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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-14
$4,000 AIS
BETTING Loss.
SAYS BOOKIE
Capone Had Bad Luck in
Picking Ponies Chicago
Witness Says.
DEFENSE CASE OPENED
Johnny TOrriO, One Time
King of Underworld, to
Go on Stand.
BY RAY BLACK
United Press STAFF Correspondent

FEDERAL BUILDING, CHICA-
GO. Oct. IA race track book
maker testified today that Al Ca
pone placed four or five bets with
him every day during two racing
seasons and lost on almost every
race. The witness, Milton Held,
was the first called by the defense
in the gang chiefs income tax
fraud trial
Held estimates that Capone's
losses during the 1925 Hawthorne
season at $4,000, and said he lost
between $4,000 and $4,000 on the
ponies in 1924.
Testimony regarding Capone'S
luck at the races was admitted by
Federal Judge James H. WilkerSon
over protests of Assistant 'rosccu-
tor Dwight F.. Green, who contended
the bookmaker had no records to
support bis estimates.
Was BOuncer at Cafe
The testimony was considered the
beginning of a defense attempt to
show that while Capone was big
shot" gambler, he did not own
gambling houses as contended by
the prosecution in supporting its
charge than Capone evaded paying
$215,000 tax on an income of more
than $1,000,000 in six years.
Held said he met Capone some
ten years ago at Johnny Torrio's
place on Twenty-Second street"
That was when Capone, fresh
from the five points" gang of
Brooklyn, was a 'bouncer" at the
cafe. Torrio had imported him as
a muscle man."
Seen "Am Over Town"
mo, nobody introduced u.s." the
bookmaker testified. Il just knew
who he was 1 used to see him all
over town"
Where do you mean by all over
town?" asked Green on cross-ex-
animation
ooh, at the theater and places
like that"
Held gave his occupation as "a
commission broker on sporting
events"
Although he insisted Capone had
placed hundreds of bets with him,
the bookmaker could not recall the
names of any horses the gang
leader picked Held denied ever
having been in any gambling places
in Cicero.
TOrriO to Take Stand
In prosecution testimony Capone
has been represented as owner of
several big gambling places that
took in as much as $150,00O a year.
Held said Caprone paid all his
losses in cash.
Johnny Torrio, former chief of
the Chicago underworld, sat with
witnesses in the corridor just out
side the courtroom today. 1t could
not be learned whether he would
testify in behalf of the man he
brought to Chicago and tutored in
crime.
Torriors seemed worried.
Il don't know what Fink wants
of me-" he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-14
TAX HOLIDAY is URGED
Moratorium in State Is Asked by
South Bend Organization.

Moratorium on payment Of taxes
and assessing of delinquency costs
throughout the state is urged in a
plea sent to Governor Harry G.
Leslie today by business leaders Of
South Bend.
The plea, urging suspension OF
tax payments until such time as
conditions improve for the masses,
represents more than 5000 South
Bend taxpayers, according to G. w.
j. Kalczynski president OF the
South Bend Chaplin Street Business
Mems and Advancement AsSocia-
ton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-14
SOCIETY TO CELEBRATE
Sons of American Revolution to
Hold Meeting at Sphinx Arms.

Indiana Society, Sons of the
American Revolution, will celebrate
the surrender to George Washing
ton $50 years ago of British troops
under Lord CORVALLIS, at a lunch
con Saturday at the Spink-Arms.
Lieutenant j. P. Kidwell of Ft.
Benjamin Harrison, will speak on
present day military strategy and
the progress made in devices and
modes of warfare.
Officers of the society who will
attend, include DR.. Fletcher Hodges
president; Mark ReaSoner, A. M
GloSsbrenner and Charles L. Barry
vice presidents, and Blair Taylor
New Augusta, secretary.
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1 n d l a n a polls,
died early today
at Robert Long
hospital, after
ar illness of two
months.
Mr.. Holiday
took a promi-
nent part in the
civic life Of In
dianspolis and
was active in
charitable work.
He was Secre-
tary treasurer
and one of the
founders of the
National Con-
crete Company,
LOG East Mar
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-14
BANK POOL TO
AID FARMERS.
LEADERS SAY
Hoover Forces See Indirect
Assistance for Troubled
Agriculture.
BILLIONS OUT IN LOANS
Corporation Will Enable
Easing Up of Demands,
Experts Assert.

