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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-05

expected to be broken today. Tues
day, always slim fair day, broke
last years mark of 19,209 with a
total of q, 439 paid admissions.
The fairs first four days show
approximately $1,000 more paid adj
missions than last year.
Champion state high school bands
and soloists gave concerts and were
to sing this afternoon in the I. U.
auditorium.
Harry Terhune, Maritnsville. win
ner of the national oratorical con-
test, was scheduled to give his win
ming address from the /. U. stage
this afternoon.
Major divisions in cattle, sheep,
hogs and swine received blue rib
bons as judges sweated despite the
GOODNESS in an effort 10 complete all
awards before tomorrow night.
Final awards we're made in the
dog show and owners prepared TO
move their ribbon-winners to make
room for the felines of the state.
The cat show opens tomorrow.
Tomorrow the men, women and
children who make the yearly fair
possible will have q day OF their
own-Farmers' and All Club day.
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The strike will continue, however
Francis j. German, strike leader
warned in commenting on the Presi-
dents peace move.
From north to south, meanwhile,
came reports of fights at mill gates
of mobilization of troops units and
state police in various textile strike
centers. Through the strike areas
a ominous tension was increasing
President George A. Sloan of the
Cotton Textile institute said the
Presidents mediation board ''will
receive our utmost respect" Mr.
Sloan earlier had charged "moh
action" by strikers was forcing
workers involuntarily from their
jobs.
Other major developments in the
rapidly changing strike scene:
/. More than 100000 workers now
in strike ranks, according to United
Press survey.
2. North Carolina strike leaders
order flying squadrons" of pickets tc
put on the brakes" in trying tC
force mills to close. Threats OF
martial law unless activities were
curbed, brought the order.
3. Police and pickets fought with
stones and clubs at numerous mil
gates. Scores we're injured.
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al TIC AAANAoAAd StdlC
Promptly at IL a. m, champions
in all enes of educational endeavor
marched TO the tuneful airs Of the
Seymour Lions Club band in front
Of the grand stand.
Two thousand five hundred chill
dren were in the parade.
Children, II and under, crashed
the gate without cost for the final
play fling at the fair before return
ing TO their school books.
Pupils Of city schools formed the
bulk of the children attending with
nearby township schools adding 70
youths day of homage at the expo
sition.
A century of school transportation,
ranging from children trudging TO
school TO the most modern steel
school bus. was shown in the educa-
tional parade.
A trackless train, with Governor
Paul V. McNutt and NJ Clifford
Townsend. Lieutenant Governor, led
the line Of march.
Special programs were held
throughout the day in the modern
and log-cabin schools on the fair
ground.
Last years attendance Of 2s.6ss is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-05
CITY Situation Quiet

With the workers claiming that
so per cent more of their fellows
were out today than was the case
yesterday, the United Textile Work.
ers of America strike at the Indian
apolis Bleaching Company mill, 900
West Wabash street, went quietly
into its second day today.
Last night, union leaders eSti-
mated that $50 workers were out.
The plant management early in the
day had made an estimate of 20
per cent which, with 600-person
pay roll, would be approximately
100 striking. An impartial observer
believed that considerably more
than two hundred actually were out.
Strike leaders said only eighty
union members had remained at
work. They planned to keep up
the enthusiasm of the strikers with
another mass meeting this after
noon in the unions new head
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tenn. There, every one from the
warden down was chosen through
civil service examinations, he said.
Civil service prevails in other
federal prisons also, with the ex-
ception Of the warden's Office, which
is appointive.
New York state has placed its
wardens under civil service and
North Carolina has put county jails
under state control, DR.. Bixby de-
clared.
The state is the proper unit for
such things and that is what makes
The Times plan so sound" he
concluded.
81 hope that the proper legislation
will be passed to bring it about so
as to put Indiana in the forefront
IN penal affairs"
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Two of the bandits appeared at
the Carter home about 1880. AS
Mr.. Carter came to the door, they
threatened him with a machine gun
Athlea Carter, 16-year-old daugh-
ter, and Jimmy Carter, 10, were tied
together to a bed.
One of the robbers got in one
car with Mr.. Carter and the other
forced Mrs. Carter to drive him to
the bank.
Wen meet Mr.. Stalvey at the
bank" one of the band'+c said
We've been making plans for this
robbery for three days and every
thing is set"
Mrs. Garter was ordered out of her
car block from the bank, warned
that if she spread an alarm, it
would mean wholesale murder for
your family
Meanwhile, a third bandit was
trailing Mr.. Stalvey to the bank. He
was i'll the bank when the robbers
with Mr.. Carter arrived. The two
officials then were ordered to give
the funds to the gang.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-05
ARMS PROBERS
BARE BRIBERY
Graft Necessary to Sell
WarshipS, Boat Firm
Says in Letter.
By United Press

