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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-08

ner and would have liked to keep
us standing and do all the smok-
ing himself. I was accustomed to
local politicians and police lieu
tenants.
In London one evening, I met
hero of the hour, Floyd Glib
bons, who had just come ashore
from the wreck of the Laconia
and had written one of the great
est newspaper stories ever done.
He said he had quit signing his
middle initial "P" because it
cluttered his by-line and added
that with such Pullman-car
name as Westbrook I was foolish
not to sign my stuff wv. j. Pegler"
as I was doing then.
He also said a fellow ought to
have an objective. We wanted to
be a famous war correspondent
and was determined about it. 1
said I wanted to be newspaper
man. No special kind. just news
paper. He said that was foolish,
as man ought to specialize.
Sports. Politics. Theaters. Some
thing, anyway.
MOT many of us were getting
IN any money to speak of. A
big, big journalist, representing
the New York Sun; or say, the
Herald, would carry cane and
think profoundly all over page
one for $75 or 500 a week. I
worked up to $45.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-08

though he drank his beers, did not
buy any.
At closing time, the stranger
pulled out a wad of money and
bought himself one cigar.
This annoyed Webb Miller and
his friend, so they followed him
down Washington street, showed
him into doorway and were
about to take his money when he
pleaded with them not to rob him
of the leg of lamb and bag of
eggplant which he had been
ordered to bring home for Sun
day dinner. So Mr.. Miller and
his partner in crime disregarded
his roll of money but took his leg
of lamb and his eggplant.
The next morning there was a
complaint on the squeal-book at
the detective bureau. The victim
said he had been robbed of not
only his roast and eggplant but
his pay as well. This was a lie,
as I can testify, for I was begin
ming to recollect the incident as
Mr.. Miller developed the story.
We presently recognized ourselves,
in London, as old pals in long
forgotten crime done in Chicago.
TINE little job with the Inter
Il national News was a stimu-
lating experience to a cub who
wished to go to New York, for the
Hearst crew at the convention in.
Guided Richard Harding Davis
and Tad Dorgan, the cartoonist.
Davis had an unpleasant reputa-
ton among newSpapermen as a
dude, snob and a loner, but he
was encouraging to me and Tad
was a help, too. I brought some
drawings to the convention to
show them to Tad, hoping to be
told they we're fine. He took one
glance and with sour look asked,
Isn't there anything else you
can do?" I quit drawing and
here must have been great re-
joicing in heaven.
Il q
NLD Uncle Walter Page, the
~ American ambassador, got
sore, too. When we all went to
his Office, once a week, I always
sat down as soon as he did and
lit a cigarette when he lit a cigar.
He was rude in the cultured man
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-08
NEWSPAPERS RECEIVE
SCROLLS FOR SERVICE
City Press Landed for Aid Given
Civic Movements.

Indianapolis newspapers were hon.
ored Tuesday when members of
the Indianapolis chapter of the
United States Junior. Chamber of
Commerce presented Scrolls in rec
ignition of public service.
Presentation of the scrolls was
made by Elmon Williams, president
of the local chapter. at a luncheon
yesterday noon at the Indianapolis
Athletic Club.
Benjamin F. Lawrence, general
manager of the indianapolis Star;
Frank T. Carroll, business manager
of the Indianapolis News, and
Talcott Powell, editor of The Indi-
annapolis Times, were the recipients.
Fred Hoke. president and
treasurer Of the Holcomb & Hoke
Company, delivered the principal
address and cited services given the
city by the newspapers. He stressed
particularly the annual community
fund campaign as an example of
efforts which could not be success
without cooperation of the press.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-08

