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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
BANK RECEIVER CHOSEN
LAGRANGE Attorney VIII Close Tn
Trust Company Affairs.
BIZ UHitcd Press


LAGRANGE, Ind, Nov. 81
Frank Dunten, Lagrange attorney,
was named receiver for the defunct
Lagrange County Trust Company
by Judge Clyde Carlin here Friday.
E. O. Grady, former president of
the institution, had been liquidat-
ing agent since the bank was closed.
Judge Carlin said Dunten was
named to the post because of his
efficient work as receiver for other
banks.
Rollo N. Walter, state senator, in
dicted on embezzlement charges fol-
lowing closing of the bank, is ex-
pected to go on trial Dec. Is. B. S.
Walter, vice-president of the insti-
tuition, and Grady are accused in
similar indictments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Prisoners Questioned

d. IIWto NpttIut
MISHAWAKA, Ind, Nov. 2l.-
Two Kalamazoo CNlich) men ar
rested here on charges of carry
ing concealed weapons and vehicle
theft, are being questioned in con-
nection with series Of holdups and
robberies in the vicinity of South
Bend and Mishawaka. They are
Joseph Dudley and Jerry Heyden-
berk.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Town Decision Scheduled
; 81 Times Special

; By Times SpecidI
PLYMOUTH, Ind, Nov. 21--
Whether Argos town officials will he
able to proceed with expenditure Of
$4,000 for public Improvements was
to be decided here today by Circuit
Judge Albert B. Chapman, ruling on
William Foker's suit to restrain Of
f1cials from spending the money.
Foker seeks an injunction to halt
the officials from spending the
money, a surplus fund. to build an
addition to the electric plant
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Linuor Brings Penalty

BIZ Times Special
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Nov. al
Miss Helen Young, q, operator of
a liquor establishment, was fined
$3.50 and costs and sentenced to
serve three months at the Indiana
woman'S prison when she was found
guilty in city court of possession of
liquor. She appealed to circuit
court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Train Day
SerVeSOnce
Active Line
By Times special

By Times Special
VINCENNES Ind, Nov. 21.-
Only one freight train a day is
being run over the st. Frances
ville-Vincennes division of the
Big Four railroad which once
carried three passenger trains
daily, and for a short time four
were run, all with good patron
age.
Back in the days when pas
senger traffic was profitable,
fishermen would bargain with
the engineer to stop the train at
favorable places for angling and
to stop again and pick them up
on the return trip. Engineers
were often rewarded with fish
for this extra service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
WELDING TO BE TOPIC
Annual Conference to Be Held at
Purdue Dec. 10 and IL.
By Times Special

~ lW6S special
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Nov. 21.-The
annual state welding conference will
be held at Purdue university Dec. 10
and II, it Is announced by Professor
w. A. Knapp, assistant director of
the engineering extension depart
ment of the university.
The conference will include lee
lures and demonstrations of weld
ing with electricity and gas. Weld
ing with ordinary city gas is a new
development recently perfected at
Purdue, after much experimental
work.
The course is designed especially
for men who are actually doing
welding in commercial plants of the
state, and Tor factory officials who
have welders working under their
direction. The conference usually
draws from $50 to 200 persons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Staying CANCELS TRIP
Two KOkOmO Men Planned to Hunt
With A. L. CulbcrtsOn.

By Times SpcciGt
KOKOMO, Ind, Nov. PA. L.
Culbertson, slain at his home in
Mt. Lebanon, Pa, is a brother of
George Culbertson, former chemist
at the Kokomo plant of the Pitts
burgh Plate Glass Company. The
widow of the slain man is being
held on recommendation Of cor
oner's jury.
John Delaplane and Mark Fall
vey Of Kokomo had planned hunt
ing trip with the Culbertsons this
week, and had started east to keep
the engagement when they learned
of the tragedy at Mt. Vernon, o.,
where George Culbertson now re-
sides.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Bishop Honored

bU ItWcS NpCclut
FIT. WAYNE, Ind, Nov. I'll
Bishop John F. Noll of the Fl.
Wayne diocese has been elected
member of the administrative COM
mittee of the National Catholic We'll
fare Council.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Latest AbandonmentS in
State Remove All Other
COMPANIES.

