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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
PARENTS AT EARLHAM
Two-day Program at College In
cIudes Athletics and Play.
BIZ Times SpecidJ


RICHMCND, Ind. April Is. -
parents Week End" which opened
Friday at Earlham college, reached
climax today with a track meet
between Ball State Teachers col
Iege and Earlhan. Other high spots
of the program will be a baseball
game between the fathers and sons,
a tennis meet between Earlham
and Ball State, and a play to be
given by the Ionian and Phoenix
societies.
The program opened at noon Fri
day, when students were addressed
during the chapel period by DR.. A.
A. Bond, a graduate of the college
and a medical missionary in Africa.
Open house will be held at the
boys dormitory tonight and an all
college sing will close the evenings
program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Burial of Too
Mob Victims to
.CostPubHc $500

BIZ Times SpccicI
MARION, Ind. April 25.-A
special session Of the county
council has been called for
May 2 for action on appropria-
tons totalling s7,170, including
one for $500 for burial expense
Of two Negroes, who were
hanged here by a mob on the
night Of Aug. 7, 1880, and $500
for employment of an attorney
to defend Edward Blotz, who
is held in the jail at Hartford
City on a charge Of first de-
gree murder. The burial claim
was filed by a Muncie under
taker.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Ninety Chickens Stolen

81 Times Special
-NOBLESVILLE, Ind. April %. -
Thieves stole ninety chickens from
the farm of Harry Whitesellen on
the line between Marion and Ham
ilton counties and hauled them
away in an automobile. Most OF the
chickens were killed before they
were placed in the car. They were
valued at S125. Poultry worth more
than $500 has been stolen in Ham
ilton county during the past ten
days and four stores robbed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
FORMER POLICEMAN
SUES AFTER ARREST
Muncie Man Demands $4,000 DAM
ages Following AcquittaL
By Times Specie

GU ItWtS Specidb
MUNCIE, Ind, April 25.-George
Frazier. former M-ncie policeman.
is plaintiff in a damage suit against
the International Correspondence
Schools and A. Byron Williams.
Automobiles driven by Frazier and
Williams collided March Is. Will
liams caused the other motorists
arrest on a reckless driving charge.
He was acquitted in city court. He
asks $4,000 damages due to these
circumstances, alleging that as a
result of the arrest he was required
to post bond and to pay attorney
fees.
Judgment for S1375O is also
sought to pay for damage to Fra
tiers automobile. The school is
made a defendant on an allegation
it owned the car driven by Will
liamS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
PAUL WHITMAN WILL
PLAY AT PURDUE PROM
Memorial Union Building Will Be
Spring Bower Tonight.
By Times Special

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LAFAYETTE, Ind, April 24-The
junior prom, outstanding social
event of Purdue university, will be
given tonight in Memorial Union
building with Paul Whiteman and
his orchestra providing the music.
The prom queen will be Claire
Finch Of Liberty, who with w. r.
Richmond, West Lafayette, prom
committee chairman, will lead the
grand march. Miss Finch, a sopho-
more in the school of home econon-
les, is a member Of Phi A1u sorority.
Spring will provide the theme for
decorations. Flowers and multi
colored lights will be used and the
orchestra platform will be coated
with luminous silver paint. Jewel
boxes will be favors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Girls 70 Give Banquet

llH HUto 4 WttIut
RICHMOND, IND, April IS. -
Mothers and daughters will attend a
banquet here May 8 under auspices
OF the Girl Reserves Of Morton
high school. The banquet. one Of
the outstanding for the organiza-
tons calendar, will be held at the
First Friends church. A number
of committees, with Miss Helen
Hicks, sponsor OF the girls, in
charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Invitation to Hearst
BIZ Times Special

By ItMeS Spectdt
MARION, Ind, April 25.-Wil-
liam Randolph Hearst, newspaper
and magazine publisher. has been
invited to address the annual meet
ing of the Marion Teachers Fedora
ton during the third week Of May.
If the invitation is accepted, the
publisher will speak in the Memorial
coliseum with the public invited.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Boy, s, Loses Hand
By Times Special

o v I IFIte bVbUtWE
MUNCIE, Ind, April 25.-Bron
Moore, 8, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Moore, near Daleville, lost
his right hand in a feed grinding
machine. At Ball Memorial hos
pital here, the lad sat up on the
operating table While treatment was
given him and didn't shed tear
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25

