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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
.BDUCTOR OF
OHIO BOY GETS
LIFE IN PRISON
kidnapping Worst of All
Crimes, Too Common,
Court Asserts.
MAXIMUM IS ASSESSED
Example Must Be Made,
Is EdiCt for SteaIer of
Jimmy Dejute.
Bar Tinted Press

By United Press
WARREN, O., March 16.-Judge
Lynn B. Griffith today sentenced
Dowell Hargraves to life imprison-
ment for the kidnapping of 12-year-
old James Dejute Jr.
In passing sentence, the judge de-
clared kidnapping is the worst of all
crimes, and is becoming far too
common.
The youth was seized few hours
after Baby Charles Augustus Lind
bergh Jr. was kidnapped from the
Lindbergh home at Hopewell, N. j.,
and the crime added to the gen.
eral public indignation over the
brazen feats of abducting children.
Jimmy was found a few days
later, a prisoner in an abandoned
gaming house, and Hargraves was
captured.
For three days, evidence was pre-
Sented in the case, jury trial hav-
ing been waived.
Worst of All Crimes
When Judge Griffith appeared in
court this morning he asked Har-
graves if there was anything he
might say in connection with the
charge of kidnapping and extortion.
NO." the prisoner replied.
Il sentence you to serve the bal
ance of your life in the Ohio peni-
tertiary. kidnapping is the worst of
all crimes. 1t is becoming far too
common. An example must be made
to discourage such things" Judge
Griffith said.
Hargraves smiled.
1t was the maximum penalty TN
der Ohio law.
Jimmy was unframed and COM
mented he was lawfully happy" to
get back home. He and his father
were not in court.
Hargraves' trial opened late Mon
day and was completed Tuesday
afternoon, without defense testi-
mony being introduced.
One Other Facing Trial
John Demarco awaits trial on the
same CI1afSe.
Demarco and Hargraves were
found with James in an abandoned
gambling house near Youngstown
three days after the boy was
dragged into a motor car in Niles
while he was en- route to school.
State and federal authorities be-
lieveo an organized band of pro-
fesSional eXtortioniSts in the
Youngstown area planned the kid
MAPPING and that Hargraves and De-
marco were under direction of an
organization director.
Judge Griffith asked Hargraves if
he wished to name the higherups'
in this kidnapping.
NO. replied the prisoner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
LEAD HELD BY
ROOSEVELT IN
DAKOTA VOTE
New York Governor 1000
Ahead of Murray, on
Early Returns.
BIZ United Press

DU OWltGu I1eS6
BISMARCK, N. D., March 49,
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of
New York was leading his Okla
homa rival, Governor william H
alfalfa Bib Murray, in North
Dakota's presidential preference
primary today on tabulationS from
976 of the states 2,192 precincts,
which gave the following results:
Roosevelt, 18,849; Murray, 14,107.
Roosevelt's plurality, 4,742
In the Republican balloting, Will
liam Stern, independent candidate
for the party's national committee
man and pledged to President Hoo
yer, was ahead of F. J. Graham. re-
garded as administration.
Former Senator Joseph Irwin
France of Maryland was practically
assured of winning the preference
vote from General Jacob S. Coxey,
mayor of Massillon, o. Regardless
Of Frances apparent victory, the
independent Republican delegation,
if it wins, as now is regarded sure,
will be pledged to Hoover. The pref
erence vote is not binding on dele
gates to the national convention.
A constitutional amendment to
move the state capital from Bis
marck to jamestown was voted
down. 1t was estimated the final
figures would be 10 to l against the
proposal.
The North Dakota election was a
test of RooSevelt's progressiveness
against Murray's common people
plea among farmers and small town
business men of one Of the largest
wheat growing sections in the
world
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
TALK IN SLEEP COSTLY

Wife Wins Divorce Because He
Murmurs Sweetheart" in Dreams.
By United Press
DETROIT, March 16.-Carrie
Rhees won a divorce from Lester
Rhees when she testified he talked
in his sleep, murmuring, You're
fine kid, my sweetheart"
Rhees fought the action. He tes-
tilted his wifes accusations were
Just Q bad 6reanA"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
Mayor Beats Recall
BY United Pres!

