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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
THREE DIE TO
ERASE STAIN
OF SONS SIN
Motive for Triple Suicide
Barred in MiSSionary'S
Family Tragedy.
GIRL FILES CHARGES
Trio Follows Custom of
Orient to Atone for
Youths MiSdeed.
BIZ limited Press

By United Press
CHICAGO, March 30-The dis
grace brought on the name Of a
Quaker family by a serious charge
against its son was blamed today
for the suicide of Horace E. Cole
man, "a, a missionary; his wife,
and Horace E. Coleman Jr., 81.
The son was accused of seduction
in warrant issued four days before
the suicides, on an affidavit by Miss
Clara B. McGill, 20, of Blooming
dale, Ind, where the Colemans were
prominent.
The warrant was in the hands
Of Chicago police, ready for service,
when the Colemans were found
with clasped hands in the rear seat
of their automobile. The machine
was in a garage with closed doors.
They had been killed by carbon
monoxide from the exhaust. A note
by the elder Coleman gave direc-
tions for cremation, with ashes to
be scattered in Japan.
OuC W
PHILOSOPHERS which they absorbed
while missionaries in the Orient led
the trio to their death, investiga-
ton revealed.
They deemed it their duty to
atone by death for the wrong
doing of one of them, note left
ending with the statement. "ThiS
way accordS with our peculiar ideas
in cases where conditions war
rant it."
DR.. William M. McGovern OF
Northwestern university, an old
friend of the Colemans, who Strove
to promulgate the Quaker faith in
Japan, explained the philosophy
which led to their deaths thus:
I'm the long years of missionary
work in Japan the Colemans be-
came imbued with Japanese philos-
ophy, which, in a multitude of cir
cumStances, makes suicide a praise
worthy act. Sometimes the motive
is utterly obscure.
Converted to "Bushido"
mo one can say precisely how
the Colemans justified their act,
but we can take as a similar ex-
ample that of the Japanese family
servant who killed himself because
the son of the family had been
wild The servant thought his
suicide would restore the family
honor"
DR.. McGovern said the Colemans
had been missionaries in the land
of the rising sun for a quarter of
a century; that they unknowingly
had become converts to the phi
losophy of "bushido," wherein the
knights of ancient Japan put an
end to their existence as a more
beautiful manner in which to die
than to submit to the ravages of
Circumstance.
The philosophy holds that the
sooner one dies, the sooner he gains
the better life"
With such an oriental background,
the inquest was proSaic. The ver-
dict simply was suicide"
Miss McGill remained in Bloom
ington, old home of the Colemans.
She said Horace had promised to
marry her, then changed his mind
to attend the University of Chicago
When she learned she was an ex-
pectant mother, she continued, she
signed a warrant against him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
Here's New Tax Cost to
$5,000-a-Year Citizen

baseball or football game once a
month average cost of SO, So.
Buys radio or photograph for
500, IS.
Buys $500 automobile, S18.
Writes one letter a day, S10.95.
Buys one $1,000 bond, SIPS.
Buys son a baseball for $50
and camera for SIS, SIS cents.
Beverages, 81.
Uses one box Of fifty matches
daily, 81 cents.
Uses one package of gum every
two days, IS cents.
Buys electric refrigerator at
$3.50. $3.50.
Buys family $40 worth Of candy
during year, so cents.
Cosmetics. $40 a year, 50.
Total tax would be sl0O.81.
At present the same man. max
ing the same expenditures, would
pay $4570.
Under the original treasury tax
proposals he would have paid
sfl2zS'. -. -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
Jim, Jam, Gem

By United Press
WASHINGTON, March 80.
The memory of James G.
Blaine caused Senator James
E. Watson (Rep., Ind and
Senator George A. Norris
(Rep., Neb.) to drop their
political warfare long enough
to shake hands on the senate
floor.
The regular and progressive
leaders were discussing the
tariff, and had gone back to
Blaine'S stand for reciprocity.
when Blaine was defeated
for the presidency, I thought
the end of the republic had
come" said Watson.
Il felt that way myself" ex-
claimed Norris.
The debate paused while
they clasped hands, only to
dispute Immediately because
Norris complained Watson had
deserted Blaine's principles.
II follow the living; the SEN
ator from Nebraska follows the
dead" Watson said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
Hold Memorial Service
"a Tnited Presa