insult and his Indiana railroad
now are alone in the field as In
diana interurban operators.
For the public service commission
has authorized the indianapolis &
Southeastern to discontinue its in
terurban service by midnight,
Dec. 81.
The road operates two branches,
and was the only line entering the
Traction Terminal in Indianapolis
that wasn't Insull-owned. One
branch goes to Greensburg, through
Shelbyville, and the other to Con-
nersville.
Petitions of the company to i'm
augurate bus service over these
routes are pending before the COM
mission.
Opposed by Greenfield
A total of 146 miles of interurban
service was ordered abandoned by
the commissioners at conference
Friday afternoon.
In addition to the indianapolis
& Southeastern lines, the commits
sioners voted to permit the T. H,
I. & E., now part of the insult Sys-
tenn, to suspend service from IN
dianapoliS to Dunreith.
This move vigorously was opposed
by the city of Greenfield, which will
be without interurban service.
Original petition was for abandon
ment of the line from indianapolis,
through Greenfield to Richmond.
But upon a letter of suggestion
from the commission the insult in
terests concocted a scheme to oper-
ate over the line through Newcastle
and on to Richmond, causing the
abandonment to apply only to the
route as far as Dunreith.
Commissioner Jere West wrote
the Dunreith abandonment order
and Commissioner Frank Singleton
the indianapolis & Southeastern.
The order written by Commits
sioner Howell Ellis and banning use
of the therm system of measure
ment for gas utilities was adopted
unanimously. Commissioner Single
ton wrote a separate opinion, how
ever, in which he set forth his views
regarding use of the therm.
Cubic Foot Plan Stands
Both orders admit that it is
scientifically correct, but criticise
the method used by the utilities in
forcing it on clients and crowding
out the more easily understood cubic
foot system of gas measurement.
The cubic foot system alone will
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
TRAGEDY HALTS PARTY
WITH THIRTEEN GUESTS
Automobile Crash Ends Life of
South Bend Woman.

By United Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Nov. I'll
Thirteen guests were invited by
Mrs. Paul Burke-Berry 70 her sons
birthday party.
After twelve OF the guests had
arrived, the thirteenth, Daniel
Downey, 7, telephoned to say that
he had no way to come. Mrs.
Burke-Berry drove after him.
En- route to the party, Mrs.
Burke-Berry was killed in an auto
mobile crash and the thirteenth
guest suffered a skull fracture
which probably will prove fatal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Auto Buyer Acquitted

BIZ Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind. Nov. 21.-John
Forgeson, 20, was acquitted of pur-
chasing a stolen automobile by Cir
cult Judge Charles S. Baker. A
new sedan, said to have been stolen
by Robert Woodruff from Clarence
Walker of Sheridan. Forgeson was
alleged to have bought it for SIS.
Forgeson testified that he purchased
the car from Woodruff, paying 81
down on March 7, and was to have
paid the remainder when the car
was delivered to him. He denied
knowing the car was stolen. Wood
rull is serving a term in the IN
diana reformatory for vehicle TAX
ing. He was brought here for the
trial and testified for the state, say
ing that he told Forgeson that the
sedan was a hot car"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
SUICIDES COMPANION
DENIES Staying GUILT
South Bend Prisoner Asserts He
Was en- Pleasure Ride.

Was en- Pleasure Ride.
By Times Special
SOUTH BEND. Ind, Nov. 21.--
Stanley StaszewskI. 81, continues 10
deny guilt in the Staying of Emery
Bokor, 80, a grocer. which was fol-
lowed by the suicide in Jail here of
Joseph Jonas, 80, arrested with
Staszewski.
Jonas hanged himself with his
belt. He too maintained his limo
cence, but Police Chief John B.
Kuespert says conclusive case
could have been made against him
StaszewSkI asserts he was taking
Jonas for a pleasure ride in his au-
tomobile. Robbery was the motive
for Staying the grocer who had
81 200 on his person shortly before
his death, but had banked it.
Near the body of Jonas nots
was found absolving the other man
of any connection with the crime.
The suicide, described as a destitute
bootlegger, directed that his debts
be paid from insurance money.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
CONVICT PLANS
ANOTHER FIGHT
FOR FREEDOM
u. S. Circuit Court of
Appeals May Get Case of
Francis Murphy.
BIZ Times Special

