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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
CHARGE OPPRESSION
JobIeSS May Flood City,
Mayor Warns.

Warning that an attempt would
be made to flood Indianapolis with
unemployed throngs from through
out the country if city police do not
stop breaking up street meetings of
jobless, was voiced today by Mayor
Reginald H. Sullivan.
A committee from the local
chapter of the International Labor
Defense conferred for more than an
hour with the mayor.
Sullivan told the delegation he
agreed with them that principles of
free speech and right to aSSemblage
must be upheld, but that he felt this
principle had not been violated in
indianapolis.
Volunteers of unemployed will
be asked to come here and help us
fight" the delegation told Sullivan.
Mayor Sullivan said that Ma
thaniel Ross, one of the delegation,
admitted to him that he was a paid
organizer of the Communist party.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09

missioner Frank r. Singleton said
in ruling on a petition by a group OF
street railway employees.
Proposal for an eight-hour day
also was rejected because it was not
taken up with street car officials
before going to the commission.
Time and one-half pay for work
over eight hours was refused.
The commission also declined to
raise minimum pay to 500 a month,
in place of the $45 month which
men on the extra board now are
guaranteed.
Present pay of motormen and
conductors ranges from 40 to 45
cents an hour. Their petition had
asked that the wage be set from go
cents up.
Issuance of permanent passes to
each employe was ordered.
Commissioner Harry K. Cuthert-
son, who set in on some of the COM
mission hearings and had suggest
ed a week limit on hours whereby
approximately 100 more men could
be placed at work on street car jobs,
was not present today. Other COM
missioners joined with Singleton in
rejecting the plan, although this
was not included in the formal
order.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
MARTIN HOLDS
SPOTLIGHT IN
SERIES CLASH
St. Louis Throng Is Out to
Pay Honor to Hero of
Diamond Classic.
CARDS CAN CINCH TITLE
Grove and Derringer Go on
Mound for Crucial
Conflict.
BY. L. S. CAMERON
United Press Sports Editor

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 9.-With John
Pepper" Martin playing the lead
ing part, the st. Louis Cardinals
and Philadelphia Athletics met at
Sportsman's Park today in the sixth
game of the world series.
The weather was clear, and there
was fresh breeze from out of the
north.
Martins truly spectacular batting
and base running have established
him as the current series hero, and
his performance today held inter
est secondary only to the outcome
of the game itself.
Lefty Grove and Paul Derringer,
opponents in the first battle of the
series, won BY the Athletes, GO,
were named as the hurlers.
Chance to Cinch Title
The Cards hold the lead in the
series at three games to two. If
the Cards were to win today, the
championship would be over. If%he
Athletics were to win, seventh and
deciding game would be played Sat-
urday.
Street announced that he intend
ed to hold to his batting order,
which was altered slightly before
the fifth game. Martin was in
fourth place. with BottOmley, whose
hitting has been below his stand
ard, taking sixth place, formerly
held by Pepper.
Some one counted SOS COW bells,
rs tin horns, and 81 whistles in the
bleachers, which had filed one hour
after the gates opened at a. m.
Dan Corcoran, Portland, Ore, led
the pavilion rush seaters, just as he
did for the first game of the series
here last week.
Dan had been waiting to get in
since Monday.
Tang in Air
The talkie camera men, for the
first time here, edged up to the
overf1lled bleachers, and, motioning
the crowd of $500 to shout, drew an
exhibition CT what was due when
Pepper Martin came to bat.
1t was great day for coffee and
hot dogs-juSt enough tang in the
Missouri air to send a slight chill
down the spine, while overhead was
a cloudless sky, the sun beaming
down on the white uniforms of the
Cardinals, the gray of the visiting
team, and the red sweaters and red
banded hats of the Redbird fans.
Makes Martin Blush
While Martin went through his
final practice in center field, an
admirer walked out and presented
him with two hunting rifles. He
fooled around with them, acting like
nothing more than an overgrown
boy
When the practice was complete,
he came to the dugout and the guns
again were presented for the benefit
of cameranen.
While the photograph was being
taken an enormous bunch of flowers
were brought out to him. He blushed
and laughed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
AU-Night Race to SAGE
Choking Baby Is Failure


