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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29
insult ARREST
LEGAL, GREEK
COURT RULES
Fallen Utility Magnate Must
Remain in Custody
for go Days.
LAWYERS LOSE PLEA
United States Must Make
Its Case for Extradition
in Two Months.

By United Press
ATHENS, Aug. 29.-The appeals
court today ratified as legal the ar
rest of Samuel insult, American
utilities magnate. insult was ar
rested at the request of the Amer
lean government.
insults lawyers contended the ar
rest was unjustified because insult
had made no effort to evade author
tiles since the first request for his
extradition was made last year.
The court had been expected to
Salty the arrest on the ground that
it was in accordance with the extra
dition treaty under which the Amer
lean government asks that insult be
extradited to answer charges that
he violated bankruptcy laws.
The United States has sixty days
within which to convince the court
that the request for extradition
should be granted.
Arrested by Verbal Note
Before announcing the ruling, the
president of the appeals court in
formed insult that he was arrested
by virtue of verbal note from the
American legation, accusing him of
bankruptcy.
No details of charges against In
sull were produced, and the court
intimated that if no warrants or
prosecution papers we're produced
within the necessary sixty days, In
sull would be released.
insult testified he was born in
England and was IA years old, and
gave his occupation as business
executive in the United States.
insult said he was British sub
ject until 1896, when he became an
American citizen by naturalization.
Reserves Bail Decision
Now, he said, he was uncertain
as to his citizenship status.
The court reserved decision on In
sull's application for release on bail.
Denis Lazarimos, Insults lawyer,
argued there was no reason why In
sull would try to leave Greece if
released, because he had not done
so before when, free, he knew the
United States was preparing new
charges against him.
The states attorney, in reply, said
it would not greatly inconvenience
insult foreman in custody for sixty
| DAYS.
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one of the Feeney managers.
Motor Inn" Rogers and Wal
green Kruger held, respectively,
third and fourth places, and or
dreded hatband Stretchers to aid
them in corralling the dun-col-
ored kelly.
Photographs, head sizes, and
toe-nail histories Of the first ten
skull hunters are desired by Jo-
10, the dog-faced judge, for
printing in Fridays paper.
= .
A NY kind of photo will do.
L n The family album, the pic
ture taken rowing boat in a
dime Photographic museum, or
the one in the days when We king
seekers wore toddle suits and af-
fected nudism on mama's lap
between pops spanks will do for
your subjects to see.
But take no chance with your
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29
MIRA STUDIES
TWO BILLION |
BUYING DRIVE
Mammoth Purchasing Plan
Considered to Start
Business Boom.
DOUBLE BENEFIT SEEN
Customers Would Be Given
Low Price Advantage,
Industry Spurred.
BY ii. o. THOMPSON
United Press STAFF Correspondent

Copyright 1888. by United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. "a plan
to inject $4,000 OOo,O 900 worth of new
business into Americas commercial
life through a concerted buy now
campaign was considered today by
the National Recovery Administra-
ton.
The plan would be carried out on
quota basis, with the amount of new
purchases allocated to cities and
towns in the manner of wartime
allotments for liberty bond sales.
The actual buying would begin
when the entire 000,0O0,OOO had
been underwritten in agreements to
buy automobiles, clothes. furniture
and the hundreds of other COM
moditieS whose sales have dwindled
during the years of depression.
An idea of how much $2,00O,0O0,
900 in buying would mean to bust
ness is gained from a comparison
with the entire export sales for the
year 1890. which amounted to
$3,843 900 900.
Double Benefit Seen
At signal from Washington, an
army of volunteer purchasers would
troop to the stores to buy and start
the wheels of industry turning.
The purchasers would receive
double benefit. They would have
the advantage of present low prices
in most fields, and they would know
that tremendous volume Of pur-
chaseS such as this could not help
but better conditions throughout in
duStry as a whole.
MIRA officials are investigating the
plan from all angles and so far it
has received considerable support.
Indications were that something Of
the kind would be attempted.
The plan was devised by Con-
nersville, Ind, man, who reported
that he had tried it in his own COM
munity with success.
All Would Spend
The part that appealed particu-
larly was that no purchasers would
be expected to spend his money un-
til it became certain that the entire
$2,000,000000 had been subscribed.
In this way no one would feel that
he was being called upon to do
something from which his neighbor
would be excused.
The present NRA machinery, set
up to deal with state, city and COM
munity groups in spreading the
Blue Eagle" doctrine, could be
swung into effective action in a
buy now" drive.
Before the plan is acted upon
definitely NRA officials wish to be
able to assure prospective purchas-
ers of adequate banking support.
That phase of the campaign was
being studied by government bank
ing and credit experts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29
CARELESS DRIVING
GIVES THEFT CLEW
Three Men Charged With
Copper Cable lob

