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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
SULLIVAN, Ind, Jan. 3.-From
the slumS to a bank presidency, and
then to disgrace-that is the life
story of James M. Colonel JIM
Lang, who died here New Years
night of heart disease at the age
of 76.
Once head of the now defunct
Citizens Trust Company of Sullivan,
Lang for more than half a century
was a leading either, OF this town
until he disappeared in 1928 to be
returned a year later to face two
trials in connection with failure
of the bank of which he was head.
Lang was born in the Slums OF
New York. His real name was AloiS
Teavivich. When he was 5, he was
picked up by a childrens aid So
ciety, and with five other boys was
shipped to Indiana to James Yves.
ley Lang, farmer, whose name the
lad assumed.
After a period of bondage. Lang
worked his way through Valparaiso
university and became a teacher
He entered the banking business in
1882.
Then, in 1923, Lang's bank was
closed after he disappeared from
here. For months. it later was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
BODY
FOUND OCT. G;
HOLD HUSBAND
Freeman Baldwin, FortvilIe
Man, Is Arrested as
Slayer Suspect.
TRACED BY HER TEETH
Dentists Give Evidence That
Helps in Solution of
Death Mystery.
TRACED BY HER TEETH

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GREENFIELD, Ind, Jan. g.
Suspected of Staying his wife, Free
man Baldwin, 81, Fortville, is held
today in the Hancock county jail.
The unclothed body OF his wife,
Margaret, 81, wrapped in a cheap,
new tent, was found Oct 6, at the
intersection of Road 40 and the FIT.
Wayne road, near Lewisyille.
Identity was established late
Monday by three Fortville dentists,
each of whom had filled a tooth for
Mrs Baldwin.
Baldwin was granted a divorce
here Dec. 10, and on Dec. 20 re-
married. The divorce was granted
on a nonresident publication no.
tice.
Hancock county officials refuse to
disclose information in their pos
session which led to Baldwins ar
rest.
Today Sheriff Frank Stottlemyer
made a trip to Monticello, the pur-
pose of which he would not reveal,
other than that it had some con-
nection with the death.
The body of Mrs. Baldwin, in
badly decomposed condition, was
found by Jesse Conrad, Y, and his
son, Eli, 80. There were two wounds
on the head which officials believed
were inflicted with a hammer or the
butt of a revolver.
Arrest of Baldwin followed Ions
investigation by three state police
officers, Lieutenant Bert A. Davis,
and patrolmen Russell Coons and
Joseph E. Rudd, assisted by John
Dent, Hancock county, deputy
sheriff.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
STEVE RULING
REPORTED DUE
State Supreme Court to De.
eide on Plea Today,
Rumor SAYS.

Possibility that the state supreme
court this afternoon will rule on the
case of D. G. Stephenson, former
Khan dragon, serving a life term for
murder in the Indiana state prison,
was reported at the statehouse.
Reports that a ruling would be
handed down on StephenSons petit
ton for a writ of corum nobis,
opening avenues for new evidence
in the case, became rife because
Justice Julius c. Travis will retire
from the bench tonight.
Stephenson's petition asks leave
to produce evidence, which, it is
charged, was denied admission at
his Noblesville trial when he was
convicted of Staying Madge Ober-
hotter, indianapolis woman.
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Thirty Face
Gang Firing
Squad Peril
HoIdup Victims Lined Up
ShotgunS Discharged;
Three Wounded.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 3. - Seven
bandits subjected thirty men pa
irons of a club to a firing squad
ordeal today, raking them with
shotgun fire, after stripping them
Of money and jewelry.
The victims were lined up against
wall while they were searched.
Then the leader of the gang stepped
back with four others, all armed
with shotgunS.
He gave the command, LET them
have it,"
Five charges of shot were dis
charged into the line Of men. Three
fell wounded
The wanton cruelty of the bandits
aroused the unwounded men to a
frenzy, and they attacked the
bandits with their fists.
Two were dubbed down by
bandits, using the stocks of their
shotguns.
AS the melee became f1ercer, the
bandits retreated. They finally ran
out of the club to a waiting auto
mobile.
The wounded men were Samuel
Cirocrasi, "a; James Adams, "a, ana
Stanley Tableski, 36, all of Brook
Ign.
Loot was stimated at about $500
cash and jewelry, police said.
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New York Thursday, are known to
regard the cutting down of gov
eminent expenditures from the
boom period Kvels as one of the
first jobs to be tackled.
They are ready to grant Mr.
Roosevelt almost dictatorial powers
to do it. They see this as the chief
alternative to still heavier taxes.
Speaker John N. Garner estimates
government revenues are falling be-
hind expenses 500 100000 a month.
This is s3,333,0OO day.
1t is $40 900 an hour.
1t is $500 a minute.
Within the coming year $1,000
100000 in government securities
come due. That is more than half
the amount OF the European war
debt. 1t represents ST for every
minute that has elapsed since the
birth of Christ.
When a farmer or a home owner
goes to the money lenders to renew
his mortgage, the banker wants 10
know whether he is keeping up with
his expenses. If he can't earn what
it costs MIN to live. then his credit
goes bad.
Government now is in the posi-
ton of the man who has let his
expenses get out of hand, and can't
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
STATES FLOOD
WATERS DROP
Only Seven Roads Closed, Is
Report of Highway
Commission.

