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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
AMAZING RALLY MADE
BY MARIE DRESSLER
IN FIGHT FOR LIFE

by CHttcH Press
SANTA BARBARA, Cal, June
29.-The dawn which physicians
predicted Marie DreSSler would
never see found the veteran troup-
er's amazing courage carrying her
to temporary triumph over death
today.
Her condition is the best in three
days." said DR.. Franklin R. Nuzum,
who feared last night that the noted
stage and screen actress heart
would fail her before morning.
There is no immediate danger, %
he told newspaper men. i do not
expect another crisis before noon. y
He was astounded by the vitality
of the woman whose deeply-lined
face turned pale blue-a foreboding
of death--at midnight.
Her rally was most remarkable, .
he asserted. He was convinced there
was no immediate danger.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29

The statement was compiled I'M
der instruction of Circuit Judge Earl
r. Cox and copies are 10 be mailed
to each depoSitor tonight.
II was revealed that the receiver
holds assets appraised at S53l ,211.67,
of which 1921 .994.87 represents as
sets held as pledges by certain cred
itorS. leaving only $500 ,216.80 free
assets.
Liabilities, including sl.196, LOG. As
in deposits. total 81 .635 ,570.95.
Expenses of the receivership. I'M
der Mr.. Garvin, have totaled s89,-
3l1.10. The larger items of dis
burSement include: Allowance to
receiver for services. S8.166.66; sal
aries of clerks and StenographerS.
S7.50427: attorneys fees, $3.50;
auditing fees. 1854. and inveStigat
ing fees to determine criminal LA
bility. $3.50.
Describing the appointment of
auditors and their reports. Mr.. Gar
win said in letters to depositors:
1T developed that prior to the
closing of the bank that the Of
ficers of the Meyer-KiSer bank had
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29

A few resigned souls lost them
selves altogether in the heat,
stripped to the waist and lay un-
der trees in the parks. A glow
ing. cheese colored moon, streaked
with bars of f1eeting clouds, rode
in the skies.
Foaming, yellow beer was gulped
in taverns by both sexes eager for
a slight moment of GOODNESS.
A bored crowd listened half
heartedly to the shouting exhorta-
tions of a rowing revivalist in Uni
versity park. The usual heckler
was too hot to argue. People of
all shapes, sizes and classes sat
languidly on benches or on the
grass. ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29

Shrill cries of delight foated
from the chute the-chute cars at
the amusement parks as the cars
Zoomed down the slide and
whisked up the other side.
n
Under cover of darkness, a
~ few scattered industrious
men moved lawns and sprinkled
while their wives looked on ap-
provingly. Small boys pressed
curious noses against the win
dows where gaudy fireworks were
shown.
In Garfield park the cool swish
of the fountain sounded like
gentle rainfall. Children played
happily near the fountains. A
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29

advance of his plea.
Five state policemen escort
ed the prisoner.
In prOnOuncing sentence,
Judge Wilbur S. Bonner of
Putnam circuit court said that
because of COpeland's age the
penalty would be equivalent OF
a life term.
In handouts and leg chains.
Copeland chatted freely as ne
waited for his attorney. Miss Bess
Robbins. Indianapolis. TO arrive.
- was the first to enter the bank,
he said.
MY share was $4,000 in cash and
$4,000 in bonds. But 1 only got
about $1,000 out of the bonds.
DiIIinger Under Indictment
I'VE came down here from Chi
cago and 1 had been driving Tor
about forty hours steadily before tie
holdup."
Copeland refused to name his
accomplices.
John Dulinger, leader of the con-
vict gang. is under indictment IN
connection with the Greencastle
robbery. Four men participated,
the total loot being $4,000 in cash
and bonds.
Copeland's sentence today relieves
him from the necessity of facing
trial in Ohio on a murder charge.
where he would be liable to death
in the electric chair.
He is suspected of assisting
Charles Makley. Harry Pierpont and
Russell Clark in hberating Dillin-
ger from the Lima co. Jail last
october. Sheriff Jess Sarber Of
Lima was murdered during the raid.
Two Awaiting Death
Clark. Pierpont and Makley all
are under sentence in Ohio, two
OF them to death and the other to
life Imprisonment.
Copeland was arrested in Chicago
several months ago in an expensive
automobile he had purchased with
loot from the GrencaStle bank rob
berry He was sent back to the
prison as a parole violatOr, having
Zen originally sentenced on a bur
glary charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
By TRISTRAM COFFIN
Times stan Writer

