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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-08-15
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and ruin. We have seen one Of
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-08-15

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
POLAR EXPEDITION is
PLANNED BY RESERVES

Navy Officials Would Spend Two
Years in Northern Canada.
B,y Science Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. ga polar
expedition that will take a 26O-ton
whaling vessel, two airplanes, a
quantity of scientific apparatus and
eighteen men to the farthest north
ern parts of Canada to remain for
two years is being planned by Cap
tain F. H. Williams of the United
States naval reserves, and DR.. H. B.
Marls, physicist at the United States
naval research laboratory here.
The expedition, under the COM
mand of Captain Williams to leave
in June, 1882, to gather new scien-
tif1c information from the far north
in cooperation with scientists of
other nations participating in the
second international polar year.
Explorations of the coming polar
year are expected to bring about a
more intensive study of the north
than has been made since the first
polar year fifty years ago. DR..
Maris is to have charge of the sci
entiflc work of the expedition.
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ARMS REPORT
GIVEN HOOVER
President to Study Plans
During Week End.

By United Press
LURAY, Va, Aug. ga report
on world disarmament prospects in
this time Of financial distress for
governments was brought to Camp
Rapidan today by Assistant Secre-
tary of State James c.. Rogers.
The report was expected to oc-
cupy much of President Hoover's
attention on his eighteenth week.
end Of the season in the Blue Ridge
mountains. A varied party of guests
was invited to share the President's
holiday.
Rogers has been making an in
tensive study of disarmament by
special request of Secretary of State
Stimson. The material he is COL
Letting will be used in preliminary
discussions leading up to the &C.
neva disarmament conference next
February.
Aside from receiving Rogers re-
port, the President was afforded an
opportunity to discuss q. wide va
riety of subjects with his weekend
guests. Two newspaper publishers,
Colonel Frank Knox of the Chicago
Daily News, and Warren Fairbanks,
publisher of the Indianapolis News,
we're among the guests.
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Head for Indiana

BIZ United Press
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill, Aug. 90
Phoebe Omlie, Memphis, Tenn, led
the women fliers in the Santa
Monica Cleveland handicap derby
today as she and fifty other avia-
tors prepared to leave for Terre
Haute. Ind. next scheduled stop en-
route to the national air races.
Her official rating was 106.42. The
men pilots were led by D. D. War
rem, San Francisco, with a rating
Of 103.25.
Mrs. Gladys O'Donnell, Long
Beach, Cal, made the fastest time
Friday on the flight from jefferson
City to East st. Louis, completing
the 1l0-mile trip in thirty seven
minutes. She has made the fastest
time on most of the laps, but, due
to her heavy handicap. ranked
fifth among the women fiiers today,
with rating of 96.77.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
PRISON PAY CUT
PLAN REJECTED
Trustees Vote, 81, Against
Norman Proposal.
By United Press

By United Press
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Aug. 90.
Trustees of the Indiana state
prison, by 3-to-1 vote, today re-
jected the proposal of John Moor
man, Knox, that salaries of all
prison employees be reduced. Moor
man cast the only vote in favor of
his proposal.
Michael Foley, indianapolis, as
serted that facts, as presented in
Moorman's resolution, did not war
rant a salary reduction.
He answered Moorman'S conten-
ton that tax reduction was neces-
sary in the state by saying that the
amount saved in cutting prison
employees pay would be negligible.
1t was pointed out that the aver
age wage of a majority of prison
workers is 1882 a month. ITO lower
this pay would destroy their
morale" said Foley.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
SURROUNDED BY COPS,
7 GANGSTERS GIVE UP

Suspects Rounded Up as Another
Slain Racketeer Victim is Found.
By United Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-Seven
gangsters, barricaded in a room in
Brooklyn lodging house, surren-
dered meekly today when police
surrounded their apartment, bat
tered in the door, and wounded one
of them.
Detectives were questioning them
today in the hope of solving a
number of robberies and one or two
murders"
AS the Brooklyn squad deployed
over the roofs, in the stairways, and
on the street near the gangSter
hangout, another victim of gunner
was found slain on Brooklyn streets.
He was identified as Leonardo
Benico, 30.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29

Columbus (Ga0 Enquirer-Sun, as
a reward for defeating the best
spoilers in the south.
Before he left for home Friday,
Drane told reporters he had seen
everything he wished except a
speakeasy and night club.
When told there were some
thing like 10000 speakeasies and
almost that many night clubs in
the city. Drane said he was sorry
he had no one to show him
around.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
SUICIDE is MARTYR
Leaves Letter Asserting He
Died a Hero
Pa TTn:tcd prcoo

