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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-05
SUICIDE THREAT
is HURLED BY
AK MURDERER
Father of Louis Payne Will
Comfort Son in Jail at
Los Angeles.

By United Press
LOS ANGELES, June 5.-Shielded
from prying eyes, a grief-stricken
father was to face his son in county
jail here today, seeking an explana-
ton of what prompted the latter to
hack his mother and brother to
death with a scout ak.
No curious spectators were to look
on as Lucius F. Payne, st. Louis
utilities executive, greeted 21-year-
old Louis Rude Payne, in their first
meeting since the youths murderous
rampage destroyed the remaining
members OF their family Mrs. Car
RE L. Payne, As, and Robert, IA.
The elder Payne, flying here, was
scheduled to arrive at a. m.
Louis awaited his father with
nervous expectancy. The youth,
who attributed his brutal act to a
fevered brain, paced the narrow
confines of his cell. Throughout the
night guards watched him closely
in fear of suicide attempt.
Threatens Suicide
you'd better put me in a strong
cell with good lights" he told them
after he confessed. And have some
one watching me all the time"
'Suicide?" an officer inquired.
"Anything-anything," he groaned.
Watchers said he slept fitfully,
tossing and gibbering in his sleep.
Once he cried out, "Mother!"
Police hoped his father would be
able to extract full motive from
him, one more satisfactory than his
explanation that he became enraged
over a "series of little things" One
of the little things" alluded to in
his confession was that his mother
was penuriouS in allowing him only
dollar week spending money.
Staying Reason Mystery
The prisoner professed an indy
ing love for his mother when Off
GERS sought a motive.
Il don't know, don't know" he
repeated. II had such respect for
my mother. 1 loved her." Then he
would show Spasms of remorse.
Suddenly his answer would
change.
Il had dizzy spells in the head"
he moaned. And pains in my
stomach-here."
Girls never interested him, he in
sisted.
L never cared about necking," he
said.
officers were considering taking
him to the Payne home in West
wood Hills and have HIN repeat his
story of the Sayings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-05
ANNUAL is RECEIVED BY
SHORTRIDGE STUDENTS
John Ewbank Is Editor of Yearly
Publication.

The Shortridge high school year
book, the Annual" was issued to
the Shortridge students yesterday.
The book was edited by John Ew-
bank, who was chosen as editor by
the seniors in an election held last
fall.
His assistants were Aline Bailey,
liner editor; Charles Huston, copy
editor; Edward Brown, boys sports;
Elnore Hopwood, girls sports, and
Marquette Hiatt, club editor.
The faculty sponsors were Joel
Hadley, assistant principal, and
class sponsor; Miss Katherine AL
len, literary sponsor; John Kuebler,
publication; George Grassland,
business sponsor, and Miss Essie
Long, art sponsor. The printing
was done in the Shortridge print
shop.
This years Annual" was dedi-
Gated to Emmett A. Rice, assistant
principal. Mr.. Rice has been with
Shortridge since 1917. He was a
former member of the history de-
partment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-05
Flames Near Babies
By United Press


NORTH BAY, Ont, June s.
Clouds of smoke lowering over burnt
timberlands mile from the rough
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Olivia Dionne
today added another element of
danger in the fight to save the lives
of their quintuplet daughters, born
eight days ago.
The determined fight to keep the
babies alive, complicated by signs
of yellow jaudice yesterday, ap-
peared a step nearer victory. Not
only have traces of the disease dis
appeared, but Baby Marie. smallest
and ewakest-she weighs but one
pound ten ounces-showed slight
improvement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-05
Mrs. Celia Joseph Dies

Mrs. Celia o. Joseph, Sc, died yes
terday in the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Morris Dee, 5421 Washing
ton boulevard, after a short illness
Mrs. Joseph came to this city fif-
teen years ago and was a member
of the indianapolis Hebrew Congre-
cation. She is survived by the
daughter, son, Edgar S. Joseph
and two sisters, Mrs. Sig Schilling
Butte, Mont, and Miss Blanche Op-
penheimer, New York.
Funeral services will be held at
tomorrow in the residence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-05
CHURCH FETE PLANNED
Southport Presbyterians to Visit
McAfee, KY, for Ceremony.

