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shooting, OF CAR AND
HOLD-UPS LAID To SUSPECT
BRENNAN HUBBARD, 10, OF
CAMBRIDGE IS IDENTIFIED
He Escaped After An Unsuccessful
Attempt to Rob a Preston, Md,
GrOcer-Wanted for Crimes

A wave of banditry in nearby
Maryland that was marked Satur-
day night week ago by the shoot
ing of Manville Arnie, 35, Preston
grocer, during an unsuccessful at
tempt to rob him, ended early Fri
day in the arrest of Brennan Hub
bard, 10, of Cambridge, at Aber-
deem. During the night and early
morning Hubbard isalso charged
with holding up two women, TAX
ing their automobile, their money
and jewelry, robbing a filing sta
ton, and then holding up employees
of a spaghetti house near Elkton.
When Hubbard was formally ar
raigned on a charge of highway
robbery before Magistrate T. c.
Douglass at Preston Friday,
States Attorney James McCallist-
er, of Caroline county, claimed
precedence, saying that Hubbard
should first be arraigned in that
county. Accordingly the hearing
was adjourned and Hubbard was
taken to Cambridge where he is
to be arraigned later. At the brief
hearing in Preston it was learned
that the wrecked car abandoned
by Hubbard near Preston, had been
stolen from Richard Linthicum, of
Cambridge. In addition, he will be
charged with a recent series of
grocery store robberies and hold
ups in Maryland. He was captur-
ed at Aberdeen, Md, in an auto
mobile belonging to Mrs. Lola E.
Cole, of Baltimore. Mrs. Cole,
State president of the Women's
Benefit Association, and Mrs. An
nette Jones, Baltimore, supreme
representative of that organization
were held up late Saturday night
as they were driving from Cam
bridge, where they had conducted
a meeting Saturday to Easton.
Mrs. Cole, who was driving, said
she stopped her car in a lonely
spot near Elwood when she noticed
a wrecked car in a ditch on the
side of the road. Her offer Of as
sistance, she said, was met by q
curt command from an unmasked
bandit, later identified by Mrs.
Cole as Hubbard, tn stick EN- up.
Headed For Baltimore
Mrs. Cole, who was carrying the
money for both women, gave the
bandit 81 but this apparently did
not satisfy him. Ordering the
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'FIGFDSS. .t!I;,l ROLL CALL II,
A Il lI IRN|STICE DAY
,rnGE HUGH M.MoK-
p '"I,y !. OF CAMPAIGN
socks 70 Mus
p nfa largest Membership
n F.d for Many Years

