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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
MRS. CLOSER,
FILM ACTRESS
MOTHER, DEAD
Illness of Five Years Ends:
Veteran City Doctor
SuCCumbS.

Mrs. Louise M. Closer. 81. one of
the founders of the Indianapolis
Free Kindergarten. died Thursday
night in the Spink-Arms, where
she had lived a number OF years.
Mrs. Closer was the mother Of
Louise Closer Hale. motion picture
actress.
Mrs. Closer had been Ill five years.
She was born in Terre Haute where
she attended grade school and later
st. Mary -of-the- Woods academy.
She came to indianapolis in 1875
with her husband. Joseph A. Closer,
a grain broker. He died in 1887.
Mrs. Closer was a member OF the
First Baptist church for many years.
Funeral services will be held Sat-
urday afternoon in Flanner &
Buchanan mortuary. according to
tentative arrangements. The Rev.
Frank S. c. Wicks. pastor of the
All Souls Unitarian church, will
officiate.
After six months illness. DR.. J..
V. Bower, 81. of 3434 Orchard ave-
nue., died Thursday. He had been
a practicing physician in Millers-
vile and Indianapolis f1fty-two
years. He came to indianapolis
thirteen years ago.
He was a member of Millersville
lodge, F and A. M, and Second
Moravian church of Indianapolis.
Funeral arrangements have not
been made.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
LUDLOW CLAIMS
HE is IN FAVOR
OF REFERENDUM
Explains His Vote Against
BeCk-Linthicum Wet
Resolution.

Explaining he voted against the
Beck-Linthicum wet resolution be-
cause he declined to commit this
district to the return OF the saloon
in America" Congressman Louis
Ludlow, candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination in the Twelfth
district, declared Thursday night
that he would be glad to support
a direct referendum on prohib.-
ton"
The meeting was held at Twenty
ninth and Clifton streets.
Il believe the time is coming
when, by agreement among the dry
leaders and the wet leaders. the
question of prohibition will be SUBJ
mitted 10 the test of an honest-to-
goodness referendum in this country
which will disclose the extent Of the
dry and wet sentiment and which
will show where America stands on
this proposition. Ludlow said.
Certainly this program is one 10
which the leaders of both the dry
cause and the anti-prohibition cause
can agree without any compromise
OF their positions and without any
sacrifice and conviction and a ref
erendum. conducted in a fair, hon
est, open and above-board way.
would clarity the confusion caused
by violently conflicting claims as TO
what national sentiment is on this
subject"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
BLAINE HINTS
PLOTS To ROB
STOCK BUYERS
Senator Says Exchange
Has Leprosy of Crime
All Over It,
By United Press

BY United Press
WASHINGTON. April 29.-Hint-
ing at vast conspiracies to rob" the
average investor, Senator John j.
Blaine CRep., Wis., is seeking to ex-
tend the senate stock market in
vestigation into fields far beyond the
expectations OF the banking and cur
rency committee when It undertook
the inquiry.
Il hope the committee investiga-
ton will go into all the ramihca-
tons, ascertain all the methods by
which the insiders rob the out
siders," Blaine declared In the sem
ate; how far the bankers had their
hands in the pockets Of the out
siders, and what part the investment
banker plays in this den Of robbery,
theft, pilfering and crime"
Blaine said he was convinced,
from testimony before the commit
tee, that the exchange had the
leprosy Of crime all over it"
Chairman Peter Norbeck and
other members OF the board Of
strategy" formed TO outline future
plans for the inquiry propose to
extend committee hearings to the
middle of June, and deal not only
with alleged bear raiders who oc-
casioned the investigation. but also
with bull market operators.
A minority of the committee is
opposed to this extension, and sew
eral have made IL clear that they
arc against any undertaking
tactics.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
FAVORS CUT IN
PUBLIC EXPENSE
Van NuyS Cites Increase in
Government Costs.