L AUGHING and Semi-nude, In
Il dianapolis threw of her in
hibitions last night and defied the
heat. Up and down the city the
citizenry shed clothes with a
historical cheerfulneSs.
The crowds Shuffled by the
thousands into parks. air-con-
ditioned theaters, into pools. to
the baseball game. They sat at
home under whirring fans or. in
the poorer parts of town. looked
wistfully at cars passing by.
Old men and women sat placidly
on their door steps. tanning them
selves with palm fans. AS night
fall fell, men took of their shirts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29

fretful baby squalled and was
hushed patiently by it's mother.
In Ellenberger park, Mcclure
beach and Rhodius park every
square foot of water was filled
with shouting bathers. There was
an air of cheerfulness and de1noc-
racy caused by the heat. Rich and
poor peSpired and suffered alike.
The country clubs looked no diff
ferent from the municipal parks.
There was the same high-pitched
laughter and heat.
A tramp. dreaming lost visions
of gold and lovely women and
limousines, was the happiest one
of the lot as in a secluded spot in
Taggart park he slept contentedly
under tree.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
'RACKETEERINC' LAID
TO CITY CONSTABLE
Resignation of Officer Is
Ordered by County.

The resignation of N. A. Howard,
Franklin township constable, was
demanded by County commissioners
today on the recommendation of
the county grand jury.
Howard, according to Oscar Hage-
mier, grand jury prosecutor, had
been making racket" of arresting
cafe owners for selling beer to
minors.
He would instruct girls under 81
to go into bars and order beer, &C
cording to the allegations When
the girls had bought the beer, How
ard would make the arrest, it is
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
IN THIS CORNER

Swinging back 10 the par
lance Of the sports world.
WestbrOok Pegler will hand
you some real laughs tomor-
row when he describes round
by-round details Of the preps-
rations for the John Jacob
Astor-Ellen Tuck French we'd
ding.
Young and old have followed
the romances OF the great
Aston these several weeks. Now
apparently he actually is head
ed toward the altar.
Pegler believes the man
agement' has underestimate
the capacity crowd and saws
the church only has a limited
seating capacity compared
with some OF the wedding
arenas in New York"
You'll find Pegler's quips at
the great event worth reading
in The Times tomorrow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29

A woman lolled in a rocking chair
humming bliSsfully to herself, her
bare feet resting on her woolly
dogs back.
Women had the best of it as far
as semi-nudity was concerned. In
low-backed dresses and sandals
they patrolled the parks. 1t was
even too hot for romance and the
conventional entwined couples on
park benches were scarce in the
city summer scene.
A DOLESCENTS shrieked and
IA shouted in swimming pools.
while their elders calmly padded
in the water. Girls in daring
bathing suits swan under the
aloof eyes Of bronzed life guards.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
SUSPECT SLAYER OF
POLICEMAN ARRESTED
TT. Wayne Man One of Four Held in
Ligonier Murder.

bU JHtttU FTt85
FIT. Wayne, Ind, June 29.-Virgil
Huffman, "a, TT. Wayne, alleged
trigger man" i'll the Staying early
today Of a Ligonier policeman, and
Walter Elliott, alleged driver of the
bandit escape-car, we're arrested
here today.
Walter Valobetzney, TT. Wayne,
alleged fourth member OF the OUT
law gang, is held for questioning.
Police said Elliott is a nephew of
Garfield, 80, Fl. Wayne, who
was with Huffman when merchant
policeman Ed Keasey, 50, was shot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
BROOKLYN BROTHERS
START OCEAN HOP
Filters Over Atlantic on Trip
to Poland.
BIZ UHifed Prese

BIZ United Press
HARBOR GRACE, N. F., June %.
Benjamin and Joe Adamowicz,
soda pop manufacturing brothers of
Brooklyn, N. Y, took off at 2:57
a. m. indianapolis time), in a
single motored plane for Warsaw,
Poland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
13 ARE INDICTED IN
DETROIT BANK CRASH
True Bills Found Against Officers
of Two Institutions.

