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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
old TRAILS IN
SWAY MERCER
AffiIiation With Two Firms
Involves $5,OOO,OOO.

Merger Of the Old Trails Insur-
ance Company with the Federal
Surety Company of Davenport, Ia,
together with a third unit, the Lib
erty Insurance Company Of Dayton,
O., into a concern with total assets
Of 100000 and a surplus of 81, ooo,-
900 has been announced here by
Ralph Smith, salesmanager for the
local concern.
The Old Trails Company will con-
tinue to operate in Indiana as the
Old Trails division of the Federal
Surety Company. B. w. Balay, sec
rotary and general manager will
continue to have charge of the local
office with title of vice-president
and controller and assistant to the
president.
Smith will act as assistant head
Of the local division and the per-
sonnet will remain unchanged here
1t was declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Outlook Is BRIGHTER

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July IT,
Three factors combined today to re-
vive hope in the hearts of south
wester farmers to whom production
OF the greatest wheat crop in his
tory has brought only trouble and
fear that they may lose their farms
because of the lowest market in
many years
The three developments which
came at a time when many tenant
farmers were dumping their wheat
at rs cents a bushel or less and
turning their checks over to their
creditors in despair of salvaging
anything for themselves, were:
/. A rising futures and cash price
at most of the nations markets,
with Kansas City, in particular,
showing pronounced strength for
the first time since new wheat crop
movement began.
2. A growing sentiment among
creditors for an informal private
debt moratorium, under which the
farmer may be given an oppor-
tunity to hold his crop for few
weeks or months in the hope Of a
rising market.
3. The approach of reduction in
freight rates on wheat, due to be
inaugurated Aug. /, which may
bring materially higher prices.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
HOLD WHEAT!'
stones PLEA
TO SOUTHWEST
Hope Is Revived Farmers
May Come Out of
Present Crisis.

By scripps-Hotodrd Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, July 17.-"Hold
wheat"
That is the advice which Chair
man James c. Stone Of the fed
eral farm board gave today to
western farmers who demand a
moratorium on their private debts
in an effort to avert possible finan-
cial disaster resulting from the I'M
equalled low price Of 25 cents for
wheat now pouring into the mar
ket.
Although refusing to agree for
mally to withhold the boards 200,-
100000 bushels from the market,
as he urges farmers to do, Stone
revealed that the board does not
intend to sell at present prices.
Some sales have been made in
the southwest, but every bushel sold
has been replaced. In practice, IL
not in theory, the board is meet
ing the emergency demands of
Vice-President Curtis and organ
lied groups of producers in Kansas.
Blaming short sellers for part Of
the drop that has occurred since
President Hoover denounced a
Limited group of spectators"
Stone said the board would not re-
turn to its old sterilization pro-
gram to meet the present crisis.
The board, he added, has not suf-
ticient funds to buy up enough Of
the surplus.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Officials of Three Cities
Guests of Line in
Tour Thursday.

Officials of cities and civic organ
izations between Indianapolis and
Muncie and Indianapolis and Sey-
mour were guests Thursday Of the
Indiana Railroad on a trip to the
two cities on two of the company'S
new high speed safety cars which
are being introduced into Indiana.
Following the return trip lunch
con was given at the Claypool.
Thirty-five new cars, fourteen of
which have a special parlor section,
will be put to use on the Indian
apolis-Ft. Wayne and Indianapolis
Louisville divisions of the Indiana
railroad to cut the running time al
most an hour on each run. The new
cars, which are said to be the first
development in interurban design in
many years, are stream lined with
center gravity lower than the old
cars and have a running speed of
seventy miles an hour.
A strong, light aluminium alloy
was used in their construction, max
ing the weight $4,000 pounds, COM
pared to 10000 pounds of the other
cars.
A new type of magnetic brake
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
COUNTY BLOCKS
OHIO GAS Line
Commissioners Again Deny
Pipe Laying Permit.

