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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04
boy, z, DIES
after TAKING
POISON DOSE
'Skippy' RaIston Is Victim
of Green Stuff in
Little Bottle
COMPLICATIONS SET IN
Beautiful Young Cousin of
Child Grief Stricken by
Lads Death.

Little Benton Arthur Ralston,
whom every one knew as "Skippy,"
liked the green stuff in the little
bottle, and, because he liked it,
"Skippy" Ralston died today in City
Hospital, just 2 years old.
The green stuff in the little bot
tie was oil of wintergreen. "Skippy''
found it Friday noon after he had
followed Miss Estel Tansel, II, his
cousin, up the stairs to the second
floor of the Tansel home, 1414 N
King-av, where "Skippy" and his
mother, Mrs. Hazel Ralston, a di-
vorcee, lived.
"Skippy" and Estel were insep-
arabic companions, she said today
the tears streaming down her face
in grief over the death of the chub-
by, blond. curly-haired youngster.
Followed Girl Upstairs
Friday noon the girl, beautiful
blond, went upstairs to one of the
bedrooms in her home, unaware
that "Skippy" was toddling up the
stairs behind her. AS she emerged
from the bedroom, she saw "Skippy''
Keeling out of an adjacent bedroom.
Whats the matter 'Skippy'?" she
cried in alarm. do you feel sick?"
For answer, the child led her into
the bedroom from which he had
just come and there showed Nher a
2-ounce bottle of oil of wintergreen,
almost half empty. He had OBJ
tanned the bottle from a chiffonier
in the bedroom.
Then, 1 realized what had hap
pened," said the girl, daughter of
Mrs. Lydia Tansel.
Complications Set In
DR.. John T. Emhardt, 1857 S.
Easiest, was summoned. He treated
the child and put him to bed. Un-
til Saturday night, it looked as
though medical science would over
come the shock that the fiery oil
had brought to "Skippy's" system.
Then, complications set in and
"Skippy" was taken to City Hos
pital.
At las this morning, "Skippy"
died. City Hospital attaches said the
cause probably was pneumonia.
His little body was taken to the
Roscoe Conkle Funeral Home, 1884
w. Michigan-st, where funeral serv-
ices we're to be arranged this after
noon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04

DUT if you find your time linn
ID tied, then Clothe-A-Child will
do your shopping for you. Just
mail check, payable to The In
dianapoIs Times -Clothe-A-Child,
and a boy or girl will be dressed
for you, according to your wishes.
You will receive the name and adj
dress of the child your money
dresses.
You are assured that your
Christmas gift will not be dupli-
Gated by The Times and the
Christmas Clearing House.
You are assured the child's
need by Community Fund relief
agencies and the Social Service
Department of the Indianapolis
Public Schools. Each child is
checked for want. And your own
visit to the home is the final check
which you make as TO whether
the child is deserving Of aid.
The children range in school
ages from 5 to IL.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04
g Year-OId Boy ROmps in Courtroom
as Father Is Tried on Murder Count

This afternoon was to be another
busy. exciting holiday for 3-year-old
Cyril Elwood Jr.
Not in a long time, possibly not
since last Christmas eve. had little
blond Cyril had so much excitement
as yesterday, when he went to court
for the first time.
With him went his mother and his
three brothers and sisters.
His father was there too. sitting
solemnly. Little cyril reflected that
his father was dressed as he had on
Sundays-when he was home.
The business of pumping gasoline
and oil at the filling station at
56th-st and TibbS-av would not per-
NIT Cyril Elmwood ST.. 38. to wear
his blue-serge suit every day. That
was reserved for special occasions.
At 4 yesterday little Cyril, whose
eyes flashed eager excitement and
interest all day in Marion county
criminal court, fell asleep on his
fathers lap.
The State of Indiana continued to
produce evidence intended to show
that the boys father had shot and
killed his friend, Joseph Calvert. The
state asks that Cyril Elwood be sent
to the electric chair.
Little Cyril played with the heavy
books on the counsel table yester-
day while state witnesses told how
Elwood had gone to the Silver Moon
Cafe, Kentucky-av. where he had
an argument with one of the pro-
prietors.
They told how a fight ensued and
how Elwood hoped in his car. half
drunk and full of rage. and went TO
his garage. where he seized his az
caliber rife and returned TO the
cafe.
AS he drove past the tavern. these
witnesses said. ElWood discharged
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04

