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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16
TWO P0LICEWOMEN ARE
SUSPENDED BY CHIEF
Disobeyed Orders, Says MOrrissey, in
Suspending Pair.

Suspension of two policewomen
charged with failure to obey orders
was announced today by Chief Mike
Morrissey.
Those suspended are Mrs. Eliza :
beth Denny, who was assigned to
duty at Garfield park, and Mrs.
Margaret Hildebrand, assigned to
Ellengerger park.
According to Morrissey, Mrs. Hill
debrand has admitted she was
absent from duty two hours. Mrs.
Denny, it is charged, left the park
to which she was assigned to go
downtown and pay some bills. Both,
it is alleged, disobeyed an order by
reporting to headquarters by public
telephone instead of through police
box.
Women police officers have Jared
badly during the present police adj
ministration, heavy cut in pay
being one of the difficulties they
have encountered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16

permission, often by payment of
a royalty.
And especially does a member
Of the sociey never reveal a secret
to an outsider. The amateurs
keep as mum as the professionals,
probably more so.
In addition, Bernard Ernst has
obtained a court decision which
amounts to legal Magma Charta
for magicians. 1t is quite a, story,
involving the saving of a woman
in half.
Back about 1920, Horace Goldin,
an American magician who gained
great fame in England and Eu-
rope, was visiting the United
States for the first time in many
years.
WE were at Houdini's home"
w Ernst remembers, and
Harry said, Horace, I'd like you to
perform at the coming conven-
ton OF the society. How about
putting on something new for the
crowd?"
"Goldin insisted he did not have
anything new. Houdini said, "All
right, I'll find you something He
went to his shelves filled with
books on magic and got out an old
volume and turned to description
of an illusion made famous in the
seventeenth century by Giuseppe
Pinetti.
This is just the thing he as
serted. How about saving a
woman in half? 1t hasn't been
done for a century
"Goldin agreed to do it, and
Houdini had his own mechanics
build the apparatus. Goldin got
more and more interested, and
improved on Pinetti's original
method.
"At the convention that year
-Houdini was head of the ma
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16
BEER is NOT RIVAL
Coca Cola Head Finds Dry
Law No Aid to Trade.
BB United Press

By United Press
ATLANTA, Ga, July 16.-Robert
w. Woodruff, president of the Coca
Cola Company, wishes our per
capita sale of soft drinks was as
great all over the United States as
it is in some places where beer le-
gally is being sold"
He thus replied to requests for
explanation of the companys atti-
tude toward the eighteenth amend
ment. The company manufactures
syrup from which independent bot
tiers make the soft drink.
Woodruff called attention to a
letter, Sept 90, 1881, to Major John
S. Cohen, editor of the Atlanta
Journal, asking Woodruff's opinion
on repeal of the eighteenth amend
ment.
Contrary to the public impress
sion," Woodruff replied, our expe-
rience indicates Coca Cola sales
throughout the seventy-six countries
in which we operate, are unrelated
to the sale Of alcoholic beverages. :"
During the year that the province
Of Ontario repealed it's prohibition
law, "eales of Cora Cola increased
more than 25 per cent and have in
creased ever since" Woodruff wrote.
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Houdini taught him other tricks
after that. The friendship grew
with the years. Houdini dedicated
his biography to Ernst, made him
intimate with every famous ma
gician of the day.
NATURALLY, I got interested
~ in their problems" explains
Ernst. There were problems of
especial interest to an attorney.
A magician must keep his art Sc
cret.
THE very pleasure of the pub
lie depends upon that An audi
ence ceases to be entertained once
it learns how q trick is performed,
"A magician may spend thou
sands Of dollars and years of time
perfecting an illusion. 1t is neces-
sary first, that the secret be kept
from the public.
1T is necessary, second, that
other magicians be restrained in
the use of the illusion, which
would damage it's value to the man
who created it.
And, of course, it is impossi-
Bile for q, magician to protect him
self by patents. A patent is open
to any one who wants to go to the
trouble of getting the description
of apparatus from the patent Of
fee"
In developing means of pro-
tecting magical property, this
amateur legal conjurer has played
an important part. AS. head of
magician organizations, he has
helped foster one of the most
rigid ethical codes known to any
profession.
The right Of a magician to what
he has created, or even merely re-
vived and made famous, is recog-
nized by the organized craft
everywhere. Other magicians cas-
lily might duplicate the illusion,
but they customarily do it only by
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16
FORD DAMNED IF HE'LL
STAND FOR SWEARING
RavenswOod Mayor" Charges Man
With Abusive Language.