~ Dnttcd Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14-Offi-
Gals of the Hoover administration
foresaw today indirect benefits to
depressed agricultural through oper-
atoms of the 100000 900 National
Credit Corporation set up by private
bankers.
Farmers and livestock producers,
they explained, will share in the
benefits coming from the general
easing of the banking stringency.
Banks in farming sections will be
enabled to realize on frozen assets"
through services of the banking
pool Credit thus will be made
available to put banks in a better
position to lend for agricultural, as
we'll as other purposes.
At the same time, banks will be
enabled to ease up on their de-
mands which, in turn, will react to
lessen the pressure upon farmers
and livestock producers who have
obligations outstanding.
Loans Are Tremendous
The total of agricultural loans
outstanding is tremendous. Various
banking agencies in the federal sys-
tenn, including federal reserve men,
Der banks, farm land banks, joint
stock banks and intermediate credit
banks, had total of $2,239 069, 276
on June 30.
OF the total of 1888, 124 900 in real
estate loans on farm land, held by
member banks of the reserve sys-
tenn at that time $260,218,000 was
held by country banks.
Mortgage loans Of the federal land
banks aggregated 81 ,181 Sal ,084 and
of the joint stock land banks $685.
OCT ,676. Loans and discounts of the
intermediate credit banks amounted
to $134, 706,417.
Legislation Is Proposed
The administration has proposed
legislation to aid agriculture direct
ly by doubling the capitalization of
the farm land banks by an appro-
priation of $60,0O0,O0O. This will be
considered by congress. This ex-
pansion would permit further eX-
tensions of loans of hard-pressed
farmers.
In addition to the easing of the
credit situation, the National Credit
Corporations operations are eX-
pected to so bolster confidence that
people again will put back into
banks the money they have boarded
in homes and safety deposit vaults,
estimated to amount to a billion
dollars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-14
rANE JORDAN will answer ques-

TANE JORDAN Will answer queS-
y tons about the troubles Of
love, marriage, friendship. She
will offer Suggestions for the solu-
ton of family difficulties. She is
a mother, so her advice will be
helpful IN the rearing of your
children.
This will be a service exclusively
for Times readers. Every Times
reader should feel free at any
time to write to Jane Jordan for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-14
TEXAS TROOPS DEFY
FEDERAL OIL EDICT
Restrict Production in Face OF
Ruling by U. S. Judge.

Restrict Production in Face OF
Ruling by U. S. Judge.
By United Press
TYLER, Tex, Oct. 14-Troops up
held the states oil regulations in
east Texas today and defied the
power Of federal courts to stop them.
They held production of five Rush
county wells to IT'S barrels each, in
the face Of federal court order
which would allow the wells 5000
barrels each.
Governor Ross S. Sterling, when
informed last night that Federal
Judge Randolph Bryant had issued
temporary restraining order
against state and county officials
enforcing the oil regulations, de-
clared that his power under martial
law was greater than that of the
federal court, and ordered his troops
to ignore the order.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-14
EXTEND TRUCK SERVICE
Railway Express Agency Adds to Its
Facilities in City.

