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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
LEGISLATURE IN
ILLINOIS FACES
DRY LAW FIGHT
Vets, JubiIant Over Their
Referendum Victory, Seek
to Repeal Statute.

BIZ United Press
SPRINGFIELD, H., Jan. S.
Prohibition, an issue which vets
thought was settled by state ref
erendum vote in November is to
bob up again before the Illinois
state legislature.
The vets, iubilant over the ire
Jnendous majority of alternatives
given proposals to repeal the
eighteenth amendment and the
state search and seizure law and
TO modify the Volstead act still
appeared TO be on top as the regu-
lar assembly session is about to
convene.
The drys, have thrown enough
doubt on the issue to make it UNI
certain until after a vote as to
whether Illinois will be in the wet
column.
Seek to Repeal Law
Efforts to repeal the state dry law
arc expected to precipitate the
struggle.
Vets say they have sufficient
votes 10 pass a repeal bill. They
say they have 81 of 1873 votes in
tho house and a sure" 26 to 81 in
The senate.
orr a majority is required to
repeal unless a veto is encountered
from Governor L. i. Emerson. This
is not anticipated, as vets say the
vote in November was a mandate
that must be obeyed.
Dry were outvoted almost two to
one on the three questions, the vote
ON repeal of the state dry law be-
ing the most emphatic. There were
l.060004 ayes against 523,130 mega
tives.
Differ on Forecaste
Accordingly to Leroy M. Green.
Rockford Republican and author Of
anti-prohibition legislation in the
last regular session. repeal of the
state dry law by the assembly is
certain.
The Illinois Anti-Saloon League,
through George Stafford, its super
intendent, however, has q different
view
The league itself maintained
passive resistance in regard to the
referendum, instructing drys not to
vote on it.
Stafford in a public statement de-
clared the referendum vote was not
"a revolt against prohibition"
1t was just the opposite, he said,
adding that he believed the vets
are weaker now than than they we're
eight years ago when the last So
called referendum Of Volstadism
was taken in Illinois.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05

that is going to
make the world
love any too much.
In ct h e l. a S h"
Dick is cast as a
Spanish young man
Of Southern Cali
fornia in the days
when TIL e S t a G e
C o a h W a S TIL e
thing and the train
and f1ivver were
unknown in them
t h ere parts. A
gringO does Rich
ard much dirt" and
Dick turns into a
bandit, ste a lin g
from the rich, muir
derinp the man who
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05

artistically. I am
speaking of with
in the Law" It
has been made
into a talker I'M
der the title of
Paid" with Joan
Crawford as Mary
Turner, who uses
her wits when she
gets out of prison
to get revenge on
the man who
wrongly sent her
10 prison. And
everything S h e
does in getting
money from her
victims is done
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
NEWL YWEDS FED HONEY
Practice of Serving Friends Led to
World Honeymoon.

AMES, Ia, Jan. 5. The word
honeymoon" developed among
primitive people because it was GUS
tomary for newly-married couples
to stay at home for one moon and
feed honey to all who visited them,
according to Professor F. B. Pad
dock. apiarist at Iowa State college.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
JUST WHAT SHOULD
OUR SCREEN HEROES BE?

After seeing Richard Barthelmess
III THE Lash" I began to wonder
Just what sort of fellow our hero
should be.
And the hero that Dick is playing
this time isn't the sort of a hero
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05

brand. SO you see
that the pickle has
been glorihed. ANY
time I expect Bos-
ION to be the scene
q a movie and
then the American
, e a n may be
glorified. Aft r
S eeing "Viennese
Nights" I had the
wish that my
father had taught
me to be a pickle
be-
cause 1 would
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
BURGLARY CASE SOLVED
Three Youths at Greensburg Await
~ Sentence on Confessions.

- INV ~ NAANSAoDhho
s.. Sentence on Confessions.
IN Times Special
GREENSBURG, Ind, Jan. 5.-A
series of petty burglaries has been
cleared by confessions OF three
youths, Kenneth Dunn, Gilbert
Morgan and Louis Tresler. They
were charged with the theft of
goods from the William Davis fill
ing station and the Roscoe Earhart
grocery. and are also said to have
pllfered Y. NJ. G. a. lockers, entered
the home Of Mrs Prudence Sparks
and stolen chemicals from the high
school laboratory. They arc held
under $1,000 bond each, pending
sentence by Circuit Judge John w.
Craig. The arrests we're brought
about when one of the boys showed
a stolen revolver to a friend.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
Air InterUieW

