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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
XXTE find the defendant guilty

WE find the defendant guilty
" of voluntary manslaugh-
ter. The clerks voice halted an
instant before reading another
paragraph of the verdict, but his
words we're lost to the group
around Schroeder's table.
The shock of the climax to the
trial struck Schroeder like a rife
bullet. His head sank, his under
lip quivered, and he wept with
his wife. But not for long. Re-
aSzation that no longer would he
- tortured with thoughts of
grim oak chair in state prison at
Michigan City flooded him with
happiness.
Then he was respondent again,
as Mrs. Schroeder shed her hat,
let blonde curls disarrange them
selves about her head, and climbed
into her husbands lap, LAYING his
face with her tears.
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z KILLED BY TRAIN
Women Lose Lives at
Spencer Crossing.
By United Press

By United Press
SPENCER Ind, March 1.-TWO
persons were killed and two injured
seriously Thursday when an auto
mobile was struck by train at a
crossing here.
The dead: Mrs. ALA McClaren,
crushed skull. and Mrs. Marion
Sheppard, internal injuries.
The injured Mrs. Fred Bayh,
broken leg, and Mrs. Rolla Hughes,
cuts and bruises about the face.
Mrs. Hughes is the mother Of Mrs.
Sheppard.
Witnesses said the driver, Mrs.
Sheppard, apparently did not see
the train. which was travelling at
reduced speed.
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TERRIFIC BLAST
SHAKES TULSA
One Hurt in Explosion
Seven Miles Away.
Rn Initial prnae

By United Press
TULSA. Okla, March 13.-Down-
town Tulsa was rocked early today
by an explosion of nitroglycerine in
torpedo companys warehouse two
miles west of Bedrock, about seven
miles southwest of here.
An 86-year-old man named
Bridges, living near the warehouse.
was cut about the face by flying
glass when the conclusion shattered
his home.
Several plate glass windows were
shattered in the city by the ex-
plosion.
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diana theater. will be master of
ceremonies during the program
which will be broadcast over WKBF
from 10 to II Sunday morning.
Ed Resener, ciolinist, and Miss
Cecilia O'Mahoney will appear on
the program.
Movies and dance will be in
cluded in the Tuesday night cele-
bration Lieutenant Eugene Shine
is in charge Of arrangements,
Tickets for the celebrations are
on sale at Clark & Cade's pllar-
macy and Alieter's Catholic book
store, 1922 West Maryland street.
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EXPANSION PLANS HALT
Rg Times Special

Ry Times Special
MUNCIE, Ind, March 13.-Action
Of the Indiana assembly in reduc-
ing the budget of Ball State Teach
ers college here forces a halt in the
expansion program of the institu-
ton, President L. A. Pittenger says.
The college, during the next two
years. will consolidate gains it. has
made in the last few years and en-
rich its offering to students instead
OF expanding and increasing offer
ings, Pittenger said. The college
was given 100000 year for oper-
ating expenses
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WANTED 3 ESCORTS
Co-Eds Find Shortage in
Men for Prom.
By United Press

By United Press
NEW HAVEN, Conn, March 49,
An Alarming shortage in man power
for the Mt. Holyoke college junior
prom was revealed in a paid adver-
tisement appearing in today's issue
Of the Yale Daily News. The adj
vertisement reads:
Wanted: Three men for Mt.
Holyoke junior prom, weekend Of
April "a. Must be tall, good dancers,
and of pleasing personality. At least
one car required. Photographs must
accompany applications. None lack
ing a sense of humor need apply.
Address Drawer P, Yale Station
Adv"
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Friday the 18Th Is One
Bad Day for Bon Bon

III
CHICAGO March Alegreth brushed
before accepting incidents life
superiority Indifference but when federal prohibit
agents walked him at the Metropo hotel Thursday night
he quivered with fear.
gsngster, Capone
Brooklyn the greater opportunities Chi
csgo, agents found identified only Betty
Jane"
newspapers her. rough tough
Ralph Cotton Club begged MY wife Irish
II kill if she finds out
tell newspapers gangers super
todays Friday theenthand bad
Bon"
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Communion will