BLOOMINGTON, Ind, March 30.
Residents of this country village
who for many years had known the
Horace Coleman family gathered at
the home of Mrs. L. j. Brown Tues
day night for memorial service.
Mrs. Brown is a sister of Mrs. Cole
man.
Friends made no comment on the
charge that Horace Jr. had seduced
Miss Clara B. McGill, 20.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Coleman were
members of prominent families in
this section. Mrs. Coleman was a
native of Pine Village, in Warren
county. Both we're graduates Of
Earlham college.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30

to run out before introducing
cotton gas"
The discovery was reported to
the division of organic chemistry
of the American Chemical So
ciety convention here today by
DR.. Gustav Eglof and DR.. j. c.
Morrell, chemists for the Univer-
sal Oil Products Company.
Gasoline from cottonseed oil
technically is practical" said
these men Of science,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
COLD WAVE COMING
Near Freezing Temperature
Forecast for Thursday.

Near-freezing temper ture S
Thursday are scheduled to mark the
exit Of the March lion.
Unsettled weather with rains to-
day and tonight will usher in sub
normal mercury readings Thursday
when temperatures will drop to
three degrees above freezing, j. H.
Arlington, weather man, forecast.
Already on its downward course,
the mercury fell four degrees be-
tween and today.
Rains are scheduled to fall over
the state generally, and low tenn
peratures, now prevailing west of
the Mississippi, will reach here
Thursday morning, he predicted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
FEAR BOY IS KIDNAPPED

Son of Cuban Sugar Company Head
Is Missing in Washington.
BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, March 30.-JoSe
Arias, 15-year-old son of Antonio
Arias, president of the Oriental
Cuban Sugar factory, is missing
from his home here since noon
Tuesday. His mother notified police
she believes he has been kidnapped.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
URGES SHORT WAVE BAN
Morrissey for Law Prohibiting Police
Broadcast Pickup.

Recommendation that federal laws
be passed prohibiting law violators
from picking up police radio broad
casts with short wave sets in au-
tomobiles was made Tuesday bv
Mike Morrissey following conviction
in Chicago recently of an alleged
gangster under the new Illinois ra-
do law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
TON FIELDS NAY PROVIDE WORLDS GASOLINE SUPPLY

THE heavier oil is suitable for
Il engines of the DIESEL type
or for furnace fuel.
The uncomfortable gas contains
materials which may be converted
into alcohol, and Others" from
which synthetic rubber may be
made.
The coke residue is suitable for
electrode manufacture or fuel
80 nA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
BY 1. I. FEMRITE

NEW ORLEANS, La, March
: SO.-The southland's cotton
patches some day may become
the gasoline service stations of
the world.
Scientists have discovered that
gasoline can be manufactured
from cotton seed They are only
waiting for the crude Of! supply
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30

From this oil, their experiments
showed, as high as 81 per cent of
good quality gasoline has been
produced. Cottonseed oil is used
extensively as butter substitute,
in salad dressing and for various
cooking purposes.
in addition to gasoline. they re-
ported cracking of cottonseed oil
by distillation at high tempera-
ture under pressure produces a
heavier distlllate, gas and cElke. .
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30

By United Press
WASHINGTON, March 3d.
Here is an estimate of what the
newest tax program would cost
a married man who has one child
and an income of $1,000 a year:
Income of $1,000 year, $42 tax.
Uses long distance telephone or
telegraph once a week. $3.50.
Takes family to theater, circus,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30

From the present economic
standpoint, however. its produc-
ton from cotton is somewhat re-
mote because of the vast supply
of crude oil"
THE cracking process, which IS
4 the chief factor in gasoline
production from petroleum, also
is a method by which motor fuel
can be made from cottonseed oil,
they reported
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
TWO FAMILIES
CLAIM MURDER
VICTIMS BODY
Father Identifies Slain Man
as Son, Woman as Her
Husband.
SEE REVENGE MOTIVE
Hidden Scandal Link Hinted
Between ContenderS
for Corpse.
By United Press