By United Press
Fl. WAYNE, Ind, Aug. 29.-The
story Of a suicides picture of him
self as a heroic sufferer and martyr
for humanity" was revealed here
in a letter received by a newspaper
from Albert G.. Mcmillan, a railroad
engineer. The farewell message ap-
parently was mailed a few moments
before Mcmillan ended his life by
shooting.
Bitter criticism of lodge brothers
responsible for my downfall" per-
vaded the letter.
After confessing that he had
stolen lodge money to pay for lot
terry tickets and liquor, Mcmillan
wrote:
Il am dying for the blessing of
humanity. I am innocent of any,
thing. I am dying a hero"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
COUNCIL POWDERS BUDGET
SLASH, $50 TAX LEVY

making any changes in the budget.
Walsman made no budget change
suggestions.
William H. Book, Chamber of
Commerce civic affairs director,
suggested numerous specific budget
cuts, not including salaries, but in
GLIDING eliminating unnecessary
jobs, totaling about 100000, which
together with his proposed elimina-
ton of the 1a-cent thoroughfare
plan and street resurfacing levies,
the work to be financed by bonds
would result in about $035 levy
slash.
Walsman commended a $60,570
general fund budget item was being
counted twice, a similar mistake be-
ing alleged in the police pension
fund.
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have had affairs with as many as
thirty women.
Other Dupes' Found
Some letters were phrased in most
endearing language. And reports
reaching here told of former mail
sweethearts in Detroit, Olean, N. Y,
in California, Idaho and many other
points, with the list growing.
From clean came word that Mrs.
Bessie G.. Storrs said she had met
Powers through an advertisement he
inserted in the American Friend
ship society publication at Detroit
eight months ago.
''He told me all about a large
ranch he owned, and promised me
$4,000 annually for spending money
and promised to buy me an auto
mobile" she said.
"Also, he wanted to sell my prop
erty here and give it to him to in
vest, but I refused. Then once he
wrote me that he was i'll, and
wanted to go down to visit him and
take care of him, but he wouldn't
allow it," she continued.
She knew Powers as Cornelius o.
Pierson, a civil engineer at work on
a construction project in Clarks-
burg, she said.
Mrs. Edith Simpson at Detroit ex-
pected to marry Powers in Septem-
Der, she said. She was mortified"
at news of the discovery of the
bodies near his garage.
Letters Trapped Him
"He was so gentlemanly and re-
spectfuI in his letters" she wept as
she gazed through tears at a pho
tograph she said he had sent her.
He looks so calm and handsome
that I can't think he would do
wrong"
Letters were responsible for APP
prehension of powers. Letters found
in the home of Mrs. Eicher led to
search that resulted in discovery of
the gruesome termination of her ro-
nance by mail.
She and her children vanished
between June % and July IL. A
man who said he was Cornelius
Pierson took over the house and
said they had gone to Europe.
Police who learned this man had
vanished found furnishings packed
ready for shipment.
Chief H. w. johnson at Park
Ridge searched the garage. and
even dug for bodies. Then he came
across packet Of telltale letters.
f1fty-four in all.
The first date, Jan. 10, 1881, told
of his Income of more than $500
a month"
Children Are Praised
Letters from other men were
found; one from a California goat
king" and one from a "hard-work-
ing father of five lonely children in
Idaho. Mrs. Eicher's friends told Of
the woman's romantic nature.
Some Of Powers letters to the
slain woman were found here. One
answered her protest that he was
TOO small to be an ideal lover.
Honey dear. know that I ap-
pear rather small in one picture. but
Turn to Page 81
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81" should have been. Drane
chuckled softly to himself, drew
from his memory and won the
trip to New York.
There were other barriers be-
sides babirousSa which Drane hur-
died in the contest. Ornithorhyn-
Gus, a scientific term, which in
ordinary language means a duck
bill, was easy for him.
So was hypSibrachycephalic.
Drane said hypsibrachycephalic
in reality means nat-headed. The
reporters took bis word for it.
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DABIROUSSA was the word
- that sent Drane on his visit
here. 1t is more than just
word with trick spelling, Drane
explained. 1t is a species of wild
hog found in the East Indies. He
had seen the word in a diction-
airy.
As the contest drew to a close
a woman reporter for a Columbus
newspaper and Drane remained
IN competition. The master of
the bee called for "babiroussa.
The reporter put an "a" where the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29

Budget and levy changes which
would reduce the city tax levy to
approximately 500, suggested by
representatives of the Chamber of
Commerce and Indiana Taxpayers
Association Friday night, today
were being considered by city coun-
cilmen.
Salary cuts on sliding scale,
with higher-paid city employees re-
ceiving the biggest cut, already be-
ing considered by councilmen, fur
Their would reduce the levy to about
SGT if adopted, cut of IL cents
fro mthe proposed $108 levy.
Heaviest slash suggestion Friday
night was made by Albert F. Walls
man, taxpayers association repre-
sentative, who insisted $.051 could
be pared from the levy without
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
LAKE COUNTY
Slayer WILL
Be DEPORTED
Central Figure in Parole
Scandal to Be Pushed
Out of Country.
IGNORE CAPONE RUMORS
Trustees Fail to Quiz Killer
on Story of CarouSaIS
While at Liberty.

