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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
PAY OF JUDGES
MAY Be liked
New JuriSts Agree Salary
Cuts Were Illegal.

Reduction in salaries of superior
court judges last fall after a polit-
ical fight with the Marion county
council, probably will become in
effectual under the Democratic ad-
n1inistration, it was learned today.
Although not stating they will
stage fight to have their salaries
replaced at the $4,000 year mark,
the new jurists collectively have
agreed that last falls slash
was illegal, and that statute fixes
the sum without intervention of the
council.
In a political fray with Republican
judges who have gone off the bench,
the Republican council, also retired,
clipped $4,000 off each judges salary,
contending statutes gave the coun-
Gil that power.
Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker
and William A. Pickens, judge of
superior court one, stated that the
cut is contrary to a 1907 statute,
fixing the pay of county court judges
at $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
UTILITIES BILL FILED
Supervision of City-0Wned
Plants Is Attacked.

Public owned utilities would be
taken out of the Jurisdiction of the
public service commission under
provisions of a bill introduced in
the senate today by Senator Her.
bert c. Tornohlen (Rep., Jay and
Randolph.
Similar legislation has failed in
the past
Other bills thrown into the senate
hopper today included one for free
textbooks to be financed by a state
malt and tobacco tax; limiting the
weight and dimensions of trucks
and buses; changing the makeup
of the primary ballot to conform
with that used in the general cleo
tons; licensing abStractors, and
making removal of natural fish food
from streams and lakes a misde-
meanor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14

In Washington Tuesday night
Tate told detectives he was not i'm
plicated in the shooting, but was
said to have related he had spirited
away from indianapolis the man
who shot the policeman.
With him was Miss Myrtle Marie
Sheets, whose family Tuesday told
detectives the girl had written them
from Washington saying she had
married the fugitive. Miss Sheets
Tuesday night denied the marriage
Tate is %, and the girl says she is 10
A few hours after the shooting
Tate escaped under heavy police
gunfire as he drove a companion's
auto into his driveway, 1850 Caro-
line avenue.
The companion, George Mears,
6181s Virginia avenue, was arrested
and confessed to the shooting, de-
tectives say. Mears later repudi-
ated the confession, declaring he
made it rather than undergo a
beating the third member of the
gang, william Thayer, 80, says he
received from detectives who ap-
piled brutal third-degree methods to
force a confession from him.
Detectives denied the brutality,
and police surgeons, almost a week
after it is alleged to have taken
place, said they found no evidence
of it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
BILL SUGGESTED TO
ASSESS ENTIRE CITY

Civic Group Supports Measure to
Divide Improvement Costs.
Bill to have all Indianapolis prop
erty owners assessed for street i'm
provement projects within the city
limits will be fostered in the legis-
lature by the Butler-F airview Civic
Association.
League members Tuesday con-
ferred with Representative John F.
White (Dem., Marion) relative to
the proposal.
The move is an outgrowth of the
associations fight against assess
ments levied by the city for widen
ing and improving Forty-sixth
street from Meridian street to Sun
set avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
GAS TAX FUND USE
FOR JOBS PROPOSED

Modification of the state law
setting distribution of the cities,
counties and towns share Of the
state gasoline tax funds on March
l, may be recommended by the
special committee on unemploy-
ment in the senate, it was learned
today.
There is $3O77,18OS4 now avail
able for distribution, according to
Floyd E. Williamson, state auditor.
Another 100000 still is due from
the state highway department,
which borrowed $1,60oO00 of the
funds.
Objection to early distribution
wouldscome from banks who expect
to keep the money until March. The
state also would lose the 2 per cent
interest payments.
Purpose of earlier distribution
would be to give local communities
money to spend on road work to re-
lieve unemployment.
DR.. John w. Hewitt, secretary of
Governor Harry G. Leslie's unem-
ployment relief committee, scored
a complete victory before the SEN
ate committee Tuesday afternoon.
He secured support of the COM
mittee in calling a conference of
public officials and business execu-
tives to emphasize the Importance
of using Indiana mined coal and
Indiana made products. Hewitt is
secretary of the Indiana coal
bureau.
He convinced Senator Aionzo II.
Lindley Rep., Fountain, Vermilion
and Warren) that in reopening the
Clinton district mines lies the ulti-
mate solution of their unemploy-
ment problem. Hewitt also prom
ised immediate charitable relief for
the distressed.
Lindley was. successful in secur-
ing promise of road work in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
MERCHANTS OF
STATE ATTACK
SALES TAX BILL
$50 Dealers Denounce Plan
and Suggest Cut in
Government Costs.