By Times Special
MARION, Ind, April IS. - Mrs.
Eva L. Crandau, who died here April
10, left an estate valued at $4,000,
according to the application for let
tiers of administration which have
been filed in the Grant circuit
court. Two sons and two daughters
will share the estate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Address GUen
as Just Z. S.
Made Definite

By Times Special
SOUTH BEND, Ind, April
25.-Tom Lakas, At, told the
city court clerk to put down
his address as lust the United
States" when he was arraigned
on a charge of vagrancy.
Judge Al HoSinski looked at
him inquiringly to hear his
plea. Lakas took the offensive,
with a view that the govern
ment of the country is shot"
He became vituperative. The
whole country isn't worth
bothering about" he said.
The Judge halted him, say
ing: Wen give you an ad-
dress that will be permanent
until you work out a $50 fine
-Pendleton, Ind
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
VICTIM OF GUNMAN
DIES CURSING POLICE
Tells South Bend Officers Fatal
Shot Fired by "a Friend"
BIZ United Press

ANAAS AOAAA ASNAA OAAAAGAS n AgtAA
Shot Fired by "a Friend"
BIZ United Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind, April 25.-
A gunman whose identity was
guarded by his dying victim is
sought here today following the
murder of George Perry, 40. Perry,
shot while in his automobile at the
home Of his father-in -law, John
Canniff, cursed officers who asked
who the assistant was and told
them he was shot "by friend"
Mystery wells Perrys occupation.
It was said that for several weeks
he had been expecting ito be
bumped off" Mrs. Perry raised her
feet to a table and coolly smoked
a cigaret as police questioned her,
they reported.
Perry was slain as he parked the
car in the garage at the home.
When he left South Bend Wednes-
day he travelled by plane, it was re-
ported.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Rare Birds Found

BIZ Times Special
MUNCIE, Ind, April Is. - Two
rare birds to this vicinity have been
discovered by nature study classes
Of Ball college. A hood merganser,
extremely rare in this country, was
found along White river as was a
Tennessee mockirg bird. The mer-
ganser is much like a duck, except
that it has a narrow bill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Sew Court Tern Fixed

BIZ Z MOS SpCCiGt
MARION. Ind, April 25. - The
April term Of the Grant superior
court will end July Is and the court
will remain in vacation until the
opening Of the next term, Sept. Is,
Judge Oren W. Dickey has ad-
vised attorneys. The act under
which the court was created pro-
vides that the April term shall end
by order of the court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
AUTOMOBILES SEIZED
BY TAX COLLECTORS
Drastic Action in BAKE County to
Get Personal Levies.
By United Press

By United Press
GARY, Ind, April 25.-Confisca-
ton of automobiles has been started
by Lake county officials in a drastic
move to collect delinquent personal
property taxes
officials have seized the car of
one Gary resident and it was
learned that similar action is con-
templated in other cases.
Henry Behrman, Indianapolis,
employed to round up all county
tax evaders, has employed a force of
a dozen assistants, and has issued
a warning that property Of those
failing to heed first appeals, will be
seized and sold.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Ditch to Cost $1,000

bU MUGS SUCUIUI
MARION, Ind, April Backward
G. Booth, Rossville, has been award
ed a contract for construction of the
Taylor creek ditch in Sims town.
ship. The ditch will be six and one
half miles long with one-half mile
tiled. Booth submitted a low bid
of 1890. Work will be started
within two weeks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
ELKHART YOUTH WINS
SPEECH CHAMPIONSHIP
indianapolis Student Second in
State Contest.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, April 25.-
Thomas Proctor, Elkhart, won the
Indiana high school oratorical
championship in the final round of
the annual state high school dis
CussiOn league contest held at In
diana university here. Charles
Feibleman, indianapolis, was sec
ond, and Henry White, Rushville,
third
Other contestants in the finals
were Ernest Pinson, Washington;
Robert Plummer, Bedford, and
Harold Molitor, Auburn.
The contestant spoke on the
chain store system.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Graduates Hear Purnen

Do IIWe6 NUeclnJ
ADVANCE, Ind, April 25.-Fred
S. Purneu, representative in con-
gress from the ninth Indiana dis
trict, delivered the address at the
high school commencement here
Friday night. He replaced Milo
Stuart, assistant superintendent of
the indianapolis schools, who is i'll.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Chinese Patient Dies
By United Press

