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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
MRS. MORROW HEIR
WiIIed Estate, Except for
S5OO,OO0 in Requests.

By United Press
HACKENSACK, N. j., Oct. 23-
The will of Senator Dwight Morrow,
who died recently, leaves the entire
estate to his widow, with every
confidence that she will provide for
our children" it was learned today,
as counsel prepared to file the will
for probate in the Office of the
Hackensack surrogate.
A bequest of 100000 is made to
Amherst college, his alma mater;
100000 to Smith college, Mrs. Nor
rows alma mater, and 100000 to
Smithsonian institute.
The total value of the estate was
not given. Income from the be-
quest to Amherst college is to be
applied to the maintenance and in
crease of professors salaries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
AID BOARD TO MEET
Final Plans Are Made for
Job Relief Caucus.

Final plans were formulated to-
day for the unemployment reliet
caucus, which will be held on call
of Governor Harry G. Leslie Mon
day afternoon at 100 at Cadle tab
ernacle.
Elmer w. Stout, president of the
Fletcher American National bank,
and chairman of the Governors I'M
employment commission, will pre-
side.
Main feature of the meeting will
be outlining of the Muncie plan of
remodeling and reconstructing build
ings throughout the state to relieve
unemployment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
CAPONE SENTENCE
DELAYED FOR DAY
Judge Hears Arguments to
Arrest Judgment, Then
DeferS Ruling.
BY RAY BLACK

United Press Staff Correspondent
CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-Sentence of
Al Capone, convicted on charges of
defrauding the government of $215,-
900 in income tax, was delayed to-
day until 10 a. m. Saturday.
Federal Judge James H. Wilker-
son ordered the continuance shortly
before noon, at the close of extern
sive arguments on a defense mo-
ton for an arrest of judgment.
Judge Wilkerson gave no indica-
ton of what moves he would make
when the hearing is resumed Sat-
urday. Capone shrugged his Shout
ders as the ruling was made, got
up and walked out. At his side
was Michael Ahern, defense attor-
ney.
CapOne Looks III
The gangster brushed aside re-
porters who tried to question him.
He appeared white of face and i'll.
The scars on his cheek stood out
against the pallor of his skin.
The prosecution commended the
verdict, reached by a jury last Sat-
urday night, after eight and one
half hours of elaboration, finding
Capone guilty of three felony
counts of income tax evasion and
two misdemeanor charges, was
consistent with the indictments"
Attorneys Albert Fink and Ahern
went over phrase by phrase, the
long Indictment on which their
client was convicted, contending
that it was ".insuffciently drawn
and not specific" in not stating ex-
actly how the income tax was
evaded.
Al Is Fidgety
Capone sat through the long ar
guments f1dgeting in his chair from
time to time as the attorneys delved
into highly technical phases of the
verdict and indictment.
Capone's right index finger was
wrapped in bulky bandage.
Il cut it" he remarked.
He fingered the bandage as the
arguments wore on.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
Russia Helps China

DY OHtteU ET6SS
HARDIN, China, Ocat. 23.-China
has received backing from Soviet
Russia, and loyal troops are being
equipped with arms to fight revolu-
tionary movements in Manchuria,
according to a report received here
today.
The report said Russian arms
have been supplied Chinese soldiers
in Heilungkiang, who have re-
NAMED loyal to General Chang
Hseuh Liang, dictator of Man
churia. The arms, it was said, were
given with the understanding that
the soldiers were to oppose the
movement against General Chang
Begun in Tsitsihar by General Chan
Hai-Peng.
A number of Chinese generals al
ready have broken with General
Chang as the result of his an
nounced policy of nonresistance to
japanese aggression. Numerous
municipal governments, including
the capital at .aMukden, have been
set up by anti-Chang forces, with
the support of Japanese.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
TRUNK MURDER
PROBERS SIFT
DRUG THEORY
Narcotics Believed to Have
Played Part in Killing
of Two Women.
HUNT SUSPECT IN VAIN
Ruth Judd Still at Large;
Seek Accomplish in
Dual Staying.
BY GEORGE d. CRISSEY
United Press stan Correspondent