One hundred and fifty Indiana
merchants, meeting at the Lincoln
today went on record opposing any
form of sales tax legislation during
the present session of the Indiana
legislature.
Delegations from all sections OF
the state were present. Principal
speakers were Professor Kenneth
Cameron of Ohio State university.
and j. Irving Late, FIT. Wayne mer-
chant.
The proposed tax Of per cent.
which was recommended in the re-
port Of the state tax survey com
mission, was attacked on many
points.
Objections Explained
Among these were:
The tax is unfair to the con-
sumner and will result in increased
living costs; the tax is unfair to the
retailer because it will result in his
having to pay taxes on uncollect-
ible accounts and other items listed
in his gross which are beyond his
control; the tax can not be admin
istered impartially and collection
will cost more than it is worth to
the state, and will not provide any
sort of stable revenue to the state.
that it's probable total amount can
not be estimated in advance.
Terms Law Unpopular
Rather than impose a sales tax
at this time, Cameron suggested, it
would be 'far better to appoint a
commission to seek ways to lower
expenditures of the state to bring
present forms of taxation to a nor
NAL condition"
He pointed out that in states IN
which sales taxes now are effec-
tive, general opinion is against the
tax in any form, and each state is
in trouble trying to enforce collec-
tive measures.
we SCU OuG anu ISlL PtOP46 W
buy now" Cameron said, land then
we cut our overhead and they lose
their jobs, and on top of that we
plan to plaster q tax on whatever
they buy. It's a nice situation"
For the year 1929 Harvard BUSH
ness school shows that the mer-
chants in the United States made
an average profit of / per cent on
their sales" j. Late declared. This
fact being established, it is easy to
see what harm a l per cent sales
tax would do, as it would represent
figure equal to the entire profit
! Of the average merchant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
| LIBRARIAN GETS POST

Word was received here today of
appointment of Charles E. Rush,
former city librarian, as associate
librarian of the new $8.000,00o IL
brary at Yale university, New Haven,
Conn. He will have charge of per-
sonnet and service. The appoint
men6 is effective April /. At pres
ent Rush Is librarian at the Teach
ers' college, Columbia university.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
STATE LUMBER
DEALERS ARE
MEETING HERE
Play Group Will Hold Din
ner Tonight; Women
Have Bridge Party.

A bee in ants clothing who ban
quets of residential joiSts and ga
rage posts was the orbit OF discus
sion today at the opening of the
forty-seventh annual convention of
the Retail Lumber Dealers Associa-
ton of Indiana in the Claypool.
The camoufaged bee is known as
the "termite" or in the vernacular
of the street he's called white ant
Exhibits Are Viewed
His habits, methods of boring into
wood, how he travels in swarms
with a queen at the head, and his
determination through the use of
creosote was explained this after
noon to lumber dealers by Professor
j. j. Davis of Purdue university.
The convention opened today with
delegates visiting the myriad ex-
hibits on the eighth floor of the
hotel.
| Woods, roofing materials, cement
sills and sashes formed i'ghlights of
the exhibits.
The "Hoo-Hoos," play group OF
the association, will give dinner at
$50 tonight.
Party Held for Women
Women attending the convention
attended a bridge party this after
noon on the mezzanine floor of the
Claypool.
Adolph Pfund, secretary of the
National Retail Lumber Dealers AS
ISOLATION; Arthur G. Page, CONNER
cial editor of the Prairie. of Chi
cago; E. st. Elmo Lewis, Detroit
Mich, will address the closing day
of the convention, Thursday.
A banquet at 7 Thursday night
in the Riley room will end the two
day sessions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
INCOME TAXES
TO RAISE TOTAL
OF 100000
Evans Bill in House Would
Net More Than Plan of
Survey Body.