| l, oo1l Of the Della
nnuai ~. : ~ American Red
apter y O.4s,,o,,rated Armis-
Il DC -, an he continued un-
Day orsirman : r NJ
|HrgS N Morris No r. f5a-l f5s cam an. !
Isai5man aaT and he is appoint, olnI.
al. .averaI n,pr subcommittee
4 and members, So Co. 'i1 the ;
e well under r, way .as ircrsas- ID- as
By virtue Of the inSl iTaTir T@5 :.
Esns in relieving suiaTi .IaTica9 -a9
IL past year the Amert'4r met 70
f. y. largest membership It
ias ass ls,T for many years. The
Ei'u uin be recorded by the
os- os one of its most sig
p Ssriods 10 for several reas-
: wear wear found the society
= successful completion
~ - npace-time assignment
L.. tbe drought relief pro
T4' !. found more volunteer
!. giving their full time for
! brought victims through
| Cross than during any
n.riod in the last decade.
| beginning in this country
/ ago, the Red Cross has
more than 1,1OO disasters
prk is conducted in addition
'cther Red Cross services ail
4 and life saving, nutrition
health nursing, home ny
Id care Of the sick, service
rans and service men, for
\ insular operations ana
Red Cross work, all showed
| strides during the last
ssides the drought 81 other
| visited the country dur
|twelve-month period spead-
truction over 81 States All
added to the increased de-
upOn the society. The
N Red Cross came into be-
the night Of May p, 1881.
IN that date that Miss
,arton, famous for her vol
relief work on the battle
the Civil War, called to-
a group Of distinguished
d women in her home in
gton, to organize the so-
During that gathering the
atoms first constitution
application for the District
rnbia charter were signed.
Brton was selected as the
esident and served in that
for % years. The Amer
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DocKetbOOk from which ne took $50
and some jewelry. Then, continu-
ing to brandish his guns, the ban
dit climbed into the back seat and
ordered Mrs. Cole to head for Bal
timore AS the car neared Preston
he told the two women to get out
of the car. Leaping into the driv-
er's seat he sped down the road.
Later the youths, Harry Carroll
and Roland Lane, of Preston,
brought the women to that town
where they reported the holdup to
County officer Philip Wright.
Wright Immediately flashed a de-
scription of the stolen car to police
of nearby towns. At filling sta
tion along the road, near Church
Hill, it was learned that the same
youth had held up the proprietor
and robbed the place of gasoline.
Just outside of Elkton at $50 A.
NJ, William D. Allison and Albert
Cisale were preparing to close the
spaghetti house where they are
employed when a stranger entered
ard demanded a cup of coffee. The
man, later identified as Hubbard,
then fiourished his guns and pro
ceeded to clean out the spaghetti
house till. This robbery netted
him only S6. After Hubbard had
backed out of the door, his guns
trained on the two men, Allison
grabbed revolver and fired shot
from the road at the speeding au-
tomobile.
Exhausted BY Long Chase
Exhausted from a chase by the
State and county police of more
than 100 miles in the driving rain,
the youth was unable to offer re-
sistance, and he was easily taken
into custody. The officers sur
rounded his car, aroused him from
a half sleep, and took him back to
Preston, where he was identified
by several persons, among whom
was Arnie. The youths capture
was made by Wright, with State
Police officers Jefferson and Ray,
who Joined him at Elkton. When
he was arrested he showed sur
prise, but was forced to surrender.
Police took him Immediately to
Armies store and both Arnie and
his wife identified Hubbard as the
youth who shot him. They recog-
nized a handkerchief which he had
over his face readily, it was said,
as it was the same one which he
wore when he attempted to rob
Arnie The prisoner was also TAX
en- before Bradford Conley, who
was robbed about week ago Con-
ley and Mrs. Conley also identified
him, as did a minister, who was
at the Conley store at the time of
tie robbery. 1t is said that he is
the same man who robbed several
chain grocery stores at Cambridge
within the past few weeks. Coun-
ty Officer Wright has been work
ing on the Arnie robbery case since
last Saturday, and in the mean
while has found several other rob
berries with which Hubbard is said
to be connected. He has been held
under S11 800 bail for court.
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Unusual Tree, Ceddr Brook Farm

In keeping with other strange
phenomena of this freakish season,
there is a pear tree on Cedar Brook
Fruit Farm, near Smyrna, the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. George Car
ter, which is loaded with fruit on
one side and is in full bloom on
the other. A similar occurrence
has been reported on a farm in
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will reside in Bellevue after a wed.
ding trip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-24
A SneciaI Session

just why any should object, on the ground
OF expense, to special session Of the legislature
demanded by the organized farmers and the organ
lied workers is understandable only to those whose
chief effort in life is to dodge taxes.
The expense would be comparatively slight COM
pared to the benefits, If the members really de-
termined to give relief to citizens who find the path
too hard during these days.
The farmers want taxes placed on a more equi-
table basis. So do those who have their fortunes in
vested in rental properties in cities They too know
that land can not bear the whole burden Of govern
ment when wealth has taken on many other forms.
That the same members of the legislature who
would meet again. in special session. refused to pass
remedial legislation at the regular session is not con-
elusive evidence that they would not be open to
conviction now.
The strong lobby of wealth that prevented the
passage Of income tax law would probably be less
powerful as new election approaches.
While tax legislation would be the chief aim of
such session, the people might also demand some
relief from the present system Of utility regulation
which could the people many times the cost
OF such session.
Regulation of holding companies, a proposal that
quickly suited by the utility lobby at the regular
session, might help determine the question as to
whether the state will control utilities the utilities
keep controlling the state.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-24
viii the Red Cross Help?

