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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
new DRY VOTE
PLAN OFFERED
Avoidance of Issue for 1882
President Race Urged.

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.-To
avoid making partisan question of
repeal of the eighteenth amend
ment, Representative Samuel B.
Pettengill, of South Bend, the old
Thirteenth district, has proposed
that congress, in December session,
enact repeal resolution, with the
provision that It be voted upon in
1898.
Pettengills idea is to take the
controversial question out of the
1882 presidential election. He would
have state conventions ballot on
the prohibition subject after Jan. /,
1898.
The South Bend cngressnnan was
nominated and elected as a drip
ping wet" but since that time, has
attempted to side-step the subject.
He fears that if the 1882 Demo-
cratic convention platform would
declare for light wines and beer,
it seriously would affect the chances
of the party that year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
Walks Through Crowd
ARMS PACT REACHED
League of Nations to Ask
Year Moratorium.
United Press

By United Press
GENEVA, Sept. 2S.-The League
of Nations appeared today to have
reached its maximum agreement
for an armament truce under pres
ent conditions mere request for
a recommendation that there be no
increase in ornaments for one year
beginning Nov. /.
The leagues disarmament COM
mission was forced to limits its eff
forts to requesting the league as
sernbly to recommend to states that
their ornaments not be increased
for a year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
Mrs. Carrie Simmons Sits
Unmoved as Attorneys
Spar for Advantage.

BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
LEBANON, Ind, Sept. 28-Her
face lined by worry ana ner ac-
tions followed by the eyes of the
courtroom curious, Mrs. Carrie w.
Simmons, Hancock county farm
wife, today heard the drone of voices
Of attorneys and talesmen as her
trial for the poison murder of her
daughter, Alice Jean, 10, opened.
She sat with her face on her
hand during the proceedings,
marked by heated outbursts of state
and defense attorneys. The verbal
challenges finally were quieted by
Judge John w. Hornaday,. who de-
clared he would not tolerate" fur
ther skirmishes.
A crowd of seventy-fve farm folk
and townspeople, many of whom
brought their lunches, witnessed the
opening of the technical proceed
ings to select,a murder trial jury
Few to Pass Test
Twelve men were in the jury box
when court adjourned at noon, but
few, if any, are expected to with
stand the grilling of attorneys for
the next few days and finally sit in
the case.
The state charges that Mrs. Sim
mons inserted strychnin capsules in
the sandwiches of members of her
family who attended reunion last
June. 1t was a picnic That turned
to tragedy with the death of Alice
Jean and another daughter, Vir-
ginia, IA, and the illness of others
of the party.
CARRIED in a Princess Eugene hat,
long tan coat, green and blue dress,
tan stockings and black oxfords,
Mrs. Simmons, thin and pale, took
her first step out of the Boone coun-
ty jail in three months as she went
to the courthouse.
Walks Through Crowd
Preceded by Sheriff Wilbur Small
and accompanied by her husband,
John w. Simmons; two sons, Dale
and George, and her daughter Eliza
beth, Mrs. Simmons walked with her
head up through crowds that gath
cred outside the county building.
She spoke to no one until she had
taken her seat at the defense table,
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
STREET PETITIONER
CHARGED BOUGHT

McCallum is the low bidder on
concrete for the Job. Through the
lawyers. he said he was informed
that asphalt interests paid for one
of the three signatures and a sec
ond signer for the material only
recently received a deed to the
property now in his possession.
The works board will hear fur
Their statements of the attorneys
Wednesday.
The move to improve the street
from Capitol to Northwestern av-
enues is the third of its kind re-
Gently. First bids were cast aside
because OF improper specifications
and the second because construc-
ton costs werefoo high.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
FIVE BLASTS FAIL;
SAFE FOILS YEGGS

Binding the Waterman and
threatening him with guns, four
yeggs Sunday night set of five
blasts in safe in the Sinclair Re-
filming Company's main Office at
1902 Kentucky avenue, but failed
to get any loot.
For five hours Ed Fitzgibbons. So,
of 1893 Blaine avenue, Waterman,
told police he watched the burglars
work. and at one time they united
him while he took a phone order for
oil. They rebound him after that
and worked until nearly this
morning.
Fitzgibbons said he first faced the
yeggs' guns when he investigated a
noise in the front Office Of the COM
pany at $50. Ordering him to a
rear room. the yeggs found him and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
Nine Killed in Riot