EVANSVILLE. Ind, March 3d.
Two families battled today for the
mutilated body Of murdered man
who figured in one of two mysteri-
Gus slayings in this vicinity Tues
day. AS police delved into the bru-
tai killing, they read point of
honor into one of the family's
claims.
Meanwhile, police said evidence
tended to show there was no con-
nection between the murders.
One of the slain men has been
identified definitely as Alfred Butts,
80, Henderson city employee. His
body was found on the highway
near Henderson.
The other victim, battered beyond
recognition, was found near Mt.
Vernon.
George Claiborne, Evansville, went
to Mt. Vernon and identified the
body as that of his son Bruce, q.
Mrs. Claiborne then viewed the
body and denied that it was their
son. Later she told police that the
face was distorted so badly she
could no be sure that it was her
son.
Identified as Husband
Mrs. Albert Johnson, also of
Evansville, identified the body as
her husband, who was 80. Both
George CLAIBORNE and Mrs. john
son became insistent IN their iden-
tifications.
Police declined to accept either
Identification and tentatively con-
tinued a search for Bruce Clai-
borne. They offered no comment
on a report that Johnson and Clai-
borne had quarreled over Johnson's
wife. Mrs. Johnson, however, said
she never had seen Claiborne.
One theory advanced was that
Mr.. and Mrs. Claiborne were aware
of a dispute between their son and
Johnson and hoped to cast shadow
over their affair by identifying the
body as their son.
Find Death Car
Police again questioned Herman
German, %, today. His auto, which
he reported stolen, was found near
here, Spattered with blood. 1t was
believed that the victim was slain
in this machine. In it was shoe
that matched one found on one of
the victims feet.
German told police that he often
loaned his auto to Claiborne, and
that occasionally Claiborne took it
without telling German.
Police reported they found re-
Gently drawn $4,000 insurance pol
icy in the Johnson home, taken out
by Johnson in favor of his wife.
1t was learned that Butts drew
his pay Monday at Henderson, quit
his job with the street cleaning de-
partment and said he was going to
Spottsville, KY, where he had "a
better job" He had been seen once
since that, police learned.
Cigaret Placed in Hand
Investigation revealed that a box
of matches and a cigaret found in
his hands were placed there after
he was slain, police reported
They also revealed that two bot
ties of whisky were found in his
pockets. A small amount was gone
from each bottle, but an examina-
ton revealed no alcohol in his or
gans.
AS the investigation progressed,
authorities said, circumstances tend
ed to show that there was no con-
nection between the murders.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
First and Last
BV TUited Press

By United Press
OKLAHOMA CITY, March
30.-Mrs. Lorraine Jones and
Mrs. Velva Caller spent a night
in jail, and paid So fines each,
because they whispered in the
first church service they ever
attended.
A mission deacon fled a dis
orderly conduct charge against
them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
TURNS DOWN BRIDGE BID

DlvOrcing Judge Refuses to intro
duce Lecture Speakers.
BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, March 30.-Judge Jo-
seph SABBATH, who has issued more
than $4,000 divorces, today declined
an invitation to introduce the
speakers at bridge lecture series
on the CulbertSon system.
There is too serious an attitude
about bridge and married people
can not treat each other imper-
sonally as partners or opponents.
You notice that in list of ten of
the best bridge players, seven of
them are unmarried" he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
Opera Singer Gets divorce

CLEVELAND, March 30. Car
mella Cafarelli, grand opera singer
and harpist, was granted divorce
today from her husband, Alessan-
dro L. Chiostergi, Brooklyn IN. "
attorney. Suit charging neglect of
duty and nonsupport was uncon-
tested
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
GIRL BANDITS FATE
IS LEFT UNDECIDED
Juvenile Judge Defers Ruling Untn
Hospital Tests Are Made.

Ruling on the case of Miss Vera
Wood, II, Shortridge high school
girl and confessed toy gun bandit,
was delayed today until next week
by Juvenile Judge John F. Geckler.
Geckler was informed that Miss
Wood has been detained at city hos
pital contagious ward where fur
Their tests viii be made to determine
her physical condition.
Geckler indicated Tuesday he will
place the girl on probation for one
year, prohibiting her from smoking
cigarets and placing her in Gus
tody of her parents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
TRAPS PAIR WITH FOOT
Bandit Victim, Bound, JiggIes
Phone to Bring Rescuers.

