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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
court TANNED
BY CURIOUS TO
HEAR KIRKLAND
Gary Youth First Witness of
Afternoon in Trial for
Murder.
By United Press

- y OfVV"SO 800
VALPARAISO, Ind, May o.
Crowds of curious adults jarnmed
the Porter county circuit courtroom
today to hear the testimony Of Vir-
gil Kirkland at his second trial on
charges Of numbering Arlene braves.
The young Gary athlete was
called as the first witness Of the
afternoon session to repeat his
protestations that he loved Arlene
and did not strike the blow at
tributed as one of the causes Of
the 18-year-oId girls death at a
wine and alcohol party.
He faced new questioning con-
corning the testimony of two of his
companions, Paul Barton and Hen
ny Shirk, at the drinking party.
Barton and Shirk, who did not
testify at the first trial, when Kirk
land was sentenced to life imprison-
ment, accused him Of leading Grim
inal attacks on the girl.
A prospective new witness for the
defense was disclosed when Kirk
lands attorneys submitted to Judge
Grant Crumpacker letter from
r. A. Manning of Davenport, Ia,
offering to testify.
Manning wrote the defense attor-
neys that he could relate an Incl
dent he witnessed in Gary which
might account for Arlene's injuries
as accidental
The Iowan wrote that he saw
Arlene, appearing to be intoxicated,
stumble out of an automobile and
fall to the street. He said he saw
a young man leap out and assist
her back into the machine. The
youth, he declared, did not resem-
BILE photographs Of Kirkland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
Penny Fortune
He Found a Copper
Story Grew and Grew
Until 1t Was Million
By United Press

By United Press
MANITOWOC, Wis, May 22.-
Anton Eberle, Liberty town clerk,
called up a Manitowoc newspaper
today and in desperation asked
them to print a story that he is
not q millionaire.
Eberle found a sixty-year-old
penny the other day on his farm
and remarked:
eff can find the right persons,
I can get $1,000 for this"
At a dance that night he was
congratulated on finding $1,000.
Two days later he received many
telephone calls from persons ask
ing chow it felt to find a cache
of $4,000"
The figures grew with the retell-
ing until today he was deluged with
calls congratulating him on be-
coming a millionaire.
Then he called the newspaper.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
CUBAN REVOLT
FLARE HALTED
Reports From All Points
Say Quiet Restored.
By United Press

81 OtjCcd Press
HAVANA, Cuba, May 22.-Sup-
preston of Cubas revolutionary
flareup appeared complete today,
with reports from all points indicat-
ing quiet had been restored.
Underlying this surface calm,
however was tension attributed
by government authorities to oppo-
sition efforts to keep the nation in
a condition of alarm, and it was
indicated that revocation of consti-
tutional guarantees might be ex-
pected to follow any new wave Of
disorder.
--latest reports confirmed that sew
eral were wounded in the armed up
risings in Oriente and Santiago
provinces, southeastern Cuba, but
that there we're no fatalities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
CONVICTED 'LEGGER'S
ASSETS A MORTGAGE
Judge Finds Farmers Bonds Are
Debt on Farm.

Judge Finds Farmers Bonds Are
Debt on Farm.
By United Press
MADISON, Wis, May Felix
Kluck came before Federal Judge
George T. Page today to be sen
fenced on q charge Of possessing
liquor.
What property have you?" Judge
Page, who comes from Chicago and
has been fning prohibition law
violators IS much as $500.
81 got little land" Kluck re-
piled.
ANY bonds?" asked the Judge.
What do you mean, bonds?"
queried the farmer.
Securities. mortgages, stocks
thinks Ike that?"
Sure I've got some of them
: mortgage on my farm" replied
Kluck.
His fne was $3.50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
YOUNG lawyer
Held IN DUAL
COAST Staying
Ex-Deputy District Attorney
With 'SpotIeSs Record
Is Suspected.
BOSS EDITOR KILLED
Wan, UnShaven, He Walks
Into Hall of Justice,
Gives Self Up.
BY RONALD W. WAGNER,
United Press STAFF Correspondent


