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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17
FRAUD
BRAINS HELD
Hoosier Who Lost $1,000
Causes Arrest.
By Times Special
CnTTrrU DTATT

By Times Special
SOUTH BEND, Ind, April IT,
Keen identified the man known
as Mitchell in Chicago last week
and is attempting to have him
Frank Keen, Michigan City con-
tractor who was the victim of a
$4,000 swindle in 1925, mas filed
charges against the alleged ring
leader of the band now being held
in Chicago.
brought back to South Bend for
trial. He found this when he read
in Chicago paper of the arrest of
man calling himself Dunn, a coal
operator, said to been perpetrating
the same swindle in Chicago used to
victimize Keen.
Keen was approached by an ac-
complete of Mitchell's who told him
that MitchSll, or Dunn, wanted to
build some houses in Michigan
City. Mitchell represented himself
to be a wealthy Pittsburgh mer-
chant and the aceomplice said he
was an indianapolis realtor.
During the course Of the deal,
Mitchell agreed to take Keen in on
a stock deal. He did, and Keen
lost $4,000.
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daughter of a missionary, who had
been abducted by natives as a
baby and reared as one of their
own.
In the interior of Africa, where
white man was unknown, she
became to be regarded as a
supernatural being and as such
inherited an influence over the
natives that made her their alb
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17
UNION PRINTERS OF
INDIANA WILL MEET

president of the conference; Thorn
as Kane, Lafayette, first vice-presi-
dent, and George D. Mayer, Evans
vile, secretary and treasurer. Kane
is expected to be advanced at the
meeting to the presidency, and
Mayer to be reelected.
A banquet will be held Saturday
night at the Masonic temple. Bust
ness sessions will be held Sunday at
the CORTLAND hotel, conference
headquarters.
Mayor Henry Quigley will make
the address of welcome. Mitchell
will respond.
A program of entertainment,
visits to points of interest and other
features have been arranged.
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senator
IS Named TO
UTILITY POST
Harry CuthbertSon, Friend
of Big Business to
Succeed Mcintosh.
MURDEN'S HAND IS SEEN
Believed to Have Dictated
Commission Choice;
Ellis Renamed.
BY DANIEL NJ. KIDNEY

Senator Harry K. Cuthbertson
Dem, Howard and MiamD most
ardent Of the big utilities defenders
on the senate floor during the last
legislative session, has been APP
pointed to the public service COM
mission by Governor Harry G. Les
lie.
He will succeed to the post now
held by Commissioner Calvin Nc
Intosh OemD who retires May l.
His appointment adds another
feather to the cap of Jess Murden,
Peru, which gradually is reaching
the stage Of an Indian war bonnet,
due to the plumage collected under
the Leslie administration.
Murden, member of the state
highway commission, has been so
successful in getting his men in
high places that he has been
termed "the unofficial Governor of
Indiana"
He spent most of the week dane
ing attendance on Leslie to get the
Cuthbertson appointment. The
senator is an attorney at Peru and
eulogized his neighbor Murden
from the senate floor, when attack
was made on Murden during the
state highway investigation.
On other occasions he kept the
floor for long periods defending
utilities and opposing any legislation
to which the utility lobbyists OBJ
jected. He even attacked news
papers which would dare take a
stand for passage Of such bills as
the one bringing utility holding
companies under public service COM
mission jurisdiction.
His praises were sung throughout
the corridors by insult and other
utility lobbyists. Leslie is known to
have a keen ear for such tunes.
Talked to Marshal
Cuthbertson called on the Gov
ernor on Friday of last week, but
final decision was made in Lafayette
after Leslie is said to have con-
ferred with his other chief advisor,
Henry Marshal, Thursday after
noon.
CuthbertsOn's appointment is
looked upon as a complete utility
victory at most suspicious time.
The utilities have obtained numerous
high court decisions making replace
ment new the basis of rate making,
which proved very advantageous to
them during the rising market days.
Now the bottom has dropped out
of these values and the commission
could, if so inclined, use this basis
to revise rates in the interest Of the
public.
Commissioner Howell Ellis (Rep.,
Indianapohs), whose term also ex-
pires May l.. was reappointed for
the four-year period without oppo-
sition.
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quaint philosophy Of the weird
grandeur and terrifying aspect
Of the country through which he
Travelled.
Read this wonderful story.
starting April % in The Times
Pink, then see the film, made at
the expense Of many thousands Of
dollars, at the Palace theater
soon
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ByTimes Special

