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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-18
Auto Industry Opens
Attack on ak Bill
as Pay Roll Peril
Proposed Excise Measure Is
Menace to Efforts to Re-
gain Prosperity, Is Plea.
By Unitcd Press

By Unitcd Press
WASHINGTON, April 18.-The
automobile industry today began its
well organized attack upon the mo-
tor excise taxes contained in the
house revenue bill.
George M. Graham, vice presi-
dent Of the Rockne Motors Corpo-
ration and spokesman for the Ma
tional Automobile Chamber OF
Commerce, appealed to the senate
finance committee to avert the tax
which threatens to Illustrate the
motor manufacturers program OF
economic recovery through in
creased employment"
Our appearance here today is
100 per cent representative, Ora
ham said. Your spokesman repre-
sents a united industry.
The house ways and means com
mittee expected to raise $4,000, 900
through per cent tax on manu-
features sales of passenger cars, 2
per cent on trucks and l per cent
on tires, parts and accessories.
The witness said the industry be-
lieyed such taxes would be "a direcs
blow at the nations wages"
Graham introduced to the COM
mittee many of the leaders of the
automobile industry for whom he
spoke.
Our business is sicker than it
ever has been since it started, -
Graham told the committee.
Our chief concern here today i,
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Appearing before a house commit
tee, Edward c. Mcconnell related
how he had been supported by the
New York department of charity,
unable to obtain a job of any kind.
He was chauffeur for Pershing dur
ing the World war and for Mr..
Hoover when the latter was admin
istrator of Belgian relief.
Mcconnell said he passed a civil
service examination with an average
of 81 per cent, but had not been able
to get a job. He also tried TO see
Pershing, he said, but had re-
Trained, on the advice of the gen.
eral secretary.
Il am going back to New York
now" Mcconnell said, with a
ticket member of congress bought
me. But when I get back there, I
won't have any more job or any
more home than I have here.
Il shall have to apply to the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-18
Hoover VIII Be S70an1bed if
He Turns Wet, Mcbride Warns
"TF President Hoover succumbs

"TF President Hoover Succumbs
l. to some of his advisers and
declares for per cent beer or any
weakening of the prohibition laws,
he will be beaten pitifully in the
1882 election"
This was the warming sounded
today by DR.. F. Scott Mcbride,
general superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League of America.
Not that President Hoover will
make any such announcement, "
DR.. Mcbride hastens to reasurre,
but if he does, the overwhelming
defeat of William Howard Taft in
1912 will take second place to that
experienced by the incumbent
President.
DR.. Mcbride, here to address
tonight's season of the two-day
statewide temperance convention
held under auspices of the Indi-
ana Anti Saloon League in the
Roberts Park M. E. church, is OPP
tirnistic over the future of prohi-
bition.
you know what happened in
Illinois in 1880 when Mrs. Ruth
Hanna Mccormick ran for the
Republican nomination as dry"
Mcbride said Immediately after
the primary she switched and
talked wet and those who believed
in prohibition and thought Mrs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-18
ITALIAN AID is
ASSASSINATED
Consular Agent Shot Down
in Springfield (III.) Street.
By United Press