LOS ANGELES, May 22.-David
Harris Clark, young former deputy
district attorney with a "spotless
record" gave himself up, and was
detained today by authorities for
questioning in connection with the
double Staying Of Charles Crawford,
political boss, and Herbert Spencer,
magazine editor.
Clark, wan and Unshaven, walked
into the hall of justice shortly be-
fore Thursday midnight and sur
rendered to Blayney Matthews,
chief investigation of the district at
torney's office, to whom he previ-
ously had telephoned.
They conferred for several hours
before Buron Fits, district attor-
ney, announced murder charges
would be fled as result of identi-
flcations, which he said had been
made by witnesses who saw the
slayer.
Clark, who is a candidate for nau-
nlcipal judge, was outwardly calm
when newspaper men called on him
and promised he would produce
later sensations when he gets ready
to talk.
According to Fits, Crawford, while
dying in Georgia street receiving
hospital, about two hours after he
was wounded, gasped out a name
TO the Rev. Gustav Briegleb, who
asked who shot him.
Named in Dying Whisper
"Dave, Dave was the munabIed
whisper Of the politician to Brieg-
leb, Fits declared.
1t also was learned that Clark
last Tuesday purchased .38-cal-
iber revolver, the type used in the
double Staying.
Captain Joe Taylor of the police
homicide squad said the gun was
paid for with "a bum check" The
purchase, Taylor said, was made
the day after Clark returned from
Aqua Caliente, Mexico, with his
nerves Irazzled."
Three persons who saw the killer
fee from Crawford's Office were
shown a picture of Clark. The
witnesses were Lucille Fisher, Craw-
lords secretary; Billie Rohrbeck, a
secretary in nearby Office, and
Ray Radke, q real estate man.
Frank James, detective lieutenant,
said all identified the photograph
as that of the slayer.
Sudden shifting of suspicion from
some unidentified underworld char
acter to one Of the citys most prom
ineat young attorneys created a SEN
sation in the case, which already
had rocked the city hall and threat
ened ito blow the lid OF racketeer-
ing in Los Angeles"
Convicted Daisy De Voc
Clark'S last big case under Fits
was his successful prosecution of
Daisy De Voc, secretary to Clara
Bow. Miss De Voc was convicted of
grand theft of 1925 from the actress.
Under Asa Keyes, former district
attorney, now in San Quentin on a
bribery conviction, Clark led the
state forces which sent Albert
Marco, who was called Los Angeles
vice lord, to prison for a long term
after Marco, seemingly immune to
the law, shot man in the leg dur
ing q row in Venice ocean front
cafe.
Additional credit went to Clark,
because Of his work in criminal
angles Of the $100,0O0,00o Julian
Petroleum Corporation COLLAPSE.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
CANNON ATTACKS NYE
0MMITTEE'S PROBE

Slaps at Tinkham Insistence for
Quiz of Expenditures.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, May 22.-BisEop
James Cannon Jr. today attacked
the Nye committees investigation
Of his political expenditures in
1928.
MY correspondence" he said in
q letter to Chairman Nye, indicates
that many persons think that the
purpose is an effort to use
your committee as an instrument
to please Congressman Tinkham's
wet Roman Catholic Boston con-
Stituency and to crafty the
anger and wounded vanity of GER
tain Virginia Democrats"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
WORKS BOARD MOVES
TO PROTECT TREES

Order Street Widening Projects Al
tered After Protests.
Protest Of property owners against
threatened destruction Of trees by
the widening Of Pennsylvania and
Talbot streets for one block north
Of Thirtieth street resulted today in
action by the works board to save
the trees.
The board ordered the two
streets widened from thirty feet to
only thirty-six feet, instead of to
forty feet, IS intended originally
when the contracts were awarded.
Contract for paving MontcaIn
street from Indiana avenue to
Eighteenth street with concrete was
awarded to the r. NJ. Bowen Com
pany on bid Of $12,964.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
(othsr details on sports pags)

Thousands Of Indianapolis speed
fans will flock to the Speedway Sat
urday for the annual qualification
trials to determine the starting line
up for the 5o0-nlile race.
Qualifications will continue Sun
day and next week.
Those who qualify Saturday get
the first positions. Sunday qualifers
will be placed after the Saturday
drivers, despite speed made.
A hot fight for the coveted No.
position on the front row looms
Those considered in the running
are Louis Meyer. 1923 winner; VIII
liam CShorty) Canton, second in
the 1880 race; Billy Arnold. 1890
winner; Leon Duray, holder Of the
track and qualification records, and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
MOONEY CASE
BOMBING Laid
TO WAR SPIES
Convicted Burglars Story
Is Being Investigated in
Los Angeles.
TWO MEN 'CLEARED'
Billings, Fellow Convict Had
Nothing to Do With Blast,
Prisoner Says.
By United Press