Complaints to police Monday
about motorist who drove over a
sidewalk led to arrest of three men
as suspects in the theft of 400
pounds of copper cable, property of
the Southeastern Indiana Power
Company.
Captain Jesse McMurtry was told
that the motorist did most of his
driving at night, and after leaving
his car with bundles entered a
house at 227 West McCarty street.
Officers sent to the address first
encountered Wilfred Rackeman, 80.
He is said to have told them that he
had not worked for four years, but
explained that he borrowed 5000 for
living expenses on the strength of a
will of IAN uncle in Boston"
Upstairs police found Frank Wolf,
81, of the McCarty street address,
and James Chenault. Is, of 2042
South Dakota street, who we're said
to have been caught cutting up
lengths of the missing cable. All
three men we're arrested on va
grancy charges.
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Dies for Dog
Master RuSheS to Street
to Save Pet; Struck
by Automobile.

By United Press
CAVOY, ILL.,, Aug. 29.-An old.
- rule of journalism is that
when man bites a dog, it is news,
whereas if a dog bites a man, it is
commonplace.
On the same basis, the death
of Allen Busey, so, should be news
of considerable import, for while
there have been many recorded
cases of dogs giving their lives for
their masters, Busey probably is
one of the few men recorded as
giving their lives for their dogs.
Busey, who was postmaster here,
owned a pet fox terrier.
While they we're playing together
the terrier darted suddenly across
a street. Busey saw that the dog
was going to be struck by an auto
mobile. He raced into the street,
pushed the terrier to safety, but
in doing so was struck by the We
hicle. He died shortly after the
accident and arrangements were
being made today for his funeral.
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McLafferty Hangs to His Lead in Brown Derby

head size. Be sure your head
hasn't shrunk from failure of
your supporters to gather in the
sheaves of ballots. If you wear
a 6ss, say so, for we always can
stuff a phone directory or last
years Christmas tissue paper in
the band to fill you out.
Just seven more ballots will be
printed. Clip today's vote on
this page. Vote early and late.
Repeats BegI Steal! Buy!-
Ballots.
Who in Indianapolis is deserv-
ing of the Brown Derby, this sill
yer plaque, and the right to tell
a crowd at the state fair grounds
why x marks the spot, who put
the III MIRA, and what good
fellow am T.?
Stick in your thumbful of bal
lots and pull out a Uranium plumb
full Of gray hair. Start today!
Votel
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Iron Nerve of LamSon |:
Broken by Stories of
Wife'S Fate.
By United Press

By United Press
SAN JOSE, Cal, Aug. 29.-Tears
rolled down David A. Lamson's
cheeks Monday when state wit
nesses at his murder trial described
the moments following discovery of
his wife's body in their Stanford
university campus home.
1t was the first time in six days
of court ordeal that LamSon lost his
enigmatic smile, his cool and re-
served manner.
The outbreak came when Mrs.
L. A. Place, a real estate agent, told
of the 30-year-old defendants &C
lions after he came running to the
front door, crying, MY God, my
wife has been murdered" She had
gone to the home to take a client
through the place.
Tears Shed by Defendant
Lamson "strode up and down the
room, calling his wife sweetheart
and darling" the witness testi-
fed.
Tears trickled down Lamson's
somewhat flushed face. He brushed
them away with his fingers. A dis
tinguiShed gallery of peninsula So
ciety witnessed the defendants dis
play of emotion
Both Mrs. Place and the next
witness, Mrs. Alfred RaaS, said they
were mystified by peculiar noise
that sounded like laughter" which
came from the bathroom where
Lamson had gone before showing
them the house. 1t Immediately
preceded his appearance at the
front door and discovery" of his
wife's body in the bathtub.
Gould it have been hysteria you
heard?" asked Maurice Rankin of
the defense staff.
Disagree on Word
Yes, it could have been that"
each witness replied.
Mrs. Place and Mrs. Raas dis
agreed on what Lamson cried as he
ran to the door. The former said
he used the word murdered" Mrs.
Raas was positive the word was
killed
Mrs. Place told of seeing blood on
the Stanford university press execu-
tive's clothing and around the
house. On cross-examination, she
said Lamson appeared lin great dis
treSS" and gave every evidence of
a man in IAN agony of grief and
horror"
Neither woman recalled seeing
any tears in his eyes at that time.
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state fair on Sept. Z, will know
every twenty-four hours how they
stand in the race.
Misers are banned. The dated
ballots must be in The Times Of
fee by 4 p. m. of the next day.
Mondays votes are due to be in
The Times Office by O'Clock this
afternoon.
Closing fast in a Ballottsky am
phibian. "Hoosier Airport" Bob
Shank turned loose 1000 votes to
crowd into fifth place in the
standing.
=
THE president of the airport
Il zoomed into the race like a
Indy doing Partisan solo with
Sally Rand.
And AL Feeney of the statehouse
Feeneys, gained momentum with
a rush Of votes. 1t is rumored
strongly that Tom Quinn, of fur
niture fame and former king, IS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29
PRECANCELED STAMP
COLLECTORS MEET
Variety of Issues on View Today at
Session at Hotel.