weighed 156 pounds when 1 went
into the chain gang, and when I
escaped five months later 1 weighed
LOG.
L was sick when they let me
out. Then got telegram from my
wife, who had been in a hospital
to have baby, saying she had only
$3.50 chance to pull through.
never heard any more.
Il had to find out. So I got a
file and got my leg-irons and chains
off. They fired on me with buck
shot when I ran away, and some
of the shots hit me. They put
bloodhoundS on my trail, but I
eluded them in the swamps.
Making Honest Living
"Then for eight days I lived on
berries in the swamps. I hunted up
my wife and found we had baby
boy and that both of them were
alive. We came to Chicago. I've
been making an honest living for
them since.
Governor Henry Horner of Illinois
in granting the extradition COM
mented there undoubtedly are ex-
tenuating circumstances in Laru's
case, but if Illinois wants its extra
dition warrants recognized by other
states, Illinois must recognize
theirs"
Larue won the sympathy of Judge
Erickson, when he made touching
plea that he not be sent back to
the chain gang. I'll give you every
possible break" the judge assured
him. Il know how they treat
Northerners in Florida. Five years
ago my son was arrested for some
difficulty down there about an auto
license and I had to get the attor-
ney-general in on the case before
they would let him co.
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u n
TT was my great luck. also, to
Il maintain relations with none
but solvent employers, of whom
I have had only three since 1910.
These were, conSecutively, the
United Press, the international
News, which gave me two weeks
work as legman on the floor of
the Steam-roller Republican con-
vention of 1912, and the Chicago
Tribune
TINE United Press was a new
Il and struggling concern when
began. We didn't get much
money and we worked long hours,
but they had an instinct for en-
thusiastic kids who would take it
out in drama and train rides. On
Saturdays, I reported at 7 a. M,
finishing at Sunday morning, and
then, often would hang around
the City Hall, playing poker and
being worldly until 5. And listen
ing to the f1rebox. If it struck
in a second alarm I went, because
a two-alarm fire could be relied
on to last until I got there, with
my badge.
Jake Lingle was a cub around
the City Hall, too. He was even
then developing a mysterious,
blase familiarity with cops and
thieves which later became a fixed
sheer and his pose in life. He
wasn't a good reporter, he could
not write at all and he was too
determinedly worldweary, even
at the age Of 20, ever to recognize
a story. Although the hoodlums
of Chicago did him the honor of
killing him, I believe he was I'M
important to the underworld and
that they exaggerated him great
ly when they had him shot.
Another cub in the same press
room was Webb Miller, who has
now been one of the great Euro
pean correspondents for the last
fifteen years. Once, when L was
working in London, he came over
to work in the same shop and we
held a reunion in the course of
which he admitted that he and
another fellow once had commit
ted a holdup in Chicago. He and
this friend had been buying beer
all night and a stranger had
joined them. But the stranger,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-08

Here's the question. IF were
going to receive only one book for
Christmas what one would I de-
sire above all? My answer is: A
copy Of Eugene O'Neill's new play,
TAh, Wilderness
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-08

Florida officers who OBJ
tanned eXtraditiOn papers for
Larue in Springfield were to
arrive here today to seek
custody Of him.
His attorneys planned to ask a
judge to prevent his return through
babeas corpus proceedings.
Their principal hope, they adj
mitted, was an appeal for humani-
tarianiSm, rather than for legal
rights. Larue was sentenced to the
chain gang on plea of guilty to
breaking into a deserted orange
grove hut to sleep.
He contended he pleaded guilty
when told that he would be proved
guilty if ne refused, but on asSur-
ance he would be granted probation.
He escaped after serving five
months of the sentence.
Burns Case Recalled
His case recalled that of Robert
Elliott Burns, who escaped from a
Georgia chain gang and established
himself as a successful Chicago
publisher. Burns was sentenced for
stealing 81 He was saved by Gov
ernor Moore of New Jersey, who
refused to allow Georgia authorities
to take him.
Larue described alleged atrocities
inflicted on chain gang convicts.
His description of the hot box"
rivaled that of medieval torture
chambers. He pleaded that he
could not live through the five years
on a chain gang.
Il wasn't strong enough to do
the work, so they put me in the hot
box" he told Judge Alfred o. Erick-
son. you roast all day in the box
under the hot sun and then freeze
at night" he said.
Describes "Hot Box"
Larue described the hot box as
something like coffin, and you
can't sit down in it. You can't
stand up straight, either. You stand
there all day in the broiling sun in
a bent position, with boards on ali
sides and nothing over your head.
They kept me there eight days,
naked in that awful sun. And when
they let me out, they beat me.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-08
walks Into Side of Car

Knocked down when he walked into
the side of moving automobile,
Ed McDaniels, 81, of sic South Ala
bama street, was arrested on an in
toxication charge last night. He
was uninjured. The car was being
driven by Jess Mock, 30, of GIT
East Washington street, in the 500
block Massachusetts avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-08
City House Is Ransanked