KANSAS CITY, Mo- Oct 9.N1r. and Mrs j. T. Rowan
reading about the miracles being performed doctors
convention in Kansas City when their yearod daughter Anna
Jane, began to cough. She had swallowed beam
The RowanS then their at Salem Ark 400 miles
away but their first thought of the convention and its
miracles"
While Mrs Rowan held the baby in her the
all night toward the convention seldom slowing
stopping except for gasoline.
Reaching General hospital where hundreds of the physicians
the
ward Anna Jane suffering severely but conscious
While word being taken to the convention floor
coughed violently The docged bronchial
and been forced into her wndppe She breath
Mrs Rowan screamed into corridor doctors
raced from the convention gathered
The physicians hurried operating room,
but late
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
ISSUED ON HOUSE BILL 8;
FRAUD CITED BY JUDGE
Publication of Act Halted by
ChamberIin, After
Long Battle.

Characterizing House Bill 6 as
fictitious legislation" Circuit Judge
Harry o. Chanberlin today issued
a permanent injunction against
Frank NIayr Jr., secretary of state,
to prevent publication of the act.
The action brought to an end
seven months of legal battles that
started March 9, when the bill,
which would have stripped munich
palities of control of motor bus and
truck operations and placed it with
the public service commission, was
passed during the final rush hours
of the 1881 general assembly
Chamberlin said facts found by
him in evidence in the case were an
"impelling inference of fraud"
Contrary to Honesty
while courts have hesitated to
lay down any fixed or restricted
definition of fraud, on account of
its elasticity and f1exibility when in
voked by scheming and unscrupu-
lous persons, believe it to consist
in any act or practice contrary to
the rules of common honesty" the
court stated.
81 am of the opinion the state
has not reached the governmental
depths of impotency and inability
to correct such a grievous wrong as
this.
? How would history record this
fiction ana a refusal to correct such
a crime against the public?"
After Chamberlin handed down
his opinion, Prosecutor Herbert Will
son said the investigation of the bus
bill passage still is pending before
the county grand jury.
Legislators Are Raped
The case was laid before a pre-
vious probe body after suits were
filed before Chamberlin. The jury
was to have sifted the charges of
fraud that were made in the civil
litigation and which now are con-
sidered strengthened by the circuit
court findings.
The previous quiz group recon-
mended further investigation of the
bills passage by the incoming jury,
which now is in session.
Chamberlin set out that the bill
never was passed by the Indiana
senate and had been rejected by
that body by decisive vote.
1.-THE evidence shows presiding
officers of both houses authenticated
or signed the bill through false rep
reservations and mistaken belief in
the facts" Chamberlin said. 1.-THE
evidence also shows that the Cover
nor declined to return the bill, CIV
ing as his reason the fact that the
bill already was signed.
DwellS on Fraud
Who shall be harmed by this
fictitious legislation? No one can
be harmed by tolerant submission
to legislative truth, while untold
grief may come from an admin
istrative or judicial recognition of
known legislative lie as true.
I'm this investigation, the i'm
portant question is whether fraud
was practiced-not who practiced
1.-THE latter is for the inquiry of
another tribunal"
Governor Harry G. Leslie was
one of the voluntary witnesses be-
fore the county grand jury in the
case and numerous other state Of
ficials and members of the legisla-
ture testified.
The bill was passed the night of
March 9 and has been involved in
the legal tangle since then
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
SHIP AWAITS Indy
Hold Up Boat So Colonel,
Anne Can Make It,
By United Press

By United Press
NAGASAKI, Japan, Oct. 9.--Hur-
rying home from their tour of the
Orient, Colonel and-Mrs. Charles A.
Lindbergh arrived late today by boat
from Shanghai and left at once by
train for Yokohama.
The liner President Jefferson de-
layed its departure from Yokohama
for Seattle until Sunday to allow
the Lindberghs to board. They we're
due in the Japanese port late Satur-
day night, and probably will reach
Seattle Oct. "a.
The Lindberghs, who decided to
leave the Orient upon the sudden
death of Mrs. Lindbergh's father,
Senator Dwight w. Morrow, arrived
aboard the ship Shanghai Maru.
Their black monoplane, partly
wrecked in a crash at Hankow a
week ago. was Grated at Shanghai
and shipped to the Lockheed fac
tory at Los Angeles, for repairs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
Distress of Mrs. Simmons Was Evident,
Member of Outing Party Declares;
Toxicologist to Testify.
STATE CASE WILL BE RESTED SOON
Witnesses Will Declare That No One
Approached Parked Car to Place
Capsules in Sandwiches
lies in Sandwiches.
BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT

