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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
M. {. CONFERENCE TO
PREPARE FOR SESSION
Business of Annual Meeting to Be
Outlined at Chapel.

Outline of business for the annual
conference of Methodist Episcopal
churches to be held at Blooming
ton Sept. 16 will be prepared
Thursday at the adjourned session
of the Indianapolis district confer
ence.
The session will open at 10 a. m.
at the Union chapel, one mile north
east of Eightieth street and U. S.
Road 81. DR.. Orien w. Fifer, dis
trict superintendent, will preside at
the district session.
The Methodist Ministers Wives
Association will meet with the dis
trict conference, the business ses-
sion to open at 1870 p. M, follow
ing a lunch served by members of
the Union chapel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29

vision, at the statehouse. Jones
says he will try to get every state
to use the annual number plates
and maintain similar colorS each
year.
The autoist would pay an initial
sum for the licenses and an annual
fee for the date plates, he said.
The small date plates are at
tached with split rivets through four
holes.
I'll sell the Indiana right for
$500, because this is my home
state" Jones said. Anybody else
will have to pay $4,000"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
POWELL HEADS ORDER
Rising Sun Man Named Chief of
United American Mechanics.

Election of officers closed the
fortieth annual state convention of
the Junior Order, United American
Mechanics at Hotel Denison Friday.
Stanley Powell of Rising Sun was
named state councillor, succeeding
l.. R. Smock of Terre Haute.
In Indiana, the lodge has ninety
five units and a membership of
$500. 1t was founded in 1847.
Daughters of America, the auxiliary,
elected Mrs. Ollie Bybee state
councillor to succeed Mrs. Pearl
Taylor of New Albany.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
SOLICITORS ARE FRAUDS
Central Labor Union Warns Indi-
annapolis of Statesmen SwindIers.

Warning that men representing
themselves as solicitors of advertis-
ing and contributions for Central
Labor Union Labor day programs
are frauds was issued Friday by
Emil Salisbury, secretary of the
union in Indianapolis.
1.-THE Central Labor Union is not
sponsoring any program" said Mr.
Salisbury, land we do not recognize
any So-called labor paper, except
the official organ, the Union. So
licitors for any other labor paper
are unauthorized by u.s."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
ILLINOIS STATE FAIR
PRAISED BY BARKER
Indiana Show Official Say Its
States Best Display.

States Best Display.
"It's the best state fair that Illi-
noiS ever has held" E. j. Barker,
secretary-treasurer of the Indiana
state fair board, declared on re-
turning to Indianapolis Friday after
spending two days at Springfield,
Ill.
Every barn of livestock is over
flowing and many tents have been
erected to take care of the large
number of entries" Barker added.
Other members of the group visit
ing the Illinois state fair were E.
D. Logsdon, director of the Indiana
state fair horse department; E.
Reddish, swine department director;
Levi P. Moore, director of publicity.
and C. Y. Foster, director of the
concessions and mechanical depart
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
BEM-HUR PICNIC SUNDAY
500 to Attend FrOIic at Home in
Charlottesville.

Six hundred members and friends
Of Ben-Hur are expected at pic
mic to be held under auspices of all
central Indiana courts at the Ben
Hur home in Charlottesville, Sun
day. Contests will feature the en-
tertainment.
Prizes will be given for the larg-
est Ben-Hur family, the oldest man,
the oldest woman and the youngest
member. The picnic committee,
headed by Louie H. Mills, will fur
nish food.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29

Marriage licenses are supposed to
last a life time and now j. R. Jones,
Seventy-first and Meridian streets,
has an idea to make auto licenses
useful for the same period.
He has invented and manufac-
tured copper date plates that fit in
the right-hand lower corner of the
regulation-size plate. These, Jones
proposes to change each year, there
by using the same plate, substitute
ing the new annual number each
time twelve months roll around.
He has interviewed James Car
penter, head of the auto license di-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Hornets Rout Picnickers

WINCHESTER, Kan, Aug. %
Everything went smoothly at a
Sunday school picnic until swarm
of hornets attacked the 200 guests.
Whether the picnic would be re-
scheduled was not announced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
STOCKMAN TO INSTRUCT
indianapolis Dancing Master Leaves

