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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
CITY TOLD TO
TIGHTEN BELT
Further Slash in Cost oil
Operation Necessary,
Says Controller.

Further reductions in the operat
ing costs of all city departments
will be necessary, it was indicated
today by Evans Woollen Jr., city
controller, as he prepared to draw
up the 1933-34 budget.
Expecting to complete the budget
by the last of June, Woollen asked
cooperation of all department
heads in reducing cost of major Of
fees by at least $4,000, as the
amount the city will obtain from
the county general fund will be ap-
proximately $334,759 less than the
amount obtained for the last half
of last year.
Additional relief may be obtained,
however, as the county treasurer
office is holding $4,000 in checks
drawn on Glass B banks, which can
not be caShed until restrictions I'M
der which the banks are operating
are removed.
City officials openly are voicing
their disappointment at the COM
paratiyely small amount of money
raised SO far by special taxes created
at the last session of the legislature.
Only a little more than $4,000
has been turned over to the city
from these special taxes and this
came from its share of the beer levy.
The city will not share in the gross
sales and income tax revenue.
Only about $4,000 more in beer
revenue will be paid the city and it's
share of the gasoline tax revenue
has been reduced materially.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
Violation of NOncOIIusi0n Affidavit
Is Charged to Ex-Meyer-Kiser Official

Violation of a noncolluSion af-
fidavit given in a federal court re-
ownership was charged toda~
against Melville S. Cohn, former
official and liquidating agent of the
defunct Meyer-Kiser bank.
Cohn testified to a question by
William B. Miller, attorney, that he
turned over a 1000 receivers fee
to the bank.
During the receivership of the
Selig Dry Goods Company, Cohn
served after appointment by Fed
eral Judge Robert Baltzell.
Didn't you sign noncollusion
affidavit that the fee paid to you
would not be shared with any other
party?" Miller asked.
Il don't remember signing any
such thing" Cohr replied
Miller elected the information
that the fee had been paid into
the Meyer and Kiser partnership
under a prevailing arrangement
that all receipts were pooled in
common fund for later distribution.
You indicated to this court that
you resigned as a Selg receiver. but
in reality wasn't your resignation re-
qdeSted by Judge Baltzell?" Miller
asked.
Yes" admitted the witness.
Then you really were kicked out
as receiver?"
Il guess that was it." Cohn an
swered.
Introduction of the federal court
proceedings into the Investigation
caused comment from attorneys and
spectators. inaSmuch IS Ernest
Baltzell, nephew of the federal
judge. acted as counsel for the bank
officials at today's hearing. tenn
porarily replacing Paul Y Davis.
Miller made attempts throughout
the morning to force Cohn to admit
law violations in answer to hypo-
thetical questions
Considerable time was devoted to
loans made by officers of the bank
to employees and associates. as Mil
Ter interpreted the state law against
such loans without authority of the
board Of directors and without
proper paper security.
Miller took the position that adj
yances made to realty corporations
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
Fears Staying by LOUer;
Woman Leaps From Auto

Third and latest chapter in the
tangled love life of Mrs. Carrie
Summerton, 80, against whom a
divorce suit is pending in superior
court, was written this morning
when she leaped from moving
automobile at Southeastern and
State avenues.
Police said she told them she
leaped from the car to save herself
from death at the hands of a
jealous lover with whom she had
been living. She was not hurt
seriously in the leap from the car.
Several months ago Mrs. Sum-
merton was brought into juvenile
court on charges of child neglect
of her 7-year-old daughter. Her
husband. interior decorator at a
downtown department store, had
charged her with intimacy with
Robert Byers, sos South Walcott
avenue.
Byers was charged with contribut-
ing to child neglect Juvenile Judge
John F. Geckler scored 6yerS and
Mrs. Summerton severely, but did
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20

court with Edward Little, attorney
and investor with the bank, whose
charge of fraud in the management
of the institution was followed by a
heated offer Of physical combat from
the witness.
The witness arose from his chair
and hurled at the attorney, at least
thirty years his senior, the chal-
lenge:
Il wish you would come outside
the courtroom and say that I stole
some of the depositors' money"
Throughout Mondays and pre-
vious hearings, Cox had warned par
Elephants that exchanges of person
alities were unbecoming, but never
had issued warning of contempt ac-
ton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
SLIGHT RELIEF FROM
HEAT is FORECAST
Temperature May Drop by
Wednesday Niqht.