~ Afmc8 special
ROCKVILLE, Ind, Nov. I'll
Francis Murphy, 'Terre Haute, seek
Ing release. from the Indiana state
prison, to which he was sentenced
in Parke circuit court here as a re-
suit of robbing the Bridgeton State
bank seven years ago, may carry his
tight to the United States circuit
court Of appeals at Chicago.
The case is one without parallel
in the history of Indiana jurispru-
oence as Murphy made practically
no defense at his trial and did not
open his fight to be liberated until
about three years ago when John K.
stephenson, cashier of the bank,
died.
Convict Makes Statement
About the same time AL House.
serving f1fty-year term in the
Florida state prison, signed a state
ment in which he absolved Murphy
OF blame for the Bridgeton robbery,
claiming he and two other men,
also Florida convicts, were guilty.
Authorities said after an investi-
cation they learned the two men
mentioned by House were not in
Indiana at the time the crime was
committed.
On the strength of the House
statement, counsel for Murphy asked
for a new trial in circuit court here
and their motion was granted. De-
tense counsel later filed a motion
IN Vigo superior court at Terre
Haute asking that Murphy be adj
mitted to bail.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Action Forbidden

Counsel for the Indiana Bankers
Association succeeded in obtaining
a writ of prohibition from the In
diana supreme court forbidding
three judges from entertaining a
motion for admission to bail.
The next move Of defense attor-
neys was to petition the federal
court for northern Indiana for a
writ of habeas corpus This was
denied, and now the attorneys are
planning action in the appeals
court
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
CLUB REFLECTS
MRS. JOHNSON

The Minnesota State Society at
its annual election meeting at the
Willard Hotel last night, re.
elected Mrs. Bede johnson, presi-
dent for the sixth successive
term.
Those elected vice-presidents
we're: United States Attorney
William D. Mitchell, William F.
Shilling, of the Federal Farm
Board; Charles Hoyt March, Fed
eral Trade Commissioner; Secre-
tary to the President. Walter H.
Newton: Arch Coleman, First AS
sistant Postmaster General; AS
Sistant Attorney General G.
Aaron Youngquist; James M. Do
ran, Commissioner of Industrial
Alcohol Permits: Associate JUS
tice of the United States Supreme
CouNS. Pierce Butler; Summer
TrusSel. of the Board of Tax APP
peals; Senator Henrik ShipStead.
and Senator Thomas Schall.
o. w. Menk was elected treas
urer: Mrs. Rutland Beard, cor
responding secretary; A. F. White.
financial secretary: Mrs. w. H.
Hunter, recording secretary; and
William MOrrell, historian.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
Her Rich COntralto
Earns Freedom
From Jail

A deep contralto voice scared
through the bars of the Prince
Georges county jail at Upper
Marlboro, yesterday.
Loiterers along the main street
followed the voice until they
arrived at the gates Of the
little lookup" Lillian Frank
lin. colored. was singing from
the women'S detention room on
the second floor.
She sang old spirituals. plan
tation songs, lullabieS. A spell
apparently overcame Marlboro's
colored folk, who stood outside
to listen.
Late last night some Of them
went back to hear again. They
were disappointed. Four Of
their number, who had listened
earlier in the day had sub
scribe funds enough for Lii
lian's release.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
FLIERS OPPOSE TALL SHAFTS

If further investigation shows
that the erection of two 2OO-foot
memorial shafts on Columbia
Island would endanger planes
using the Westinghouse
Airport, the plans for their con.
struction will probably be
changed, Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant
informed the Washington Board
of Trade and the Department of
Commerce.
Design for the memorials has
not yet been selected by the Fine
Arts Commission and aviation
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
ZiOnists to Meet
Here October 23

Jewish leaders in Maryland, Vir-
GINA, North and South Carolina
and the District of Columbia have
been invited by Rabbi Edward l..
Israel, president of the Seaboard
Zionist Region. to attend a con-
ference of Regional Zionists here
Sunday, october IS.
A dinner will be given in honor
of the delegates at the jewish
Community Center, where ses-
sions Of the one-day conference
will be held.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
Boy Freed by Squad
As Pine TrnDS Foot

Three-year-old James Baer, OF
1905 Monroe st. N. W., will be
careful in the future where he
plays.
Late yesterday James was with
a group of children playing near
his home when his foot was caught
in a water pipe on a lawn.
Members of his family tried to
free him, but their efforts we're Of
no avail. The fire rescue squad
was called and succeeded in ex-
Treating James foot.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01
German Actress
WedS y. s. Banker