Approximately $1O.O0o,0oo, it is
estimated, would be raised annually
under terms of the state income
tax bill now in hands of the house
ways and means committee.
Introduced by Representative H.
H. Evans CRep., Henry, the bill is
somewhat simpler in form and would
raise approximately $2,500,000 more
than one based on schedules out
lined by the Indiana tax survey
committee which probably will be
introduced in the senate today by
Senator J. Clyde Hoffman (Rep.,
Indianapolis, chairman of senate
judiciary A committee.
Half of Federal Levy
Under terms of the Evans bill,
when the federal income tax blank
is filled out, it would be made in
duplicate and the duplicate mailed
with check to the state auditor
for one-half of the amount paid the
government. The measure exempts
all who do not pay federal income
taxes excepting those drawing sal
aries from the state exempted by
federal law.
Funds would be set aside to repay
any taxes improperly or inadvert-
emily collected.
His bill is drawn, Evans points
out, after the Georgia law of 1929
which has been held constitutional
under much the same Constitution
as Indiana's. The supreme court in
a test case on the Georgia statute
held that constitutional grant is
not necessary to pass an income
tax law as the power to pass laws
to raise revenue to operate the gov
eminent is inherent in the state
legislature as a separate branch of
government.
Few New Offices Needed
Evans also cites the economy of
his measure, asserting it will not
create more than five new office
holders and that practically all of
the collection would be done by
mail.
The scheduled tax survey COM
mittee bill provides a basic tax on
individual net incomes of per cent
on the first $4,000 with tax ex-
elnptions of $40 for single persons
$40 for married persons with So for
each dependent. Increases would
be at the rate of per cent on in
comes of more than $4,000, 8 pei
cent over $4,000 and 4 per cent over
$4,000.
Single persons making incomes
of $1,000 or less and married per-
sons making $4,000 or less would not
pay any taxes.
Another proposed bill provides fol-
fiat tax of 3 per cent on the net
! incomes of corporations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14

Acrobatic f1ip-fops of two auto
mobiles following a collision Tues
day afternoon at Forty-sixth
street and Graceland avenue re-
suited in Mrs. Theodosia Henry,
As, of 1929 Guilford avenue, suffer-
ing head decorations and bruises.
William Stamper, 10. was the
driver of the Ford car shown at
the right in the photo. Mrs.
Henry's overturned car is shown
at the left in the photo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
KIWANIS IN SESSION
400 State Members Open
Mid-Winter Meeting.

More than 400 members of XII
wants clubs in Indiana gathered in
Indianapolis today for the twelfth
midwinter conference at the In
dianapoli5 Athletic Club.
At sessions this afternoon and
Thursday they were to consider
statewide detectives of the club
install officers and hear addresses
of many noted speakers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
SHOOTING SUSPECT
CAPTURED IN EAST
Right-Oh
BIZ Times Special

IV Z tHtCo CVCIIAb
WABASH, Ind, Jan. IA
Ward Beauchamp's right side
bears the brunt of his misfor-
tunes. Already minus his right
leg, Beauchamp suffered a
fracture of the right arm when
he fell while attempting to get
out of a bathtub.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
LOSES GUN, GOES TO JAIL
Crash Victim Drops Revolver ir
Front of Police During Search.

Arthur Enlow, %, of 5oS1s Fletcher
avenue, might complain that it
merely is by accident he is in jail
today, charged with carrying a con-
cealed weapon.
When police searched him follow
ing an auto crash in which his nose
was broken and his face cut, at
Meridian and South streets Tues
day night. a gun with three car
tridges was found in his trousers
waistband. Three other cartridges
were found in his pocket. They
had been snapped, but had not ex-
ploded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14

the organization
trade school. Ed
wards is mechan-
ical engineer of
the Ben1is Bros. ;
Bag Company and
mas studied at the
University Of Paris
and the Boston
Institute Of Tech
nology.
The course has
been included to
m e e t needs of
m e t al workers,
machinistS, de-
Signers and time
study engineers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
SENATOR GIVES DINNER
HartzeII Is Host at Love Feast for
G. o. p. Legislators.

Senator Lee j. Hartzell (Rep.,
Allen and Noble held love
feast" dinner for the G.. o. P. SEN
ators at the Columbia Club Tues
day night. Hartzell was elected
president protein of the senate
after a contest with Senator James
j. Nejdl (Rep., Lake..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
INSURANCE CHANGE IN
SCHOOLS Is PROPOSED
New Property Valuation Base of
Recommended Correction.

Correction of the city school in
surance system on basis of new
valuation of school properties total
ing $21, 870,o92 was being consid-
cred today by Indianapolis school
officials.
The valuation was arrived at after
a survey of several months by the
Indiana inspection bureau, A. B.
Good, business manager, told the
school board Tuesday night.
Seventy per cent coverage on all
schools, which in many cases triples
the present insurance, is recon-
mended in the new insurance plan.
BY taking advantage of co-insur-
ance clause this can be secured at
less than double the cost Of the
present premium, Good said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
Washington Police Holding
Carl Tate for City
Officials.