By UntteU PfeSS
p WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-Electric
Boat Company officials informed
their British associates in 1927 that
the business of selling warships in
South America was based on graft,
it was disclosed tccay at the senate's
munitions investigation.
The statement was made in a let
ter from L. Y. Spear, Electric Boat
vice-president, to Commander G. W.
Craven, managing director of Wick
ers Ltd, on March 3, 1927.
Payment of special commissions
to various interests by Luis Aubrey
Peruvian representative of Electric
Boat, represented bribery" Senator
Bennett Clark (Dem., MO-
charged.
Mr., Spear replied that he
wouldn't call it bribery" but adj
mitted that you can't do business
in South America without paying
special commission"
"They don't call it bribery down
there" he added.
Clark read letters showing that
Aubrey was to pay $4,000 boat
to three persons in Peru for each
order Electric Boat received.
I'VE all know" Spear wrote to
Craven, however, that the real
foundation of all South American
business is graft and he (the agent
in Chile may know the people to
pay in Santiago"
Oficials of the boat company yes
terday revealed amazing connections
with Sir Basil Zaharoff, mysterious
merchant of death"
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The Times, is required to rout
inefficiency and lead to a pro-
gram with far-reaching social
detectives, investigation be-
hind the grim walls at Michi-
gan City discloses.
Stories of murders, suicides,
wholesale Jail breaks and sadistic
beatings of prisoners were told The
Times investigator.
The Times was informed that for
more than eight years, from 1925 to
1888, the invisible empire of the
Ku-Klux Khan counted the prison
among it's far-f1ung possessions.
Men were beaten numerically be-
cause they we're Jews, Catholics or
political enemies, blue-clad prison.
ers said.
Today things are vastly different.
But remnants of the old order re-
main, and the program appears TO
consist solely of an unsuccessful Ell
fort to hold desperate men oehlno
grim walls-a program utterly lack
ing in plan and objective.
Dynamite Plot Hatched
Even while this is being written
an inmate of the prison insists, q
plot is being hatched to dynamite
the prison walls as soon as daylight
saving time goes out of effect ano
darkness descends earlier in the DAY
on the red brick buildings on the
shores of Lake Michigan.
Prison officials deny the existence
of such a plot. They deny that bot
ties of nitro-glycerine, dynamite and
pistols have been found IN the
prison yard within the last few days
although such reports persist within
and without the prison walls.
The prisoner who told The Times
reporter of the dynamite plot" IS
a former Indianapolis youth, a con-
victed burglar. He is a "two-time
loser" But he is intelligent, a col
lege graduate.
He answered patiently for more
than an hour questions concerning
prison administration; about the
feeling among the prisoners ano
about the big break" of the Dill
linger gangsters.
Answers Are Guarded
He seemed anxious to talk. But
his answers were guarded. Prison
bred reticence marked his words
His face muscles twitched with ner-
vousness. His Shifty eyes ranged
repeatedly over the other prisoners
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committee which made recon-
mendations to Governor Paul v.
McNutt. He is considered an out
standing authority on state penal
affairs.
DR.. Bixby did the research work
for the American Handbook of
Prisons and Reformatories," pub
lished last year.
Il am 100 per cent for The Times
plan. not only for Indiana but for
every state in the union" DR.. Bixby
declared. Some authorities hest
tate about putting county jails
under the civil service plan. but l
am for that also.
Under present conditions, the
civil service idea is the only way in
which penal institutions, large or
small, can be rescued from political
control and resultant incompetency."
The only suggestion of possible
change DR.. Bixby offered in regard
to The Times plan is as to whether
it might not be more advisable to
have a nonpartlSan, nonpa1d board
of outstanding citizens to effect the
policy and then, through civil serv-
ice rules, to select a state director
who will carry out the plan.
Il might even go farther than
the idea of merely selecting So
called responsible prison officials
under civil service rules" DR.. Bixby
declared.
Il would include every one at the
prison from the warden on down
to the last guard. All are RESPONSE
BILE and there can be no weak links
without danger of prison deliveries. +"
DR.. Bixby cited the federal prison
at Lewisville, Pa. as the outstand-
ing example Of the civil service sys-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-05
KANKAKEE MENACED
BY 100000 BLAZE
Costly Fires Are Believed
Work of ArSoniSt.

