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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
CONRAD Mann
LOSES APPEAL
Mcclure, Herring Also Are
Refused Review by
High Court.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. ,9.-Conrad
H. Mann, Kansas City, Mo-,
f1nancier and lodge organizer, today
lost his appeal to the supreme court
from his conviction in New York
city federal courts on charges of
violating the lottery laws in connec-
ton with fund raising activities OF
the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
The court also sustained, by re-
fusing to review their cases, the con-
victionS of Bernard G. Mcclure and
Frank E. Herring, South Bend, Ind,
in the same case. They were as
ISOLATED with Mann in the purported
lottery activities.
The courts ruling requires that
the men begin serving theia
sentences shortly. Mann was sent
enced to serve fifteen months in
Jail and to pay a fine of $4,000.
Mcclure received sentence of a
year and a day and fined $4,000,
while Herring was given four months
in Jail and fined $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09

closed banks and hold them
until they could be liquidated.
The bank depositors would
be paid in full Immediately.
Bruere conferred at length today
with Treasury Secretary William
Woodin, Eugene R. Black, federal
reserve board governor, and other
financial advisers of the President
with respect to plans to set up the
government liquidating corporation.
Bruere said that the plan had
not been completed and that we're
still working on it"
When completed the plan will be
submitted to the President, who is
expected to announce it to the pub
lie before the end of the week.
Under the plan being worked out
with Bruere, the government would
set up it's liquidating corporation
with funds supplied by the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation.
RFC debentures would be turned
over to receivers and ConServators
of closed banks in exchange for
their frozen assets. The RFC paper
then would be turned into cash by
the government and this. paid to
depositorS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
MOTHER, 6 CHILDREN
PERISH IN FLAMES
Home Burned During Night;
Father Absent.

By United Press
PEQUOT, Mimi, Oct. 9. - A
mother and her six children, rang
ing in age from 7 months to
years, persisted today in a fire that
destroyed their home while they
slept. The cause of the fire was
undetermined.
The victims were Mrs. Sadie
johnson, 20, and her children, Ro-
land, 9; Warren, 7; Shirley, 4;
Keigh Leroy, 3; Beverly Fay, 2, and
Eden Alfred, 7 months.
The father, Roy Johnson, was at
work when the tragedy occurred
Attempts by neighbors to enter the
fast-crumbling frame structure were
futile.
Mrs. Johnson'S body was found at
the foot of stairway, indicating
she had attempted to arouse the
children sleeping upstairs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09

The increase in water rates to
the city was granted by the state
public service commission in 1924,
during the administration of former
Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank.
Declaring themselves helpless"
present works board members COM
pare the water company order with
contract of the indianapolis Pow
er and Light Company, described
previously, which forces the city to
pay a high rate for light cable.
The water company order speci-
fies that the city shall pay 1-cent
and l mill rental annually on each
inch foot of pipe" in water mains.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
Released by State Police
Without Bond After
Lengthy Quiz.

The police search for six escaped
convicts from the Indiana state
prison yielded another pretty young
woman Sunday as state police
searched in vain for Mrs. Mary
Kinder, said to have harbored the
desperadoes in indianapolis.
In a raid by city police on house
at I'LL Spann avenue, Mrs. Ethel
Powell, 80, was arrested on charge
of vagrancy and held under high
bond. Police believed she knew
something of the visit of the con-
victs to Indianapolis the day after
the prison break, when they kept
Ralph Saffell a prisoner in his home
at 343 Laclede street.
Several money wrappers were
found in Mrs. PoWell's home. She
told s1lice she got them in Chicago
After several hours of questioning.
Mrs. Powell suddenly was released
on her own recognizance.
1--WE didn't want that woman"
said Al Feeney, state safety direc-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
CITIES URGED TO
USE U. S. FUNDS
DeIuSe Warns Money May
Be Exhausted Prior to
Dec. |.