Crest of high water had passed at
several points in Indiana today, ac-
cording to the weather bureau, and
the state highway commission re-
ported only seven roads closed
Rain is forecast for Wednesday,
but the fall will not be heavy enough
to greatly effect flood conditions.
Roads closed today are SO at Me-
dora; $50 between Bedford and
Shoals; 81 west of Mt. Vernon; 81
north of Spencer; IS northeast of
Princeton; 145 south Of French
Lick, and So west Of Bedford.
Water is over parts of three other
roads, but highway commission
trucks are pulling automobiles
through. These road are 81, near
Seymour, and 81, between Freedom
and Spencer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
James Lang, Er-Bdnker
of Sullivan, Is Dead

learned, he kept secret his identity
by working in restaurants and at
mental tasks in Cincinnati. Atlanta
and many towns in the south. He
was arrested at Morgantown, N. c.,
and returned here for trial.
After two juries had failed to
agree on charges that Lang forged
notes and placed them in the banks
vault as substitutes for good" ones
he is alleged to have taken, prose-
tuition was dropped.
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The fire followed an explosion OF
kerosene which Miller was using to
start fire in a stove
Miller poured the kerosene into
a stove in which he thought there
was no fire. Live Goals ignited it
and caused the explosion, he said
before he died.
The family occupied a two-room
cottage. All were sleeping three
beds in one room.
Miller said the flaming kerosene
spread over the bedroom so quickly
he had no chance to rescue his
family.
He ran from the building with
his clothes ahame, and called to
neighbors for help before he col
lapsed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
LAWYERS MAP
WATER BATTLE
City Attorneys Meet to De-
eide Plans for Fight on
High Rates.

City attorneys and associated
counsel, with the common objective
of obtaining lower water rates, met
today at city hall to map plans to
oppose the Indianapolis Water
Company's federal court action
which seeks still higher rates than
the $1.25 minimum scale recently
set by the public service commits
sion.
Those at the conference included
James E. Deery, city attorney; Ed
ward H. knight, corporation coun-
sci; A. B. Cronk and Harry K.
Cuthbertson, attorneys representing
two apartment operating firms, and
Walter G. Rothermel, representing
civic groups.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
'FLASHY IT is FAST
Small Plane Designed in IllinOi
Speeds $50 Miles an Hour.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill, Jan. B.
Two local aviation enthusiasts have
designed one of the smallest planes
in the United States.
1t is known as the Flash" and
was built by Owen Tilbury and Cecil
Fundy. 1t has a wing span of only
fourteen feet, is eleven and a half
feet high.
A speed of $50 miles an hour on
straight-away flights is claimed for
If
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03