By Times Special
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Aug. %.
Avoiding all questioning of Nick
Sudovich, Lake county slayer, racke-
teer, and public enemy as to his
boasts of spending a thirty-day
parole with his overload, Al Ca
pone, state prison trustees have or
dered his immediate parole for de-
portation, instead of waiting until
November when his minimum term
expires.
Prison trustees declared they
were not interested in the charges
that Sudovich, obtaining temper
airy parole of Is days for the
avowed purpose of winding up
important private business" pend
ing his deportation in November,
asked for and was granted an ex-
tention of Is days to carouse with
Capone in Michigan resorts and
hotels.
But that the trustees are cogniz-
ant of the affair was indicated when
Michael E. Foley, indianapolis
member, told Sudovich: There is
no ned of keeping you here any
longer at the expense of the state.
You have failed to live up to Ameri-
can ideals, SO you will have to
leave"
Sentenced as Slayer
Capone's vice regent in Lake
county is under a two 10 twenty
one years sentence in the state peni-
tertiary for the Staying of Uron
Marovich, member of another beer
and vice racket, who was acting as
a government informer.
While in the state prison he was
brought into federal court for the
northern district of Indiana and
was found guilty of completely in the
liquor conspiracy case of Mayor
Raleigh Hale and Police Chief James
Regain of East Chicago.
He then was ordered deported
upon the expiration of the minimum
Of his manSlaughter sentence.
Upon representations of his at
torney, Oscar Ahlgren, Whiting, for
mer state representative, Warden
Walter DAILY recommended fifteen
day parole for Sudovich so he
might arrange his affairs pending
deportation.
Extension Is Granted
Soon after granting of his parole,
Sudovich through Ahlgren petit
toned for an extension, which also
was granted.
However, upon his return two
weeks ago, inmates of the pe1i-
Tertiary, through the underground
telegraph system, learned of his
boasts that while out on parole he
had attended carousals given by
and in honor of Capone.
DAILY denied that he had recon-
mended the original parole and
said that it came from the Cover
nor's office. The answer was that
the warden had urged it.
Although they refused to discuss
the matter with the racketeer, the
prison trustees ordered him held
for the immigration authorities.
Came to u. S. in 1913
The public enemy came to the
United States from Yugo-Slavia in
1913. He returned on a visit to his
former home in 1926, which placed
him under the labor departments
regulations involving crimes COM
mitted five years after arrival in
this country.
Thus he became liable for de-
portation.
Ahlgren, his attorney, has indi-
Gated he will take no further steps
in behalf of Sudovich.
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HARRISBURG, w. Va, Aug. 29-Harry F. Powers
offered today confess he murdered rich widow he wooed
by mail and her three children, m my lawyer tells me to-
police announced.
The police after twelve hours of
examination which followed discovery of the bodies of
the victims in shallow graves garage Powers prop
erty They had reported after the offer that Powers
had Confessed"
'Wl your confession impicate your wife and her
sister," police said they asked the 45yearod matrimonial
agent whose love letters of led to discovery
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BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Aug. CIVIL
y liam E. Drane, schoolmaster,
lawyer, a southern gentleman,
father of four children, and "the
champion speller" of Chattahoo-
chez valley, Georgia, was en- route
home today. disappointed because
he failed to see a speakeasy or
night club during a week In New
York.
Drane was sent to New York to
"see the sights for week" by the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
MERCURY GOING UP
Fair Weather Promised City
for Weekend.

Dropping to new summer low
of Sc at this morning, the mer-
curry began an uphill flight that
will carry it to the near Dos Sunday.
Today's low temperature was 5
degrees below normal and was 10
degrees below the temperature for
the same hour last year.
Fair weather will prevail through
out the state Sunday. with the
slight increase in temperature.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
SEEK TO AID PANGBORN
N. Y. legislature Wants to Pass
Resolution Asking U. S. Action.