BY JNlfed PTe8s
DETROIT, June 29.-Collapse Of
Detroit's two national banks and
their holding companies-which in
February, 1888, precipitated the
closing of all the nations banks
brought the indictment of thirteen
former bankers by a federal grand
jury today.
True bills were found against the
former officers of the First National
Bank-Detroit and the Guardian
National Bank of Commerce, both
in federal receivership.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
HARRY COPELAND,
DILLINGER NORMAN.
IS GIVEN % YEARS
Talks Freely, but Refuses to Name Accom-
plices in Greencastle Raid; Sentence
Equivalent to Life.
$4,000 CASH WAS CUT OF LOOT
Realized Only $1,000 on Bonds Worth $4,000,
He Says in Court Room; Taken
Back to Prison.


GREENCASTLE Ind June 29.-Harry Copeland, SO,
Muncie member of the Dlinger terror gang was SEN
fenced to twenty-five years in the state prison today on
charges of obbng the Central National bank OF
Copeland pleaded guilty and readily admitted participant
mo in the hodup lie was taken back the state prison
Immediately commitment papers having been made out in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
ROOSEVELT WILL SAIL
FOR HAWAII ON SUNDAY
Change i'm Schedule Is Forced by
Press Of Business.

hW NITf" TIT
WASHINGTON. June 29.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt will sail from An
napolis. Nd. at Z. Sunday night on
his cruise to the West Indies and
Hawaii. the White House an
nounced today.
The President originally had fixed
tomorrow morning as the sailing
date, but 1t was explained the pres
sure of last minute government
business was too heavy to permit
him to adhere to that schedule.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
STAY DELAYS DEATH
OF DOOMED MOTHER
Woman Sleeps for First Time in
Forty Eight Hours.

FOrty-Eight Hours.
By Hitcd Press
OSSINING, N. Y, June 20
Granted a last minute stay, Mrs.
Anna Antonio, mother of three, who
was to have been executed last
night, slep early today for the first
time in forty-eight hours. 1t was
understood sleep was induced by a
sleeping potion.
Her execution was stayed by Gov
ernor Hrebert H. Lehman after Vim
cent Saetta, convicted with Sam
Feraci of killing Mrs. Antonio's hus-
band, made a statement repeatedly
aboslving her in the Shaving.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
NEW ENGLAND MAN IS
VICTIM OF LYNCHERS
Alleged to Have "AccOsted Woman,
Beaten 10 Death.

81 United Press
SPRINGFIELD. Mass. June %
John Bsldrini. %. victim of the
first lynehing in modern New Eng
land history. died today at Wesson
Memorial hospital.
He had been attacked Sunday and
beaten into Inconsistencies by a
mob Of seven men and seven women.
after he was alleged 10 have &C
costed one of the women.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
RIJTLER STUDENT KILLED
BY STIFLING HEAT; SLIGHT
RELIEF ISPROMISED CITY
Glenn R. Johnson, rs, Collapses, Dies, After
Running Across University Campus
to Catch Street Car.
NO OTHERS ARE FRUSTRATED
Occasional Showers Tomorrow Will Break
Searching Heat Wave, Weather
Bureau Officials Declare.

Terrific heat of the last few days today resulted IN the
first heat fatality of the season when Glenn r. Johnson 20
of 1851 North Delaware street. died after running across the
Butler university campus to catch street car
He was a Butler summer school student.
Dr. O. S. Jaquith 261 Blue Ridge road private physician
attributed the death to complication OF heart disease ana
overexertion brought on by the strenuous heat
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
STATE CONTINUES WAR
ON CHINCH BUG PEST
McNutt Is Authorized to Buy
More CreOSOte.

Governor Paul v. McNutt yeSter-
day received permission from Harry
L. Hopkins, federal emergency relief
administrator, to purchase 100000
gallons more of creosote for use in
the states war on chinch bugs. Al
ready, 100000 gallons have been
purchased.
The. fluid will be purchased
through the Governors commission
on unemployment relief, an FERA
agency.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
CarIoadings Show Increase

By United Press
WASHINGTON, June 29.-The
American Railway Association today
announced carleadings Of revenue
freight for the week ended June %,
totalled 621.872 cars. an increase Of
Apo cars over the preceding week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1884


Laughing at the heat while engaged in a cool
water battle, George Weber. 915 Southern avenue
and Robert Pitts 955 Albany street upper, left to
right, refreshed themselves last night in Garfield
park swimming pool
"Whew!-It's hot even with my shirt off," ex-
claims the man to the right in the lower picture
This trio ignored modesty in attempt to get cool
in Garfield park last night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
Richard Dix WEEDS Secretary

JERSEY CITY, June 29.-Rich-
ard Dix. motion picture star. and
his secretary, Miss Virginia Web
Ster. were married today by Justice
of the Peace Edward Markley.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
WASHES DISHES, EATS
FOOD, STEALS WATCH
Vagrant Plays Mean Trick on
Kindly Restaurant Man.