BIZ United Press
HONG KONG, Sept. ga state
of emergency existed in Hong Kong
today after rioting in which SIX
Japanese and three Chinese were
killed.
In declaring the existence OF an
emergency, the government called
out British troops and volunteers TO
aid native police.
trouble started here Saturday,
when several Japanese shops were
stoned and japanese were attacked.
Placards were. distributed, urging
attacks on japanese at sight. Ine
streets were not safe for pedestrians
and the local police soon became
unable to control the situation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
GANDHI LAYS TEXTILE
PLAN BEFORE BRITAIN
Offers to Import English Product
in Exchange for Self Rule.

Offers to Import English Product
in Exchange for Self Rule.
BIZ United Press
LONDON, Sept. 28.-Mahatnna
Gandhi returned to London early
today after visit to the Lancashire
textile district where he proposed
Indian self-government as the price
for reopening Indian markets for
British cloth.
III India is given self-govern-
ment, 1 will advocate prohibition of
all imported cloths except the
products of Lancashire" Gandhi
said.
He said that if political develop
ments and a general election caused
the Indian round table conference
to mark time he would return to
India.
so far there has been no
progress" Gandhi said. "On the
other hand there has been no retro
gression."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
AIR CRASHES KILL 5
Two Planes Are Wrecked;
Motor Troubles Blamed.

By United Press
ROOSEVELT FIELD, L. I, Sept.
Backward Diehle, 20, and Charles
Lindstrom, 81, were killed Sunday
when the plane in which they were
flying stalled and crashed.
The pilot, Stanley Bateman, 19,
received a fractured skull, broken
leg and internal injuries. He got
his flying license only a month ago.
By United Press
FONDA, N. Y, Sept. 28-Dr. r.
Barlow Read, 80, divorced husband
of Hope Williams, actress; DR.. Sam
uel S. Ellis, %, Buffalo, physician,
and the latter'S brother, Joseph w.
Ellis Jr., were killed in an airplane
crash here Sunday.
Read was plotting. Apparently he
was trying to make an emergency
landing when the plane crashed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28

Now they are going to have
their state cars and will be
provided with upkeep, includ-
ing gas, oil and tires, free.
The state highway garage
will take care of repairs.
Previous to the meeting at which
the cars we're purchased, newspaper
men pleaded with the commission
ers to permit the public, through
the press, to be let into the secrets
of commission conduct. 1t was
pointed out that they are expend-
ing public funds.
Story Leaks Out
Other commissions at the state
house keep public minutes of the
meetings and the department heads
explain what takes place. But the
highway commission has a paid
publicity man, and he doesn't know
what goes on either.
Purchase of personal cars with
state money by the commissioners
was made public today only through
what might be termed bootleg
channels"
Yet one of the machines has been
delivered to Chairman Albert j.
Wedeking at Dale and another to
Commissioner Robert Boren at
Fountain City.
Cars for Commissioners Arthur
Sapp, Huntington, and Arthur P.
Melton, Gary. are parked in the
state highway storage garage today.
Road Funds Used
All were purchased from the Bax-
ter Company, 1142 North Meridian
street, and paid for from highway
administration funds" They cost
$1,525 each.
Under the new budget, effective
Oct. l, no more than cents a mile
can be paid for any car on state
use. The commissioners have been
getting 10 cents, with the exception
Of Boren's Ford, which drew 8 cents.
The new method will not cause
them any operation at a loss, it was
pointed out. It beats the Scent
budget idea.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
COOL SPELL BROKEN
Warm Weather Opens Re-
turn Engagement Here.

