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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-31
NEGRO GUNMAN
TO Be INDICTED
Police Claim Confession in
Detectives Killing.

Richard Perkins, Negro. today
awaited Indictment and trial for the
murder of Detective Sergeant Carl
Hickman, following an alleged con-
fession to detectives Thursday night
when, officers say, he took full re-
sponsibility for the death.
Perkins was returned to Indian
apolis Thursday night from Chatta-
nOoga, Tenn, where he was arrested
earlier this week. For three hours
he talked to detectives, affixing x,
his mark, to two lengthy statements.
Hickman was shot down the night
of Jan. 3, in the $500 block North
Pennsylvania street, when ne and
detective William Miller stopped
Perkins and Richard Board, Negro,
who lay in wait to hold up laun-
dry driver.
Perkins admitted he drew a new
revolver and fired once, hitting the
policeman, who died later.
Perkins fled as Miller fired at him
and collared Board, who has been
held here since.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-31
Bares Racket

w. D. Henry (above), only liv-
ing uncle of Mrs. Herbert Hoover,
is aiding officers attempting to
solve an unsuccessful extortion
plot against him.
Mr.. Henry, a banker, said he
drove into the country near Wah-
peton, N. D., as the extortionistS
demanded, and threw SIS in bills
from his automobile, but no one
appeared to collect the money.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-31
SINGLE WOMEN
! PREFERRED FOR
/ TEACHING JOBS
Few County Schools Give
Wives New Contracts;
Some Rebel.

Unmarried women teachers are
favored for jobs in Marion coun-
TVS schools, outside indianapolis,
reports received today from town
ship trustees indicate.
However. no women teachers al
ready under contract, are in danger
OF discharge because they happen
70 be married, it was revealed
On the other hand, no new con-
tracts with married women teach
ers are being made for the coming
year, except in one or two town
ships.
Conversations with most OF the
nine trustees were coincident with
the statement Of County Superin-
tendent Fred T. GLADDEN. that be-
cause Of the economic situation
most trustees will not hire married
women teachers"
Mrs. Maxwell Rebels
Mrs. Maggie G.. Maxwell, Wash
ington township trustee, declared:
II don't discriminate between mar
ried and single teachers. I never
have released married woman
teacher, and have hired eleven for
next year"
Under the economic situation, 1
hesitate to employ married
women teachers" Malcolm J. Dunn
Of Wayne township stated
Fifteen of sixteen women teach
ers in the Ben Davis school, Wayne
township, are married. Dunn de
clared he would not discharge any
married women.
Preference for Unmarried
In Decatur township, John Rou-
ton, trustee, is not so adverse
against married teachers, but "un-
der conditions 1 feel they should
give the single teacher preference, +"
Routon declared.
L don't favor discharging a
teacher who marries,' Harry Maze
Of Franklin township stated, "hoW-
ever, discharged one woman whose
husband was teaching in the same
township"
Although he stated he had moth
Ing to do with discharging or employ
ing the county's teachers, Superin-
tendent GLADDEN. expressed an opin-
Ion: THAT personally I believe a
woman has plenty to do to take care
Of the home without going into
school work"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-31
VER0NAL KILLS ACTOR
Takes Overdose When Girl Friend
Fails to Keep Date.
BIZ United Press


NEW YORK, July 31.-Kevitt
Manton, actor, who took an over
dose of veronal when his meager
funds gave out and a showgirl
friend failed to keep a date with
him, died in Roosevelt hospital
Thursday night of the effects of the
drug.
Opal Essent, showgirl, who said
she and Manton had been unem-
ployed for months and shared food
money, declared Manton claimed
not to be the William Kevitt Man
ton who was sued for divorce in
1925 in papers naming Marjorie
Rambeau, actress, as correspondent.
Miss Essent said that when she
gained admittance to his hotel room
he was in a coma, with two empty
drug bottles beside him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-31
COLORADO LAW
PAvES WAY FOR
PRISON EXODUS
Release of 500 ConvictS
Under New Statute
Worries State.
ByUnited Press