Kindly Restaurant Man.
Jack Harris, 1896 East Vermont
street, viii be decidedly cool to
Migrants who enter his coffee shop
at 319 North Illinois. street after
this.
Mr.. Harris, with charity in his
heart and dirty dishes in his sink,
told man who asked for food this
morning that, if the man would
wash the dishes, the food would be
forthcoming.
The man washed the dishes, ate
the food and departed-taking Mr.
Harris watch with him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
Roosevelt Smdshes at
Prophets of Calamity
President Makes Comprehensive, Studied Reply to Critics
of New Deal, Denies Trend Toward Communism.


WASHINGTON 2To the country President
today the question Are better of under the New
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
Meyer-Kiser DepOsitOrs
May Not Receive Cent
Only Small Percentage at Most Will Be Available for Dis
burSement Receiver Reveals.

DepoSiors may
the small of
i a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29

Leaving his fellow citizens 70
ponder the answer to the question
AN answer to be recorded at the
fall election polls-he prepared to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
COMPENSATION BILL Is
SIGNED BY ROOSEVELT
Measure Appropriates S4,OOO,OOO for
Widows, Children.

By LNlteU PfeSS
WASHINGTON, June 29.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt today signed the
bill appropriating S4000,0OO to COM
pensate widows and children of
persons who died while receiving
monetary benefits for disabilities
directly incurred in or aggravated
by. active military or naval service
in the World war.
The Washington times., 1934-11-20
DAWES IS SUED
BY R,F.C.

CHICAGO, Nov. 20 G.N.SJ.
OF the $sO,OOo,O00 Dawes
Loans" granted the old Central
Republic Bank and Trust Comp
any in 1882 by the Reconstruc"
ton Finance Corporation $780,
476,437 remains to be paid, it
was shown today in suit
brought by the RFC in Federal
court.
Gen. Charles G. Dawes, former
head of the Central Republic
Bank and former chairman of
the RFC, is named with 1000
other stockholders in the suit to
recover $4,000, 900 double liability
under the banking laws.
General Dawes, former Vice
President of the United States
is now chairman of the City
National Bank and Trust Com
pany, a highly liquid institution
which took over the deposits Of
the Central Republic Bank and
Trust Company two years ago.
The bill states the bank owes
the RFC $7,722,26s on a loan
dated June %, 1882, and $52,754,-
1859 on another loan dated
October s, 1882.
The Dawes family liability,
according to the suit, would be
$1,044,O0
The Washington times., 1934-11-20
Man Runs Amuck;
Dead, 2 Shot

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 20
U.N.S0-Two men were dead to-
day, and q man and woman
wounded after an apparently de-
mented watchman ran amok here
last night.
The watchman, Henry Bluhm,
81, died this morning Of wounds
he received in a gun battle with
police. His victims included Louis
Cuneo, 46, tavern keeper, whom
Bluhm shot to death after
charging his beer had been
doped; David Glazier, 33, pharma-
ciSt, and Miss Mildred Smith, a.,
cashier at q roller skating rink.
The Washington times., 1934-11-20
k|DNAP
THREAT Barred

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 20
G.N.S0. - Threats to kidnap
Evangeline Davey, 23-year-old
daughter of Gov-elect Martin L.
Davey were revealed today by
Francis Poulson, close personal
friend of the Davey family and
chairman of the Ohio Democratic
executive committee.
Word that an attempt might
be made to kidnap Miss Davey
reached Mr.. Poulson last Thurs
day through an unidentified
source in Cincinnati, he said: He
added:
"We didn't place undue Gre
dence in the report, but we
heard about it from q source
considered sufficiently trust
worthy as to warrant our look.
ing into it.
"Our information was that
Miss Davey was to be kidnapped
when she came here Saturday
to attend the football game be-
tween Ohio State and Michigan.
"She attended the game,
guarded by q number Of State
highway patrOlmen and by city
detectives under Maj. Winfield
S. Pealer. public safety direc-
tor.
miss Davey was not dis
turbed at the game. She has
returned to her home in Kent
without guard"
The Washington times., 1934-11-20
JUDGE BACKS Up
GLORIA RULING