Speedy draining of the $780,
100000 federal public works appro-
priation may find slow-thinking
communities and governments in
Indiana unable to obtain finances
for much needed revenue-producing
projects.
This declaration was made today
by Otto P. Deluse, chairman of the
state advisory board of the public
works administration, as he urged
governments in city, county anc
school city to gear up their appli-
cation for loans from Uncle Sam.
1.-The deadline on applications is
Dec. 80, but there's a possibility that
the entire government appropria-
ton may be allocated to worthy
projects before that date" Deluse
said.
Approximately, one-half Of the
$4,000, 100000 appropriation has been
spent, and, up to now, only about
$15,OOO,00O in public works appli-
cations have been approved in In
diana" Mr.. Deluse said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09

The charge also is made that the
total feet of pipe in use was boosted
about 100000 feet only a few
months before the service commits
sion's order went into effect in
January, 1924.
Greatly increased revenue from
the surplus pipeage was augmented
by the installation of water
hydrants under the guise OF an
economy.
The rate order reduced the rental
from $50 annually for each hydrant
to S12, which fact was used to
justify the additional pipe and n.y.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
Surplus Pipe and High Cost of Fire Hydants Cause 40 Per Cent
Increase in City Water Bills in Last 10 Years. Works Board Charges

prior to effective date of the rate
order.
An additional charge Of $4,000
annually for water used in street
flushing was included in the 1924
order, although it never had been
included before and should have
been taken care of in the fire n.y.
drant charge, board members al
lege.
Elimination of "hydrants protect
ing open prairie" is expected to re-
suit from a survey ordered by the
board to determine the number of
useless hydrants for which the city
annually is paying $12 each.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09

drants as obtaining greater service
at lower cost, with no mention made
Of the pipe rental, it is charged.
According to figures in the works
board files, there now are 5,813
water hydrantS throughout the
city, and only 300 have been placed
in the three years and nine months
Of the Sullivan administration.
Records of the number of hy-
drants in use before the order was
granted are missing from the
boards files, the members say, but
the increased feet of pipe in indie
alive of the suddend increase in
number of hydrants Immediately
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
BY AL LYNCH
Times STAFF Writer

Another trick clause" benefiting
a public utility has saddled Indian
apolis taxpayers with an increase
of approximately 40 per cent in city
water bills during the last ten years,
it was pointed out today by budget
experts.
Members of the public works
board cite monthly charges in 1923
of approximately $4,000, compared
with provision in the 1884 budget
for payment of an average of S34.650
month to the indianapolis Water
Company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
COURT FREES OWNER
OF SERVICE STATION
Former Employe Admits He Hit Boss
First in Row Over Wages.

Sam Trotcky. proprietor of the
Indianap Auto Service station, 1121
North Meridian street, today was
freed by Municipal Judge Dewey
Myers on assault and battery
charges.
Complaining witnesses against
Trotcky was Daniel Bishop. Negro,
816 West Twelfth street. former In
dianap employe, who filed an affi-
davit Saturday against Trotcky.
alleging the latter slugged him in
an alteration over Bishops pay.
Today, Bishop admitted he struck
Trotcky first when Trotcky told him
he was too busy and to see the
bookkeeper" about 1924 due Bishop.
Testimony of other Indianap en-
ployeS corroborated TrotSkys story
that he struck the Negro with a
grease can in self-defenSe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
CLOSED BANKS TO
PAY OFF IN FULL.
ROOSEYELT'S GOAL
President Working on Plans to Free Frozen
Assets, Aid Discloses; RFC to
Finance New Unit
IMMEDIATE ACTION is POSSIBLE
Announcement to Be Made Before End of
Week, Is Assertion; Leaders
Confer at Washington.


WASHINGTON Oct. 9.-President Roosevelt is work.
ing out plans for giant corporation to qudate frozen bank
assets Henry Bruere New York banker who cooperating
with the Presidents financial program said today.
Several billion dollars of bank deposits still frozen
since the March banking holiday and the President anxious
that these funds be released possible The release
might be made through formation of huge governmental
qudang corporation which would take slow assets of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
Two Companies Rule Two-Mile Sector;
Arrival at Scene of Outbreak
Averts Bloody Conflict.
EXTRA SOLDIERS ARE HELD READY
McNutt Takes Action Following Dynamiting
and Firing of Shots; Situation
Quiet This Afternoon.
BY ARCH STETNEL
Times staff Writer

SULLIVAN, Ind, Oct, 9. - Sullivan county is under
martial law and two troops of national guardsmen this aft
patrong twoe sector at the Starburn coal
mine here following outbreaks of violence between
union and nonunon coal miners at the mine.
Governor Paul V. McNutt's declaration of martial law
and arrival of the guardsmen from Tere Haute brought to
quescent stage situation which threatened bloody clash
early this morning when than 500 union miners began
forming picket lines at the cooperative Starbun mine
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
KELLY TURNS VIOLENT;
SLUGGED BY OFFICER
Federal Agents Warn Terrorist He
Will Be Shot.