BY UHUeU Press
ATLANTA, Ca, March Is. -
Mayor James L. Key of Atlanta, an
avowed wet in a dry city, today
held a decisive victory against OPP
ponents who initiated recall vote
to GUST him from Office.
Bitterness of the controversy,
which started with the mayors
anti-prohibition statements while
on goodwill tour in France, drew
prohibition and labor organizations
of this city into a fight which re-
suited in the heaviest vote in the
citys history. The total vote as
tabulated unoficially:
Against recall, 1878; for recall,
11,744; Keys majority, 5,434.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16


GAO PAULO, Brazil, March 16.-
~ British officials are considering
a new search for Colonel H. P. Faw-
cett, who entered the great jungle"
of Brazil seven years ago in search
of lost civilization" and was lost
to civilization himself, swallowed by
trackless wilds.
The new hope that the explorer
is alive and held captive by In
dams was inspired by a report by
a jungle trapper, Stephen Battin,
who has spent years in the Matte
Crosse great Jungle.
Il have seen a white man who
claimed to be Fawcett," Battin re-
ported to British consular officials.
He asked that report to you"
The British consulate general
considered Battin's word the most
definite clew yet received as to Faw-
cetts fate.
MYTH the explorer were his son,
w Jack Fawcett, and Raleigh
Rimell, an English youth. They
went into the jungle from Rio De
Janeiro in 1925 They last were
heard from IN the region of Cuyaba.
Then the explorers were lost in
the jungle visited by few white men.
Those who did penetrate the region
and returned to civilization brought
weird tales of hostile natives and
wild animal life.
The late Theodore Roosevelt was
one of the few explorers who
traversed the region between Rio
De Janeiro and the Amazon, the
mighty river that curls through
equatorial Brazil and carries white
men 1000 miles from the Atlantic
coast to the city of Manaos, once
prosperous and important as the
center of the Brazilian rubber in
dustry,
DATTIN, who has won his living
~ in the jungle for fourteen
years and is on friendly terms with
various native tribes, brought his
story of Fawcett to British Consul
General Arthur Abbott The jungle
trapper was making one of his
periodical trips back to civilization.
"Battin said he came to an In
dian encarnpment approximately
six weeks journey from here. A
white man, dressed in skins and
wearing a long beard, approached
Battin, saying he was Fawcett and
asking that report be made to
me, said Abbott.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
10 KILLED BY
MYSTERY GAS
Marsh Seepage Fatal to a.;
Tragedy of 6 Probed.

By United Press
KALAMAZOO, Mich, March 49,
Seeping marsh gas, which filled
their home as they slept, today was
blamed for the death Of four small
brothers.
The four asphyxiated, James Lam
ing, /; Cornelius, ID; Carrot, 8, and
John, II. were found stretched UNI
conscious on the floor of their home.
Five other members of the family
Of Clanse K. Laning, a meat dealer,
remain in a serious condition.
The basement of the Laning home
is below normal level, and it is be-
lieved the marsh cash seeped up to
fill the house. All gs jets were
closed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
Six Die in Home

By United Press
NEW WINDSOR, N. Y, March
16.-Gas leaking strangely into two
homes here today, killed six per-
sons in one house and rendered un-
conscious four others in another.
The dead are John Lukaszewski,
so, his wife and four other mem
bers of his family.
Those unconscious were Charles
Weygant, So, and three sons.
Leaking mains are believed to
have caused the deaths, but the
exact reason for leaks is unknown
pending an investigation. The gas
company turned off the mains in
the vicinity so there could not pos
sibly be a further tragedy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
4 Neze, Serial
Who killed Nora Selmer?

Who killed Nora Selmer?
Tony Howard, scion Of
wealth, member of one of Lon
dons leading families, in
fatuated with Nora, believed
that he did.
He saw her limp form lying
on the floor as he rushed from
the room.
But who really was guilty?
You'll find the answer if you
read the new serial starting in
Thursdays Pink editions Of
The Times. Silent Witness"
is the name of this enthralling
story which will hold your in
terest through all six install
ments. Watch for it Thursday,
in the Pinks only.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
Mayor Hoan Nominated