Indianapolis Dancing Master Leaves
for Chicago to Give Lessons.
Louis Stockman, director of the
Stockman dance studios, Sixteenth
and Illinois streets, left today to
teach in his fourth consecutive ses-
sion of the Chicago Association of
Masters of Dancing at Hotel Con-
gress in Chicago. Approximately
800 teachers of dancing from the
United States and Canada will at
tend.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
BAN WHEAT IMPORTING

Argentina Issues Decree Forbidding
Any Other Transactions.
By United Press
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 29.-Tm-
portation of wheat was forbidden
for eighteen months today stimuli
taneously with the publication of a
decree authorizing the exchange OF
1,275,OO bags of third and fourth
grade Brazilian coffee for 25,O00,OOC
bushels of hard winter No. 2 Amer
lean wheat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
BISHOP CANNON
CHALLENGED TO
EXPLAIN ACTS
Dramatic Session Closes
Quiz; CIaudiuS Huston
Linked to Scandals
BY THOMAS L. STOKES
United Press stan Correspondent

WASHINGTON. Aug. 29.-Bishop
James Cannon Jr. was challenged
today by Chairman Gerald P. Nye
of the senate investigating commit
tee to explain" a series Of commit
tee revelations about his 1928 cam
paign against Alfred z. Smith.
Il think the record as it stands
is one that invites a full explana-
ton" the North Dakota senator and
investigator said as he adjourned
the committees renewed inquiry
after four days Of testimony.
And any explanation made by
Cannon, of course, should be made
under OATH" Nye added.
The record Of which Nye spoke
charges Cannon with diverting POI
litical campaign funds to his pri-
vate use and with concealing cam
paign contributions, both violations
of the corrupt practices act. It also
directly involves Republican party
leaders with the southern Methodist
bishops militant anti-Smith Demo-
cratic campaign
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29

Following is the explanation of
Ripley's Believe 1t or Not" which
appeared in Fridays Times:
The Cursed River-The Saco
river in Maine has suffered from
a strange curse for the last ESQ
years, or since King Philips war
in 1875, when the curse was pro-
nounced by the Indians. The
the squaw of Squando, chief of the
Sokokis tribe of Indians, was
padding her way across the
stream, bearing with her in the
craft the first born child of the
sycamore.
At that period there was pre-
valent in England the belief that
an Indian papoose could swim
instinctively from birth, and the
sailors from a British vessel at
anchor in the river, in attempting
to prove or disprove the idea, up
set the Squaw's canoe and the In
dian child was drowned.
The Indian woman then Swore
upon the river a curse, asking
that the gods sacrifice three white
persons each year in revenge.
Since that time three persons
have been drowned each year in
the Saco, a large majority of
them being killed in the danger
Gus rapids.
The Workman Who Dug in One
Spot for seven years-The Pitch
Lake of Trinidad, an immense de-
post of pure asphalt, is in itself
one of the most unique physical
phenomena of South America. 1t
is a Semi-viscous lake of ready
made pavement" and though
millions of tons Of it have been
removed a like amount has
dubbed up from the earth, keep
ing the lake full.
One workman worked in exact
ly the same spot for seven years,
digging hole feet long, feet
wide, and feet deep each day,
and when he came back in the
morning the hole always had filled
up.
MONDAY-"A dead man won
fight"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Cold Fails to Rout Park Sieepers

OOlu fdllS 10 ROuG FdrK SIeeperS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29-The
temperature on recent nights has
gone well below 60, but 100 persons
still are sleeping in capital parks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
Accused of Hiding

