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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05

Counting time spent in county and
city jailS and cost of arrests, police
officers today computed that
confinement of the terror mob
sterS" cost more than $4,000.
The next great item of expense,
according to Herbert E. Wilson,
prosecuting attorney Of Marion
county, comes for trials. While no
exact figure could be given for the
cost of each member of the Dillin-
ger gang prosecuted, Mr.. Wilson
thought that $4,000 a man would
be a conservative figure.
In his costly trip to Tucson to
return Dillinger to Crown Point
Jail, it is estimated that Robert
G. Estill, Lake county prosecu-
tor. spent approximately $4,000.
Two airplanes were chartered by
Mr.. Estill He and his men
stayed at the best hotel in Tucson
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05

and flew out for the prisoner from
Chicago. Two chartered planes
were used to bring Dillinger to
Crown Point.
1t cost the state police less than
$1,000 to bring Pierpont, Makley
and Clark back to Lima, O., ac-
cording to Al Feeney, state safety
director. This cost included train
fares for five state policemen and
a matron for Mary Kinder.
Long distance telephone calls
in the hunt for the terror mob"
cost more than $1,000, Mr.. Feeney
revealed.
There is no way of estimating
the cost of gasoline, wear and
tear on state police cars and sum
dries in the hunt, all paid for by
Hoosier taxpayers, but the cost is
very large, state police officials
conceded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05
FOR THE EVENING

n GOD, 1Oho has made everything, and is so kind and
u mercifm to everything He has made aCho tries to
be good and to deserre it. God bless my dear Papa end
Mamma Brothers and Sisters and all ny Relations and
Friends Make me good little child and let neUer
be naughty and tell a he achich is and shameful
thing. Make kind to my Nurses and SERVANTS and to all
beggarS and poor people, and let nerer be cruel to oy
dumb creatures for If am cruel 10 anything to
poor little f God pCho good, aCi neUer Lore And
pray God to bless and preserre as ALL this night, and
for euermore through Jesus Christ orr Lord. AMEN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05

Construction will begin Immediately
An effort will be made to award
all contracts to indianapolis or IN
diana companies and all materials,
insofar as it is possible. will be pur-
chased within the borders of the
state Rudolph G. Block announced.
The old building will be remodeled
completely to correspond with the
modern architectural design of the
new building. More than $1,000,000
will be expended.
The new structure, designed by
Vonnegut, Bohen g. Mueller, archi-
tectS, will be of white terra Gotta
with a black granite base. An ar
cade will extend the length of the
Illinois street area. 1t will COM
bine glass, bronze. marble and I'M
usual lighting effects in display
windows.
The arcade will have two en-
frances on Illinois street and one
on Market street. A stairway at each
end of the arcade will lead directly
" tiiC QONAAStdAS StOAEs ~ Ildl
breakfast may be served before the
store is opened.
Three entrances will lead from
the arcade to the store. Soft beige
and silver, Illuminated by pillars of
light will feature the first-view of
the interior. Each of the east en-
frances will lead into aisleS that
form boulevards of light.
Latest design escalators, four feet
wide. will facilitate vertical traffic.
They have a capacity of 5000 per-
sons an hour. The first floor and
downstairs floor of the new store
Will be air-cooled.
Features of the new store will be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05

In the Massachusetts avenue
bank robbery in Indianapolis, in
the latter part of September, Dill
linger, Hilton Crouch and others
are alleged to have gotten away
with more than $4,000.
The sheriff of Pima county
tArizona) was angered because it
cost the county 500 a day, he
claimed, to keep the terror mob"
in jail there.
But today it was pointed out
that it has cost Indiana more
than $4,000 to keep these Grim
inals in the jails from which they
have escaped, with comparative
ease.
Dillinger and the nine other
desperadoes who escaped with
him from the state penitentiary
at Michigan City all had served
an average of six years for various
crimes, according TO state police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05
Hunt Is in Vain
Bu United PTcs8


CHICAGO, March 5.-The hunt
for John Dillinger, jail-breaking
public enemy No. l, centered in
Chicago and northern Illinois to-
day. Authorities sought a prear-
ranged hideout where the outlaw
was believed to have rejoined for
mer gang members.
Chicago police ordered series OF
flying raids on the homes of for
mer Indiana convicts who knew Dill
linger. Captain John Siege mob
ilized special squads armed with
submachine guns and bullet-proof
vests to cover $50 such assignments.
Captain siege and Sergeant Frank
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or Corruption at Bottom Of
Desperado's Escape, Charges Hoover,
Department of Justice Chief.
It's a Disgrace Cries, U. S. Agents Leader;
Assails Indiana Jail Authorities
for Crown Point Episode.
BY WALKER STONE
Times staff Writer

WASHINGTON, March 5.-Escape of John Dllinger
from the Lake county Jail Saturday characterized here
today by Edgar Hoover chief of the justice departments
bureau of investigation as "damnable outrage"
"Some is guilty either of nOnfeasance or mafea-
sance charged the federal governments chief awenforce
ment officer. Either negligence corruption must be at
the bottom of this That is true of nearly all jail breaks
Escape from good jail is impossible if the jail authorities
are both dilgent and honest simultaneously, Sena
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05
John DTTJTNGFR