By United Press
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, March 49,
Mayor Daniel w. Hoan, Socialist,
under whose administration the city
ended 1881 with a 100000 surplus,
was renominated, final figures from
Tuesdays primary revealed today
Hoan has been mayor for sixteen
years.
Alderman Joseph Carney, non
partisan, ran second, and his name
will appear with Hoan's on the bal
lot in the April 5 election.
Hoan polled 10000 more votes
than his four opponents combined.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
CROWDS VIEW MIRACLE
Parents Claim Mirror Shows Image

Parents Claim Mirror Shows Image
of Daughter, Dead Year.
BIZ United Press
ST. LOUIS, March 16.-Hundreds
of people today sought an oppor-
tunity to view the miracle" of the
Carter household.
The curious-many of them skep-
tical-took their turn in the long
parade past a mirror with a cloudy
outline, which Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Carter claim resembles the
face of their 9-year-old daughter,
who died year ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
LIMIT DEBATE
ON TAX BILL,
VOTE FRIDAY
Rainey Threatens Summer
Session. If Needed to
Balance Budget.
LEVY FLAYED BY GREEN
Labor Chief Brands Sales
Clause as Unbearable
Burden on Poor.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, March 16.-Gen-
eral debate on the 81 1000, 100000 tax
bill will end at 1890 p m. Thurs
day, under an agreement reached on
the floor of the house today.
The bill then will be taken up
Friday under a five-minutes limited
debate rule for votes upon each pro-
vision.
Democratic Floor Leader Henry
T. Rainey declared today that the
house lis going to balance the
budget if we are compelled to stay
here all summer"
Rainey made this declaration in
reply to a statement of President
William Green of the American
Federation of Labor, who vigorously
denounced the sales tax and as
sailed the Democratic leadership
for sponsoring it.
Unbearable Burden
Green said the proposed sales tax
Of "a per cent would impose bur-
den upon those who are unable to
bear it"
ITO add q sales tax to the re-
auctions Of wages which have been
imposed upon wage earners during
the last year would mean addition
to the misery, woe and want which
now prevails throughout the land
Green said.
He noted that the Democratic
convention in 1924 opposed taxes on
consumers.
Rainey replied
In twenty eight years I always
have supported measures Endorsed
by the American Federation of
Labor. / regret that 1 am not in
accord with them now, but I am
convinced the sales tax is the best
method of meeting deplorable sit
uation. s&
IndOrse Green Statement
"Unless we restore the solvency of
the government, we will face = ter
rible situation. If Mr.. GREEN'S. po-
sition prevails, it will become abso-
lutely necessary, in my judgment,
for congress to cut the salary of
every government employee"
The Railway Labor Executives
Association in a letter to Represen-
tative Fiorello H. La Guardia (Rep.,
N. " Endorsed Green's statement,
saying that amy further tax i'm
posed on the now overburdened
working people of America can not
be justified under any circum-
stances"
Authoritative information at the
Capitol today indicated that Presi-
dent Hoover has sought the assist
ance of house farm leaders in an
effort to block the senate resolution
directing the Reconstruction FL
nance Corporation to use 100000
900 for immediate crop loans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
Hats and Goats

You're worrying about that
Easter bonnet-about the color
and the shape, and whether
it's good style.
SO, just to help you in your
choice, The Times, on the
woman's page today, offers you
the first of a series of articles
on what will be worn in the
Easter fashion parade.
Hats are the topic today
Thursdays story will deal
with coats-collarless lined
ones, military styles, unlined
dress coats that can become
coat-dresses, and cape coats,
all stylish. Read about hats
today and coats Thursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
NAMED TO M0N0N POST
Lyman Delano, New York, Is Elected
to Railroad Board. {

Lyman Delano of New York was
elected director of the Monon
railroad at a meeting here today OF
stockholders at the ticket Office, ia
Monument place. Delano succeeds
Henry Walters. New York, who died
recently. Delano had heen an acting
director since.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
DENY PULLMAN PLEA
Extra Charge for Two in
Berth Refused.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, March 16-The
interstate commerce commission to-
day ruled that the Pullman COM
pany may not place an extra charge
on sleeping berthS which are occu-
pied by two persons.
The company last October ap-
piled for permission to make an
extra charge when two persons oc-
cupied a berth, arguing that the
situation was comparable to the
practice of hotels in charging more
when two persons occupied a room.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
AN AID WITH A BANG
Dirigible Exploits Shoes, Crashes in
Field; 100000 Gone.
BIZ Unifcd Press