With skies clear, warm weather
was opening a return engagement in
indianapolis today, the weather
bureau forecasting mercury reading
above 70 by Tuesday afternoon.
The thermometer climbed to 81 at
noon to pull away from the lowest
mark since last spring. The record
low was 469 shortly before s a. m.
Heavy frost that did little dam
age was reported at Wheatfield,
where the mercury dropped to So.
Light frosts were recorded in An
COLA and Madison, the bureau re-
ported.
Lowest temperature was 513 sun
day with a maximum of 63.7 and a
wind that reached a maximum of
twenty-one miles an hour at times.
Mercury is expected to rise to
about SO today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
Chinese RIOT.
STRIKE DOWN
PEACE LEADER
Students CIamOr for War
on Japan, Attempt to
Kill Foreign Minister.
FIGHTING is RENEWED
Thirty Reported Slain in
ManChuria; Toxic Drafts
Note to u. S.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
SHANGHAI, China, Sept. %
Foreign Minister c. T. Wang was
attacked and injured seriously today
by group Of students demanding
war with Japan.
The attack occurred while the
% foreign minister was en- route to
his Office. Students jumped on his
automobile and injured him before
his chauffeur was able to increase
the cars speed and escape.
The students appeared to hold
Wang, one of China's most accom-
plished diplomats, responsible for
Markings foreign policy of appeal
ing to the League of Nations to in
tervene in the Japanese occupation
of Manchuria, rather than opening
hostilities.
Chinese in Mukden, on the order
Of the government, offered no re-
sistance when Japanese troops occu-
pied the city ten days ago.
Climaxes Weeks of Riot
The attack on Wang climaxed a
week of student demonstrations de-
manding action against the Japa-
nese and criticising the Marking
regime. Two thousand Shanghai
students went to Marking Sunday
night and demanded immediate war
against Japan.
The city was thrown into confu-
sion before police and troops dis
persed the student demonstration.
An attempt was made to murder
Wang here several weeks ago. He
arrived by train from Marking and
several assailants fired at him as he
was leaving the railway station.
Wang was not hurt, but one OF
his aids was killed.
Expected to Live
Five thousand students were in
the crowd which attacked Wang.
The diplomats personal servants
came to his aid and succeeded in
getting him out of the crowd.
Wang was reported to be under
treatment at the home of General
Chang Kai-Shek, head of the Ma
tional government and Wang
brother in-law.
His injuries we're said to be crlti-
cal, but he was expected to live.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28

|. TO BORE INTO
LEGION RANKS
Campaign Will Be Aimed at
wet Leaders, Asserts
Cherrington.
DRIVE ON BAR PLANNED
Lawyers and Doctors Also
Will Be Urged to Aid
Prohibition.
BIZ United Press


WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-Prohi-
bitionistS today announced a cam
paign to consolidate dry sentiment
within the American Legion and la
Dor, legal and medical organizations
which voted for change in the
liquor laws.
The campaign was outlined by
Ernest H. Cherrington, chairman of
the board of strategy of the con-
ference of organizations supporting
the eighteenth amendment.
Cherrington asserted the legion's
vote for referendum on prohibition
was not representative of the views
Of the bulk of its membership, but
was an expression of its leaders
opinion.
THE great body of these ex-
soldiers who have not found OPP
portunity for expression through
their organization will be reached
by special endeavors to be made by
organizations fighting todays battle
against alcoholism and against the
liquor enemies of the Constitution, A."
Cherrington said.
Special campaigns also will be di-
rected toward the hundreds of
thousands of members of local labor
unions whose support of this ma
tional policy is being ignored by pro-
fesSional labor leaders who assume
the right to speak for the work
ers of the country without making
any serious attempt to ascertain
the will of the millions who con-
stitute the local labor groups"
Among lawyers, the dry leader
said the new movement was ex-
pected to afford the better element
at the bar an opportunity for per-
sonal enlistment in behalf of respect
for law and obedience to law"
The campaign among doctors will
be the first major attempt in recent
years to obtain their active support
for prohibition, Cherrington said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28

left one of the quartet to guard
him.
Five times during the five hours
explosives were set of in the safe,
but each of them failed to spring
the inner door, hating the thieves
drive to the stronghold, he said.
When the phone rang at 1920
p. m, Fitzgibbons said, he was un-
tied and took the oil order. After
hanging up the receiver, the yeggs
retied Fitzgibbons to the chair, he
told police.
Fitzgibbons tolds Sergeant Leo
Landers that the quartet Of yeggs
united him when they left the
building.
The outer parts Of the safe were
wrecked b. the explosives
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
STATE FUNDS ARE SPENT
TO BUY new AUTOS FOR
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS
More Than $4,000 Expended, Without Public
Notice. to Purchase Private Cars
for Board Members
OIL, GAS AND TIRES WILL BE FREE
Gift Is First Of It's Kind in Indiana History;
Story Leaks Out Only by
Accident
BY DANIEL NJ. KIDNEY