HOLLYWOOD. Calf, Oct. /
UNS0.-Lena Malena, 22-year-
old German motion picture
actress, and Wilmer Anderson.
Beverly Hills banker. were today
en- route to Lake Tahoe for A
honeymoon.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01

spokesman will take the matter
UP with that body later.
Colonel Grant is inclined tc
minimize apprehension regarding
the Navy-Marine Memorial on the
island. He said this shaft would
be only As feet above the Potomac
lcw.water line, a height surpassed
by trees, poles and other obstacles
in the vicinity.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01

TUNE TN-The Lucky
StrikeDdnce Orchestra,
every Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday evening OVer
n. B. c. networks.
The Washington times., 1931-10-01

Travel economically in one of the
good used cars advertised for sale to-
day in the Classified Section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
WOMAN IS SOUGHT
IN MORROW DEATH
Officer Seen With Companion
Night Before Body Was
Found in Ravine.

A woman, known only as Sugar, "
is being sought as the possible key to
the mystery surrounding the death of
Policeman Raymond M. Morrow. %,
it was revealed today by testimony
heard by a coroner's jury.
Morrow. whose body was found Sat-
urday under the Sixteenth Street Bridge
over Piney Branch, near his home at
l445 Spring road, was seen with On
attractive brunette late Friday-~nfght,
it was brought out at..the inquest,
which began at Akss0 O'Clock this
morning.
Tells Of Woman.
Hainer Hipsf1aw. 1921 Seventeenth
street, VICE president OF American Air
ways, testified the woman was with
Morrow when the oficer left his apart
ment about 1880 o'clock the night be-
tore his body was found. Morrow
patrolled the beat where Hainshaw
lived. Hinshaw said he had visited
his apartment several times.
Morrow came to my apartment just
as I was about to go out for dinner"
Hinshaw related. Complaining of the
heat, he asked permission to take a
shower. 1 consented. He had nearly
a quart OF gin and seemed % be some
what intoxicated.
When he left, he asked me to call
him If q. I heard an automobile blow
three times. 1 heard the horn a short
time later, and, leaning from a window
of my third floor apartment, saw the
policeman a few doors down the street.
I called him and he walked across the
street to a parked car. There was a
woman at the wheel"
Morrow Returns.
A few minutes later, Hinshaw con-
tinued, Morrow, accompanied by the
woman, reappeared in the apartment.
The officer, the witness said, stayed
only long enough to pocket his bottle,
which still contained about a pint of
gin. Il had never seen the woman
before" Hinshaw declared but I
heard Morrow call her Sugar"
AS the couple left, Hinshaw said. he
heard Morrow ask the woman if he
could spend the night at her home.
but she refused. Earlier in the eve
ming, Hinshaw concluded, the police
man told him he had arranged to
leave for California the following day
because he was tired of working"
With more than 25 witnesses sum-
moned, the inquest, presided over by
Coroner ]. Ramsey hewitt, is expected
to continue through tomorrow. Sew
eral witnesses, all proprietors of bust
ness establishments in the vicinity of
Seventeenth and L streets, testified they
saw Morrow Friday night and he was
under the influence of liquor. One OF
them, Morris Hickman, owner OF a
grocery store at 1881 Seventeenth
street. said the officer bought several
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15

the sidelines with some fear and trepi-
dalton, the majority of the drivers
turned the corners like they had been
used to the inside left turn for months.
In fact. the change went into effect
so smoothly Maj. Henry G. Pratt was
inspired to prophesy marked improve
ment in traffic conditions.
Most of our traffic problems will be
solved by the new turn as soon as we
educate motorists to give right OF way
to turning traffic" he declared. That
is our chief remaining problem"
William A. Van DuZer, director OF
traffic, also was pleased over the marked
effect the change in turns had on the
movement of traffic. Throughout the
downtown section, he said. he observed
the absence of the usual congestion
which accompanies the morning rush
hour, and he expected traffic to move
just as smoothly when the afternoon
traffic Is at its peak.
The regular force OF 80 policemen
assigned to traffic duty was augmented
this morning by SO extra officers sta
toned at important intersections to in
struct drivers in the new regulations
Police precinct commanders throughout
CONTINUED on Page 3, Column 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
HOOVER TRADE FARLEY
SUGGESTION is DENIED
Theodore G. Joslin Brands London
Report of Consideration as
Erroneous.