Communion will
be received by
p a r t icipantS at
7::S0 mass at st.
Johns cathedral
before the break $
fast is served.
The Rev. Pierce
Dixon of Shelby
county, Timothy
P, Sexton, coun-
ty treasurer elect,
and Paul Y. Nc
Mutt, dean of the
Indiana university
law school, will
speak.
James Hall, ap-
nearing at the In
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CRASH HALTS KI0NAPER

BIZ United Press
TERRE HAUTE. IrI., March 10.
Ramsey johnson had an unusual
experience with a kidnaper, but
failed to mention it to police until
they informed him they found his
automobile overturned on a road
near Paris, ILL.,
johnson told police he was kid
mapped while driving to Terre Haute
sad was forced to drive toward
Paris. AS he drove, he said, his
kidnaper scattered a white powder
in the closed. car, making him dizzy.
The wreck followed and Johnson
walked back home. abandoning his
almost new automobile.
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PROMOTER IS SHOT
Death Follows Mysterious
Affair at Inn.
By United Press

By United Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 49,
Charles Valentine, 81, Baltimore
boxing promoter, died in the hos
pital here today after mysterious
shooting in the deserted Polly Inn
roadhouse early this morning.
Valentine was found on the floor
of the i''~ which police said had
not been Used for some time. There
was a bullet through his chest and
cuts on his head.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
HALL PRINCIPAL NAMED
Radcliffe Graduate Appointed Head
of Tudor Girls School.

Appointment of Miss I. Hilda
Stewart, Cambridge, Mass. as prin-
cipal Of Tudor hall. was announced
today by trustees of the school.
Miss Stewart is graduate Of
Radcliffe school, and OF the Har-
ward graduate school. She has
been assistant to the principal at
A school in Cambridge. Miss Hazel
D. Mckee, acting principal, will re-
turn to her former post OF assistant
10 the principal.
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Former CounciImnn Arrested

HAMMOND, Ind, March 10. -
George OSwego. former East Chi
cago city council member, was ar
rested here, police reporting that
they found 1853 bottles of beer and
five gallons of wine in his possess
sion.
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BOY IS CUT SEVERELY
Bicycle Crashes Into Truck; Lad
Sent to City Hospital.

Floyd Washburn. is, of 1927
Blaine avenue. Cathedral high
school pupil. today suffered severe
head cuts when the bicycle he was
riding crashed into a truck driven
by Wesley c. Enrich. 80. r. r. 3,
Box 81. at Kentucky and Oliver
avenues. Washburn was sent to city
hospital for treatment.
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BROWN PISTOL
PROVES WEAK
DEATH CLEW
Expert Says Gun Can Not
Be Traced to Possible
Murderer.
RUMoRS ARE RAMPANT
Search of Ruins Is Held
Up; Wide Publicity Is
Criticised.

Hope that the .25-csliber pistol
found in the ruins Of the Lee Brown
farm home at Nashville, Ind, might
be traced TO its purchaser and
thereby clarity the mystery of the
farm Staying was dispelled today
by Arch Ball, ballistic expert of the
city police department
Ball, after an examination of the
mass of steel found at the home by
Roland Brown, son of the dead
farmer, said, Its condition is such
that you can hardly tell it is a gun.
could not find serial numbers on
it
He said the pistol was of .25-
CALDER and Of Colt make.
Search Is Halted
The pistol it was hoped by Brown
county authorities, would pierce the
veil OF secrecy surrounding the
Brown Sayings.
A search for a third body in the
farm ruins is being held in abey-
snce pending the return of deputy
state fire marshals.
The state fire marshals Office be-
gan to comb the ruins for q body,
but halted the hunt after finding the
pistol with the statement, irifted
snow will force abandonn emit
Publicity attending the searches
have been thorns in the nti'ds of
Brown county officials, the deputy
fire marshals, as well as the Brown
family heirs.
Rumors Rampant
Roland Brown on several occa-
sions has objected 10 newspaper
men being near the ruins or
within hearing of any probe in the
case.
Rumors of every sort are ram
pant in Nashville.
Chester Bunge, eye witness of
the crime, has not been reques-
toned by Brown county officials
or deputy state fire marshals despite
the fact that he said Mrs. Brown
was in the farm home when Paul
Brown, her son, went "berserk'
end murdered her and her husband.
Mrs. Browns body has not been
found.
. The two bodies found in the farm
pyre are believed to be those of Lee
Brown and the son Paul.
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Fish Killing Alleged
BIZ Times Special

81 Times Special
CRAWFORDSvILLE. Ind. March
ia warrant has been served for
arrest of Ralph Stricken. Ladoga
Canning Company superintendent
en- charge that refuse dumped
from the company's factory caused
death of many fish in Raccoon
creek.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-13
TWO BOARDS OUSTED
Michigan City Council AboIishes
Works and Safety Groups.

