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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22
MARTIN insult
FREED BY JURY
Untried Cases Sure to Fail,
Brothers Claim After
New Victory.
By United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-Samuel and
Martin insult, brothers who built a
So 900 100000 utilities empire from
Junk piles" joined today in jubi-
liant celebration of their second jury
vindication in two months of re-
sponSibility for the losses of thou
sands of investors in their business
collapse.
Both men predicted confidently
after Martins acquittal yeSter-
day of embezzlement charges that
neither would be brought to trial
on remaining State and Federal in
dictments.
A Criminal Court jury found Mar
tin not guilty, reporting IA hours
after receiving the case at l a. m.
The younger of the two brothers.
Martin, is 70, Samuel 75-was &C
cused of misusing $344,720 from the
treasury of Middle West Utilities
Company, of which he was presi-
dent. The jury decided he was JUS
titled in contending that the cor
porations charter gave him au-
thority to use its funds as he did.
Samuel, who faces a similar in
dictment as chairman of the COM
panys board, was acquitted of mail
fraud last month in Federal Court
in connection with sale of stock in
Corporation Securities Company,
another of the insult investment
concerns.
Both brothers beamed like small
boys when the jury verdict was read
late yesterday in the court of Judge
c. j. Harrington.
boy, oh boy! What a swell
Christmas present this is" eX-
claimed Martin.
In his exuberance he grabbed a
woman newspaper reporter, waltzed
a few steps and gave her a resound-
ing kiss.
Deportation proceedings which
would return him to Canada as an
alien we're deferred when Judge
Harrington set his trial on a second
Indictment for Jan. 10. Samuel's
trial on the same charge is sched-
uled for Jan. 9.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22

Every one was as serving as an
honorary pallbearer for Old Man
Depression and was liking it. Po-
icemen waved from their posts,
street car operators were unusually
CHEEKY, mailmen smiled wider
though their loads were heavier.
Traffic police estimated there were
more people downtown today than
any day since The indianapolis
Times Santa Claus parade, which
was the signal. store operators said,
for the beginning of the real buying
rush in the city.
And everywhere, especially in
churches of the city. spirited prepa-
rationS were being made for enter
tainments and programs of special
holiday significance.
Florists Business Heavy
The churches have made it a mu-
steal Christmas, with elaborate pro-
grams to be executed in the days
Immediately preceding and follow
ing Christmas.
Fraternal. business and charity
organizations made it a generous
Christmas. with thousands to soon
know the JOY of a toy, feel the
warmth of new clothing, taste the
goodness of adequate food.
Indianapolis florists report &
Christmas business nearly twice as
large as last years. The young man
who says it with flowers seems to be
especially talkative, for most of the
orders are for the more expensive
flowers and the more elaborate cor
SageS.
The University Park Christian
Church has arranged to provide food
and toys for at least 40 families.
The church choir will sing Christ
mas cantata tomorrow morning and
a special Christmas program will
be given tomorrow night.
Scouts to Aid Needy
Boy Scouts of Troop SO held their
annual Christmas good turn party
last night at which it was arranged
to distribute baskets of food TO
needy families. Girl Scouts OF
Troop IS will hold a Christmas party
n the Exhibition House" at the
Federal Building at tonight.
Indianapolis Lodge II. Loyal Or
der of Moose. will hold its annual
Christmas party for children Christ
mas night in the Moose Temple, l35
n. Delayare st.
The Marion County Board of Chill
dren's Guardians will give a Christ
mas party at 1880 tonight at the
Guardians home, 575l Univer-
sity-av.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22
SABBATH PLEA MADE
FOR M|LE-0F-DIMES
Churchgoers to Get Chance
to Help Cause.

A sidewalk collection plate to put
woollen- warmth on the needy chill
dren of the city will lift its arms in
silent plea tomorrow-in front of
L. S. Ayres & Co., and S. 5. Kresge
Co. fl
Mile-of Dimes. The indianapolis
Times Sidewalk Santa for Clothe-A-
Child, will spend its second Sunday
by giving church-goers and passerS-
by an opportunity to kneel at its
pavement pulpit and help send the
sermon of Christmas into homes of
the under privileged of Indianapo-
lis.
With Mile-of-Dimes passed its
FIFTEENTH row today, it sought
to give an opportunity for the man
with little and the man with a
plenty a place where silver offer
ing would mean the re-birth of a
boy or girl in morale as we'll as NIT
tens and mackinaWS.
The Inter-Fraternity Council Of
local high schools, General outdoor
Advertising Co. and Roberts Milk
Co. were three heavy donors to the
DIME line. The biggest donor was
to the Palace Theater whose Mile
of-Dimes dime show Melted S78.25
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22
SANTA TAKES CARE OF
PRESIDENT; HE SENDS
ALONG NINE TURKEYS