Cannon is in Europe. Senator
Carter Glass (Dem., Va author of
the resolution that authorized the
investigation, accusing him of run
ming away and of hiding 'his culpa-
bility behind the skirts of woman
secretary"
The bishop has met all previous
requests for an explanation" with
a curt refusal to testify. He has not
indicated by his statements abroad
that he has changed his mind.
Whether the evidence viii be
turned over to Attorney General
Mitchell with a recommendation
for prosecution will be decided by
the committee after later study
of the facts, Nye said. The commit
tee probably will meet again in
October.
The closing session Friday was
one of the most dramatic of senate
Investigations since the Teapot
Dome inquiry.
Meet Flat Refusals
The committee was met with fiat
refusals of testimony from two of
Cannon's co-workers. Miss Ada l..
Burroughs, his former secretary and
Treasurer of the anti-Smith Demo-
Gratis, repeated similar perform
ance of last May.
A mild-mannered and portly
Methodist minister, the Rev. j. Sid
ney Peters, Newport News, Va,
would not even tell the committee
that he was secretary of the Cannon
organization. Both laid themselves
open to possible contempt proceed
ings.
The most startling revelation con-
cerned a check. 1t popped up early
in the day as a $4,000 contribution
received by w. H. Wood, Charlotte,
N. c., banker, for use in the North
Carolina campaign, purportedly hav-
ing been sent to Wood by Cannon.
Later, it was disclosed that the
contribution really had been paid
out Of a New York bank account of
Claudius Hutson, at that time a
busy figure in the background of the
Hoover campaign.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27

Switzerland now has nearly $500
hotels.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27
RaymondOiAe Lodge
Prepares to Build
l. O. O. F. Structure
Associated Press Photo

architect Of Indiana and a recent
addition TO Raymondville's business
life, drew up the plans and specif-
ications for the building which will
be erected on the corner OF Eighth
Street and Kimball Ave. IL will be
known as the Three Links Build
ing and have a frontage ON Eighth
street Of forty feet and extend back
along Kimball Ave. a distance of
sixty feet. 1t is planned to have
two stories, Of hollow tile and
concrete conStIG ct!on, with a stucco
finish.
The lower floor wv be used FOR
business purposes whL.- 80 upDe.
floor Will be designed to ta..e 80
Of the Lodge with two rooms for
the storage OF regalia, a rest room
and q modern equipped club room.
The cost Of the building will be in
the neighborhood Of $4,000 and the
plans and specifications will be
ready for contractors within the
next few days. Bids will be called
Tor some time early in March and
construction viii begin within
thirty or sixty days.
The building committee. which Is
composed OF A. r. Coulter. Howard
Curry, Lawrence Neeley. Paul JAG
OLSON and Isadore Moritz, has been
busy the past few days, showing the
plans OF the building TO members
Of the OddFellows and selling shares
for the building fund. Late Thurs
day afternoon they reported that
they had secured purchasers for
sixty five OF the necessary seventy
five shares and that there was no
coubt but that all the shares would
be taken by the last Of the week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27
n. Y. WORLD
BOUGHT BY
SYNDICATE
Scripps Howard VIII
Merge Publication
With Telegram

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-P-The
New York World newspapers passed
to the control Of the 5cripps-How-
ard Syndicate today.
On the minute at midnight, sur
rogate James A. Foley decided that
Joseph Pulitzer's will did not en-
ioin his three sons from disposing
Of their newspaper trust.
Less than two hours later IN a
wall Street office. the sale was
contaminated by the three Pulitzer
brothers, Ralph. Joseph. Jr, and
Herbert and Roy ". Howard. chair
man or the board Of Scripps-How-
ard. for a sum estimated az S5,000,-
000.
The sale went into effect with
the first edition OF the Scripps-
Howard paper this morning, merg-
ing the evening World. the morn
ing World and the Sunday World
with the New York Telegram. The
new paper Is known as the World
Telegram.
The contract provides for a cash
payment Of s500.000. S2,000,000 In
notes, 100000 cash within ninety
DAYS. and 100000 more contingent
upon the profits OF the new enter
prise. The physical properties such
as building and machinery are not
involved in the sale.
The Pulitzer brothes issued a
statement saying economic condi-
lions had made the sale "inexor-
able" and that 100000 Of the pro-
ceeds would be distributed to en-
ployees.
The trustees cannot pretend that
II is anything but a painful duty e
pass the World newspapers into
other hands. But there is a FORUM
ate mitigation in the spirit Of the
new ownership which Is thoroughly
hnspitable to the World tradition
MAY IL carry on that tradition with
the fullest measure Of public service
and success
Mr.. Howard referred 10 the sale
rs mot the de-th az the New York
World. but its re-birth."
Along with our pride in the staff
~ the Telegram. whose successful
efforts over the past four years
have paved the way for this con-
solidation.- he said. 1T Is a deem
sense Of responsibility To the loyal
readers of The World.
we realize that they viii look %
MS for a continuation ar the policy
which has made the World respect
"a not only ii New York. but
throughout the nation in every
quarter where liberalitv Of thought,
independence and freedom from en-
taneling alliances are appreciated
as journalistic virtues"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27
ECONOMY BLOC
HITS FARMERS
SAYS MCDONALD
Valley Spud Growers
Lose Funds When
House Balks
Especial % The Herald.l

