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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-01

A serious question is now being
raised in the minds of men everywhere
Men are asking if democracy has failed.
Many believe that it has failed and are
ready to discard it for despotism that
while somewhat new in form VIII
nevertheless prove in practice as bitter
and obnoxious as the despotism our
fathers fought against in their search
for liberty
Sir Phillips Gibbs, an Englishman
and one OF the most astute observers
Of present times, writes from Paris Of
this trend and pictures conditions IN
his inimitable manner. He says, IN part:
Zone thing is happening to alter the
whole structure Of European civiliza-
ton. That is the fascist advance over
the body of liberty. The old ideals Of
democracy-free speech and opinion
parliamentary government, gra d u
evolution toward general prosperity ane
culture. the right Of the individual Il
his own way of life-have been attacked
and defeated in almost every grea
country in Europe except England ane
France And even France-or some par
of Francis becoming doubtful
TN Germany, Austria and Italy itsel
the corporate state is now enthroned
No man or woman has a right to thinl
or act otherwise than as the state de
crees.
=, within those frontiers and in othe
countries with other forms Of dictator.
ship or state control, including Rus
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-01

s;o democracy is either dead or stun
ned Liberty has gone. The ihoiViuuai
has become a soldier.
81 am not holding brief Tor oen'oe-
racv 1t NAV have committed suielde.
II NAV have collapsed by its own weak
ness and corruption. Some people II
paris. with whom l have been TAKING
believe this with regard to their OWN
sPnt if is futile to pretend that TINS
ob.noe has not occurred and is not stu
ooe,,rrinp II is something that has nap
nened in the mind of the youth OF many
nations 1t is a desire for quick action
II is national discipline, intolerance
vague idealism, disgust with a liberal
ism which has not produced p,ospeil'y H.,
and cynical disbelief in anything pu'
force aggression and authority
Ponder these statements made by tins
keen observer. They are that Liberty
il gone. disgust with liberalism,
and a cynical disbelief in anything
but FORCE, AGGRESSION AND Au-
THoRITY." What perfect foundation
for the development of one Of me
worst forms of despotism the world mas
ever seem What hope has personal no
erty in the midst of such convictions
Some people would transplant tins
obnoxious thing to America. Ihey
would implant here system that IS the
very antithesis of the ideals of personal
liberty on which this government was
founded In their unthinking haste &c
rid the nation of its faults, they woulc
fasten upon themselves more terriois
and dreadful thing.
Liberty is not dead 1t can not die. !
lie a sacred thing and will and must NV
as long as the soul of man seeks Cod
given freedom to express itself. No des
notism will ever succeed in killing y
Perhaps America has still migtn
mission to perform In this trouble
world. Perhaps it is her destiny to stan
as shining example that the highes
, and best type of government can su
. be built on foundation OF fullest III
: erty TO the individual. And after a dis
/ tressed world has again found the pi'
4 falls that it eventually must IN any Tor
: of despotism, perhaps it will again r.
9 turn to those concepts OF personal III
ertv that America--let us hope-h
y in the meantime kept alive in the Wori
n If America is to measure up TO u
J. exalted opportunity she must cie'
e out her own cesspools Of vice and co
o ruption and injustice and build ne
Il and supremely better state on ifner'
) justice and equal opportunity as
God given right Of every man, WON
and child.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-01
pr..;dent's Official kiss

when the President takes the oath
of office he kisses the Bible, opened
to a selected verse.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-01
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to express our gratitude fol
the many acts of kindness shown us IT
the loss Of our dear husband, father
son and brother.
Eunice Corbett,
Mrs Ed Fountain,
Mrs. C. R. Nelson,
Robert Corbett,
George Corbett.
Washington Journal., 1934-08-03
R5mie SaStpi8 An0 NaaOemOtfene
@eor0eS.