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-San-
ia Claus arrived at the White
House today, three days early,
bearing hundreds of gifts and
thousands of greetings for the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Mail clerks drafted as his help
ers worked at top speed in the
basement of executive offices try
ing to keep up with an avalanche
of presents from all parts of the
nation.
Before noon they had handled
more than 5000 packages and
cards.
Many admirers sent delicacies
that will grace the White House
table during the holidays. They
ranged from Florida grapefruit
to a buck deer. The Roosevelts
are assured, too, of hay ing plenty
of turkey. Nine have been re-
ceived so far, as well as many
wild ducks and quail.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22
RUSSIA FACING
GRAVE REVOLT,
LONDON HEARS
Soviet Government Masses
Troops After Finding
Second Plot.
FRONTIER Is GUARDED
Trotski Blamed for Killing
of Kirov; Stain to Act
as Judge.
| FRONTIER is GUARDED

BIZ United Press
LONDON, Dec. 22.-London news
papers, in dispatches from Warsaw,
continued today to report a grave
plot against the Soviet govern
ment.
The Daily Telegraph, one of the
more conservative papers, reported
that second plot had been un-
earthed at Kharkov, in South Cen
trail Russia, and that there were
extraordinary troop achievements
and general precautions on the
frontier.
The Daily Express reported that
Josef Stain himself would be one OF
the judges of Gregory zinoviev and
Leo Kamenev, said to be under ar
rest, and that Stain would ask
France to expel Leon TrotSki as
the real motivator of the assassina-
ton of Sergei Kirov.
High Official Arrested
In it's dispatch the Daily Tele-
graph reported from its Warsaw
correspondent that 81 Communist
leaders were arrested at Kharkov.
including the leader of the Ukranian
Communist party and a high So
Wet official.
Passengers on the train between
Warsaw and Moscow, the dispatch
said, were subjected to rigorous
search at the frontier.
The Daily Express, as from It's
Warsaw correspondent, alleged that
zinoviev and Kamenev would be
tried promptly and would be shot II
found guilty of charges of COM
plicity in Kirov's assassination and
in an uprising of police in Lenin-
grad at the time Of his death. This
uprising" alleged to be Of political
police of Leningrad in protest
against the arrest of some Soviet
officials held to have been insult
fciently careful in guarding KlroV,
has been denied from Moscow.
TrOtSki Is Blamed
In addition to Stain, the Express
asserted, Judges at the trial will be
Dmitri Manuilsky of the Presidium
of the Communist international
which Zinoviev once headed;
Michael Kalinin, president of the
Union Executive Committee, which
corresponds to Parliament; Lazar
Kaganovitch of the powerful Com
munist Political Bureau, and Gregory
Ordzhonikidze Commissar of Heavy
Industry.
It was alleged that the govern
ment would bring witnesses to say
they saw Zinoviev and Micollev, the
assassin, walking together in Len
ingrad recently.
1t was assured also that the gov
eminent charged that letters from
zinoviev were found in the pockets
of the head of the Lenlngrad polltl-
cal police, indicating that Trotskl
engineered the uprising through
Zinoviev.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22
13 Terrorists Nabbed
,vright. 1as4. by united Pressl

Copyright. 1884, by United Press
MOSCOW, Dec. pa direct
charge that the assassination OF
Sergei Kirov was ordered by the
Zinoviev-T rotski opposition in the
Communist movement today faced
IS men held for trial before the
dread military collegium of the SUI
preme court.
There was no mention Of the fate
of Gregory Zinoviev and Leo KAN
enev. former leaders of world i'm
portance, whose arrest was reported
abroad. The fact that the IS men
held faced trial before the military
collegium was sufficient indication
of the seriousness with which the
government regarded their cases.
This special court has power un-
der the emergency dictatorship OF
the proletariat" proclaimed after
Kirov's death to hold trials in secret
without even the presence of prose-
cutting or defense attorneys, and to
order executions to be carried out
at once without the right of appeal.
They were charged with trying
to disorganize the leadership of the
government through terroristic acts
directed against the chief leaders of
the regime, and thus effect a change
in present policies to coincide with
those of the Zinoviev- Trotsky oppo-
sition.
The Is were indicted jointly with
the assassin Micoliev. There was no
mention of date or condition Of
trial. All IA, it was charged, were
members of IAN underground ter
rorist group" of the Leningrad cen
ter Of opposition. All were men, who
like Zinoviev and Kamenev, had
been expelled from the Communist
party. But, also like zinoviev and
Kamenev, some had been readmit-
ted unon recantation of their views
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22