Charles o. Ford, mayor" of Ra-
venswood, and Glenn Williams, dep
uty marshal went into action Fri
day night and arrested George A.
Steiner, AZ, of 1921 North Capitol
avenue, on charges of drunkenness
and disorderly conduct.
Steiner will be tried Tuesday aft
ernoon in the court of Municipal
Judge William H. Sheaffer. He OBJ
tained a continuance when ar
raigned today.
After leaving the courtroom, Ford
said to Steiner:
Il am very much afraid you are
making a mistake in getting that
case continued. My three daugh-
tiers told me you were using some
pretty bad language. It's bad
enough to be drunk and disorderly,
but I'll be damned if 1 am going
to have anybody swearing in front
of my children"
Ford says from 10000 to $4,000
persons have been at the Ravens
wood beach nightly and announced
that strict order will be maintained
there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16
SIS FINE is CHEAPER
THAN ONE FOR 81
That Was All Traffic ViOIatOr Had !;
Costs Suspended.

1t is cheaper to be fined IS than
81, Municipal Judge william H.
Sheaffer demonstrated today.
Wilson Robbins, 1916 Chadwick
street, was convicted of failure to
stop at preferential street, and a
fine of 81 and costs, total of Sill
was imposed.
Can I have some time on it?"
Robbins asked.
NO" the court said.
But I've got only S." Robbins
explained.
That's all right the court said.
III make the fine IS and suspend
the costs"
Robbins paid.
Nine motorists were before the
court today on preferential street
charges. In addition to Robbins,
four others we're fined, the penalty
being 81 each. Remaining four
cases were dismissed.
Seven speeding cases were called.
Fine of 81 and costs was imposed
on one defendant, penalties were
suspended in three cases and three
we're continued.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16
WHITE MAGIC THRILLS RUSTICS|


Through the ages the mystic art Of
leEerdemsin has intrigued all men. Out
Of this ancient interest has grown a
unique fellowship. the Society Of Amer
lean Magicisns Included in its mem
Dersnlp are distinguished representatives
OF sciences the professions, business. and
me world OF affair generally.
Some Of them. in the pursuit of white
magic as hobby. have acquired a skin
and lore beyond the ken Of the ordinary
professional performer. BRt so quietly
and modestly do they demonstrats their
attainments that the public hears Moth
Ing OF this side Of their lives.
Earl Sparkling has written series OF
articles about these interesting men and
their strange gifts the second Of which
follows
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16
BILL TO SHIFT
CAR TAX FUNDS
REACHES HOUSE
State Share in Gas, License
Money Cut More Than
Half in Measure.

After being huffeted between fac
tional arguments for eight DAYS. the
gas tax and auto license fund re-
distribution bill, reducing the states
share in the annual $4,000 900 reve-
nue., has been advanced to the house
by representatives by the WAYS and
means committee.
The measure would reduce the
states share of the funds from Is
to so per cent.
1t increases shares of cities and
towns and provides that distribution
De made on basis Of road mileage
and population.
Brought on Breach
It's introduction into the house on
the second day of the special session
last week was accompanied bv a
breach between the CITY and co,n-
try, in which the country sought IN
prevent cities from obtaining a
larger share.
Mayors of larger Indiana cities
including Reginald H. Sullivan of
Indianapolis, argued before the
committee at public hearing that
cities are threatened with impending
bankruptcy due to growing poor re-
lief costs unless given relief in form
OF additional shares in the gas tax
and license revenues.
Take Place of Levies
AS passed to the house TODAY the
measure stipulates that counties re-
celve four-fifthS of the remaining
half, one-eighth to be divided on
basis of population and seven
eighths in proportion to road mile
age. The remaining one-ffth of the
Iour-titths would go to cities.
The shares, to be distributed
quarterly, would take the place of
local levieS for road construction and
provide to maintenance and repair
OF roads, in form of a special road
fund.
Minority report, recommending
the gas tax of 4 cents a gallon be
cut, was made by Representative
William c. Babcock (Rep), Rensse-
laer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16
BY EARL Sparkling
Times StafF Writer
'copyrieht 1882: BY the New York World