Completion of a gas line from
Texas into Ohio was baked in Mar
ion county today when county COM
miSsionerS for the second time re-
fused permission to the Ohio Fuel
and Gas Company to lay their line
across the northwestern portion of
the county.
Attorneys for the Ohio concern
said the project was completed vir-
tually, except for the small strip in
Marion county.
I'VE have made up our minds to
issue no permit until the public
service commission decides the case
OF the Kentucky Gas and Fuel Com
pany," said Commissioner George
Snider.
The commissioners would not re-
lent when the gas company attor-
neyS pointed out that while the
Kentucky firm wanted to distribute
their product here, the Ohio firm
wished to supply their territory in
Ohio
Gas wells in that state have rim
out, and an emergency necessitates
immediate completion of the pine
lines, they said.
They were told they might take
the matter into court, but that the
commissioners would give no per
nit TO cross the county.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
BACK HOME AGAIN

Stolen automobiles recovered by police
belong TO:
smith Sales Company. Fifteenth and
Meridian streets. Nash sedan. found at
L. d. Higgenbotham. 1885 Roach street.
Chevrolet roadster. found at $500 Roose-
THOMAS Scott. 1918 Nordyke avenue.
Ford coupe. found at Paris avenue anu
Ford Tudor. 1880. found at Seven
teenth and Bellefontaine streets. Automo-
bile wrecked.
Ford truck. model T. one license plate
27-59i motor numbers chisled on Found
at twenty third street and Northwestern
avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
NEW SAFETY CARS
PUT INTO SERVICE

which creates magnetic field be-
tween bars under the car and the
rails Is used in addition to double
shoe air brake which clasps both
sides of the wheels.
An automatic control which cuts
current and sets the brake when
for any reason the drivers hand is
removed from the controls is an adj
ditional safety feature.
All cars are fitted inside with air
cushion seats with headrests. A
fan and lighting system are on spe-
cial batteries, providing steady light
independent Of trolley current
The cars were purchased at a
cost Of $980,0O0 or $4,000 car. In
addition, power plants on the lines
have been improved at a cost OF
100000. Service will begin in two
weeks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
PAY FOR PRINTING ACTS

State printing board today paid
the Fl. Wayne Printing Company
$4,000 of the $15,O76 due for pub
LEGATION of the 1881 legislative acts.
The remainder is to be issued by the
board July q.
Ire Of the board was directed at
the company for errors reported to
exist in one section Of the new stat
uteS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
-JULY17, 1881

plan commission viii be discussed at
special conference of the commis>
sion with a real estate board COM
mittee at 100 Tuesday afternoon.
The real estate board recently
asked these changes from the pres
ent rules and system Of procedure:
That demonstrators to any project
should be property owners living
within 500 feet Of the proposed inn
provement.
That a special board Of coming
appeals be created.
That steps be taken to cut down
the time for rulings by the coming
board.
And that the board continue the
practice Of deciding cases privately
before converting for public hearing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
1888 HOME BUYERS
BENEFIT BY RULING
His off Day
BIZ Tim CO Speoinl

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind,
July lit was a day of fail
ure for Lon Thompson, 81,
Louisville, held in the Clark
county jail here, on a chicken
theft charge. After being caught
in the act of trying to escape
from a cell, he attempted sui
eide by slashing his arms and
throat with a rusty knife. He
will recover.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
HURT IN CAR MISHAP

Three Negroes Injured When
Trucks TaiI-gate Breaks.
Three Negroes were injured when
a bump broke a tail-gate chain on
a county truck transporting sixteen
Negroes to work, at Thirty-ninth
and Illinois streets today.
Those who were injured when
they fell off the truck were: Will
liam Trambell, 38, of 357 Smith
street; Wallace Williams of 406
North Blackboard street, and VII
liam Kindrick, 1874 Northwestern
avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
FACES FORGERY TRIAL
Husband of Former FoIIies Beauty
Is Returned to New York.

Husband of Former FolIies Beauty
Is Returned to New York.
By United Press
NEW YORK, July 17.-Robert
Keith, salesman whose honey
moon with the former Dorothy
Drautigan, once a Follies beauty,
was interrupted at Sidney, O., by
his arrest on charges of forgery,
was returned to New York today.
The American Express Company
alleges that Keith cashed stolen
money orders to the amount of
$1,100.
In the police lineup today, detec-
tiveS viewed Keith from all angles
and finally declared that he was
Robert Jarvis" arrested three
times, once for forgery, and a two
time jail breaker.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
HONOR VETERAN BANKER
Vincent Carter Observes 91st Year
at Desk in Office.