By United Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, April 18.-
Police we're hampered by lack of
clews today in the Staying of John
M. Picco, 46, Italian consular agent,
here, but were convinced an anti
Fascist plot was not responsible for
the death.
Picco was shot down by three
gunner welding SaWed-off shot
guns as he started across a street
with his son John Jr., II. The boy
escaped injury.
Giuseppe CaStruccio, Italian con-
sui at Chicago, was making an in
dependent investigation, but an
nounced he found no motive for the
Staying.
"Picco was a wealthy and honor
able citizen" Castruccio said. "He
held the appointive position as con-
Sular agent for twenty years, but
was an American citizen"
Picco had wide business interests
and it was believed a motive for his
murder might be found in these.
His home was bombed some time
ago and more recently a warehouse
had been destroyed in a mysterious
fire. His business partner, Caesar
Sansone, was shot to death in 1880
Governor L. l.. Emmerson re-
ceived request from the state de.
partment at Washington to file &
complete report on the killing a.
soon as possible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-18
SENATE PROBES
MARKET CRASH
Committee Fails to Elicit
Cause From Head.
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, April 18.-The
senate banking and currency COM
mittee studied documents and ques-
toned President Richard Whitney
of the New York Stock Exchange
for more than two hours today, but
failed to bring out in any specific
detail the story of the stock market
crash.
Whitney delivered to the COM
mittee a mass of data, including
some $4,000 slips supposed to con-
tain orders to sell the market short.
This evidence was submitted in &C
cordance with a request of the COM
mittee made ten days ago when the
committee began its investigation
of short selling.
Committee members looked hastily
through the mass of papers and
said they saw many nationally
known names" A spokesman for
the committee added, however, that
no names of cabinet members had
been noted thus far. It had been
reported that a member of the cabi-
net was on the list.
Whitney, in his testimony, con-
tinued to defend short selling as a
necessary function in the stock
market. He maintained that liqui-
dation by security holders was one
of the main causes of the falling
market. In response to questions,
he denied with emphasis that short
selling caused the depression in the
market.
Whitney admitted that he had
sold the market short himself in
1929.
Il thought the market was too
high" he said when asked the rea-
son for selling short But I was
wrong"
He doubted if any bears" had
made large profits.
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WHY, she should get more
W votes in the primary than
in the general election-all our
people turning in preference to
the avowed wet, j. Hamilton
Lewis, rather than voting for a
deserter.
That is what would happen to
Hoover, if he turned, but Of course
such a possibility is remote, be-
cause the President is a sincere
believer in prohibition"
Mcbride knows his politicians
and he knows how they temper to
every wind.
Pressure scares the politician
and he cringes under it." he said.
In every congressional dis
trict two or three vets are run
ming for the nomination against
one avowed dry and thus the OPP
position vote is split and this will
result in a victory for us.
Mcbride said he isn't worried
greatly about the overwhelming
wet vote in the Literary Digest
poll.
Such poll is purely part of the
wet program because it is wet
magazine and the returns are
Turn to Page III
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BONUS FORCES
FINISH APPEAL
Opponents of Measure Will
Be Heard Tuesday.

By UHitcd Press
WASHINGTON, April ia plea
for the cash bonus as a desperate
ly needed unemployment relief
measure for 100000 jobless World
war veterans was presented to the
house ways and means committee
today, as proponents of the veterans
payment concluded their case.
Advocates of the Patman bill to
issue $2,000,000,000 in new currency
to pay the veterans concentrated On
an emotional appeal, backed by a
seemingly endless stream of wit
nesSes from all sections of the
country.
From Detroit, hard-hit industrial
city, came David V. Addy, repre-
Senting Michigan legionnaires. He
described unemployment conditions
in the Michigan city and declared
that 100000 people we're depending
on charity, IL to IS per cent of them
veterans and their families.
j. H. Hoeppel Of Los Angeles, le-
gion official, presented the case of
California veterans, while Bert Da-
Wis of Barberville, O., told the COM
mite of Ohio'S sentiment for the
bonus as unemployment relief.
With a motto of better an I'M
balanced budget than a revolution, -
Representative Sweeney dem, o.
backed Davis stand on Me need
for unemployment relief for the
veterans.
Opponents of the bonus bill will
take the stand for the first time
Tuesday, with Representative F. H.
Laguardia Rep., N. " and Repre-
sentative Royal Johnson (Rep., S.
d., both war veterans, announced
as the first witnesses in opposition.
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the American pay roll" he con-
tinued. Every other consideration
is unimportant; what the country
needs is employment, wages. These
are the only factors that can bring
permanent economic recovery.
I'VE would not object to a uni
form manufacturers excise tax, "
Graham continued. I'VE don't want
a bit the best Of it, but we don't
think we should get the worst of it. -
Just at the minute the federal
budget is balanced, we think the
business upturn will begin"
Radio concerns, pointing to "a SO
per cent mortality" and an 80 per
cent employment decrease since
1928, protested being selected out
of large list of manufacturers for
tax.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-18
DRUNK COSTS HIM $40
Carmel Resident Found Asleep in
Auto Is Fined by Cameron.