PHOENIX, AriZ, Oct. ga
growing suspicion that narcotics
played a part in the trunk muir
derS" of Agnes Anne Leroi, 81, and
Hedvig Samuelson, %, of which Mrs.
Winnie Ruth Judd, Indiana minis
terS daughter, is accused, was voiced
by authorities today, as four-day
search for a motive for the slay-
ingS had proved Intellectual.
Additional impetus was given the
drug theory today with the diScov-
cry of two bottles-one containing
ether and the other drug tablets
in the homes of the slain women.
Previously, investigators had found
a small quantity of narcotics in
Mrs. Judd's home-a drug usually
used to taper off" an addicted pa
tent
Police Captain M. B. Morrison,
who announced discovery of the
drugs, offered the startling theory
that the women were rendered in
sensible by ether and drugs before
they were killed last Friday night.
voices Drug Ihe0ry
"The narcotic theory is as good
a guess as any yet advanced G.. A.
Rodgers, deputy county attorney,
told the United Press. "a person
addicted to their use would do des-
perate things if the supply was
threatened with elimination"
Additional impetus was given the
theory that Mrs. Judd was aided
by an accomplice in the crime of
which she is accused when police
dovetailed new information placed
in their hands.
Police Chief George Brisbois an
nounced that the following facts in
dlcated man may have aided in
the grewsome Sayings:
Only one trunk was moved from
the home Of the murdered girls to
Mrs. Judd's residence by drayman.
This now is believed to have con-
tanned only the body of Mrs. Leroi.
The second trunk and a handbag
containing portions Of Miss Samuel
sons body were taken to Mrs. Judd's
home in an automobile later. The
handbag was identified as coming
from Mrs. Leroi's home by the ini-
tialS "a. A. M" Mrs. Leroi formerly
was Agnes Anne Mason.
Trunk Too Heavy for Her
1t would have been physically
impossible for Mrs. Judd to lift the
smaller steamer trunk containing
the upper part of Miss Samuelson's
body, because she is slight and in
poor health.
An automobile was known to
have followed the truck bearing the
large trunk and Mrs. Judd between
the two residences.
Mrs. Judd, according to her hus-
band, was not familiar with the
use of surgical instruments, and
autopsy surgeons declared Miss
Samuelson's body was dissected by
an expert"
Miss Samuelsons body was dis
sected in the bathtub of her own
home and not at another place, as
shown by bloodstainS found behind
the tub and a blood-encrusted
handkerchief hidden in an ashpile.
Sheriff j. R. McFadden said to-
day that he had found witnesses
who saw Mrs. Judd return to her
apartment at ITO a. m, Saturday,
about three hours after the muir
derS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
French Premier to Meet
Hoover Today, Be Guest
at White House.
BIZ Tnitcd Presa

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-Stand-
ing bare-headed under a warm
autumn sun on the granite south
portico Of the historic state depart
ment building, Premier Laval and
Secretary of State Stimson today
engaged in one of their most i'm
portant conferences thus far.
They stood there talking earnest
ly in French for thirty minutes.
Later it was learned that pending
international questions were dis
cussed freely. They agreed that
their work must be largely an in
formal exploration of the diverging
ideas of France and the United
States.
After luncheon at the French
embassy, Laval and his daughter,
Josette, were due to go to the White
House to stay overnight, giving OPP
portunity for LavalS first and only
extended discussion with President
Hoover.
The morning had been spent in
ceremonial visits to Vice President
Curtis, Chief Justice Hughes, and
the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Up to Governments
Laval and Stimson were under
stood to have the view mutually
that it was for the governments to
make agreements; that President
Hoover, chief American conferee,
and Laval only could absorb ideas
for future action.
Both Laval and the President in
sist they expect no binding agree
mentS to result from their talks, but
it is believed they will strive to de-
eide on some general principles
controlling treatment of war debts,
reparationS, and disarmaments, to
be worked out in detail later.
Mr.. Hoover speaks no French and
Laval no English. Consequently
their discussion will be slowed down
by having to go both ways through
an interpreter Still they hope, by
being free of diplomatic restraints,
to talk frankly to each other in
friendly fireside atmosphere, in a
way that will bring them closer to-
gether than they could get by ex-
changing a hundred diplomatic
notes.
Both Under Restraint
But they meet strongly conscious
that they can go only so far. Mr..
Hoover must reckon with congress,
and particularly the senate. Laval
is obliged to guard against his OPP
position at home.
This is regarded here as account
ing for the emphasis on security in
his greeting to America at New
York on his arrival.
Though security is the paramount
desire of France, it has been init
mated Enthusiastically that the adj
ministration is opposed to entering
any pact which would bind the
United States in advance to take
action in event of trouble, either
with arms or by an embargo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
Edison City,
BIZ United Press