A FORTUNATELY forty semi
"A f1naliStS in The Times dis
trict contract bridge tournament
to send an Indianapolis repre-
sentative 10 st. Petersburg, Fla,
for the American Bridge League
finals, will meet tonight at at
the Columbia Club in the first
of two nights of elimination play.
Play tonight VII be in the
ladies' dining room on the third
floor of the club, and sem1-final-
lists are asked to be there prompt
ly at for assignment to tables.
Each person will play four
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
Times Bridge Semi Finals to Be Played Tonight

should be submitted before 6, SO
table reservations may be made.
Following is almost complete
list of semi-fnalists. although
names of several group winners
who qualified over New Year are
not included:
Mrs. Walter McManus, Mrs.
Della Lang, Mrs. Frank Mills, Mrs.
Thomas Elder, Mrs. Chester Al
bright, Mrs. V. R. Rupp, Mrs. c.
B. Durham. Mrs. NJ. P. Moore, Mrs.
Michael Warren, Mrs. Guernsey
Van Ripper, Mrs. w McMurtrie,
Mrs. Jacob Pirkey, Mrs. NJ. H. Full
Ter, DR.. Howard Morris, E. E.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
Defenders Fight Calamity to Thwart Nip
ponese Attack, Made by Land,
Sea and Air Forces.
Renewed Assault Expected Barricades
Strengthened; War on Large
Scale Again Threatens.
BY III. X. ELKINS
United Press stan Correspondent

PElPING, Jan. 3.-The Shanhaikwan Chinese garrison
today repused formidable Japanese attack from land sea-
and air. 1t emulation of the brilliant defense of
Shanghai by the Chinese Nineteenth Route army last year
The Japanese assembled arplanes nineteen field
guns, two destroyers and 5000 infantry at Shanhakwan
reports received here said but withdrew after suffering heavy
losses in an hour of fighting.
Dispatches to the United Press from Changchun cap
ita of the ManchukuO government, quoted Manchukuo
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
HARRY s, SWANSON
IS TAKEN BY DEATH
Former Auto Advertising
Man Victim of Pneumonia.

Harry S. Swanson, 33, former
automobile advertising man on The
Times and Star died today Of pneu-
monia at the home of his parents,
1924 Sturm avenue. He had been i'll
only a short time
He leaves son, George, 2 years
old, whose mother, formerly Miss
Clara Weber, Valley Mills, died a
few days after the child's birth
Other survivors are his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Otto Swanson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03

Boyce, James Custard, E E. Nc
McFarren, John Gansman, Don
sid w. Bolt, David j. Johnson,
Warrant Peacock, Ohio Went
worth, William B. Shideler, Rus
sell E. UT, George Mcdaniel, B.
J. Lorts, c. w. Edison, Robert C.
Wood, John c. Turpin. Philip
Bernstein, T E. Vance. D. H. Dale.
Michael J. Duffecy Jr. and Louis
j. Metzger, Miss Helen Barrett,
Mrs. L. H. Brink, Mrs. J. L Hurst,
Mrs. Walter Sjirts, Mrs w. H.
Barrere. e. L. Buschman, Law
renee J. WEIGH. NJ. E. Townsend,
and Harlan Rollings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press stan Correspondent

fCopvright. 1888. bv United Pressl
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Reduc-
ton of government costs COM
manded attention today as a prime
object Of the incoming Roosevelt
administration.
House and senate Democratic
leaders, who are preparing to con-
fer with the President-Elect in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
SOUTH BEND BANK
LOOTED OF $4,000
Three Bandits Make Raid.
and Flee With Cash.
BIZ I nitcd Press

BIZ Jnitcd Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Jan. 8
Three men today held up the West
ern State bank of South Bend and
escaped with approximately $4,000
cash.
Two employees and a customer
were in the bank when two of the
three holdup men entered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03

hands with each other person at
the table, with the eight semi
flnalists having the lowest minus
or largest plus scores qualifying
for finals wednesday night.
MRS. GRACE c. BUSCH
WI MANN, well-known Indian
apolis player and teacher. will be
referee for both sessions and play
will be under American Bridge
League rules. Mrs. Buschmann's
interpretations will be final.
Entries from group winners will
be accepted this afternoon but
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
PHIL Z0ERCHER NEW
TAX BOARD CHAIRMAN
Veteran Member Becomes First
Democratic Head of Commission.