Forcing the front door of the
home of William Starkey, 737 North
fremont avenue, an unknown thief
last night ransacked the house and
stole a revolver worth $50 and a
gold wrist-watch valued at $40. Mr.
Starkey was away at the time Of
the theft, he told police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-08
Hurt in Fall Downstairs

Falling down the stairway in his
home early this morning, Edward
Harshgeger. 81, Of 618 South Ala
bama street. suffered a deep cash
in the forehead and severe body
bruises. Police took him to city
hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-08
ARMY POSTS ARE TO
STAY DRY, SAYS DERN
Repeal Will Have No Effect on
Units Arid Since 1901.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON. Dec. S.-Repeal
OF prohibition will not be extended
TO army posts, Secretary of War
George H. Dern announced today.
The army posts have been dry"
since 1901 under an act passed by
congress, Dern said, and he saw no
reason for recommending changes
in this status. The dry" regula-
lions" were enacted many years be-
fore prohibition was adopted in the
United States and apparently we're
the result Of long years OF expert
ence with military units, he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-08
AUTO DESIGNS
FOR 1884 SHOW
GREAT CHANGE
StreamIining Developments
Feature External
Appearances.
HAS NEW TERMIN0L0 GY
Decreased Wind Resistance
Promises Operating
Cost Cut.
BIZ United Press

DN lWtttU kIthH
NEW YORK, Dec. 8.-An entirely
new automobile vocabulary will con-
front American tourists when they
see the radically changed motor car
models at the annual automobile
show the first week in January.
The new phrases and catch words,
like the lines of the new models,
grow out of a decision by designers
to say a definite goodbye to the
old horse in-front-of-t thee carriage
idea in automotive transportation.
Tear drop" and air flow" are
examples of the Technology which
surrounds the latest designs. But
in addition, the experts contend
that the changes will make the
family automobile about Is to 20
per cent cheaper to operate because
of less wind resistance and more
miles a gallon.
StreamIining Stepped Up
Probably the most radical change
will be the external appearance of
the new models. Developments in
streamlining have been spectacular
since the last show. Engineers have
dropped the idea of the gasoline
buggy" and built a new automobile
engineering job from the bottom
up.
Auto engineers taking a leaf out
of the book of aviation have done
everything possible to offer a
smooth rounded surface to the on
rushing air. Even the mudguards
have been modelled into the body
to minimize the resistance.
In the chassis the back seat al
ways has been the widest and
toughest to ride in, the car tapering
back from a pointed radiator But
in the 1884 models, the wide seat
is in front and accommodates three
with comfort.
Graded Between Springs
Rear seat passengers, instead of
bouncing and bounding over the
rear axle, will be Graded between
the springs like the front seat
riders.
Some of the new phrases motor
lists must learn are:
Knee action aXleS-Each wheel
operating on its own individual axle
with action similar to human knee.
Redistribution of weight with mo-
tor over front -Rearrangemen
of mechanical parts so that weight
will be more equally distributed over
entire auto than heretofore, with
engine moved forward to eliminate
bounce.
Seats Spaced Scientifically
Airf1ow bodies-Bodies designed to
offer least possible wind resistance.
Girded trussed bridge frame
Auto frames following engineering
design of bridge construction to Sc
cure greatest possible strength with
minimum weight
Scientifically spaced seats-Seats
arranged to offer greatest ease in
riding and suspended between front
and rear springs.
TouchleSs clutch-Gear shift oper-
ating by means of pressure on &C
celerator pedal.
Draft Free Circulation
Individual vent controls - Each
window ventilation arranged to suit
circulation demands of each passen-
ger.
Waterline thermostat - Thermo-
stat cut into water line of motor
water jacket to give true tempera-
ture of motor.
Draft free circulation-The 1884
version of anti-mist ventilating sys-
tenn of 1888.
Shelf shifting transmission-An-
other design of touchleSs clutch
operating along same principal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-08
CHAIN GANG FUGITIVE WINS
SYMPATHY Of AUTHORIZES
WITH TALE OF ATROCITIES
Rosita Forbes Hears Youths Impassioned
Plea Against Return to Living
Death in Florida.
Judge Promises Aid in Preventing Prisoners
Extradition to Complete Rest
of Five-Year Term.
By United Press


CHICAGO, Dec. 8.-The plea of an English authoress
Rosta Forbes stood today between James Lar o. and
turn to Florida to complete eyear sentence the chain
gang
Miss Forbes sympahies aroused by Larue's i'm
passoned plea that return to the chain gang living
death for crime he contends he did not commit She en-
ploved attorneys to defend him.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-06-07