Extension to all parts of the city
of the free pickup and delivery
service of the Railway Express
Agency was announced today by j.
w. Dill, general agent.
More than fifty trucks will be
available for service within the COR
porate limits of the city under the
new plan, Dill said. Formerly,
charge was made for service out
side of prescribed areas.
THE express business today no
longer is merely the handling of
small parcels" Dill said. Ship
ments now include all sorts of
live" commodities and perishables.
The huge daily volume of mer-
chandise moved is one of the most
a6snrate barometers of business
conditions in a community"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-14
PRESENTS WET PETITION
Chicago Alderman Takes Plea of
Board to Hoover.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. IA reso-
luton of the Chicago board of alder
men, calling on President Hoover
to summon a special session of
congress to consider modification of
the Volstead act, was presented to
the chief executive today by Alder
man j. c. Moreland of the Forty
first Chicago ward.
Moreland said he also gave the
President statistics designed to show
that changes in the prohibition law
would give employment to 100000
men and put 100000 900 in circu-
lation. Mr.. Hoover, Moreland said,
promised to take the resolution
under Amusement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-14
GUN CHARGE DROPPED
Laundry Manager Is Freed by Mu-
nicipaI Judge Sheaffer.

Alleged to have drawn a gun on
a motorist in an auto crash three
weeks ago at Delaware street and
Fall Greek boulevard, Paul Caldwell,
1898 North Pennsylvania street,
manager of the Pilgrim laundry,
was discharged today by Municipal
Judge William H. Sheaffer.
Caldwell was charged with assault
and battery and carrying concealed
weapons after the car he was driv-
ing collided with another driven by
Floyd Woods, 6483 Park avenue.
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ket street, and secretary of the In
dianapolis Belt Railroad and Stock
yards Company.
Also, he was a director of the
Fletcher Savings and Trust Com
pany and an official of the Family
Welfare Society and director of the
Indianapolis Art Association.
Mr.. Holiday was president of the
Meridian Hills Country Club at the
time of his death. He was former
president OF the Contemporary Club
and also a member of the University
Club, Woodstock Club, indianapolis
Literary Club, Indianapolis ORA
matte Club and other city organiza-
ton.
During the World war MI Holli-
day served as assistant fuel admin
istrator for Indiana.
He was the son of John H. Holli-
day, deceased, pioneer indianapolis
leader, who founded the Indianap-
oils News and assisted in founding
the Indianapolis Belt Railroad and
the Union Trust Company, and
establishing Of Crown Hill cemetery.
Mr.. Holiday was born in Indi-
annapolis in 1877. He was graduated
from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in 1899, and for the
next five years was an engineer
in the Pennsylvania railroad main
tenance department.
Returning to indianapolis, Mr..
Holiday helped organize the Ma
tional Concrete Company, a we'll
known contracting firm.
Surviving him are the widow, two
daughters in college, Miss Frances
Holiday and Miss Janet Holiday;
one son, Alexander Holiday Jr.;
and six sisters, Mrs. Joseph j.
Daniels and Mrs. Benjamin B.
Hitz, indianapolis; Mrs. L. Mac
Beth, Los Angeles; Mrs. Wallace
Patterson, Evanston, Ill, and Mrs.
H. H. Mitchell, New York.
Funeral services will be held at 3
Thursday at the residence, with the
Rev. Robert G. Alexander of All
Saints Episcopal cathedral oficiat-
ing. Private burial services will be
held at Grown Hill cemetery.
Surgeon HOnOred
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Ind, Oct.
14.-Dr. George A. Collett, local sur
geon, has been elected a fellow of
the American College of Physicians
and Surgeons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-14
CRASH STARTS
CITY LIBRARY
SAFETY PROBE
Huge Block of Moulding
Falls Soon After so
Leave Room.

