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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
LINK POWERS IN
ANOTHER DEATH
Vanished Salesman May Be
Staying Victim.
By United Press

CLARKSBURG, w. Va, Sept. T.
Harry F. Powers, "WeSt Virginia
bluebeard," already accused of slay-
ing five persons in his garage near
here, was mentioned by police today
in connection with disappearance
of a Clarksburg salesman in July,
1928.
The salesman, named Wade, had
not been seen since he left all cleo
trical store with Powers, who took
Wades job as a vacuum cleaner
salesman. Powers was replaced when
the company for which he worked
charged he had stolen thirty-two
cleaners.
Powers blamed Wade and was
freed of the charge.
T. @. Hallack, company official,
told police he believed Powers was
connected with Wade'S disappear
ance.
While Powers remained in his
Jail cell, police again searched his
home in Broad Oaks and other
property owned by his wife and her
sister. Additional property said to
have belonged to Mrs. Asia Buick
Eicher and Mrs. Dorothy PresSler
Lemke, slain in Powers garage,
was found.
A chest of silver, owned by Mrs.
Eicher, was reported located in the
Powers home. Mrs. Powers and
her sister, Eva Belle STROLLER, held
on a technical charge by police, said
they did not know of the silverware
until it was found in a box in the
kitchen cabinet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
BY HI. ALLEN SMITH
United Press staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Sept. People
~ who feel strongly about exotic
fish gathered today at the American
Museum of Natural History to ex-
anime one of the strangest aggrega-
tons of fauna assembled since
Noah's ark. The two most SECULAR
fish on display, from the layman's
point of view, will fight at the drop
of hat.
There is one small blue fish which,
in repose, looks as harmless as
Jackie Coogan. This fellow, how
ever, has disposition like Schopen-
hauer'S.
He already has killed three mates,
dispatching them neatly and with
out making much of fuss. And
then, having no other brothers to
polish off, he turned around real
quickly and lit his own tail off.
Next to the blue Dempsey in fe-
rocity are the Siamese fighting fish,
which have red fins they wave at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
$4,000 TO Get
JOBS. CLAIM
Hoover Asserts U. S. Will
Provide Work.
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.-Presi-
dent Hoover, in a report made pub
tic today showing progress of the
$7O0,0 100000 federal building pro-
gram, estimated that by Jan. l,
100000 men will be employed di-
rectly or indirectly on government
construction projects.
The report said that at present
$4,000 men are at work on building
projects.
Mr.. Hoover said that since the
last report on July Is, more build
ing has been completed than dur
ing any whole year since 1927. In
his July Is statement, the President
said a total of fifty-seven projects
had been completed since May, 1929.
Today's report showed the total
projects completed since May, 1929,
was 121.
The total cost of the 121 projects
completed to Sept. l was $780,
569O4. Of this $16,090,241 was for
buildings in the District of Column
bia and $1,195,OOO for projects at
Juneau and Honolulu, leaving ST.
285,741 in completed projects for the
rest of the country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
One MotoriSt Is Drowned
When His Car PIungeS
Into River.

Automobile accidents took the
lives of eight persons in Indiana
during the weekend period. With
fair weather promised for the nu-
merous attractions over the state to-
day, indications were that the death
toll would reach a high figure.
One of the persons in the week.
end toll was drowned when his au-
tomobile plunged into river. One
died when he leaped from truck,
fearing it was out of control, and a
Michigan man bled to death after
an accident in northern Indiana.
Edward McKinnon Jr., 81, former
athlete at Central high school,
Evansville, suffered fatal injuries
when the automobile in which he
was riding plunged from a road on
a curve.
Father of Nine Killed
Mohammed Shiloub, As, New
Buffalo, Mich, bled to death after
an automobile accident on high
way near La Porte. Shiloub was
the father of nine children.
Auto crash injuries took the life
of Mrs. Bernard Roah, Springfield,
Ill, on the National road near
Richmond. Mrs. James Roach, her
mother-in-law, and three other per-
sons were injured.
Injuries suffered by Adrian
Whetzel, %, in an auto accident at
Anderson caused his death.
Leaps to Death
Roy Morrow, %, was killed in
Stantly near Bedford when he
leaped from a truck on which he
was riding, fearing that it was 60
ing to crash. One of the wheels of
the truck passed over his head.
One person was drowned after an
automobile crash near Muncie, and
two others barely escaped a similar
death. Earl Newton, 16, Losantville,
was pinned beneath the wreckage
of his auto when it plunged off the
highway. Rescuers were unable to
remove the car from his body.
Nils C. Anderson, Schneider, was
killed instantly when the car in
which he was riding collided with
another.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
HOOVER in SADDLE
Starts Labor Day With
Horseback Ride.
By United Press