By United Press
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, March
l3.-The boards of pubic works
and safety have been abolished by
the Michigan City council, and their
duties transferred to a board con-
sisting of Mayor H. B. Tuthill and
two councilmen.
The action is said to have been
been taken to defeat an act of the
seventy-seventh Indiana general as
sembly, placing the city's water de-
partment in the hands Of board of
five trustees. The bill was sponsored
by the city's banks.
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Man and Wife Die

LAFAYETTE, Ind, March i3.-
Within twelve hours, Christian
Gerber. 80, and his wife Josephine,
II. died at their home east OF here
He was a victim Of pneumonia
Heart disease was fatal to Mrs.
Gerber. 4
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ILLINOIS LEGISLATORS
VISIT STATE SCHOOL
Lawmakers Investigate Budget Of
S11,7OO,O0O for Two Years.

By United Press
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, March 49,
The high cost of higher education,
as represented in the University Of
Illinois budget requesting a biennial
appropriation of $11, 100000 was in
vestigated personally today by more
than one hundred members of the
state legislature.
Coming here by special train, the
legislators were thrilled by the sight
Of 10000 students crossing the cam
pus at one time, were served butter
milk at the university farm, and
learned that Illinois, with 1895 stu
dents registered, now is the third
largest university in the country.
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LORD PRIvY SEAL DEAD
Hartshorn, Deputy Leader in House
of Commons, Suceun1bs.

DuDDuLIIU3f
81 United Press
LONDON, March l3.-The Ri
Hen. Vernon Hartshorn, So, Lord
Priyy Seal in the Macdonald gov
eminent and deputy leader in the
house of commons. died today. He
succeeded j. H. Thomas as Lord
Privy Seal last year, when Thomas
was made secretary of state for the
dominions.
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TORCH MAN
MOCKS Search
FOR VICTIM
Curses and SnarIS Greet
Mothers Appeal to
Schroeder.
IMPOSSIBLE HE SNEERS
Uses Stock Phrase for All
Queries Directed at
Him.
By ARCH sTEINEL

Hundreds of mothers of missing
youths, youths who hitch hiked on
a balmy May day of 1880 and
"thunbed' for rides, can put their
hearts of mourning in the casket of
the body found burned on the High
School road. as far Harold Herbert
Schroeder is concerned.
Hundreds of mothers could have
filed by the cell-block in the Mar
ion county Jail today and held up
photographs for Schroeder to see
and they would have gotten the
answer that one mother got today.
1T impossible for it to be him.
The Schroeder of the trial and
Friday night is today the Schroeder
the prosecution painted in their
plea for conviction.
Mocks at Motherhood
He is hard as the steel bars he
grips. The suave gentleman of the
southland is gone out of him. He
curses with every breath. He mocks
at motherhood that wishes vainly
to know whether this picture of
my son could be the boy that rode
with you"
Shortly before the Schroeder Jury
contemplated his fate Friday night,
Mrs. Louise Crooks, r. r. 2, Box 673.
showed q photograph to Judge
Frank Baker of her missing son,
Harold Webb.
She said he attended a Catholic
school in Vincennes. She said he
might be wearing a rosary similar to
the one found near Schroeder's car.
IT'S Bunch of Bull"
Shown photograph of the youth
Friday night after his conviction
Schroeder said, Il never saw that
man."
Today an enlargement of the
snapshot was brought to him by
The Times.
Standing in his underwear. with
out his customary tortoise~shell
glasses on, Schroeder barked at his
visitors, Il don't want to see any,
body, I don't know"
But we're newspaper men. We've
got a picture of a boy-an enlarge
ment-and the mother tells story
that shows it might possibly be the
hitch hiker that rode with you?"
was the retort.
yeah, you want me to see it so
you can put a bunch of bull in the
paper. Hundreds of them have said
the same thing It's just lot of
- - foolishness," he shouted
angrily.
Impossible to Be Him"
But this mothers story sounds
plausible, he was. answered.
His curiosity seemed to cause him
to hesitate. Then: Let me see it?"
A deputy sheriff handed him the
picture. He fingered it. He looked
at it closely
Its IMPOSSIBLE for it to be
him." he replied as he handed the
photograph back.
Are you still angry at Holmes,
your counsel, because you we're con-
victed?" he was asked.
Uses Same, Stock Answer
None of your - bust
ness" he remarked.
Queries whether he slept well,
what he thought about the verdict,
what he ate for breakfast, received
the same six-word replies.
Blasphemy of other prisoners
backed him up.
Society, if tossed into that Jail
bull pen, would have been torn to
bits just as Schroeder tears to bits
any possible Identification of the
unknown hitchhiker who rode with
him that May day back in 1880.
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This the first of series of four ex-
elusive stories on the life of Mahatma
Gandhi, written by Milton Bronner,
European manager for, NEA Service and
The Times.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE
APPOINTED FOR PROVING WILL
AND HEARING APPLICATION
FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRA-
TION WITH The WILL ANNEXED

