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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
NeWSie'S NearSightedneSS
Brings Arrest and
Whisky Seizure.

A news vendor at the northwest
corner of Pennsylvania and Market
streets does not see very well, and
today he stumbled into the great
est mistake of his life.
Striding up to a parked car, the
youth opened his newspaper sack,
which was slung over his shoulder,
leaned into the car and whispered:
"Slip 'er right there, pal; slip 'er
right there"
From the car came booming
voice:
slip what, where?"
The youth Squinted and peered at
three faces in the car.
"Oh, my God" he moaned. "This
amt the car; it's the one behind it.
The trio of occupants piled from
the car and leaped to the running
board of the one parked behind
theirs as it pulled from the curb.
Behind the front seat they found
twenty-four pints of corn whisky
and, behind the wheel, Robert Col
lada, 26, of 1902 North Capitol ave-
nue..
At police headquarters Gollada
said the whisky sold for 81 a pint
and he had been in the business
two weeks.
The three men who were told to
slip 'er there" were Sergeant
Wayne Bear and patrolmen Sam
Ritter and Ed Moore, one of the po-
lice departments booze squads.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
ARRANGE AFFAIR FOR
LEADERS OF PATRIOTS
Officers of G. A. r. and Allied
Groups to Be Honor Guests.

Officers of G. A. r. and Allied
Groups to Be Honor Guests.
Annual reception for national and
department officers of the Federat-
ed Patriotic Societies allied with
Grand Army of the Republic of In
diana will be held tonight at at
Ft. Friendly, 512 North Illinois
street. Guests of honor will be:
Joseph B. Henninger. national aide de
camp, G. A. r.; David Kinney. department
senior vice-commander: James Stevenson.
department chaplain: j. Wagner. chief of
staff; James Clark. department color bear
er. all of the G. A r.; Mrs. Edna E.
Peulev. national treasurer. Women's Relief
Corps; Frank C. Huston. commander-in-
chief. Sons of Union Veterans Mrs. Lii
liam Ball. national treasurer. and Mrs.
Emma Finch. auxiliary to Sons of Union
Veterans Mrs. Lulu Hartzog. department
inspector. w. R. c.: Mrs. Anna Davis. de-
partment registrar. and Mrs. Emma Ackers.
Corresponding secretary. G. A. r. auxiliary:
Mrs. L. EneX. press correspondent. Daugh-
tiers of Union Veterans: Mrs. Mildred Skin
ner. press correspondent. and Mrs. Ida
MCGUIRE. department chief Of staff. auxil-
iary to Sons of Union Veterans:
Mrs. Harry EmmonS is In charge
of arrangements. Mrs. Mary Haley
is president of the federated socie-
ties.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
Child and Half Brother Who
Lured Her From School
Held in WatSeka, III.

Cora Hunt, 12-year- old school pu-
pill of Livonia, Ind, and her half
brother William, who abducted her
from school near their home Fri
day, we're taken into custody early
today by Watseka (ul0 authori-
ties.
Arrest of the girl and William
Hunt ended search for them which
was spreading throughout the mid
west and which was centering in
Indianapolis and Danville, Ind, to-
day.
Sheriff Milton Trinkle of Salem
received word of the arrest of the
couple from the sheriff at Watseka
and was to go to the Illinois city
this afternoon. William Hunt will
face charges of abducting his half
sister when he is returned to In
diana early Thursday.
Father Is Relieved
Informed of the arrest Of the
child and William, Otto Hunt, ia
Their of the couple and eight other
CAllAu- CHI CI1CO
God, I'm glad they found them,
I was worried to death"
None Of the family will accom-
pany Trinkle TO Watseka.
According to information received
at Salem, the girl and William
Hunt %, we're found near the Ilh-
nois city.
They admitted their identity and
Immediately were placed in Jail.
Search for the child started
Friday, after William went to a
rural school, near Livonia, and asked
her to return home, because her
mother was i'll. When neither of
them went to their home, Salem
authorities opened the search.
Several times. recently, William
Hunt is said to have threatened the
lives of members of his family and
parents of the girl believed he might
have slain the child.
Police Here Aid Search
indianapolis police took up the
search Tuesday afternoon, when E.
L. Johnson, R. r. 9, Box 349, re-
ported having seen a girl and
young man on state road 90 near
Emerson avenue who answered de-
scription of the missing couple.
J. w. Watson, proprietor of a
plumbing shop near Danville, said
man and a girl, answering de-
scription of the missing duo, had
sought to obtain a pair of overalls
from him late Tuesday. He said
when he refused they walked toward
Terre Haute, along the Pennsylvania
railroad tracks.
The abduction charge against
William. believed mentally unbal-
anced, was filed by the father.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
WOMEN,
JUDGE ORDERS
Baker Charges Perjury at,
Arson Trial.