Fine of $40 and costs, with the
costs suspended, was imposed to-
day by Municipal Judge Clifton r.
Cameron in the case of James How
ell. r. r. 2, Carmel, convicted of be-
ing drunk. Police testified they
found him asleep Sunday in an au-
tomobile parked in front of a
church. and that twenty minutes
effort was required to awaken him.
"What do you want-a cup OF
coffee?" Howell is said to have in
ouired of the officers.
Howell said he attended a dance
Saturday night at which there was
a plentiful supply of home brew.
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do you plead guilty?" Mrs. Wal
ton was asked.
Il do not" was her answer.
"And why?' asked the prosecutor.
Because" she retorted, because
of this"
She produced two photos she had
taken of views of the stop sign. The
judge examined them.
Well" said Cameron.
The photos showed the sign was
bent and twisted. Its warning was
illegible.
Discharged, said Cameron-to
Mrs. Walton and eleven other de-
PENDANTS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-18
PARENTS ARE
CHARGED WITH
BABY'S DEATH
Father Admits Leaving
Body of Newborn Infant
in Alley, Police Claim.
CHILD WASN'T WANTED
Couple Involved in Sordid
Case Were Leaders in
University Life.

Once the leaders of social life in
two mid-weStern universities, a
young couple today faced charges of
murder for the alleged Staying of
their few-hours-old baby.
While the mother, Mrs. Josephine
Duckwan Tozier, Is. of 1885 North
Alabama street, is receiving medical
treatment at city hospital. her hus-
band, Joseph Tozier, %, today at
tempted to avoid questioning at the
county Jail.
Formal charges of murder were
lodged against the couple by Detec-
tive Morris Corbin, who, with De-
tective Stewart Coleman, unraveled
the mystery of baby's body which
was found in an ash can in the 100
block East Fourteenth street, last
Thursday.
1--WE Didn't Want 1t"
eve didn't want it." was the
statement attributed to the young
couple after their arrest late Satur-
day.
But today Tozier, worn from the
strain, pleaded, Don't ask me any
more questions"
Il am graduate of Illinois uni
versity and my wife attended De
Pauw," he said. 1--WE met each other
in downtown apartment store
where I was employed and Jose
phine worked last wear.
From then on, there's not much
to say. We've been through plenty
OF trouble. Don't ask me any more
questions, please"
Married Last Wednesday
Tozier and his wife are scheduled
to face arraignment on the Staying
count before Municipal Judge Will
liam H. Sheaffer Thursday.
Tozier and Miss Duckwall we're
married in Noblesville three days
before the babys birth Wednesday,
at 1910 North New Jersey street.
They moved to the Alabama street
address Friday.
According to friends OF the couple,
both we're prominent in school and
social affairs. Their romance orig
mated while both were employed
in the gift shop. of the department
store.
Mother Unattended
Mrs. Tozier had resided on the
north side until several months
ago when she made her home with
her mother in Noblesville.
Detectives said the mother had
no medical aid at the birth. I'm
mediately after the baby was born
it is charged, Tozier placed it under
bed and later wrapped it in news
papers and tied the bundle with
Irvine. He carried it to the alley
where it was found, detectives
charged.
Strangulation and a broken neck
caused death of the infant, accord
ing to DR.. w. E. Arbuckle, coron-
er, and DR.. John Wyttenbach
deputy. They held it was possible
the injuries were suffered at birth
Papers Lead to Arrest
ct planned to get rid of it whether
it was born dead or alive, boy or
girl" detectives say the statement
of Tozier reads. He says he does
not know whether the baby was
alive at birth.
The papers wrapped about the
baby gave the clew which brought
arrest of the parents Saturday by
Coleman and Corbin. The officers
noticed that from one page had been
clipped list of apartments and
houses for rent.
They obtained a whole page of
the paper and began calling at adj
dresses given, resulting in finding
the Toziers at the Alabama street
address.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-18
HINDUS, M0SLEMS FIGHT

One Killed, Nine Hurt in Battle
Over Religious Insult.
By United Press
CALCUTTA, India, April 49, - A
slaughtered pig found in moslem
mosque at Gourrepore, near here,
caused rioting today in which one
Mosiem was killed and nine Hindus
and Moslems seriously injured.
MoSlem worshippers, entering the
mosque, discovered the carcass of
the pig, an insult to their religion,
and attacked the Hindus with
knives and slaves. Thirty were ar
rested
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-18
BANS PRISON LABOR
Michigan Governor Orders
Furniture Holiday
Bn United Press

LANSING, Mich, April 49,
Governor Wilbur M. Brucker an
nounced today that manufacture of
furniture in state prisons has been
ordered discontinued for at least six
months. More than 100 prisoners
were employed in one furniture shop
in Ionia reformatory.
The prison commission ordered
the suspension at the suggestion of
the Governor, who outlined unem-
ployment conditions in Grand Rap
ids and elsewhere, which, he said,
should not be increased even slightly
by competition with prison labor.
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for trial, after three delays, the
city of Indianapolis, with all its
facilities, should ask to have the
case taken out of Marion county
because this 7-year-old boy has
undue influence over the citi-
zens.'
The suit asks $4,000 from the
city, Mrs. Chasteen, and Sherman
Chasteen, husband of Mrs. Chas-
teen. Parents of the boy claim
he is injured permanently in
that he has suffered an impair
ment of speech from the accident.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-18
TAXI DRIVER ON TRIAL
FOR MURDER OF FARE
Samuel w. Wilson Alleged to Have
Crushed Passengers Skull.