BY DHtfed Press
WEST ORANGE, N. j., Oct.
% West Orange may be re-
named Edison City.
Town commissioners are con-
sidering Commissioner Frank
L. O'Connor's suggestion to
change the name of this town
in honor Of the late Thomas
A. Edison, its most noted resi-
dent.
There should be no hesita-
ton on the part of the resi-
dents to a change from the
prosaic name of West Orange
to the Illuminating name of
Edison City. providing, of
course, the consent of the Edi-
son family is obtained" O'Con-
nor said.
Town Attorney Alfred Crosse
is to report next Tuesday on
the procedure necessary to eff
feet the change in name.
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GET SO YEARS IN PEN
Four KidnaperS Given Long
Terms in Sing Sing.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-Sixty years
Imprisonment in Sing Sing were
melted out today to each of the four
men who kidnapped Charles M. Ro-
senthal, youthful broker, for a
$4,000 ransom.
The sentences were passed by
Judge Joseph E. Corrigan, in gen.
eral sessions court.
Nicholas Rutigliano, condemned
by Judge Corrigan as the ring lead
er, was given a fiat sentence Of sixty
years. The other three, Marcus
Blumenthal, Albert Sileo and Theo-
dore Adinolf1, were sentenced to
fifty-fve years for kidnapping and
five years additional for carrying
revolvers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
STIMSON CONFERS
WITHLAVAL; TALK
WORLD PROBLEMS
Un-zgarranted
By United Press

By United Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23.-
Into Municipal Judge George
j. Steiger's court walked Police
Inspector John Dolan.
Mrs. George j. Steiger is
outside and wants a warrant
against her husband for failure
to support George j. Steiger
Jr.." Dolan announced.
What! Why, my wi-ah,
our home life is perfect, the
Judge sputtered. Somebody's
crazy around here and I hope
it isn't me-"
mo, it's a Mrs. George Stei-
ger you never heard of, 1
guess" explained Dolan. "She
claims her husband isn't sup
porting their little boy"
So George j. Steiger, much
relieved. took up the case Of
George J. Steiger.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
4 MAY HAVE TO RUM
GRINS ALFALFA BILL
Murray Calls Presidential Boom
"This Fool Business"

Murray Calls Presidential Boom
This Fool Business"
BIZ United Press
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 3D.
Followers of Governor William H.
Murray had new hope today that
their leader would make a bid for
the Democratic nomination for
President.
Their hopes were based on his an
nouncement that he wasn't a can
didate but that if folks keep on
with this damned fool business of
booming me I may have to run any
way"
The decision was made known in
typical Alfalfa Bill' style. He
pulled on his cigar, shifted his
feet on his desk, spat at the Gus
pidor, and delivered his talk. Then
he told newspaper men to clear
out" of his Office, because he had
some work to do.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
Report CIeW in Oklahoma
By United Press

81 UHtcu PTcS8
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Oct. %.
Tom Lewis, an unemployed la
borer, reported to Sheriff Stanley
Rogers today that woman who
looked exactly like Mrs. Winnie
Ruth judd" wanted in the Phoenix
trunk murders, asked him to drive
her motor car last night.
Lewis, lettering about a filling sta
ton about 7:30 p. m, said a Moon
sedan drove to the station.
THE driver, a woman wearing a
red spotted dress, asked me if I
could drive her car to the edge of
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APPROVAL OF
|. CHINA GIVEN
PEACE PLAN
Japan Reported Ready to
Accept Program, With
Reservations.
WILL WITHDRAW ARMY
Evacuation of ManChuria in
Three Weeks Is Hope
in Toxic.
WILL WITHDRAW ARMY

By United Press
GENEVA, Oct. 23.-Alfred SEE of
China accepted the league councils
formula for settlement of the Man
churian dispute tonight, as en-
bodied in a resolution proposed to
the council.
Kenkichi Yoshizawa, japanese
delegate, had not yet accepted, al
though his government was under
stood to be willing to agree to it
conditionally.
Members of the Chinese delega-
ton said unof1cially they would not
accept fixed date for withdrawal
of japanese troops, but would sub
nit counter proposals.
The council set 6:15 p. m. as the
time for reconvening.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
Hourly Temperatures
CHEEKY Refrain