Indictment of two daughters on
a charge of perjury for alleged
false statements in the arson trial
of their mother was ordered today
by Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker.
The women, Mrs. Ruby May and
Mrs. Estel Wheat, both of Craw-
louisville, according to Baker,
changed their testimony today in
criminal court, where Mrs. Flora
Tate, the mother, was being tried.
According to evidence given
Baker, the women made aff1davitS
Oct. %, 1880, that Mrs. Tate threat
ened to burn her home at 2212 Nor
ton street, afterward leveled by fire.
The women testified today the
statement was untrue, and was
made because we had Spat with
mother"
Mrs. Tate was indicted on charges
of first degree arson and burning
personal property to collect $1,5O0
insurance.
Baker instructed George Coogan,
deputy state fire marshal in the
arson division, to place the perjury
evidence before grand jury at
Charlottesville.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
Mother Tells of Terror

By OnttcG PreSS
SARONIA, Ind, Nov. 18.-Mrs.
Otto Hunt, a 46-year-old farm
mother, tearfully related today the
persecution her son William inf1ict-
ed upon her family, and then in the
next sob prayed that he would re-
turn home safely.
Eagerly Mrs. Hunt, mother of ten
children, awaited word from Will
liam and his half sister, Cora, II,
arrested today in Watseka, Ill. Will
liam left the home near here in a
fit of anger last Thursday morning
and lured his sister away from
school.
The crippled mother, worn with
years of heavy farm labor, related
in detail the story of her sons ca
reer of crime. She told of the con-
slant fear in which he kept the
family, sometimes threatening to
kill them.
Long Career of Crime
Twelve years ago, Mrs. Hunt said,
William stole bicycle. Her husband
sacrificed a ripening tomato crop to
keep him from being sent to the
reformatory.
Two years later he was sent to
the state penal farm for stealing
clothing. Twice he was sentenced
on two occasions to the Lawrence
county penal farm, both times for
theft.
After that, Mrs. Hunt continued,
William threatened the family on
numerous occasions.
Tried to Kill Father
Last week." she said, "he at
tempted to kill Pap because he asked
him about some apples he had taken
from an orchard. 1 started for a
neighbours to call the sheriff and
he shot at me. Then he threw a
stone at the house, barely missing
little Henry here" she said, point
ing at one of the numerous small
children.
Another time he made us all
stay in the house, threatening to
kill us if we came out" the mother
related. "One day he chased Pap
all over those hills. Pap had a
broken leg and its hard for him to
get around"
Mrs. Hunt told of threats her son
made against Cora. She said he
often coaxed her to run away with
him,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
LAUNDRIES MOURN
HOME WASHING GAIN

next few years should show a big
increase.
The day of the home laundress
is passing, and the next few years
will find few of today's young wom-
en- willing to earn their living TAX
ing in washings.
The present slump is only tenn
porary. caused in part by regular
laundry customers diverting their
business to home laundresses who
need work, forgetting that hundreds
of power laundry employees are de-
pendent on work for a living"
Harmful effects of cut-throat
competition, and a plan for frequent
get-togetherS to exchange efficiency
ideas we're discussed at an open
forum session.
The annual meeting will be held
May and s either at Bloomington
or Kokomo, the city to be decided
on later today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18

Women who haven't labored over
a waShtub in years are doing their
own washing today" members of
the Indiana Laundry Owners AS
ISOLATION agreed at their semi-an-
nual conference here today at the
Columbia Club.
While business of power laun-
dries decreased Is per cent the first
six months this year, and is ex-
pected to show an even greater de-
crease the last six months, an OPP
timlStic view was sounded by mem
bers who see better days ahead.
I'VE have been hard hit by eco
nomic conditions, and particularly
by the recent mild weather" said
President Bud Fridlin, Kokomo. I'm
addition there is too much COMPETE
ton in the business.
But we have touched only small
portion of the business available,
not more than IS ger cent. and the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
ABDUCTOR AND GIRL.
SOUGHT ALL OVER
INDIANA, CAPTURED
Coma, Maybe
By United Press