Selecting of a criminal court jury
for the trial of Samuel w. Wilson
r. r. 7, Box 90, taxi driver charged
with the Staying of James Stein
berger last Nov. 18, was under way
today.
Wilson is charged with murder
He claims that Steinberger, a pas
senger in his cab. was drunk and at
tempted to avoid paying a s1.2O fare
by running across a vacant lot at
Noble and Georgia streets.
Wilson ran after him and is Saic
TO have admitted hitting Steinber-
ger on the head with rock. He
then took $1.20 from Steinberger's
clothes, it is alleged.
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100000 FOR
Indy BABY IS
limited READY
Lindbergh Deposits Large
Sum With Agent in
New York.
CONTACT IS RENEWED
Mysterious Meeting of u. S.
Ship and Plane at Sea
ROuSeS Interest.

By United Press
NEW YORK, April 10. - Contact
with supposed kidnapers of Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh's baby has
been re-established, "Jafsie" report
cd today, as other sources claimed
100000 additional in ransom money
had been deposited here.
John f. Condor, the negotiator,
who paid a $4,000 ransom without
effecting the return of the infant,
chose to make his statement
through a newsreel microphone,
saying
I'VE are in contact with the kid
nspers, and the baby will be re-
turned soon, l hope"
Say Contract Is Renewed
But behind Condons announce
ment several significant reports
stood out during the days develop
mentS, including:
Deposit by Colonel Lindbergh of
q large sum of money, in currency
and gold, with an agent in New
York. The Daily News today placed
the amount at 100000.
Activity of United States ships
in Martha's Vineyard, Mass, follow
ing the appearance of mysterious
amphibian plane at night.
Renewed interest in Norfolk nego-
tiators said to be waiting a visit
from the high seas as attested by
three phone calls to John Hughes
Curtis by Colonel Lindbergh.
If Condor has renewed his con-
tact, it must have been sometime
Sunday morning, for Saturday he
had said he still hoped" to get in
touch with the kidnapers again. He
refused to 1mplify his newsreel
statement and said the public will
understand why"
1t was understood that the agent
to whom the reported 100000 was
entrusted was authorized to pay the
ransom money at any time, day or
night
He was bound by only one stip-
ulation, it was said, and that was
the money and the baby must be
exchanged ION the spot"
Mysterious Sea Meeting
The mysterious meeting of the
plane with the coast guard de-
stroyer MacDougall occurred early
Sunday morning off MenemSha
light, near Vineyard Haven, Mass.
The destroyer and two picket
boats hove TO soon after midnight
with all lights out.
AT 1875 a plane roared overhead.
Immediately red landing flare was
set off by the MacDougall The
plane landed alongside, and all
lights remained out for thirty min
utes.
The contact between ship and
plane was broken off abruptly by
the destroyer turning on its run
ming lights and heading out to sea.
Nothing was seen of the plane
thereafter.
The second United States ship to
arouse curiosity was a naval cruiser
resembling the U. S. S. Milwaukee.
1t steamed through Vineyard
sound and headed across water in
the direction of New York.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-18
BOY, 7, TOO INFLUENTIAL,' SAYS CITY

$3.50 North Olney street, while he
was playing with a number of
other children under a shower
hose, operated by firemen of En-
CINE house d, at Roosevelt avenue
and Olney street.
Filing for change of venue irked
attorneys for the boy and Judge
Joseph R. Williams, who as
serted that the venue change
statute is very much abused"
This is strange, indeed,
shouted Walter Carey. attorney
for the boy, that on the day set
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-18
TWO PRIZEFIGHTERS
HAILED INTO COURT
Purvis Pays Traffic Fine; Holloway
Gets Liquor Case Delay.