Mts 1i9 RDnig 3ubpig bOn 9aDern
in ben fe9Siger Sabren fir turae 3eit
in paris aufhieIt, GuBerte er, aud ben
Munf9, Mobemoiftne Georges gu
{eben. Die beriibmte &iinfflerin,
beren Rubm 3eittptife ben Der Aabel
ii~6erftrablte, Itbte, nn9bem lie ihr be-
beutenbes 0.rm0gen obne ibre S9ulb
perlpren bate, in elmer tleinen pen=
iiOn Tebr auradeeaOgen unb trut nur
nod bisneilen auf. Obnpbl fie Oa=
mails cine bObe Siebaigerin mar,
puBte iie fi9 cine erftaunli9e SUI
genoli9teit gu bepabren ~ u~lerbings
nur fir bic 8iibne, obns beren 5iIfs=
mittel gli9 lie elmer @uine. unslId=
Ii9srpeife fam &0nis 2ubpig aui
ben @ebonten, tie bes MDrsens in
ibrem Ssim 0u belu9en. ST mai
enttduf6t nnb eri9roen. Mm ielben
Nbenb fab er fie ieOO9 i'm Sbeater
Ron 8~ourgogne in Der Sour be Hes=
les. uab Der RDnig tonnte faum fdf=
len, baB Oiefe lebenfpribenbe Daritel=
leria basfelbs Meib mie bic greifu
an Mor9en fein foue. St befu6ts
lie in ibrer 2ose, unb nit bittercm
2G4eln erpiberte lie auf isine Som.
plimente; plies an mir lift falf9.
logar bas @sfdmeibe. bas i9 TRACE"
Sass barauf feb ibr R0nig 2uopia
einen toitboren G9mud iiberreiden
- Der lcBte, Der Der emit 10 gefeierten
Riinflerin gu JiiBen seIest ipurbe,
sic ftarb einfam unb BON Der grOBer
Nelt Derssfen.
Washington Journal., 1934-08-03
Sci eineas gsirte tUuuoermslS. !. .

Bet etneNs @irte tpMMo ermiIO. !.
Sn elmer fleinen Nirtf6oft gu
@ir5burs erf9ienen 3tpei Before
9erren, Der GItsre nit 3innDberrDter
Rafe unb sOIbener 8riIle, Der iiinz
gere trug funtelnbe 8riIlans
ten. @eiOe IieBen iid ouftrogcr.
mas Rii9e unb &elIer in ibrer 8es
f9eibenbeit bieten tonnten, unb err
tlGrten bonn in borgeriidter Stunbe
benz b%ienernben Wirt, 5ie tpDllten einz
nal beg SpaBes balber tpie 9anoz
tuertsburI9en iiberno9ten, i'm QOtoI
f3lafen unD fi9 ibr Eager f9on
felber berri@ten. nSa. aber 6err
8rdf :, meinte Der Mirt -,
ALIEN Der Motnaiige erpiberfe:
nNi9ts ba. @raf! 6trt fin mir
Spe3ln I'M npIl'n llns nal einet
SpaB erIouben." Mit bitlen 8iids
lingen unb nWobl gu f9lofen!" ent=
fernte fi9 Der Wirt unb lieB bic Dorz
nsbmen @IGIte i'm 9otal iiberna9ten.
Nm onberen Mprger tpdren fie
fort, hatten nod sriinbli9 Na9f9ou
gebaIten unter ben Miirften, @9nGp>
fen unb 3isarren unD einen s3etteI
f~OIsenbsn Snbults bintsrioTsn:
Mm beiten tommt man bur9 bic @elt,
Menn man fiG an Bic Dummea bdIt,
8eIonbers, tpenn man trifft elm S9of,
Dem 10 Elm SiteI: Treiberr, @rof,
Wie Dir, gu GfeI, impOniert,
Oo bat man leidt men Strei9 boil.
fiibrt.
@elDbt fei Soft i'm pornbies,
Der fOlhe gfeI pa9fen lieB!
Washington Journal., 1934-08-03