Philip zoercher, veteran member
of the state board of tax commits
sionerS, became its chairman TODAY
as Democrats began taking over the
reins of state government.
He is the first Democrat to be
chairman since the board became
full time body in 1919. He be-
came a member in 1918. James E.
Showalter, Republican. resigned as
chairman to aid Zoercher.
John j. Brown, former chairman
of the highway commission, became
member of the board today, and
L. O. Chasey, former secretary to
Governor Harry G.. Leslie, was
chosen board secretary, succeeding
Harold Bowman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
Electric Rate Cut Asked

Reduction, eff possible" of cleo
trio rates of the Public Service
Company of Indiana and of the IL
linois Bell Telephone Company is
asked in petition filed today with
the public service commission by
sixty residents of st. John, Lake
county.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
ASK SUPER CABINET
Creation of High Stability Welfare
Board Proposed in Bill.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Creation
of a cabinet to advise the
President and congress on all prob
lens affecting national stability and
welfare was proposed today in bill
sponsored by Senator Willard Tyd-
ings Dem. Md and Walter F.
George Dem, Ga9.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
Start the
New Year Right

Why not start the New
Year right and get your va
cant properly rentedF A
Times Want Al is the ideal
medium through which to
obtain your tenants. A rent
nj ad in The Times is read
each evening by more than
a quarter million readers.
Your ad in The Times is
easy to read. every word is
spelled out i'm full. The cost
Is ever SO Small-only 3 cents
word. with liberal discount
Tor prompt payment.
Just call Ri. 5551 and get the
tenants coming your way, or
you can bring your ad to
Times Want Ad Headquarters,
PA w. Maryland st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
100 FEARED LOST ON
SOVIET ICE-BREAKER
Arctic Ship CoIIides 1,-->l f--Derg;
Radio Reports Cease.

Radio Reports Cease.
By United Press
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 3. = One
hundred members of the crew of
the Soviet ice breaker Malygin were
feared lost today after the ship col
lided with an iceberg in northern
waters.
The Malygin was one of the most
famous of Soviet ships engaged in
exploration in the Arctic. 1t took
many scientific expeditions into the
north.
The Malygin reported the collision
by radio Monday night. The signals
ceased suddenly this morning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
&c. YEAR. OLD MAN SEES
SON BECOME SHERIFF
BB United Press

Civil War Veteran Watches as Oath
Is Administered.
BIZ United Press
ENGLISH, Ind, Jan. 3.-John
Armstrong, Civil war veteran, who
will celebrate his Tooth birthday
Aug. II, witnessed his son Alva take
the Office as Crawford county sheriff
Monday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
Government Costs Slash
First job for Roosevelt

Following is first spatches RAYMOND chief
i S s
a general o arr i
will Collectively of the which this ng
Of
might dered metOr otherwise
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
Jack Pickf0rd, Star of
Films, Is Dead in Paris
Entered Hospital Oct. ID for Treatment for Nervous
Breakdown; Star in Many Pictures
picture of Pickford on Page 5
By UHited Press

PARIS. Jan SACK Pickford and brother of Mary
P1ckford, died at the American
lures since beginning his film Toronto
n ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
Parents and 5 Children
Are Dead in Home Blaze
Father SucCumbs in Hospital of Burns in Attempt to
Rescue His Family.
By Times Special

SHELBY ga children
death their home here today The father died
a futile attempt to his family
il,
Ethel Evelyn, infant age days
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-03
DEBT CLASH IS SEEN

HIram JOHNSON 10 Speak wednesday
on Subject in Senate.
By Thitcd Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Senator
Hiram johnson (Rep., CALI an
nounced in the senate today he
would speak Wednesday at the
earliest possible moment on the
subject of debts owed the United
States by foreign governments.
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(WHICH was all very well, but
w Sheila had no job, very little
money. and scarcely anything in the
way of encouraging prospects. To-
day rent was due. OF course Ma
Lowell would not be insistent, but
Ma, like every one else these days,
needed her money.
The Flying Fosters were out
So were Sally and Joe. The Melody
Trio was resting" Jimmy in the
back room went to Joe Paris place
daily to pick up what he could as
an accompaniSt. And Myrt-well,
Myrt hadn't worked for weeks, AS
Ma put it, it was time for Myrt to
be getting out of the profession and
into some sort of a shop.
Ma herself had sold lingerie while
her daughter. FloSSie. briefly graced
the "FolieS." Mrs. LowellS ROOM
ing house would have been far more
profitable if she had been less
sympathetic and her memory of
what it is like to be down on ones
luck less strong.
Yes, Snella certainly wanted 10
pay her room rent.
Her clothes were becoming shah
by even though they had been we'll
cut, good clothes in their time
However her blouse was frothy and
as white as careful laundering could
make it.
Her gloves were worn. too, but
her feet were neat and trim. Shei-
las feet always were neat and trim
They were her fortune.
Twinkling. twining, tapping. daz,-
zling feet She few down the stairs
now and paused at Myrt'S door.
Come on, Myrt, III blow you 10
breakfast. I'm lonesome"
Myrt'S door opened c. ltiouslv
One eye Deered out and the crack
widened to admit Sheila.
"Oh, it's you" Myrt said rather
unnecessarily. Within. the room
was dark, close, disordered. AS
Sheila dropped into chair, quick
ly unburdened for her use, her host
eSs raised the shade, clutching 6
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
LIBERALS LEFT AT POST