N. Y. legislature Wants to Pass
Resolution Asking U. S. Action.
By United Press
ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. ga reso-
luton callinf upon the state de-
partment to aid High Herndon and
Clyde Pangborn, American f1iers
detained by the japanese authori-
ties, may be acted upon by the
legislature next week.
The resolution was offered Fri
day by Senator Arthur w. Wicks
OF Kingston, but it was ruled out
OF order. Governor Roosevelt nav
allow the legislature to consider it
Herndon and Pangborn have been
refused permit to fly across the
Pacific ocean because they alleg-
edly took photographs of japanese
Notifications.
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GERMAN Filler
OVER ATLANTIC
Won Gronau on Way to
U. S. From Greenland.

By United Press
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 29.-Captain
Wolfgang Won Gronau, German
t1ier, is en- route to the United
States from Greenland, it was re-
vealed belatedly today.
Won Gronau left Godthabb late
Friday. He had flown to Greenland,
pioneering over a possible air line
from Europe to the United States.
Won Gronau made a similar flight
to New York last year, accompanied
by German aviation students.
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Three injured in collision

When two cars crashed headon
on State Road 81 south of Oak
landon this morning, three men sus-
tanned severe cuts. Those injured
are DR.. F. A. McCammon, %, city
hospital inferno; G. H. Norris, 81,
Fovtville, and Don Kinnaman, Al, of
Fortville.
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VI Vic 1IllOO11lS WlOOW OOOys
NO." was the reported re-
ply. Both Mrs. Powers and
her sister are under arrest in
connection with the case.
II will make a complete state
ment today" police said Powers
promised. But" he said, my
lawyer will have to advise me
first"
The middle-aged Romeo'S prom
Use to confess came about a. m
as authorities were investigating the
possibility of wholesale murder
plot in which enamored women all
wooed by mail were the victims
Threatened by Mob
And it followed night-long vigil
in county Jail here, where Powers
had been hustled hurriedly after a
mob formed and threatened to
lynch him.
The mob formed after discovery
of bodies of the victims, Mrs. Aste
Buick Eicher, and her children,
Greta, IA; Harry, II; and Annabel,
9, near the garage On the Powers
property.
Powers admission was secured
after questioning by Detective
HouSely, Chicago, who arrived in
Clarksburg early today and Police
Chief Clarence A. Duckworth,
Clarksburg.
Mrs. Eicher was killed first, &C
cording to preliminary investiga-
ton, Sergeant L. M. Bird said. She
and two of the children were hanged
along the wall in the sub basement
of the unused garage, while the
third child, Harry, was hit on the
head with weapon Of the nature
of a hammer, Bird said.
Dead About Two Weeks
Condition of the bodies revealed
that all had suffered from lack of
nourishment, police said. How long
they were in the garage before they
were killed has not been deter
mined.
The four were taken to the ga
rage from Fairmont, w. Va, police
have determined, and further in
vestigation is to be made in that
city to trace their movements there.
Coroner L. G. Golf, who viewed
the bodies in the Romine funeral
parlor, said he believed they had
been dead for about two weeks.
A crowd estimated to number
1000, which gathered about the Jail
Friday night, had dispersed today
without further demonstration. Po-
lice said the crowd was actuated
more by curiosity than by anger.
Police said District Attorney Will
4. Morris would file murder charges
against Powers.
Near midnight the police found
another garage recently rented by
the 45-year old Powers. In it they
found clothing, jewelry and love let
tiers, indicating it had been used as
hiding place for the personal
property of several women.
Rings, Clothing Found
Wedding rings, one initiated C.
o. P. to E. F.; pocketbooks, chill
dren's and women's shoes, dresses
and partly burned letters Uttered
the place.
This garage and the ground
about it in Broad Oaks, a suburb,
will be explored thoroughly, by
police to determine if other victims
have met the fate of Mrs. Eicher
and her children.
Their bodies were found in
shallow grave just a few feet from
the garage, recently built and listed
as property of Mrs. Louella Powers,
who at first was not arrested, but
later was arrested along with her
sister, Miss Eva Bell Strother. The
two sisters run a grocery store.
Mrs. Powers insisted today her
husband was. innocent Of any
wrongdoing. She offered no COM
ment on the many romantic letters
found, which indicated Powers may
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-29
SWINE HOLD FIRM AT
END OF WEEKS TRADE
Cattle and Vealers Steady to Lower;
Sheep Weak.


No changes were made in hogs
this morning at the city yards,
prices holding even for Fridays best
and average. The bulk, 100 to 1926
pounds, sold for $685. to $6.75; early
top remaining at $6.75. Receipts
were estimated at $500; holdovers
were 142.
Cattle were quotably steady, re-
ceipts numbering $50. Vealers were
off so cents at $3.50 down. Calf re-
ceiptS we're 200.
Sheep showed a lower tendency
with better grade lambs making the
market at 81 to IS. A few sold as
high as 1925. Strictly choice kinds
were not available. Receipts were
$50.