Abolition of numerous federal
boards, bureaus and commissions
was advocated by Frederick Van
Mugs, candidate for the Democratic
senatorial nomination at a First
ward rally Thursday night.
During the last seventeen years,
the cost of federal government has
increased 1923 per cent" Van Nuys
pointed out.
During the same period Of time
population has increased 81 per
cent. In 1922 the total expenditures
amounted to Ill per cent Of our to-
tai income In 1881 such expendi-
lures amounted to 222 per cent of
our total income.
such increase in the cost of gov
eminent is indefenSible. It is one
of the chief contributing causes of
that widespread economic and in
dustrial prostration from which the
nation is now suffering
LAS the first step in correcting
this government evil, I favor the
adjustment of those numerous fed
eral boards, bureaus and commits
sions which. in many instances,
have usurped the functions of the
state government. 1 favor the con-
Solidation of governmental depart
mentS. favor the repeal of those
numerous acts creating boards.
bureaus and commissions which are
needless for the proper functioning
Of our government and too often
used as vehicles for temporizing
with pressing issues"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
u. S. FIGHTS BAN
ON BATTLESHIPS
Backbone of Our Defense,
Arms Farley Told.
By United Press

By United Press
GENEVA, April 29-The United
States is unequivocally opposed to
the classification Of battleships as
an offensive weapon. Senator Claude
Swanson said today before the naval
commission of the world disarma-
ment conference.
Swanson called the battleship the
backbone of the United States de-
tense system.
we are a threat to no nation.
There is nobody'S territory We
covet," Swanson said. He en-
phasized the American obligation to
keep the Panama canal open in
peace or war and to defend far
eastern possessions.
IF we had completed our naval
program after the World war, it
is conceded we would have been SUI
preme on the seas. but we agreed
to be threat to no nation, -
Swanson said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
KROGER STORES PLAN
ANNIVERSARY SALES
Grocery Firm VIII Observe Fiftieth
Anniversary April 2S-May IL.

Fiftieth anniversary of the found
ing of the Kroger Grocery and Bak-
ing Company will be celebrated
April % to May IA in more than
1890 branch stores in seventeen
states, with managers and officials
of 200 local stores participating.
The celebration will be marked by
special merchandising events. for
patrons, according to A. w. Metz
ger, local branch manager.
B. H. Kroger. founder of the
first store in Cincinnati, o.. will
witness the event, marking growth
of the organization TO an annual
sales volume OF S245. 100000. A to-
tai of 1858 persons now are en-
ployed by the chain.
Plans for expenditure OF approx
mately 100000 in an expansion
program, will be placed in effect
with the golden jubilee. A. H. Nor
Iill, president, revealed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
May Call Morgan
BY LEO n. SACK
Times Stah Writer

WASHINGTON, April 2o-J
Pierpont Morgan, senior partner of
j. P. Morgan 81 Co, foremost of
the so-called international bank
ers," may be subpened to testify be-
fore the senate banking and cur
rency committees investigation of
the New York Stock Exchange.
Morgan's firm during the heydey
OF the bull stock market sponsored
the issuance of many securities
traded in upon the stock exchange.
Investigators for the committee
now are checking up the so-called
Morgan issues. the prices at which
they originally were sold TO the pub
lie and the representations made.
Senator Smith w Brookhart
Rep, Ia. Originally suggested that
Morgan be called.
During the examination OF Presi-
dent Whitney of the Stock Elk
change, when the committee appar-
emily was unable TO receive any
affirmative information from the
witness, Brookhart in an outburst
of disgust declared that perhaps
we had better get Mr.. Morgan"
Senators since have discussed
Morgan, along with a number Of
other prominent bankers and Stock
Exchange operators, during their
executive sessions.
Every indication now is that the
inquiry will be the most exhaustive
investigation of the Stock Exchange
since 1913.
William A. Gray. Philadelphia,
the committees counsel, has been
directed to present to the commit
tee by today or Saturday detailed
plan on how TO accomplish the
most with the least expenditure and
in the shortest possible time"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
AUTO CRASH ONLY THE
START OF HIS GRIEF
Negro Drivers License Tag Leads
Cops to Booze Raid on His Home.

Negro Drivers License Tag Leads
Cops to Booze Raid on His Home.
It was just one thing after an
other Thursday for Charles Neal. IS,
Negro. 443 West Twenty-ninth
street.
Today he faces four charges, the
result OF a series of events which
started when an automobile he Is
said to have been driving collided at
Twenty-eighth street and Washing
ton boulevard with one driven by
Robert Mannix, II, Of 2456 North
Meridian street.
Meals car is said to have struc&
two others before he was arrested in
Brightwood. Mannix obtained the
license number of the car which
struck his.
Police went TO Meals home. They
reported finding a gallon of alcohol
and twenty-five quarts of beer. They
arrested Meals wife, FRS. Bessie
Neal, on blind tiger charge.
Neal is charged with blind tiger,
intoxication, drunken driving and
failure to stop after an accident.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
URGES cox FOR BENCH
Frank b. Ross Lands Democratic
Candidate in Radio Talk.