While workmen today replaced
six tons of molding that fell from
a public library reference room
ceiling Tuesday, the entire building
was inspected and found safe, ac-
cording to H. F. Osler, school city
buildings and grounds superintend-
ent.
Tragedy probably was averted in
the library Tuesday when the
moulding, weighing Seventy-f1ve
pounds a foot, sagged and cracked,
giving warning before it crashed to
the floor.
Fifty persons in the room evacu-
ated it before the moulding fell.
At suggestion of Russell william
school board president, Osler was
accompanied on the inspection tour
by William F. Hurd, city building in
spector.
No Other Bad Defects
No other dangerous defects were
found, Osler said, although in some
rooms plaster will have to be re-
paired or replaced.
The slim budget for 1892 took a
heavy jolt at the school board ses-
sion Tuesday night when it was
learned that perhaps several thou
sand dollars will be required from
it to repair the library, Crispus At
tucks high school, and possibly 9TH
er buildings.
To replenish plaster that has
fallen, or is about to fall, in the
new Crispus Attucks high school
school building, the board trans
ferred $4,000 from another fund to
the CrispuS Attacks appropriation
Osler said the plaster in the lat
ter structure was made and put on
according to specifications, but
added that the specifications should
not have been used for that type of
building.
Cheap Work Intimated
Russell Wilson, president, said he
believed faulty ceilings in this and
other buildings reported to the
board were the result Of careless
supervision or of connivance be-
tween inspectors and contractors to
cheaper construction and fatten
their own purses.
Guarding against that type OF
work in the future, the present
school board employs it's own in
spector to watch school building
construction.
Appointment of Annalee Webb
Daisy Townsend and Alma Thesis
as teachers in elementary schools
and of Hannah l.. Martin as jan
itor in Shortridge high school were
approved. The board adopted a
resolution for $175,000 loan to re-
plenish the special fund until the
fall installment of taxes is received
Luther F. Dickerson, city librar-
ian, reported resignation of Miss
Kate V. Branham, member Of the
city library staff for thirty-nine
years, during which time, he said
she was absent only twelve days
due to an injury she received while
on duty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-14
BULLY FOR MAN O. WAR!

Here's Another Champ by That
Name; It's Finest Holstein.
By United Press
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 14.-Another an
imal by the name Of Man O. War
has become a champion. But this
one is a bull instead of horse.
The bull owned by Ed Hofmand
of Menomonie, Wis, and was Sc
lected at the national dairy show as
the finest Holstein bull in the
country. He succeeds Sir Forbes
Ormsby Hengerveld, which held the
title for five years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-14
ARCHITECTS TO GET
TESTIMONIAL DINNER
Winners in State Library Museum
Contests To Be Guests.

Contests 10 Be Guests.
Testimonial dinner in honor of
architects submitting winning de-
signs for the Indiana State Library
and Historical Museum will be given
by Indianapolis architects and
craftsmen at z Thursday evening III
the Architects and Builders build
ing, 1888 North Pennsylvania street.
Thirty-eight architects in the
state competed. Edward D. Pierre
and George C. Wright, both of In
dianapolis, were winners.
Pierre and Wright are members
of the firm bearing that name. They
have received several gold medal
awards from the Indiana Society of
Architects.
Walter Scholer of Lafayette, re-
cipient of second prize; Joe Wilder
muth Of Ft. Wayne, third, and
members Of the firm of Harrison,
Turnock, Burns and James will at
tend
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-14
SABATINI RAPS CAP0NE
AL Unsuitable for Novel, Because
He Lacks Ideals, Says Author.


He Lacks Ideals, Says Author.
By United Press
NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-Al Capone
is not proper figure for romantic
novels, Rafael Sabatini said when
he arrived here tired and hungry
after travelling from Canada with
out any meals"
The author commented that Ca
pone seems really to have no
ideals" therefore, ne is "out" as a
subject of an historical novel.
Mussolini probably will be the
present days most inspiring sub
ject for historical romance writer's
100 years from now, because the
power and intrigue are there, and
ideals with them," Sabatini said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-14
FIRE HOUSE WORK LET
Elliott and Myers Win Contract on
Bid of SI0,995.

EIII0tt and Myers WIN Contract on
Bid of S10,995.
General construction of a new
building to house engine company
No. 10, Harding and West Morris
streets. was awarded this morning
by the safety board to Elliott and
Myers who submitted the bid of
S10,995. Elliott and Myers also will
construct a concrete dryer for $40.
Successful bids were submitted
for heating by P j. Fitzpatrick,
81, 1888; electric wiring, Robbins Elec-
trical Company, S415, and plumbing,
Cook Brothers, $1,255.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-14
DEATH CLAIMS
A. R. HOLIDAY,
CIVIC LEADER
Prominent Business Man
SuCCumbS to Illness of
Two Months.