Slight relief from the heat wave
enveloping indianapolis was forecast
today for Wednesday night by j. H
Arlington, United States weather
bureau observer.
The mercury started its climb
early this morning, showing a mark
OF 76 at 6 a. M. in contrast to a
temperature of IA at 6 a. m. Mon
day morning. This advance con-
tlnued until 8 a. M, when Mondays
mark of SO was reached.
Threatening Monday to reach the
summer record of SO, the mercury
halted its uprush between 3 and 1
p. M, when the maximum mark Of
95 was reached.
One heat prostration was recorded
Monday, police finding Ulysses
Tomey 70, Of 567O West Morris
street, insenSible in an alley in the
rear of the 1900 block of STANDARD
avenue. He was revived at city hos.
pital.
one person died in the state Mon
day from apopleXy, due to heat. He
was Thomas Howell, rs. Grant
county farmer, found dead under a
tree near Jonesboro. The state
death toll since advent of the heat
wave over the weekend stands al
nine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20

Prospects of Marion county milk
war f1ared today when twenty-one
milk haulers and the Polk Sanitary
Milk Company obtained a tenn
porary restraining order from Cir
cut Judge Earl r. Cox against the
Indianapolis Dairy Producers Coun-
Gil, Inc, and its manager, Carl L.
Hedges.
Hearing on a permanent injunc-
ton against interference with the
plaintiffs milk routes will be held
Monday in circuit court.
The haulers and the Polk COM
pany contended in their plea for a
temporary order that the dairy pro-
ducers' council and Hedges are at
tempting to coerce them.
On June Is, the complaint
charges. a letter on the stationery
Of the dairy producers group and
signed. by Hedges, was sent to the
plaintiffs demanding they attend a
meeting. AT this meeting, it is
charged, the haulers were given un-
til June 20'' today to comply with
demands under threats that milk
would be removed from the plain
tifss' trucks.
The dairy groups action, the
haulers charge, are unlawful and
constitute an attempt to monopolize
hauling and deprive the plaintiffs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20

Mrs. Stokes told her nurse just
before she lost consciousness that
she knew death was near. Saturday
she asked the head nurse to play
compositions of the lyrical Franz
Schubert on the piano in her private
room. Later she wrote letters to a
few Of her friends in the United
States.
She underwent treatment earlier
in the year at the hospital Haus
Baden underr Professor Holfelder,
who also treated her in 1881.
Holfelder had her removed to the
municipal hospital April 49, There
she was treated in the private clinic
of Professor Schmieden. She was
suffering from cancer.
Ill Since May
Mrs. Stokes had been critically i'll
since the middle of May and little
hope had been held for her re-
covery. Physicians asked American
correspondents not to publish the
seriousness of her condition, be-
cause she was a constant reader of
American newspapers.
After her death the United States
consulate took charge of her papers
and effects. It was not Immediate
ly determined whether burial would
be in Germany or the United States.
Mrs. Stokes was understood to
have bequeathed the copyrights on
her books to friends in the United
States who paid her hospital ex-
penSes. A week ago she donated
$25 to the hospitals charity ward
in recognition of the attention she
had received.
In Cinderella Romance
Rose Pastor Stokes was born in
Russia, spent her girlhood in the
London slums, married a millionaire,
and devoted herself to social serv-
ice, the labor movement, Socialism,
and, in her latter years, to Com
muniSm. She was known by va
rious catch phrases, particularly as
Rose of the Ghetto"
Mrs. Stokes came to America as
a cigar worker. A member of an
underpaid class of workers, she was
acutely conscious of social injus-
tees and devoted herself assiduously
to the labor movement. j. G. Phelps
Stokes, millionaire Socialist-philan-
thropist, while interesting himself
in the labor movement, met the in
tense, fiery-tongued Russian girl,
and in 1905 they were married.
marriage that shook society and
provided dozens of Sunday supple
ment articles on the Cinderella ro-
nance that came true.
The Stokeses were divorced in
1925. Several years later Mrs. Stokes
married Isaac Romano, a tutor aud
writer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
GAMBLING RAID
PROVES FIzzLE
Paramount and ShadeIand
Given Clean Bill by
Authorities.