AUSTIN. Feb. 27.-The following
statement has been issued by y. T..
Mcdonald. Texas commissioner Of
agriculture, relative 70 the action OF
the house of representatives In eli
minating appropriations and emer-
gency funds asked by the depart
ment which he heads.
Doors Of important markets viii
be closed to Texas farmers II the
house OF representatives today, In
refusing emergency funds to the
department OF agriculture, IS al
lowed 20 stand.
In the name Of economy, the
men who defeated the appropria-
tons are denying the Irish potato
growers Of the Rio Grande Valley
their most valuable markets IN the
northwestern states. Texas potatoes
are now being detoured by way of
California where theymust be va
cuum fumigated at prohibitive
costs. Three thousand cars OF Irish
potatoes were shipped from the VAL
ley last season. The appropriation
voted down today was only $1,000.
Recently opened avenues for
Texas sweet potatoes III again be
endangered and weevil free areas
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27

SUMMARY

BarOmetric pressure was moder-
ately low this morning practically
throughout the Rocky Mountain
Plains states region and apparently
northern Mexico, and moderately
high over the eastern and extrelae
western states. AS a result light 10
moderate rains occurred within the
last "A hours in southeastern and
southern Texas and IN the far
northwestern states. and rains or
snow in the north-central states.
while fair weather prevailed III the
states east Of the Mississippi river.
Temperatures still continue near
the seasonal average throughout
fA- rrrr,rv~t
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27
RIVER FORECAST

There will be no material change
in the river during the next "a to
SO hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27
WEATHER

For East Texas: Cloudy, probably
with local rains: colder in north
west portion Saturday.
Light to fresh southerly winds on
the roast
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27
Especial 70 The Herald.l

Especial to The Herald.)
RAYMONDvILLE, Feb. 27.-Bids
for the construction OF a new Odd
Fellows Hall arc expected to be
opened within a few days by the
building committee recently ap-
pointed by the local lodge.
Decision to build a lodge han
followed the condemnation Of the
old building by officials Of the
state insurance department, there
not being another building in the
city suitable for the purposes Of
the lodge.
Kenneth Williams. a well known
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27

VANCOUVER Although the
flesh OF an octupus would be re-
voting to Americans. Orientals
relish this tidbit. and Canadian
fisheries are selling thousands or
pounds OF this fish I'm Japan and
China. The meat brings between
five and ten cents a pound on the
marker.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27

OF sweet potato sections again
threatened because or the leRlsla-
lures refusal to vote u 5000 emer-
gency fund. The sweet potato acre
age In some counties doubles this
season because OF encouragement
resulting from the promised pro-
lection.
The farmer will suffer from this
false economy, not the commission
er OF agriculture. The farmer bears
the heaviest weight OF taxes. and
Is also being sheared closest In the
economy program. While other
state departmental appropriations
have been doubled and trebleds the
department OF agriculture appro-
priations have actually been de-
creased in the past dozen years.
When I came into the depart
ment last month, I found 90 70 Sc
per cent OF the various department
funds already spent. and more than
a year in which to operate
The department must keep chan
/ nels of trade open for citrus. cotton.
wheat, potatoes. truck garden 10
ducts. 1t must protect the farmer
from the INSCRIPTIONS seed sales
men, from false scales. from anti
quated gins. from firetraps used as
warehouses.
The state Department or Agri-
| culture has asked for $45. 1000 emer-
gency appropriation to carry OH the
work made mandatory by our legis-
lature; and the house apprOpria-
tons committee has cut this t.
s 5000. or about ~ per cent OF what
the officials entrusted with this de-
partment feel they must have %
give Texas products a market justly
theirs. and protect the state from
irregular farm operations"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27

Nearly y per cent Of the indus
isl workers IN Switzerland are
7W engaged in watch and jewelry
making.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27

The Trans-Siberian Railway l.
carrying a weekly average of 800
passengers each way, an unusually
large number.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27
Flood Present z4-Hr 24-Hr
Stare Sfacn Chang RnIn
TIDE TABLE