Vincent Carter, vice-president and
counsel for the Fletcher Trust Com
pany and oldest living graduate OF
Indiana university, celebrated his
ninety-flrst birthday Thursday at
his desk in the main Office Of the
company. He received congratula-
tons from many friends. and said
the heat bothered him not in the
least,
An informal reception In honor
Of Mr.. Carter was held in the after
noon by his associates.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen
belong to:
Willard Won Tresse. 1917 North LasaMe
street. Ford sedan. 1880. from Twenty
William Gratis. Is South Harris street.
Ford coupe. 57s-56o. from Twenty-sixth
street bathing BEACH: va. 49,
Chevrolet coach. 725-s05. from BeVille ave-
nue. and WASHINGTON street.
Earl B. Stroup, 2947 North Meridian
street Willvs-Knight sedan 549-795. from
parking space north OF statehouss.
j. j. Roe 435 North Warman avenue.
Hudson sedan $3.50. from New York
and Pennsylvania streets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Charges Memorial VIII
Use Canadian Stone

was voted over the opposition of
Senator James E. Watson and
others.
Congressman VIII r. Wood, Wat
son and other members of the In
diana delegation at Washington are
delaying further action to take the
matter up with the secretary of
treasury, Schortemeier said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Line ofDuty
BN Untted Presa

By United Presa
CHICAGO, July TIT Is a
dogs inalienable right to bark
whenever he pleases, ''in the
line Of duty" according to
Judge Leon Edelman.
Albert Blooms neighbors
complained that the dogs
barked at night and kept them
awake. Bloom presented two
boys as witnesses who admitted
they tossed pebbles at Blooms
house during the night and
that this was what made the
dogs bark.
THE dogs merely were doing
their duty-case dismissed"
ruled the judge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Man. SIS. Asks Divorce

ANDERSON, Ind, July T.-John
B. Cottongin, 65-year-old farmer
is not satisfied to merely ask for q
divorce from his wife, Eta B. Cot
Aongim. He seeks to have her for
mer name of Waymire restored
They we're married in January,
1880, it being the second marriage
for both parties. Cottongim says his
wife told neighbors she married him
only for his money and absented
herself from home for weeks at a
time, leaving him to cook his meals
and do other household work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Refreshed Burglars

By United Press
WHITING, Ind, July 17.-Burglars
combined business with pleasure
when they broke into Martin
Gabor's store. They robbed the
store Of $1,000, but not until they
had consumed g case of pop and
several pies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
1900 END C. M. T. C.
TRAINING AT FORT
Regiment Reviewed by Commander
of Camp; Uniforms Turned in.

of Camp; Uniforms Turned in.
Fifteen hundred G. M. T. C. can
didates at Ft. Benjamin Harrison
today dotted the military uniforms
they have worn since June 10, and
in civilian clothing prepared to re-
turn to their homes.
The entire regiment passed in re-
view this morning on the main
parade ground at the fort in the
final military ceremony of the pres
ent camp, Colonel H. D. Seton,
Eleventh infantry, camp command
er, was the reviewing officer.
Army uniforms were turned in
following the review and civilian
garb the candidates laid aside a
month ago was returned.
Candidates will arise early Satur-
day morning and after breakfast
will march to the pay tables where
they will be given travel pay and
box lunches.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
PYRE KILLER HANGED

Youth, 1S, Pays With Life for Burn
ing of Elderly Woman.
By United Press
SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON,
Cal, Feb. 17.-Carl Simpson, 10,
who touched a match to the OIL
soaked clothing of an elderly woman
so she would burn to death, was
hanged today on the gallows Of San
Quentin prison.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Publication at Huntington

By Times Special
HUNTINGTON, Ind, July IT.
Federation Facts, monthly publica-
ton of the Indiana Federation Post
Office Clerks, will be issued here
with Ernest Houser of Huntington
as editor. He was appointed by E
R. Stephens, Marion, federation
president.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Children Loaning Reported

bN ltmto cptC'eS
EVANSVILLE, Ind, July IT,
Officials announce an investigation
will be made following reports that
children have been borrowed by
liquor case defendants to win len
iency from courts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Band to Play at Park

By Times Special
NEWCASTLE, Ind, July 1.-THE
Apiece Cadet band of the New
castle Chamber Of Commerce will
give two concerts Sunday at Clifty
Falls state park at 2 and 4 p. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
Suspect Admits Fifty
HoldubS, Police Assert
AGED COUNTY SETTLER
DIES AT SOUTHPORT
william H. Rose, SO, was Resident of
Town Since 1884.