By United Press
KANKAKEE, ILL.,, Sept. 5.-Fires
broke out in three sections of Kan
kakee almost simultaneously today,
spreading terror among the popu-
lace and causing great property
damage.
Authorities were investigating a
theory that the blazes were the work
of an arsonist. Fire departments
from surrounding cities we're re-
cruited; dozens of local citizens
Joined in the fight. and the Arneri-
can Legion called On all its members
to help before the flames finally
were brought under control.
Damage from the various fires was
estimated at approximately 100000
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-05
FRANKLIN POLO STAR
IN SERIOUS CONDITION

Lester Canary Struck on Head by
MaIlet in Game Here.
Suffering from head injuries suS-
tanned when he was struck by a
mallet in a game at the state fair
last night, Lester Canary, Franklin
polo star, was reported in serious
condition at Methodist hospital to-
day.
First report was that the injury
was slight, but he Withdrew from
the game and returned to his home.
He suffered severe pain during the
night and was brought to the hos
pital where he was believed to have
a fractured skull. although no final
opinion had been given by doctors
In charge.
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Convinced that Indiana's Pc

Convinced that Indiana's pc
nal and law enforcement sys-
TENS must be reformed to in
sure a minimum of prison es-
capes, The indianapolis Times
is presenting a series of articles
on such reform. Today The
Times presents the views of
DIR. r. Lowell Bixby, federal
official and noted penOlogist.
This newspaper urges seIec-
tion of a central department
of correction, its members to
be chosen on a civil service
basis; appointments of all war
dens and their executive as
sistantS on a civil service basis;
removal of county jaiis from
the control of politically named
sheriffs; operation Of the state
police on a civil service basis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-05

quarters, Negro church hall, at
AL Blake street.
This hall is considerably closer
to the scene of action than was the
old headquarters, 21012 East Ohio
street.
1t was reported at noon today
that the bleaching plants electric
power had been shut off and the
plant completely closed down, but
this was denied vigorously by plant
officials.
Manager Is Satisfied"
Charles A. Young, plant manager
for the bleaching company, said
he was satisfied" however, and ex-
pressed pleasure that the strike was
being conducted in such an orderly
fashion.
The plant continued to be heavily
picketed today, but there was nc
sign of disorder. When the day shift
had reported, many of the pickets
retired to a nearby vacant lot and
began playing baseball and pass.
Charges late yesterday by U. T. w
A. leaders that the bleaching COM
pany was violating labor provisions
of the NRA textile code by employ
ing the "stretchout" system were
met with a fat denial by Mr.
Young.
"Poppycock" he snorted. st be-
lieve the 'stretchout' is ubiquitous
and I certainly never would permit
its use here. We have lived up tc
the code in all respects"
Under the "Stretchout" system
one worker is forced to perform
duties ordinarily performed by two
or more. One of the reasons fol
the calling of the nationwide U. T
w. A. strike, of which the bleaching
mill strike is only a small part, is
alleged widespread employment OF
the "stretchout" throughout the in
dustry.
Denies Workers Charges
Mr.. Young also denied charges by
the workers that he was bringing
in outside workers. He said he hac
rehired this morning some persons
ordinarily on the plants pay rolls
as piece workers, who had moi
worked for the last several weeks.
Strike leaders said the men hac
not been employed, in some in.
stances, for one or two years anc
said that, in one specific case, thu
rehired man had been discharged
twice.
Today was pay day and more
than $50 strikers received checks fol
work done last week. They were
cautioned by strike leaders to take
the money home to their familie!
and not to spend it on liquor.
The size of the pay checks caused
some indignation among the work.
ers, who showed them to a Time:
reporter. Insisting that it repre-.
sented pay for a full weeks work
one man showed a check for S6.7;
and said he had a family of six t
support.
Mr.. Young asked The Time.
to correct misapprehensior
that he was sympathetic with the
nationwide strike. He said he hac
meant to imply yesterday that he
believed workers in certain specific
sections had very real grievance;
and that their strikes were justified
y added that he did not feel q
ne nwide strike was justified
however, and expressed the hope
that, while the indianapolis prob
lem could not be settled locally, the
men would be back at work in the
near future.
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G. o. p. CHAMPAIGN OF
FEAR MINT0N TARGET