So many requests have come
to The Times for Walter D.
Hickman to interview Olsen
and Johnson. the comedians
now at the Lyric, that they
have agreed to show up Tuesday
at p. m. When Hickman goes
on the air over WKBF. 1t will
be a nut" interview and moth
ing is to be taken seriously.
The truth is as Olsen states
Anything can happen" One
thing is promised, there will be
no costume changes, but the
dialect may change any second.
The air will be hot Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
PICKLES NOW TAKE
ON A NEW MEANING
Viennese Nights Does Not GOrfy the Girl but 1t Does
GIorify the American Cucumber Family
BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN

WE all know that the American girl has been
w recently
family Of the cucumber glorifed
glorhcation "Viennese Nights
singing operetta type.
rot think that kidding Qualification
pickle this
the friend hero Otto. "yennese Nights"
And is the American pickle
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
WE HAVE ANOTHER
lIARY TURNER THIS TIME

Years ago melodrama Of depart
ment store life, prison and a racket
mot called that them flashed upon
the stage.
1t became one of the biggest hits
and helped to make Jane Cowl what
She is today. financially as well as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
PRESS, MOVIES
CRIME TARGET
DESPITE PLEA
Rappaport Loses Struggle
to Have ProberS Can
Gel Remarks.

Criticism of the press and NOV
ing pictures as alleged crime causes
continued today to be Incorporated
in the final report to Governor
Leslie of the Indiana crime COM
mission despite efforts of Attorney
Leo M. Rappaport to have these
criticisms stricken out at the final
commission meeting Saturday.
Rappaport did succeed, however,
in amending the report to include
radio, magazines and the legitimate
theater as well as movies and
newspapers with obnoxious fea-
lures.
He based his attempt to strike
out the criticism on the premise
that these things were not within
the province OF the committee.
Another Plea Turned Down
Another plea by Rappaport to
strike out a paragraph condemning
citizens for not obeying all laws,
regardless of how silly, also was de-
feated.
Prohibition was cited by the In
dianapolis attorney as classic ex-
ample of how legislation, which is
not respected, does not work.
Previously Rappaport had been
turned down in an attempt to have
the COMMITTEE Investigate prohibi-
ton and its relation to crime.
"Crime Better Advertised"
Here is what the report has to
say in part regarding the press and
movies:
Crime is better advertised, better
Illustrated than ever before. The
press calls attention to it in strik-
ingly phraSed headlines.
1.-The film portrays it with an
emotion and colorings capable of
thrill beyond the possibilities of the
written word. And, notWithstand-
ing the claim of the film producers,
that under the new code wrong is
never permitted to triumph-cer-
tainly a fine ideal-there are many
things in the films portrayal of
crime capable OF making impressions
more enduring than the finale, how
ever we'll planned.
I'm other words, the moral of the
tale may be lost in the glamour and
thrill of its telling. Let us hope for
the success of the new CODE"
Prohibition Not Named
Based on the psychology of adj
vertising, continues the report, can
we escape the conviction that the
press and the uncensored
movie are contributing factors to
this problem?"
Although pointing out the danger
of unWise legislation and the pre-
vailing crime debacle the report in
no place names prohibition, as
such.
1t was submitted to the Gov
ernor with bills proposed for enact
ment by the legislature, chief of
which are creation of a state safety
department and improving court
procedure and probation.
An alabaster nine in Italy has
been worked continuously since it
was opened by the EtruscanS more
Than fuyO fbO1Icapd Iyoore oOn
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05
Prohibition Not Named

An alabaster nine in Italy has
been worked continuously since it
was opened by the Etruscans more
than two thousand years ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-05

And it is the American pickle
that does il and not the foreign
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-18
Walsh Filings Queries
AtHoouer; WantsLow
Down About Scandals

the chief executive by Senator
Walsh OF Montana.
Walsh was the democratic pro-
secutor IN the senate Investigation
that disclosed the Teapot Dome and
Elk Hills oil lease scandals Of the
Harding administration. III which
Hoover va secretary of commerce
In a statement through the DEM
ocratlc national committee. Walsh.
IN referring 10 Hoover's dedication
OF the Harding memorial said:
That was an interesting bit OF
history introduced Tuesday by
President Hoover into his speech
az Marion, Ohio. namely that the
realization BY President Harding
that he had been betrayed by a few
OF the men whom he had trusted.
was a contributing cause to his
DEATH
Coming from a reliable source
from which the fact is now given
10 the public. q number Of quest
ions are prompted Walsh said.
OF the faithlessness OF which
particular friend OF friends, after
wards shown in the courts OF the
land 70 have betrayed the country
as well-to use the language or
the orator at Marion-did President
Harding have knowledge. Fall,
Daugherty. Forbes or Miller7"
Fall was secretary Of the interior.
and was convicted OF accepting a
100000 bride from Edward II.
Doheny. Daugherty handed in his
Continued on Page ~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-18
JUDGE GRAHAM
IS BURIED HERE
Friends Pay Respects To
Brownsville Attorney
Who Died Monday