BU JIUfcu Ff'oSS
Ell PASO, Tex, March 16.-W. j.
McCracken advertised some shoes
with a 100000 bang Tuesday.
He was plotting dirigible which
cost the Emma Jettick Shoe Com
pany that sum. The dirigible
banged into plowed field, buckled
and 100000 worth of blimp was no
more. McCracken, unhurt, said he
was worried about what to tell his
boss.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
Get 10 Years to Life

bU UNttCu PFeSS
LOS ANGELES, March 16.-Ralph
Sheldon, Louis Frank and Jesse Or
satti, alleged Chicago gangsters, to-
day were sentenced to prison terms
of from ten years to life on their
conviction of kidnapping E. L. (zeke)
Caress, Aqua Caliente race track
official and Mrs. CaresS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
4 GET LIFE TERMS
IN 100000 HOLDUP

Clifford Edwards. Early Jeffries,
Lester Stanley and Ed Morris only
twenty-four hours after they had
engineered the daring holdup. only
to be captured few hours later.
All the loot was recovered
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
PERSECUTION RELATED
IN TAMMANY PROBE

Witness Blames Bronx officials
Tactics for Wifes Suicide.
b. Times Special
NEW YORK, March 16,-A wit
ness in the Hofstadter city investi-
cation hearing today called William
j. Flynn, Bronx commissioner of
public works, dirty dog and a
yellow dog,G and accused Flynn of
persecution which, the witness said,
so preyed on the witness wife that
she committed suicide.
Spectators wept as the witness,
Louis H. Willard, told his story. For
five years, Willard charged, Flynn
had prosecuted him to keep him
from using land he had purchased
iii the Bronx.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
COLDER WEATHER ON
WAY, SAYS F0RECASTER
Rain Thursday to Turn to Snow
With Mercury Tumble.

Spring-like weather will be of
short duration, J. H. Arlington,
weather man, said today.
Lower temperatures, originating
in the northwest, will arrive here
Thursday. preceded by unsettled
weather and probably snow Thurs
day.
Mild weather will linger today and
tonight, Arlington said.
Rain Thursday will turn to snow
late in the day or night, and the
mercury viii drop to a sub-normal
level it was forecast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
ParoIed Man Arrested

81 JnIfed Press
ROCHESTER, N. Y, March 49,
Stanley Crandall, paroled kidnaper,
about whom New Jersey police au-
thorities inquired Tuesday, was ar
rested here today, after an all-night
search.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
200 Tacks Taken From stomach
By United Press

By United Press
READING, Pa, March 16.-An
operation which removed 200 tacks
from his stomach proved fatal to
Jacob Rheinheimer, 77-year-old
shoemaker, who had made a prac-
tice all his life of holding lacks in
his mouth while mending shoes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
HIT AT ARMS SALES
House Committee Approves
Export Ban Proposal.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, March 16.-The
house foreign affairs committee to-
day reported favorably on the Fish
resolution to instruct the Ameri-
can delegates at Geneva to propose
a worldwide agreement renouncing
the sale and export of munitions
of war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
Purdue Faculty Member Dies

By UHtted Press
LAFAYETTE, Ind, March 49,
Professor Byron E. Pontius, A. ami
NAL husbandry authority, a member
of the Purdue university faculty,
died OF pneumonia at hospital
here today
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
Noted Explorer Dies

By United Press
HONGKONG, March 16.-G. NJ
Haardt. leader of the French Trans
Asian expedition, died here today
of pneumonia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16

b. United Press
CLINTON, Ia. March 16.-Sen-
fences of life Imprisonment were
imposed today upon four men who
pleaded guilty to robbing the City
National bank here of 100000.
The sentences we're passed on
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
BIZ United Press

By United Press
HOLLYWOOD, March 16.-Joan
Bennett, the youngest of the three
daughters who followed Richard
Bennett to stage and screen, will be
married here today to Gene Mar
key, motion picture writer
The ceremony, to be performed
by Lewis R. Works, presiding JUS
tice of the court of appeals, will CHI
max one of Hollywood's most
talked of romanceS.
The bride will be attended by her
sister, Constance Bennett, one Of
the highest paid of screen stars.
Her mother and father and her
second sister, Barbara, wife of Nor
ton Downey, radio singer, will be abb
sent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-16
Betty Bronson, Youngest of
Three Bennett Girls, to
Be Brides.

