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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28
ROAD GROUP To
OBEY Court IN
BLACKTOP WAR
Decide to Specify Three
Material Types as
Ordered by Judge.

Indiana state highway commits
eion has decided to obey the law.
This decision was reached follow
ing an executive session of commits
sioners with Director John j. Brown
this morning. At noon Chairman
Albert j. Wedeking Of the commits
sion emerged with the following
statement prepared for the press:
After conference with the attor-
general, the highway commits
sion, on his advice, voted to proceed
under the terms of the recent de-
cision of Judge Chamberlin of the
Marion circuit court, 70 prepare
specifications on three or more dis
tinct types of highway and TO re-
advertise the projects affected by
the decision, namely, state Road 9,
from Huntington to Columbia City,
and all other projects involved"
Enjoined Commission
Judge Harry o. Chamberlin last
week enjoined the commission from
proceeding with the State Road g
paving, because it was let on a con-
tract where specifications were all
for bituminous pavement.
In his opinion, the judge pointed
out that any layman might know
that three types of blacktop did
not meet the laws requirement for
competition between three distinct"
paving types.
Wedeking stated that the Putnam
company had started work on the
Road 8 job.
Attorney General James M. Og-
den, who scored a complete victory
over the commission in the entire
matter, has stated that Putnam can
not be paid since the commission
signed the contract against advice
of the encouragement as counsel
for the commission.
Other blacktop contractors are to
appear before the commission and
show cause why they should be paid
for work done under the all-black
specifications, it was learned.
Payment Is Likely
1t is considered likely that the
state will pay them for work done,
since the illegality lay with the
commission specifications, not the
contractors themselves.
Talk was heard that the black
top interests may appeal the case
in the name Of the Putnam COM
pany.
Wedeking said any state appeal
would be up to Ogden, which means
that there will be none, since the
encouragement had ruled long ago
that all blacktop specifications
we're illegal, and refused to defend
the commission when they insisted
on them.
Since the resignation of former
Commissioner jess Murden, Wede-
king is credited with bearing the
brunt of the blacktop fight and ru-
mors have been current that, hav-
ing met defeat. he also may retire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28
DIGGLE RITES ARE SET
Contractor Who Died Sunday to b,
Buried Wednesday.

Last rites for James A. Diggle, SO,
plumbing contractor, who died Of
heart disease while on picnic Sun
day near Shelbyville, will be held at
2 Wednesday at the home, isis Col
Iege avenue.
Members of Oriental lodge Of the
Masonic order will give their ritual
at the grave in Grown Hill ceme-
terry.
Mr.. Diggle, who came to Indian
apolis from Chicago in 1900, oper-
ated his firm under the name Of
j. A. Diggle. He was prominent In
Masonic circles. He is survived by
the widow and a son, Rutherford
G. Diggle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28
Bandits sim at Large
By Times Special

~ + t"tcS SPcctNt
PERU, Ind, July 2S.-Authorities
today are without a clew to two
men who obtained $500 in a day.
light holdup of the Indiana Public
Service Company Office here Mon
day. 1t is believed the men had an
accomplice waiting in an automo-
bile, although no one saw the men
after they left the office with the
money.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28
LAWYER SUES CLIENT
AFTER LOSING CASE
Asks Balance of Fee From Convicted
Man; jury Weighs Evidence.

~
Refusing to pay notes he gave a
lawyer to defend his brother be-
cause he alleges John Royce, at
torney, failed his promise to get the
brother off without a sentence, C. E.
Compton, 3711 English avenue, is
defendant in a $475 collection suit
on trial today in municipal court
one.
After two days of evidence the
case went to the jury at noon to-
day A verdict was expected this
afternoon.
For $3.50, the family of Earl
Compton say, Royce promised to
obtain suspended sentence when
the youth was tried in criminal
court in November, 1880, on robbery
charge. He was sentenced and
served one year on the state farm.
OF the total sum $500 has been
paid, the furniture of his mother
having been mortgaged to supply
that amount. ......
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28
Rules Are Announced i'm
$4,000 Vacation Contest