By United Press
LURAY, Va, Sept. 7-President
Herbert Hoover's observance of La
hor day began with horseback ride
over mountain trails leading from
his Blue Ridge camp
Riding is not ole of the Presi-
dents most favored pastimes, but
when he rides at all he prefers to do
so in surroundings such as the hills
and secluded hollowS near Camp
Rapidan.
One of Mr.. Hocver's first orders
after entering the White House in
1929 was for disposal of the White
House string Of saddle horses.
The camp thermometer today
registered As degrees and the sky
was clear. The living rooms in Mr..
and Mrs. Hoover's cabin and the
great hall of the central lodge were
kept comfortable with wood fires.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
A WORTH MORE THAN A MINUTE YOUR TIME

CCHOOL children, who have
~ been free and happy all sum-
mer. will return to school Tues
day.
There will be more than 10000
of them on the streets that day
and until another school year
ends.
The children have been unham-
pered in their pleasures this sum-
mer and will be trimming with
health and vigor as they start the
schoolroom trek.
1t is the duty of the motorist to
see that they remain happy; that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07

has worked out for auto drivers
for the opening weeks of school
follows:
Don't speed.
Don't disregard automatic traf-
fic signals or stop" streets.
Drive to the right.
Don't pass another car in heavy
traffic.
Give the pedestrian the right
of way, even if you have to slow
down.
Don't watch the scenery: keep
your eyes on the street or road
ahead.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07

A ND to parents, especially
L n mothers who see their chill
dren start to school each day:
Teach your child to cross streets
at intersections only.
Educate them to look both ways
before crossing the thoroughfare.
Don't let them take a chance;
they are better standing on the
curb an extra minute than being
struck by an auto.
Don't permit your children to
play in the streets on the way to
school or after school hours.
LOSE A MINUTE AND SAVE
A LIFE.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07

adults have been injured fatally
since Jan. shows that speeding
and reckless driving are the chief
causes for the terrific loss of life
that has clouded Marion county.
Since the first of the year Ill
persons have died in or because of
automobiles.
1t is the purpose of The Times
to offer a campaign of warning to
every motorist and parent to
bear in mind the lives of children.
Until $3.50 each morning, start
ing Tuesday, thousands of chill
dren will be crossing main thor
oughfareS en- route to their class
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
Tuesday
AMERICAN LEGION DAY

AMERICAN LEGION DAY
Judging Of horses, cattle, sheep and
swine.
Indiana university stage show, $3.50
a. m. to $3.50 p. m.
Farm bureau auartets in tent, 10 a. m.
to noon. 4
Horse pulling contest. morning, in
front of grand stand.
Harness races, afternoon, in front Of
grand stand. Night races.
Baby contest in Baby Contest build
ing.
p. o. s. of America band, afternoon,
Coliseum; night. grand stand.
BrOadcasting WIS, WKBF, WFBM.
Dog show in Dog and Cat building.
Indiana university band, grand stand,
afternoon; Coliseum, night.
BrOadcasting WIS, WKBF, WFBM.
Gus Sun Three-Ring circus and fire.
works, grand stand, night.
Carnival shows up to 10 p. m.
Horse show and vaudeville, Coliseum,
night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
CLOUDS ARE ON WAY
Mercury May Climb Into
80S Today.

Holiday warm temperatures will
continue, and the mercury may
ascend even higher within the next
two days, but fair skies are expected
to give way to clouds, the United
States weather bureau here said to-
day.
After several weeks Of chilly
weather, the mercury has gone back
into the high los and may reach 30
degrees before midafternoon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
$500 IN GEMS STOLEN
Petty Thieves Escape With Loot
Over Week End.