County law enforcement officers,
acting on instructions from Crimi-
nal Judge Frank P. Baker, visited
alleged gambling resorts Monday
night and today reported clean
states for the operators.
A warning that he had declared
war on gambling in Marion county"
delivered by Baker in open court,
served its purpose twelve hours later,
the officers said.
No evidence of gambling was
found at the Paramount Club, south
side amusement resort, in Germanis
park, which was Bakers target in
his charges from the bench, deputy
Sheriffs and investigators from the
Office of Prosecutor Herbert E. Will
son reported.
A visit to Shadeland, north side
resort operated by Mike Glenn, for
mer local police official, likewise
failed to produce evidence of gam
ing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
THREE States
VOTE TODAY
ON REPEAL
DryS Hope to Carry Iowa;
Connecticut and New
Hampshire Wet.
HAWKEYE FIGHT BITTER
Prohibition Leaders Charge
False Propaganda Drive
by Foes.
BY HARTZELL SPENCE
United Press staff Correspondent

=
DIES MONIES, Ia, June 20.-1owa,
solidly in the prohibition column for
seventeen years. voted today on re-
peal of the eighteenth amendment.
The all-Iowa Emergency pr0hi-
bition council, composed CT the w. c.
T. u, Anti-Saloon League, and
kindred organizations, appealed for
victory on the ground that repealists
had flooded the state with false
propaganda"
Fair skies kept farmers in their
fields and voting was unusually
light.
Reports from scattered precincts
over the state indicated the final
total might not run higher than
100000. DeS MoineS precincts dur
ing the first two hours totaled less
than 1900 votes.
At Sioux City a strong showing
was made in dry Morningside SUI
burb, but elsewhere balloting was a
scant 1000 votes.
Along the Mississippi river, in
eastern Iowa, where vets are be-
lieved strongest, voting was much
lighter than predicted.
r. N. Gown, chairman of the
Iowa Repeal for Prosperity commit
tee, accused drys of forming boy
colts against drug stores, grocery
stores and restaurants owned by
repealists.
DR.. ]. w. Graves, secretary of the
Emergency Prohibition Council, pre-
dicted that eff Iowa resists repeal,
the prohibition amendment will not
be erased from the Constitution.
But if Iowa fails the dry cause, -
DR.. Graves said, "its decision will
have marked effect on states
which have not voted"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
F. R. AGAIN AT SEA
AFTER GALE BATTLE
Presidents Schooner Sails
From Nantucket.
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By United Press
WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT,
AT SEA, OFF HARWICHPORT,
Mass, June 20.-President Roose-
velt's trim schooner-yacht Amber
jack II, tossed in the heaving swells
off Cape Cod today, bound from
Nantucket for Provincetown, Mass.
Mr.. Roosevelt put out from Nam
tucket, where he had sought shelter
overnight, at 4 a. m. &C. S. To with
north wind retarding his ships
progress.
1t was not until Cape Cod was
sighted that he shut down the aux
iliary engine of the Amberjack II
and ordered full sail hoisted.
Numerous ships passed the little
schooner as she turned her bow
northward. All dipped their colors
in salutes, which were answered by
the destroyer Ellis.
The sea had Gained today and the
weather was fair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20

This was Prince Mdivani's sec
ond marriage. His previous bride
was Louise Van Allen, great-grand-
daughter of John Jacob Astor,
They were divorced.
Miss Hutton, happy bride, wore
grey chiffon dress, without coat,
a silver fox fur over her shoulders
and grey chiffon hat
Her witnesses were her father,
Franklin L. Hutton and her aunt,
Mrs. James Donohue. The prince
had for his witnesses his brother
in-law, j. M. Sert, Spanish mural
painter, and M. Chenkaly, Georgian
minister in Paris.
The bridegroom wore white spats,
silk hat and morning coat.
Miss Hutton returned to the Ritz
hotel to remain with her family I'M
til the church wedding on Thursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20