ANDERSON, Ind. April U.s.
Sing Lee, 10, who refused to allow
physicians to amputate an infect
ed foot because the operation would
violate ancestral tradition, is dead
today. He was being cared for at
the Madison county infrmary.
Lee, who also had refused food
unless it was prepared in Chinese
style, leaves his widow and two
sons in the Orient.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
sxto Kills Aged Man

BIZ United vess
cKOKON4O. Ind, April 25.-Ed-
ward S. Gibbs. 10, was killed Friday
night on United States road 81,
eight miles south Of here, when
struck by the automobile driven by
Hobart Smith, South Bend. The
aged man walked from behind a
parked truck into the path Of the
car.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
FUGITlVES FACE TRIAL
All Of Seven Who Escaped From
Jail Again in Laws Grip.

By Times Special
PETERSBURG, Ind, April 25.-
John White, last of seven prisoners
who escaped from the Pike county
Jail here this week to be recap
tured, awaits trial in circuit court
Monday with the other six men.
Four of the men, including White,
surrendered. He gave bond pending
trial. The other three We're cap
tured at Marshall, III. On fleeing,
White left a note addressed to
Sheriff Hal Nelson, stating that if
he could not find bondsmen, he
would return within three days. He
surrendered on the last day of that
period.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Life Term FOR SLAYER

BIZ Times Special
SOUTH BEND, Ind, April 25.-A
Staying, result of a dispute over so
cents during a card game, has
brought. a life term in prison for
Jesse Watkins, Negro, who killed
Chesar Bates, Negro. Watkins
pleaded guilty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Circus to Show Sunday

BIZ IlMeS Special
PERU, Ind, April 25.-The
MISUNDERSTANDING circus will give
a preseason performance here Sun
day. The show will make its first
regular stand at Connersville
Nav 2.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
CHURCH SESSION MAY
DRAW 10000 TO FARM
World Meeting of Baptist Brethren
to Be Held Near Peru.
2N Tines SpecirL

By Times Special
PERU, Ind, April 25.-Attend-
ance of 10000 is expected for the
annual national conference Of the
Old German Baptist Brethren
church which will be held on farm
of Perry CARRIER, four miles south
west of Peru, May "a, Is and 26.
Delegates will be present from every
section of the United States and
from some points in Canada.
1t is expected the conference will
be attended by more persons than
any ever held in Miami county.
Two large tents will be used for
the meeting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
BIRD LOVERS OF
STATE TO OPEN
SESSION MAY 5
MunCie Will Be Host to
Annual Meeting of
Audubon Society.
By times Special

By times Special
MUNCIE. Ind, April IS. - The
thirty-third annual meeting Of the
Indiana Audubon Society will be
held on the campus Of Ball State
Teachers college here Friday and
Saturday, May and 9.
The session will be preceded by
registration to start at 10 Friday
morning.
College Head TO Speak
The first general meeting will be
held that afternoon. President L.
A. Pittenger of Ball college Will
make the welcoming address, and
Frank c. Evans Of the general COM
nittee will respond o. B. Christy
Of the college department Of science
will preside. Among speakers at
the first day session will be Garrett
Todd, Newcastle; Sidney Esten. In
dianapolis; DR.. Earl Brooks, Mobiles
vile; Ella Dana Weigle, Lafayette,
and Harold Zimmerman, Marion.
Dean Stanley Coulter Of Purdue
university. will be POSTMASTER at a
dinner Friday night. Greetings
will be given Miss Mary Carmichael,
president Of the Muncie Garden
Club, and Donald N. Crooks Of the
Ball college science department.
Alden H. Hadley Of New York, will
be the principal speaker.
Hikes on Program
-Four hikes are on the Saturday
morning program. A breakfast will
follow. There will be bird band
ing contest and six short speeches
before a business session at which
officers will be chosen, closing the
session
Present officers are DR.. Earl
Brooks, Noblesville, president; O. B.
Qhristy, Ball college, first vice
president; DR.. L. A. Test, Lafayette,
second vice-president; Mrs. J. E.
friedrich, Kokomo, third vice-presi-
dent; Miss Margaret Knoz, Indian
spolis, secretary treasurer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
CATTLE FEED COSTS
LOWEST WITH OATS
Purdue Announces Results of Test
Lasting Three Years.