The White House today officially de-
MED printed report in a London news
paper that President Hoover is consid-
efing a proposal to call world con-
ference to deal with the international
crisis in world trade.
The announcement from the White
House branding this report as erroneous
was issued by Theodore 6. Joslin, sec
rotary to the President.
Mr.. Joslin said. Gable dispatches set
forth that the London Daily Herald has
announced that President Hoover is
considering a proposal to call a world
conference to deal with world trade
The announcement is erroneous. The
facts are these The Herald telephoned
the White House yesterday, asking that
the President comment on its editorial
advocating such a conference. I said
that there was no comment to be made
here. The Herald asked if the editorial
would be considered. I replied that If
the American press carried the editorial
1T would be read. That was the extent
Of the telephone conversation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
RICHIE OPPOSES
us. OWNERSHIP OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES
"WouId Make us Political
Slaves of Government"
He Tells Lawyers.
BY the Associated Press.

oy JIlc ASSOCldteC FIeSS,
ATLANTIC CITY, September IS
Government ownership Of public utili-
ties was opposed today by Gov. Richie
of Maryland.
The Maryland chief executive, who
has been mentioned frequently as a
possible Democratic presidential nomi-
nee in 1882, said Government operation
would make us political slaves Of the
Federal Government"
Addressing the section Of public
utility law of the American Bar Asso-
citation, Gov Richie favored State reg
ulation of utilities.
II am for the irreducible minimum
of legislative interference in every field
Of human effort, including the public
utilities" he said. In this era Of tri-
umphant industrialism all of us recog-
nize that the possibilities and actuali-
ties of special privileges, of injustice
and of exploitation are so great that
some adequate system of checks and
balances must be supplied. But why
look ony to government to supply 1t?
Sees More Harm Than Good.
Governmental interference in hui
man affairs means an excess Of power
1t means bureaucratic Capitalization,
and sterilization and undue impairment
of individual rights and liberties.
Should We not then try to make pub
lie opinion operate upon industry di-
rect? Indeed, may we not expect
industry itself, for its own security and
in the hope of its own salvation, If for
no other reasons. to work out self
governing ways of eliminating any ills
and injustices which not only the pub
lie but enlightened business itself
should not tolerate?
Personally have faith in this ex-
pectation."
Saying he knew of "no'question which
is being more confused by politics, -
Richie added THAT I'VE ought not to
regard this Utility and power question
as a legitimate political issue in any
partisan sense"
Economic Issue, He Declared.
- 1.-THE subject is one for the best
brains of the land, regardless of party
he said.
ut is true that the manufacture of
political issues has become something
of national. industry, but I am as
strong for politics in a partisan sense
keeping out of the utilities as I am in
the utilities keeping out of politics.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
SELF-RULE DEMAND
IS MADE BY GANDH|
IN STIRRING SPEECH
Calls for Right to End Part
nership of Britain and India
at Any Time.
3Y the Associated Press.


LONDON, September 15.-1n the
soft, deliberate voice which America
heard over the radio on Sunday. Ma
hatma Gandhi today presented to the
Federal Structures Committee of the
Indian Round table Conference his de-
mand for home rule and self -determin-
alton in India.
Speaking for that teeming mass
which he has characterized as india S
dumb millions" he declared he had
come to London in spirit of cooper
alton and that he was determined to
strive to the utmost for an agreement.
If at any time he finds that he is
not serving a useful purpose, he said,
he will withdraw from the conference.
At this high point of his career, in
what was perhaps the most important
speech he has made, he demanded COM
plete self government for India and
granting of all the other conditions
enumerated in the Karachi mandate
given him by the Nationalist of India.
Asks Right to End Partnership.
India, he said, is willing to remain
a partner in the British Empire, but
that partnership must be such that 1t
may be terminated at the will of either
party.
IF God wills" he said, cit will be a
permanent partnership, but at the same
time the right to terminate the as
ISOLATION will constitute real test OF
the equality of position enjoyed by both
partners"
The rest of the delegates sat in ST.
Ience while this frail person, who looked
like a medieval crusader in his white
robes, developed his case point by point
rising at times to an eloquence which
seemed to surprise even his own ad-
herentS.
Reads Karachi Mandate.
"At first I hesitated to press midas
case at a time when England herself
is faced with such grave domestic prob
LENS" he said, but those very problems
may have a special Importance in 3a-
justing the settlement of the 1pd1an
question, because if two great countries
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