The bungalow at Indian Lake is
equipped for preparing meals a la
camping style.
z. None of the entries is to be
mailed in until all seven groups
have appeared, after which TINA
all are to be sent in together with
names and addresses of sender
written plainly on entry.
8. Stars are to be identified in
accordance with the number ap-
pearing, with each individual
photograph.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28
'LEGGER, PARD0NED BY
HOOVER, JAILED AGAIN
Detroit Man Was Released on Plea
of 12-Year- old Son.
BIZ United Press

of 12-Year-Old Son.
By United Press
DETROIT, July 2S.-Max Kropid-
lowski, 43, whose 12-year-old son got
him out of jail last May by writing
letter to President Hoover, was
back in jail on a prohibition charge
again today.
Kropidlowski was arrested Mon
day by United States marshals who
said they found a still in his home
and caught him carrying sugar to
it. He was pardoned for a similar
offense by President Hoover so he
could leave his cell in the Bay City
Jail and return to his two mother
less children. Henry, IL, and Har-
old, 2.
The President issued one Of the
speediest federal pardonS on record
after Mrs. Kropidlowski had died of
grief over her husbands irnprison-
ment and left the two children with
no one to care for them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28
BOOZE CHARGE DROPPED
Beer Found in Park Avenue Raid
Not Defendants, Court Finds.

Blind tiger charges against
Samuel Johnson, arrested in raid
on a beer fiat at 1927 Park avenue
Sunday night, were dismissed by
Municipal Judge William H.
Sheaffer Monday when it was shown
johnson was not proprietor Of the
place and did not own q quantity
ofIbeer found there. -.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28
BRITISH LOAN HELD UP
Treasury Refuses to Consent to
$1OO, OOO,O 900 French Credit.
BIZ United praaa

By United Press
PARIS, July 28.--Negotiations for
the Bank of France and French pri-
vate banks to advance credits of
$100,000,000 to the Bank of England
were suspended today as result of
refusal of the British treasury to
consent to the loan.
The French admitted that nego-
tiations had reached the point Of
agreement under which the French
banks were willing to subscribe
$1o0,000,o0O, subject to approval Of
the British government.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28
Boy browns in Lake
BIZ United Press

d IWIttW ITVcH
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. July o.
Richard Galeerd, s, was drowned
while swimming in Lake Michigan
here. His mother, Mrs. Layman
Galeerd, 43, suffered an attack of
heart disease when she learned of
her sons death and is in q serious
condition..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28
Long Separation Ends
By Times Special

By Times Special
EVANSVILLE, Ind, July ga
reunion has been, effected here of
Mrs. Tate G. Day, and her son, Earl,
after a. separation of twenty-five
years. Unable to support the son,
following death of her husband,
Mrs. Day placed him in the Odd
Fellows orphanage at Lebanon and
lost trace of him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28
TRY. TELEvISIoN FEAT

G.. E. Engineers Attempt to Project
Voices, Faces Across Sea.
By United Press
SCHENECTADY. N. Y, July o.
For the first time in the history of
television, an attempt was made to
project both the voice and image of
man across the Atlantic ocean, at
the General Electric company
laboratories here today.
1t was hoped the voices and faces
OF DR.. Walter Schaeffer and Walter
Reichardt, of the German Broad
casting Company, on a visit here,
would be recorded on apparatus at
the station in Berlin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28
SAFE YIELDS $35 TO
AMATEUR YEGGMEN
Vault in Food Products Company
"Jimmied;" Contents Scattered.

JlIuIlltus OOHL6HtS SCdLttIcu.
Amateur yeggs, using a jimmy,
opened the safe of the J. H. Err
bich Food Products Company. 1903
East Thirty street, early to-
day and obtained approximately $35
In change from the stronghold.
Contents of the safe were strewn
about the company's Offices. En-
trance to the building was gained by
breaking a lock on a door.
Other holdups and thefts were:
Clarence L. Shuey. 701 Sanders
street, was robbed of his auto and a
watch valued at $50 by roadside
bandit on u. S. Road 81, south of
Southport; Daniel Reed, employee of
the English theater. reported theft
of jewelry valued at sos from his
dressing room; clothing valued at
SIS was taken from the auto of Har-
old Stewart, 226 Bright street, at
Mcclure beach.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28
REVERSE CANADIAN!

II Costs Buffalo Man S1O7.5O to
Take Liquor in.
By United Press
BUFFALO, N. Y, July %. - It
costs SIS and the loss of the bottle
to bring a bottle of liquor from
wet Canada into dry United States.
but 1t cost Buffalo man SLOT so
70 take the same quantity into
amount when he was convicted on
Canada.
Edward Hager was fined that
a charge Of illegal possession of
liquor, in Port Colborne tOnt)
magistrates court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28
YOUNGEST JUDGE ACTS
Columbus Attorney, %, Occupies
Circuit Bench as Special Jurist.