By United Press
CANON CITY, Colo, July 81
The tailor shop Of the Colorado
state penitentiary hummed today
with activity as prisoners worked
to turn out a rush order Of street
cIothes'-but above that hum was
the drone of convicts' voices specu-
lating on when they would get out.
Colorado was preparing to release
between 400 and 500 convicts, al
most half the prison population, in
one grand exodus. The preparations
were being made in conformance
with a ruling of the state attorney
general which tossed into the dis
card the old method of figuring
good time allowance and instituted
a new one whereby convicts, after
their sixth year, can serve years
sentence in twenty-ni1ae days. Even
on shorter sentences, the time al
lowed for good conduct was materi-
ally increased.
Prison In F'urOr
The ruling came after Governor
William H. Adams and the state
board of corrections had asked an
Interpretation of an amendment
passed by the last general assembly
liberalizing the good time allow
ances.
The attorney general also held
the allowances would have to be
made retroactive, with the result
that almost half thousand con-
victs will be turned loose long be-
fore they are expected.
In the mess hall, the prison yard,
and on the recreation grounds, con-
victs gathered in excited groups to
figure what the scheme would mean
to them.
Bits of chalk, pencil stubs, and
even twigs were used to write and
scratch complicated mathematical
problems on whatever was handy
as each man sought to determine
his release date.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-31
July 81. 1891

England at 1890 D. m. Thursday
after a brief, crowded visit in So
Wet Russia.
The Irish wit and playwright, &C
companied by Lord and Lady Astor.
visited the widow Of Lenin prior to
their departure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-31
GET FINES, FARM TERMS
Three Receive Sentences for Theft
of Copper Wire.

Three men received fines of $25
and costs and sentences of one year
On the Indiana state penal farm
today from L. Ert Slack, criminal
judge pro tenn, for stealing $50
pounds of copper wire from the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company's
cars.
The men are Harry Middleton,
%; Paul Cooley. "a. and Richard
Powers, %. They declared that they
found the wire, in defending them
selves against the charge of petit
larceny.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-31
Take wheat Cor Legion Dues

BU United Press
ENID, Okla, July 31.-The ENID
American Legion post announced
because of a shortage of money in
the community and an overabun-
dance of wheat. it will exchange
memberships for four bushels OF
wheat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-31
Old Residents Die

M iWeS SpeCldt
ANDERSON, Ind, July 81
Mrs. Sarah Jane Sears, "a, lifelong
resident Of Anderson, died in the
Henry Ford hospital at Detroit. She
was taken i'll while a passenger on
a Lake Erie steamer. Mrs. Mary
= Fifer, 80, is dead. She leaves
three sons, G. E. Fifer, indianapolis;
H. w. Fifer, Lansing, Mich, and A.
L. Filter, Anderson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-31
Won t Need I'm
BIZ United Press

b UUltcu FTeSS
CLEVELAND, July 31.-Johr
Voytko, a paroled Ohio peni-
Tertiary convict, went from
house to house, telling wives
that their husbands had been
injured, we're in the hospital
and needed clothes. He got
the clothes. Police got him.
He will go back to the rock
pile, police said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-31
Court Sets Divorce Week

PRINCETON, Ind, July 81
Divorce week will be held here in
Gibson circuit court beginning Mon
day. During the week thirty-f1ve
cases will be tried with women
plaintiffs in twenty-four, and men
plaintiffs in eleven.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-31
Free Legal Service Offered

Free legal services to unemployed
and other needy persons has been
offered by Frank L. MARITIME, at
torney, SGT Illinois building. Mar
tino said he will devote two hours,
from 2 to p. m. each Monday and
Wednesday in August to the work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-31
CLAIMS CANCER HALTED

Experiments With Mice Described
by st. Louis Doctor at Paris.
BIZ United Press
PARIS, July 31-Dr. Boris Soko-
loft. of the st. Louis university
medical school, announced today he
had discovered a successful treat
ment" for cancer tumors in mice.
DR.. Soffoloff, addressing the con-
Guiding session of the international
Radiology Congress, said the method
was by an injection of Tactic acid
under the skin. The treatment abb
sorbed 80 per cent of the most
malignant form of cancer tunor, he
said, and the remaining TO per
cent stopped its growth and re-
manned stationary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-31

Large line all steel Refrigerators,
porcelain enameled inside and out.
most durable, best for economy Of
ice. One lot Of wood cabinet Re
frigerators Observation-Disclosures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-31
Predict Crime WAVE

Only the. 157 life term prisoners
in the old prison, scene of the blood
lest prison riot in history, were I'M
affected by the ruling.
Penitentiary officials and police
heads throughout the state pond
cred over the results that they
feared would follow the sudden re-
lease of 500 felons into a state
where unemployment already exists.
Some authorities predicted an I'M
precedented crime wave. Others
pointed out that the number of
convicts released would approx
mate the number of policemen in
Denver, and half the total number
of law enforcement officers in the
three largest cities in Colorado.
The Washington times., 1931-07-21
)STMASTER GENERAL TRAILS HIT-RUN DRIVER JAILS HIM
Jobs Wanted