Nomination of Earl r. Cox. a
Democratic candidate for circuit
court judge, was urged by Frank
B. Ross, former probate court judge,
in an address over radio station
WKBF Thursday night.
1T is the duty of every man and
woman Of all political parties to
vote in the primary next Tuesday"
Ross asserted. The best time to
eliminate unworthy and incapable
candidates for public office is in the
primary. Earl r. Cox is a success
full lawyer and he will make a bril-
liant and successful judge"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
BANDIT KILLS SELF
Sees Capture Inevitable
After HoIdup.

BIZ Hifed Press
ST. LOUIS, April 29.-Fear of
poverty caused Andrew Denarde,
young business man, to turn BAN
dit. then commit suicide when cap
tured appeared inevitable, police
said today. He held up Clarence
Pleimann, insurance agent, for $3.50
in cash and Sl,4OO in checks. Plei-
mann grappled with him. Denarde
fired several shots and fed to the
home of Rudolph Bayer.
"A glass of water, please he
asked, then swallowed two pills. AS
Pleimann caught up with him,
Denarde handed over the money
and submitted to arrest.
He collapsed en- route to jail and
died at a hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
Try 1t, John!

By nifcd Press
NEW YORK, April 29.-John
Milton, who wrote Paradise
Lost" and who died in 1914,
received a letter today at
Columbia university.
The letter was from a young
salesman, employed by a press
clipping bureau. The sales
man, it seems, recently had
read some favorable comment
on the English poets work.
Learning that the Columbia
university press is bringing
out a volume of Millions
poems, he wrote to ask if Mr..
Milton would not like to sub
scribe to his clipping service so
he might see how the literary
critics view his work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
Truck Hearing Is Set

Hearing on the Co-ordinated
Transport, Inc, interurban-trucking
petitions will be resumed next
Wednesday at 10, it was announced
today by Harry K. Cuthbertson. the
public service commissioner, who is
conducting the case.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
VI. E. Bishop VIII Retire
BIZ Iniied Pres

By United Press
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., April %.
Bishop Charles Edward Locke, "a,
of st. Paul will retire from active
service at the end of the thirty
first quadrennial session OF the
general conference Of the Methodist
church. il became known.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29

May queen of Indiana Central
college. elected by the student
body, is Miss Helen Schmidt, a
junior, Of Terre Haute. She will
reign at May day pageant to
be given at the end of the school
term. Pauline Riley, Nappanee.
last years queen. will serve as
senior queen in the pageant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
SAVED BY WOODEN LEG
George Ellis Dragged by Street Car
but Only Is Bruised.

Wooden leg OF George Ellis. a.
Craig hotel saved him from serious
injury Thursday when he was
dragged thirty-five feet by a street
car.
Ellis walked into the side of a
Central avenue street car at Massa-
chusetts avenue and Delaware
street. He was knocked down and
the wooden leg was caught beneath
the car. Ellis was dragged but es-
capped with bruises. The leg was not
damaged.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
Routs Burglar with Shots

Routing a burglar from the rear
of his home early today, James
Harris, 1921 Langley avenue, fired
four revolver shots at the intruder.
he reported to police. Harris said
nothing had been stolen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
Honored by Larger Number
in City Than He Had in
Continental Army.