WuAl6n h 1oOSC3 0O1 WIS A@coAuCAO VI
Town Since 1884.
Last rites for William H. Rose, SO,
who died at his home in Southport
Thursday, will be held at 2:3O
Saturday afternoon In Southport M.
E. church, with burial following in
Greenwood cemetery.
Mr.. Rose came to Marion county
in 1884 and settled near Southport
where he spent the remainder Of his
life.
Surviving him are the widow, Mrs.
Maggie Rose; two sons, Edward and
Roy Rose; two daughters, Mrs.
katherine Harrison of Miami, Fla,
and Mrs. Carrie Hendrickson Of
Southport, and a sister, Mrs. Emily
Mullins of La Fontaine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
zONING REFORM
PROPOSALS TO
Be DISCUSSED
Plan Commission to Weigh
Realtors Suggestions at
Special Session.

Request of the indianapolis Real
Estate Board for reforms in the CITY
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-17
SEA CAPTAIN ENDS LIFE
Retired Fleet Commander Suicide
Over Failing Health.
By United Press

By United Press
LYNN, Mass, July 17.-Apparent-
~ respondents because of failing
health, Captain Hugo c. Morgen-
stern, SO, retired commander of the
mail feet of the North German
Lloyd lines, shot himself to death
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08

For a Miss (below), Rich
blue canton crepe, five
O'Clock frock, cunning
little cape sleeves and
briefest peplum of dyed
lace.
$3.50 trock for Appre.
citation 5000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25
Editors Story Wins $500.

CHICAGO, April Is (P.-Henry
Justin Smith, managing editor of the
Chicago Daily News. was awarded a
fiction prize of $500 for his "Deadlines"
at a dinner of friends of American
writers last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25
WAGNER TO REPLY.
TO SECRETARY DOlAK.
New York Democrat Will
Speak in National Radio
Forum Tonight.

The National Radio Forum, arranged
by The Washington Star and broadcast
by WMAL and coast-to-coast network
Of other Columbia Broadcasting System
stations. will present as the speaker to-
night Senator Robert F. Wagner Demo-
crat, of New York.
THE Need for Further Unemployment
Legislation" is Senator Wagner's topic
He will reply to Secretary OF Labor
Doak, who spoke two weeks ago against
the Wagner unemployment bill and at
tempted to explain and justify its veto
by President Hoover.
Frazier Hunt. noted war correspand-
ent. also will be heard over WMA1 in
the Chronicles series. He will tell a
case won life and liberty for five jap
anese boy soldiers just as they were to
be shot by the Bolsheviki.
Lincoln Song Feature.
The Cumberland Ridge Runners in
their weekly program will feature
Adams Mate" a song written by
Abraham Lincoln. Other folk songs on
this program are John Anderson's
Lament" AT the Cross" and Vain
Man"
Lady Audley's Secret" a three-act
English domestic drama. will be pre-
sented by the Simmons Show Boat
troupe at 10 o'clock. The play was
favorite in the late nineties.
Dance music by the Shoreham Or
chestra and a concert by Arthur Pryor's
Band are among WMAL'S other leading
attractions. The station also has sched-
uled popular program by the Dawson
brothers and the weekly presentation by
Ben Alley, tenor, with Ann Leaf at the
organ.
Suite to Get Premiere.
The suite The Song of Hiawatha."
one of the latest compositions Of Robert
Braine. will be given its premiere by
Walter Damrosch's Symphony Orches-
ira during the Electric hour tonight over
WRC and other National Broadcasting
Co. stations. The compositions consist
of four parts.
The orchestra also will play selections
from Gluck's "Iphigeni in Aulis," Ros-
Sini's overture to William Tell" and
"A Musical joke
An Indian dance by a grizzled old
Indian chief and young brave on the
banks of the Hudson River will be de-
scribed as a feature of the adventure
series by Gilbert Gable, to be broadcast
at 6 o'clock.
Old and New Melodies.
Ten old and new melodies make up
the program of Ted Lewis and his
Musical Clowns. Farewell Blues"
Dina" and "St. Louis Blues" are the
principal numbers.
A unique arrangement of we'll known
songs and ballads. designed to depict
the various moods Of the day and night,
will feature the concert by Rudolf
Schramm's Ensemble at 6:15 o'clock.
The selections include Overnight"
Three O'Clock in the Morning" THE
World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" and
'At Dawning."
WJSV will dedicate its new trans
mitter tonight with a gala program,
which will continue until o'clock to-
morrow morning. A, major portion of
this broadcast will originate in various
Washington Hotels and the stations
studios in Alexandria, Va.
VOL will broadcast tonight a special
program arranged by the Jewish Com
munity Center. It includes dramatic
readings by Edith Brusiloff Sperling and
recital by Helen B. Steiner, soprano.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25