By United Press
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 9.-The
terrorist, George machine Gum
Kelly, replaced threats with violence
today as he and his wife, Katherine,
went on trial as accused major con-
spirators in the 100000 Urschel
kidnapping.
Federal agents warned him, as a
tentative jury was chosen, that he
would be shot the next time he
acted as he did today. The
manacled gangster fought with a
federal agent in federal building
and was beaten on the head with a
pistol.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
GRAIN FUTURES ACT
UPHELD BY COURT
Chicago Brokers Lose Battle on
Laws COnstitutiOnaIity.

Law OOnSlllutIOUdilby.
BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. Am at
tack by member brokers of the Chi
cago Grain Market on the consti-
nationality of the grain futures act
was rejected today by the supreme
court.
Although the suit was instituted
in 1928. the courts decision was
regarded as highly significant in
view of the fact that agriculture
secretary Henry A. Wallace has in
voked the powers of the act to curb
speculation in commodities.
Both the orders requiring brokers
to report grain futures commit
ments of more than 100000 bushels
of wheat, corn or oats, and the
validity of the entire act were
brought into question in the pro-
ceedingS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
Discuss Ways to Combat
Disease and Add to
Span of Life.

Grandma and grandpa's longevity
is being looked at through profess
Sional nose glasses.
Mortality'S sands have shifted.
Early in this century the cry was
to save babies. Danish heart disease
in adolecSentS.
But now the chronic diseases of
later life are being combated in a
fierce offensive.
Delegates to the American Pub
lie Health Associations opening
meetings today heard this clarion OF
new medical war in a talk by DR.
Louis I. Dublin of New York, Metro
politan Life Insurance Company
Statistician, before the health Of
ficers section of the convention.
Three thousand delegates are ex-
pected to attend the four-day con-
ferenceS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09

While the two companies of
guardsmen on duty here APP
parently have things well UNI
der control, additional guard
companies are under arms at
Martinsville, Evansville, and
Attica for a dash to the mine
zone, if there are new out
breaks of violence.
Adiutant- General Elmer F.
Straub, who secuted the sector by
plane at $3.50 this morning, re-
turned to Indianapolis shortly after
noon to report to the Governor that
he did not believe additional troops
would be needed.
Despite bombings at two homes
here, firing of several shots and
hurting of bricks at the mine, no
one has been injured.
Dynamiting Is Reported
Deputy Sheriff Alec Schafer SaiS
that he believed the shots were fired
by non-union men, but apparently
were fired in the air.
The firing occurred when pickets
masSed at the mine shaft early to-
day as approximately 100 workmen
prepared to enter. Several bricks
were thrown by the mob, but the
outbreak was halted when the
miners entered the shaft.
First dynamiting occurred last
night when a stick was hurled on
the porch of the home of Charles o.
Fox The porch was demolished and
several windows broken. Fox and
his son Cecil, both are employees of
the Starburn mine.
A stick of dynamite also was
thrown on the lawn of the home of
Roscoe White. 1t did no damage
except to break several windows, and
White said he believed it had been
intended for some one else. He has
not been employed for twenty-one
months.
DePreZ Is in Command
Governor McNutt's martial law
order forbids any one to leave or
enter the trouble area except by
military authority or command.
The order also prohibits the carry
ing of arms by persons other than
guardsmen or commissioned county
officers.
Troops on guard include COM
panies G and 1 of the One hundred
f1fty-first infantry and are under
command of Brigadier-G General D.
Wray DePrez, Shelbyville, comman-
der of the Seventy sixth brigade.
Violence flared last week at the
Starburn mine when pickets
gathered near the shaft to protest
employment of nonunion miners.
One man was killed when he was
run down by an automobile and
another mine employe was beaten.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
z PER Cent
Club fight
ENDS IN TIE
Both MCNutt and Peters
Factions Claim Victory
After Session.
BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY
Times staff Writer