George Washington was honored
in Indianapolis today by more per-
sons than ever we're in his Cont
mental army.
More than lO0,0 900 school children
teachers and parents participated
in exercises presented at the city's
1877 public, private and parochial
schools.
In the picture are shown four
pupils in the pageant cast at Mary
e. Nicholson school No. 10, Central
avenue and Forty-sixth street.
Holds Tableau
John Beeler, 1851 Park avenue,
and Frances Haney. SAL College
avenue, are shown holding up Tor
your approval a tableau depicting
George Washington, the surveyor,
and one of his trusted men.
In the role of Washington is Jack
Baker, $50 East Maple road His
backwoodsman helper is played by
Jack Evans, SOLO North Meridian
street.
Two plays we're to be presented
by the IA class of school No. 50,
King avenue and Walnut street.
They are The First Continental
Congress" and The Signing of the
Constitution" The presentations
were written oy Mrs. Blanche Ora
ham Williams, former English
teacher in the Indianapolis schools.
Directing the productions was
Miss Freda Huebner, history
teacher.
Largest in City
George w. Sloan school No. Al,
at 1902 RAIDER street, divided its OBJ
servance into a number of sections.
The school, with loo pupils, is the
largest in the city.
Ivy planting by the primary
pupils, and silhouette pictures
showing scenes in the life of Wash
ington by pupils in the third,
fourth and nth grades featured
the mornings activities.
Included OH the afternoon pro-
gram were to be the following: A
playlet by the ga grade. minuet in
costume and series of silhouette
pictures by the sixth grade. pre-
sentation of songs popular at the
time of Washington's inaugural by
the second and third grades and a
tableau showing Washington TAX
ing the oath Of office, by the eighth
grade.
Music was to be furnished by the
boys choir OF forty-three voices,
and the school orchestra.
Approximately 800 pupils we're to
take part in various phases Of the
program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
Filling Station Is Looted

TWO thieves looted filling sta
ton at State avenue and Pleasant
Hun boulevard of $50 in cash late
Thursday, Joe Johnson, attendant,
informed detectives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
City Selling Out Its Zoo

bV tNIItU ITttt
WACO. Tex. April 29-Animal
lovers can buy pets from the city
of Waco cheap. Feed bills at the
ZOO we're too high. and the animals
can be had for almost nothing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
CALLS HOOVER LINCOLN

Secretary of War Says President
Has Only Depression Remedy.
By United Press
NEW YORK, April 2e.-President
Hoover was described as a new
Lincoln, "the only man in the
world who has inaugrated any
constructive program TO overcome
the depression" by Secretary of
War Patrick j. Hurley. speaking
Thursday night before the Ameri-
can Newspaper Publishers ASsocia-
ton annual dinner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29

Mayor TO Head Beer Parade
DETROIT. April 29.-The beer
for tax parade in Detroit will be
headed by Mayor Frank Murphy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-25

tears OF all the mothers whose
heroic sons have gone down TO
sustain its glory and its indepen-
dence.
II decline to set up any gov
eminent greater than the govern
ment Of the United States of
Americal"
The fight was on. 1t ragged in
the senate, it ragged throughout
the country as Jim Reed carried
his battle to the people with
speaking engagements and def1ed
threatening crowds to fling his
challenge.
1t colored the presidential cam
paign of 1920 that sent Cox down
in defeat before the Harding
landslide, it extended into the
Missouri senatorial race in 1922
which found Reed turning de-
fensive into offensive.
Today, the historic league bat
tie is a memory. Woodrow Will
son is dead of a broken heart.
And Jim Reed Fighting,
fighting, always fighting"
turns now to new issues as he
seeks to win the seat in the White
House that his arch enemy held
for eight long years.
Next-Harry Byrd, Virginia's
fayorite,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-25
PULLEY FALLS;
HOSPITAL PLANT
WORKER KILLED
Skull Fracture Is Fatal to
Fred SeIImeyer, 70,
a Fireman.

Struck on the head by a falling
pulley wheel while working in the
Riley hospital power plant Friday
night, Fred Sellmeyer, 10, of 9O9
North Riley avenue, a fireman. was
injured fatally.
He died within a few minutes in
the hospital admitting room, after
walking unaided from the power
plant. His skull was fractured.
Funeral services will be held at
the home at 8:15 Monday morning
and at st. Mary's Catholic church
at 9. Burial will be in st. Joseph's
cemetery.
Fellow workmen said Sellmeyer
was working with a chain pulley
while adjusting a boiler valve. An
iron pulley wheel, weighing fifteen
pounds, became loose and fell on
Sellmyer'S head.
Sellmeyer came to this city thirty
five years ago from Oldenburg, Ind,
where he was born. His wife died
in 1929.
Survivors are four sons, Edgar,
Delbert and William Sellmeyer. all
of Indianapolis, and Arnold Sell
meyer of Pasadena, Cal, and two
daughters, Alvina and Olivia Sell
meyer of Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-25
WOMEN DIVIDED
ON TWO-THIRDS
RULE QUESTION
Some Want 1t Retained and
Others Against 1t;
Pressure Used.
BY MAXINE DAVIS
United Press staff Correspondent