The present petition alleges
that the previous one was
dropped after Mr.. Perry had
"implored her forgiveness"
and agreed ito be true to his obliga-
lions as husband" and to assign
to her half of all his property"
Former Power Company President
Mr. Perry is owner of the Indi-
annapolis American Association base
ball club, former president of the
indianapolis Power and Light Co.,
former vice president of the Utilities
Power and Light Corp, and his
Wife's first petition for divorce esti-
mated his fortune at $2,000,O00
Mrs. Perry alleged in the present
petition that her husband did not
assign to her half of his property,
and that che repeated immoral con-
duct with various women, and he
maintained one or more apartments
IN indianapolis or elsewhere for pur-
poses Of housing and supporting
women"
The petition alleges that ION Nov
II the plaintiff discovered, saw and
witnessed the defendant in associ-
alton with woman in one of the
apartments in Indianapolis"
Estimates Fortune at S3,O0O,0O
Mrs. Perry said further in her pc
tition that on that day she left her
husband and now is without means
of support. She estimated the for
tune of her husband now at $3,000,-
900 and asked the court for an al
lowance pending trial for herself
and for their son. Norman A. Perry
Jr., 10, whose custody she asks.
Mrs. Perry gave as her residence
1858 N. Meridian-st, and said she
had been resident of Marion
County for AZ years. The law firm
Of Matson, Ross, McCord g. Clifford
filed the petition for her.
Between the time the former pc
tition was filed and Withdrawn,
Circuit Court awarded Mrs. Perry
SITS a month and $4,000 attorney
fees, according to court records.
Mr.. Perry could not be reached
this afternoon for comment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22

new legislation to be sought, but it
is indicated it may be revolution
ary."
Easing of eligibility rules on paper
which member banks may redis-
count at Federal Reserve banks may
be used as lever to pump more
billions of credit to business.
A high Administration official said
many banks are reluctant to make
loans when their short term assets
are so limited that they might i'm
pair their liquidity. Under the new
plan long term home or farm mort
cages or long term industrial notes
and municipal tax warrants would
indirectly be made available for re-
discount at the discretion Of the
Federal Reserve Board.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22
The Time Is Growing Short, Children
Are Getting COld-CIOthe-A-ChiId
NOW Before 1t Becomes Too Late

Boys were in demand. Girls
we're forced to step aside IN some
cases for their more stalwart
brothers as donors to Clothe-A-
Child left the scale of femininity
unbalanced against that of the
stern sex.
SEVEN HUNDRED children as
sured warm clothing by Monday
morning is Clothe-A-Child's goal.
Nor will today be the last day to
shop for boy or girl.
ClOthe-A-Child will be open as
late Christmas Eve as donors can
shop in city stores for their
Youngsters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22

ID EMEMBER your gawky days?
IN Remember the days when
your voice got off-key or you
stumbled awkwardly?
There are boys and girls of that
age in Clothe -A-Child. annual
campaign of The indianapolis
Times for a city's needy children,
who wait for some one to smooth
those adolescent days with warm
garb.
AS Clothe-A-Child today
reached 665 children dressed in
warm garb, or approximately $3.50
expended to clothe a citys un-
fortunates. the lists became long
on the gaWky ages and girls.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22