By United Press
CHICAGO, March 30.-Bound
and helpless, Albert Chapman, a
guest of the Dorchester Manor no.
tel, today effected the capture Of
two bandits who had invaded his
room, by juggling telephone re-
ceiver with his foot.
The flashing signal on the hotels
switchboard brought John Cudahy,
a clerk, and guest on the run, and
they seized Austin Haymer, 20,
Odell, ILL.,, and Anthony Mendoza, IT.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
JUNGLE TREK TO START

Expedition Is Quilted for Search
for Lost Explorer.
BIZ United Press
CAMPO GRANDE, MATTO
CROSSE, Brazil, March 30.-Ste-
phan Rattin, Swiss trapper, finished
preparations today for an expedi-
ton in the jungle to seek Colonel
P. Fawcett, lost British explorer
whom Rattin believes he encoun-
tered in a recent jungle trip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
COURT ALLOWS BOND

Rules Summerville Mine Bombing
Suspect May Post $4,000.
Harmon Kelley, one of several
men convicted of conspiracy to COM
NIT a felony in the Summerville
Ind) mine bombing and facing two
to fourteen years imprisonment,
may be released on bond of $4,000
pending appeal of the verdict, the
supreme court ruled today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
LIKES HONOR JURY RULE
barrow Prefers Men for Island
Trial, Slated Monday.
BIZ Lnited Press

Trial, Slated Monday.
By United Press
HONOLULU, March 30.-Four
Americans indicted as the alleged
honor slayers" of a native youth,
will be ready for trial next Monday,
eager to face jury on which no
woman can sit, Clarence Darrow,
chief counsel said today.
The fact that women are ineligi-
BILE for jury service in Hawaii met
with Darrow'S favor, as he prefers
men jurors even if they are of the
island melting pot" type, he indi-
Gated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
LAUD OLD AGE PENSIONS

State officials Report Laws Have
Proved Boon in Depression.
Bg United Prcss
NEW YORK. March Sold age
pension laws have proved of par
tlcular benefit during the depression
for thousands of aged thrown into
acute need, state officials admin
istering such acts reported today at
the fifth annual national conference
on old age security.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
ORDER ICE PATROL OUT
Coast Guard Acts to Guard Atlantic
Shipping.
BIZ United Press

WASHINGTON, March 30.-The
coast guard today ordered resump-
ton of the international ice patrol
to safeguard Atlantic shipping from
menacing iceberg foes which have
appeared earlier than usual this
year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-30
SEES U. S. RAIL OWNER

Congress Fears Result Of Federal
Loan Board Policy.
BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, March 30.-A
belief that Reconstruction Finance
Corporation railway loan policies
will lead to loss to government or
eventual federal ownership of some
roads was advanced in the senate
today by Senator James Couzens
(Rep., Mich).
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1932-01-13
SMYRNA FIFTY YEARS AGO AS
REVANPED FROM OUR FILES
ITEMS ABOUT SMYRNA FROM
SMYRNA TIMES, JAN. Ill, 1882
Notes of Marriages, Deaths, Real
Estate Deals and Matters of In
terest of Half Century Ago

(The Smyrna Times has started
70 look back over its files and tell
what happened around the correspond
ing date of this issue, half century
ago. We hope to make this a regular
weekly feature. If it does nothing else.
1t will call to mind people and events
of that day that should be interesting
TO the present generation. We hope
our readers will find it interesting and
that it will make the Times more eag-
erly sought and read-Editor.)
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1932-01-13

The amount of deposits in our
two banks subject to check is
1928, 40396.
Seaford mourns the loss of her
newspaper, the Index.
Personal-James D. Wilds, who
had charge of the freight depart
ment at Clayton, has been promot-
ed to the chief Office of the COM
pany at Philadelphia. While pleas
ed at his advance, there is regret
at his loss from this town. His
family will remain in their COM
Portable home here.
John d. Baggs is home from
Missouri on a two weeks visit to
his father, William H. Baggs.
William j. Carrow of New York,
is on a visit to his family in this
town.
Mrs. Allen of st. Louis, is visit
ing Mrs. Horace Spruance near
town.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1932-01-13
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Miss Marjorie Cannon to Wed John
Jewell, Milford, in Spring

Major and Mrs. James w. Can
non, of Milford, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Marjorie A. Cannon, to John jew
ell, also of Milford. Miss Cannon,
one of Milford's popular young
women, is a graduate of the Mil
ford High School and also of the
University of Delaware. She is
now teaching at Bowers. Mr.Jew-
ell is engaged in the grocery bust
ness with his father in Milford.
He is actively interested in the De-
Molay and Odd Fellows fraterni-
ties. No date has been set for the
wedding, but it is expected to take
place early next summer. Major
Cannon, father of Miss Cannon, is
connected with the Delaware State
Highway Department. He is a
well known musician, having play
ed in bands all over the peninsula.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1932-01-13
U.s.DIsTRICT COURT TO MEET
To Convene at Court House at
Denton, Maryland, January 18th