Variety of Issues on View Today at
Session at Hotel.
Stamps of all fashions and shapes
are being shown at the eleventh an
nual convention of the Precancel
Stamp Society, at the Lockerbie
today. The stamp collectors of the
country are guests of the Indiana
Stamp Club.
Stamps from Belgium, France
and Canada are entered in the ex-
hibition, which is open to the pub
lie. Precancels are those stamps
that have value because of mis-
prints, typographical and other
printing errors.
Judges were to award ribbons and
silver cups today.
The business session will be pre-
sided over by Professor A. F. Gam
Der of Valley City, N. D. DR.. w. I.
Mitchell of Berkeley, Cal, chairman
of the board of governors, will be
assisted by Walter Gates of Tea
ticket, Mass. L. o. Ward of Indian
apolis is convention chairman, and
A. w. C. Brumfield is in charge Of
arrangements.
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In the Wadsworth avenue po-
lice station he was questioned at
length.
"Just coincidence, Mr..
Brophy," the young man said air
lily. II just happen to work in
the same neighborhood where
there's fire. I wasn't out of my
store"
The neighbors, questioned again,
were not so certain. If Gustow
said he hadn't been there, then
he hadn't.
THE marshal circulated Gus
u lows description to every
one of the thousands of police
men and firemen who we're on
watch. An outstanding part of
this description was the statement,
walks with a slight limp"
That night, in a vacant house
at 259 Amsterdam avenue, neigh
borS suddenly saw flames through
the uncurtained windows. They
called firemen, who quickly extin-
guished the blaze.
"See any strangers around?" the
marshal asked.
No one had. The only person
who had been in the vicinity was
young man who worked in a
haberdashery store around the
corner.
What does he look !ike?"
No one could describe him, ex-
cept that he walked sort of fun
n.y." did he limp" mo; just
walked funny"
In his office the marshal found
a Boosting card, again in red
crayon:
-Four more fires. But you can't
catch me. I don't talk to any
one, so no one can tell on me.
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I am a dual personality, so no one
can describe me. The Firebug."
The marshal checked over his
card-index of pyromaniacs, and
came upon an interesting entry.
"Gustow, George" the card
read. Business lofts, apartments.
Early morning and during bust
ness hours. Spasmodic. Writes
hooking letters. Confined to Mid
dletown State hospital, 1919
DUT there had been 100 suspic-
. ious fires in the previous
three months, and Marshal Brophy
believed he had come to the end
of the trail.
you say you learned better
when you were in the hospital" he
said. You can prove that to me
only one way. 1 am something of
a graphologist, and I can tell a
firebug by his writing. Will you
submit to the test?"
CUSTOM laughed.
Certainly" he said. They
taught me so that 1 can walk
without limping, except when I
forget; and if they did that, they
can cure any strange psychological
traits in my writing"
He spoke carefully enunciating
his words well. But when the
marshal gave him pencil and a
piece of paper he had difficulty
in writing.
"Just write my name" said the
marshal.
Laboriously, Gustow obeyed,
and handed the paper to the mar
shall.
you're still a f1rebug," the mar
shall said, after studying the pa
per.
How can you tell?" CUSTOM
demanded.
IF I tell you, will you confess?"
Eyes, if I believe YOU"
TINE marshal look the anony-
Il nous "Firebug" letters from
his pocket. He laid them beside
the paper on which GuStow had
just written.
These were written by the
same hand" the marshall said.
CUSTOMS face paled. He was
silent for a, minute. Then he
whispered:
You are right. I admit it. I am
the Firebug. Get a stenographer
and I will dictate my confession"
He confessed nearly 100 of the
fires. But there was one notable
omission. He did not admit setting
any of the fires in which there
had been a loss of life.
81 couldn't resist the tempta-
tion," he said. II couldn't live
without the excitement of the fire
engines. I selected old, ugly
buildings, chiefly, so the fires
would beautify the city. But I'm
glad you got me-"
The FirebuG was recommitted
to an institution.
Next - The Public Spirited
Citizen.
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Belle of Civil War Days Is Dead in
Her Famed Hotel; Recluse 40 Years