Funeral services for Judge James
A. Graham. SO, prominent Browns
vile attorney. were held at the
First Presbyterian church at 5
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
A large crowd overlooked the
church, and the funeral procession
which continued to Buena Vista
cemetery was one OF the longest
ever seen in the city. Masonic SER
vices were held at the grave by Rio
Grande Lodge No. 81. A. r. and A.
NJ.
Cameron county court-at-law was
closed Wednesday and a resolution
Of condolenca rawn by the
Cameron County Bar Association.
Condolences were received by Judge
Graham's family throughout the
day. and large shipments of floral
offerings we're received from his
many friends over the state.
Pallbearers were DR.. G.. r. Yam
It's, r. B. Creager. r.. @. Ransome,
v. w. Taylor, r. E. Green and J..
X. Wells.
Judge Graham came to Browns
Vile in 1912. was active in politics
although he did not hold an elect
i've office here, was once chief
justice OF the Amarillo court of
civil appeals. and served IN the
state legislature from Burnett.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-18
8 INJURED IN
Mine OUTBREAK
Tear Gas Used By Deputies
To Dispense Pickets Ad-
vancing on Mine

ST. GAINESVILLE, Ohio, June
l6-tP1-Eight men were injured
today in a fight between mine
guards and pickets Of the National
Miners Union at the Florence
mine. The fight started after 800
pickets had attempted 10 march to
the mine but we're dispersed by
tear gas bombs thrown by deputy
sheriffs.
The trouble al Florence was the
most serious OF a number Of dis
orders in the coal strike region to-
day. At the Blaine mine a deputy
sheriff was attacked by two pickets
but he arrested them.
When the 300 pickets approached
the Florence mine, deputy sheriffs
halted them about a quarter OF a
mile from the workings and told
them to dispense. When they re-
fused TO do so. tear gas was used.
About Is Of the pickets skirted the
spot by yoing over a hill, and
through a woods. They approached
the mine from the rear where
company guards met them. A
pitched battle occurred. and eight
Of the pickets were injured.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-18

TAKE COPS
With VICTIM
State Police Hidden
In Automobile Ar
rest Three

POTTSTOWN. Pa. June 15-(Pl
When gangsterS kidnapped DR.. ].
Elmer Porter. sc. president OF the
Security Trust Company. state po-
lice went along-disguised as lug
gage.
DIR. Porter. who Is a physician
banker, drove his automobile TO an
appointed place last night where he
was TO treat a patient in response
to a mysterious telephone call.
State police had already obtain
ed information from an unnamed
source that the call vas TO be the
starting point Of a kidnapping and
two OF them concealed themselves
in the res Of the doctors car.
Arriving at the place. Edward
Kitchell and Harry McCay, de-
scribed as Philadelphia gangsters,
climbed in the car and directed
DR.. Porter TO drive TO a lonely part
Of the city. They glanced in the
rear Of the car, but concluded the
bulge was baggage and paid no
heed.
The state police remained hidden
until the gangsters directed Or.
Porter to stop at a place where an
other automobile was waiting. In
1t was Foster Weand. also Of Phila-
delphia. The officers then shook
Continued on page ID
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-18
HOMICIDE TO
Be REENACTED
Judge Rojas To View Scene
AS Ii Occurred At
Rio Rico

The fatal w~ounding of Miss Nina
Clark. 30-year-old La Feria woman
killed at Rio Rico May IL, will be
reenacted at the scene Of the
shooting Friday morning by Judge
Jesus RoIas in continuing his in
vestigation Of the accident.
Dee Ham. 20. weslaco. and Of
ficer Arnulfo de Ia Rosa, Rio Rico
policeman, were scuffling when De
la Rosa's pistol went off. fatally
wounding the La Feria woman.
Judge Roias hopes to find evidence
as to who held the pistol by re-
enacting the scene
Ham has already been held on
formal charges Of homicide and
his case appealed 10 the supreme
court Of Tamaulipas. Judge Rojas
has explained that filing Of the
charges was no indication Of guilt
Under Mexican law il was compul-
sorry that charges either be filed or
the prisoner be released within 70
hours. The judge filed the charges
in order that he might further in
vestigate the case.
T. j. Buckow, veteran Weslaco
peace officer. will aid the defense
in the re-enactment of the tragedy.
A group Of Valley business men,
headed by Andrew Toys. called on
Judge Rojas in Matamoros We'd
nesday and vouched for Hams
good character. Judge Rojas as
sured his visitors that Ham would
be given a fair and impartial trial
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-18
BANDITS Get
Haul, Pose AS
PASSENGERS
Bus Held Up Late
Wednesday Night
By Armed Trio