Globe Wireless was inclined
to regard the situation as
serious, pointing out that the
beacon" for which the f1iers
called, has been operating
continuously. 1t was thought
the planes radio reception
was not working.
The radio message said:
I'VE have little gasoline left and
need the beacon urgently. We do
not want to have to give out an
SOS Please tell them to snap it
up"
A later message from the plane
said the weather was not very
good"
Shore radio stations kept in touch
with the huge two-motored plane in
which Capt. Ulm, G.. M. Littlejohn
and j. A. Shilling are seeking to
span 2089 miles of ocean from Oak
land to Honolulu.
We do not know if we are north
or south of the islands," said one
message from the Stella Australis.
Cutter Puts to Sea
From Honolulu, the United States
Coast Guard cutter ItaSca was or
dered to sea to search for the fliers.
AT 12:15 p. m. indianapolis time)
the f1iers reported they had one
hours supply of gasoline left in
their tanks.
At the rate of speed the plane was
flying during the night it should
have reached Honolulu around 1870
a. M, it was estimated. In view of
that, the possibility that after losing
the radio beacon Ulm had overshot
the islands and might be to the west
of Hawaii became a factor.
Powerful twin Lynx motors DOW
cred the British-made monoplane in
which Captain Ulm and two com
panionS left the Oakland airport at
5:43 p. m. yesterday. George Little
john was at the controls when the
plane lifted into the air and Leon
Shilling sat in front of the ekNbor-
ate radio sending and receiving set.
through which the f1iers kept in
touch with ship and shore stations.
AS the three men climbed into the
cabin of their small plane, some one
cried, Remember me to the girls at
Waikiki" Captain Ulm smiled and
turned to wave.
Gives Craft the Gun"
Littlejohn gave the craft the
gun" and it TAXED down the run
way. 1t lifted only Is feet and he
turned for fresh start. This time
the powerful motors carried the ship
into the air toward the east.
The f1iers made provisions for a
forced landing. although Captain
Ulm was confident we won't get our
feet wet" They had no life raft,
but the plane itself will float for
days. They carried an apparatus
used for distilling sea water. For
food they had a dozen chicken sand
wicheS, a dozen ham sandwiches, six
oranges and two quarts of hot cof-
fee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04

nNE year ago Indianapolis and
~ Marion County found their
unemployed holding jobs for the
first time under the Civil Works
Administration.
Relief rolls dropped. Money
poured like grain into the shacks
that stink alphabetically on streets
OF the city where rags in windows
brand poverty on homes.
Today those jobs are good
times of the past. They're talked
about, hoped for again. as girls
with womanish faces and boys
with man-eyes pin up clothing
rents.
Today those homes, even on
work relief, have barely the sus-
tenance to feed bodies and stave
of the landlord.
In homes where only grocery
orders go, the bargain goods coun-
tiers of secondhand stores is the
sole source Of supply for clothing
for a city's youth.
North Side homes, who aided
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04
Do You Feel the Christmas Urge? Then DO Your
Share in 1915 Yuletide Holiday by Clothing Child

TINE first list of donors to
l. Clothe-A-Child will be printed
in Thursdays editions Of The
Times.
If you desire to remain anony-
nous, The Times will list you as
Mr.. and Mrs. Santa or any
pSeudonym you select.
Shopping time before Christ
mas is melting day by day. The
need is as great in 1884 as in the
most bottomleSs year of the de-
pression-1932.
Got a phone handy? Then call
Ri. $751; Ask for the Clothe-A-
Child editor. He'll tell you how
clubs, sororitieS. Office forces, and
factories, can band in individual
Clothe-A-Child units to breathe
again the spirit of Christmas in
adolescent lives who know that
spirit only by peering into win
dows Of stores and cycling affiuent
presents labeled For Mom," For
Dad" For Sonny" and For
Sis"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04
GAS SUPPLY DWINDLING, AIRMEN
ARE LOST OVER PACIFIC; APPEAL
FINANCIALLY FOR RADIO BEARINGS
Ulm and Companions Call for Beacon and
Land Officials Fear Planes Signal
Reception Is Not Working.
COAST GUARD CUTTER PUTS TO SEA
Filters Mention Possibility of Sending sos
Call in Their Message; Weather Not
Very Good They Report
By UniteG Press


SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4.-Captain Charles Ulm and
flying companions apparently have lost their bearings
awhe1e the Hawaiian Islands, Globe Wireless in San
Francisco reported this afternoon.
radio communication from the plane franticaly call
ing for their beacon radio beacon to guide the course
picked up by Globe The ers talked of the pos
sibility of an sos" call.
1--WE have very little gas left" said the message.
The aviaors gave indication of their possible position
or the distance from Honolulu
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04
.Soviets Toll
to Pry Story
From Killer
Place Hopes on Skill of
Doctors to Save Life
of Assassin.
Copyright. 1884. by United Press,

Copyright 1884. by United Pressl
LENINGRAD, Dec. "A corps of
leading physicians of Leningrad
worked today at the hospital bed of
Leonid Micoliev to save his life so
that he might be forced to tell the
full story of his assassination of
Sergei Maronovitch Kirov, one of
the supreme 10 of Soviet leaders.
Wounded by self-inflicted re-
volver shot, severely beaten by
guards who arrested him after his
assassination of Kirov, Micoliev was
being saved SO he could be executed.
On his story the lives of many
men depend.
There was strong indication that
Micoliev shot Kirov because Of per-
Sonal enmity. But that did not in
f1uence the government in beginning
the most mercilesS drive against its
enemies in years. This was the
first major political assassination in
Russia in Is years and officials
aimed to make it the last threat
against a Soviet leader for years to
come.
Micoliev's wife was arrested and
sent to prison. Seventy-one persons
were in cells here and at Moscow
alleged enemies of the state, and
facing prison sentences or death by
summary execution.
F. D. Medved, chief of the Lenin-
grad Bureau of the Ministry of In
terror; his first assistant, F. T. Fom.
kin, and six other responsible off.
Gals were dismissed, arrested anc
ordered held for tria, on charge:
that they failed properly to safe
guard Kirov, the governent's deputy
in Leningrad and friend and CO.
worker of Josef Stain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04

the rifle. The bullet whizzed
through a screen door and struck
Joseph Calvert in the neck. A doc
tor told how Mr.. Calvert died a cou-
pie of hours later.
AS this was going on the four FL
wood youngsters played quietly in
the courtroom.
Little Cyril returned to court this
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04

afternoon. He doesn't know what is
going on, except that there are
many people there. He knows they
are talking about his dad.
Meanwhile the trial jury drinks in
the evidence, and Special Judge An
drew Jacobs wrinkles learned brow
preparing his instructions to the
jury.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04
LOOT VALUED AT S435
L. S. Ayres g. Co. inventories Goods
in Truck Robbery.

Merchandise stolen from a L. S.
Ayres & Co. truck Saturday was
valued at s435, company officials re-
ported to police today. The looted
truck was found abandoned Sun
day afternoon, but the loss was not
determined until today. Included
in the merchandise in the truck,
stolen while the driver was in a
house making delivery was a $500
fur coat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04
TWO HURT AS TRAIN IS
WRECKED BY SN0WPILE
Locomotive Strikes Drift, Turns
over. Injuring Crew.
81 United Press

81 Jniffd Press
ST. PAUL. Dec. 4.-The engineer
and fireman of an inbound Great
Western passenger train from Chi
cago were injured seriously today
when the locomotive struck a snow
pile and overturned.
One car of the eight-car train
also overturned. but no passengers
were injured. Frank Laska, st.
Paul. engineer. suffered severe
burns when he and E. A Johnson,
the fireman, were trapped in the
locomotive cab.~ Both also were in
jured by coal cascading from the
tender.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04
Briefs Ordered in stutz Case

Federal Judge Robert G. Baltzell
today ordered briefs filed in the case
of the Stutz Motor Car Company OF
America VS.. the United States IN
which the company seeks judgment
for $l01 900 representing alleged
eyor- payment OF 1917 income taxes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04
GLORIA VANDERBILT
DECISION is UPHELD
Mother Loses First Appeal in Fight
to Regain Child.