BIZ Times Special
KOKOMO, Ind, April 1.-THE
forty-third semi-annual Indiana
state conference of Typographical
Unions will be held here Saturday
and Sunday. Twenty-nine local
unions will be represented and with
the delegates and visitors approx
mately 200 persons will attend.
Invitations have been extended
international Typographical Union
and T. N. Taylor, president of
the Indiana Federation of Labor,
and Adolph Fritz, secretary and
treasurer. Taylor and Fritz have
indicated they will attend.
Glen D. Mitchell, Indianapolis, is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17

THE strange. true story Of
Il Trader Horn" acclaimed
the world over as one of the out
standing literary achievements of
all time, and which in book form
sold to the extent of hundreds of
thousands OF copies, will appear
in the Pink editions of The Times,
starting Wednesday, April %.
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CAME REFUGE
WILL Be ASKED
Kankakee MarShIand to Be
Surveyed Sunday.
By Times Special

By Times Special
VALPARAISO, Ind, April IT,
Kankakee river marshland near
here will be inspected Sunday with
view to recommending that it be
designated wild life refuge.
Izaak Walton League members
will make the inspection accompan-
led by Professor Harold Enders of
the Purdue university biology de-
partment and Professor Alfred
Meyers of the Valparaiso university
department of geography and
geology.
Results of the survey will be pre-
sented to the federal land acquisi-
ton bureau and to the national con-
vention of the Walton league to be
held in Chicago next week.
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Circus to Travel

PERU, Ind, April 17.-Another
circus with winter quarters here will
begin its annual tour soon. The
Hagenbeck- Wallace shows will leave
April 26. Its first road stand will
be at Connersville, May 2. The Sells
Floto circus left two weeks ago and
is now in Chicago.
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FATHER OF COUNTRY
FIRST u. S. DECORATOR
Bills of Lading Show George, Not
Martha, Furnished Mt. Vernon.

Bills of Lading Show George, Not
Martha, Furnished Mt. Vernon.
By United Press
PARIS, April 1.-THE ancient
bills of lading show conclusively that
George Washington, not Martha,
was the first interior decorator in
America.
1t was he who furnished Mount
Vernon, planned the type of furnish
ings to be used, where it should go
and even selected the curtains and
draperies to hang at the many win
dows of the great house.
This information came to light
in an interview with Miss Frances
Wolfe, who is in charge of the in
terror decorating and furnishing Of
the French Mount Vernon erected
in the Bots de Vincennes for the
French Colonial Exposition.
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Not day went by but what
brought forth encounters with
jungle beasts, friendships estab-
lished with peaceful tribes or
hair-raising escapes from the
clutches Of others.
NNE of the highlights Of the
~ story is his meeting with.
Nina T. . beautiful white girl.
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HUMANE SOCIETY TAG
DAY SLATED APRIL "a
Group Active in 357 Cases During
Month of March.

Tag day of the Indianapolis HUI
name Society viii be held April
"a and 25.
The society urges the public to
celebrate Humane week, April 10 to
%. Humane Sunday" is April 10.
The society during the month Of
March was active in 357 cases.
Two police officers work in CO.
operation with the society in pre-
venting cruelty to animals, giving
relief to the INDECENT, investigating
cases Of contributing to the de-
linquency of children, and aiding
aged persons.
Othniel Hitch is president of the
society and william P Hargon, sec
rotary. The society has offices at
703 Inland Bank building.
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CITY MANAGER NAMED

Former Michigan Official Hired by
Dallas, Tex, at $16,5O0 a Year.
BIZ United Press
DALLAS, Tex, April 17.-John N.
Edy, Flint QMich.) city manager, to-
day was named the first city man
ager Of Dallas at salary Of sl6,500
q year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17
INVENTS NEW BATTERY
MADE OF BUBBLES
Purdue Professors Discovery Makes
Static Flowing Current.