TINE bachelor who wants to
II give himself Christmas
thrill, the firm or club that wants
to make a Christmas party a new
surprise will have until late
Christmas Eve to go into the
homes OF a citys children and
place new garb where drab gar
ments chung before.
Whatever the age, size, or color
Of hair the campaign of Clothe-
A-Child can provide you with a
boy or girl if you call Riley 5551.
If you're too busy to shop, The
Times will do it for you and send
you the name of your girl or
boy.
Each child has been checked for
need by Community Fund relief
agencies and the social service de-
partment of the public schools.
The agencies can not hope to
make Christmas one grand spend
ing spree but they do give you,
through Clothe- A-Chill, an oppor-
tunity to make Christmas spell
the practically of preventing i'll
health and disease.
T IST of donors to Clothe-A-
l. Child, bringing the total up to
8 a. m. today to 665, follow:
and 1, ShinoIa -Bixby Co., five chill
dren.
C. C. C. & ST. L. Railway. Stationery
Dept. Employees, child.
Inspectors and Finishers Dept, Eli
Lilly e. Co., boy.
No Name Except Happy to Do It,"
boy and girl
o. E. X. and Co., two children.
Crown Paper Box Co., cared for one
boy and took another.
Enlisted Men of Medical Detachment
of Fl. Harrison, boy.
r. NJ. boy.
Employees of Capitol Paper Co., girl.
Alpha Gamma Sorority, Alpha chap
ter. girl.
Chevrolet Commercial Truck Body Co.,
Dept. 81. three children.
H. E. q. boy.
Sales Dept, Public Service Co. ot In
diana, girl.
Seventh District Federation of Clubs.
girl.
Sigma Chi Delta Sorority, Alpha Chap
ter, girl.
Sears oebuck Goodfellows, boy and
girl
Warehouse Offices, Statesmen and EN-
ployes of Sinclair Refining Co.. boy.
Real Silk Hosiery Mills, Third Floor,
Day Shift, Bldg. No. IL, cared for four
children and took three more.
Real Silk, Order Filling, boy.
Lincoln Office, Operators, Indiana Bell
Telephone Co., cared for four boys and
took a girl
R. NJ B. Santa Claus. three children.
Den Zare Club. boy.
E. C. Atkins Co., Factory Employees.
boy.
Omega Tau Delta Sorority, dressed one
and took another girl
Medical staff of the United States
Veterans Hospital, Cold Spring-rd, boy.
Chi Gamma Phi fraternity, boy.
From An Admirer, three children.
J. Y. Santa Helper. boy.
D. NJ. S. Santa Helper, girl.
Employees of the General Motors Ac-
ceptance Corp. of Indiana, two boys
ard girl.
Universal CarIoa ding and Distrib-
uting Co. Employees, boy.
Central Transfer and Storage Co.. boy.
st. Philip Neri Bowling League, two
boys.
Association of Western Union En-
ployes, boy and girl.
Parkway Recreation Bowling League.
Parkway Alleys. bow.
Joseph j. Daniels, girl.
In His Name. girl.
Indiana polls post No. of the Amer
lean Legion. boy.
Employees of the Hoosier Motor Club.
girl.
Employees of Allison Engineering Co..
one boy and girl.
American Business Club. boy.
Chevrolet Commercial Truck Body Co.,
Dept. IS, two children.
Rough Notes Bowling League. bow.
C. P. Lesh Paper Co.. cared for one
child and took another.
Men from Building IS, Eli Lilly Co.,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22
DELAY ARRANGEMENT
OF MURDER SUSPECT
Missing Witnesses Cause Postpone
ment of Hyatt Hearing.

Because certain witnesses could
not be located. Deputy Sheriff
Charles McCalliSter yesterday re-
Quested and received a continuance
until Wednesday in the Municipal
Court arraignment of Lawrence
Hyatt. operator of the Boy Howdy
tavern. Madison av. south of the
city. who is charged with having
murdered Arthur Dampier IN a
brawl at the tavern last Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22
NURSE LOSES 5000
RINGS AT ACCIDENT
Leaves Jewelry In Unlocked Car
to View Collision.

The next time Miss Lois Sewer.
TIA Berkley-rd. is tempted to park
her own auto and view from close
range the collision of two others,
she'll be careful to leave behind no
valuables.
Being a nurse. Miss Sewer was
motivated by professional interest
in parking near 43rd and Meridian
SITS, last night and hurrying TO the
corner to ascertain the nature of
an accident. And in her haste she
forgot the danger of leaving a purse
IN an unlocked auto.
Consequently. according to infor-
nation given police. she returned to
discover a sickening theft Her
purse was still there but two dia-
mond rings, valued at 5000, were
gone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22
VIGILANTES AID TROOPS
IN LYNCH-CRAZED TOWN
Renewal of Rioting Which Claimed
Lives of Four Feared.