Copyright. 1882. by the New York World
TELEGRAM Corporationl
NEW YORK, July 1s.-About
L ' this time the folks up in Blue
Ridge, Essex county, start get
ting ready for the big free, open
air magical show.
August would not be August
without that show. 1t has been
regular event for years now, as
seasonal as the bulging of the
melons and the ripening Of the
corn.
1t is held in front of the viii
lage postofflce at 7:30 p. M; come
one, come all, and bring the chill
dren. Everybody comes, all right.
The town folks start gathering
right after supper. The farmers
drive in for miles around.
And you would never guess, YOU
city slickers, who that rustic ma
gician is. None other than Ber-
nard M. L. Ernst, attorney, of IS
West Forty-third street. A pack
ing box is his stage, farmer boy
his assistant.
The eggs he pulls out Of the
farmer boys mouth are fresh, laid,
that day. But what are eggs to
a country audience?
Lawyer Ernst is better magi-
clan than that. He waves empty
hands in the air and suddenly
there is a box filled with store
chocolates, and another one and
another one. Real candy, too, as
the mothers and the children can
testify.
The children clap sticky hands
for more. All right, there, an
other box, right out of thin air.
Meanwhile, the men are getting
anxious for the windup, the ira
ditional windup.
That there bottle trick" muir
INJURED one Of them. "How about
it?"
60 the Blackstone conjurer pro-
~ duces a bottle. Shucks; it's
empty But the farmers Just
grin. It's always been empty like
that, year after year.
The magician waves his hand
and the bottle is filled He starts
pouring drinks and passing them
out, The farmers raise their
glasses. Shucks! it's Just water.
And maybe the magician waves
his hand and the water turns to
wine, or maybe it stays plain wa
ter. Who knows?
Ernst is pretty big magacian
up there in Blue Ridge, where he
spends the August of every sum-
mer. He is a pretty big magician
elsewhere, too.
He is president of the New
York council of the Society of
American Magicians and vice
president of the Magicians' Club
of London.
1t all started years ago, when
Harry Houdini, the handcuff king.
bobbed into his office with legal
problem that required some fast
work, too.
"Marvelous!" beamed Houdini
when the lawyer had Strengthened
the tangle. Here, Ill teach you
one of my tricks"
1t was simple card trick. Ernst
tried it that night at home, was
surprised when it worked. You
put all the face cards in the
middle of the deck, made num-
Der of cuts, but the queens re-
fused to be parted from the kings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16
PLAN BUSINESS DRIVE
Retail Grocers to Get Back Of City
Owned Enterprise.

Announcement of a campaign to
increase business of Indianapolis
owned enterprises. including sew
eral hundred retail grocerS, was
made today by J. E. Hunsberger.
secretary of the indianapolis Retail
Grocers and Meat Dealers Associa-
ton. following action by its board
Of directors.
The movement, part of national
campaign. will be started here
within two weeks. and will include
various methods of attracting bust
ness. including prizes. Extensive
advertising will be a part Of the
campaign.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16
ASSESSMENTS SLICED
Property Owners Costs Cut in Six
teenth st. Widening Job.

Reductions in assessments of some
property owners to pay for widen
ing of Sixteenth street from Cap
itol to Northwestern avenues, have
been made by the works board.
Assessments of owners of property
from Northwestern TO Mills avenues
were cut to so per cent; Mills ave-
nue. to Missouri street, so per cent;
Missouri street to Big Four railroad,
north side, 80 per cent; Methodist
hospital, 20 per cent, and from al
ley west Of Senate avenue to Capt.
toll avenue, 20 per cent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16
TlPPECAN0E LAKE IS
WEEKEND SUGGESTION
Best Route to Northern Resort Is
Listed by Motor Club.

Weekend trip suggested by the
Hoosier Motor Club this week is
Tippecanoe lake, distance of 135
miles.
Route is north on Michigan road,
No. %. to Logansport; Road 25 to
Rochester; north on U. S. Road 81
for seven miles to Evergreen Cor
ners; turn right on county gravel
road to three miles west of Mentone,
then on Road IS through Mentone
to Warsaw; north on Road IS to
Leesburg; east on county paved road
to Oswego and Lake Tippecanoe.
The route Is hard surfaced with
exception Of road from Evergreen
Corners to Mensone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16
ALCOHOLIC DISHWATER
GETS WOMAN 80 DAYS
Sentenced to Prison by City Judge;
500 Fine Is Suspended.