The American Red Cross should help in the job
of feeding the suffering miners families in the soft
coal regions and in general unemployment relief.
From its annual report, we learn that the Red
Cross has set aside war chest of 100000 from its
special reserve for disaster relief. BY vote of its
board of trustees last April, this $4000000 may be
drawn upon only lin the event of a war involving
the United States"
Evidently the Red Cross is betting to 2h upon
Mars, as against nature, for it has placed only
$2,5OOOOO in its revolving fund for disaster relief.
In either case the soft coal miners families qualify
for some of the relief If their suffering is not trace
able to an act of Cod then it might qualify under
the category of war.
Why, one may well ask should the Red Cross
hoard against a hypothetical war when an actual
one is being waged in our midst? War In the coal
fields of Harlan county, Kentucky certainly is real
1t has it's gunner and spies, its shooting OF war
correspondents and attempted censorship OF Such
writers as Theodore Dresser John Dos Passos and
the rest And throughout the soft coal states may
be found wars wake of hunger, as stark IN many
cases as any left by an invading army.
Community chests do not reach these stricken
regions Local communities are too poor to care for
them The states are taxed to the limit for care OF
their city iobless. Kindly Quakers giving scent
meals to the children, but otherwise RELIEF IS lacking
or hopelessly inadequate
Last autumn the Red Cross changed its policy to
permit feeding the drought sufferers This autumn
the call is equally urgent from the coal fields
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-24
The Railway Wage

Reaching out with one hand for the $125,OOO Of
fered in increased freight rates by the interstate
commerce commission, the railroads now grasp
ing with the other hand for 10 per cent of the
paid their workers
modest, tentative feeling of optimism about
business is evident. There is quicker way to end
this than for railroads to reduce wages and thus
cut down severely the purchasing power of than
a million and half men.
Railroad bankers along with Others have been
clamoring against boarding If these financiers in
sist on arrangements reducing pay scales they only
viii mplant fear in the persons they coaxing to
be courageous.
Railroad dividends have not yet shared the bur-
dens Of this depression to the degree of hundreds of
thousands Of railway workers who have been laid
of The carriers have asked their workers to accept
.vountary" 10 per cent wage cut The workers have
Sefused because the companies viii not promise TO
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-24
If America Were Japan

A Japanese petty officer was killed one day IN
Manchuria. The Japanese government said the Chi
nese did it. The Chinese said they did not. Japan
started a war over the incidental least that was the
first excuse given by the Toxic government for sweep
ing across Manchuria with her armies.
At about the same time two Mexican youths were
killed in the United States There was do doubt ABOUT
who did it.. Two American deputy sher1ns ola the
shooting Unlike the Japanese petty officer, the Mex
leans were not obscure persons but one was relative
of the president of Mexico Unlike the japanese Of
fcer who was hostile to the Chinese population the
Mexican boys were completely innocent of any antog-
onsm to America
An American court has acquitted the Americans
of murder charges. Feeling in Mexico against the
United States is running high. There are demonstra-
tcns in Mexico against us just there were demon
strations in Japan against China.
japan would not think Mexico justified in starting
a war against the United States over those killings.
The United States does not think Japan is justified
in starting a war over the Manchurian killing.
Perhaps If Japan will consider this Mexican
American case it may give her enough perspective TO
see herself as the world sees her.
The chinese broke their treaty pledges to Japan
20 japan SAYS Therefore, Japan is fighting war
AGAINST China to preserve the sanctty of treaties.
That at least is the latest given by the Toxic
government for the military invasion Of Chinese ter
ritory.
Japan is breaking her treaty pledges to the United
States and to other nations Japan is violating the
League of Nations covenant and the (American) nine
power treaty and the (Hmercan) Kellogg pact.
If Japan has right to invade China for break
ing treaty the United States and other nations have
an equal right to invade Japan bomb Japanese cities.
overthrow japanese governments, kill thousands OF
Japanese citizens, for breaking treaty.
Mould
sonable to Japan. 1t would be unreasonable-so I'M
reasonable that neither the League OF Nations nor the
United States are planning such military invasion.
Perhaps If Japan will consider this case of broken
treaties it may give her enough perspective to see
herself as others see her.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-24