A delegation from the Southport
Presbyterian church here will travel
to McAfee, KY, this weekend for
the celebration there Saturday and
Sunday of the seSquicentennial of
the New Providence Presbyterian
church, mother church" of the To-
cal congregation.
The visit will return that of a
delegation from the McAfee church
which came here last fall when the
Southport church celebrated its
centenary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-05
AIR MAIL BILL UNDER
ATTACK BY c. OF c.
Limiting of Operations Scored by
BOrinStein and Cox.

Limiting of Operations Scored by
BOrinstein and Cox.
Limiting of operations OF air mail
contractors, incorporated in the
senate air mail bill, were protested
yesterday by Louis j. Borinstein,
Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
president, and Charles E. Cox, mu-
nicipal airport superintendent.
Mr.. Borinstein and Mr.. Cox sent
kilograms to Senator Frederick Van
Mugs and Representative Louis Lud-
low urging the Objectionable fea-
lures be eliminated on the basis
that it would injure air mail facil-
tiles in indianapolis.
Efforts are being made by the
Chamber of Commerce aviation di-
vision to obtain overnight air mail
service between Kansas City and
New York.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-05
AIR OFFICIAL PROMOTED
William HI. ROOse Named Local
Anyways Representative.

William H. Roose, formerly assist
ant local representative of Ameri-
can Always, Inc, here, has been
promoted to local representative to
succeed Ted E. Griffin, transferred
to Louisville. XIV.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-05

Twenty Buried in Mountain Slide
By United Press
BUCHAREST, Rumania, June s.
Twenty peasants were reported
buried by a mountain slide near
Oraten today while walking and
singing along the road on their way
to work
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-05
Dugan Rites Tomorrow

Final services for Kenneth Dugan,
"a, captain of the Indiana university
baseball team, will be held in the
home of his mother, Mrs. c. G.
Nave, 5401 Central avenue, at $50
tomorrow morning and at 9 in the
st. Joan of Arc Catholic church.
Pallbearers will be members of the
university baseball team. Mr.. Dugan
was injured fatally when an auto
mobile in which he was riding with
three other students overturned on
East Thirty eighth street Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-05
MathiIda Bakemeyer Rites

Funeral services for Mrs. Mathilda
E. Bakemeyer, who died Sunday,
will be held at 2 tomorrow after
noon in her home, 1910 North Dear
born street. Burial will be in Con-
cordia cemetery.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Harry Steinsberger and Miss
Clara Bakemeyer; a sister, Mrs.
Amelia Heger, and brother, Will
liam Hoffman, all of indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-05
Noted Playwright Is Dead
By United Press

By United Press
RUTHERFORD, N. j., June s.
Funeral services we're planned today
for Arthur Henry, 81, author and
playwright, who died at his Nara
gansett, R. l., summer home yester-
day after a heart attack.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-05
Greece Orders 16 Ships

By United Press
ATHENS. June 5.-Greece joined
the rearmament movement today
when the government introduced a
bill in parliament for sixteen de-
stroyers of 1000 tons each.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-05
Phi Gamma Delta to Meet

Members of the Indianapolis
graduate chapter of Phi Gamma
Delta will hold their June meeting
at 6 Thursday night in the Athe-
naeum. Floyd Call is in charge of
the arrangements.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-05
AIIiance Francaise to Elect

Alliance Franchise will elect Off
GERS at the organizations last meet
ing of the year at 8 Thursday night
in the Washington. Dinner will be
served at $50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-05
SPAAN SPENT $952.92
IN PRIMARY ELECTION
Engelke Expended $1,249.6O and
SchlOsser S1,36178.

Late filings of campaign expenses
III the May primary election with
County Clerk Glenn B. RalSton
showed that Ralph M. Span, G.. O.
P. candidate for criminal court
judge, spent $95292.
John F. Engelke, candidate Tor
juvenile judge on the Republican
ticket, spent $1,249.60.
On the Democratic side, Chalmer
Schlosser, for judge of superior
court five, spent ST ,36178.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-05
7 KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Oklahoma Men Blown to Bits in
Dynamite Blast.
Rn limited Pres

By United Press
NORMAN, Okla, June 5.-Seven
men were dead today as an out
growth of an explosion of a dyna-
mite magazine near here.
So terrific was the blast that
bodies of the victims. blown to bits,
were scattered 300 yards across a
field. All were members of a seis-
mograph sounding crew. They were
preparing dynamite.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-05
LIONS CLUB TO MEET
Report on State Session to Be
Heard Tomorrow.