Dishwater with a kick deprived
woman of thirty days of liberty to-
day when she was sentenced to
the Woman's prison by Municipal
Judge William H. Shaffer.
Charged with operating a blind
tiger, Taby Duncan, 1852 Draper
street, whose home was raided a
few days ago by Sergeant Kent Yoh
and squad, charged the police
brought alcohol into her home and
dumped it in dishwater.
But the officers said as they en-
tered the house she picked up a
pan OF alcohol and emptied it into
the dishwater.
Police obtained quart bottle of
the water. Analysis showed it to
be 1885 per cent alcohol.
Fine Of 500 and costs was sus-
pended, but the month in prison
must served.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16
ARRANGE CAMP FIGHTS
Athletic Program at Fort Is Pre-
pared by Officers.

Athletic program for entertain
ment OF G. M. T. c. candidates at
TT. Harrison will include two prac-
tice polo games this weekend and
boxing matches three nights a week.
it has been announced.
The fights, open to the public
VIII oe~held on Monday, Wednesday
and Thursday nights. Eleventh in
Iantry officers and the Rolling
Ridge polo team will meet at 2 IA
saturday and again at 3 Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16
8 SCOUTS WIN
EAGLE HONORS
100 Are Enrolled for Third
Camp Period.

Eight Boy Scouts received Eagle
ranks at the conclusion of the sec
ond camping period at the scout
reservation, Friday night.
The new Eagles are: Ernest
Brockman, Enos Pray, Forrest
Satterfield, Don Morrison, Alvin
Fernandes, Robert Sorenson, Clar-
ence Gault and Frank Blackburn,
Jr.
More than 100 scouts have en-
rolled for the third camping period
which will open July 25. The
fourth period begins Aug. Is.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16
Three Dead in Plane Crash
BIZ United Press

- y IHttfN fIfsb
DULUTH, Mimi, July ia
seaplane about TO land here after a
trip from Minneapolis crashed on
the lake front Thursday night kill
ing three persons. The dead we're
Henry V. O'Hara, %, pilot, Duluth;
Robert Bean, 18, passenger, Duluth,
and Lloyd Rice, Virginia, MINI.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16
This Rings Bell
By United Press

By NWCU FFCsS
HARRISON, N. Y, July 16.
Wild life in Weschester coun-
ty must be preserved, authori-
ties decided.
SO they decreed collars, bells
and licenses for all Westches-
ter county cats-a 81 fee for
males and 50 for females.
If the cat wanders into the
pound it may be redeemed
for SO.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16

FRIENDS said that
she expected to
return next week
and make known
whether her sec
ond separation in
recent months
will be final.
1t was said that
the new rift be-
gan on a recent
yachting trip on
a newly pur-
chased boat, the
Natalie.
The first sepa-
ration occurred
when Keaton and
his two sons Rob
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16
HE MUST HAVE PEEKED
Merchant Knew There Was $500
in Mystery Package.
BV United Press

BV United Press
NEW YORK, July 16.-A stranger
left a package in Abraham Her
mans shop. In it was $4,000 in
bills.
Bet you don't know what's
there the stranger offered when
he returned.
"Oh. yes, I do. $2.500."
And with that, the stranger picked
up his package and left, giving
Herman neither a thank you nor
wager.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16
Natalie LeaUeS
Buster KeatOn,
Friends Report
United Prcss

By United PrCss
HOLLYWOOD, July 16.-Friends
of Natalie Talmadge. wife of Buster
Keaton, film comedian. reported to-
day that she had left their Beverley
Hills home, and was considering a
final separation from the actor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16
STATE SENATOR HURT
Frank Holman of Hammond ant.
Two Others Injured in Crash.

BIZ United Press
HAMMOND, Ind, July 16.-State
Senator Frank Holman, Hammond /.
Fred Lisius, Crown Point, and j. j.
Brehm, Hammond, were injured Sc
riously when the automobile in
which they were riding collided
with an unlighted truck early to1
day.
All were removed to their homes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16
AIMEE GETTING BETTER

Report Evangelist Slightly I'm
proved; Back Home Again.
BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES. July 16.-Aimee
Semple Mcpherson Hutton, Evan
gelist, suffering from a complication
Of nervous disorders, tropical fever
and conclusion Of the brain, was re-
ported slightly improved today at
her Moorish castle. Lake Elsinore.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16

bert and Joseph, left for Mexico in
an airplane, only to be halted at
San Diego on request of Mrs. Kea-
ton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-16

Next-Eugene NJ. Homes. expert
appraiser by day and by night
Remah the Wizard, amateur
magician whose tricks have de-
lighted hundreds Of thousands Of
children.
Evening star., 1932-05-31