State highway commissioners today sporting
Sudebaker President eghts costing the state $4,000 and
bought without public notice by the commissioners them
selves at their meeting last week
This is the first time in the history of the department
that the state has purchased for the commissioners
They paid $40 per diem and meet but few times
month
Previously they also paid mileage, ranging from
to cents the of their state missions
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
Fighting Is Renewed
BIZ United Press

BIZ JMitcd PreSs
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S'-Fur-
Their hostilities in Manchuria have
been reported in official cable adj
vices to the Chinese legation here.
These advices stated train was
derailed late Saturday by "Japa-
nese agents" south of Mukden, With
loss of thirty lives. Among the
dead. the messages said, was an
Englishman, a Russian, and an IN
dian. The advices asserted the Jap
anese looted the train and were con-
tinuing aerial bombardment OF
Chinese forces.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
Japan Drafts Note

BIZ United Press
TOXIC, Sept. 28.-The japanese
government will disr- tch note to
Washington today, answering the
note of Secretary Of State Stimson'
urging a peaceful settlement OF the
Manchurian situation.
The note pledges withdrawal Oh
troops from Manchuria as soon as
POSSIBLE. non-aggravation of the sit
uation, and observan"" OF japan 5
international obligations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
SCHOOL RECORD LOOMS
Depression Booms Enrolment at
/. U. Extension Center.

Depression that ended the uni
versity careers Of many men and
women has resulted in their en-
rollment at the Indiana university
extension center for continuation
Of college work, r. z. Cavanaugh,
director, said today.
With 818 persons paying enroll
ment fees and several hundred
others preparing to enter the classes
Cavanaugh said he expected the
total class registration this year To
exceed last years record of 1000.
Curriculum OF the center covers
cubiects included in regular uni
VeESiy 4oRAase
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
WEATHER DELAYS Indy

RELIEF surveys in FIOod-Swept
China to Be Resumed Tuesday.
81 United Press
NANKING, China, Sept. 2S.-
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh planned to fly their black
monoplane to Hankow today to en-
gage in further relief surveys in
flood swept central China, but bad
!, weather delayed them until Tues
day.
The Lindberghs, whose visit here
was turned into mercy expedition,
said they planned to remain in the
area several days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
Mercy Theft
N Tnlfcd ~

~ bNtffd FffeS
DETROIT, Sept. 28.-Police
arrested Harold Cough, Deck
ervilIe, Mich, for attempting to
break into a wholesale drug
house.
At the station Cough told
them his niece in Deckerville
was critically i'll with infantile
paralysis.
Failing to arouse any officials
of the company and desperate,
he tried to break in to OBJ
tain serum that might prevent
paralysis or death. Officers
verified his story and awakened
a drug company official, who
sent Cough speeding back with
the precious package.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
AKRON IS OFF AGAIN
Takes TO skies IN Flight to Test
Turning Ability.
m united Press

By JnlFC0 FFISS
AKRON, Sept. 2s.-The U. S. s.
Akron gided into the air at 1O;40
a. m. today, less than eleven hours
after she had cruised through
murky skies on night flight
The airship's fourth voyage, as
the Others. was uncharted through
announcement of naval officials.
She rose slowly from her moorings
and slid away to the northwest. The
fight, of uncertain length. was de-
signed to test the ships turning
ability,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
CITY CONTROLLER HURT
William L. Elder knocked Down by
Auto, Injured Slightly.

William L. Elder, city controller,
suffered minor injuries today when
he was knocked down by an auto
mobile while crossing Meridian
street at New York street.
The traffic light changed. he said,
while he was in the street, and a
car driven by Mrs. George Parker,
Box 81, Broad Ripple, hit him.
Elder sustained small cuts and
bruises on the right hand and knee,
and mis- clothing was torn. He was
taken to his Offices in the Chamber
OF Commerce building.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
MUSEUM TO GET PLANE
Amundsen's North Pole Ship to Be
Exhibited in Germany.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Sept. o.
The Dornier airplane in which
Roald Amundsen, famous explorer,
flew to the north pole in 1925, was
being overhauled today and will be
placed in the German museum at
Munich.
Captain Courtney, British flier,
attempted an ocean flight in the
plane in 1927, and Wolfgang Won
Gronau flew to New York over the
northern route in it in 1880.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
MELLON SLASHES WAGE
10 Per Cent Cut in Salaries Is
Ordered BY Company.