Editor
Washington Times,
Washington, D. c.
Dear Sir:
desire to cooperate with the District of Columbia
Committee Employment by giving job during the
Midsummer Job Campaign, July FL to August 15 The
work want done is:
want person of Sex. ...; Age......; Married or
Single ... and also Estate other qualifications
will pay Estate wages by hour day. month"; year or
job) *$....... The work will provide employment for
number of hours days. weeks) Indicate if the job will
be permanent
Please send me sober, capable, honest and willing
empoye. Very truly yours
Ndlhe ''''''''''''''
ADDRESS Observation-Disclosures.
Name of Job Detector ...........Y................
minimum hourly wage for males 40 cents; for females
80 cents minimum wage for housework mae or female)
with board $40 per week
The Washington times., 1931-07-21

Times staff Photo
FURNITURE ON STREET
EVICTED by her own daugh-
ter for being behind in her
rent, Mrs. Frances j. Custer,
rs, is being cared for by neigh
bors. Mrs. Custer has been
living in a four-room house at
2214 I st. N. W., belonging to
her daughter, Mrs. Barbara
Hall. The photos show Mrs.
Custer and her household goods
piled on the sidewalk after she
had been evicted by deputy
marShalS.
The Washington times., 1931-07-21
DRUGGIST DIES
AFTER STROKE

=, Stricken while awaiting the be.
ginning of a board of directors
meeting William M. Bradbury, 81,
manager of the Washington
Wholesale Drus Exchange, 459 C
Street N. W., died of heart failure
shortly after 10 o'clock today.
:. T1r. Bradbury had not bee"
well for some time and par
ticularly during the present heat
wave, other members of the firm
said. He had been manager of
the drug exchange since it was
organized 81 years ago.
Mr.. Bradbury was telling Frank
T. Stone, a board member, of a
trip to Montreal he contemplated
taking in September. Suddenly
his head fell back. he gasped for
air, and rolled from his chair to
the floor, Mr.. Stone said. The
fire rescue squad which was sum-
moned could do nothing. Dr..
James Esler. 1929 Vermont Ave
nue., pronounced Mr.. Bradbury
dead.
AS soon as the board official
collapsed Mrs. Bradbury was sum.
moned from their home st POLL
Klingle Road. Besides her one
daughter, Mrs. Robert Berberich,
ir., survives, members of the firm
said,
The Washington times., 1931-07-21

cars parked near the building
and does a brisk business these
moonlit evenings. He gets a
tip.
Some Are Left
The boat left about 9 o'clock.
leaving a small mob of belated
wOuld-be passengers who rushed
out on the dock just as we
pulled out. Too bad but some
people always will be late and
the City of Washington leaves
on schedule.
The ride is about 40 miles down
the river. You don't stop. Just
glide along slowly and peace
fully under the moonlight. Hains
Point from the water was agloW
with twinkling lights, motor cars
drifting by, and all that sort OF
thing. There was a swell breeze,
moon nearly full and lots OF
quite nice stars. The G. F.
approved of them.
The dance floor was crowded
all evening. The music was fair
ish but we'll enough for boat
dancing. We remained out on
deck, however, where we could
get our share Of the moonlight.
Something Stronger
The young SWainS were out in
force and certainly seemed to be
having a swell time. Nearly
everyone was drinking pop and a
few were taking occasional nipS
at something a bit stronger. I
saw very little of that, however,
less than I expected. in fact.
The crowd was very well be-
haved. Everyone seemed out for
a lazy good time and the row
dies probably we're the ones we
left on the dock. Anyway, they
were not on board.
The Potomac has to be seen
under the moon to be really ap-
preciated. It's a lazy old river.
Just drifts along murmuring to
the stars and doing its stuff with
out bothering anyone.
The trip is IS cents a passen-
ger, which brought my days out
lay of cash to:
Lunch Tip was Is cents) .$1.O0
tennis ........... ........ Nv
River trip with G.. F...... 1.50
Tip for mOrgue master. .... so
Total for day. .S3.1O
The Washington times., 1931-07-21
HIT
SMALL BILLS

PHILADELPHIA. July al
Members of the International
Union of Steel and Copper Plate
Printers, Die Stampers and En-
gravers, assembled here in annual
convention are bewailing the
trend of fashion which has made
popular smaller bank notes,
checks and stock certificates.
The smaller sized money, it is
complained by the delegates, has
thrown a great number of en-
graverS out of work, and it is
likely that resolutions concerning
the change will be adopted before
the convention adjOurns.
The Bureau of Engraving and
Printing in Washington is repre-
sented at the convention. Cutting
the size of paper money partic-
uIarly effected employees of the
bureau. Many lost their jobs be-
cause of the cut.
The Washington times., 1931-07-21
Moonlight Ride on RiUer
Tops Reporters Day