Circuit Bench as Special Jurist.
By Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind, July 28.-Carl-
ton j. Walker, %, who, acting as
special judge in a case in Bartholo-
NEW circuit court here, is believed
the youngest judge to occupy the
bench since the court was estab-
lished 100 years ago. He is a gradu-
ate of the Indiana university school
Of law. The case was that of G. M.
Setser, guardian of Clara Lucille,
blanche Elizabeth and James Noble
Crubaugh, asking for permission to
sell real estate. The petition was
granted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28
Monkey Eats Flea Actors

By Times Special
KOKOMO, Ind, July 28.-Pablo
Sanchez Fitzgerald, carnival con-
cessionaire, was put out of business
when monkey ate troupe of per-
forming fleas belonging to Fftzger-
aid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28
~ CONFERENCE STARTS

1ouLnS From as Nations Assembled
at Toronto Sessions.
By United Press
TORONTO, Ont, July 2s.-Prob-
lens OF young men were discussed
here today at group meetings of
approximately 100 youths from
forty-six countries, assembled for
the first worlds Y. M. c. A. con-
ference ever held in Canada.
DR.. John R. Mott, New York
president of the Y. M. G. A. Alliance,
asked international cooperation in
settling the problems of youth. in
an address before the conference
Monday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28
$1,000 Loss in Barn Fire

By Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, July 2S.-Loss
Of $4,000 resulted when barn
burned on the farm of Kenneth
Pettigrew, five miles southwest of
here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28
M'INTYRE FUNERAL SET
Rites to Be Held in Terre Haute
for Former U. S. EmpIoye.

Funeral services will be held in
Terre Haute for Roy G. Mcintyre,
former federal income tax employee.
who died at his home, 5505 Broad
way, Monday after an illness of five
months.
Mr. Mcintyre, who was born in
Terre Haute, was connected with
the Hurt Hartong Furniture Com
pany several months after leaving
the federal service. Survivors in
clude the widow. Mrs. Cecil McIn-
tyre
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28

YOUR drug store offers you
a marvellous new prepare
ton fcr the relief of constipation,
sour stomach, bad breath, head
ache and that morning after"
feeling. 1t is called French Lick
Salts. Ask your druggist for it
today. Drop a little In cool
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drink it down.
How good it fastest As delight
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The superiority of a saline laxa-
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Here, at last, is the ideal saline
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French Lick Salts Is a slillful
blend of the same health-givin
mineral salts found in the
renowned spring waters at fam
Gus French Lick Syringe
combined in effervescent. form
It cleanses the system by wash
ing, like the natural waters Of
French Lick.
French Lick Salts works where
others fail. A generous bottle
costs only so cents. It's good for
children as well as grown-ups-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28
Auto Kills Horse Rider

By United Press
GOSHEN, Ind, July 2S.-McKin-
ley Coulter, 35, was killed near here
when an automobile struck the
horse he was riding.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-28

CTUDEBAKER Free
~ Wheeling Is free in more
senses than one.
figure it averages about 20
miles FREE. to every 100. In
other words. you pay for 80
and the other 20 are on Stude-
baker.
You can Free Wheel more
than a fifth Of the way wherever
you go. and when you Free
Wheel you save gasoline, oil,
andwear on your motor. That's
why | call it FREE.
There's no earthly excuse
ROw for anybody to buy car
without this great fun-and-
economyfeature-nowthatyou
can get a real Free Wheeling
Studebaker at $645.
This is the lowest priced SIX
with Free Wheelng as stand
ard equipment - engineered
from up to tail to give you the
finest, fullest benefits Of Free
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Washington times., 1931-04-09
-Four DiUOrce Suits
HaqerStOlUn Record

HAGERSTOWN, Md, April 9
Four suits for divorce were filed
in the Circuit Court here Tues
day, establishing record for one
day, court officials said, In two
of the suits husbands were plain
tiffs and in the other two wives
brought action.
Mary Catherine Heggin Ham
maker filed suit against Atlee
Huffer Hammaker; Robert G
yesterday filed suit against
Blanche A. Easterday; Daniel S
Hager filed suit against Grace S
Hager and Lille v. Crossnickle
filed suit against George F. Cross
nickle for legal separation.
The Washington times., 1931-04-09
.SPEEDER FEARS
FAKE FOES