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, June
l6.-tP-Half a dozen passengers
on a night bus from here TO Hous-
ton were delayed near K~eithsville,
IA miles from here late last night
while three bandits. posing as pas
sengers. robbed them. The robbers
escaped in a roadster waiting on the
roadside and driven by a fourth
man.
Operators Of the bus line reported
that S28l.25 was taken from four
passengers and the driver. Two ne
gro women passengers lost no
money. The bus continued its jour-
ney an hour after the robbery.
Miss Eula Mae Taylor, Shreve-
port, en- route TO New Willard, Tex.
lost $3.50. II. l.. Solomonsky. Rich
mond, Va, en- route 10 Logansport,
La, lost S67. Others robbed were w.
A. Pollard, Tyler. Tex, en- route 70
Houston. $50; P. Bates. Houston,
S325, and j. c.. Deason, bus driver,
IS.
The bandits were armed with pis-
tols. Deason said one sat beside
him and the other two in the rear,
They boarded the bus at Shreveport
and Deason said he remembered
seeing them get out Of a roadster
at the station similar to the one in
which they escaped after the hold
up.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-18
TIED
CHANDELIER
DURING NIGHT
Abductors Strip Dallas
Man of Clothing,
Fling Taunts

DALLAS. June Is-tP-B. p.
Brown, an occasional preacher
and employe in the baggage depart
ment OF a Dallas hotel, was abb
Quoted by four men early today as
he walked toward his home. strip
ped Of his clothing and trussed I'D
to a chandelier in the North Dali
las Baptist church.
Brown drew up his feet ana
rested his weight on the altar or
the pulpit from which he has
preached many times TO the con-
sregation Of the little church.
His outcries brought residents OF
the neighborhood to his rescue at
4.30 a. m.
Brown reported to officers that
he and the Rev. II. r. Marler. pastor
OF the church. had received num-
erous threatening letters the last
three months.
AS he was en- route 20 his home
from work. shortly after midnight
a man with a gun stepped in front
OF him and commanded him "a
walk 70 the church. Near the church
three other men Joined them
Brown did not recognize any OF
them.
The four men stripped Brown OF
all his clothing. tied his hands be-
hind him and pulled his feet lid
behind him TO meet his bound
wrists. tying them together. then
jerked the supply pastor up to the
chandelier BY a new roDe with
which a hangman's moo had been
tied about his neck. Brown was
saved from death By the fact that
the rope stretched and he was able
70 swing around until he rested his
weight on the altar.
After standing in the church FOR
a few minutes. haunting Brown for
not needing the threat letters. the
men left. Brown remained in that
position about three hours before
being rescued.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-18
" DISASTER
VICTIMS BURIED
StoicaI Britons Weep As
Last Rites Held For
ShiPwreck Dead

NANTES, France. June "a. ~
Seventy-seven victims OF the St.
Philibert steamboat disaster were
buried today after outdoor funeral
services I'm which thousands or
stolid Bretons participated.
They are stoics. these Bretons,
probably the least emotional of all
the French people. but many OF
them wept as the simple service
marked the passing OF more than
400 men, women and children
drowned In the Bay OF Biscay when
the excursion steamer sank.
Aristide BRAND. who represents
this district III the chamber on
deputies. marched from the town
hall 10 the ancient castle court
yard where the services were held.
and stood ND for two hours until
they were over. Then his aides
hurried him into an automobile
and back To- his hotel for a. rest.
The city itself had suspended all
business.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-18
GUN BEATING
KILLS WOMAN
Detective Officer Held As
Slayer of Young
Mother

Los ANGELES. June ls-tP-
Mrs. Grace Duncan, Is. OF Glen
dale. Cal. mother or two children.
was beaten to death with a pistol
butt IN a downtown hotel room and
Detective Lieutenant Edward Nolan.
81, was held today as the slayer.
Police said the killing followed a
Jealous outbreak in which Nolan
floored r. v. Williams. New York
silk salesman. during a party in
the latter's hotel room.
Nolan. almost hysterical, denied
that he was more than a casual
acquaintance OF the woman. He
declared he did not know why he
struck her. except that he had been
drinking and was seized with A
sudden rage when he suspected
Williams OF trying to make love
to her.
Williams denied making any ad-
vances.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-18
Protests Over Church
Legislation Increase