Democratic en- ate Canuldate
Speaks at Bluffton.
BIZ Times Special
BLUFFTON. Sept. 5.-The ire
turn of the Herbert Hoover bread
line-not destruction of the Con-
stitution"-is what the American
people need to fear, Sherman Min
ton, Democratic nominee for United
States senator, told Wells county
Democrats here last night.
What we do need to fear is the
return Of the bresdline under the
discredited leadership of Herbert
Hoover and the rest of the Repub-
hcan reactionarieS who preach their
campaign of fear and turn their
backs on the plight of the forgotten
man." the nominee declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-05
Weirton Case Delayed

By United Press
WILMINGTON, DEL. Sept. g.
The hearing on the government
petition for a permanent injunction
against the Weirton Steel Company
to prevent interference with col
lective bargaining by employees was
postponed today until Oct. 2.
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Roosevelt Board to
Study Textile Strike
President to Name Three-Man Committee; Rivals Agree
to Cooperate as Violence Flares.
Copyright. 1884. by United Press

WASHINGTON Sept 5.-TeXle strike leaders
proposal
midst areus violence charges
of intimidation pckets
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Prison Reform Is Urged
by y. S. Prisons Official
Indiana Should Lose No Time in Making Times PIar
Effective, Asserts Bixby.
BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY
Times STAFF Writer

WASHINGTON Sept reimbursement of The Indianapolis Times
Indiana voiced today
by Dr. Bxb prisons official noted penoo
completed the Indiana penal nsu
Bates director the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-05
Brutality and Terrorism Have Ruled Behind
Grim Walls for Nearly Decade, lnves-
tigator for Times Learns.
BITTER KHAN REIGN is AT AN END
But Lack of System Makes Institution City
of Forgotten Men, Prober Is Told
by Unfortunates.
BY BASIL GALLAGHER
Times STAFF Writer

Reform of the Indiana penal system must begin with
the state prison at Michigan City, experts say.
Brutality degeneracy and seethng unrest among the IN
mates have characterized the prison administration for
Iv decade The Indianapolis Times has learned
system under civil service regulation proposed by
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-05
indiana CONVICTS PLOTTING TO
BLOW UP MICHIGAN CITY WALLS,
PRISONER C0NFIDES TO PROBER
Bandits Take SIS, 900
After Threatening to
Kill Bankers Family
Machine Gun Desperadoes Force President, Wife to Drive
Them to Savings Institution and Turn
Over All Funds
By United Press

5-After taking the banks president from
wholesale murder for his family three bandits
$4,000 100000
bandits with them President Hoyt
Saey them Lamar c.
irty-fy nj from
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-05
School Champions Are
HOnOred at State Fair
Education Day Draws Thousands to HOOSeTdom'S
Greatest Show; Parade Features Event.

spell girl her mates in
Hoosierdom acclaim CHARACTERIZATION day
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Tomorrow's instalIment will deal
with conditions at Michigan City
prison caused by lack of adequate
segregation Of desperadoes and
first offenders.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-04-07
CANADA CTS
O Hall
MONTANA OIL

More than go per cent Of
Moutana's production is gOing
directly into Canadian markets,
according to production figures
compiled by r. p. Jackson. secre-
tary Of the Montana oil con-
servation board. for the month Of
February.
Total production OF oil in Mon
tana fields in February was
15S. 707.07 barrels. OF thia
1865 barrels OF OIL was shipped,
piped or trueked to Montana re-
fineries, as against s7.141.O7
barrels exported into Canada.
Summarized BY fields. the re-
(cOntiRued on rage Twol
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-04-07
Find Gas In
Bow Island

