednesday.
The mine was to have beeen started
today on a cooperative basis.
Two years ago the main tipple Of
the mine was burned in fight be-
tween union and nonunion men.
Since then only enough work has
been done to keep the boilers and
machinery running, but today
miners had expected to begin op-
erations on full production basis.
The victims said they did not
recognize the assailants, and be-
lieved they had been brought here
from union organizations other
than Gibson county.
IDENTITIES and officials n1acad .
guard around the mine soon after
the battle. It was expected they
could assist in the attempt to start
operation Wednesday.
The Somerville mine, which has
been operating under normal pro-
duction for several days, was closed
today. United Mine Workers Off
Gals said it would not be reopened
until settlement had been reached.
1t also was operated on a co-opera-
tive basis.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
Cuban JobleSS Riot
By United Press

By United Press
HAVANA, June 9.-Recurrence
of rioting among unemployed in
Santiago spread uneasiness through
eastern Cuba again today. Hun
dreds of unemployed rushed through
the streets Monday night, and they
sought to hold a great mass meet
ing and later to parade through the
main thoroughfares of Santiago.
Soldiers, seeking to maintain order
since the outbreak last Saturday,
charged and dispersed the mob.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
Deldu Murder Trial

NEW YORK, June 9.-Charges
that sinister motives" prompted
the defense to delay the trial of
Harry Stein and Sam Greenburg
for the killing of Vivian Gordon,
adventures. were made today by
District Attorney Mclaughlin of
the Bronx. He opposed pleas of
the defense for a further delay. but
the court agreed to another post
ponement until Thursday.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
Mine Police to Go
By United Press

OWtttW I
HARRISBURG, Pa, June g.
Governor Pinchot announced today
that he plans to issue an executive
order Immediately, canceling the
commission of all coal and iron
police" in Pennsylvania, effective
July /. Under existing laws, coal
and iron companies may have prop
erty guards after that date, and
state police will prevent disorders
around mining or industrial plants.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
Critics Are Hit
Rn Hnffed Press

By United Press
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., June o.
Some 100000 users of electricity
do not pay enough for their service,
and the expense Of serving them is
borne by other customers, w. Alton
Jones, president of the National
Electric Light Association, today
told the associations convention
here. Jones referred to those who
charge the light and power compa-
nies with expressing the people as
"uninformed critics"
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
No Ne1U Illness

By United Press
PHILADELPHIA, June 9.-Some
of the things that afflict the modern
also plagued the stone age man,
according to DR.. Frank B. Young,
Gehring. Neb., paleontologist, who
gave exhibits to the American Medi-
cal Association convention today to
show that pyorrhea, halitohis, arth-
ritis and cancer we're known in the
stone age. His exhibits tended to
show that there are no new dis
eases, only new names for old ills.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
Teachers Fight Cut

By United Press
CHICAGO, June 9.-Serveral or
CHICAGO, June 9.-Several or
ers laid plans today for an open
fight against proposal to save the
city about $1,500,000 a year by re-
ducir1g school operating expenses
and eliminating automatic increases
in nav.
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Largest Class in History OF
School to Get Final
Honors Tonight.

A class OF ninety-seven seniors,
largest in history of Cathedral high
school, will receive final honors and
diplomas tonight. Bishop Joseph
Chartrand will preside, assisted by
Brother William. principal of the
school. James E. Deery, Indian
apolis attorney, will deliver the
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
Censorship CLontped

By United Press
WASHINGTON, June 9.-Secre-
tary Of Treasury Mellon has i'm
posed a censorship on the public
health service as an outgrowth OF a
recent radio broadcast. in which it
was suggested that less meat be
eaten In the summer. The advice
brought wholesale protests from
livestock associations and meat
packers.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
Fights Newspaper Sale

BV United PrcSS
NEWPORT, r. L, June 9.--Nlrs
Edward B. Mclean. divorced wife
Of the publisher of the Washing
ton Post, announced today that she
would seek to prevent the sale OF
that newspaper to David Lawrence
to protect the interests Of her
sons, John r., 16, and Edward B
Jr., IS, now In school and both IN
terested in newspaper work.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
NAB MAN IN PLOT TO
RANSACK BANK VAULT
Proposition Made to Cashier Leads
to Arrest for Mail Fraud.