Gum Slid fam mein 6reunb, nit
benz i9 getpettet bate, uno Der ben
8Ommtfdr fannie unb fir mid gut
faste. Der ROmmiFdr entThuloigte
fi4 iiber ben MiBsriff. uuO i'd pdv
frst.
Die Mense mar nutiirli9 febr sut-
tdui9t. @ogIsi6 b0tten fia aDsi
Pnrteien eebiloet. Die cine bebaups
tete. i9 bate meRe 8efreiuns muir
S4iebung Dber freimousrif9en Gin=
fIiifen gu DerOanten. bic dnoers
~ManseI an 8epeiIen.A
llebrigens mar 61mit bic @ef9i9te
ni1t abgetdn. Mm an6eren Mcrgen
tiinDiste mir mein 6nusnirt Sic
Wchnuus. @runb: neil i9 in fei=
mem 9oule einen StanbaI Oerurla4t
bate.
Dus tat mir bamoIs fsbr leib. SD
lisbts meme tlsius @obnune, in Der
ih mid pObl unb gIiidli9 fiibIte,
uber mas fOlte i9 MAIDEN, i9 muBte
aieben.
4ud bic 3eitunstn bemG9tigten
ii9 bisfsr MnseIegenbeit, unb mein
8ureaudef i'm Miniiterium, Der BON
meinsr @erboftung sebOrt bate,
lu9te stpor berSIi9, aber ertldrte mir
bunn febr srnft:
.@ie bdben cine grpBe OummHeit
gema1t! -. 0os publitum 1T 10
ME 70 f9On Der Meinung, baB bic
Mngstelten niat geniigenb Grnit fir
ibren poften baden. SebenfoIs baben
Sic unfere @ermultung fOmprOmits
tiert. Mo9en Sic ii9 barouf gefaBt,
oaB Sbnen am erften Sanuar bic ge=
tp0bnlide @ratififation ent5cge1
miro"
0onnertpetter, ba9.e i9, bds lam
ia gut fperbsn! =
-. gu 6oufe erfpartets mid iebo9
bic idOnte unb srOBte ueberroi9ung.
Sd fdnb sinen 8rief BON meinem
S9niegerDoter Dor. Gr i9rieb mir
~foigenbes:
m@eebrter 9err!
Sd bate Sbnen bic Sunb meiner
So9ter Senriette Derfprp9en. SD
nebme bierburd mein 8erfpre9sn au=
rid. Niemdls fam Elm MenIn. Der,
tpsnn aud nnredterpsife, perbd9tigt
purbt. Elm 5afdmiin8er gu fein. in
meme 5amtlie eintreten. - Duran0."
S9Df, fogts i'd mir. bas 1T dud
tein ltnaIiid, ba bleibe i9 eben
SunggeTelIe. Mber am Mbsnb, ul5 i9
ALIEN mar unb iiber mein MliBgef9id
na9Ou9te, mar mir bus 9era bod Elm
penig f9psr, baB ia msin Slid 10
Iei9tfinnig berf6er8t bate.
l1nO meme !Serren, tpsnn i9
ben Rorb gbampagner unb bos aus
e~rIeIene Souper ipenisifsns genoFsn
bate! Nein. mein Jreunb nurbe
orsi Sage fpGter in Elm dnberes Htgi=
ment berfebt. muBte f9leunieit obrei=
fen, unb i'd =. i4 mar Neefe 49,"
Washington Journal., 1934-08-03
SMrfemweim.

Oas lift elm @piBname fir einen
lauren Mein, ME EN- fOl9er unter
Dem @efamtndmen nNa4enpuber"
bttannt lit uno aud f9Dn CUR 3eit
Der r0mifhen Raifer nit dlerhanb
Spibndmen belegt tpurbe. SD nannte
Der Rdifer Siberius ben @urrentiner
nur einsn ~e0sln @Kig." Sn teinem
be1<ren Rufe ftanoen bic Meine BON
Neienta uno pelignum. Ser ehte
Siirtenpein gebDrt hem Sabre 1929
an. Die gbronit DOn Neuitabt q. b.
6arbt fiibrt i'm nnter Der @er5ei9=
nung .@isOertGufer" ouf. gs beiBt
bort: .Sm Sabre 1929 mar elm fall
ter WinO. groBe @epdfer in allen
QGnoern. Msin febr Iaiier uno fat
ungenieBbar, baber Wiebertdufer ge=
nannt. Meil gerabe Der tiirtif9e
Sultan @ien beIdgerte. beranntc
mar bos @epd9s auh Siirfennein.
Ser Mein fou 10 iauer gepeIsn fein.
NAB man i'm. felbH mil anterem
Osrmii9t. nod gang a4t Subren ass
fAmedt babe"
Washington Journal., 1934-08-03
Scr ieseInOe srunbaoOnr.