High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow. under normal meteoro-
logical conditions:
hl6n 3.l5 p. m.
Low ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 6.04 a. m.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-21

a great arm and he was hitter, too."
 With Chase on first, the rest of Ruth's all-star infield would be composed of Napoleon Lajoie at second base, Hans Wagner at shor. and Jimmy Collins of the old Red Sox at third base.
 I'm picking only from those l have seen and know something about" the Big Bam qualified There were lot of other good ones but I'll take these fellows for my team"
 For the purpose of ballyhoo in a season of depressed and deflated values, the Stribling Camera match is the best that Miami can offer to the fistic fandom in Florida and hope for anything like a profitable return at the turnstiles.
 Most of the other heavyweight projects are not even alluring enough to fill a medium sized in- door arena, much less an outdoor bowl such as Miami has built to accommodate close to 5G,000.
 Camera and Stri bling have fought twice abroad but got an even break. However much the big Italian may be pooh-poohed, there is still enough mystery about his real ability, plus his unquestioned
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-21
SLOW MOTIONS
 HINDER GUARDS,
 TESTS INDICATE

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa., Jan 2r.--Why a star basketball forward can flash over the court and cage a basket before the guards of his opponents team can reach him is explained by psychologist who is also a coach
 Men who play the forward posi- ticns in basketball have quicker physical reaction and are more emotional and i'm pulsive than guards, says J. D. Lawther, psych- clcgy professor and head basketball coach at Westminster college here
 He learned this by testing ath- letes with special apparatus. Ar electric tapping machine showed their physical reaction speed.
 Forwards could average 240 taps in 30 seconds while guards aver aged about PIT taps, Lawther said
 Changes in the electric conduc- tivity of the skin showed why for wards are more emotional thar guards. These changes reflect the effect of an outside emotiona stimulus upon person.
 A machine that tests the changes indicated forwards are much more susceptible to these stimuli thar the less flashy guards.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-21

and eventually acquired the entire tDawson City utilities, including the telephone, power and light plants, l and the Northern Light coal mines and railway. In this later enter prise he was associated with Dr. Andrew s. Grant, and it was re- ported that when MT. Fuller sold l all his interests and retired from
 the Yukon he was worth round million dollars. He returned to De- troit, and from that point operated extensively in mines in New Mex | ico and elsewhere until the time of
 his death, and was very active and energetic to the last. His remark
 able vitality enabled him not only
 to carry on his business all through 1 his career but up to the last few weeks was able to drive his motor car and get about with the ability of far younger man. Heart trou-
 ble finally closed his notable rec ord.
 i Judge of Miners Court
 i Mir. Fuller, when first in Ju- neau, was judge of miners meet
 ing which, when called upon to punish three Indian perpetrators of the first murder of white in that district resulted in the prompt conviction and hanging of the three offenders No civil law then obtain ed in the district, and it was ne- cessary for the miners to act in their own protection. In those days Capt. Carroll was commander of | the noted pioneer Alaskan steamer FQueen, and was the man who brought the First news of the exc cutions to the States. The govern ment afterward investigated and approved the action of the miners meeting. An interesting historical chronicle of the event was written in a volume published by young English tourist who happened to be on the ship that voyage.
 Fuller, while in Juneau, befriend- ed an energetic young man and former sheriff and Indian fighter from Montana by advancing to him sum of cash to open fur trad ing business at Dyea. That young man was John J. Healy, who made good and eventually advanced to the head of the big Cudahy inter est in the Klondike. He returned the early favor of Fuller by making him the purchasing agent of the company's mining interests in the Klondike, thus laying the founda- ton for the second fortune that MT. Fuller reaped in the golden North. These facts were related but re- gently by MT. Fuller in Detroit to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-21
ALASKAN SNOW COVER

The following amounts of snow, in inches, were reported on the ground Monday evening, January 19, at various Alaskan stations: Barrow 6, Bethel 6, Cordova trace, Eagle g, Fairbanks 12, Fort Yu- kon 15, Nome 2, Juneau and Ket- chikan none. Ice on Snake River at Nome remained 13.5 inches thick, while on Cinema Slough at Fair banks it decreased two inches to a thickness of 27 inches.