Report of the state Lions Club
state convention, which opened
Sunday in Marion, will be heard at
the local Lions Club luncheon to-
morrow in the Washington.
The Washington times., 1934-02-05
Congress Battles Surplus
Of Statues of Heroes

merits of the statues, said the
Committee.
But that might mean, members
pointed out, that the statue of
George Washington would be con-
signed to the basement because
the statue of Robert E. Lee was
superior. Both wee supplied by
Virginia.
Or, asked another, how can a
member of Congress explain to
his constituents why the statue Of
the only woman in the Hall of
Fame, Frances Willard, is sent to
the basement?
The issue was revived by Repre-
sentative Beedy (R) of Maine
after lying dormant for months.
He thinks it has a real kick.
The State of Maine supplied a
statue of Hannibal Hamlin, former
Vice President. The architects
wouldn't let it in the Hall of Fame
because of the danger of added
weight. AMI the statue stands
outside with rain and snow beat
ing upon the sculptored figure.
The Washington times., 1934-02-05
D. c. CAS- PRICES
GET NEW GUT

Gasoline prices in the District
took another drop today with the
announcement by major COM
panies that their price per gallon
is now ten and a half cents.
Quick on the heels of this an
nouncement came the decision of
the independent dealers to reduce
their prices to ten cents a gallon.
Prices effect what is referred to
as third grade" gasoline.
The gasoline price war will con-
tinue here until the independent
dealers are allowed to operate at
fair profit. Joseph F.. Amato,
president of the Associated Gaso-
line Retailers of Washington, said
today. The association comprises
So independent dealers.
AS soon as word of the latest
price reduction was received by the
Petroleum Administration Board,
Nathan R. Margold, chairman,
issued instructions to the boards
attorneys to Immediately start
legal action in an effort to stop
the price war.
Washington is the only place
in the country at the present time
where a price war is raging,
The Washington times., 1934-02-05
SOAR,
BONDS ALSO
ADVANCE
Utilities Lead Buoyant Market
in Heavy Trading; Rails
Due for Upturn

NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (I.N.S.)
The stock market continued
its sbreakneck pace to new
high groasdeaA-.the movement
in early afternoon dealings to-
day, with rails and utilities
taken in hand for spirited
gains.
With the industrials already
through the resistance points of
last summer, bullish interests were
engaged in the effort to carry the
rails through last July's tops, thus
confirming the bull trend.
Rail Shares Advance
New York Central was taken in
large volume to As for gain Of
almost points. Southern Pacific,
Atchison, Northern Pacific, and
Chicago and Northwestern were
other strongly favored carriers.
American Telephone, Consoli-
dated Gas, and North American
were outstanding among the
utilities, with the power and light
group as a whole enjoying its
best single days upturn in
months.
Volume until noon was 2,31O,-
900 shares, which if maintained
through the day would bring
total sales within reach of the
100000 share total, by far the
heaviest since last summer.
Bonds Continue Rise
Bonds continued their spectac-
ular rise, with speculative rails
and industrials again setting the
pace in huge dealings. Com
modities were higher, cotton
squirting more than 80 cents a
bale and wheat another cent a
bushel on top of Saturdays rise.
The dollar showed further re-
sistance to the new devaluation
level, rising to a premium OF
more than 4 cents above the do
mestic parity. French francs
were especially weak, reflecting
the political crisis in France.
Other currencies were lower.
The Washington times., 1934-02-05
PREMIUM RISES
IN NDOLLARRATE

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-G.N.SO.
With $35,00O,O00 on the way here
and no signs of the gold rush abat-
ing, the dollar again forged ahead
after Saturdays interruption and
the rate today touched 1928 cents
in terms of French francs against
61.98 cents On Saturday. This
placed the dollar at more than 4
cents premium over the newly
established parity of 59.O6 cents.
At the same time the inter-
national scramble for gold
brought a further rise in the
London gold price to 14O shillings
an ounce, a new record high and
equivalent to $34.51 an ounce
when converted into dollars at
$4.93 to the pound. On this basis
the dollar was valued at 40
per cent of parity against 1O2.82
per cent on Saturday.
Despite the taking of FL $40, 900
($7,700,000) of gold in the London
market for American account, in
volving the sale of an equivalent
number of dollars, the British
pound stering dropped ~ cents
to $4931a.
This brought a sympathetic
slump of to 10 points in the Scan
dinavian exchanges, but the Cana
dian dollar gained 3-16 of a cent
to a discount of "a of l per cent
against the dollar.
The Washington times., 1934-02-05
MEETING SET
FOR TODAY
DELAYED
Move Believed Coup to Give
Foes of Full Restoration
Chance to Reorganize