y . = WITH 4 11AO3 NAOIIUWEVJ
Gets Liquor Case Delay.
Two prizefghters appeared today
as defendants before Municipal
Judge Clifton R. Cameron.
Paul Purvis, 81, of 1921 Houston
street, who is Jackie Purvis in the
ring, drew suspended fine of 81
and costs for failure to have a
drivers license. Judgment on a
charging of diSregarding traffic
signal was withheld.
Glen Holloway, 81, of 1718 North
New Jersey street, known in the
ring as Red Holloway, won con-
tinuance of trial on a drunkenness
charge Thursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-18
ADMITS SUICIDE HOAX
George Remus "Bodyguard" Held in
Buffalo for Questioning

cops pestered me-" Earl w. Cur
ry, alleged to have perpetrated a
suicide hoax in indianapolis, in
July, 1881, is said to have told po-
lice of Buffalo, N. Y, where he was
taken into custody today.
Police here recall suicide hoax
last summer, but were unable to
fix the date. Curry said he was at
one time bodyguard for George
RemuS, king of bootleggers."
Arrested as suspicious character
Curry, 40, is said to have explained
that clippings from an Indianapolis
paper concerning the supposed sui
eide related to him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-18

Fl. Wayne Company Official Is
Traffic Accident Victim.

By United Press
BLUFFTON, Ind, April 10. -
Henry B. Stafford, IS, president
of the c.. E. BurSley Company, FIT.
Wayne, was killed instantly near
here when the auto he was driving
overturned. He was returning to
his home from indianapolis, where
he had visited a sister, Mrs. John
Rogers.
Raymond Wilburn, Ossian, suf-
fered a leg fracture when a motor
list drove into a crowd which gath
cred at the scene of the accident.
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EILING an affidavit asserting
u that Edward Sosbe, Z, of 1888
North Gale street, Yields undue
influence over the citizens of Mar
ion county" attorneys represent
ing the city today filed for a
change of venue from superior
court two in a $4,000 damage
suit. filed by the father of the
boy.
The boy was injured last June
Is, when run down by an auto
driven by Mrs. Noble Chasteen,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-18
MARKET ORDINANCE
TO BE GIVEN DELAY
Probe Groups recommendations
Not Ready for Council.

G~O~~-J
Proposed ordinance maxim g
changes and improvements at city
market recommended in report of
the market investigating committee
will not be ready for submission to
city council tonight, as originally
planned, it was announced today by
Herbert M. Spencer, assistant city
attorney.
The council also will be asked to
defer action On the proposed ordi-
nance regulating and licensing coal
dealers, at the request of G. A. Ka-
mey, representing coal dealers spon-
soring the ordinance, Spencer said.
Among proposed ordinances to be
submitted tonight will be one max
ing Illinois street preferential
thoroughfare from Thirty eighth
street north to the canal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-18
$4,000 BALM is ASKED
City Man Charges BOarder Alienated
Affections of His Wife.

Charging alienation of affections,
William H. Allen, of SIS South La
Sale street, today filed suit in
Marion superior court three asking
$4,000 damages from John L. Mar
shall, 2S43 North Gale street.
Allen charged that Marshall lived
at his home as boarder for
thirteen months and alienated the
affections of his wife, Cora.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-18
TWO DIE in AIR CRASH
AirpIane Dives to Ground and
Bursts Into Flame.

BIZ United Press
LEWISTON, Me, April 1.-TWO
youths we're killed when their air.
plane crashed and burst into flames
at Livermore Falls today.
The dead were James Malloy, %.
of Berlin, N. H, and the pilot,
Fred Maxwell, %, of Livermore
Falls.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-18
DISCUSS PRISON WORK
State Officers Consider Plans for
Binding Books for Libraries.

Plans to bind books for public IL
braries and others wanting binding
done in small lots were made at a
meeting today of the penal inSti-
buttons work ALLEGATION board in the
Office of Governor Harry c. Leslie.
John Norman, Knox, chairman
of the Indiana state prison board,
explained the binding can be done
there with little outlay for tools and
no machinery. 1t will help solve
the prison unemployment problem
and bring in some revenue to the
institution. he predicted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-18
JAILED in OPIUM CASE

hal Sentenced as Smuggler.
By United Press
SHANGHAI, April 18.-Paul S.
Crawley, prominent American busi-
ness man in Shanghai, was SEN
fenced to two years in prison today
when he pleaded guilty to charges
of smuggling opium into the United
States aboard a naval transport.