By United Press
LAFAYETTE, Ind, April ia
battery made of bubbles has been
perfected here by DR.. Karl Lark
Horovitz, head of the department of
physics of Purdue university, he an
nounced today. Assisting him in the
project were j. E. Ferguson and w.
G. Shaw.
Lark-Horovitz described the bat
terry as made of a bubble Of quartz
and another Of paraf1n. Both sub
stances, he said, are excellent in
sulators for electricity. The battery.
the scientist said, lives on static.
changing this type of electricity into
flowing current.
Lark Horovitz said the secret of
the invention lies in the thinness
OF the layers, which enables them to
become good conductors. When thew
are dipped in a salt solution, he
said, the ions in the liquid pene-
trate them and flow as a current.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17

The story of Trader Horn" is
one OF the most exciting sagas of
amazing adventure ever published.
More than fifty years ago, when
the venerable old man that we
know today as Trader Horn was
then a youth, he penetrated the
almost inaccessible depths of
darkest Africa in his ivory trade
with the natives.
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Guardian Asked
BIZ Times Special

d 7 FVtt6 opbJtWb
MARION, Ind, April II. APP
pointment of a guardian for Mrs.
Leucy Powell, IA, Negro, who re-
Gently was awarded a pension is
asked in a petition on file in Grant
circuit court. The pension granted
is retroactive to January, 1918, and
the first payment will total approx
mately $4,000. She also will receive
$50 monthly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17
AIM CLEANUP DRIVE
AT VACANT CITY LOTS
Chamber of Commerce Plans for
Annual Campaign April 2O-May 2.

annual Campaign April 2O-May 2.
Annual cleanup, paintup cam
paign, April 20 to May 2, sponsored
by the Chamber of Commerce, will
have as its aim the thorough clean
ing of every vacant lot in the city.
That the greatest per cent of
waste in the 801 miles of Indian
apolis city streets is from vacant
lots was pointed out at a meeting
of the cleanup committee at the
Chamber of Commerce Thursday
night.
Men needed by home owners can
be hired through Indianapolis or
state free employment bureaus. The
United States veterans bureau also
will cooperate in placing unem-
ployed men on jobs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17
PARK BOARD TO LET
PUBLIC CONCESSIONS
Contracts at Links, Pools, Beaches
Will BE Awarded Monday.

Contracts for operation of con-
cessions at the various city parks,
links, pools and beaches will he
awarded next Monday by the park
board, it was announced today fol-
lowing opening of bids.
Bids were referred to the board
engineer for tabulation.
Bid of the Continental Steel
Company of $746 for supplying
fencing for q playground at Walnut
and Spring streets was accepted.
Petition signed by a numbers Of
property owners asking removal of
bi1lboardS on Brookside parkway,
North drive, between Adams and
Houston streets, was taken under
Amusement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17
SALES MANAGER DIES
George Cox, 81, Succumbs After
Pneumonia Attack.

Funeral services will be held at
1:30 p. m. Saturday for George Cox,
g., Of Ait College avenue, city sales
manager of the Kiefer-S Stewart
Company, who died of pneumonia
at his home Thursday.
Services will be held at the Elan
ner and Buchanan mortuary and
burial will be in Oak Park
cemetery at Charlottesville.
Mr.. Cox was named city sales
manager for the company ten years
ago and held the post until his
death. He was g. charter member
Of the Calvin Prather lodge Of the
Masonic order.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17

Charles Ernest
Pellew served the
United States in
two wars, and
was a professor
at Columbia uni
versity until his
aged father be-
queathed him the
title in 1928, has
won a place in
England's house
Of lords. The
viscount, who was
born in England,
went to America
when he was 8
wears old. He
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17

fought in the Spanish war and
served as a member of reserves in
the World war. He has been in Eng
land several years awaiting read
mission to British citizenship, which
made him eligible for the house OF
lords.
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solute ruler-and no native war
rior, no savage beast of the jungle
excelled her in the cruelty, fero-
ciousness with which they ruled
their respective domains.
A Ill of these things Trader
n Horn describes as he expert
enced them together with his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17
GIRL INHERITS MILLION
Niece Is Bequeathed Fortune by
Wealthy Art Patron.