Uncertainty hung over the
Federal pay and veterans re-
lief issues on Capitol Hill today.
due to the failure of Senator
James F. Byrnes (D.) Of South
Carolina, acting chairman Of
the Senate subcommittee on the
independent offices supply bill,
to call that group together to
give further consideration to
the measure.
On Saturday, the acting chair
man had indicated he would call
the subcommittee today, pointing
ing out that he desired to give
the members the weekend to
think it over what they wanted to
do in regard to the veterans Sec
ton of the bill.
Time Not Yet Set
Senator Byrnes said today, how
ever, he hopes the committee will
report the Navy Department ap-
preparation bill in the Senate
first, since there are no great con-
troversial points in it. He added
that no time has been set as yet
for the independent offices sub
committee to continue its delibera-
tionS.
Senator Brynes gave no reason
for not calling the meeting today
and while subcommittee members
could offer no explanation, some
interpreted it as a defensive step
on the part of Administration
forces to utilize time in order to
put down what they anticipate
may be a movement beyond their
control to further liberaliZe
economy provisions.
Fear New UpSets
It is suggested by some that the
Administration fears Senate ap-
proval of further liberalizationS in
the pay cut and veterans provi-
(Continued on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1934-02-05
ONTEN|P7 |:
PENAL TIES
URGED BY
BLACK
Air Line Officials Face Pos
sibIe Fines and Jail for
Tactics in Mail Probe -,

William, P. MacCracken, IT,,
former Assistant Secretary Of
Commerce, his law partner
and three air mail officials
were cited to the Senate late
today on charges of contempt
as a result Of their refusing to
turn over documents to the
Senate air mail investigating
committee.
MacCracken's law partner 10
Frederic E. Lee.
The air mail officials were:
Col. L. H. Brittin, vice presi.
dent Of Northwestern Air Mail.
Inc.
Gilbert H. Given, Washington
representative of Western Air
Express.
Harris M. Hanshue, president
OF Western Air Express.
Punishment Asked
MacCracken, under technical
arrest, sat in a gallery watching
the proceedings as the Senate air
mail committee filed a report ask.
ing punitive action against him
and his colleagues.
The committee did not recon-
mend any particular punishment,
but reported the alleged contu-
macy of the five men in ignoring
a Senate subpoena for their docu-
ments, and asked the Senate to
take whatever action it saw fit"
Brown Accused
Senator Black CD of Alabama,
committee chairman, explained
the report and in the midst Of
his sreech accused former Post
master General Walter F. Brown
of violating the law in the award
of air mail contracts.
He charged Brown broke onG
law by supervising a conference
of air mail operators, who "spht
up" air mail contracts.
He said Brown broke anotheA
penal statute by awarding air mar
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1934-02-05
Byrnes Holds Up Action On Pay
Junior League a Flop
Founder Informs
Mrs. Roosevelt

The Junior League, especially
branches in certain large eastern
cities, came in for a thorough
"bawling out" today at Mrs. Roose-
velt'S press conference by Mrs.
Mary Hartman Rumsay, founder
of the league.
Mrs. Rumsay declared she was
full of wrath" at the tendency in
certain leagues to "do things for
themselves" and ignore the pur-
POSE for which the organization
was founded, heipfng sstgh-
borS.
She said:
"They are building big expen-
Sive club houses where they can
go and swim, and are forgetting
all about the original idea of
helpfulneSS. 1 think it is per-
The Washington times., 1934-02-05
WILL ROGERS
Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, Cal, Feb.
Snow that the principal
thing to gamble in is money,
you watch the Cinnamon enter.
ing into your brokerage offices.
No people in the world can
gamble on money exchange Ike
a Chinaman. He is the quickest
figurer in his head of anybody.
That money market in Shanghai
makes the New York stock
market look like a wake. And
not a EenciI in the house.
I here and now suggest b
Mr.. MOrgenthau, our Treasurer:
Don't monkey with a Prince
ton or Harvard professor when
you start out with that two
billion dollars to stabilize with.
Can all those professors ana
get a Chinaman."
Copyright, 1884. by McNaughb
SyndiCate)
The Washington times., 1934-02-05
M'CRACKEN and 4 OTHERS CITED TO SENATE
Ruling Backs Ansell;
Long Loses Round
In Libel Battle