Lasting Three Years.
By United Press
LAFAYETTE, Ind, April 25.-A
three-year experiment in cattle
feeding, in which it was found that
coarse ground oats was the most
economical, was brought to a close
here at the spring meeting of the
Indiana Cattle Feeders Associa-
ton Purdue university farm ex-
perts said they found that "Oats
can replace corn for cattle feed
ing; a combination feed of corn and
oats is superior to corn and oats
fed separately, and it pays to grind
oats before feeding"
The experiment was operated at
a loss, it was said, but revealed
comparative feeding values.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Doctor Faces Trial

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DECATUR, Ind, April "a
Charged with causing the death Of
Wilma Case, 16, through an illegal
operation, Dr. Elizabeth Burns Of
Ft. Wayne will go on trial in Ad-
ans circuit court here Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Anglers Tale of Woe
81 Times special

NW FHIte NIuNENE
RICHMOND, Ind, April 25.-Hugo
volkman finally ate a pickerel he
caught here. He spranied an ankle
trying to land it; fell in boat and
bruised his head; got up, fell again
and wrenched his back and neck
lost his false teeth and fen in tie
lake.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Fire Victim Buried
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
BLOOMFIELD, Ind, April rs
Funeral services were held here Fri
day for Robert MuIlis, IS, who died
of burns received when trapped in
his burning home Wednesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
s Highest Court to
Rule on Stephenson Plea
Counsel for Former Khan Leader Serving Life Term for
Murder Petition for Mandate to Compel Action
by Trial Tribunal.

Indiana supreme court judges are
today confronted with the task Of
making a definite ruling in the at
tempt Of D. C. Stephenson to file
petition for writ of error coram
nobis.
Gary attorneys for the former
Ku-Klux Khan dragon, now serving
life sentence for murder in the In
diana state prison at Michigan City,
have filed petition with the high
court asking that Hamilton Circuit
court be inundated to accept Juris-
diction in the coram nobis case.
Judge Fred E. Hines of Hamilton
circuit court refused to hear the
suit on the ground that he does not
have jurisdiction in that the murder
appeal is pending before the
supreme court. 1t has been pending
there for five years.
Deputies from the attorney
generals office first sought to block
the Hamilton court suit with a writ
Of prohibition from the supreme
court. It's judges talked them out
of this and they moved to quash
in Hamilton circuit court instead.
This action proved successful on
jurisdictional grounds.
Notice to Attorney General
The petition fled with the high
court Friday was accompanied by
a notice served on Attorney-G General
James NJ. Ogden. The notice was
signed by Stephenson and set May
7 as date of hearing. The actual
date, however, will be set by the
supreme court if it accepts the Pc
tition at all.
The supreme court already has
overruled a petition for writ Of error
coram nobis and refused to permit
introduction Of new evidence in the
case.
New evidence, sought to be in
troduced, is based on the idea that
Stephenson refused to take the
stand in his own behalf out of fear
of mob violence fostered by Wizard
Hiram Evans, national khan chief.
Should the court rule favorably
on the petition the coram nobis
proceedings would be relied and
the case set for hearing in Hanil-
ton circuit court.
Counsel Explains Move
Attorneys B. c. jenkins and
James H. Parker, who filed the pc
tition, offered the following COM
ment regarding it.
"In no other way can Stephenson,
in law, show that even murder was
resorted to to prevent him from OBJ
tanning justice at the former trial
at Noblesville.
1.-THE charge of murder against
him, based upon the impossible kid
MAPPING Of a grown woman, on a
Pullman train, where a crying baby
awakens and disturbS all passengers,
is sufficient within itself to cast
cloud of doubt upon the whole
transaction"
Stephenson was found guilty Of
murder in connection with the
death of Miss Madge Oberholtzer,
an indianapolis woman, whom he is
alleged to have kidnapped and taken
on a train to Hammond.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Man. 7s. Walks Six Miles

By Times Special
WABASH, Ind. April 25.--A six
mile walk from here to Lagro was
William Haynes method of cele-
brating his seventy-siyth birthday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Farmer Kills Self

By Unitcd Press
LEESBURG, Ind, April IS. -
Alexander HAM, Sc. farmer living
near here, committed suicide by
poisoning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Veteran Dies at 80