By United Press
CLEVELAND, April 17.-Miss
Mary Altemus of Hartford, Conn,
a niece was bequeathed $1,0000O0
under the provisions of the will of
the late Mrs. Stevenson Burke,
wealthy art patron, on file in pro-
bate court here today. Combined
requests of s3,9O0.OOO are listed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17
DRAW C0NCLAVE PLANS
Head Of Four static Prenare for
BIZ United Pres

Heads Of Four States Prepare for
Governors Convention.
By United Press
ALBANY, N. z, April I7.-Gov-
ernor Roosevelt, the Governors OF
three states and a former Governor
Of another, met here today to draft
a program for the national con-
ference Of Governors at West Baden,
Ind, June l to z.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17

4 PRIL showers bring forth three
"A interesting publications of the
Bobbs-Merrill Company. ''Rowena
Rides the Rumble" a pleasant story
of a girl and man in q cross
country advertising stunt, by Ethel
Hueston, is one.
A Kentucky and Ohio river brick
yard is the background for Tunnel
Hill" by Harlan Hatcher, an in
structor in English poetry at Ohio
State university. This is his first
book.
Mark Lee Luther places the scenes
of Its What You Are" in Los
Angeles. The chief male character
believes that "the only thing that
counts is the aristocracy of char
acter. And it is not surprising to
see that the orphan girl, a chief
character in the story, believes in
the "aristocracy of blood"
IF you would like a little of the
il northwest, you would do well to
take a chance on 'Now We're
Loggin'!" by Paul Hosmer Metro
poltan Press, So. Hosmer is a
top-notch humorist and he knows
his lumberjacks-capacity and all.
Il
one man who thinks the country
is rushing to destruction is Colonel
Charles Erskine Scott Wood, who
says that in TOO Much Govern
ment" vanguard Press, so. It is
an amazing book which will delight
some, shock just so many more, and
make others gasp.
n Il
An excellent book is Osbert Sit
wells 'Dumb-Animap' @. B. Lip
pincott e. Co., $3.50. Sitwell is at
his best in the short story, and his
group of fantasies are fine.
q n
CAvAGE, bitter. powerful-even
- though bit erratic-is Gene
Fowler's "Shoe The Wild Mare"
%korace Liveright, $2.5O) Fowler
hearty tears apart contemporary
ideals, manners, and morals.
There has been a host of books
dealing on New York's Jewish sec
tion--some excellent pieces of work,
others not so good-and now
Garibali M. Lapolla has come out
with a gifted work on the Italian
section of Gotham, 1.-THE Fire in the
Flesh" vanguard Press. so. La
polla is a gifted writer and his work
Is a colorful story.
Simple, robust Urnedy is what
Nunnally johnson 'nas put into his
book There Ought to Be Law
and Other Stories" Doubleday,
Doran & Co. so. Johnson's yarns
are really funny and his wise cracks
are dazzling.
Another book holding attention
with fine" readers is the memoir
by Marie, grand duchess of Russia,
Education of a Princess" (Viking
Press. $3.50. 1t is a vivid record
of one of the most dramatic periods
in modern history.
A LTHOUGH mystery stories
IA haven't the grip-or "box
office" standing-they held a year
ago there are some frSt-rate thrill
ers on the market. One of these is
white Face" Doubleday Doran g.
Co.. SD by Edgar Wallace. It's a
typical Wallace story, set in Lon
don. with shivers galore.
Another first-fiight mystery is
Murder in the Air" (Winiam Nor
row & Co., So by Darwin L. Tell
het. 1t is a dramatic tale and re-
pays reading.
Still another is The Crime
Coast" Doubleday, Doran & Co.,
SD by Elizabeth Gill. Tt is a thrill
ing, fast-running tale set on the
French Riviera and London. 1t will
carry you away. One of the best of
the year, without q doubt.
Another excellent mystery is 1.-THE
Wrath" Doubleday, Doran & Co.,
SD by Philip Macdonald. 1t is by
far the best mystery the author has
turned out yet. It's a great piece
Of work.
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BY WALTER D. HICKMAN


VXTHEN Dick Halliburton broke
w forth with his Royal Road to
Romance" thought that the latest
and best step in travel books had
been reached. Today, The Century
Company publishes Green He'll" by
Julian Duguid, which challenges the
supremacy and the style of the more
youthful adventurer.
Green HELP tells Of the adven-
lures Of four men, a Russian tiger
hunter, an English cinematograph-
er, Bolivian diplomat and an Irish
writer. These four men go into the
CHASTITY jungle of Eastern Bolivia.
These four men walked with death
at their elbow all the time.
These four men start out to travel
over an old Spanish route through a
South American jungle, which had
not seen a white man for 300 years.
favorable talk. I consider this the
favorable talk. 1 consider this the
best travel book since I read 1.-THE
Royal Road to Romance" Sells
for 81.
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in 1925 during the administration
of Goveror Ed Jackson.
Survivors are the widow, a daugh-
ter, Mrs. James M. Davis, and a
granddaughter, Mrs. Assert Guyot.
Mr.. Smith was a member of the
Columbia Club, the First Baptist
church, Mystic Tie lodge of the
Masonic order, Scottish Rite,
knights Templar, Mystic Shrine,
Sahara Grotto and the knights of
PythiaS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17
U. S. EX-S0LDIER NOW
IN HOUSE OF LORDS
One Time Columbia Professor Is
Given British Citizenship.
By NEA Service