LEBANON, Ind, Oct. 9.-Ihe tral Of death That Ted
to the murders of Alice Jean and Virginia Simmons to
be tramped again this afternoon by jurors hearing the
states charges that Mrs Carrie W. Simmons their mother
is their slayer
On motion of the state, Judge John w. Hornaday at
noon granted permission for the alesmen to go to the i'll
fated picnic grounds in Memorial park.
But before they the site where death dealt from
bttertastng chicken sandwiches the twelve peers of Mrs
Simmons will visit the home of W. H. Pollard, where the
picnic party gathered before going the park and tragedy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
FOUR HURT IN CRASH
Driver Loses Control; Car
Turns Over Twice.

Four persons were injured today
when Everett Miller, 38, of 921
North Ewing street, lost control Of
the automobile he was driving in
the 1900 block on North Arlington
avenue. The car turned over twice
Miller was thrown through the
front window of the car and suf-
fered severe head cuts. Others in
jured were: Miller's daughter, Dor
othy, II; his nephew, Cathmer
Francis of Muncie, and Rupert Carr,
946 North Healing avenue, all pas
sengers of the car.
Going to this accident, Sheriff's
car in which Deputy Sheriffs
Charles McAllister and Frank Lind
sey were riding, was struck at Ala
CANA and Washington streets, by
an automobile driven by Silas Wort
man, 1925 Climber street. None was
injured.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
STUDENT SUNDAY TO
BE OBSERVED HERE

City Churches Seek to Promote
More Regular Attendance.
Student Sunday" will be OBJ
served in Indianapolis churches this
Sunday.
Butler university. Indiana Central
college, John Heron Art school and
Central business college are CO.
operating actively in observance of
the day, which is for the purpose Of
promoting a closer relationship be-
tween out-of-town students and the
churches.
Student Sunday" is sponsored by
the Church Federation of Indian
apolis, the student Sunday commit
tee being composed of the Rev.
Thomas R. White, Dwight S. Ritter,
j. H. Ehlers and the Rev. Wilbur
D. GroSe, chairman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
IDEAL GRID WEATHER
That's ForeCaSter'S Pledge
for Saturday.

Rising steadily after a drop to 46
overnight, the mercury today pre-
pared to present the football public
of Indiana with ideal weather
Saturday.
The temperature will reach about
65 this afternoon and continue it's
rise to hit 70 Saturday afternoon,
according to j. H. Arlington,
weather bureau chief.
Indianapolis and Indiana today
are in the center of fair weather
zone that probably will continue
over the weekend.
Arlington said he believed the
sudden cold snap was over and
seasonal temperatures will prevail.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
SHIRES SOLD TO
BOSTON BRAVES
Milwaukee Gets $4,000
and Catcher in Deal.

BU LHttcd Press
BOSTON, Oct. 9.-The Boston
Braves today announced the pur-
chase of Art Shires, first baseman
of the Milwaukee Brewers, formerly
with the Chicago White SoX, for
$4,000 and Catcher Al Bool.
Shires was believed condemned to
the minors for another season, at
least, when all clubs passed him by
in the recent draft.
President Emil Fuchs and Man
ager Bill McKechnie of the Braves,
decided Shires was the man to in
jeCt some punch in the team, which
dropped dismally after remaining
in the first division during most of
the first half Of the last season%
Purchase of Shires means that
either Earl Shelly or Johnny Neun
will be traded or sold.
Shires will be a teammate Of
catcher Al Spohrer, whom he beat
at Boston Garden during his brief
career as a boxer Shires batted
1874 for Milwaukee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
EMBEZZLER SENTENCED
Bank Clerk Who Stole SS,6OO,OOO
Gets 10 to 100 years.
y United Press

80 JHttcQ Press
CHICAGO, Oct. e.-Walter e.
Wolf, who in period of twelve
years embezzled more than $780,
900 trying to pay back $500 ne first
took and lost in the stock market,
was sentenced Thursday to serve
from ten to one hundred years in
prison.
The once trusted employe of the
Continental Illinois Bank and Trust
Company, who used less than $500
of the money on himself, and spent
most of spare time tending his
garden, pleaded guilty to ten
charges of embezzlement.
Chief Justice Fisher sentenced
him to from one to one hundred
years on each count, stipulating the
sentences were to run consecutive
". wolf will be eligible for parole
in - years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
HOME BUYING BOOSTED
Pittsburgh Executive Tells of Pres
ent Fire Opportunities.