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 G.N.SD.
Supreme Court Justice John F.
Carew took steps today to re"
inforce his decision regarding the
custody of 10-year-old Gloria Van
derbilt.
The justice signed an order
making the legal guardians of
little Gloria and her $3,OOO,00O
estate parties to the suit "for
the better enforcement OF the
decree to be entered herein"
AS parties to the suit, George
w. Wickersham and Thomas B.
GilchriSt, the guardians, will be
bound by the custody order which
Justice Carew is to sign some
time this week, perhaps today.
IF Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney,
Gloria's paternal aunt, is allowed
to keep the young heiress five days
a week while her mother, Mrs
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, has her
only two days week, the guard
ians would be bound to see that
such an arrangement is enforced.
The guardians of little Gloria
were named to care for the for
tune left her by her father, Regi-
nald Vanderbilt, because her
mother was under age at the time
of his death. The guardians have
taken a middle of the road" atti-
tude in the court battle between
Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Whitney
for the custody of the child.
The Washington times., 1934-11-20
POliceman's Trial
In Mais Case Opens

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 20
GN.sJ.-Trial of City Sergeant
John G. Saunders. charged with
gross negligence in failing to pro-
vide proper guard for Walter
Legenza and Robert Mais, Tri-
state gangsters who killed a
policeman in escaping from the
condemned cells in the city jail,
was slated to start today as a new
jury panel was called to take tes.
timony in custer proceedings
against him.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mais, mother of
one of the gangsters, is to be
tried tomorrow on charges of
acting as an accessory to the
murder of w. A. Toot, the police
man slain in the escape.
The Washington times., 1934-11-20
Times Leads In Drive
For Yule FELLOWSHIP D

The GoodfellowS will continue
to operate for the benefit Of those
who like to make personal con-
tact with those with whom they
share their Christmas.
Names of families needing as
sistance to bring them Yuletide
joy will be received by the Good
fellow Editor Of The Washington
Times. Such names will be held,
as always, in the stricteSt con-
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The Washington times., 1934-11-20
FEELING BITTER
IN ASSAULT
BY staff Correspondent


CLIFTON FORGE, Va, Nov.
20.-W hile the grief-stricken
mother, surrounded by her IL
children, sobbed and on the verge
of collapse, the bodies of Alice
Hill, 13, and her sister, Ellen, 8,
assaulted and murdered by a col
ored man, were lowered into the
grave today, while 1000 citizens
looked on.
Despite the plea of the Rev.
Writ L. Davis, pastor of the Bap-
tist Church, who officiated at
the double funeral, that there be
no violence, there were ominous
mutterings from men in the
crowd.
Suspect COnfesses
Meanwhile, in the Richmond
Jail, where he was spirited for safe
keeping, Philip Jones, Is, colored
farmer who confessed to the
brutal murders, sat in his cell,
mumbling incoherently. His only
explanation of the crime was:
"The devil got into me-"
Jones confession first impli-
Gated another colored man, but
later he admitted he did the kill
ing alone.
At the funeral service the Rev.
Mr.. Davis said that the colored
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The Washington times., 1934-11-20
$4,000 FRAUD
HOLDS THREE

CHICAGO, Nov. 20 G.N.sO.
Joseph Marcino, alias Biata' who
served a term at Atlanta Peniten-
tiary for a bank fraud at Warren,
Mass, and two other men, were
in police custody today after a
downtown bank clerk told authori-
ties a story of a $4,000 fraud.
The clerk was Otto Van Derck'
%, who told police his conscience
hurt him because he wanted TO
get married. Van Derck is .
ledger clerk at the Amalgamated
Trust and Savings Bank. He was
held with Marcino and Abraham
Karatz, 43, who, police said. was
arranging the purchase OF a
Springfield (Ill" insurance COM
pany.