By United Press
LOS ANGELES, May 22-The
story Of Carl Won NToltke, convicted
burglar, that German spies we're re-
sponsible for the bombing Of the
Preparedness day parade in San
Francisco in 1916, for which Thomas
j. Mooney and Warren K. Billings
are serving life sentences, was in
vestigated today.
When Won Moltke appeared be-
fore Superior Judge Walton j. Wood
late Thursday for sentence on a
burglary charge, the judge contin-
ued the case until June II. remark
ing that there were several things
the court wished to look into"
He ordered Won Moltke to apply
for probation instead Of pressing a
contemplated appeal, SO that county
Investigators could investigate his
story.
Documents Are Cited
Won Moltke, who claims to be a
grand nephew Of Field Marshal Won
Moltke Of Franco-Prussian war
fame, reiterated his previous state
ments that German secret service
agents planted the bomb in San
Francisco which killed ten persons.
He said documents bearing out
his statements are in a vault in a
New York bank. He said he was a
former German spy.
"Ton Mooney and Warren Bill
lings had nothing to do with the
bombing" Won Moltke said
at. was the work Of German spy,
Frederick Hinsch, alias Grantnor.
have the documents to prove what
am saying in a steel box in Brook
lyn."
Won MoItke said these and other
documents which, IF published,
would cause no end of scandal"
came into his possession while he
was working as q German intelli-
gerce department agent in New
York during the World war.
Tells OF Spies ParIeys
He said he worked in a suite of
rooms at 90 Wall street DECIDING
messages relating to bombing plots
after his arrival in New York in
1916.
He described several conferences
which, he said, were attended by
Agents Won Igel, Koenig, Karl
Eisinger, Lowenstein, Frederick
Hinsch, alias Grantnor, and him
self.
Eisinger and Hinsch were as
signed to sabotage work, he said,
and obtained a large quantity of
explosives. He said they left for
San Francisco about May IS, after
shipping the explosives in a spe-
cially designed trunk which they
checked as baggage.
Scored on the 22nd"
"About two months later" Won
Moltke continued "Koenig brought
me q report signed F. Grantnor,
saying that certain railroad bridges
had been destroyed. It also men
toned bombing plan that was
to be carried out in San Francisco
in July.
"Tnis document can be produced
from the filing cabinet in Brooklyn.
"The New York Office received
another wire on July Is, signed
by Grantnor which read: Scored
100 per cent on the 22nd."
Won Igel laughed when he saw
the communication. We will score
many more yet, for this is only the
beginning he said"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
SANTA MERE PIKER
WHATS $4,000 to Hotel Mani.


PoIE H. May 22santA Claus doesn't go into absolute
wv remen after the Christmas
Fifth avenue hotel in New york
him $4,000 IN goveTnment bonds and epned that he wanted
for the bridge the Connecticut river between wapoe
the bridge cashier Dwight W.
communities gifts
She Gets Her Little YeI1ow Dog
NEW YORK May 22rvo days ago Gladys Rice radio singer.
called HAS Anybody Little
Today trucken pet delivered little yellow dog
The ordered person. singer
informed.
HIS Temper Least of HIS Losses
WHEELING W. Va, May charolleau Chicago
w musician engagement thater
New York next he'll rpni his entire
virtually today
eau picked Columbus OF with his while he bbng
sandwich in roadside inn twenty miles from here
His eighteen suits eighteen pairs of shoes four
Radio Listener? Well, You're Childish
HAMILTON O. May 22-The average mentality of the radio lis
ner is no higher than that Of saT0d chic 400 advertising
for Amos n Andy.
Guest Voted Worlds Worst Poet
DFNoEToN j. May 2apster ArnO is the favoe artist Of
second.
C. among with Thomas
and Ernest Hemingway in poets
Kpng Tennyson The class voted Edgar
the worlds poet.
Smith, among
woneni colleges
Voice or Life; Chooses to Live
By M Special
MEMPHIS May 22-"Tn sorry but either my voice or my
life; go ahead, doctor"
Those the last words Of J. NJ Underwood So spoken just be-
fore he underwent hyhou operation during which surgeon re-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
ROOSEVELT SAILS HOME

Roy w. Howard Also Among Pas
sengers Leaving Paris for q. S.
By United Press
PARIS, May %. - Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt Of New York
and Roy W. Howard, chairman OF
the board Of the Scripps- Howard
newspapers, were among the pas
sengers who sailed for New York on
board the liner Brenin today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
Skies viii Clear