A proposition alleged to have
been made Lee Philpott, cashier of
the Covington (Ind) National
bank. by mail Friday by Charles
Hutchinson Of the Puritan hotel
has been turned down fatty by
Philpott.
Monday afternoon Hutchinson
was arrested by federal authorities
and bound over to the federal grand
jury on a charge Of using the mails
to defraud.
According to Authorities, the
proposition" was that the writer Of
the letter, with Philpott's aid, should
ransack the vaults of the bank.
After that, it is alleged Philpott was
asked to permit being bound and
gagged and then report the rob-
berry
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09

hoDerL warren DE MARS
When the final marble champion
ship tournament of indianapolis is
played next Monday. June Is, at
Willard park at 10 a. m. between
winners and runnerS-up at eleven
sectional centers, Bobby De Mars,
8, of GOT East Sixty second street,
will be the smallest and youngest
competitor in the play. Bobby was
runner-up at the Sixty first street
and Broadway sectional meet.
The city-wide marble champion
ship sponsored by The Times, in
addition to determining city
champ, will determine the boy who
is to represent indianapolis in the
national tournament at Ocean City,
N. j., the week of June 20. He will
enjoy mammoth sightseeing tour,
with all expenses paid, a chaperon
and a swell trip. That's why all
the sectional winners are practicing
up their shooting thumbs this week
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
War Veteran Dead
BIZ United Press

By UNtte1 Press
WESTFIELD, Ind, June AL
fred Fodrea, 81, veteran of the
Civil war, died here while his COM
radeS were attending the f1fty-sec-
ond annual encampnent of the G.
A. r. in Newcastle. Fodrea had been
i'll many months.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
ASKS $4,000 DAMAGES
Ruth Seymour Charges Permanent
Injuries in Car Crash.

A suit asking $4,000 damages for
injuries that she alleges have Grip
pied her permanently was filed
Monday in superior court four by
Ruth Seymour against Ralph and
Paul Elrod, 649 South Alabama
street.
The plaintiff charges she was
struck by an automobile Of the de-
PENDANTS at Washington and Gray
streets, Nov. 10, 1880. Both legs
were fractured, she alleges.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
Air Mark Not Official

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, June o.-The
airplane refueling endurance mark
Of CAT hours % minutes established
last year near st. Louis by Dale
Jackson and Forest O'Brien never
has been recognized officially by
the Federation Aeronautique Inter
rationale, the United Press was
informed today. Officials of the
National Aeronautic Association
said the record still is $50 hours and
Al minutes, made by the Hunter
brothers Of Missouri.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
INSURANCE MAN DEAD
James w. Barnett Succurnbs After
Illness of Three Days.

James w. Barnett, 90, special ad-
juster for the Continental Fire IN
surance Company, died early Sun
day at his home, 1109 North Tux
edo street, after q three-day illness.
Funeral services will be held today
at 2:30 in Westminster Presbyterian
church. Burial will be in New Pal
estine cemetery.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
Hinges ON Germany

By United Press
PITTSBURGH, June 3.-Welfare
of Germany and her ability to
emerge from her financial and
economic difficulties forms the real
problem involved in war debts,
Alanson B. Houghton. former am
bassador to Germany and Great
Britain, said today in the COM
mencement address at Carnegie In
stitute Of Technology.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
SEEK TO DEPoRT 'EMIR'
Self-Styled Prince May Beat U. S.,
However, on Detroit Birth.

By United Press
NEW YORK, June 9.-The self
styled "Emir Kuristan," whom the
department Of labor has sought to
deport, may be permitted to re-
main in the United States on the
claim that he was born in De-
troit.
The emir, or prince" claiming to
be a descendant of Mahomet and
Haround AL Aaschid, had been de-
ported before and for eleven years
has figured in news dispatches from
Berlin, Nice, Vienna, Belgrade and
other places telling Of arrests. Hs
is said to have been charged In
England and Germany with kraud.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
Around the
World in
q Column

By United Press
ATEW YORK, June 9.-The story
y told to Los Angeles police by
a county jail prisoner, Matthew
Guidera, %, that he shot and killed
Arnold Rothstein in November, 1928,
for not paying a debt was doubted
by authorities here today. Inspec-
tor John J. Sullivan and others who
tried to solve the gamblers murder
said they never had heard of Gui-
dera.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
Y. F. w. MAY START
BATTLE ON REDS
WEIGHTS INSPECTORS
TO OPEN CONFERENCE

State Officials to Be Speakers at
Convention Wednesday.
Prominent officials Of the Indiana
Association of Inspectors Of Weights
and Measures will be speakers at
the twentieth annual conference,
opening Wednesday at the Lincoln.
John ]. Brown, director of the
Indiana state highway commission,
will be the first speaker. Others
will be Ralph Smith of the United
States bureau of standards; G. A.
Howe, secretary of the State Retail
Coal Merchants, and DR.. William F.
King, secretary OF the state board
Of health.
A demonstration of various types
of pumps will be given Thursday on
trip to the Shell Oil Company
Friday will be taken up with reports
and election of officers.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
S25O,0OO Loss IN Fire

BIZ United Press
SEATTLE, June 9.-Fire swept
through the south end waterfront
today. doing $25o,O damage to half
a dozen industrial plants. The
flames were stopped just before
reaching a huge gasoline storage
plant.
The Gre started in the grain
warehouse Of jain & Co., probably
from q dust explosion.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
RIPLEY IS BOOSTED
IN WHALE CONTEST
U. S. SEEN WAYS DRY
Luis Bacardi, of Rum Fame, Thinks
Prohibition Is Permanent.
BIZ United Press