Reiger, b tenor, and under his tutelage
she developed into q soloiSt for several
organizations such as the Rubinstein
Club, the Post Chester Oratorio and the
Yonkers Chaminade. She also has ap-
peared on the vaudeville stage before
coming to radio.
EIFTY-FIVE men and women, headed
l. by President Hoover. have spoken
over Columbia through Washington
thus far this year. Altogether SO micro
phone appearances have been made by
these SIS, several of them having spoken
more than once. The President and
Wallace S. Murray chief of the Near
Eastern Affairs Division of the State
Department, are even in the number Of
1881 broadcastS. Each has spoken four
times.
WHEN the N. B. c. music apprecia-
w ton hour closes for the season
May !, the Friday morning period
will be taken up with three new fea-
lures. Three important sporting events
will be broadcast next month-the
Preakness Stakes. the Kentucky Derby,
and the Blackwell Cup races between
Yale, Columbia and Pennsylvania crews.
Even physical culture directors some
times get sick. Arthur Bagley, director
Of the Tower Health Exercises over
N. B. c., is in a New York hospital
recovering from an appendicitis opera
ton. Harry Hack Wilson has taken
his place at the microphone.
WHERE TO DINE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25
Pneumonia AND FLU
LEAD DEATH CAUSES
Insurance Company Report Shows
One-Sixth Of All Deaths
From Two Diseases.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 25.-InfluenZa and
pneumonia in the first three months this
year caused more than one-sixth of the
total deaths of its policy holders, the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. an
nounced yesterday.
The report also indicated there had
been an increase Of deaths due to dia-
betes and cancer. mainly in industrial
regions east of the Rocky Mountains
On the whole. the survey indicated there
had been an improvement in the general
health record.
Rise in the tuberculosis death rate,
especially among Negroes, the report
said, lis anything but encouraging"
The death rate from measles, scarlet
fever and whooping cough showed no
important changes. while the diph-
liberia claim showed a let-up. This Is
attributed to the increased use of toxin
immunizations.
A marked increase in suicides among
white persons also was noted. No
cause was given.
Deaths from automobile accidents
also increased sharply, the records re-
vealed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25
Today on the Radio
(An lime p.n,.. unless otherpise tndicatedl

and Jimmy Walters.
4:15-Al Wilson, pianist.
4:30-Program by winchester Cham
Der of Commerce.
5:00-Science and History.
5:15-Along Route so.
6:00--News flashes.
6:15-ClaSsifled program.
7:00-The Jay Hawks.
7:28-Time signals.
7:30-Myer Goldmans Orchestra.
8:00-Time signal.
8:02-Front Line of Politics.
8:17-Gretta Ludwig, contralto.
8:30-Sunday School Lesson.
9:00-Rock Creek Boys.
9:30-Old Virginia Hoe-Down.
10:30-Inez Main and Charles Hugo.
Moon Syncopators.
1900 to 6:00a-Midnight to Dawn
Program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-25
STUDENTS EXPELLED
IN "PRlNCESS" THEFT
Three Men Out, Five Goods Are
Under Strict Probation at
Oklahoma School

BY the Associated Press.
SALTWATER, Okla, April "a
Three engineering students of the
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical
College were expelled yesterday for kid
mapping the Aggie princess" Mildred
Bennett of Hobart, the evening before
"Aggie day"
Dismissed students are: Karney
Cochran, Oklahoma City; Robert Con-
rad. Chickasha, and Donald Holcomb,
Okmulgee.
Five co-eds accused Of aiding in the
kidnapping were placed under strict pro-
baton during the remainder OF the
term. Their names were withheld.
Miss Bennett was bound, gagged and
taken from her room the night before
she was to have reigned during the
annual Agricultural School festivities.
She was held all night and the next
day, but was released in time for the
annual banquet at night.
Previous to the escapade, the Agricul-
tural and Engineering Schools - long
bitter rivals-had declared truce.