MEXICO CITY, June Is. Up
President PaScual Ortiz Rubio TO-
day was receiving a constant stream
OF protests from Catholics through
out the country urging him "a IN
tervene against the enactment of
an anti-religious measure in the
state Of Vera Cruz.
Dispatches from Jalapa. the capt.
tai said the bill. limiting the num-
Der Of priests 10 n for every 100.-
600 inhabitants. had passed its Sc
cond reading IN the state legisla-
ture yesterday and was almost GER
tain 10 be adopted.
The legislative halls rang with
shouts Of an anti-clerical nature
when the measure received 2 fav-
orable vote. One deputy went 50 Ear
as 70 propose an amendment cut
ting the proposed number OF priests
In half but this move was defeat
ed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-18
INDUSTRIES
EXHIBIT IS
ARRANGED
Chamber Com e
Puts Brownsville
Made On Display

Brownsville is rapidly forging
ahead as a manufacturing center.
This is demonstrated By the dis
play Of manufactured products OF
this city which has been arranged
by the Brownsville Chamber OF
Commerce in the White Kitchen
building. 4l9 Twelfth street.
The display has been practically
completed. with possibly a few
other manufactured products 70 be
included IN the next few days.
The products show a wide variety,
and represent a total OF hundreds
Of thousands OF dollars which comes
into the city annually for these
articles.
Those concerns. and their prod
ucts. represented are:
McNair Clothing Manufactures
Co. 759 Fronton street, work cloth
ing.
Southwestern Concrete Pipe Co.
highway No. A., irrigation, sewer and
drain pipe.
r. T. Martinez a. Sons. i54 JEFF
ferson street. palm leaf hats.
Brownsville Tent and Awning Co.
532 st. Charles street, canvas goods.
mattresses and pillows.
h. Z. Gomez Sc Son, Los Fresnos
CONTINUED On Page u
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-18
LAST MANS CLUB
= X X X
HAS HELD FINAL
\ X X x =
GO, SAYS RELICT

MINNEAPOLIS. June i6. lR-
There will be no more meetings Of
the Last Mans Club.
Charles M. Lockwood. only sur
vivor OF company 3. first Mime
sofa volunteers Of the Civil War.
said he would not 60 TO Saltwater
MINI. this July Fl to face the 80
empty chairs-those Of his COM
rades with whom he organized the
Last Mans Club.
At last summers meeting, the
bottle OF wine reserved for the last
survivor was opened and the toast
drunk. The wine had soured.
Lockwood Is visiting relatives IN
Minneapolis.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-18
R~aymondville Man
Dies Thursday Eve
Especial to The Herald.)


RAYMONDVILLE, June Is. WV
Eugene VI. Whitney. ". manager
Of the Raymondville Bonded Ware
house and a resident Of this city
since 1917. died at 3.l5 Wednesday
afternoon at his office in the ware
house.
He was born In Tunnel City. Wis,
later lived al Winnebago City. MINI.
and Granada, MINI. and moved to
Raymondville In 1917. M. .
He is survived by one daughter.
Mrs. Effie May Chapman. College
Station, NJ. D., and "a niece, Mrs.
Floyd Dodd, Raymondville.
Funeral services were TO be held
Thursday afternoon az $50 from
the Presbyterian church. DR.. I. II.
Humbert officiating. The body will
be sent 10 Winnebago City. MINI.
for burial.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-18
San Benito Man To
Be Buried In Kansas
IBV Staff CorresnondentN


SAN BENTTO. June l8.-The BODY
OF p. Q. Tedder, IS. who died in the
Mercy Hospital az Brownsville early
Thursday morning. will be sent 10
Kansas City. Kans.. for intermenr.
following services Friday afternoon
a. 3 o'clock at the First Baptist
Church. Rev. G. s. Mckinney. Off
ciating.
The deceased Is survived bv his
widow and a daughter. Miss Opal
his mother; three brothers and three
sisters. One OF the brothers. Ira
Tedder. is n resident OF san Benito
Mr.. Tedder first came 10 the
Valley in 1912. leaving for a short
time and returning IN 1915. Az the
time Of his death he was I'm ths
employ OF the Southern Iron and
Machinery co.
He had been in III health for the
past two months and had been "
the hospital for two weeks.
Funeral ARRANGEMENTS are In
charge OF Mittanck's.