Burglaries reported to police to-
day included:
Mrs. Mary Hunter, 554 Fletcher
avenue, diamond ring and bracelet
valued at $500.
T. C. Scarlet, 1857 Virginia ave-
nue., shotgun valued at $45, shells
and Sc.
Indianapolis Coal Company yards,
Twenty-third street and Cornell
avenue, wheelbarrow and ten sacks
of plaster.
Alex Dickson, Huntington, truck
load of hay from Indiana state fair
ground.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07

Weather conditions in the air at
9:l5 a. m:
Southeast wind, 8 miles an hour;
barometric pressure, 3016 at sea
level; temperature, 20; ceiling I'M
limited; visibility. miles; field,
good.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
DRINKING NOW STUDY
French to Educate School Children
in Benefits of Wines.

BIZ United Press
PARIS, Sept 6.-French school
children hereafter will be given in
struction in appreciation of wine. "
The semi-ofiicial newspaper LIE
Temps said the government has
made the subject part of the re-
CURED public school curriculum and
that pupils of all ages would be
given lectures on the healthful
qualities of French wines.
The decision was due to a wine
industry crisis growing out of over
production, as well as to a desire
to warn French children against
drinking the American cocktail.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
EIGHT ARE KILLED
IN AUTO CRASHES
M0T0RIST LOSES $500
Valuable Stolen From Parked Car
in Early Morning Hours.

valuable Stolen From Parked Car
in Early Morning Hours.
A stranger in the city today ap-
pealed for police help to find $500
worth of valuable stolen from his
automobile early this morning, while
parked near a lunch shop at 2735
North Meridian street.
Charles N. Rogers, Cleveland,
owner of the car, declared he parked
at 1890 p. m. Returning in thirty
minutes, he later found clothing,
jewelry, a clock and other valuableS
missing.
He was staying at the Antlers
hotel for the night, he said. Po-
lice as yet had no trace of the
thieves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07

there is no toll of death in their
ranks as they resume their les
sons.
Every motorist is older than
those children in grade schools,
and it is the motorists respon-
sibility to guarantee their safety.
1t is with this in mind that
The Times opens a two-week cam
paign:
LOSE A MINUTE AND SAVE
A LIFE.
MAJORITY of accidents, ac-
Iva cording to the police
records in which children and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
NO DESKS FOR PUPILS
More Than $4,000 May Have to
Stand in Chicago Schools.

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Sept. More than
66 5000 children will have to stand
IN in clasSroomS when the city
schools open Tuesday unless last
minute accommodations are pro-
vided. it was said today.
Don Rogers, supervisor OF the
board of education's bureau OF
building survey, announced the
most serious overcrowding in the
history of Chicago schools.
He said the new fall term will
bring an increase of from 5000 to
10000 ever the 100000 pupils who
were in school last June.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
DIES IN ODD ACCIDENT
Woman Swallows Upper Plate as
Auto ColIides With Another.

By United Press
ROCHELLE, Ill, Sept. Victim
of one of the most peculiar automo-
bile accidents ever recorded here,
Mrs. Gus Johnson, SO, Chicago, is
dead here. Mrs. johnson was rid
ing in the rear seat of her husbands
car. In swerving to avoid an auto
mobile which stopped abruptly in
front of him, he crashed head-on
into third machine.
The impact caused Mrs. Johnson
to swallow her upper plate. Sur
geons were able to remove part of
the plate, but Mrs. Johnson died on
the operating table. Neither John
son nor their daughter Leta was
injured.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
At the Fair
Labor Day


Judging Of cattle, horses, sheep, swine
and poultry.
Purdue students judging contest,
Coliseum.
Indiana university stage show, $3.50
a. m. to $3.50 p. m.
Farm bureau quartets, in tent, 10 a. m.
TO noon.
Dedication Of grand stand.
Beginning Of Grand Circuit harness
racing, afternoon, state fair grand
stand.
Indianapolis Military band, afternoon,
grand stand.
Indiana university band, afternoon.
Coliseum.
Broadcasting WIS, WKBF, WFBM..
Dog Show Dog and cat building.
Carnival shows up to 10 p. m.
TONIGHT
Harness races on lighted track in
front of grand stand.
Indiana university stage show in 1. U.
building up to $3.50.
Indianapolis Military band, horse
show and vaudeville. Coliseum.
Indiana university band. grand stand.
Gus Suns three-ring circus and fire.
works, in front Of grand stand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
PLANES ON EXHIBITION
New Models Are Shown visitors at

New Models Are Shown Visitors at
State Playground.
An added attraction at the In
diana state fair this week will be
an exhibition of new models of air.
planes to be shown in the Manu-
facturer'S building.
Two planes already promised by
sponsors, Central Aernoautics Cor
poration, are a Waco four-pas-
senger cabin plane and a light
single passenger Bull sport plane.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
BURGLARS WASTE TIME
Bakeries Office Yields No Loot;
Furniture Is Damaged.