By United Press
CLEVELAND, Oct. 23.-Joe
Bilczon, 10, was free today be-
cause he loves music and be-
cause the judge he faced has
the same appreciation.
While working last summer.
Joe bought an accordion.
Thrown out of lob, he
couldn't keep up the payments,
and was threatened with its
loss by collectors.
So Joe covertly took another
accordion from the store which
refused to extend him further
time. He needed it to keep up
his practice, he said. Detec-
tives, who arrested him, took
one accordion, collectors took
the other.
"A boy who loves music as
we'll as that can't be all bad
observed Police Judge Brad
ley Hull, suspending thirty
day sentence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
PLEA MADE BY
DAUGHTERFOR
MRS. SIMMONS
Girl Pictures Mother as
Kind, Gentle, Devoted
to Children.
TELLS OF TRIP TO CITY
Forty Minutes of Time in
Indianapolis Still Is
Gap in Evidence.
TELLS OF TRIP TO CITY
BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT

LEBANON, Ind, Oct. 23.-"Honor
thy father and thy mother y
Exodus 2O:xii.
And this, the fifth of the Ten
commandments, battled today in
the courtroom at the trial of Mrs.
Carrie Simmons to save a mother
from being stigmatized under the
law as breaker of the Sixth Com
mandment, Thou shalt not kill"
From hardwood witness chair,
facing a tanned farmer jury, a To-
year-old girl-Elizabeth Simmons
sobbed as she tried to tell motley
courtroom crowd and the twelve
men that she honored her mother
and that she could not be guilty of
the Infamous crime charged by the
state.
AS she related details of the 10
vial picnic that ended in death of
her two sisters and told of her own
observation of her mothers grief at
their death, she sought to upset
charges of the prosecution that the
mother she honored was hard
NOAlCd do QGdJl walked.
She broke down and wept several
times as she told of her mothers
affection for her, the dead girls and
other members of the family.
Pleads for Mother
Fingers drumming on cheek, her
curly wind-blown bob turning from
defense attorneys to Prosecutor Ben
Scifres, she tried to make them see
that her mother was a kindly soul,
that She was a builder of children'S
playhouses, a teacher, a dressmaker
and always a mother.
Under cross eXamination her an
swers became vague. She responded
CURLY and appeared irate.
She was paving the way for her
mothers own story of how the fatal
sandwiches were made in the Sim
mons home on June Il and she
took that mother with her into the
witness box as she related Thursday
how she had watched every sand
which made and saw no capsules of
death placed in them by that
mother.
when the poison was found, I
heard father and mother saying
they didn't know where it came
FROM" the daughter testified. "They
seemed very worried about it.
while the sandwiches were being
made, father stood about an arms
length from mother. We were
standing there when the last sand
witch was made and the lid put on
the can"
Find Rift in Story
But a rift in her story came today
when prosecutors, on cross exam
nation, produced her signed state
ment before the coroner which said
IT saw some of the sandwiches pre-
pared"
After the poison was found, my
mother said she felt dizzy and had
pains in her head and neck" the girl
told the jury. MY mother pleaded
with me to do all could for Alice
Jean.
It found a capsule in my sand
wich and it was not pressed down
in the chicken. 1t was almost
whole. I don't remember what ]
did with it.
when we got to the hospital, my
mother held jeans mouth open
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CurtiS-ey
BIZ Scripps-Hotcdrt

BIZ ScrippS-H Otcdrt
Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, Oct. %. =
Here he comes! Here he
comes!"
Capitol policemen are smart
ly at attention. The two ele-
vator boys stand rigid as au-
donations. Down the long cor
ridor slouches a big overcoated
figure = Vice-President Charlie
Curtis arriving at his Office.
Why all this military disci-
pline?" inquiries a Washington
visitor.
The elevator boy grins pity
ingly. Says he:
I'VE all are supposed to do
that every time the Vice-Presi-
dent arrives at his Office. It's a
mark of respect. Once we for
got to do it and caught hell"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
CATTLE WAR SUBSIDIES
Veterinarians Proceed With Iowa
Tests Under Troop Guard.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
BURLINGTON, Ia, Oct. %
Tie Iowa cattle war; subsidized to-
day into nothing more serious than
harsh investiveS spoken at vet
erinarians when they tested cattle
in the reart of the revolt" area
under national guard protection.
Soaked by a heavy rain, the state
forces arrived at the Jake Evers-
man farm. passed under a sign
reading I'VE don't want fight; we
want jutSice," proceeded to the
pasture, then tested forty-nine cat
tie without resistance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
CHARGES NOMINATION
OFFERED FOR $4,000
Failure to Aid G. o. P. Campaign
Cost Him Judgeship, Says Attorney.