In Washington tonight, Detective
Sergeant Morris Corbin will take
into custody Carl Tate, last member
Of trio that one week ago today
wounded two policemen who sur
prised them attempting robbery
in an alley near Thirtieth street
and Northwestern avenue.
Tate was arrested in Washington
at the home of relatives of a
Coatsville Qnd) girl with whom he
fled from the middle west after the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
ESCAPES FROM POLICE
Chicken Thief Suspect FIees While
CaptorS Send for Patrol Wagon.

While police who captured him
with a chicken under each arm ar
ranged for a little ride to police
headquarters Tuesday night, Henry
Perkins. Negro, 6S5 Eddy street, laid
other plans.
AS his captors phoned headquar-
tiers for the patrol wagon, at wilkins
and Meridian streets, Henry broke
loose and nm, outstripping four
bullets sent after him by one Of the
police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
ALL PRICE RANGES TO
FEATURE AUTO SHOW
Predict $50 New Cars for Event at
State Fairgrounds.

AS far as space goes, it looks like
a seliout for the automobile show
at the state Playground next month
This was the statement of E. G.
Henry, manager of the indianapolis
Automobile Trade Association, to-
day.
Henry predicts that more than csc
new cars, featuring everything that
is new in price ranges from $400 to
$4,000, will be on the floor of the
auto show building at the fair
ground when doors open Feb. IA.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
Scaffold Tits; Two Injured

Otto Walker, a, of 325 South
Noble street, and Ed Cherry, 80,
Negro, 1881 Alvord street, washing
walls in the offices of Center town
ship assessor, courthouse, today,
were injured slightly when a scat
fold tilted and fell with them to
the floor. Both were taken to city
hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14

shooting. He is
suspected as the
trigger man in the
shooting affray that
almost cost the life
of patrolman Ferd-
inand Finchum.
Finchum for sew
eral days lay near
death in city hos
pital but now is
recovering, physi =
clans say. His COM
panion, patrollnan
Owen Tevelin, suf-
fered a flesh wound
in the hip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
NIGHT WATCHMAN is
ROBBED BY GUNMAN
Bakery Wagon Collections Taken by
Bandit Wearing Mask.

Police today sought the masked
bandit who Tuesday night robbed
Andrew j. Scots, 1877 Lexington av-
enue, night Waterman of the Purity
Baking Company, and stole several
envelopes containing money, amount
of which is undetermined.
Scots told police the robber hid
in the plant until he was alone in
the Office. He forced Scots to open
one safe which was empty and
commanded him to unlock another,
but Scots did not know the COM
bination. The money in the en-
velopes had been turned in by
drivers before the plant closed
Scots said the gunman wore a red
mask,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
Veteran Doctor Dies

By Times bpect0I
STILESvILLE, Ind. Jan. 14.-Dr.
Roland A. Wiltshire, So, a physician
here twelve years. Is dead of heart
disease. He was born at Lebanon
He Tad been practicing medicine
for thirty-six years. During the
World war he served as q medical
corps captain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
DRAFTS POLL TAX BILL
Holmes Would Ban License Issu-
ance Unless Fee Has Been Paid.

Holmes Would Ban License IsSu-
ance Unless Fee Has Been Paid.
No state license of any kind
would be isued to persons who had
not paid their poll tax under pro-
visions Of a measure drafted for
introduction into the senate by
Senator G. Oliver Holmes CRep.
Lake..
This includes the issuance of
drivers license, motor vehicle IL
cense. hunting and fishing license
anc any professional license.
Lifelong Resident Dies
Ry Times Specsal
PLAINFIELD. Ind, Jan. 14.-Mrs.
Sarah E. Moore. So. is dead on a
farm south Of here where she was
born. She was . lifelong resident
Of Hendricks county.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
DIES WHILE AT. WORK
Woman CoIlapSes at Desk in Bank /;
Heart Disease Blamed.