Considerable damage was done to
the furniture in the Purity Bakeries
Company office, 976 West New York
street, by burglars who failed to
obtain any loot over the weekend.
The intruders, who entered the
place through window, rif1ed
money drawers, filing cabinets and
desks.
A lock on the rear door of the
Central Concrete Company, 2040
Montcalm street, was broken and a
burglar stole stove, steel meas
uring tape, stamps and lead pencils.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
PONY INJURIES MOTHER

Woman hlckeu Dy Animal as Sne
Shows it to Baby.
An expectant mother was in
jured seriously today when a pony
she was showing to her 2-year-old
son kicked her in the abdomen.
The pony was in a shed in the
rear of the home of Mrs. Mary
Powers, 1923 West New York street.
She was holding her son, Jesse
Ross Powers, in her arms. The baby
was injured slightly by the animal.
Mrs. Powers was sent to city hos
pital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
S325 Ring Is Stolen

Theft of a diamond ring and
pearl necklace, valued at 1925, was
reported to police Saturday by Mrs.
George A. VanDyke Jr., Apartment
3, at 2510 North Pennsylvania
street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07

rooms. Perhaps they will be slow
in crossing or may dart suddenly
from the curb.
Regardless of either Of these, it
is Sne duty of motorists in the
city and county to be prepared for
such emergencies.
y q
A GAIN at noon and until after
n l p. m, the streets viii be
crowded with these boys and girls.
And, at 3 p. m, their exodus from
school is a warning to motorists
to BE CAREFUL.
A code that The Times, police
department and school officials
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
DELAY KRAUSE'S TRIAL
ON LOTTERY CHARGES
Case Is Continued in Municipal
Court Until Saturday.

OOuIb OuOAA CdNuA NAJs
Cases of John Krause, alleged
lottery car, and William Drinkard,
IS, of 815 West Twenty-fourth
street, charged with operating a
lottery scheme and gift enterprise
and keeping rooms for pool selling,
were continued today in Municipal
court until Saturday.
Krause was arrested Saturday
when police raided house rented
from Richard Kurtz on White river,
north of the city. More than 100, 900
lottery tickets were conf1scated in
the swoop on Krause's alleged new
headquarters.
Drinkard was driving car be-
longing to Srause. His home wais
raided earlier Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
ZEPPELIN BACK
IN HOME PORT
Graf Completes Long Trip
From Brazil.

By United Press
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany,
Sept. THE Graf Zeppelin, re-
turning from its tour to Brazil,
landed here at 3:48 p. m. today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
TWO SWALLOW POISON
Woman and Girl Are Treated at
Hospital; Neither Serious.

W ~AAASN~N A~~AN~ 49, ~AA~ AAN0S~A az
Hospital; Neither Serious.
Following a quarrel with her
mother over youth with whom she
kept company, Miss Virgie Lowery,
81, swallowed poison and was
treated Sunday at city hospital, &C
cording to police reports. Her con-
dition is not considered serious.
Poison taken by Mrs. Eva Giles
pie, 80, of 1858 Jennings street, in
an effort to end her own life Sun
day night, will not prove fatal. After
treatment at city hospital she was
taken to her home. Her condition
is not critical.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
Early Baseball Today
AMERICAN LEAGuE

AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York -. S12 210 COILS 16
Philadelphia 900 Oe2 DOL 8 8
IN. " Andrews and Dickey.
(Phila.) Mahaffey and Heving.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 100 900 600 1 10
Pittsburgh ITO 022 COX 6 IL
(Cin.) Carroll and Styles.
pitt French and Phillips.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
LABOR HOLDS
STAGE CENTER
AT STATE FAIR
Throng Jams Grounds for
Dedication of New
Grand Stand.
FUTURITY IS FEATURE
$4,000 Race Is on Harness
Program; Judges Busy
on Exhibits.