By UNlted Press
SANTA BARBARA, Cal, March
16.-Betty Bronson, motion picture
actress, and Ludwig Lauerhause,
wealthy Beverley Hills resident,
planned to be married here late
today.
Miss Bronson gave her full name
as Elizabeth Ada Bronson and her
age as %. Lauerhause said he was
81.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
A Great Trouper.

The passing of Wilton Lackaye has
particular poignancy for the people OF
Washington. 1t was in this city that
he achieved his first successes and won
his first theater laurels. Born in Lou
doun County, Virginia, he came to
Georgetown University to study for holy
orders. For four years he was loyal to
that intention, but the stage attracted
him so strongly that at last he felt
obliged to abandon theology. To the
end of his days, however, the influence
of his early training remained with him
to his own and the public advantage.
1t was through the door of amateur
theatricals that Lackaye entered the
profession he was so conspicuously to
Lawrence Barrett. The date was 1888.
For nearly half century thereafter his
name was before the public in connec-
ton with important dramatic enter
prises. He became one Of the greatest
troupers of his time.
Lackaye deliberately chose through
out the major part of his career to ap-
pear in plays already well and favorably
known to the people, East Lynne"
1.-The Two Orphans" "Quo Vadis" and
"Uncle Toms Cabin" Then Du Maui
rier's "Trilby" gave him opportunity for
the practice of his best art in the roll
Of Svengali, with which his name has
ever since been associated. He was
with Fanny Davenport in Much Ado
About Nothing" and "As You Like It."
More recently he had appeared in 'The
Children Of the Ghetto" ''The Pit"
Damaged Goods" 1.-The Law and the
Man" and "Trelawney Of the Wells"
Tall, handsome, graceful and deb
onair, Lackaye was memorable per-
sonality, esteemed and respected, both
on and off the stage. OF rigid convic-
tions, he made himself felt as con-
structive power in private as in public
life. He worked hard, and he loved his
work. He leaves a good record and a
good name. The city which adopted
and sponsored him mourns his de-
parture.
Evening star., 1932-08-23

experience. II he had any thoughts Of
pitching q no-hit game when he faced
the first Cleveland batsman they were
Immediately blasted, for that first man
hit safely. Not tremendous hit. but
nevertheless veritable single. He was
promptly erased from the base path by
double play. That was the only hit
made off Marberry in the course of the
game. His performance was remarkable.
Not a man reached second base. Only
three men walked. Only one other ball
was hit that gave any promise whatever
Of landing in safe territory, and that
was caught by an outfielder after a
good run. But for that solitary bingle
by the first man up in the first inning,
it was a no-hit game. And had the
pitcher known what was going to hap
pen after that first man faced him he
would probably have put on the ball
that extra something that makes diff
ference between a hit and an out of
some kind. The game stands unique
in the records of remarkable pitching
performances.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
A Challenge in the Walker Case.

When the charges against Mayor
Walker were laid before Gov. Roose-
velt the general expectation was that
the case would be disposed OF without
any great delay. Intervention OF the
Democratic National Convention, to
which the mayor was a delegate and in
the decision of which as to the party
candidate for President the Governor
was directly concerned, led to a post
ponement of the Mayors response.
There was further protraction due in
part to the Mayors characteristic tardL-
ness of action, and in greater degree to
the necessity Of preparing the defense
tn detail. Then, when the hearing be-
gan, a citizen Of Greater New York
sought to intervene with plea to the
courts that the Governor lacks the
power to remove an executive municipal
officer. In the midst Of the hearing the
Mayor himself, denied the privilege Of
cross-examining witnesses called by the
prosecution or by the Governor to sus-
tain the charges, appealed to court for
an order of prohibition against the Gov
ernors action in the case.
Yesterday this motion was argued be-
fore justice of the Supreme Court at
Albany. A deputy attorney general ap-
pearing in behalf Of the Governor de-
MED the authority of the courts to as
ssme Jurisdiction and declined to sub
NIT the merits q tho case to the court
when the Judge indicated that he n1isht
md hims& poweFieas to issue writ d