Villagers often gathered at the
hotel during the daytime, also.
and always at the call of Miss
Harriet. They came then to CRATE
horseradish for soldiers to use in
fighting scurvy, or to scrape lint
from linen to make wound dress
ings.
u y
A FTER the war, members of
n the Mills family died, one by
one, until only Miss Harriet re-
manned. She then closed the no.
tel to the public, but continued to
live there herself.
For forty years she lived in a
small room of the first floor. She
never ventured into the ballroom.
She seldom had guests and never
seemed to welcome them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29
CONFUSION is CLEARED
ON BARBER TEST LAW
Regulations Are Effective Friday;
Blanks Must Be Filled.

misunderstanding of provisions of
the barber license law, effective Fri
day, has resulted in issuance of a
statement, explaining the law. by
Arthur c. Wilson, state barber
board president.
License application blanks may be
obtained by writing to the state
board of barber examiners, senate
chamber, sGatehouse, Indianapolis.
The blanks must be filled out,
physical examination made by the
designated physician, and the ap-
plication returned with the proper
fee and, if a male, poll tax re-
ceipt.
If approved, the license and poll
tax receipt will be mailed to the ap-
plicant, 1t is not necessary to join
the BARRIERS union to obtain a
license.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29

By United Press
REEN BAY, Wis, Aug. 90
W The body of Harriet Mills lay
in state today in an expensive
coffin among the ancient and
broken furniture of the old Mills
hotel, where she first gained fame
among crowds, then lived alone
for forty years.
Persons who had known for
years, odd Miss Harriet" yet
seldom had seen her, filed past
the coffin for a last look at the
wrinkled face Of the woman whose
life had been an enigma since
Civil war days.
Miss Mills died Sunday. She
was IS years old. Her funeral will
be held today in the same ancient
hotel where she was the belle of
many parties before going to the
other extreme and becoming re-
cluse.
She was the last member of the
pioneer family of James G. (Dea-
COM Mills. Her father was used
as character by George w. Peck
in the book, "Peck'S Bad Boy"
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Turing the Civil war, the no.

DURING the Civil war, the no.
IL tel was a center of many &C
tivities intended to keep up the
morale of the northern people.
Almost nightly a bell ringer would
march through the streets an
nouncing a dance or party, and
almost always the entertainment
was in the three-story Mills no.
tel, then one of the finest and
largest buildings in Wisconsin.
And night after night, Harriet
Mills was the life of the party"
Residents here credited her with
playing an important part in the
war, for, they commended, it was
a war in which morale was an
important thing, and she did more
to keep up the morale in this
state than any other woman.
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by passerby. Three alarms were
necessary to prevent the fire
spreading through the block.
MARSHAL BROPHY had no
IV1 time for rest before he was
compelled to sece to los West One
hundred third street. On the
top floor lived an elderly woman
with her family. All but she got
safely to the roof.
She climbed a few rungS of the
ladder, and fell back into the
building, to burn to death. A man,
attempting to rescue her also was
trapped and burned to death.
Grimly, Marshal Brophy checked
every clew that might lead to the
f1re-setter. The blaze had started
in the cellar, and he learned
everything he could from the re-
naming evidence there.
Until now he had not been able
to get description of the f1rebug.
But this time a milkman came
forward and described a man he
had seen in The hallway. The
description was vague, however.
And another trick of the trade
didn't help the marshal at all.
Usually f1rebugs returned to the
fires, and made themselves con-
spicuous in some way. Foley,
f1rebug, set eleven fires on Christ
mas eve, had done that, and Bro
ply had spotted him instantly.
This firebug wasn't so stupid.
The marshal went to the hab-
erdashery store. He recognized
at once the face behind the
counter.
1t was George Custom, the fire.
bug.
Come with me-" said the mar
shall. 81 want to talk with you a
while"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29
MOLEY DENIES
CLASH LED TO
RESIGNATION
Magazine Proposition Had
Been Considered for
Months, He Says.
AST0R is ENTHUSIASTIC
Millionaire Thinks His New
Publication Will Meet
Long-FeIt Want.
BY SIDNEY b. WHIPPLE
United Press stan Correspondent