By United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. AIRS. Gloria
Morgan Vanderbilt this afternoon
lost the first phase of her fight to
alter the Supreme Court decision
under which custody Of her 10-year-
old heiress- daughter. Gloria was
awarded week days to the child's
aunt, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney.
The appellate division in unani-
nous decision held that the CUSTODY
order, signed by Supreme Court
Justice John F. Carew after lengthy
hearing, was a final order"
1t was understood, however, that
the decision left the way open for
an appeal to the court Of appeals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04
MINTON LISTS $5053
AS ELECTION EXPENSES
Senator Elect Contributes S2675 To-
ward Own Campaign.

ward Own Campaign.
Sherman Minton, Indiana's Dem
ocratic United States Senator ELECT
who defeated Republican Arthur R.
Robinson in the Nov. election, to-
day filed his campaign expense ac-
count with the Senate secretary and
the Floyd county Circuit Court
clerk.
According to the cumulative re-
port, Mr. Minton received total
of $594363 and spent a total of
S5053.14.
Mr.. Minton contributed $500 to
the Democratic State Committee,
500 to the Delaware County Dem
ocratic Committee and $75 to the
Allen County Democratic Commit
tee, according to the report. A re-
quired report filed 20 days prior to
election listed a $4,000 gift to the
Democratic State Committee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04
COL. JOSEPH MARM0N
DIES AFTER ILLNESS
Pauline Frederick's Husband Had
Distinguished Career.
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Colonel
Joseph A. Marmon, United States
Army, husband of Pauline Fred
erick,. stage and screen actress, dice
today after long illness. He was SO
Miss Frederick was with him at
the time of his death. They were
married last Ian. 81. Colonel Marmon
had a long and distinguished mill
tary career. He served in the Span
ish-American and world Wars and
the Mexican campaign in 1915.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04
Hoosier Killed by Falling Tree

By United Press
LA GRANGE, Ind, Dec. A.
Charles Blanchard, 81, La Grange
County farmer, was crushed to
death near here yesterday when a
tree which he had helped to cut
fell on him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04
$500 JEWEL LOST
HeiresS to Dutch Crown Misses
Diamond Bracelet.
By United Press

By United Press
LONDON, Dec. 4-Princess Juli-
ana. heiress to the crown of the
Netherlands, lost $4,000 diamond
bracelet when she was here to be a
bridesmaid for Princess Marina at
her wedding to the Duke of Kent,
The Daily Telegraph said this after
noon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04
TODAY'S WEATHER
In the Air

Tomorrow's sunrise, 6:52 a. M;
sunset, 400 p. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04

IN tn6 AT
Weather conditions at 9 a. M:
West wind, % miles an hour; ba-
rometric pressure, 1920 at sea level;
temperature, 80; general conditions,
scattered clouds; ceiling, unlimited;
visibility, two miles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04
Love Dead, Former Swain
Sues Girl to Return Gifts
Replevin Action Seeks Recovery of Car and Canary
From "Poor Kentucky Miss"
Nothing was too good for the little girl

Nothing the little girl.
attitude William Sche before he claims in suit in
discovered
him.
Mr. repIevin. wants
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04
JOHN WHEELER DIES
Drops Dead in Kitchen, His Wife
Tells Police.

Tells Police.
John A. Wheeler, 1911 Ludlow-av,
dropped dead in the kitchen of his
home today, according to his wife,
Mrs. Ella Wheeler, who notified po-
lice. He was IA.
Deputy Coroner John E. Wytten-
bach said that Mr.. Wheeler had Sue
cumbed to heart disease and re-
leased the body to local undertake
ing establishment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-04
TWO KILLED IN WRECK
Three Injured. Three Missing in
Freight Train Collision.
By United Press

By United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-Two persons
were reported killed. three injured
and three others missing today in
a freight train collision on the Long
Island Railroad In Brooklyn.
One Of the dead was believed .
helper OH one Of the trains; the
other q rasrnber Of the work crew.
The Washington times., 1934-05-28
NJ CARL RULING
HITS RAISES

Postal employees in first and
second class postofficeS, and city
letter carriers, who are not entitled
to automatic salary increases on a
longevity basis, may not count the
period between July /, 1882, and
June 30, 1884, in computing their
service, it was ruled today by
Comptroller General McCarl.
The decision was made in re.
sponse to a request from the Post
Office Department, which has
taken the stand that the employees
may count the two-year period
during which the economy act
suspended their promotions to-
ward the newly reauthorized sal
ary boosts.
In opposing this view. Mr.. Nc
Carl stated:
ut is to be noted that Sec
tiOn 2O1 of the economy act
completely suspended the opera
ton of all Federal statutes
authorizing automatic increases
in compensation. Consequently.
all such statutes must neceS-
sarily be regarded as not hav-
ing been in existence during
the period from July /, 1882
to June 80, 1884, inclusive.
Hence, not only was the
granting of the automatic in
crease in compensation pro-
hibited, but also no service
during that period may be in
cIuded in computing longevity
to determine either the amount
or the effective date Of an auto
matte increase in COmpenSa-
tiOn."
The employees affected begin
work in the first class, at $1,7O0
year.
The Washington times., 1934-05-28
VIRTUE FOES
To Be DIVORCED