The semi-annual session of the
United States District Court for
the Eastern Shore counties of
Maryland will convene in the court
house at Denton, Md, January Is,
with Judge William G. Coleman, Of
Baltimore, on the bench. Simon
E. Sobeloff, of Baltimore, the pro-
scouting attorney, will be assisted
in the trial of the cases involving
the violation of the Federal prohi-
bition law, by two assisting at
torneys from Baltimore. The Fed
eral Court is expected to be in ses-
sion three or four days. The Sum
mer session of the Federal Court
on the Eastern Shore was held in
Denton in July, with Judge W.Cal-
vim Chestnut presiding.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1932-01-13
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ADMITS CHOKING NEGREss
Easton, Md, Negro, Arraigned on
lIurder Charge Last Friday

Police said Friday that they had
obtainer a confession from James
Stanley, 22-year-old negro, in
which he admitted choking Pearl
Mcdonald, 20, also colored, to
death in quarrel at Easton, Nd,
Monday night. The girls body
was found in an alley of hotel
Monday night and a few hours lat
er several suspects were rounded
up. Stanley, who had ben friend
ly with the girl, was among them.
At first he tried to implicate an
other negro but after hours Of
questioning he admitted his guilt,
telling police he was drung at the
time. After the negress lapsed in
to Inconsistencies he threw her
body over a fence, into the alley
where he met her. Then he fed,
Stanley said.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1932-01-13
H. D. WILSON TRANSFERRED
To DRY POST IN NEBRASKA
REPLACED HERE BY WI. NJ.
ROWAN OF WESTERN STATE
Denies Complaints of Activities in
Delaware Had Anything to Do
With Change-PrOmOtiOn


Harold D. (Three Gum Wilson,
deputy prohibition agent for Della
ware left Wilmington, Monday for
Nebraska where he will exchange
places with William NJ. Rowan,
deputy prohibition administrator
for that state. Word of the trans
fer was received Thursday night
from Washington where the trans
fer was made by National Prohibi-
ton Director Amos w. w. Wood
cock. Mr.. Wilson returned to Will
mington Thursday night. He said
the reason for the transfer was
that due to several recent shoot
ings in that state, Director Wood
cock desired younger man on the
scene and he viewed his transfer
in the light Of a promotion. He
said he expected the national di-
rector wanted him to clear up
these matters, but due to his mod
esty, he did not care to comment
on the matter. He denied that
complaints of his activities in Del
aware had anything to do with bis
transfer, and that it was simply
because a younger man was de-
sired in the western state From
other sources, however, it was said
that number of complaints had
been registered with Attorney
General Reuben Satterthwaite con
corning Wilson's activities here
and the methods used in combat
ting violations of the prohibition
law. It was also said that a rec
ent affair at Lewes, Del, where
fact finding committee meeting
was in progress and at which
controversy between Roland In
gram, Of Lewes, and Wilson arose,
in which a number of persons left
the meeting and were referred to
by Wilson in an uncomplimentary
manner, was a contributing cause.
Wilson came to Wilmington Sep
TENDER "a, 1880, when he was
transferred from Pittsburgh, Pa,
where he raided a political gath
ering. Prior 10 that he was trans
ferred from Massachusetts, where
he raided a banquet given by the
governor of the state. During his
stay in Delaware he made no spec
tacular raids, but gave most of his
attention to speaking in churches
and organizing fact finding COM
mittees" whose province was to
report violations of the dry law to
the director. Mr.. Rowan, a form
er brigadier general in the U. S.
Army, is 60 years old, and is not
expected here until late next week.
Mr.. Wilson said: You have not
seen the last of me in Wilmington
yet" referring to several cases
which are still pending in the us.
District Court. He intends, he
said, to clean up all the loose
ends" of cases that he has been en-
gagged on before leaving for the
west. He will have to return, he
said, to testify in number of
cases and also to defend his action
in refusing to name the person
who gave him the key to enter the
rooms of the Democratic League
for which action he is under bail
in the u. S. Court for contempt.
Mr.. Wilson recently brought his
family to Wilmington from Will
mington, Mass. One son, David, is
a freshman at the University of
Delaware, and Weston is junior
in the Wilmington High School.
Whether he viii remove his family
to Nebraska, or not, has not yet
been decided by Mr.. Wilson.