A definite building boom in
East Chicago and Hammond,
Ind, was given as one specific
reason for reopening the big
Shelby street mills. But, ac-
cording to officials, the boom
is not confined to any particu-
lar part of the nation.
Orders have come to the Chapman
Price mills from widely separated
cities. Enough orders now are on
hand to run the mill on a 100 per
cent production basis.
200 Employees Hired
Charles Richard, personnel man.
ager of the mills, interviewed and
hired 200 old employees Monday. To-
day he was to take on fifty more.
For the first time in three years,
the mill really is open," said Rich
ard today. In the three-year de-
preston period, from May, 1880, I'M
til today, we have operated only for
three weeks and then or a very
small production basis.
But now, with some very nice or
ders, we are starting in a few days
on a so per cent production basis,
with about $50 employees, and in a
few weeks we expect to be operating
at full normal time"
Richard said that he listened to
all sorts of stories of hardship en-
dured by old employees during the
lean years, but the spirit of Opt
timism at being rehired overcame the
tales of woe.
Living Wage" Paid
I'VE are paying the employees a
living wage" Richard declared, but
said the scale would not be as good
as in the pre-depreSSion era. =
All the steel to be manufactured
with the opening of the mills will be
for building. Orders are all for
sheet steel, with corrugated steel.
for roofing, topping the list.
In the boom days, the Chapman
Price plant was one of the biggest
operators in the middlewest. During
the World war, large wall Y.aS
erected around the plant as the mill
ran at capacity to fill government
orders.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
Golf on Air

Indiana's biggest golf tourna-
ment, the open championship,
will be held Thursday and Fri
day at the Speedway course.
Leading professional and anna
teur linksmen of Hoosierdom
will vie for honors. Neal Nc
Intyre, Highland pro, now rules
as champion. Mac" is a four
time champion, but is antici-
pating the hardest fight Of his
career with such stars as Ralph
and Russell Stonehouse, Chuck
Garringer, Bill Heinlein, Jonn
Mcclure, Max Buell., and many
others.
There is tragedy as well as
happiness in the way golf
tournaments are won and lost
by one stroke. Many other I'M
usual things happen. Begin
ming tonight, TO continue every
night this week until the
tournament is over, Dick Miller,
golf editor of The Indianapolis
Times, and radio station
WKBF will bring these links
stars to you ON the air. Tune
in tonight at 7:45 and at 8
o'clock on Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday to learn about
what has happened, who Is
leading. and all the other dope
hot from the tournament.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
DIVORCED WIFE
AIDS MELLETT
TeStifies in Anderson Court
Battle, Combating H.
ness Charge.

By Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, June 20-The
wife divorced by Jesse H. Mellett,
former Anderson mayor, testified in
Madison circuit court here today to
aid him in quo warranto proceed
ings brought with a view to ousting
Mayor Harry R. Baldwin.
Mrs. Mary Mellett, who despite
the divorce, stated she is living I'M
der the same roof as the former
mayor, gave testimony to combat
evidence offered by Baldwin, that
Mellett is incurably ILL.,
When he left the Methodist hos
pital in January of this year, after
being patient several months, Mel
lett weighed only 10 pounds, his
former wife said, but now weighs
172. She asserted he sleeps sew
eral hours each night without re-
sort to drugs.
Another witness today was Mrs
Margaret Cole, daughter of Mellett,
who is a graduate nurse and at
tended her father during the time
when his illness was most serious.
Mrs. Cole held the office of city
controller during her fathers illness
Turn to Page Five)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
New Hampshire Votes
By United Press

~ CHiteG Press
CONCORD, N. H., June 2o.-A
wet victory by two to one was fore
cast by political observers today as
New Hampshire elected delegates to
a repeal convention, but it won't do
the states drinkers any good for at
least two years.
The state dry law, in force since
1917, will remain in effect at least
until 1885, when the next legisla-
ture meets.
Drys, headed by church groups,
conducted vigorous campaign for
their delegates, but since the legis-
lature has been decidedly wet, ex-
perienced observers believe the
voters are, too.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20

controlled by bank officials consti-
tuted violation of the law, although
Cohn insisted proper authority had
been obtained.
Conn took counsel with his at
torney when Miller asked. We'll
anyway, if there had not been
authority by the board of directors
for loans such as this, you would be
guilty of violating the law?"
The witness finally gave a reply
in which he insisted that the
authority had been obtained.
Todays questions and replies were
free from the personalities which
Monday caused Cox to threaten
Cohn with citation for contempt OF
court.
Cohn shared the censure of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
No Depression
Visitor at Worlds Fair
Finds Banks in
Operation.
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BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, June 20.-George
~ Lockwood came here from
Detroit to see the worlds fair,
and walked to an information
booth in the exposition's admins
tration building.
II thought" he said to the girl
clerk, you said in your advertise
ments that I could see anything
here I could see in Michigan"
The girl studied a moment.
"I believe we did advertise
something to that effect" she
answered.
Well" Lockwood replied, sar-
castically, Il want to see a closed
bank"
Then he smiled and walked
away.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
General Electric Hikes Pay
By L nittd Press