By United Press
MARYVILLE, Mo, Nov. 18.
- George Wines, Nodaway
county farmer, has his worries,
but insomnia is not among
them.
A tornado swept across
Wines farm while the family
slept.
1t wrecked his barn, blew
down the windmill, ripped
shingles from the roof of the
house, and shattered windows.
But it failed to disturb the
slumbering family. And they
didn't discover the damage I'M
til they awoke today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18

in the eight years of his service as
auditor, he deserves the thanks Of
the Marion county taxpayers.
Harrys records reveal that the
1870 county commissioners deter
mined Marion county needed
courthouse. Such a construction job
meant plenty of contracts and pat
ronage, so, like all county commits
sioners, past and present, they de-
cided that was excuse enough to do
little building.
Bond issues totaling 100000
were voted to pay for constructing
and furnishing the new courthouse.
Being generous hearted boys, and
feeling that the people could afford
to pay, the interest rate was fixed
at 10 and per cent.
The commissioners, imbued with
the Gothic spirit in architecture,
specified spires, towers, cupolas, col
umns and everything possible to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
NEED rs LETTERS TO
SPELL NAME OF FISH
And It's Only Six Inches Long Saws
Hawaii Legion Head.

I'm the Hawaiian islands YOU can
catch a uku-muku- nuku- nukl-
apaai," Adna G. Clarke, American
Legion department commander of
Hawaii, said today.
But it wouldn't be good for much
Of anything, even a fish story. This
fish is only about six inches long,
Clarke, who is attending the
American Legion commanders and
adjutants' conference in Indianapo-
lis, teaches military science and tao
tics at the University of Hawaii in
Honolulu.
Drawing a deep breath, he said.
During the World war, was chief
of the pictorial section of the his
torical branch of the war plans di-
vision of the general staff of the
United States army"
A title with a man like that ought
to be good.
1T means that censored mill
taTy pictures" Clarke explained
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
BY BEN STERN

BY BEN STERN
Get out your old adding ma
chine, pad of paper and a sheaf
of pencils, for that is what is re-
quired to tell the story of the
Marion county courthouse.
If you haven't an adding ma
chine use an abacuS-that'S one of
those "doofunnies" the Chinese use
for rapid calculation.
And when you get through with
your statistical compilations you
probably will wonder why the
county grand juries didn't do a
little investigating and indicting in
the more than half a century from
1870 until the present.
The second term of Harry Dunn
as county auditor expires Jan. /,
and he will be succeeded by Charles
GrosSart.
If Harry has done nothing but
redeem from hook the courthouse
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
1925 STATE FINANCE.
MEN CONVENE HERE

Semi-Annual Managers Meeting Is
Opened at Lincoln.
Approximately 125 delegates were
in attendance today at the seven
tenth Semi-annual managers meet
ing of the Indiana Association of
Personal Finance Companies at the
Lincoln.
Business session was opened by
Joseph P. Stratton of Sullivan, pres
ident. Speakers for the day we're H.
E. Arnett, Marion; F. A. Carlson,
Shelbyville: Professor Fred v. Chew,
Indiana university; George Earring
ton, Sidney Sullivan, Irwin Wesley,
Charles R. Parker, P. A. Hancock
and r. F. Hartz, all of indianapolis.
Hartz, first vice president, was
postmaster at the noon luncheon in
De Lincoln room.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
POLICE
FOR BOOTLEGGERS
FORM VETERANS ORDER
More Than 100 to Be Charter

More Than 100 to Be Charter
Members of Society.
More than one hundred veterans
of the Indiana Branch Society,
First division of the United States
army, are expected to register on
the Society's charter at a meeting
at Monday evening in the Board
of Trade Building.
Announcement of the meeting,
which will include election 0f Off
GERS, was made by Earl T. Bonham,
president pro tenn.
Eligible men who desire to become
charter members must have their
names in by Nov. %, date for clos
ing of the charter, Bonham said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
AUTO HEADS TO MEET
Dodge, Plymouth Officials Confer
With City Dealers.