The business side of hometown
ing has received too little atten-
tion,'' said William E. Best of Pitts
burgh, president of the United
States Building and Loan League,
today, speaking before the annual
convention of the Savings and Loan
League Of Indiana at the Lincoln.
Few persons realize, from a busi-
ness standpoint, that l93l-1932 is
the hest period Of their lifetime to
invest in a home
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
Who Is Guilty.?

A scream in a dark night
but no one heard it, no one but
the person who killed George
Bang, a Chinese laundry man.
The next morning the body
was found, but the murder still
is unsolved.
Since Dec. 90, 1921, there
have been twenty-one murders
that still are mysteries here.
The Times is relating the cir
cumstances of each in a series
of three stories, the first of
which is published today.
Turn to page Is and begin
this interesting series. See if
the facts known to detectives
suggest any clew to you as to
the probable identity of the
murderers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
Tomato PURGE Condemned

BU Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Oct. Am
order issued by Judge Carl F. Nor
row, Madison circuit court, has di-
rected Sheriff Bernard Bradley to
destroy 5.305 gallons of tomato
PURGE which was condemned by the
Indiana state board of health The
Wann Canning Company. Elwood,
against whom the suit was directed,
did not contaa the action.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09

found in the visceraS of the dead
daughters of Mrs. Simmons.
He will be preceded On the stand
by Henry Hagan, a neighbor Of Mrs.
w. H. Pollard of Lebanon. Hagan
will reiterate the deposition of Mrs.
Cook by testifiying that no one had
opportunity to enter the Simmons
car when it was parked in front of
the Pollard home and place poison
pellets in the fatal sandwiches.
The trial will adjourn tonight
over the weekend.
Defense testimony is expected to
begin Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
KinShib Galore

By Times Special
LEBANON, Ind, Oct. g.
Brother in-law VS.. brother-in-
law.
That's the trial of Mrs. Car
RE Simmons, charged with the
poisoning of her daughter,
Alice Jean.
For John w. Simmons. the
accused's husband, is a broth
er-in-law of Horace N. Jack
son, the trials unofficial de-
PENDANT.
And Roy Adney, special
prosecutor, is the brother-in-
law of Judge John w. Horna-
day, trial judge.
But the relationship of
judge and prosecutor is for
gotten in legal combat. In
fact, the judges gavel arm
works with as much efficacy
against his kindred as it does
against the defense counsel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
AIMEE'S FORMER MATE
GRINS, STAYS SILENT
Harold Mcpherson Refuses to Com
merit About New Mrs. Hutton.

Harold Mcpherson Refuses tn Com
merit About New Mrs. Hutton.
By United Press
OCALA, Fla, Oct. 9.-Harold S.
Mcpherson, former husband of
Aimee Mcpherson Hutton, smiled.
but continued unbroken his twelve
year silence concerning the Angelus
temple evangelist when he learned
today she was to conduct a revival
in Boston.
The two were divorced twelve
years ago. Mcpherson, a wholesale
candy merchant, wa asked what he
thought of the recent marriage of
the evangelist to David Hutton. He
refused comment.
He no longer reads closely of the
affairs of his former wife, but in
timated that there had been many
inaccuracies in stories of her activ-
tiles He has not read any books
about her.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
STREET CAR WAGE
HIKE PLEA DENIED

Wage increases for indianapolis
Street Railway employees were re-
fused today in an order issued by
the public service commission.
The company is paying all it can
now, in the face of declining reve-
nues, the opinion written by Com
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
Admits Killing 2 Years Ago

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Oct. g.
Oct. 9.-Nathan Fraley, 81, Negro,
confessed to authorities here today
that he killed his sweetheart,
Rosetta Ingram, during a street
fight in Detroit two years ago. He
waived extradition and was to be
taken to Detroit to face murder
charges today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
SLAYER ELECTR0CUTED
Model Husband" Who Killed Girl
Pays With Life in Chair.