But it is not as simple as all
this in the opinion of the emin-
emily practical New York Sun
which says editorially:
LET us put this to the test of
practice. Assume that the govern
ment of a foreign country seizes
all the American citizens within
its borders, throws them in Jail,
kills them or puts them to torture,
c~onfiscates their property and re-
fuses to heed the protests of the
American government. Under the
circumstances, according to old
fashioned folk, a declaration Of
war against the offending govern
ment would be justifiable. and
declaration would naturally be fol-
lowed by an American invasion by
land or an attack by sea.
what then, under the Norman
Davis concept of aggression?
Why, the United States would be
the aggressor, for there was no in
vasion of this country by the 9TH
er governments armed forces. 1t
is unfortunate that Mr.. Davis
seems to think in terms of France
and Germany and not in terms of
his own country. But he has been
abroad a great deal of his life and
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-06-07
NO MORE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS

NOtll0g mas CduSpu ~ IluCn HodliO III
circles in a long time as the announcement made by Nor
man H. Davis, representative of the president In Europe,
that the United States was prepared not only to disarm
proportionately with other nations, but to enter into con-
sultation with other powers in case of breach OF the peace,
and even to abandon its neutrality, in case the situation
warrants.
This offer, if It is finally put into the form Of an agree
ment, completely abrogates the principle of the freedom
of the seas which was insisted on by President Wilson in
his fourteen cardinal points during the discussion Of
peace, following the World war.
There will no longer be any pretence of freedom of the
seas, if Uncle Sam enters a consultative pact, as he will
agree in advance to forego neutrality in case of war, and
to waive his rights for trading with any nation which
shall have been found, after consultation, to have been
the aggressor.
In case of trouble in Europe this is bound to put us in
the midst of the difficulties, whether we will or not. True
it is that Uncle Sam reserves the right to decide for him.
self whether he agrees with the other nations as to who is
the aggressor in any particular trouble. If he does so
agree, he is put in the position of helping to punish the
aggressor if punitive measures become necessary. And if
he fails to agree with the majority, he will himself be-
come an outcast among nations, the subject Of criticism
by diplomats in Europe and of the internationalists
abroad. Even then there is serious doubt as to whether
he could effectively insist on any neutral rights. For if
he fails to agree with the majority as to which of two
warning nations is the aggressor, by intimation at least
he furthers the cause of the minority nation.
So in any event it would seem that freedom of the seas
is dead, and it is rather noteworthy that the chief exec
utve, who, in effect, valves the principle of the freedom
of the seas, was the assistant secretary of the navy in the
cabinet of the president who firmly asserted the right Of
freedom Of the seas.
1t is only fair to say, of course, that freedom of the seas
has been more or less of a dead issue for some time. The
failure of Uncle Sam to keep his navy up to treaty
strength, and his falling behind Great Britain and Japan
in naval effectives, has made freedom of the seas a theory
impossible to put into practice so far as the United States
is concerned. The only nation which has ever had free
dom of the seas in modern history is Great Britain and
she has secured this not through moral suasion but by
virtue of naval bases and battleships. She will continue
to exercise this dominance and this "sea freedom for
Britain only" no matter how many or what kind of agree
ments are signed at Geneva.
If he is not careful, the only concession Uncle Sam will
get there, will be a lot Of future trouble for himself.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-06-07

Martha Wilson left Friday morn
ing and spent the weekend in
Bozeman visiting at the Oscar
Bergan home.
Miss Madeline Hunter and Ray
mond Merritt came over from
Roundup Sunday. Miss Hunter is
spending this week visiting at the
NJ. G. Hogan home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Toivo Homi spent
several days last week in Their
mopolis.
Matt Hertin, who has been
visiting for the past month with
his mother, Mrs. Tilda Hertin, left
Thursday for his home in Spokane,
He was accompanied to Billings
by Mr.. and Mrs. George Melon
aid and son George.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. E. Rowland anG
daughter Martha Ann and Miss
Bessie Carr were dinner guests al
the R. L. Richardson home Tues.
day evening.
Thomas Hogan was calling or
friends and shopping in Billings
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Cook called
on friends here Friday evening
from their home in Joliet.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-06-07
BOB PETIT BEATS
MINNEAPOLIS BOXER