Labor took off it's overalls, donned
"Sunday-go- to- meeting" clothes,
pulled on cigars, and, with thumbs
in suspenders, paid homage to its
own handiwork today.
And the homage was the dedica-
ton, on Labor day, at the Indiana
state fair Of the new $225,00O grand
stand.
The man who carries the dinner
pail weekdays was proud as old
"Jupe" of his brick and steel job.
He'd left his dinner-pail at home,
but brought his family along. Ham
burgers. peanuts, we're their sus-
tenance, but the biggest meal OF all
was the feast to the eyes as Gov
ernor Harry G. Leslie and Mayor
Reginald II. Sullivan officially
doused the new grand stand in word
glory.
Grand Stand Is Magnet
Dedicatory ceremonies began with
the running OF the tlrst heat OF CLe
afternoon harness races.
But long before that dedication,
the man who laid the bricks in that
grand stand, who set the steel, was
giving it his own appreciation.
Hogs. cattle, sheep, domestic ex-
hibits, were showed into the back
ground as the joWls Of cut-plug
chewers placed labors label on the
structure with, "a darned nice grand
stand"
Firemen lolled back in chairs
without worry as smokers mllled
through the grand stand gates.
1--WE don't have to worry this
wear. The old firetrap has gone.
What a life! Wish fair week was
every week." remarked one blue
shirt as he cooked his dress helmet
over one eye.
Record May Fall
The fairs third day promised an
other attendance breaker, as the
crowd came by bus, tram, and motor.
Sundays attendance was 1878, or
500 higher than last year.
And while city, county and state
took life easy, the judges sweated
and worked on open steer classes
poultry, swine and sheep.
The $4,000 Horseman's Futurlty
brought the class of 3-year-old
trotters to the post in the harness
races.
In the coliseum, ponies and light
harness horses paraded for ribbons.
The crowd tasted of its Labor day
fun here. then tasted there. 1t saw
all it could, walked blocks to see,
and gave fair vendors delight with
the readiness with which it dug into
nurses for balloons, canes and nov
city whips.
Police Have Cinch
Police had little to do. If a liquored
one was abroad, he was seeing too
many things, moving too fast, to be
noticed.
Tuesday will be American Legion
day at the exhibition of the farms
produce. And children, too, will
split the day with legionnaires and
former service men, when those un-
der ID years of age are admitted
free, along with veterans.
If you've got G.. A. R. button,
Legion insignia, a v. F. w. guer-
don, or Spanish war insignia, you've
a right to become One-Eyed Con-
nelly.
And when you crash the gate as
labor crashed it today you'll see
plenty of the plenty in Hoosierdom.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
CHILD TO WE'D AGAIN
Former U. S Envoy to Marry House
keeper, Reports Say.

httptI, htpUIGS say
By United Press
NEWPORT, R. l., Sept Rich
ard Washburn Child, former am
bassador to Italy, plans to marry
Mrs. Dorothy Gallagher Everson,
his houSekeeper, according to men,
berS of his household.
Mrs. EverSon is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gallagher of this
city. Child and his third wife, Eva
SanderSon, were divorced last De-
cember.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-10-29
LENGTH OF YEARS
ON The INCREASE
Century of Life Promises to
Be Common.

Metchnikoff did much to stimulate
the study of longevity when, while
doubling that Noah lived to be 90
and Methuselah reached 500, he &C.
copied the 147, IT'S and $50 years
credited to Jacob, Abraham and
Isaac. There has since been much
criticism of the stories that made
the countess of Desmond 40, Henry
Jenkins 100 and Thomas Parr 152.
But along with them have gone prob
ings into the physiological causes
which determine a mans length OF
years, heredity being regarded as
among the most important of them.
That there has been progress in
this field is undoubted. From the
United States public health service
at Washington the other day went
forth the statement that 1.-The eX-
pectation of life at birth has been
increased from 4S to IS in the last
two decades" And with Oliver
Wendell Holmes still ION the job
at 80 as senior associate justice OF
the United States Supreme court,
and John D. Rockefeller, Sr., con-
vinced at SO that he will live to be
100," why should not centenarianism
at last, as is being so frequently pre-
dicted, become the rule rather than
the rare exception?
Improvements in hygiene and In
general living conditions have done
much to bring hopefulness into the
outlook for longevity. Nor are there
lacking psychologists and physicians
who assert that, by suitable glano
or other treatment, the age reached
by man may be SO greatly prolonged
as to make the 100 years at least az
common as the biblical three-score
and-ten. But for a sensational fore
cast in this direction one must turf
to the international congress o.
radiologists held in Paris, where
Professor Stoklasa of Czechoslo
yakia claimed to have discovered
after many experiments, that tn
alpha, beta and gamma rays of radi