LONDON, April 1.-THE seventh
ViScount of Ex1nouth, who as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17

Simple, robust Unedy is what
Nunnally johnson las put into his
book There Ought to Be a Law
and other Stories" doubleday.
Doran & Co. so. Johnson's yarns
are really funny and his wise cracks
are dazzling.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-17

Another book holding attention
with fine" readers is the memoir
by Marie, grand duchess of Russia,
Education of a Princess" viking
Press. $3.50. 1t is a vivid record
of one of the most dramatic periods
n, rnoder1, history
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-03
ND. 1882 TURF
DATES SET

The Maryland 1882 horse racing
season will be opened April at
Bowie, it was agreed at meeting
of representatives of Maryland's
major and minor tracks in Balti-
more. Dates for other spring and
fall meetings were settled and
these will be submitted to the
Maryland Racing Commission for
approval.
Those who participated in the
meeting were Bowie, Joseph B.
Byle and Thomas K. Lynch;
Havre de Grace, Edward Burke;
Laurel, Andrew j. Cummings; Pim-
leo; Matt L. Dagger and Frank
Riggs.
Probable dates for 1882 follow:
Spring
Bowie, April / to April 10 or IA
Ill days.
Havre de Grace, April 16 to
April 30-13 days.
Pimlico, May 2 to May 14-12
days.
Half Mile-Hagerstown, May II
to May 21-five days.
Fall
Havre de Grace September 81
to october 1-1p days.
Laurel-October 4 to October
29-23 days.
Pimlico, November l to Novem.
Der 12-11 days.
Bowie, November IA to Novem.
Der 26-12' days.
Half Mile-Cumberland, August
% to August 27-five days. Mari.
boro, August 80 to September s.
five days. Timonium, September
5 to September 10-five days.
Hagerstown, September IL to Sep
TENDER 17-five days.
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TWINS To PLAY
CHARITY CAME

ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 3.-Alex
andria High School gridmen will
play in a charity grid game De
cember IL against the Lane High
School eleven at Charlottesville
Va. Athletic Director of Alex
andria High completed arrange
ments for the contest today.
The following squad will make
the trip: Carr. Ewald, Bowman
Brown, Studds, Turner, Suthard
B. Mendolson, jackson, Hoeft
Jennier, Bruin, Routzhah, Hud
son. Sheads, Cohen, and Manager
Nicholson.
Bruin Ailing
The team is in good shape with
the exception of Jimmy Bruin
star halfback. This lad is suffer
ing from a badly bruised shoulder
at the present moment. 1t is
expected he will be in shape for
the Charlottesville game, how
ever.
The Twins have experienced a
very successful season on the
whole. They have defeated Wash
ington and Lee High, arch rivals,
Fredericksburg High, st. Johns
and National Training School
Western and Hopewell High de.
feated them.
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Baker Turned Trick

Johnny Baker rates the other
guard job on all-around play
this year, but if for nothing
else, for his snatching the
Notre Dame game out of the
fire. At least they think so
out in California and we are
one to agree with them.
Another choice. Jess Quatsie,
proved his worth when Pitt
played Notre Dame, stopping
their running plays almost be-
fore they were off and provid-
ing as fine interference and
brilliant play in a generally
brilliant line as has often been
recorded in gridiron history.
Yarr was undoubtedly a great
pivot man but in our mind is
given close call for the honor
by two others, Daugherty of
Pitt, and McDuffee of Column
bia. Despite fractured thumb
much Of the season. Yarr's
passing was superior and as a
the works.
The sad part about picking
AA-Americans is that so MANY
genuinely flashy players have
to be left off, despite their
moments of individual excel
1ence. Men like Barry Wood
and Able Booth and this RAY
Stecker are easily sectional
giants, but others crowd them
off when you start to cover
the nation.