HYATTSVILLE, Md, April 9.
Fear that some of his associates
would "get him" led Eugene Rey-
nolds, of Beltsville, Md, employee
of the dairy division of the Gov
ernment farm, to speed his Gar
in wild manner On the Wash
ington Boulevard last Sunday
while being pursued by a Prince
Georges county constable.
He was fined $216 in police
court here yesterday on charges
of reckless driving, driving while
under the influence of intoxi-
eating liquor, speed exceeding 80
miles an hour, failing to stop af-
ter a collision and being drunk
and disorderly.
Arraigned before Judge j.
Chew Sheriff, Reynolds testified
that he believed the officer in
pursuit of him to be some per-
sons who had threatened to
harm him.
Running at fast rate of
speed, Reynolds machine is al
legged to have collided with car
owned by James MCGEE, of Col
lege Park, Md, the man failing
to stop after the accident. Rey-
nolds was finally captured by
Constable Howard Slater after
his machine had turned over in
a ditch, testimony revealed.
The Washington times., 1931-04-09
HIGHWAY SUIT.
NEARS END

ARLINGTON, Va, April g.
Final arguments in the Van Every
case, in which the State highway
department is attempting to Sc.
cure a right of way through the
property of Mrs. Van Every with
out first condemning the land
will be held here tomorrow nom
ing.
A settlement of the case loomed
as a possibility yesterday when
Mrs. Van Every received a letter
from the State highway depart
ment which stated that a deposit
would be made with the clerk Of
the circuit court and condemna-
ton proceedings would be entered,
as provided by law.
The litigation grew out of an
option given the State in 1925 by
the late E. B. Van Every, husband
of Mrs. Virginia Van Every. Mrs.
Van Every maintains that the
option contained a 90-day clause
and expired in 1926. The State
maintains that it attempted to
exercise the option before its ex,
piration, but that Mr.. Van Every
refused to go through with it.
The right of way through the
Van Every property, which is val
ued at approximately $4,000, is
for the Lee Boulevard, one of the
major developments in Greater
WASHINGTON,
The Washington times., 1931-04-09
LEGS RISKS HIS
LIFE FOR GIRL

NEW YORK, April 9.-Gang-
land buzzed today with the story
of how Jack Legs" Diamond, So
called king of racketeers," in
vaded Chicago at the risk of his
life and persuaded Marion Rob
erts, his sloe-eyed dancer-sweet-
heart, to return with him to this
city.
Diamond almost lost his life
some months ago while keeping
a tryst with the show girl, and
in going to Chicago he again
risked his life.
Enemies Miss Him
GangIand marveIS how he eS-
capped, since many of his known
enemies in the Windy City have
declared an open season on him
and have threatened to perfOrate
him with machine gun bullets if
he even had the temerity to pass
through that metropolis.
AS a result of Diamonds sue
cess in going to Chicago and
leaving alive, gangland speculated
that a truce must have been
signed and intimated that a
merger of certain powerful racke-
teering interests in Chicago and
New York might be effected.
Stories At Variance
+, Legs" was authoritatively re.
ported to be in his bungalow re-
treat at AGRA, N. Y.
One report said his wife and
Marion were both with him,
while another had the wife in an
apartment in New York after hav-
ing had a showdown with the
racketeer, in which he is said to
have chosen the new love instead
of the old.
The reunion Of LEGS" and the
dancer, who after he was shot
said she would never see him
again, was effected about two
weeks ago.
Marion was Absent
Marion, according to persons
who claimed to be "in the know"
was playing in Chicago when
Legs" arrived.
When the show closed, how.
ever, her trucks returned with the
other members of the cast, but
she was absent.
Later it was learned that she
and Diamond had left earlier and
had stopped off at Albany for a
reunion celebration, which was
staged in rOadhOuSeS and hotel
parties. Diamond recently recOV-
cred from the four slugs fired into
his body by rival gangSterS.
The Washington times., 1931-04-09
SHERIFF CALLED
To ACCOUNT

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, April
e.-Sheriff Carl A. Garner, Of
Spotsylvania county, has failed
to settle his accounts in a num-
ber of cases, according to DR.. j.
Wallace Massey. commissioner of
accounts of the county, who yes
terday appeared in the Circuit
Court at Spotsylvania and asked
that the sheriff be made to set
tie.
Judge Frederick w. Coleman
entered an order instructing the
sheriff to settle the accounts
within 80 days or appear in court
and show cause why he had not
done so.
Attached to the report Of the
commissioner of accounts was a
list of sever suits, sales and other
court actions involving an aggre-
gate sum of about $1,400 in cash,
which the report alleged Sheriff
Garner had collected but never
disbursed to the proper parties.
Garner has been sheriff of the
county for about eight years. His
friends say he has been in poor
health for some months and
that he has not been capable of
attending to business.
The Washington times., 1931-04-09
AUiators Riding Herd
On Reindeer to Feed
Needy Eskin1os