Clear skies with rising tempera-
ture were predicted on the weather
menu for Indianapolis over the
weekend by the weather bureau.
Break in the rain and cloudy
condition should be effected by Sat-
urday morning, j. H. Arlington,
bureau chief, said. The mercury
then will begin its fight upward to
normal temperatures for this sea-
son. In the last twenty-four hours
temperature has been Il degrees be-
low normal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
KATE TO JAIL AGAIN

By United Press
LONDON, May 22.-Mrs. Kate
Meyrick, notorious London night
club operator, was sentenced to jail
again today.
Mrs. Meyrick was given six
months at hard labor for selling in
toxicating liquor, and one month at
hard labor for permitting gambling
on her premises at 43 Gerard
street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
AWARD CONTRACT FOR
RIVER POWER PLANT
Flat Rock Project ConditionaIIy
Given City Builders.

Conditional contract Of construc-
ton Of the taintor gatehouse and
power house of the Flat Rock n.y.
dro-electric power plant on Flat
Rock river, nine miles south Of
Shelbyville, has been awarded by
G. G.. Shipp to the j. G. Karstedt
Construction Company of Indian
apolis for $76,984.32.
This contract does not include the
mechanical equipment, machinery
or the control system, for which
separate bids are now being re-
ceived.
Conditional" award was made
becaLse as yet permission has not
been made to submerge about $500
feet Of highway, nor have negoti-
atoms been completed for purchase
Of small part Of the acreage to
be flooded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
FORM UNION FOR BAIL
Detroit speakeasy Cooks, Bartender.

Detroit Speakeasy Cooks, Bertenders
Offered New Insurance"
By United Press
DETROIT, May 22.-BartenderS.
cooks and walters in Detroit speak
easies repeatedly are being urged
to join q union, the benefits OF
which viii include bond when ar
rested and an effort to secure
fixed wage scala
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22

One boy high school student,
one girl student, and one high
school teacher will take trips
to Washington in June as
guests Of The Times and the
Lyric theater.
All expenses will be paid and
many places of historic inter
est in Washington and vicinity
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
CITES POLICE METHODS
Scientific Means of Getting Crooks
Explained to Students.

Methods Of gangster radiance by
scientific police means and by heavy
sentences nj criminal courts were
explained to Indiana Central col
lege students and faculty today at
convocation by Prosecutor Herbert
E. Wilson.
"Our greatest problem is to get
satisfactory evidence for jurieS,
the prosecutor said, explaining the
difficulty Of getting capable jurors
to serve.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
Legion Post to Meet

Second organization meeting TO
form an American Legion post in
New Augusta viii be held in the
Community house there at 5 Fri
day night, with DR.. Frank z. Long,
Seventh district commander. pre-
siding.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
$4,000 ELW00D HOME
IS RUINED BY FLAMES

Large Colonial Residence Is
Wrecked; Cause Is Undetermined.
ELWOOD, Ind, May 22.-Flames
today destroyed the large, colonial
residence erected near ElWood At a
cost of $4,000 five years ago by the
late Wilfred Sellers, cabinet manu-
facturer. Authorities were unable to
trace the origin Of the blaze.
Servants quarters, valued at $4,000,
and contents Of the residence, valued
at $35, 900, also were burned.
The property was owned by w. r.
Delp, Hollywood. Cal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
MISSING BOY IS HUNTED
Nephew of Salvador President Is
Lost in San Francisco.

BIZ United Press
SAN FRANCISCO, May 22.-
Manuel MontalVo, 12-year- old
nephew Of President Arturo Ar
raujo OF Salvador, was hunted by
police today when it was reported
that he had been missing since
Wednesday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22

will be on their itinerary.
Read details on Page 6, then
bring or mail the name of your
favorite candidates to The
Times Office or get your cou-
pom at the Lyric theater and
start your fayorite candidate
on the way to victory. Turn to
Page 6 now.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
EX-SECRETARY is WED

Former Employe of First Lady Is
Married at Ann Arbor.
By United Press
ANN ARBOR, Mich, May 22.-
Miss Ruth Fesler Of Hollywood,
Cal, who formerly was Mrs. Her
bert Hoover's secretary, today was
married to Robert Lockwood Lip
man Jr. Of San Francisco.
The marriage took place at the
home Of Mrs. James 4. Nyswander,
twin sister of the bride.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
WORK ON Fl PROJECTS

Veteran Bureau Spending S7,092,152,
White House Announces.
By U4s5teG Press
WASHINGTON, May 22.-The
veterans bureau is spending $685.
152 on twenty-one building projects,
it was announced today at the
White House. In addition the hos
pitalization board has approved
thirty-two projects on which work
may be begun shortly at a cost of
$17,757, 600.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-04-09
KEMPTON