.T NEVER expected to find the
4 Daily Worker and the New York
Evening Post standing shoulder to
shoulder in an editorial opinion. But
at last this brotherhood between the
official Communist paper and a
journal of decided Republican lean
ings has been brought about through
the medium of Mayor Walker and
the Mooney case.
Both organs denounce Jimmy
Walker for his announced intention
of pleading the cause of Tom
Mooney in California.
There is, perhaps, a little more
logic in the position of the Post, for
it still insists that Mooney is guilty,
in spite of all recent evidence which
indicates frameup. In other words,
the Post quite possibly is motivated
by a fear that Mayor Walker may
succeed in his mission.
The Daily Worker long has main
tanned the innocence of the labor
leader and has been instrumental
in promoting mass meetings to pro-
test against his imprisonment.
But the tie which binds the rad
ical and the reactionary papers is
perhaps at bottom founded in a
common apprehension. Thus we find
the Daily Worker declaring, more
than ever the working class must in
crease its struggle to free Mooney
and to expose the latest trickery of
such capitalist politicians as Walker
and Walsh, who are attempting to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-24
Sounds Reasonable

A CCORDING to Clarence S.
"A Stein, former chairman of the
New York commission on housing
and regional planning, the great
city is passing, slowly by surely.
Civilization of the present day."
says Mr.. Stein, sis moving beyond
the cities, because they are an an
tique and WORKOUT machine. Econ
omically, they are unSound and
eventually disappear. The growing
cost of government is followed by a
chain of disadvantages which in
clude increased taxes, higher rents
and the greater cost of subway
maintenance"
It sounds reasonable, and people
might react to it in a logical way,
if there were any such thing as
logic in human progress.
Most of us would rather be poor
and uncomfortable with the crowd
than comfortable, if not rich alone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-24

use the saving ito increase employment or even to
stabilize existing employment"
Before some Of the great industrial corporations
cut wages last summer, we heard the big bankers
argue that liquidation" of wages was the thing
that would restore property. They said that labor
must suffer along with capital. Since then some of
these corporations have resumed payments of their
regular dividends out of pay roll savings but none
has increased wages.
The interstate commerce commission whose abiI-
ity, honesty and sincerity make it one of the out
standing government bureaus, has told the country
that the freight rate increases it offered the car
riers will be enough with efficient management
1t will mean that the producers and consumers
will pay from $12OOoOOoO to $125O00O0O to keep the
credit Of the railroads intact The carriers have
indicated willingness to accept this although they
still are at odds with the commission on the admin
istration of the pool into which these funds will
CO. The final effort to straighten out this difference
Will be made before the commission Saturday
If, now, the railroads in addition obtain 10
per cent wage reduction to create profits instead of
more employment they will be threatening this
country with an even longer depression
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-24
Drums Solve Problem

IN his first experiments, DIR. Ber-
l. gius tried passing hydrogen un-
der high pressure into coal which
was heated to a high temperature
in great steel drums. The great
heat, however, changed the coal
into coke and the experiment failed.
After further research, he hit up
on a process which worked. In it
the coal is ground to a powder and
mixed with small amout Of heavy
oil.
This mixture is pumped into great
steel drums with pressure of 5000
pounds to the square inch.
DR.. Bergius found that the tenn
perature control was extremely i'm
portant. The reaction between the
coal and hydrogen began at tenn
perature of 300 degrees. centigrade,
and ended at one Of $50 degrees.
Not only did the hyrogen go into
combination with the coal, but
heavier ocarbons were
cracked" or split up into lighter
ones during the process.
A ton of coal produced forty-f1ve
gallons of gasoline, in addition to
a still larger amount Of heavy fuel
oil suitable for Diesel engines, still
heavier fuel and lubricating oils
and some ammonia and carbonic
acid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-24
DEsTROYERs SINK SUB


ION Nov. "A, 1917, two United
~ States destroyers, the Fan
ming and the Nicholson, sank a
German submarine, but rescued all
its crew.
The periscope of the submarine
was sighted by Coxswain David D.
LOOMS, lookout on the Tanning.
The Tanning Immediately made
for the spot where the periscope
had been signed and dropped a
depth charge.
The Nicholson speeded up to the
spot, noticing that the submarine
was heading for a merchant ship
in the convoy.
The submarine came to the sur
face between the Nicholson and
the convoy, and the Nicholson
opened fire with her stern gun.
Then the Tanning opened fire with
her bow gun.
The crew of the submarine came
on its deck, holding up hands.
Presently the submarine sank, and
all the crew swan to the Tanning
and were picked up.
On this date the American steam
er Actaeon was sunk by a sub
marine. Two members of the armed
guard were killed and two we're
reported missing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-24
The Other Side