made necessary in the perform
ance of his official duties. The
exemption of SuitOrS and wit
neSSeS from service of summons
brought here from a foreign
jurisdiction in response to legal
process has no application in
the present case.
"Thus it appears there is moth
ing in the present case which
could be distorted into a legal
arrest or could be brought
within the immunity afforded
in the Constitution to Members
Of Congress.
"It would be an extraordinary
situation if Members of Congress
while in Washington, if in their
official capacity could incur
common Indebtedness such as
store bills, hotel bills, etc, and
be entirely immune from service
of civil process for the enforce
ment of such claims.
This, we have held in a num-
ber Of cases, is not the law and
we can preceive no distinction
between the service of civil
process in the case of that kind
and the one that is under con-
SideratiOn in this case"
The opinion of the court was
delivered by Justice Van Orsdel
Long prosecuted a special appea
when a motion to quash was de
MED by the District Supreme
Court.
The Washington times., 1934-02-05

Senator Huey P. Long, Louis.
lana Kingfish, must stand trial
in the $5OO,O0O libel suit brought
against him by Brig. Gen. Samuel
T. Ansell, the Court of Appeals
ruled today.
The suit originated over publica-
ton of a speech made by Senator
Long on the floor of the Senate
and later circulated by him in the
Congressional Record.
General AnSell filed another
suit, charging Slander in connec-
ton with the speech. The suit was
dismissed in District Supreme
Court on the ground that the
Kingfish was protected by Con-
greSsional immunity for remarks
on the floor.
:, Not Immune to Summons
Senator Long also contended
that his. remarks were protected
by the Constitution. The Court of
Appeals, however, in affirming the
decision Of District Supreme Court
in the libel action, held that such
immunity did not extend to sum-
mons in civil suits.
Passing on this question the
court said:
"NOr is there any merit in
the contention that the defend
ant is exempt from service of
summons because his presence
in the District of Columbia is
The Washington times., 1934-02-05
By International News Service

Congress has new surplus-a
surplus of bronze and q marble
statues of national heroeS-and
no one seems able to solve this
problem.
The floor of the Hall of Fame
in the Capitol is groaning under
the weight of so tons of statues.
Architects say the floor may col
lapse.
Why not, asked David Lynn,
architect of the Capitol, simply
move some of the statues to the
ground floor, virtually a base
ment floor? But this remedy,
which seemed so simple, has pro-
voked many complications.
The statues are gifts of States,
each nominating two Of it's great
est men and supplying the marble
and bronze figures.
Which statues, asked Members
of Congress, shall be transferred
to the dark corridor below? An
answer was supplied by the House
Library Committee. Let the Fine
Arts Commission decide on the
The Washington times., 1934-02-05
CURBACT
NEAR On HILL
BY International News Service


An omnibus" bill incorporating
drastic regulation of the New
York Stock Exchange will be in
troduced in the Senate this week,
Senator Fletcher CD of Florida,
chairman of the Senate Banking
Committee, announced this after
noon.
Fletcher said the measure would
include provisions of a number
of schools of thought in regard
to regulation of the stock market
and other exchanges.
While the bill will set up licens-
ing, largely as a means of es-
tablishing the measures constitu-
tionality, and will give admins
tration to the Federal Trade Com
mission or some other body, it
also will forbid a number of
evil practices of the exchange,
Fletcher said.
Curtailment of margin accounts
would be included, according to
Fletcher.
The Washington times., 1934-02-05

nicious tendency and should be
checked"
Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Rumsay
and the third of the trio of old
friends, Mrs. Isabella Greenway,
Arizona Representative, will wear
to the Junior League ball Friday
night gowns, or duplicates of
gowns worn to their first Junior
League parties.
Mrs. Rumsay's frock, of pink
tulle and pink rosebuds, will be
the only original. Mrs. Roose-
Velt'S, of blue tulle and rosebuds,
will be a copy, and Mrs. Green
way will wear a gown (grey tulle
and iris embroidery loaned her
by Mrs. John c. Breckenridge, of
New York.
The league was founded by Mrs.
RumSay l. 1901. Mrs. Roosevelt
was admitted to membership the
first year, and Mrs. Greenway in
1905.