Factory plans for 1882 will be
by Dodge and Plymouth
Motor Car Company officials at a
here today with Indiana
dealers, sponsored by Capitol Mo-
tors Company, new distributors.
The session will begin with a
luncheon at the indianapolis Ath-
letic Club, with j. M. Bloch, Cap
itol Motors Company president, pre-
siding. Approximately seventy-five
dealers were to attend.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18

make the building an elaborate
affair.
So successful were they that today
the courthouse is as obsolete as a
Brush automobile and as hard to
keep clean as kindergarten class
turned loose in a mud patch.
1t finally was erected. For a few
years the bonds we're redeemed.
Then politics interviewed, as it has
a custom of doing, and the debt
fingered on, interest was paid on
the dot, but the bonds were not re-
Geemed-merely renewed.
When Dunn became auditor Jan.
l, 1923, he took a look at the books
and was aghast.
Fifty years had elapsed since the
original bonds were issued, and of
the $1,35O,0OO the county still owed
100000.
In addition, 100000 had been
paid as interest.
Il decided right then and there
that the debt should be reduced"
Dunn said.
Reduced by 100000
BY saving balances remaining in
the county treasury he was able, by
the end of 1925, to reduce the debt
100000. He did the same in 1926,
and again in 1927. This cut the
total owed on the courthouse, ex-
elusive of interest to 100000.
But Old Man Politics, the original
Hoosier pioneer settler, staIked upon
the scene.
1t seems that Omer Hawkins,
sheriff in 1927, wanted road pa
troll. Dunn was lined up with the
commissioners against such added
expense, and so the county council
declared that as a retaliatory meas
ure Harry couldn't make any $780,
900 payments on the debt. That was
to get even.
But annual payments of $4,000
could be made and the debt was cut
down that way When Dunn Dec. /
signs away another $4,000, the debt
on the courthouse will have been
ACANOSO W PoO,OOO, dIlQ SIOUlQ De
wiped out Dec. l, 1888.
Valued at S2,OOO,OO
Interest on the original and re-
newal bonds issued by that date
will have totaled $2,645, $50 and the
courthouse which started out as
$1,350,000 project will have cost the
taxpayers almost 100000.
Today the obsolete, white ele-
plant structure with the land upon
which it is erected, which includes a
city square in valuable downtown
location, is valued at 100000.
The equipment was appraised in
1926 at $S4,927. The intrinsic value
of the records contained in the
building is estimated at $2,706, 900
and in event it would be necessary
to replace them, clerical hire would
total $730,000, Dunn says.
The next time Mr.. or Mrs. Tax
payer passes the courthouse, take
look at the dirty, grimy building
it took sixty-three years to pay for
that is, if Grossart finishes the
bond redemption started by his
predecessor, Harry Dunn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
SWEEPS SCHOOL;
8 FIREMEN OVERCOME

Six Alarms Bring More Than Score
of Companies to Scene.
By United Press
PITTSBURGH, Nov. IS. - Six
alarms brought more than a score
of fire companies to the Homewood
school where flames were discovered
Just before school was to have
opened today.
At least eight firemen were over
come and dozen others were
driven back by smoke, believed laden
with chemical fumes, which swept
from the basement of the structure.
The flames burst through to the
third floor AS f1remen directed a
dozen streams of water into tbs
structure.
Women entering the building to
clean the rooms before classes as
Sembled discovered the fire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
RAIL INR0ADS FOUGHT
Rivers, HarbOrs Supporters Oppose
ANY Federal Regulation.

BIZ UNW6u FTt6S
WASHINGTON, Nov. ia call
was issued today for mobilization
here next month of rivers and
harbors supporters to defend their
interests against alleged railway
efforts to extend strict federal
regulation to highways and inland
waterways.
Former Senator Joseph E. Rams
dell. Louisiana, summoning delegates
to the national rivers and harborS
congress, of which he is president, to
meet here Dec. and 9 predicted "a
battle royal" over the transportation
question in congress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18

PORTLAND, Ind, Nov. 1S.-Dam-
age to her home from an explosion
caused $1,000 loss when Mrs. Harry
Wood attempted to light a stove
from which gas was leaking. Mrs.
Wood was uninjured.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
STUDY CONTEMPT CASE
Hofstader Committee May Cite
Millionaire New York Builder.


Millionaire New York Builder.
By United Press
NEW YORK, Nov. 18.-The Hof-
stader legislative investigating COM
rnittee was to decide today on a
contempt citation against Fred E.
French, millionaire builder, who re-
fused to say if he had retained for
SOS 900 the law firm of Tammany
leader because of its influence"
The committee also was to vote
on a resolution introduced by as
semblyman Abbot Low Moffat ask
ing the election from public hearing
of Senator John j. McNaboe be-
cause of insulting and impertinent
interference" with Counsel Samuel
Seabury.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
BETTER BUSINESS SEEN
Three Encouraging Developments
Cited by U. S. Bureau.