Selection of a subcommittee by
the state Democratic committee,
which will handle the much dis
puted funds of the Hoosier Demo-
cratic Club, was the solution ar
rived at by the state committee
meeting early this afternoon at the
Claypool.
At the close of the executive ses-
sion both Governor Paul v. Nc
Nuts and Chairman R. Earl Peters
forces were claiming the action as a
victory.
Personnel of the subcommittee
consists of A. N. Pursley, Hartford
City; Omer S. Jackson, Greenfield,
and Miss Florence Smith, La Porte.
Looks Like "Tie"
The McNutt group assembled
seventeen state committee members
in a caucus before the meeting and
the personnel of the subcommittee
was decided on with both the
Governor and Mrs. Peters present.
Thus, NGcNutt hackers pointed out,
the Governor won and Mr.. Peters is
now a chairman without powers.
Mr.. Peters forces declared that
the main attack of the state chair
man was to take the funds away
from the club treasurer, Bowman
Elder, and that this had been ac-
complished.
Attention Is Attracted
They also claimed the subcom-
mittee personnel favored Mr.. Pc
tiers, while the other side said it
was selected by Governor McNutt
who cileckmated an attempt of Mr.
Peters to make the appointments.
Due to the public debate regard
ing club collections, precipitated by
the open political breach between
Mr.. Peters, Democratic state chair
man, and Governor McNutt, the
meeting attracted almost as much
attention as party convention.
The subcommittee plan first was
advanced by the McNutt forces Sat-
urday. At that time the Peters
be ckers said it would be o. k. if the
state chairman made the appoint
ments.
Meanwhile, many members of the
state committee, as we'll as rank
and file Democrats, were expressing
disapproval of the entire Peters,
McNutt scrap.
They we're pointing to Senator
Frederick Van Mugs as party lead
err who could avoid factionalism.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
Cotton Production Drops

bU UHIItU TTtSS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-The ag-
riculture department today estimated
1888 cotton production at 1885, 900
bales, compared with 1902 900 bales
last year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
STEEL FIRM HEAD DIES

Stewart H. Chisholm Was Founder
of Many Large Companies.
By United Press
CLEVELAND, Oct. 9. - Stewart
Henry Chisholm, one of the nations
leading figures in the steel industry,
died at his home here last night. He
was 86 years old.
Chisholm was instrumental in
founding and directing several COM
panies, including American Steel
and Wire Company, Cleveland Roll
ing Mill Company, HIP Nail Com
pany, Long Arm Company and
American Grass Irvine Company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
SIX MADMEN ESCAPE
Club Guard, Steal Keys; State
Troops Called Out.

By United Press
SALEM, Ore, Oct. 9. - State
troopers and deputy sheriffs led by
bloodhounds today trailed six in
mates of the state hospital for the
criminally insane who escaped after
clubbing a guard and stealing his
keys.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
FLORIDA READY TO VOTE
Vets Favored on Eve of Ballot
ing on Repeal.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Oct. o.
Florida votes tomorrow on repeal
of national prohibition, with wet
leaders predicting it will join the
thirty-two states which already have
ratified repeal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
STATE TREASURER ILL

William Storen Recovering After
Heart Attack.
State Treasurer William Storen
today is recovering from heart at
tack with which he was stricken
Friday night. He is confined to bed
at the home of relatives here. Mr..
Storen'S home is in Scottsburg.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
SUNDAY DEADLINE FOR
INCOME TAX PAYMENT
No Time Extension to Be Granted
Says State Collector.

All quarterly gross income tax
payments must be made to the state
by next Sunday, as no extension of
time is to be granted. it was an
nounced today by Collector Clar-
ence A. jackson. He estimated that
collections thus far are in excess
of 40 per cent over the first collec-
tiOnS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
MERCURY SLUMPS TO
43; FROST PROBABLE
Lowest Temperature of Autumn Is
Recorded During Night.


Temperature of 43 recorded at
Ills Sunday night, was the lowest
so far this fall and only II degrees
above freezing.
Forecast of the local United
States Weather Bureau was for
light frost tonight, if the sky clears.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
HUMPHREY BARRED BY
TRADE BOARDS VOTE
Federal Commission Takes IMAM
imous Action at Session.