SCHENECTADY, N. Y, June 20.
"A 5 per cent wage increase for all
$4,000 employees Of the General Elec-
trio Company, effective July l, has
been ordered, it was learned today.
Since advent of the economic de-
preston, workers had been given
one 10 per cent reduction, although
their earning capacity further was
lesened by shorter work weeks.
The increase, it was said, affects
all plants.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
Connecticut to Go Wet

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HARTFORD, Conn, June 20
Spurred by last minute plea of
Governor Wilbur L. Cross, Connect
icut voters are electing delegates
today to prohibition convention,
and even dry leaders admitted
privately that the repeal slate of
delegates would win. The wet goal
was a solid slate of fifty delegates
pledged for repeal.
Governor Cross blamed prohi-
bition for corruption, graft and
crime.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
SPANISH filters Off
TO MEXICAN CAPITAL
Start Goodwin Hop After
Week in Cuba.

bU JNTeU PfeS8
HAVANA, June 20. = Captain
Mariana Barberan and Lieutenant
Joaquin Collar, Spanish fliers who
flew nonstop from Seville, Spain, to
Havana, took off today on a 1000
mile nonstop flight to Mexico City.
The flight, financed by the Span
iSh government, was intended to ex-
press the good will of Spain toward
Mexico. Barberan and Collar were
detained in Cuba more than a week
by continuous round of f1estas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
TRUCK DRIVER KILLED
Trapped in Flames, Michigan Man
Dies of His Burns.

BV JnlfCd FfCSS
LOGANSPORT, Ind. June 90
L. D. Miller, IS. Flint, Mich, died
today from burns received when his
truck overturned and caught fire on
Road "a near here. He was trans-
porting a load of new automobiles
at the time. Several of the ma
chimes were burned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
CLARA ZETKIN is DEAD

Grandmother OF German Commu-
nism" Succumbs Near Moscow.
By United Press
MOSCOW, June 20.-Clara Zet-.
kin, the aged grandmother of Ger
man Communism died suddenly
Monday night in sanatorium at
Archangelskoye, suburb o. Moscow.
Death was attributed TO heart
disease. Frau Zetkin, who would
have been rs next month, had been
at the sanatorium since June, 1882,
except for a brief visit to Berlin to
open the reichstag in August of
that year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
WOOLlUOrth HeireSs Is
Bride of Prince MdiUdni;;
Ceremony Held in Paris
Simple Rites Unite Barbara
Hutton and Member of
Georgian Royalty.
BY MARY KNIGHT
United Press stan Correspondent

PARIS, June 20.-Barbara Hutton,
heiress to millions of the Woolworth
five-and-ten fortune, became the
Princess Mdivani in simple civil
ceremony today at the Sixteenth
district town hall of Paris.
She and Prince Alexis Mdivani
of the Georgian republic, will be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20

married AGAR
on Thursday, in
a splendid relig-
ious ceremony at
the Russian ca
thedral, where
some of the gilt
ter that apper-
tains to the
brides grea t
wealth will be in
evidence.
The only dis
play of wealth
SO far has been
the W e d d i n g
presents, includ-
ing diamonds
jade, silver and
OOld
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
Dern to Fly to Chicago

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, June 20.-War
Secretary George Dern said today
ne would fly to Chicago Wednesday
to deliver an address at the dedica-
ton of the great lakes to the gulf
waterway.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
Woman Takes Poison; Critical

Mrs. Mary F. O'Neill, 81, r. r. 3,
Box 505-M, is in a critical condition
in city hospital from the effects of
poison she swallowed early today,
apparently in an attempt to end her
life. Mrs. Lucille McMaster, at
whose home Mrs. O'Neill lived, said
she knew of no reason for a suicide
attennpt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-20
Factory Boosts Pay
By L nited Press

WARSAW, Ind, June 20.-Em-
ployes of Dundee and Company,
Warsaw furniture manufacturers
received wage increases ranging
from Is to Is per cent today. At
the same time officials announced
that the present force Of sixty-five
employees would be raised to $50.