81 Times Npeci1I
SOUTH BEND, Ind, April 25. -
Funeral services were held Friday
for Emmanuel B. Row, 80, Civil war
veteran.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
Possibility Of
Cut In Tariff
Alarms Growers

Local growers Of tomatoes and
peas are considerably aroused over
the possibility OF reduction in the
tariff on these commodities. The
tariff commission is to hold a hear
ing on the tomato tariff reduction
October IS, while the hearing for
the tariff reduction on peas is set
for October 20.
Scott B. Foulds, secretary
ger of the farm bureau, has COM
nunicated with Senator Samuel
Shortridge, with Assemblynan
Phil D. Swing, and with the Wash
ingson office of the American Farm
Bureau Federation, protesting any
reduction in tariff. Reduction in
rates would lead to the importation
of these products from Mexico in
direct competition with local farm
ers.
Approximately a year ago, local
growers, unable to compete with the
low cost Of land and labor in Mexi-
co. were successful in securing tariff
on peas and tomatoes. Under the
flexible provision of the present
tariff law, thess duties may be out
so per cent.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
Japanese Must
Dance Before
They Can Act

NEW YORK, Get. l. U.n)-1f you
can trip the light fantastic in good
stylo, you have more than a fair
chance OF becoming an actor in
Japan.
Nipponese thespians, according 10
Hanaki Yoshiwara, actor, must
spend three or four years learning
the rudiments OF graceful dancing
before they can even carry a spear
in a japanese production.
a japanese actor has no facial
expression. He expresses his emo
ticns with the legs, arms and body
in a series Of jerky movements.
Westerners, viewing Oriental drama
for the first time, may think that
the actors are afflicted with st.
Vitus dance, but Yoshiwara claims
that the movements are as rhyth-
mis- and precise as musical time.
Despite the fact that the actors
must be nimble on their toes and
Well-grounded in dancing technique,
japanese audiences like their heroes
to be strong and masculine looking
A female impersonator quickly gets
the hook. The heroines are invar-
iably of the clinging vine type and
the villain is not a villain unless
he sports snappy black mus
tache. That is ore point, at least,
where the old West and East did
meet.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
WATCH TRIAL
OF WINE BRICK
CASE IN K. {.

KANSAS CITY, No, Oct /. UP)
Prohibition interest of the nation
was focused on Kansas City today
by the governments efforts to prove
in court that sale OF grape cencen-
trates is in violation Of the 18th
amendment.
The case was on docket FOR trial
beginning today at a special sitting
Of federal court The specific charge
is against the Ukiah Grape Prod
ucts company.
Admittedly a test case of far
reaching Importance, the suit
is an outarewth of n dry agent
raid January IL On sse branch
office of the Ukiah company.
Thirty statesmen and Manager
Albert L. Burnett were arrested
on prohibition charges.
Burnett was bonded for trial. The
salsSmen were released.
Federal agents claimed the sale Of
the grape concentrates distributed
by the company was violation Of
the law. because the product was
Etended solely for Use in the man
ufacture Of intoxicating liquor.
The company countered with the
contention that its business was le-
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-01
AMERICANS in EUROPE WATCH SCORE
OF COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL GAMES

/ sentative that a number of Amcri-
can visitors and permanent resi-
dents of London visit their rooms
during September, October and No
vember to read the sporting pages
of the publications.
The Amaican Embassy. Chamber
of Commerce and Consulate also
keep file copies of United States
newspapers. The American Club,
Just off Picadilly, is also an excel
leDt medium for football scores,
tips, arguments and occasional Wag-
ers between rabid alumni.
Taking lunch in the American
club one is almost certain 10 find
a Yale alumnss giving a Princeton
Tiger supporter q verbal defeat.
while a Southern California Trojan
will offer to back his team to de-
feat both Stanford and California.
The discussion moves along quiet
friendly until a Notre Dame alum
nus pushes his way into the crowd
and shows money. He usually gets
the floor with little opposition.
Even weekly publications such as
Time are purchased and scanned
fN football gossip.
Distance and time appear to make
little or no difference to the foot
ball fan who s< 35 or So still thinks
Illinois can take Chicago any Sat
urday aeld that jim Thorpe Is a
better all-round player than any
three 1881 All American stars.