Joliet, June 5.-Two injured ribs
were claimed to be a handicap by
Mickey Mack, who took a thump-
ing from Bob Petit Of Billings in
a bout here Saturday night. Petit
toyed with the blackhaired Min
neapolis boxer for four rounds,
knocking him off his feet two or
three times to win a decision.
The semifinal between Eddie
Ernst and Jack Whiteness of Red
Lodge was an exciting tilt, Ernst
winning the set-to by poking Jack
groggy in the third and fourth
rounds.
Morris tx. o. Hendrix sub
stituted for key Taylor, and pum-
meled out another decision over
Ralph Garlock in the opening bout.
A heavyweight match is sched-
uled for this Saturday, when
Kenny Guyse of Billings will meet
Kid Lefty of Casper, Wyo. Fritz
Christoferson VS.. Sherwood Hall,
Billy Hensley VS.. Jim Jones, will
be supporting bouts.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-06-07

who owe us on the war debt have during the past month
or two had another cut in the amount they actually have
to pay us. This has come about through the depreciation
Of the dollar abroad, in terms of foreign currencies. With
the dollar worth approximately IS cents in gold in the
European markets, the debtor nations have only to buy
American dollars and make their payments on the war
debts in these, so getting a discount of fifty per cent-in
addition TO the generous cuts they have had by interna-
tional agreement in the past. The total sum of the debts,
IT il said, have been reduced something like a billion dol
lars because Of the depreciation Of the dollar abroad. But
are the nations who owe us money Fastening to take adj
vantage of this? They are not. Why take something like
q little fifteen per cent cut when they hope to get a 100.
per cent reduction a little later on.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-06-07
r MARY
DIES FROM INJURY
AT FROMBERG HOME

Mrs. Mary Delphine Johnson,
SO, of Fromberg, died Sunday in a
Billings hospital. Her death re-
suited from an accidental fall at
her home Saturday, the shock at
tendant to a fractured hip being
too evere for her constitution.
Funeral services were held this
morning at st. Joseph's church in
Fromberg, and interment was
made in the Rockville cemetery.
A resident of Fromberg for 81
years she was the widow of Will
liam Johnson, who died in From
berg in 1917.
Mrs. Johnson is survived by six
children by a former marriage.
They are Charles Buzzetti of
Fromberg, Thomas and Frank
Buzzetti of Hardin, Mrs. E. M.
Schomers Of La Crosse, Wis, Mrs.
M. Rahrer and Mrs. M. F. EN-
NETT, both of Fromberg. There
also are seven grandchildren and
a brother.
Born in New Orleans, La, April
81, 1847, she was the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John R. Jambois. AS
a girl she moved to Genoa, Wis,
and there in 1866, was married to
John B. Buzzetti, a Civil war vet
eran. Mr.. Buzzetti died a few
years later and in 1891 his widow
remarked.
The largest number of immi-
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-06-07
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING

Stuff that comes out Of loud speakers is 'ffree." That's
why owners have to listen to endless harangues about yir-
tues OF stomach pills, crazy water, funeral service with q
smile, well drained cemetery lots, etc. in their homes
Is 1t .'freeY' Listeners pay over hundred million a wear
lr electrlc power alone; Total cost of operating all re-
all broadcasting stations less than 100 millions vaorlu
Why says programs are "free?" Broadcasting tail waos
listener dog. Change in system needed to put listener in.
terest in first place.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-06-07
There's che lima
we like t ct Ii
busy s1gnA on
til oldcfishin
line 60 -
ROBERTS
BY Leona Hogan

BY Leona Hogan
Saturday, June g.
Mrs. Joe Allen was hostess to
the members of her card club
Tuesday afternoon. Prizes at
bridge were awarded Mrs. R. l..
Duncan and Mrs. James j. Grue-
man. Mrs. Alice Brown of Los
Angeles was the club guest.
Mrs. Fl. q. Monehan, Mrs. FL
mer Hill and daughter Doris, Mrs.
NJ. G. Hogan and daughter Leona,
Mrs. Jalmar Maxi and daughter
Marlene, Mrs. John Monahan and
Miss Sigrid Mattila were guests at
the home of Mrs. Fred Hill Fri
day afternoon.
Mrs. Lambert DeVries enter
tanned the Ladies Aid at her home
east of town Thursday afternoon,
Misses Erceldean Heikkila and