The vashti well had a flow OF
100000 cubic feet per day.
with a rock pressure Of 1856
pounds. Location was in G sWH
17-Ss-2E. on the McDonough
farm. The producing horizon is
the Bow Island sand. This is
the largest flow Of gas found in
the Devon district.
vashti Petroleum had s2oo
acres under lease. II was or
ganized BY v. F. Luhrsen, form
eriy superintendent Of sunburst
OH Z Refining company opera
tlons, who took leases on the
geology Of G. @. Howard, geoIo-
gist, who spotted the first we'll.
Luhrsen's rig was taken away
from the vashti By . banker and
ths well was never drilled to
the probabls oil producing sands.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-04-07
NITRO SHOT
TO ACk
BAnR DIRT

A shot Of nitro gIycerin was
used Wednesday 70 side-track
the ball and dart out OF the
bottom Of . so-gook bailsr, ia
the hole OF Producers Develop
ment syndicate ON South Cut
Bank. NwK ss-sz-4w.
Unable 70 fish out q hssxy
bailer. the crew proceeded to
drill Il np aAd all went we'll
unsil thsy hif the dart, whleh
proved 70 bs as unnauaily COED
pieeo Of m@e4l whteh did not
fa "a Page Tasue3
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-04-07
Kalispen-Kevin Pays
5Oth Dividend Making
Total Of $l,223,5l2

KAIISPELL, April e-stOckhOldss Of the KalEspeil
Kelvin Oil company received their Goth dividend which
brought the grand total thus far 20 81 In 10 years
Dividend checks Of per cent have been mailed By
Secretary James Lang 40 gteckhOds approximately
rs percent Of whom local persons The Last dividend was
paid July 28, 1882
The KahspeIl Ksvn has drilled q well but their
dividends 5000 Of land An che heax of the
-sunburst field selected In 1870 By Charles
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-04-07

An irate banker who selxed a
drilling rig to enforce repayment
Of . $4,000 loan may have been
responsible for delaying diseov-
cry Of q sensational shallow light
oil pool.
With the discovery OF oil at
North Devon In a sand that has
been identified BY C. d. Johnson.
petroleum gsofOg1st. as the Cut
Bank sand. It now seems pos
sfbie that the vashu Petroleum
well, completed as a gssser at
SIS feet, might have ushered
In this field. had II been drilled
500 feet doepaY
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-04-07

IL H ONTANA may have a second Cut
Nv Bank field with similar sand and
= similar high gravity sweet" oil
with drilling depth of 1880 feet.
This fact is brought to light by the
announcement that a producing sand on
North Devon structure, IS miles east of
Cut Bank, has been Unidentified as the
Cut Bank sand, belonging to the early
Cretaceous, at the bottom of the Kootenai
formation.
The correlation was made by c. D.
Johnson, petroleum geologist, formerly of
Denver, now supervising operations of c.
Leonard Smith and associates of Denver,
in the North Devon field.
Earlier reports were that this Devon
oil is coming from the Sunburst sand.
This theory has been definitely disproven.
1t has been learned that the Devon pros
pecting was started by the Denver inter
ests largely on the information that a
well drilled by so Petroleum several
years ago had stray sand, carrying oil.
similar 10 TIE Eass Bark harixen = weHl
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-04-07
Producing Sand AT Devon
Identified AS Cut Bank Oil
Horizon, Depth 1880 Feet

drilled by Smith, ct al, in Section 7-33-
2E, encountered this same sand at depth
of IISO feet
The sand carried about 100000 feet
of gas with SO gravity oil, similar to Cut
Bank crude in every way and showing a
distillation test of AZ per cent gasoline
and "a per cent kerosene.
Each time the oil column is agitated
by running the tools or bailer, the well
starts flowing and at times goes over the
crown pulley The drillers maintain that
it will make so to IS barrels on produc-
tion,. The owners say they will be con-
tent if it is a 20-barrel well, since 20
barrels wells of this gravity oil at 1870
feet viii be one of the most profitable oil
operations this state has known.
A second well is starting on NW14
l7-33-2W, on the McDonough farm, and
several other operators are preparing to
enter the district, it IS reported Fred
Munger is reported preparing to move a
rig to North Devon Immediately Sever
III other 0neraaEgs are taking leases.