HOTELMAN JOHN F. DESCH-
4 4 NER of Worcester, Mass, has
invented a mechanical waiter. 1t
is dumb, and it comes up through
the floor, appearing in the center
of the table. You summon it by
dropping your order in a slot, which
rings a bell, or turns on light in
the kitchen below.
When the cook has put the de-
sired dishes on it and pressed a
button, it rises. When you have
taken the dishes, you press another
button, and down it goes. 1t asks
for no tips, which is supposed to
be its great advantage.
Accidentally, every one is op-
posed to tipping, and inclined to
favor any innovation or substitute
which would do away with it, but
when the poor human walters are
replaced by machines, if they ever
are, where will they find work, and
who will support them if they don't?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-24
He Can Be Heard

THERE can be no denial that
l. Jimmy Walker is likely to be
an effective advocate. Governor
Rolph and he are close friends. And
the California executive is more
likely to listen to the plea of a Tam
many mayor than to give close heed
to Communist exhortations or the
arguments of other radical groups.
The words of liberals also have
fallen upon deaf ears. 1t would be
somewhat ironical if the case is
eventually to be decided by a sort OF
oh-be-a-good-fellow approach.
I grant that extremely belated
Justice ought to be based upon the
facts, and the facts alone.
And I will admit that we'll
founded criticism OF city manage
ment should not be tempered sim
ply because the mayor now offers to
assume a crusading role in a far
distant state. There are many adj
mirahle things which James Joseph
Walker could do right here to i'm
prove the course Of even-handed
Justice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-24
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

A LBERT JAY MOCK, in a current Issue of tbe
4 n Atlantic Monthly, addresses timely "Word Il
Women" A0 ~
Now that we have so much purchasing power he
sees the feminist in error when she encourages women
70 DO only the things that men are doing For Mr.
Mock believes our mission has wider scope
We are he says, civilizers of the world. which
MEANS to be exact, that are the caretskers of
the social instincts, and that our chief lob should
be to foster the growth of the intellectual of know
edge of beauty, of religion of poetry and of manners
Although many men hotly have resented the state
ment the influence of the feminine is responsible for
most of the gracious and charming things of our
existence. Mr. Mock happily encourages me in this
idea when he says that as whole have no more
sense OF responsibility than child for civlizng the
society in which they find themselves
They are adept at creating the apparatus of 9
civilization, but do not know how to employ it for
the finest purposes.
ON the whole, however, it seems to me that Mr.
~ Mock is little unfair to us since he infers that
we are doing nothing about this The truth is that
while good many women are expending oceans of
energy In running after futile and unsatisfactory
Jobs, we still hold aloft the twin banners of beauty
and learning In a world seemingly forgetfu of them
Exclusive of certain groups in the larger cities
that include many interested in the arts prac-
tcay all the work done to promote broader education
and deeper appreciation of wisdom and beauty In
other parts OF the country is being done largely by
the women.
Some of our efforts are pathetic and abortive but
they nevertheless are indicative of the desire for per-
lection that burns within our souls.
We may not always know what culture and poetry
and beauty are, but you may be sure we shall cul-
vate with zeal our ideas Of them, wherever we ind
ourselves
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-24

1t Is Hard to See Hoao Coz
ernor Roosev ut Could
StrGddIe the Dry Issue
After the Definite Stand He
Took Last Year.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-The east
' is getting queer weather for
late November, with strawberries
ripening in Maine and roses bloom
ing in New York.
What causes such anomalies, and
why can't we find out?
More important still, how are we
going to make business entirely
safe if we don't find out?
Here are coal pockets, jammed to
capacity, department stores with
winter apparel on display, and no
trade.
Those who think the thermom-
eter or rainfall has no bearing on
economics make a great mistake.
Except for just such little items
cotton might be 30 cents pound.