Mrs. Muriel McVey, 81, Of 3275
Mcpherson avenue, collapsed at her
desk and died Of heart disease in
the Washington Bank and Trust
Company, Washington street and
Senate avenue, today.
She is survived by two sons, John
r. and Robert, and a daughter
Betty; her mother, Mrs. Florence E.
Johnson, and three sisters, Mrs. I,
z. Johnson, 1886 North Meridian
street; Mrs. H. j. Herff Of the Ma
rott. and Mrs.'D. D. Darling, Spring
field, Mass.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
New Way to,Hold Lower
FALSE TEETH
Firmly in Place

DO false teeth annoy and bother by
dropping and slipping when you eat,
talk or laugh; Just sprinkle 8 little
Tasteeth on your plates. This new.
fssfeless powder holds teeth firm and
comfortable. No gummy. gooey. pasty
taste, Makes breath pleasant. Get Fas-
( teeth today At Liggett's. Hooks or any
! ether drug Advertisement
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
her SECRETARY
IS ACCUSED OF
STEALING Them
Affectionate Messages Are
Signed by Earl Rex
and Harry
'HoLDUP' IS CHARGED
Miss De Voc Demanded
$125,000 to Return Let
tiers, Actress Claims.

BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14.-Stir-
ring love notes to Clara Bow from
men who signed themselves Earl"
Harry and REX" we're on file to-
day in the trial of Daisy De Voc,
charged with stealing from the &C
tress while acting as her secretary.
The love notes-telegrams and
letters-were introduced as evidence
after Miss Bow testified that Miss
De Voc had taken possession of
them and demanded $125,000 for
their return.
The ut" girl cried occasionally as
she testified against her former sec
rotary regarding checks which she
said Miss De Voc had drawn against
the Bow bank account without the
owners consent.
Miss De Voc planned today to
testify as to how Miss Bow spent
more than $350,0O0 in eighteen
months. This was the total amount
of more than 1900 checks offered
during the trial. District Attorney
Dave Clark based his charges
against Miss De Voc upon thirty
seven of these checks.
Admitted Signing Check
AS he went through them, and
asked Miss Bow if she had author
lied them, the actress in each in
stance denied that she had.
There came the question of a
check for 1926 with which Miss De-
wee was said to have bought a fur
coat.
Did you sign this check, Miss
Bow?" she was asked.
Certainly that Is my check. 1
signed it myself. But Miss Devoe
brought it to me and said it was to
go on my income tax. I signed 1t
because I trusted her"
She sobbed again when she was
asked If she authorized her former
secretary to buy silver dresser
set bearing her initials.
Il did not. She gave it to me
for my birthday and I thought she
was being sweet and kind" Miss
Bow testified.
kilograms Introduced
Among the kilograms received by
the actress in various cities during
1928, 1929 and 1880, were the fol-
lowing:
Dec. 81, 1923, Ell Paso, Tex: ITO
Clara Bow, Los Angeles: Night time
and loneliness. Maybe not for long.
Wire me, darling. Love. Earl"
March 81, 1929, New York: Swift
ly my love flies back to you, own
sweet darling. Earl"
April 7, 1929, Boston: ITO Clara
Bow, Hollywood: An elegant gift,
like you, none other superior. Love
and loneliness. Earl"
oct. 10, 1929, Hollywood: ITO
Clara Bow, San Francisco: Be a
good girl and don't stay out too late
with the boys. All Frisco is not
large enough for my love. Harry.
Oct. 81, 1929, Los Angeles: ITO
Clara Bow, San Francisco: Dear
darling. Sweet to hear word from
YOU. Homestead not same. Steam
room won't steam since you left.
love you, I love you, love you.
Harry"
Refers to LOcket
Nov. 10, 1929, New York: "How
are you, Clara? Returned today
Phi Gamma Club anxiously. Earl
Nov. %, 1929, New York: Il want
you and love you, sweetheart, anc
am working hard so can see yot
early in May. Earl"
Jan. l, 1880, New York: BE g
rood girl and don't forget the locket
for my chain. Harry"
Sept. s, 1880, Lake Tahoe: Dear
sweetheart darling baby. I do miss
YOU and this is only a beginning nov
10 the New Year trip. Rex"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
5-DAY WEEK IS ASKED
More Citizen Workers m Navy
Yards Urged by A. F. Of L.

By United Press
MIAMI, Fla, Jan. IA f1ve-day
working week for citizen workers in
navy yards, Unemployment Of more
civilians, and other reforms in the
interest of employment are recon-
Inended to the government in q
resolution adopted by the executive
council Of the American Federation
Of Labor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
ANOTHER 'Y' CLASS OPEN

Mechanical drafting, taught by H.
r. Edwards, is being offered by the
Y. NJ. G. A. as one of the courses in