Alexander r. Holiday, 81, of 1885
North New Jersey street, prominent
city business man and member of
an outstanding pioneer family Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-14
DADDY'S GIRL NOW
Mothers Dying Wish Denied

Golden
haired and 8,
Donna Rose
POgue
perched
ON q
courthouse
stairway
post
Tuesday
afternoon
and smiled,
little
concerned
OVer the
future q
county Judge
qUGS to
determine
for her.
cNxN0
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Surgeon HonOred

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Ind, Oct.
14.-Dr. George A. Collett, local sur
geon, has been elected a fellow of
the American College of Physicians
and Surgeons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12
DOROTHY DTX'S. LETTER BOX
Is the Widow With Grown Children Wise to
Marry Again?

DEAR DOROTHY widow of As and have raised family
OF six children the youngest of whom - am thinking
another PERPLExED.
Answero there thing second love and
thrills and paptaions
romantic; With
heads as well as our hearts
JUST because Of this often satisfactory
congenialy
OF love- jealousy despair
marriages nearly always happy and successful and
seldom end in divorce.
Whether marry depends
upon how much she for the she take for hs-
band and most of ALL how suitable choice she has made
THE lot
neck the
she knows that she getting life partner who will be pleasant
anectonate yokemae
her middlea
And
past understanding
THE curse of the middle aged
company she absorbed in them
little need of other society
matter much
tanning her They want to be out with boys and girls OF their
dancing and skylarking and having good time
it They and set
their occupied with their affairs They
families while they children,
they
it,
the
wise sticks
own friends her own ana makes ne NE as OF her
If she has found man whom she likes hIeside companion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12

they choose is far cry from the kind
that women wore in the days we call
Victorian.
The first call for the warm sort of
undertakings came during the foot ball
season when the younger, more sensible
girls--and nowadays younger girls are
usually more sensible than their older
sisters or their mothers when 1t comes
to warm clotheS-decided to be COM
fortably clad at the games no matter
what the weather. They bought wool
mesh undertakings to make this possible
brief little union suits that look like
swim suits, close-fitting shorts pro-
vided with an elastic waistband and
soft, very brief little undershirts made
of wool mesh or fine wool and silk or
the new rabbit hair and silk.
Flannel or f1annelette nightgowns
are no novelty. Girls have been wear
ing them for several years without feel
ing the least bit old-fashioned. And
that is a very good idea because, sleep
ing with windows wide open and heat
turned off as we do nowadays, a
nightgoWn that is warm and COM
Portable makes it possible to sleep with
q lighter burden of quilts and blankets.
And this all goes to prove that fashion
swings like pendulum, and the thing
that was considered old-fashioned and
undesirable in one decade may be
brought back into favor in the next.
Only fashion, like history, never re-
peats itself word for word and the
new warm lingerie and sleeping pa
.jamas and nightgowns are decidedly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12
Straight Talks to Women About Money
BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN.

paying for it, when an emergency arises
that cuts into the regular earnings.
After all. it seems to resolve itself
into finding an incentive toward saving
that is strong enough to induce the
necessary personal sacrifice
AS matter Of character, one who
has tenacity Of purpose enough to con-
tinue the small and regular payments
until the indebtedness is removed.
ought to have fortitude enough to save
at least the major part of the money
necessary, before the purchase is made.
This is also a matter of safety.
There are certain incentives to
saving which take the form more near
ly OF investments. Among these are
insurance. building and loan shares,
paying out home like rent" and so
forth. But even in making use of these
one should always be careful not to
overextend ones self, reserving a mar
gin of safety in case of sudden mis-
fortune or emergency
In contracting any debt we must
always consider ability as well as
willingness to pay Good intentions
never helped greatly to remove any
Indebtedness. And above all, we
should make sure that we are actually
seeking an incentiI to save, and not
just an excuse for indulging ourselves
in making some extravagant outlay,
which we know that we cannot-and
should not-afford.