CHICAGO. June 25.-If women
delegates talk in their sleep, they
probably talk about the two-thirds
rule in this convention.
Extreme pressure has been
brought to bear on the women gath
cred here already on this moot
question.
Governor Nellie Tayloe Ross, COM
mitteewoman from Wyoming and
vice chairman of the national COM
mittee, in charge of women's &C
tivities, was definite on the subject.
Il will vote against the adoption
OF the two-thirdS rule" she said.
"All my political life that thing has
annoyed and irritated me. am glad
to have a chance to vote against it,
The Wyoming delegation is pledged
to Roosevelt.
Said Florence Farley, committee
woman from Kansas, and vice.
chairman of the national committe.
L am decidedly in favor of retain
ing the two-thirds rule. L do not
believe that such a momentous de-
cision should be made in the midst
of a presidential fight. 1t should be
made coolly, not in the heat of bat
tle.'
Kansas is instructed for Roose-
velt. Mrs. Farley did not look as
If her mind was on anything so Sc
rious. She was wearing a black tat
feta dinner gown, with huge
black and white taffeta bow tied
round her throat.
Miss Layinia EngeI, CARRIED
Smartly in white and black, said:
Il am in favor of retaining the
two-thirds rule. A candidate who
can not secure two-thirds vote in
the convention can not carry the
voters to victory in November"
Miss Engel is member of the
Maryland legislature, and delegate
at-large. She is one of the Richie
leaders.
Two of the handSomest women at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-25

the convention, Mrs. John G.
Greenway of Arizona and Mrs. Jean
Whittemore Of Porto Rico, are eager
to dispense with the rule.
Mrs. Greenway, childhood
friend of Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt,
in floating chiffon and translu-
cent wide red hat, said:
I'm opposed to the one-third
rule. The rule by which one-third
of the convention and one man
more can stop a favored candidate. "
Mrs. Whittemore, her windblown
bobbed black hair flying, her eyes
bright from her unanimous victory
in her credentials fight, was not
heSitant.
I'm glad to get rid of that old
rule" she said. $50 is our whole
delegation, six strong. That rule
is a nuisance. We're for Roosevelt"
The most emphatic of all was
Mrs. Gertrude Bowler, delegate and
national committeewoman from
Wisconsin.
Her tight, fower-b rimmed black
turban bobbed above her bright
black eyes and smart black dress
touched with red, she said: I'm for
Roosevelt. Sos the delegation. But
I will vote to retain the two-thirdS
rule. I don't thing it's fair to the
other candidates"
Buy from Times advertisers .
it may win a hundred dollars
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-25

Iowa, to which the family had
moved after HI: birth near Mans
field, O., in 1861.
He fought to get an education
during the three months of winter
that the country schools ran, he
fought to continue his studies at
Coe college, he fought poverty to
study law in a lawyers Office, he
fought his way into politics as
prosecuting attorney at Kansas
City.
He fought his way into the
mayors Office at Kansas City for
two terms, he fought his way into
the United States senate in 1910,
fought his way back there in 1916
and again in 1922.
The silvery-haired veteran, al
ways appearing as elegant as if
he had just stepped from band
box, admittedly was one of the
greatest orators in the senate.
But Washington observers found
little lovely about him. He was
a man given to laShing and rip
ping sarcasm, a man given to sour
and bitter moods who could hate
with passion. 1t is even said
that Jim Reed laid awake at night
just to hate Woodrow Wilson.
THE historic break between the
l. two men-which found Reed
the chief Democratic opponent of
Wilson'S cherished League of Ma
tions-had its beginning with the
debate on the federal reserve act.
Wilson tried to rush the act
through congress; Reed demanded
hearings and succeeded in max
ing SAB amendments before the
bill finally was passed.
Prior to that time, Reed had
supported Wilson's measures and
had voted for the declaration of
war land every dollar, every man,
every ship, and every gun the
President asked to carry on the
war"
The split gradually widened and
in 1919 Wilson came back from
Europe, riding on the crest of a
worldwide wave of popularity
and bringing with him his cher
ished League of Nations covenant
for adoption by the senate.
For a time, it seemed inevitable
that it would be accepted; Will
sons tremendous prestige seemed
certain to carry it over.
Jim Reed, the fighter, sprang
into action as the leading Demo-
cratic foe to Wilson'S dream.
st decline" he shouted in a
fiery speech late in 1919, "to help
set up any government that is
greater than that established by
my fathers, greater than that