1HEH<IH11
By United Press
WASHINGTON. Oct. The
federal trade commission by unan-
imous action this afternoon barred
William E. Humphrey. who was
ordered removed from the commits
sion by President Roosevelt, from
participation in its affairs. Hum
phrey, who refused to quit his post
at the White House order. was pre-
sent at the commission meeting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
Reduce Childhood Ills

General session will be held at 8
tonight in the Riley room of the
Claypool.
The statistician urged health Of
ficerS to combat infections such aS
scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, ehd
other similar diseases causing heart
disease.
The enormous reduction in NOR
tally from diseases like typhoid
fever and communicable diseases of
childhood and tuberculosis has
shifted the emphasis to the chronic
diseases of later life" he said.
Organic heart disease is re-
Sponsible for one-sixth of the ma
tons Deaths
Calvert on Program
Dissemination of disease through
human carriers, employed as food
and drink handlers, was discussed
by DR.. Ralph Emerson Duncan,
Kansas City, in paper today be-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-09
Car Overturns on Road

OdI OVCI VII AUUNtW
Mrs. Russell E. Field, 81, Plain
field, Ind, escaped with cut on
the head today when the automobile
she was driving turned over after
skidding on Road 81 near May
wood, Ind.
Evening star., 1933-06-16
ANDREW MELONS
TAXES ARE PROBED
Agents Looking Into Charges
of Representative McFad-
den Against Him.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Charges that Andrew w. Mellon, for
mer Secretary of the Treasury, and his
nephew, William L. Mellon of Pitts
burgh, evaded income tax payments are
being investigated by agents Of the JUS
tice Department, Attorney General Cum
mings said late yesterday.
The agents In charge Of the inquiry
are In the Pittsburgh area looking into
charges brought by Representative Nc
Fadden, Republican, Of Pennsylvania
were the basis for two suits for recovery
Of income taxes brought against the
Melons by David A. Olson and A. r.
Knight of Lansdowne, Pa. Olson for
merly was counsel for the Senate Bank
ing Committee.
Cummings said, however, the depart
ment was not taking any hand in the
suits.
I'VE have begun the investigation of
the Melons and their companies in
Pennsylvania" he said. I'VE are not
concerned with suits that have been
fled, but are seeking the facts"
william L. Mellon yesterday was given
Is days to file answer to Olson's suit
charging him with 100000 evasions
between 1926 and 1880. Olson con-
tended Mellon omitted from his tax re-
turns for those years the value Of $4,000
shares of Gulf stock which the suit
asserted were given him for services.
Knight, former manager of the Gulf
Oil Co. in Philadelphia, added the years
1881 and 1882 to the record covered by
the charges. David Stock Of Philadel-
phia, Knights counsel, said the suit
was prepared before Olson's and that it
placed different Interpretation on the
alleged evasions.
Mellon was served with notice of both
suits yesterday Afternoon in the lobby
Of Pittsburgh Office building.
Evening star., 1933-06-16
FILES IN BANKRUPTCY

A voluntary petition In bankruptcy
was fled In District Supreme Court
today by Lee Gin, proprietor Of restau-
attorney Thomas L. Jeffords and Jesse
e. Potbury, the petitioner said he has
assets of $2,414 and debts Of $l7S As.
Evening star., 1933-07-29
HOME OWNERSHIP
INTEREST GROWING
Realty Board Traces Trend
to Living Conditions
During Hard Times.

The modern home, with its new
tangled appliances making for econ
omy in management, and its innova-
tions which provide healthful. more
comfortable living, is creating greater
and more general interest today than
ever before. the Washington Real Es-
tate Board says
Reporting on the current trend in
the home buying field, the board cites
as proof Of this interest the increas-
ing numbers Of visitors and prospective
purchasers to current model homes and
display houses; the growing number
Of applications for information on
financing which local realty companies
and loan agencies are receiving, and
the unusual attention shown labor and
money saving devices at the Renoviz-
ing Exposition and other like displays.
Trend Of Past Depressions.
The rebirth of interest in home own
ership, the board says, is traceable in
part to the "pillar-to-post" form Of
existence which hundreds Of Wash
ington families have been forced to
endure during the period Of curtailed
incomes. The realtors report con-
tinues
1T is true that past periods of
depression were invariably followed
by sharply increased demands for single