In the Superior Court of the State
of California. in and for the Coun-
ty of Imperial, in the matter OF
the estate of FANNIE P. NETTLES,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that petit
ton for the probate of the will OF
FANNIE p. NETTLES, deceased,
and for the issuance to r. M.
CHAPMAN of letters OF administra-
ton with the will annexed, has been
filed in this Court. and that Friday,
the 1st Gay OF May, 1881, at Two
o'clock, P. M. of said day, at the
Courtroom of said court, at the
Court House, in the City OF FL Gen.
tro, County of Imperial, State Of
California, has been SET for the
hearing of said petition, when and
where any person interested may
appear and contest the same and
show cause, if any they have, why
said petition should not be granted.
Dated April IA, 1881.
EDWARD II. Law, Clerk.
BY @. o. KENYON, Deputy Clerk.
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NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY TO SATISFY LIEN

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, H. Metcalf, Owl Ga
rage, Westmorland, California, will
sell at public auction to the high
est bidder. for cash. at the above
named place of business, on Mon
day, the 9th day of April, 1881, at
10 A. M. of the said day, the follow
ing automobiles, to satisfy lien for
storage, towing and repairs: under
section 505l and 5052 of the Civil
Code of California, in the amounts
stated below. and all expenses
necessitated by this sale:
Ford Truck, 1925. Motor No.
ll040242, License No. 9-B-2680, Cali
fornia, II. the amount of $3.50.
Essex Coach, 1925, Motor No.
243072. License No. 9-B-5263. Cali
fofnia. in the amount of $55.65.
Hudson Coach, 1926, Motor No.
268e4l, License No. 9-P-5497, Cali
fornia, in the amount of $79.65.
Dated at FL Centro, California,
this l4th day of April. 1881. i5ti0
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that on or after the first day OF
July, 1881, the Imperial Irrigation
District will offer for sale to any
and all applicants, without further
notice to the owners OF property af-
fected thereby, certificates of sale
which have been held by said Dis
trict three years or more.
The California Irrigation District
Act provides that a district may sell,
assign and transfer such certificates
of sale for a consideration OF not
less than the amount of the assess
ments, penalties. costs and interest.
The title of the district to the GER
tificates of sale was acquired
through District assessments and by
reason OF the non-payment OF the
same. This order affects certifi-
Gates owned by said Imperial Irri-
CATION District three years or more
Proposal to purchase may be
made to the Secretary of Imperial
Irrigation District, El Centre, Cali
fornia, on and after July l, 1881.
April IL to May !, 1881, inclusive.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the undersigned will sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder
for cash, at his place of business at
l26 North Sixth street at the City
of Ell Centre, County of Imperial,
State OF California, on Tuesday, the
28th day of April, 1881, at the hour
of 10 O'Clock A. NJ. of the said day
the following automobiles; to salts
fy q lien for labor and materials
furnished in and upon the said de-
scribed motor vehicles, in the sums
stated below; under section 3051 and
3052 of the Civil Code Of California,
and all expenses necessitated by this
sale.
One 1923 Model Hupmobile auto
mobile, Engine No. R80179, in the
sum of $6240, at the request of E..
Rurr; also
One 1926 Model Overland auto
mobile, Engine No. 93-13133, in the
sum of $3.50, at the request of c..
H. Collins.
The said sums before mentioned
are now due and unpaid and have
been so due and unpaid for more
than Twenty GOD days last passed.
Dated April l4th. 1891, at Ell Cen
tro, California.
J. C. SUMMERS.
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Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