81 United Press
NEW YORK. Oct. 23.-Edgar F.
Hazelton, former municipal court
Justice. who served as counsel for
Mrs. Ruth Snyder, in the Snyder
Gray murder trial, today told how
his failure to contribute $4,000 to
the Republican campaign in Queens
Borough cost him the nomination
as supreme court justice.
Hazelton, under questioning by
Samuel Seabury, counsel to the city
wide legislative investigating COM
mittee, said that this and certain
other conditions" were laid down by
Warren D. Ashmead, Queens Repub-
lican leader.
Ashmead told him, Hazelton said
that it had been agreed between
Republican and Democratic leaders
that each party would indorse the
others nominees. THAT makes ii
attractive, a sure bet" he quoted
Ashmead as saying.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
RECALLS EDISON REPLY
View on Life Possibility After Death
by Photograph Man Told.

W A6PA
By United Press
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct 23-Thomas
A. Edison'S view on the possibility
of life after death was given today
by Mark Silverstone, photograph
distributor
SilverStone said two years ago
when he visited the inventors lab
oratory in New Jersey, Edison
answered a question about life after
death in writing as follows:
THE body is affected by fire and
birthstone, but the question is
whether the spirit is affected by it.
The chances are that when our
body dies we enter the next and
last cycle made up of a swarm of
entities which go on forever"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
CLOSE KOK0MO BANK
TO PROTECT PATRONS
Directors Take Step Voluntarily;
SOlvency Is Claimed.

Directors Take Step Voluntarily !;
SOlvency Is Claimed.
By United Press
KOKONO, Ind, Oct. 23-The
Citizens National bank, Kokomo's
largest banking institution, was
closed by its directors today for the
protection of depositors. A state
ment issued by officials said the
bank was solvent and would be re-
organized.
Continued Withdrawals were
blamed for closing of the institu-
ton, which was organized forty-one
years ago.
Bennett B. Bobbitt was president
and Paul Stanbro cashier. Deposits
were $3,104,924.58 and resources $4;-
823,862.14
The Citizens bank absorbed the
Howard National bank June l, 1890
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
Arrest ESQ Mutinous Sailors
United Press

BERLIN, Oct. 23.-Crews of
thirty-three German ships, totaling
$50 men, en- route home after
striking at Leningrad and Odessa,
we're arrested today on charges OF
mutiny at Holtenau, Schleswig.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
STRUCK BY ROCK, BOY
LAPSES INTO COMA
Robert Lockwood Is Victim of Mys-
ferrous Attack.

FERROUS Attack.
Struck on the head by a rock
mysteriously thrown into a high
school football crowd leaving Butler
stadium Thursday night, Robert
Lockwood, 1888 Lambert street, sew
eral hours later lapsed into coma
that today puzzled physicians.
According to a report to police,
the youth was in the midst of a
crowd of gridiron fans when the
rock, apparently thrown deliberate
ly, struck him on the skull Young
Lockwood was with Robert Martin,
Is, of 1916 Shepherd street.
At the time Of the injury, the
youth complained only of a head
ache, but at a. m. this morning
sank into coma from which ne
had not aroused this afternoon. He
was taken to city hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
Chain Buys Radio Station WCCO

Chain Buys Radio Station WCCO
By United Press
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 23.-Sale of
radio station WCCO, by General
Mills, Inc, Minneapolis, to the Co
lumiba Broadcasting System, Inc,
was announced today by James F.
Bell, Benera1 Mills, president. WCCO
is a cleared channel station and
recently was recommended for
$4,000 watts, the greatest power
regularly allowed any station.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-23
SNOW FALLS IN OREGON
Fifteen-Inch Blanket Is Reported on
Cascade Range.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
BEND, Ore, Oct. %. = A heavy
blanket of snow covered the Cascade
range today, with fifteen inches re-
ported on the Mckenzie pass high
way. About two feet of snow fell at
Crater Lake national park and the
Paulina mountains also were white.
The snow line extended far down
into the foothills. The storm Sub
sided today and bright sunshine
glistened on the mountains.