Ser ebemalige 9perni1nger 2Iit-
gaaroe, elm S1ueoe bon @eburt, 1T
iest bon @eItminIter nit elmer tlei-
men Motoriaht nufgebro1en, Inn
iid Our9 @eiang uno Spiel einen
unterbdlt at beroienen un0 babel
ben @eg bud gana europa gu neb-
men. Seine Srar beeleitet i'm amf
0ieier romontiiden l1nternebmung.
Der mooernc S~roubd0our ipieIt 3u-
glei1 @uitarre. |or Der Mbfobrt
bate fiA cine groBe Menge bon
Neugierigen beriammelt, fir Die
Der SdweOe, Der friiber in GoDent
@aroen oufoetreten 1T, Die eriten
2ieOer ieiner &reu5fabrt gum 8elten
CAB. @1breno Grau &litgnnroe I'm.
ter Sen 3ub0rern Iammelte, erfl1rte
iie: rWiein Mnnn lit bon 8linobeit
beOrobt, iooaB feline 9pernlaufbabn
por5eitig elm @n0e nobm. @ir Iie-
ben beioe bic See ur0 10 baben mir
ms entiHloiien, in oieiem Scmmer
iegelnOe 2roubaooure gu iein. gu
erlt fabren mir nod SitenOe uno
oanE ben Riilten un0 Baiierlaufen
folgen6 ourd gana europa"
Washington Journal., 1934-08-03
Der epsnaas serabmter manasr.

1ltber bds 9llter. in benz cine Rtibe
BON beriibmten Mdnnern in ben Che
ftanb traten, geben folgenbe itatiifii9e
Mngdben Muff9luB: DRit 18 Sabren
beiratete Gbatefpeare, nit "a Dante,
@urte unb Bultper, nit 26 Repler,
Mo5ort. 6rantlin unb Multer Scott,
nit q Malbinston, Napoleon /. unb
2orb 8bsou. nit 80 gRofIini gum err
ten unb nit "a gum 5~ipeiten Male,
nit 81 S9iner unb RarI Marid b.
NSeber, nit 80 @baucer, 6ogartb
pesl unb @isIan0, mil SO Mriitopba=
nes, nit 81 Wenington, nit 80
Solma, nit AZ Cutler, nit A Mbbis
ion. NIT 40 Gpift. nit So Button.
nit 81 @oetbe.
Washington Journal., 1934-08-03