RELIABLE MAN WANTED to call
on farmers in Imperial County.
wonderful opportunity. Make So
TO $40 daily. No experience or
capital needed. Write today,
FURST s. THOMAS, Dept. F,
426 Third ST., Oakland, Cal. lStl
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
HeIp n asfed-M0Ie

RELIABLE PARTY wanted TO han
die Watkins Products in Ell Cen
tro. Customers established. Ex-
cellent opportunity for right man.
Write at once. The j. r. Watkins
Company, 4591 Hollis street, Oak
land, Calf. 1911
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
Exchange

WILL TRADE-San Diego income
property for Ell Centre residence.
Texaco Service Station, Fourth
and Broadway. l4to
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

SALESMAN-To establish q route.
Repeat orders every week with
our line will pay you $50 per week.
Call 293 Orange avenue. 1871
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

WANTED-Salesman at once to sell
dependable electric refrigeration.
Must be able to show results. Call
Phone l6l. ltto
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
Vented - Miscell0neOEs
MOMN POP
JOE PALOOKA

WANTED-A good secondhand
Caterpillar twenty or thirty, must
be in good order and reasonable
in price. Phone 90lW after 6 p. m,
and before Z q. m. 1916
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
Poultry For Sale
WHY BUY CHICKS
RLINDEOLDED?"

is the question asked In the new
White Hatchery catalog. It an
swers the question in q most con-
vincing way. Send for it and other
information on our Sonoma County
Accredited Chicks.
THE WHITE HATCHERY
petah,ma Dent. u. Calf
l3-Sat-tf
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
Real Estate Bargains

FOR SALE-Modern house, easy
terms, or cheap for cash. Leav-
ing town. Must sell. Inquire AGA
Ell Centro avenue. 1918
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

FOR SALE--Land, l0-acre tracts, .
miles west on San Diego highway.
George Young. 1876
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

Modoc county, after a long dry
spell, was recently visited by freak
storm, four inches of rain falling
in some parts.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
Real Estate Bargains

j.. To-, and 20-ACRE TRACTS
Improved. City water and electri-
city available. For rent, sale, or
sale like rent. l.. j. Thomas,
Phone 223, Imperial, Calf. 1873
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

FOR SALE-Bargain for cash, lot
on Vine street. $3.50. Inquire 563
Broadway. 9t9
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

LOT FOR SALE-On
Wensley avenue, near Fifth ST., So
It. front. Low price. Cash or terms.
Phone 20. 17t6
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

WANTED-30 acres alfalfa for
dairy. l.. r. x, Go Imperial VAL
ley Press. l5t6
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

FOR RENT-BacheIor CABINS. 3S3
Olive. iVeo
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

FOR RENT-Furnished house, hot
and cold water for bath. $40
Broadway. A'1o
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

FOR RENT-Modern 4-room furn-
ished house. 513 Brighton. l6t3
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

FOR RENT-Furnished house. 435
Sandalwood drive. Phone 58l. l7to
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

FOR RENT-4-room modern house.
furnished. 38l Orange st. 9tr
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
HelD Wan1ed-FensaIs

WANTED-Lady with own trans
portation to clean house weekly,
in west part OF town. Press Box
DOS l7t3
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
Houses Furnished

COMFORTABLE HOME for right
party. 536 Holt, rear lftz
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

FOR RENT-DesTabiy furnisned
bungalow. Adults only. Cail osl
Len Rey. 1i
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

FOR RENT-Furnished houses and
apartments, lawn and shade. Mrs.
Marie Land, 603 Park. 20tf