Mr.. and Mrs. William Wallace Chal
Evening star., 1932-05-31

mers of Riverton, N. r., are week end
guests of the latter's parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles J. Williamson, at the
Shoreham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Williamson entertained
at dinner for them Saturday and again
last evening.
Miss Annie M. Hegeman has takeri a
suite at the Carlton for a few days,
while closing her house, at 1900 street,
for the season.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Bull are at
Annapolis. where they will attend the
graduation Of their son. Midshipman
William I. Bull Mr. and Mrs. Bull have
as their house guest Miss Elizabeth Pet
tus Of Savannah, Ga.
Miss Laura Katherine Field has gone
to Annapolis to attend the ring dance
at the Academy as the guest Of DR.. and
Mrs. Carroll g. Alden. Next week end
Miss Field and her mother, Mrs. James
9. Field will 60 to Hampton, Va, to be
the guests Of Capt. Henry p. Wright,
U. s. NJ, and Mrs. Wright.
Mrs. Louise Sumner and her sister,
Mrs. Mary Butler Ducorrow of ST. Louis,
VIM cPCHe ttICC EJ tUc
Grafton Hotel, left yesterday for Chau-
tauqua. N. Y, where they have a Sum-
mer home.
Miss Atlee Wirgman and Miss Fanella
CastanedO are arranging picnic at
Great Falls on the Maryland side Tues
day, June Z.
Miss Margaret Hagan OF Washington
entertained at dinner yesterday at
Gray's Hill Inn, Va, the guests being
DR.. w. W. Ashley Of Washington, DR.
and Mrs Arthur p. Noyes OF Howard
r. l.: Miss Caroline J. Sears of Victor
N. r.; DR.. Loies Hubbard and DR.. ant
Mrs. Hubert Woolly of washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fitzgerald U. Sircom o.
Boston, Mass. announce the marriage
OF their daughter Ruth to Lieut.. Wen.
dell G. johnson, u. s. A.. son of Mr.
@. A. johnson of Geneseo, ILL., Tn,
ceremony took place at O'Clock Sat
urday afternoon In Christ Lutheran
Church, in Washington. Rev. ]. Fred
eric Wenchel officiated.
The bride was attended by her sister
Mrs. Harry L. Waggoner Of Washington
Lieut.. Leslie Greuer, who is classmat'
Evening star., 1932-05-31

The National Woman's Country Club
win have a dance on Saturday evening
for members and their guests.
Evening star., 1932-05-31

DR.. and Mrs. A. W. Shea have re-
turned from q few days stay at the
Cavalier at Virginia Beach, where they
went for the holiday.
Evening star., 1932-05-31
Before returning IN the Fall she plans
to visit Istanbul and Paris.

Before returning IN the Fall she plans
to visit IStanbul and Paris.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Stodden spent
last week at the Hotel Stratford IN
Washington and went to Atlantic City
Saturday for the holiday, making the
trip by motor Mr.. and Mrs. Stodden
will spend this week in New YORK ana
will motor to Boston before returning
to their home in Minneapolis, MINI.
Miss Dorothy Snyder and MISS
Adelaide Buchholz are spending June
week 1t Annapolis.
Miss Elsie Butterworth Of Waynes-.
boro, Va, was the week end guest OF
Miss Kathryn Thompson.
The National Woman's Country Club
win have dance on Saturday evening
for members and their guests.
Republican Club Postpones
Festivity fof This Evening.
The second entertainment Of the
Spring series planned for tonight at
the National Capital Republican Club
has been postponed until later In the
week. Tomorrow evening the club VIII
hold another open-house night, with
bridge and card games for members
and guests.
Mrs. Miles G. Trowbridge is chair
man of pages for the annual luncheon
Evening star., 1932-05-31

Of the D. G. Federation Of Women's
Clubs Thursday. Assisting her will be
Mrs. 0. H. Graves, Miss Marion Hunter,
Miss Marion Rose, Mrs. Ross Snyder,
Mrs. Julia Wolf, Mrs. Eugene Burr,
Mrs. Catharine Loomis- Hood, Mrs.
Warren Wagner, Miss Margaret I.
Fraser and Mrs. r. NJ Wolfe.
Additional reservations have been
made by Mrs. James S. Parker, Mrs.
James z. Watson, Mrs. Wallace H.
White, jr.; Mrs. A. B. McManus, Mrs.
Ethel Hess Mrs Clarence Findell, Mrs.
Mabel Strider, Miss Florence Thomp-
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