Nein, mas mag ct bas 3eug aerne
bier orouBtn uuf SiitbogclbeiOe. 3v
unb 81 f90n ITS bier. Dsntt ooH
BLOB an bic NdFerbertreter un0 Bic
SG9er un0 ole 5turmDOeel - vaIle
Ooge mat Niies!" Mber bic IiebHen
fnb SOdsn bod .ieine" @rabadEfe
@igentIi9 1T Die @ronOeans ia ocr
teine Sans, fnpn mebr eine gnte.
Nber Der Gtreit regt Soben nint
dnf. gr fam oos Iateinif9e g" nur
oesbdIb 70 biibfn an bic Sofel mdIen,
neil er babel an ben 3ierIi4 eetroqez
men 5aIs ieinsr G~rdbqans benft.
uno neil es am 9tranbe ni1t 60b.en
uno RObren entlaRg gibt, bu06elt Ct
iel6er pel9e uno freut fih ME elm
SHneetOHig. ipenn Elm pGr4en bdrin
briitet. pfiffis muB er babel gu
Merte geben unb nit elmer 6nde an
LANCER Stdnes tief, febr tief Sic biinz
men @dnge berdustrdBen. Cont Tnb
Die Nsfter gefGbrbet ourG Sic Weib<r,
Die Der Sans Oie tptifen Jsbern ftsb
len, bic ie Ii9 aus Der 8ruIt rupft,
nm bdmit Die Gier gu beOeden, fo=
balb lie bonn Nefts gebt. Diefe alien
Weiber fteEaen aud oft Die gier.
Nber ME fat Soden oenen elm Neit
~perroten, unO an feline Gdnge fam
teias ranI
Dafiir BAT er jeBt feline 5rsube an
ben SdngbOeeln. Die dnfangs Mueuft
bic 8rutb0bls perldTen baden rno
nun BORT auf Dem 8ru1e i'm H0bri1!
itedsn. gu fpaBis 1T bag, tpenn fe
bsroustommen un0 nit ben Bitten
ipasferen gsbsnl gu fpaBig -
81
Sa, mas BAT oenn Der Sun9eg ST
sdirmt Die 9onO Dor Die Mugsn,
unb bonn redt er ii9 uuf. OFF, ia 10:
etn Men19! Rommt Ser dber Idnqs
lam ansefdIinen!
Spit fnurrt f9On un6 Iduft i'm
cntgesen. Wirb f9on Elm re6ter
8ummler iein, bier orauBen gu 10
fpGter Stunbe! Oa bat Der 6hn0
einen 9osfe duf9etan. spit, ninfte
bierber! Spib -" ia Der! Grit muB
er ben &rummen in bic bloue peHs
bite gejagt bdben, odnn fommt ct
jd9eIno uno be9elno mieber. So6en
ftedt apei Singer in ben Muno unb
| pfeiFt ~ iatpou! rRiimmit ut be
Nngit MID rut,~ bentt Spit. Muf
benz SdnbbiigeI am Weioentiimptl
bleibt er Iiegen; nit Ben priigeln eiIt
bag ia ni9t 70 isbr! nno f9lieBIi9
bre6t So6en fid Ia9enb UNI unb
tpurtet, OaB @pis OOn ieIbit pieDsr>
fpmmt.
0a 1T Der 5rembe in3piI1en
heron. 9errgOtt, oas 1T ia nobI tpabr
unO ~pabrbaftig Ser 9err @1uline
fpeftorl Was min benn Der bier 1tus
bisren9"
~5sb, On Oo, Slnge, tOmm NAL
ber!6
SO9sn rabrt fd nidt. st bsnit
genau pie Spit: Dat lift 10 ni9!"
nSunge fpmm bod nal Der. min
Did mas frusen!"
Soden oentt: Trag nur, i9 tam
f@On bOren. Rdber tommenO, ruff
Der 9err G4ulinfpettor:
rMO sebt bier tpObl Der @sg mad
2~iittenbdgen2"
nGiib Dor: fiis 70 Haul un6 fann'n
Meg int nd4fte DOrp MID finn'n"
Washington Journal., 1934-08-03
MuerIet @ebeimmtKe.
gOn cite arofft.

Son cite 9rafft.
@er BON alien @oat0dtern.
BlouO unb braun, uno 9roB uno Helm
6dtt nidt iein @ebeimniseddea
Sn oes 5er3ens tiefem 56rein2
WieIerlet lit orin per6orgen,
6unoert 9tnae mnterbunt,
8eisheit beufe, Sor6eit mor9eu,
@onz oernu tpiro's teinem fuu0-
llnS es oriidt uno plnet 9etualtig.
Renn Der Iorrat ipirO gu ere6,
Iiuo man bat uiht cher Hlhe.
Bis man gliidlih Elm SetI LOG.
limb NJ f~IiiItert, nno nan tuldelt
Sn Der Sreun6in ptaig DIR,
Gh, ihr 1i6eu GbntOhter,
Ge6t eud BLOB babel redt bori
Washington Journal., 1934-08-03

9erIobumgsringe fin
bibliiden lripruuss.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-05-16
HUTSELL WINS,
RECHECK SHOWS
Wilson SubpenaS Ledger,
Will Present Case to
Grand Jury.