LONDON, May 29.-Earl Rus"
sell, who prefers to be known as
plain Bertrand Russell, mathema.
tician and philosopher, who once
advised American husbands and
wives to do a little cheating il
they wanted to be happy, will not
defend his wife's divorce suit,
which is on the list Of cases for
the court term which begins to-
day.
Countess Russell, who also re-
nounced her title in favor Of the
more prosaic Dora Russell, has
not disclosed her grounds for di-
vorce, but it is unlikely that she
offered her husbands theory OF
infidelity in marriage. She agrees
with him.
Mr.. Russell once declared in the
United States:
Marital infideIity will save
the American home. BY per-
mitting a husband and wife q
few adventures while they con-
tinue to live together for the
sake of their children, We abOl-
ish the divorce menace
The Washington times., 1934-05-28

would take them ove.: Texas, New
Mexico, and Arizona to San
Diego.
In a smooth but perilous take
off, Codos and Rossi left Paris at
$40 a. m. yesterday 02:1O a. m.
E.D.TD, lifting their nine-ton
Bleriot plane into the air after 2
numbering run Of a mile and a
half across the field. The huge
ship carried 1900 gallons Of gaSo.
lire.
The pair averaged 125 m p h. for
the first seven hours, and their
average for the entire ocean voy-
age was over 100 m.ph., an u1.
usually high figure.
Garry Champagne
Champagne featured the re-
freshments carried by the two
Frenchmen. They also had coffee,
cold chicken, and fruit to bear
them up on their long, three-day
trip.
Their big plane, the same in
which Codos and RoSSi set their
New York-to-Syria record, was the
Joseph LIE Brix. powered by a $50
horsepower HiSpano Suiza engine.
Its estimated range is 6,565 miles.
Using their radio frequently. the
flierS kept in almost constant
touch with the world throughout
their ocean hop. Their messages
at the beginning and end Of the
The Washington times., 1934-05-28
COAST PLANS
COD0S, R0SS|
RECEPTION
All Commercial and Military
Air Fields on Toes For
Arrival of FIierS

SAN DIEGO, Cal, May %
O.NSO.-California today was pre-.
pairing an elaborate welcome for
LieutS. Paul Codos and Maurice
Rossi on their scheduled nonstop
flight from Paris to California.
Airport and civic officials made
plans for an unparalleled welcome.
All airports were receiving hourly
bulletins Of the planes progress.
All California airports were
linked by teletype and as soon as
word Of their approach is received
reports of weather conditions will
be prepared for broadcast to the
fliers on their special wave lengths.
Escort Planned
The two largest airportS in Los
Angeles, United at Burbank and
Grand Central at Glendale, were
making extensive preparations to
guide the French plane there.
Civic and airport officials at
San Diego made plans to send out
an advance reception squadron of
airplanes to bring the French
aviators in by the shortest safest
route.
All government fields in Califor-
mia will be at the disposal Of the
airmen. Major Donald P. Muse,
commandant at Crissy Field, San
Francisco, and other comman-
dants along the coast have been
instructed by the United States
War Department to place every
facility at the disposal OF the
Frenchmen.
II the fliers are delayed in arriv-
ing until night, all airports in
California will be lighted.
French Colony Excited
San Francisco, with the second
largest French colony in the
United States, was wildly enthusl-
astic when a message was sent
over the teletype system this
morning reporting receipt OF a
radiogram from the French plane
reporting it's position in the East
Major Muse said he had been
advised the fliers probably would
land at San Francisco"
The French colony at San Fran
cisco was aroused to holiday
frenzy" by the flight, and a
French newspaper there, LIE Cour.
rier Du Pacifique, issued several
extras. The French consulate an
nounced that plans were complete
at San Francisco for a colorful
welcome.