Mr.. VIM. Gather and family, Bay
ard, are spending few days with
relatives here.
Mr. Walter Conner and family, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Sponagle are visit
ing relatives in Woodstock, Va.
Mr.. Joseph Goodall and family, of
Benbush, w. Va, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Geroski.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Harrison are
the parents of son, Alfred, born to
them on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester WEIGH and
children, Donnie, Wayne, and Bernice
Jean, spent Easter at Morgantown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Nestor, of
Pierce, w. Va, visited at the home of
George Sewers, Sr., Sunday.
Mrs. A. w. Shillingburg is improv-
ing at the sanitorium at Penmar.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Ashfeld, Keyser,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
McManus.
Mr.. E. P. Dice spent Sunday in
Thomas, West Va.
Mr.. ]. W. Broll, Jr., and family
spent Sunday in Parsons where they
attended the Easter services.
The following teachers spent the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-04-09
State Health Department to Hold
Child Health Conferences

Beginning in April, child health
conferences will be held throughout
the counties for examination of chill
dren who will reach school age this
year, according to a monthly state
ment of the State Department of
Health.
Of those examined last year, II
per cent of the white children or 1874,
were found to be free from handi-
Gaping conditions. Undernourish-
ment was noted in LISP; 1925 needed
dental attention; 1878 had diseased
tonsils; 1876 had postural defects; SO
unfavorable heart conditions; lungs,
43. Of the totals, 1,422 whites had
not been vaccinated against small
pox.
Garrett county reported &c cases
of notifable diseases for February as
follows: Whooping cough, 1; diphthe-
ria, 8; influenza, IT; broncho pneu-
monia, a; lobar pneumonia, 1.
The total number of births reported
in Garrett county during February
was 80. Three children under one
year died in the county in February,
the report also stated.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-04-09
NEED SECONDARY ROADS

There are three million miles of
roads in the United States. One hun
dred and twenty thousand miles are
high-type main highways, 100000
miles are stone, gravel, or sand-clay.
Fifty thousand miles more have been
graded And the balance is unim-
proved.
To produce this result more than
$12,OOO,OOO,OO0 has been spent. Yet
there are millions of Americans, prin-
cipally on farms, whose business and
social contracts are out of adjustment
because of poor roads, impossible
during several months of each year.
Only by the wisest, most cautious
use of road funds can necessary
secondary roads now be built without
plunging communities into debt. A
justifable pride is taken in the magni-
ficent, heavy traffic, trunk highways
that go here and there throughout the
nation-each mile of them represents
necessary expenditure of tens of
thousands of dollars. In contrast to
this, full-width roads, passable at all
times of the year, and adequate for
tributary traffic, can be built of local
materials, Unanimously treated, at a
fraction of the cost.
The secondary, farm-to-market road
might be called the backbone of our
highway system. A million dollar
highway is Of small use to farmer
who lives five miles away on a dirt
road. or to a merchant in village
which tourists avoid because of the
bane of dangerous, semi-impassable
roads. Americas highway evolution
will not be complete until our primary
highway system is augmented by ma
tion-wide feeder arteries of inexpen-
sive, but weather-proof, local roads.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-04-09
Reproduction of Cover Page recently published

duction to structural botany, and the
key of families with verbal descrip-
ton and outline drawings showing the
features characterizing the family.
An article, Improving Flowers by
means of Decentralization" by
William Weber, of the H. Weber and
Sons company, florists, of Oakland, is
included in the book.
This is one of the few books of a
technical nature to have been written
by local man, and it is expected
that it will be very valuable to peo-
pie of the whole Allegheny region.
Many leading botanists of the age
have aided in proof reading the text,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-04-09
Home Demonstration Agents
Schedule. Anril 13 to18

The following schedule was given
out by Miss Elsie Benthien, home DEM
onstration agent:
April Is, Crellin I All Club at 100
p. M; Crellin II All Club at 2:45 p.
M; Oakland Junior All Club at 400
p. m.
April IA, McHenry All Club at 1:3O
p. m.
April Is, Mt. Lake-Loch Lynn
Homemakers Club at 200 p. m. Les
son II at Aid Hall.
April 16, Bittinger Homemakers
Club at 1:30 p. m. Lesson II, with
Mrs. Lawrence Brenneman
April II, Oakland Homemakers
Club at 1870 p. M, at Court House.
Lesson II.
April 10, Garrett County All Club
rally.