By United Press
JOLIET, ILL.,, Oct. 9.-John Pres
ton, "a, once known as the model
husband" was electrocuted at state
prison today for choking to death
a stenographer with whom he went
on a toWr of roadhouSeS on a cold
December night in 1929.
Preston, the first white man cleo
trocuted at the prison, was con-
victed of killing Agnes Johnson, 26,
whom he took riding after telling
his wife he had to work late"
The prisoner was strapped in the
chair at Sis a. m, and was pro-
nounced dead at 5:18. He faltered
slightly as he entered the death
chamber, but otherwise appeared
unafraid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
PRISON TERM GIVEN
REPEATER AT POLLS
c. E. Duckworth Melted / to 5-Year
Sentence in 1890 Fraud.

~ LIZ OuOhWOIGu uACgCu W d CdA
Sentence in 1890 Fraud.
Charged with voting more than
once in the Nov. 4, 1880, general
election, Clarence E. Duckworth, 80,
Thursday was sentenced by Grim
inal Judge Frank P. Baker to serve
one to five years in the state prison.
Duckworth was accused of voting
twice at the Twenty-siXth precinct,
First ward.
Nov is the, time to strike for
purity in elections" Judge Frank P.
Baker declared In pronouncing SEN
tence," l hereby serve notice that
the prison walls await all persons
found guilty of vote repeating,
cheating or any other unlawful act
at an election
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
AUSTRIA DEMANDS CASH
National Bank DEGREES Foreign
Money Must Be Exchanged.


Money Must Be Exchanged.
By United Press
VIENNA, Oct. 9.-The National
Bank of Austria practically con-
trolled all foreign currency in the
country by emergency financial de-
crees as parliament prepared to
elect president today.
Foreigners residing in Austria and
AuStrianS possessing foreign cur
rency faced what amounted to con-
fiscation OF all but Austrian cur
rency.
The DEGREES stipulated that any
person, corporate body or Austrian
branch offices of foreign corpora
tons possessing over $3.50 in foreign
currency must offer it to the ma
tional hank at tI-S banks own rate
of exchange
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
LAVAL VISIT OUTLINED
French Premier to Be Guest of
Hoovers, Stimsons and Melons.


Hoovers, Stimsons and Melons.
BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-French
Premier Laval will have ample OPP
portunity for quiet conversations
with President Hoover, Secretary
Henry L. Stimson and Secretary of
Treasury Andrew Mellon, when he
arrives here late this month. Laval
is due in New York Oct. %.
The state department, in an
nouncing the official program for
Lavals visit to Washington. re-
vealed he will dine twice with Presi-
dent and Mrs. Hoover, once for
mally and once informally. He will
be the house guest of the Stimsons
at their suburban estate one night.
and will have lunch at Melons
apartment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
Tall Dahlia Plants

BIZ imes bDecfdl
MUNCIE, Ind, Oct. 9.-Mrs. Ida
Beckehlhimer uses a step ladder
when she picks dahhas at her home
here. One of the plants is ten feet
tall and none are less than seven
feet tall
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
FOUR PERSONS HURT
WHEN AUTOS TANGLE
One Car Overturns, Injuring Man,
Woman and Her Two Daughters.

-Four persons were injured Thurs
day night when two cars sideswiped
in the $500 block, Shelby street. one
of them, driven by Mrs. Abbie
Claffey, 81, of 1851 Whalen street,
overturning.
Mrs. Claffey, her daughters, Betty
and Doris, and Fred Claffey, Sc, of
New Palestine, were cut and bruised.
Wilbur Monning, 40, of 5O39
Madison avenue, driver Of the other
car was not hurt. The injured were
treated by physician.
M. Langdoa, 1917 North Colorado
street, sustained back injuries
Thursday afternoon when his truck
overturned in an accident at Thir-
tenth and Yandes streets. John
Tiler, 1921 North Arsenal avenue.
driver Of the other car, las not
hurt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
ELECT JOSEPH DALEY
New Mexico Voters Choose City
Mans Son; Beats Bob LaFOllettG

Joseph Daley, son of Frank Daley
indianapolis attorney and former
Democratic nominee for Governor,
has been elected city commissioner
of Albuquerque, N. NJ, according to
word received here today.
Daley will be sworn in later to-
day following his defeat OF Bob
LaFollette. cousin of Robert and
Phillip LaFollette of Wisconsin, by
$50 votes.
DALEY is a young attorney.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-09
Writer'S Cramb
ByUnited Press

By United Press
CHICAGO, Oct. 9.-Paul
Reimers. round-the-Torld hiker
from Kiel, Germany. asked Al
Capone for his autograph here
today.
I'm not putting my name
TO anything" the gangster said
with a frown. I've signed too
many papers already"