By United Press
NEW YORK, June 9.-Luis J..
Bacardi, one of the four brothers
who made the drink by that name
popular throughout the world, be-
lieves the United States always will
have prohibition and had just as
well make up its mind to bear it,"
Although he thinks prohibition is
unpopular here, Bacardi believes
one O. the pardoxes Of the Amer
lean people is to dislike something,
but nevertheless keep it.
AS for depression, he says he
hasn't found any in his business.
We're turning out 25,000 gallons
daily" he said.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
Suicide Buried Today

d 2 TtVVtu 7 7 Joo
ROCKVILLE, Ind, June 9. -
Funeral services we're held today
for Harry Waddell, Il, who commit
ted suicide by shooting at his farm
five miles north of Rockville. Rela-
tives were unable to ascribe a mo-
tive.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-09
BLIND TARIFF
HAS CRIPPLED
RUBBER FIRMS
Thousands of Workers in
u. S. Thrown Out of
Jobs by RepriSaIS.
IT'S HELPED CANADA
Akron CIear-Cut Picture of
How Vicious Bill
Really Is.
IT'S HELPED CANADA

This Is the second Of a series on the
effects of the Hawley-Smooth tariff.
which is driving industries and Jobs
from the United States to Canada.
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point out, that the members OF
wilkins expedition could bore a
hole sufficiently large enough for
the vessel to rise to the surface, she
is almost certain to be frozen in
the ice.
In addition to this. her hydro
planes, without which the vessel
would be unable to dive, would be
either frozen or damaged, as they
project outside the hull.
In the event of the expedition
being fortunate enough to escape
these calamities, these pessimistic
experts declare that the valves con-
trolling the flooding of the diving
tanks, and other delicate parts of
this mechanism certainly would
freeze and bring disaster to the
expedition.
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engines strong enough for this work.
these experts declare.
Although admitting that a drill
can be operated from within the
submarine, it is pointed out that
the hole bored will not be large
enough to permit the volume of
fresh air required.
The submarine will be able to
remain under water only twenty
four hours. if she travels at a maxi
mum speed Of three knots.
At the end Of this period she
would have come to the surface to
recharge her batteries, for which
her Diesel engines would be re-
quired, and they in turn require
fresh air.
Even supposing, these experts
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We'll, I'm certainly glad you told
me, for I was going to marry that
man this afternoon. didn't know
him very well, and all my family
objected to him.
I'm glad I found him out in
time. Now I won't marry him.
Thank you so much for telling me-"
And she got into taxi and drove
oUau
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Thanks!
Air Line Saves Bride to-
Be From Wedding
'SouSed' Passenger.
VXTAsHINGToN, March 49,

XTASHINGTON, March 49,
w Queer things happen on an
air line. So the Ludington line,
which runs hourly passenger serv-
ice between here and New York,
just has broken up an impending
marriage and received the thanks
Of the would-be bride for it.
1t was like this: Airlines are
very strict about keeping intoxi-
Gated passengers off the planes and
about letting passengers drink
while they are in the air.
A man boarded a Ludington
plane at New York. AS soon as
they we're in the air he pulled out
a bottle and started drinking. It
so happened that, riding as pas
senger on that same plane, was
Paul Collins, vice president and
operations manager of the line.
Collins told the fellow to stop.
He did-until they left Philadel-
phia. Then he started again, and
they couldn't make him stop. He
was feeling pretty gay by the time
the plane reached Baltimore. And
before it got to Washington the
fellow had become downright
pest.
n Il
60 Collins instructed Pilot Wayne
- Williams to land at College
Park field, about ten miles out of
Washington, and they put the Of
fender off and refunded his money.
He didn't seem to mind at all, and
waved gayly as the plane took off
and blew dust all over him.
After they had arrived at Wash
ington- Hoover airport, Pilot Will
liarns noticed a woman who APP
peared to be waiting for some one
to arrive on the plane. She was
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SUICIDE SAY
NAVAL EXPERTS
OF ARCTIC SUB
British Admiralty Officials
Regard Wilkins Project
Doomed to Failure.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
LONDON, March 20.-The Sui
eide Club" is the name given Sir
Hubert wilkins Forthcoming sub
marine expedition to the north pole
by submarine experts at the British
admiralty.
A canvas of opinion among sub
marine constructors and officers Of
the submarine section of the British
admiralty, reveals that they are Of
the unanimous opinion that even a
modern submarine can not be re-
constructed to act as an ice-breaker.
A submarine is too frail to carry
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PAGE q
WALK WALKS! WALKS!

Railway Messenger Estimates Dis
lance 4 Times Around Globe.
BIZ United Press
ST. ALBANS. Vt. March 90
During his thirty-five years as a
messenger for the Central Vermont
railway, Fred A. Dullahan estimates
that he has walked total Of los, 900
miles, more than four times around
the earth.
He has worn out eighty-seven
pairs of shoes and fifteen messenger
bags.
For recreation on his day of he
usually gees for stroll.