NEW YORK, April 9.-Driv-
ing a herd of wild-eyed rein
deer across frozen and blizzard
swept Alaska with the aid of
an airplane is the latest thing
in sport-if you like your sport
raw.
That the Eskimo might not
starve, a herd of deer is being
shunted over the ice fields of
northern Alaska, within the
Arctic Circle, to be delivered at
a point on the Mackenzie River
in northwestern Canada.
And during the months that
seven men will be talking tur-
key to $500 deer to make them
cross a river, or fighting the
hungry wolves, their only con-
tact with the outside world will
be airplanes, which will dart
out to them from time to time
with food supplies.
The Washington times., 1931-04-09
BLGdensburg ReUeL
Cases Are Postponed

HYATTSVILLE, Md, April 8.
Michael Sullivan, of Cheverly
Manor, Md, and John Dohme, of
Cottage City, Md, two youths
implicated in Bladensburg revel-
ries, will not be arraigned for
preliminary hearing until n eX t
Wednesday. Their cases, docketed
for police court yesterday, were
postponed one week.
Sullivan is charged with har-
boring school children, while
Dohme is accused of inducing
school children to remain away
from school. At the time Of the
youths arrest. four Bladensburg
high school girls were hold as
were three other boys. All will
be called as State witnesses, il
was learned.
The Washington times., 1931-04-09
BEERY'S MOTHER ILL

LOS ANGELES, Calf, April 9
GN.S) Mrs. Noah Beery, mother
of Noah and Wallace Beery, fillC
actors, was reported to be in
critical condition here today.
The Washington times., 1931-04-09
HER COMPANION
RELEASED At
LIQUOR TRIAL
Second 0ffenSe Committed by
Betty Meighan; Absence of
Search Warrant Is Ignored

HYATTSVILLE, Md, April 8.
Miss Betty Meighan Of 814 North
Carolina Ave. S. E., pleaded not
guilty to charges of illegal pos
session and transportation before
Judge J. Chew Sheriff In Police
Court. here yesterday only to be
found guilty and fined 5000.
A companion Of Miss Meighan,
Miss Ellen Snider, of 221 G St.
N. W., was dismissed Of similar
charges by the court.
8 Cases of Liquor Seized
Eight cases of alleged liquor
we're found by the arresting Off
Ger, Ralph Brown, in rear COM
partment of Miss Mel 6 h ms
coupe, testimony revealed.
Defense Attorney Robert Nc
Cullough attempted to free his
client on an alleged technical
error charged to the arresting Of
ficer inasmuch as no warrant
was secured prior to a search of
Miss Meighan'S automobile. A
motion to this effect was over
ruled by the court. 1t was the
woman's second offense.
John B. Brown Fined
John b. Brown, of SO6 Rhode
Island Ave. N. E., was fined $3.50
by the court on charges of illegal
possession and transportation. He
plead guilty to both charges, tes-
tifying that it was his first Of
fense. He was arrested by Con-
stable Ralph Brown.
Alfred Yancey and his brother,
Lewis Yancey, both Of Hyatts-
vile, we're fined $25 and SIS, re-
spectively, for assaulting James
Grandstaff Of this city. Lewis
Yancey was charged with aiding
and abetting his brother, Alfred,
in the attack upon Grandstaff.
The Washington times., 1931-04-09
Accidental Bullet
Wounds Boy in Neck

ALEXANDRIA, April 9.-Lester
Sprouse, 9. today is recovering in
the Alexandria Hospital from q
bullet wound in the neck, suf-
fered when .22-caliber rifle With
which he and another boy were
playing yesterday was accidentally
discharged.
The accident occurred at the
home of the playmate, Barbour
ApperSon, 8, 912 Duke St. The
Sprouse boy is a son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Milton S. Sprouse, 926
Duke st.
The Washington times., 1931-04-09
% Naval Graduates
Chosen for Marines

ANNAPOLIS, Md, April 9.
Twenty-three members of the grad
uating class at the Naval Academy
have been designated to receive
commissions as second lieutenants
of the Marine Corps and IL will
be commissioned as ensigns in the
Supply Corps of the Navy on grad,
uation in June, it was announced
here today.
The Washington times., 1931-04-09
Former SLGUe Dead
At 86 in CULDeDer

RICHMOND, Va, April 9.
Henry C. Lightfoot, SO, who had
the distinction of being the first
negro member of the Culpeper,
Va, town council, serving in that
capacity during the reconstruc-
tion period following the Civil
War, is dead at Culpeper. He
was former slave, having be-
longed to the Rixey estate prior
to the SOS. and had spent all his
life in Culpeper county.
Among his treasures were val
liable pictures Of Gen. Robert e.
Lee, StoneWall Jackson and JOS
eph E. Johnston.