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-Raymond
Moley, deserving the field of prac-
tical politics for magazine publish
ing, mildly denied today that his
resignation from the state depart
ment was caused by friction with
his titular chief, Secretary OF state
Cordell Hull.
On the other hand, he asserted,
with the vigorous support of Vincent
Astor and w. Averill Hartman, ms
associates in a forthcoming politlco-
economic weekly magazine, that mis-
plans for establishing the new jour-
nal of thought have been in the
making for years, with the blessing
of President Roosevelt.
In a mass interview in the cool,
white-paneled Offices of Vincent AS
tor. the three editors enthusiastically
outlined their plans for printing a
thought compelling magazine which
will back the liberal RooSeveltlan
theories lin plain, square-toed Eng
lish. which will be understood by the
man on the street and the man on
the farm"
Friction Is Denied
Moley dismissed reports that his
resignation from the administration
had been brought about by disputa-
ton with Hull.
That is not So" he said. "Mr.
Aston and I have talked over this
magazine business for months. Our
plans have been laid since February.
This is just their fruition."
AT one time" said Astor. tower
ing over his desk, I'VE thought we
might make the magazine daily
In fact, we thought of buying a
daily-one in Washington or in Bos-
ton-but that fell through. This was
no sudden concoction to give Ray
mond a job"
From then on. the wealthy master
of the Nourmahal. explorer, scientist
and lord over many square miles OF
New York real estate, pleasantly
dominated the interview.
Our whole idea" he said, "is to
put out a popular journal-for 5
cents-which will publish articles on
controversial subjects dealing with
politics and economics. 1t is the idea
of service to the people.
Magazine Is Independent
1T won't be tied up with the ad-
ministration; it will be independent
except that all of us are thorough
believers in what the administration
is trying to accomplish. In other
words, the administration is meet
ing our ideals.
1T will not be the organ of the
NRA or of any other department
We will welcome articles that con-
flict with our opinions, if they offer
anything substantial or contribute
to understanding. But they will have
to be we'll written"
The MeSSrS. AStor, Hartman
Moley and v. v. McNitt, veteran
syndicate man who is to be exec
utive editor of the publication, be-
lieve there hasn't been a real ma
tional political magazine since Alex
ander Hamilton'S "Federalist or
perhaps since Horace Greeley'S
weekly editions of the Tribune. The
new magazine, they hope, will Ill
that want.
I've been talking about the de-
STABILITY of such a magazine for
years." Vincent Aston said, land
now. through a combination of cir
cumStances, the time is ripe for ii
opd tho rDorSonpaI iS available
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-29
5O-CENT HAIRCUT is
NEAR, BARRIERS SAY
Price Hike Held Necessary
in Waqe Increase.

A 50-cent rate for hair cuts is in
prospect today, after members of
the Indianapolis Master BARRIERS
Association declared that higher
wages only can come through a IS
cent raise over the present 35-cent
rate.
Many members declare that they
are unable to comply with the wage
guarantee of the BARRIERS code I'M
less the price is boosted. Approx
mately 10 per cent of the citys
shop owners have signed the code, it
is said.
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HOTEL MANAGER NAMED
New Plaza Operation Has Been
Taken Over by Owners.

Active direction of the New
Plaza hotel has been taken over by
the owners, the Schaf family, and
w. H. Green, Indianapolis, has been
named manager, it was announced
today by Joseph C. Schaf Jr., COM
pany manager.
Construction work at the hotel
has been completed, the new main
entrance and lobby facing Capitol
avenue, south of New York street.