BIZ United Press
PITTSBURGH, Sept. %. - A re-
duction of 10 per cent in the salaries
of all employees of the Aluminium
Company of America. Mellon in
terest, and its subsidiaries, effective
Oct. l, was announced today.
The action has been considered
for several months, officials said,
but was delayed until made neces-
Sary in the interest of economy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
HOOVER QUITS CAMP
Returns to Capital With
Roosevelt, Bingham.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-Presi-
dent Hoover arrived at the White
House at Oils today from his week
end holiday at Camp Rapidan. Mr.
Hoover was accompanied by Gov
ernor Theodore Roosevelt of Porto
Rico and Senator Bingham (Rep.,
Conn.,.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
Furnace Fire Ignites Roof

First furnace fires of the year took
their initial toll Sunday night when
sparks ignited the roof on the resi-
dence of F. w. Lewis, 100 West
drive, Woodruff Place. Damage was
estimated at $3.50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
G. O. P. TALKING BEER
New Jersey Legislators Meet to
Discuss Liquor Issue.
81 United Press

Discuss Liquor Issue.
By United Press
NEWARK, N. j., Sept. 28-Fed-
eral legislators from this state we're
to meet here today to draft what
is reported to be a 4 per cent beer
legislation act as a federal revenue
measure.
They are meeting at the invita-
ton OF Representative Isaac Bach
arach of Atlantic City, ranking
member of the house ways and
means committee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-19

so different figure lines. At first
when you look at the new corsets
you'll wonder how they're going to
change your figure.
Their satins, batistes, brocades
and crepes are so soft and light
Not a bit heavier than your corset
of last year which didn't do nearly
so much.
Then you discover a short little
bone or two placed-yes, right where
they hold that spare tire" gently
but firmly in place. And a strip OF
pliable elastic that exertS gentle but
determined pressure on the place
that bulges.
Innocent looking enough, these
new fall girth controllers. Innocent
feeling, too. But mighty effective
in their results.
There are some new devices to
watch for. Upper openings in place
Of lacings-though lacingS are still
among those present if you prefer
them, and especially effective in the
back to snug up the waistline.
Fewer seams in the new corsets
so as to keep the surface smooth
Simplified inner belt constructions
for the very large figure.
Backs cut as low as you want 'em
for your most daring evening gown
You're going to like wearing these
new corsetS. Because they'll make
you like your figure better.
copyright. 1881. by Amos ParrishI
Monday: Amos Parrish describes
fashion in fur trimmed suits.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-19
What's in Fashion?
COrSetS for the New Silhouette
Directed By AMOS PARRISH---

NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-When
~ you look at your friends who
are perfect thirty-sixes" and visit
fully think, "Oh, the new clothes
are all right for them. But look
at me. My abdomen bulges and
there's a spare tire round my dia-
phragm"-
Don't despair! Maybe you can't
be perfect SO, but you can be a
perfect 38, 40, AZ, 44-or whatever
your girth is. 1t doesn't make so
much difference this fall what you
measure as long as those measure
ments are perfect. Perfectly smooth
in their curves, perfectly proper
toned, perfectly controlled.
And girth control is the function
of the new fall corsets.
Don't think for minute that all
those smooth, svelte figures we see
dancing at the Pennsylvania roof
(Which is Rudy Vallee's present New
York address, are naturally that
way.
Buy the Corset First
If you could see them in their
favorite shops before they bought
those slinky satins and diaphanous
chiffons, you'd find they were all
being fitted to new corsets-smooth-
ing out their unwanted rolls of flesh
into the soft undulations that make
the fashionable figure this fall
Yes, fashionable women are wear
ing corsets. Even when they're slim
size IA or Is. Even the young
things are taking no chances on let