CONTINUED From Local PGee)
keeping pedestrians off the bride
paths and on the footpaths.
Either they can't distinguish be-
tween them or they are generally
pretty reckless of life and limb.
One of these days someone is
going to be trampled pretty bad
by a galloping horse or I miss
my guess. Believe me, stuck
to the footpath. I don'C want
any horses hoof planted on my
chest if I can help it.
Lots of Birds
spent the morning StrOIling
through the wooded section and
along the creek. If 1 were an
OrnitholOgist daresay 1 could re-
port on the birds i saw, but as
I'm not, 1 only know they were
mighty pretty and tuneful and
gave zest to my walk. did
see some ducks on the water and
robins, crows and that sort of
thing. But there were others
I did not recognize and which
heartily wished 1 could.
I stopped at Old Pierce Mill on
my way back home for a solitary
luncheon that set me back IS
cents but was worth it. 1 tipped
the waitress the rest of the dol
lar.
Feeling better for my walk. !
decided to get out my tennis
racquet and dig up "a partner fer
an afternoon on the courts IN
the Monument Grounds. I found
q fellow scribe who was off for
the day and down at the courts
We hooked up with two other
players.
Tennis Costs a Dime
The charge was 40 cents for
an hour, which made my tennis
cost me the large sum of 10
cents. There are other courts,
at the Sixteenth Street reservoir
and at the entrance to Rock
Greek Park where the charges
are the same. At all three places
you can always pick up part,
ner or a foursome if your friends
are busy. An hour was enough
for me yesterday, but you can
play as long as you want at the
rate of 10 cents per hour.
Including lunch and tennis,
my day by that time had cost
me $1.1O.
The Girl Friend and I had a
date for a moonlight exclusion
down the Potomac for the eve.
ming so after dinner at home ]
called for her and we flivvereo
down to the wharveS. 1 parked
the old bus between the Harbor
precinct house and Morgue to keeE
it from 0eing stolen in my
absence. William Estes, assistant
mocgue master. stolled over as we
were getting out Of the car and
recognizing me Owe covered
enough morgue stories) stopped
for a bit, Of a chat. He is the
selt-appointed watchman OF th'
The Washington times., 1931-07-21
COUNCIL SPLITS
WITH MAYOR
ON POLITICS
Democrats and Chief Row
Over Annapolis Water Board
Members at "PeaCe" Meet

ANNAPOLIS. July 2l.-Effortz
of Mayor Quenstedt to prevent
Democratic members of the CITY
Council from nominating their
own selections to the newly Gre
ated Water Board has resulted in
the question being referred to
committee. following spirited dis.
cussion of the matter on the floor
of the council chamber.
The trouble started when
Thomas G. Basil, Democrat, at
meeting dedicated to "peace and
harmony" nominated arthur FL
lott, Jesse Fisher and Harry
Bean as members of the water
board. Mayor QuenStedt refused
to recognize the nominations. on
the ground that a three-fourths
majority was required to decide
such matters.
After an hour and a quarter
of debate, the Democrats. with
six-to-four majority, succeeded in
having the matter referred to
committee. This o m m t t c G,
named by Mayor Quenstedt, is
composed of Mr. Basil, Mr.. Bean
and Roscoe Rove. The latter is
the new Republican city coun-
SelOr.
The Washington times., 1931-07-21
Legion Asks J0hncke
To Gen. Butler Fete

An invitation to officiate at
the presentation by the Veterans
Marine Corps Legion of tablet
to Maj. Gen. Smedley D. But
Ter, at Quantico. July 81, has
been issued to Assistant Secretary
of the Navy Ernest l.. Janncke.
The Wilson Line steamer, City
of Washington. has been char
tered by the legion for the trip
to the Marine base. 1t will leave
the company's dock at Seventh
Street wharf at $50 p. m, Mon
day.
Others invited to attend the
ceremonies include Maj. Gen.
John A. Lejeune, former COM
mandant of the Marine Corps,
and Gen. William P. Mitchell,
former chief of the A. E. F. Air
Service.
The Washington times., 1931-07-21
FORMER
POLICEMAN, IS
!. ACCUSED
Ex-Detective BIameS Woman
/" for Crash Which Brown
Witnesses and Follows Up