THE old-fashioned die-hard conservative
Il is not happy these days. and the extreme
radical never has been happy. But it IS
doubtful If either Of these groups IS getting
half the misery that IS falling IN the lap OF
a certain kind Of doctrinnaire liberal
The conservative at least can reflect that
he controlled the government for upward OF
a decade The radical always can cock his
ear for the rumble Of tumbrils down the
streets Of the distant future
But there is a certain kind OF liberal 70
whom the present era seems to be bringing
nothing but confusion and disappointment
To be sure, the actions that this liberal
always has demanded Of his government are
being taken. The program that he has
clamored for for years-or something strik-
tngly like its being put into effect. The con-
servatives are in full retreat. all along The line
and they haven't found ralIying point.
But the tragedy, 70 the doctrinnaire lib
eral, is that all this is being done in the wrong
way by the wrong people. The change came
before he could pronounce his blessing upon it.
He Just had got through proving that
nothing Of consequence could be expected
from the present administration, when It pro-
ceeded to take the wind out Of his sails by
adopting his whole program.
What has our liberal been demanding, all
these years?
Well he has called for planned econ
omy" He has wanted federal laws to pro-
tect union labor in the leading industries He
has wanted the New York financial powers
drastically curbed.
He has wanted the government to crack
down on the power trust He has wanted vast
sums spent by Uncle Sam on public works.
He has wanted a systematzed federal employ
ment service.
He has wanted to see people like Frances
Perkins, Ickes and Richberg in important
government positions. He has wanted an adj
ministration that would place human rights
above property rights.
Every one Of these goals has been reached.
Things that until recently looked like remote
possibilities for the millennium now are in
actual operation.
But our liberal got left at the post. Change
caught him mapping. Fate dealt him hand
from the bottom Of the deck. And his IN
happiness, these days is heartrending to
observe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
JOBS AND HOMES
(LUMS may go the way Of child labor and
sWeatShopS, under the recovery act

(LUMs may go the way Of child labor and
sWeatShops under the recovery act.
The public works branch OF the recovarv
administration has approved five model hous-
ing projects for immediate construction with
money loaned from the big public works
funds. This money will be repaid with in
terest. and will, in addition 70 providing work
for unemployed, provide thousands Of fari-
lies with new sanitary and inexpensive
dwellings
Money to be spent for these projects is an
investment in health and human decencv as
well as in dollars and cents. It will give fami-
lies who have existed in airless. smelly. dark.
and insanitary tenements chance for life
and self-respect.
Boston, New York. Philadelphia and
Hutchinson. Kan are getting these first hous-
ing loans. But thirty other protects are under
consideration BY the administration.
The dwellings Of Americas workers have
been national disgrace for years. Poorer
countries tolerate no such slums. It IS a mat
ter Of deep satisfaction that the public works
fund IS to do so much more than just employ
iohless men.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
COTTON PLANNING

THE decision Of Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace to push the cotton campaign
over three years instead of one is calculated
TO do more toward improving cotton prices
and stabilizing this important industry than
any fash-in-the-pan operation.
That was the fault in the original cotton
acreage reduction campaign as originally an
nounced by the agricultural adjustment ad-
ministration. We said then that this plan
could not, and should not be limited to one
year.
The AAA's intention to carry on in the
cotton south for 1884 and 1885 is an intelligent
decision
Instead Of wholesale planting next spring,
and then wholesale destruction TO reduce cot
ton production, the secretary and AAA ap-
parently have decided to curb planting at the
outset
a planned agriculture thus Is attained.