George o. Hutsell today claimed
the Republican county clerk nomi-
nation over Edgar Hart following
discovery of two alleged primary
vote tabulation errors.
Prosecutor Herbert Wilson, an
nouncing the case will be presented
to the county grand jury. subpe-
naed the ledger of the canvasSing
board in which the alleged errors
are reported to have been discov-
cred.
Finding of the alleged errors was
made as a result of an investiga-
tion conducted by election workers,
employed by Mr.. Hutsell. The al
legged errors were said to have been
made in the Eleventh and Sixteenth
wards.
The figures compiled by the in
vestigators did not tally with the
official figures" Mr.. Hutsen said.
I'm not going to do anything, .
he added. except to insist that my
name be put on the Republican
ticket, as nominee for Marion
county clerk. The rest of it is up
to the Marion county authorities. "
While Mr.. Wilson was quick to
act in Mr.. Hutsell's case, he was
hesitant about investigating the al
legged claims of election frauds ad-
vanced yesterday by Louis R. Mar
kun. Mr.. Wilson said he could not
find sufficient subStantiation Of
Mr. Markun's claims.
Mr. Hart was declared elected in
the official count made public by
the canvasSing board Monday. He
was reported victor by a margin
of 1T votes. while the recheck of
the tabulations, made public today
reveal that Mr. Hutsell was elected
by more than 200 votes.
Mr.. Hart told The Times that i'm
mediately he would file a request
for a recount.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-05-16
Kidnapers of Gettle Plead Guilty,
Get Life Sentences in San Quentin;
Jubilant Oil Man Dances Jig in Court
Swift Justice Melted Out to
Abductors; Fate of
Women Uncertain.
By I Hited Press

By United Press
LOS ANGELES, May 16.-Prison
walls will close about the kidnapers
of william F. Gettle today, a week
after James Kirk, Roy Williams and
Larry Kerrigan planned the ransom
abduction of the Beverly Hills mil
lionaire.
Swift justice was meted the trio
last night when on their pleas of
guilty, they were sentenced to life
imprisonment under CALIFORNIA;
new kidnapping law.
Under the California kidnap law,
as interpreted by Judge Charles w.
F'ricke, the trio will be doomed to
life imprisonment, but with the
possibility of parole"
They agreed to plead guilty to es-
cape a possible death penalty, per-
mitted only if victim has been
harmed. Mr.. Gettle said he was
not.
Two women arrested with the
gang, Loretta Woody and Joan
Burke. remained in Jail, uncertain
of their fate. Prosecutors said they
might be charged with conspiracy to
commit kidnapping
The wealthy retired oil man was
jubilant over the outcome. AS the
prisoners, heavily manacled were
led from the courtroom, he left the
witness box and executed an inn
promptu jig. Clasping the hands of
newspaper men and several women
grand jurors, who only a few min
utes before had voted the kidnapping
indictment, he shouted his JOY.
Its great day and a great
country" he cried.
District Attorney Moves Fast
The kidnapers will be transferred
to San Quentin prison late tody.
Spurred by public indignation
over the kidnapping, the district at
torney's office moved with unpre-
cedented speed to bring the kid
napers to trial.
District Attorney Buron Fits
yesterday afternoon interrupted the
happy reunion of Mr.. Gettle with
his wife and four children to sum-
mon him before the grand jury.
While Mr.. Gettle was telling the
grand jurors how he was abducted
from his country estate in Arcadia
by two masked men a week ago to-
night, and of his f1ve-day imprison-
ment in the kidnapers' lair, Fits
was interviewing the prisoners.
plead guilty to kidnapping and
take life sentences-or We'll do our
best to hang you when you go to
trial." he declared,
Spars for Time
Kirk, the admitted ringleader,
spared for time.
I'VE want to see an attorney
first" he announced.
Their request was granted. One
attorney urged them to plead guilty.
Kirk was dissatisfied and summoned
a second attorney. He, too. sug-
gested they accept the states ulti-
matum. The conference ended at
7:30 p. m.
Within the quarter-h they
stood before Judge Fricke with Of
fers to plead their guilt.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-05-16
BIZ United Press

Rn United Press
NEW YORK, May l6.-Captain
George Braithwaite, commander of
the lightship Nantucket. which now
lies thirty fathoms deep off the At
lantic coastal shoals she used to
guard. related today the miracle"
of his rescue from the S. S. Olympic
crash.
The captain. a deeply religious
man-aS many sailors from New
England ports are inclined to be
sat in a cabin aboard the White
Star liner that had run down his
lightship in yesterdays fog, and in
simple words told the drama of the
collision which cost the lives of
seven of mis- men. Four were rescued
by the Olympic.
His head was handaged where he
had been smashed up by the grind
The Indianapolis times., 1934-05-16
CITY MAN KILLED
BY FREIGHT TRAIN
Body Found on Big Four
Tracks by Brakeman.