a How Postmaster General Wal
ter F. Brown assumed the role
Of road policeman and assisted
in the capture of a former Wash
ington police detective was re-
vealed last night by Maryland
authorities.
1' William F.. Burke, the captured
man, was trailed to Upper Marl-
.boro by the Postmaster General
after an automobile owned by
Burke struck that of Melvin Nor
folk, at Mt. Zion, Md. Burke's
car failed to stop after the acci-
dent, it was said, and the Post
master General followed him to
Upper Marlboro where Burke
stopped at the hotel.
Burke, who gave the name Of
George Macdonald, was arrested
by Prince Georges county police
and turned over to Sheriff Glenn
PrOut, of Ann Arundel county. 1t
was in signing bond papers that
Burke gave his correct name. He
sought a jury trial before Justice
Of the Peace John T. Hall, and
was released on $1,000 bond.
According to Burke's story, a
woman known to him only as
Babe, and whom he picked up in
the vicinity of Eleventh and H
Streets Northeast, was driving the
car at the time of the accident.
He paid $3.50 for repairs to the
damaged car.
Burke, who served II years on
the Washington force, was dis
missed several months ago for
drinking on duty. He SAID yester-
day that he had appeared before
the trial board on four occasions,
and had each time succeeded in
working his way up again. The
fourth. however. resulted in dis
missal.
The Washington times., 1931-07-21
Soldier To Be Held
In Fatal Accident

A warrant has been issued for
Sergt. Charles Lawson, of Fort
Myer, Va. charging him with
reckless driving in connection
with the accident on the Amman
dale-RavenSworth Road Sunday
in which Corporal Abraham c..
Rauch lost his life. Lawson is
said to be the driver of the car
III which Rauch was riding at
the time.
Rauch's death was caused when
the automobile in which he was
riding skidded from the road.
He was pinned under the wreck
age and suffered a crushed skull
The Washington times., 1931-07-21
Three Cousins Wed
Father and His
Two Sons

LURAY, Va, July 21.--Three
marriages in which the three
brides are cousins and two
groomS are sons Of the third
groom, have been solemnized in
the Stanley neighborhood near
here.
The youngest bride and
groom are Miss Irene Weaver
and Clifford BloSSer. II and 10
respectively. while the bride of
Floyd Blosser, Miss Addie
Painter, is 10. Her husband
is 20.
The father of the bride
grooms. David Blosser. is so,
while his bride. Miss Edna
TaiNtar "a "a
The Washington times., 1931-07-21
Dogs Chase Game,
2AppeaL Convictions

Amanda Waters and James M.
johnson, both colored, of Cath
ersburg, Md. were each sentenced
to pay a fine of $25 and costs by
Police Court Judge Charles w.
Woodward in Rockville, when
found. guilty of allowing their
dogs to pursue game. Johnson
appealed the verdict.
They were brought into court
on the complaint Of Chief Game
Warden Carroll Waters and
Thomas Myers, assistant warden.
The Washington times., 1931-07-21
HOOUer to Address
Y World Session

President Hoover yesterday &C
cepted an invitation to speak over
the radio to the world conference
of the Young Mems Christian AS
Sociation, which opens at Cleve-
land on August 8.
The invitation was extended by
DR.. John r. Mott, of New York,
who called at the White House
for that purpose.
The Washington times., 1931-07-21
;Er-POLiCenlan Told
: To Support Children

: Former Policeman George Muir
ply of the Alexandria force. who
was arrested in Alexandria yester
day for the third time since being
dismissed from the police force
last Friday, was ordered to pay
So a week for the support of his
children by Judge Snow in the
Alexandria domestic relations
court this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-19

Delegates, who felt all possible chance
OF having the bill opposed as measure
which would overtax the industry.
should be eliminated, the quartet who
introduced the measure yesterday
agreed to cut~the area-tax provision
from l to = cent square foot a year.
Not satisfied even with this, the bill
board representatives proposed several
other changes which Miss Lavinia En-
gle, Montgomery County Delegate and
joint sponsor Of the bill, regarded as
entirely unreasonable.
One Of the suggestions, which the
proponents feel reveals an inclination 10
dictate what the Legislature shall pass
and what 1t shall not, was that ex-
lSting signs be exempted from some Of
the terms Of the measure regarding
proximity to highways for a period Of
The bill is now before the House
ways and Means Committee, which re-
Gently conducted public hearings on It.
The hearings showed that the support
ers OF the bill were, without exceptions
puollc-spirted citizens and organiza-
lions voluntarily working for the better
ment OF their State, while the opponents
were chiefly men engaged i'm the bill
board business and interested in con-
tinuing to pile up private profits at
public inconvenience.