SHELBYVILLE, Tenn, Dec. o.
A vigilante committee aided the
military in preserving order today
as hundreds Of country people ar
rived for their usual Saturday in
the city"
Authorities feared the possibility
of new outbreak Of mob violence
which cost the lives of four Wednes-
day. Feeling still ran high in the
countryside against E. K. Harris,
Negro, accused Of assaulting a IA
year-old white girl. The mob al
tempted to lynch Harris Wednesday
when he was placed on trial.
The military, in defendin. MIN,
killed four. The mob later burned
the courthouse and ruled Shelby
vile until Thursday, when addi-
tional troops arrived.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22

This program would give the Fed
eral Reserve Board powers to pro-
vide new credit to business through
authority to establish discretionary
rules to determine eligible paper Of
fered for loans at the reserve banks.
The Reserve Board also might as
sumo increased power over the man
agement of the II now de-central-
lied Federal Reserve Banks through
appointment of aggressive" agents
in the banks and appointment of
governors, now selected by the banks
themselves.
The banking legislation program
is to be formulated jointly by the
Federal Reserve Board, Federal De-
post Insurance Corp, Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corp. and the Treas
ury. Government officials have been
at variance as to the importance Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22
CHRISTMAS SERVICES

The most complete presenta-
ton of special Christmas serv-
ices in Indianapolis churches in
the history Of The indianapolis
Times appears on Pages 2, 3
and 4 of today's newspaper.
This greatest presentation of
special musical programs is
presented by The Times as an
other of the services this news
paper renders its readers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22
MERCURY ON CLIMB:
DROP Is DUE MONDAY
Winter Comes In Like Lamb, but
Cold Wave Is Near.

Winter came in like lamb today,
nice little lamb that wagged its
tail in late twenty temperatures. To-
night, it is predicted by the Weather
Bureau, it will be even more lamb
like in a IS minimum temperature.
But by tomorrow night or Mon
day it will have lost its pleasant
ways and have transformed itself
into lion. Then, the Weather Bu-
reau predicts, temperatures will be
much lower"
At today the thermometer had
fallen two degrees to % from the
mark at 6.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22
CITY KIDNAP SUSPECT
TO FACE GRAND JURY
Young Woman Admits Charge;
Bond Is $4,000.

Mrs. Dorothy Marsh, 10, today
awaited action of the grand jury on
a charge that she kidnapped 4-day-
old William Joseph Robbins from
the arms Of his invalid mother in
their home, 947 Lexington-av,
Thursday.
She was held on a $4,000 bond
when she appeared before Munich
pal Judge Dewey Myers yesterday
and, without an attorney. admitted
the allegation.
Mrs. Marsh said she attempted
to steal the child and, through an
elaborate deception, delude her
estranged husband, Porter Marsh,
into believing it was their child, and
reconcile him TO love her.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22
YOUTH WINS PROBATION
IS0-Day Sentence Suspended OF
Petit Larceny Conviction.

George Stevens. Is. of $50 n.
Colorado-av. was found guilty of
petit larceny in Municipal Court
today. fined 500 and costs. SEN
fenced TO $50 days. all of which was
suspended, and he was placed on
probation for five years He had
stolen 5000 worth Of jewelry from
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs Charles
Herman. 73l N. Colorado-av.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22
NORMAN PERRY IS
SUED FOR DIVORCE:
$1,OOO,OOO ISASKED
Owner of Indianapolis Baseball Club, Prom
inent Socialite, Is Charged by Wife With
Associating With Other Women.
Against Former President of Power
iCrb+ 10
and Light Co.

Charging that Norman A. Perry, her sportsman husband
had associated with women since Nov H. of this year IF
not the entire period of their married life Mrs. Mae n.
Perry today asked divorce and $1000000 aimony.
The petition filed in Superior Court and marked the
second time within years that Mrs Perry has
divorce and asked 100000 amony She charged and
nhuman in the first suit filed in Circuit Court
March 6, 1888.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22
S8,598,686 IN COUNTY
TAXES PAID IN 1888
S490,595 in Delinquent Levies Also
Collected

Collections of 1888 taxes in Marion
County to date this year total So
598,686.62, County Auditor Charles
W. Grossart announced today.
At the same time he sent S466.-
1860 today to the State of Indiana
as its share. He announced, too, that
this year $500 $3.50 of taxes delin-
quent from former years had been
collected this year in the county.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22
CITY PLACES FIRST IN
FIRE PREVENTION TEST
Takes Supreme Honors in State,
Honor Listing in Nation.

HOHOT LISLIHg III IdIIOH.
Indianapolis won first place in the
state and national honor roll listing
in the recent Fire Prevention Week
observance, it was announced today
by R. D. MacDaniel, Chamber of
Commerce committee chairman,
following receipt of word from the
National Fire Protection Assn
Fl. Wayne placed second and Ev-
ansville third in Indiana, while the
state was exceeded only by Califor-
MIA in the number of cities partici-
pating in the national observance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-22
T0DAYS WEATHER

Sunrise tomorrow, 7:05 a. M; sets,
4:42 p. m.
Sunrise Monday, 7:05 a. m; sets,
AIS p. m.