Less than an hour after he left
his home early today to look for
work, the body of a man identified,
according to police, as George Hor-
vat, 65. of TIT Ketcham street. was
found on the tracks of the Big Four
railroad. two blocks southeast of
Michigan street.
The body was discovered by Floyd
M. Luke, 2427 North Talbot avenue,
a brakeman. employed by the Big
-Four railroad. who reported to police
that Mr. Horvat's body had been
severed, apparently by a freight
train which is believed to have run
over him as he attempted to cross
the tracks.
Police advanced the theory that
Mr.. Horyat had attempted to crawl
under a freight train, which started
suddenly and pinned him under the
wheels. The body was sent to the
city morgue by DR.. William E. Ar
buckle, coroner.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-05-16
Trusted God Almighty Relates England Captain Lghp
British Liner Olympic

stick of wood two feet six inches
long, five inches wide, and three
eighths Of an inch thick. It didn t
help a great deal. I couldn't seem
to keep my head above water.
Then I saw the boats, and the
next thing I knew was aboard one
and there was poor Mister Rich
mond Julian Richmond, Nantucket
oiler who diedD.
Laurent Robert, another oiler,
used to be life guard He knew
about artificial respiration, and he
brought me around"
The survivors we're hoisted aboard
the Olympic, he said and all Of
them were offered shot of rum.
I didn't take it," the captain
said. It don't drink. But I did
smoke a cigaret-the first one I've
smoked since the World war;"
The Indianapolis times., 1934-05-16
NOT GUILTY, HPLEA OF
MEYER-KISER OFFICIALS
AS THEY FACE COURT
Four Former Bank Heads
Appear Before Baker
With Attorneys.
JUNE TRIAL IS POSSIBLE
Defense Will Not Be Ready
Before goth of Month,
SAYS DALEY,

Four former officers of the
defunct Meyer-Kiser bank,
appeared before Criminal
Judge Frank P. Baker today
and pleaded not guilty to
charges of grand larceny and
embezzlement, in connection
with the failure of the bank.
Only handful of spectators we're
present to witness the proceedings.
Flanked by defense attorneys,
Julian j. Kiser, Melville S. Cohn.
Sol Meyer and his son, Ferdinand
Meyer. all former officers of the In
dianapolis bank, waived preliminary
hearing and entered pleas of not
guilty through their attorneys,
Frank G. Daley, Allan Boyd and
Paul Y. Davis.
No specific date was set for the
trial, but Judge Baker and the de-
fense attorneys agreed that trials
will not be held before June 20.
Mr.. Daley stated that the defense
had not had time to investigate the
charges.
Object to Pictures
THE prosecution won't be able to
hear the case until after June T."
said Judge Baker, because of the
trial of Edward (Foggy) Dean, in-
dicted for the holdup of the Peoples
Motor Coach Company Deans
trial is set to begin on June ~
Mr.. Daley asked Judge Baker not
to set a trial date before June 20.
In answer to a question by the
court, the defense attorney stated
that it had not been determined
whether the former bank officials
wished separate trials.
Judge Baker and Mr.. Daley OBJ
jected to pictures being made of the
prisoners in the courtroom. All
four defendants were silent during
the arraignment and attempted to
hide their faces from photographers
as they left the courtroom.
Sol Meyer and his son recently
l z u Ii Z u lIOIIl FlOIlQd dIb6E
the grand jury indictments in con-
nection with the failure of the
bank we're returned against them.
Bank Closed in 1881
The Meyer-Kiser bank closed it's
doors May II. 1881. Some time later
Circuit Judge Earl Cox named Al
yah Rucker as special investigator
into the affairs of the bank. Mr..
Rucker made a report to Judge Coz
and his findings were turned over
to Prosecutor Herbert Wilson for
grand jury investigation.
Floyd Mattice was named special
grand jury investigator to handle
the case before the high jury.
When the Meyer -Kiser bank
closed its doors they had on their
books deposits to the amount Of
$1,743, 1858 distributed as follows:
Demand deposits, S793, ,89756: con-
struction deposits, 5 2,39755; savings
deposits, 1894 103.06. and certificates
of deposit, 63,350.36.