WASHINGTON, Nov. ia res
toration of business confidence has
been Indicated by recent develop
ments in the domestic business sit
uation, according to the department
of agriculture's analysis of the price
situation for November.
The summary listed the encourag-
ing developments as: The organi-
cation Of the National Credit Cor
poration to strengthen banking con-
ditions; a rise in certain commod-
ity prices such as cotton and wheat,
and a rise in industrial stock prices.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
Receivership Unsettled

% IWt8 >UtttUf
KOKOMO, Ind, Nov 18.-After
being informed that Charles T. Par
son owned mortgage certificates OF
the closed Peoples Trust and Saw
ings bank, Circuit Judge Joseph
GRIPPE declined to appoint him as
receiver.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
RUM SEIZURE CLAIMED
Cops Raid Home of Clarence Boat
man; AElege Whisky. Alky Found.

Raiding the nome Of Clarence W.
Boatman, 545 East Thirty-first
street, police say they confscated
three pints of whisky and two
ounces of grain alcohol Tuesday
night. Sergeant John Eisenhut said
Boatman was not home when the
raid was made, but word was left
with relatives for him to appear at
headquarters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
Tries to Die bx Poison

Despondent over domestic difficult
ties, Mrs. Martha Eagan, 81, of POOP
Ashland avenue, swallowed poison
Tuesday night in suicide attempt
She was returned to her home after
being treated at the city hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18

Indiana university
Friday morning.
The conference
will e x t md
through Friday
and Saturday.
First session will
be held in the
Bloomington high
school auditorium.
Six other high
school pupils, rep
resenting high
schools from va
rious parts of In
diana, will speak
on other extra
curricular activi-
ties.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-18
CAUTION URGED
TO CUT RISING
TRAFFIC TOLL
Marion County Fatalities
Reach CHASTITY Total of
$50 This Year.
WINTER DANGERS CITED
Plea to Lose a Minute,
Save a Life,' Renewed
to Curb Crashes.

Despite warnings and educational
campaigns to halt the number of
automobile fatalities in the county
$50 persons have lost their lives in
traffic accidents since Jan. l.
This is the heaviest traffic toll
ever recorded in the county in a
corresponding period.
Within the next few hours or
days probably other lives will be
added to that CHASTITY toll, deaths
tribute on the altar of reckless
driving and speed
Police, newspapers, schools and
civic organizations, so far, have
found themselves powerless to stop
the offensive of death by automo-
biles.
With less than six weeks remain
ing in 1881 the forces seeking to
halt that mounting toll today or
ganized to throw additional strength
into campaigns.
Hazards on Increase
The last few weeks of this year
will demand more careful observ-
ance of traffic regulations. Rain,
early darkness, snow and sleet add
to the hazards of automobile driv-
ing and walking.
An example of this was recorded
on police and hospital lists Tuesday
night. One man was killed and more
than twelve other persons injured
in accidents occurring during the
heavy rain.
Continued disregard of motorists
for preferential streets and chang
ing traffic lights stands out as one
of the chief causes of accidents.
This morning before 7, between
Sixteenth and Washington streets, on
Capitol avenue, three motorists shot
their cars across the preferential
street without hesitating for the
intersection.
stop Signs Ignored
At Indiana and Capitol avenue
motorists continually disregard the
stop signs which give Indiana ave-
nue. the right of way. When a po-
lice officer is not on duty at the
intersection pedestrians and motor
lists who observe the law are moth
ing more than targets for reckless
drivers.
The same condition prevails at
the other angle-avenue intersections
near the business district.
In September, The Times opened
a two-week campaign pleading with
motorists and pedestrians to LOSE
A MINUTE AND SAVE A LIFE"
The campaign primarily was started
to protect children returning to
school after summer vacation.
The campaign resulted in many
demands for continuance. 1t was
broadened and lasted an additional
three weeks.
Safety Drive. Renewed
However, in view of the increasing
list of casualties, The Times again
will stress, the warning:
LOSE A MINUTE AND SAVE A
LIFE"
During the September October
campaign, The Times made the pre-
diction that unless the rate of &C
cidents was reduced 100 persons
would die before 1882 from automo-
bile injuries.
Today the figure is but ten below
that forecast.
Neither you nor The Times wants
1t to be an actuality.
Think, walk, talk and drive the
rules of safety and halt these whole
sale deaths!