TOHN DILLINGER and his
u terror mob" have cost the
citizens of Indiana more than
half a million dollars, conserva-
lively estimated, a survey by The
Times revealed today.
Considering only the latest es-
capadeS Of the gang in a series
of wild forays of robbery and
murder in a score of states. it was
conceded by state, county and
city police officials today that
the terror mob" has been a cost
~ experiment in crime.
During the four months period
in which the gang was at large
before being captured by Tucson
(Ariz0 police. four banks at
Greencastle. East Chicago, South
Bend and Fl. Wayne were robbed.
Police laid the robberieS, totaling
more than 100000 to the gang.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05
AN EDITORIAL

Two thousand the world troubled it today
challenging the strength
Civilization itself out of great economic
depression.
Imperial without realizing entering blazing
splendor-but justice
breaking replacing it. Her cities
and filthy sums dangerous underworld
growing adtoral shows Flaws opening in her
credit and monetary systems.
Special privileges ruthlessy the rights of the
system, wholly
beginning the Dark not
away, history counts time.
the most insignificant provinces
Child manhood changed
civilization the tired old world
could its
all simple straightforward honest
philosophy refuge believe that these confused
people may to His eternal
Newspapers criticised the things to which
they space with those criticisms 1t the
MOTTO paint picture but merely hold up the
affairs If the reflection is sometimes
the mirrors affair.
its the first
chapter written the the
beloved
humility of the most
contemporary that the public
members the stall who
privileged to read it in advance
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05

The frail, bespectacled little old
lady, charged with murder in the
Staying of her daughter-in-law,
Rheta, was placed on the witness
stand for brief questioning as the
trial neared an end.
The side of her face was bruised.
She was deathly white and her cour-
age faltered. Il don't see how I
can go through with it," she told
her nurse after she had been badly
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05

a classic modern tearoom with init
mate little alcoves around the wall.
Little shops, exclusive in themselves,
will cot the main floor.
On the new meZzanine floor will
be an enlarged beauty salon, a
lending library, a mailing station,
an optical salon and a writing room
for shoppers.
The second floor, devoted to wom-
ems apparel, will follow the idea of
the little shops
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05

NEW YORK STATES MILK LAW is UPHELD IN
LONG -AWAITED DECISION BY SUPREME COURT;
FIRST DECISION ON PRICE CONTROL LAWS
By United Press


WASHINGTON March 5The United States court today
upheld validity milk
widely
federal recovery legislation
York closely along the lines of administration
believed would
the federal legislation in before it,
the emergency
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05

Frederick Van Mugs de-
manded a thorough investiga-
ton into the Dillinger escape.
eve must sift through the evil
dence speedily and find where the
blame belongs said the senator.
From this long distance angle it
looks as if that thing just could
not have occurred"
1T is a damnable outrage that
the Jail authorities didn't exercise
greater care" said Mr., Hoover. IF
they had been attending to their
Jobs it couldn't have happened. 1t
is deplorable and disgraceful, that
when law enforcement officers cap
ture a desperate, the Jail authorities
either can't or don't hold him.
"Dnlinger is a real killer. His be-
ing at large endangers the lives of
every law enforcement officer in the
country-local, state and federal.
Orders Aid of Agents
"Of course, I think he will even
tually be recaptured. But we don't
know how many men he will kill
before that is accomplished.
Mr.. Hoover said that he had tele-
phoned instructions to the agents
in charge of the bureau OF investi-
cation Offices in Chicago and Gin
cinnati to offer every possible as
sistance" to state authorities in In
diana, Illinois and Ohio, in the re-
capture of Dillinger.
Capturing a desperate is the
toughest job, said Mr.. Hoover.
Keeping him in jail ought to be
the easiest Job. Men like Dillinger
are rats. They should be treated
as such. Instead, it seems that the
Jail authorities in Indiana consid-
cred Dillinger a sort of grand
opera star to parade before the
movie cameras.
Whiting John they called
him. So he whitfield out wooden
pistol and locked the jailers in the
jail. It's disgrace"
We've Learned Lesson
Dillinger was state prisoner,
charged with state crime. Mr..
Hoover pointed out. The fact that
the desperate had twice before
escaped from prisons should have
been sufficient warning of what he
would do again when he got the
chance, he said.
If he had been federal prisoner,
charged with a federal crime" Mr..
Hoover said, we never would have
trusted him to the care of local or
state Jail authorities. We have
learned our lesson on that score"
Our local jails and state prisons
need to be overhauled," Mr.. Hoover
continued. THE widespread escapes
of the last year are ineXcusable."
Every one of the forty-eight
states ought to have an able police
force. The advantage of a state po-
lice force in case Of a Jail break is
that state police force can broad
cast warnings and block all high
ways" he continued.
Asks Able Police Forces
Pennsylvania Maryland, New
York and Oregon, have able state
police forces, according to Mr.. Hoo
yer. He refused to comment on the
quality Of the Indiana state police
officers, saying he had had but little
experience with them.
The only good argument against
a state police force" said Mr.. Hoo
yer, lis that it is sometimes mis-
used in labor troubles. OF course
that should be guarded against"
Limit Io in Min
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for
IS Years
Note to Readers:

The reason why Charles
Dickens refused to permit
publication of "The Life of
Our Lord" in his lifetime
was that he did not care to
throw open to the public
this intimate personal OPEN
ing of his heart to his chill
dren, with the possibility of
attack and defense of his
religious convictions.
In letter to clergyman,
he said. There can not be
many men, 1 believe, who
have a more humble venera-
ton for the New Testament.
or a more profound cOnvic-
tion of its all-sufficiency than
/ have My observation
of life induces me to hold in
unspeakable dread and
horror I h Sc unseemly
squabbIes about the letters
which drive the Spirit out
of hundreds of thousands"
In view of Dickens ex-
pressed desire, we urge read
ers of The Times to respect
his wishes and to read this
beautiful a n d touching
story. not with an attitude
of criticism for omissions or
interpretations, but with an
understanding that here is
a Victorian father telling
the eternal story out of love
for his children when they
we're very Young.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05
TRIPLETT, DARING RACE
DRIVER, KILLED IN CRASH

Two Time Pacific Coast Champion
Loses Life in West.
By Times Special
Ell CENTRIC, Cal, March 5. -
Ernie Triplett, one of Americas
foremost automobile race drivers,
and another driver and mechanic
we're dead here today as the result
Of a spectacular four car smashup
during a county fair race yesterday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05
81, 900, 900 Building Plans
Announced by Block s
City Labor to Be Used in Construction of New Egh-Stoy
Structure and RemodeIng of Present Site.

Indianapolis exclusively the construction the
H
the Market Illinois it learned today
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05
Defense Rests It's Case in
Trial of DR.. WynekOOp
Frai Defendant Falls in Jail Before Court Session and
Takes Stand With Side of Face Bruised.
By United Press


COURT BUILDING CHICAGO March 5The defense
shortly defendant finished ordeal the wit
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05
PRISON AWAITS CROUCH

From Jail This Week
Sheriff Charles CBuck) Sumner
revealed today that he Will move
Hilton Crouch, Dillinger gangster
who nearly succeeded in escaping
from the Marion county Jail last
week, to the state prison.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05
TWO PRAYERS

(Vriten By Charles Dickens for His Young Children
TWO PRAYERS
II EAR aChot Lord Jesus Christ taught to HIS
Disciples and to rs, and achot should remember
erery day of Ines to lore the Lord God Nth all
heart, and 1oth all mind md acith all onr som
and 1Cith all strength; to lore oar neighbours as
OoTseUes to do INTO other people Gs ne oCoutd hare
them do INTO and to be charitable and gentle to ALL
There is no other commandment, oar Lord Jesus
Christ said greater than these.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05
BANK BANDIT SLAIN
Shot to Death in Attempted Holdup
in Texas.
By United Press

By United Press
ALTO, Tex, March s. - An at
tempt to rob the Continental State
bank here today failed when one of
the bandits was shot and killed and
the other captured.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-05
MRS. ROOSEVELT ON
TRIP TO PUERTO RICO
Presidents Wife Starts on Atrial
Island Tour.
b United PrctE

EN- ROUTE PUERTO RICO.
March 5.-Mrs. Franklin d. Roose-
Welt left Washington at 3:45 a. m.
today on a rail-and-sir trip TO get
a flrst-hand view of the island pos
sessions of the United States in the
Caribbean.
Evening star., 1934-03-14
new TYPE CRUISER
LAUNCHED BY JAPAN
Great Gunpower on B Glass"
Craft Doubted by Foreign
Experts.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KURE, Japan, March 14-Japan
launched today what will be, when
completed within the next two years,
the most powerful and formidable
"B-class'' cruiser af1oat-the Mogami
The Mogami. laid down in october.
1881, is an 8,5OO-ton light" cruiser,
first of six which either are being
built or projected for early construc-
ton.
The armament will consist of fifteen
61-inch guns. placed in five triple
turrets of most modern design.
Foreign experts doubt that such
great gunpower can be accommodated
on craft of such light oispla cement,
but the Japanese are not disturbed
by these opinions.
They say that in speed, power and
the range and weight of her broad
sides she will be a formidable ad-
versary for any of the A-class
cruisers built by the naval big three
America, Britain and Japan-since
the Washington Conference in 1922
set the l0,000-ton limit for cruisers.
The Mogami will develop 80 knots
from the 100000 horsepower engines.
She is 625 feet long and her cost
Will be about S12,500,OO0.
Evening star., 1934-03-14
CATHOLIC PEACE
GROUP TO MEET
Eighth Annual Conference
to Be Held at c. U. on
Easter Monday.

The eighth annual conference of the
Catholic Association for Interna-
tional Peace will convene at Catholic
University Easter Monday, April 2, for
a tWo-day session, to be attended by
eminent clerical and lay leaders.
In addition to addresses by various
authorities. the international dinner
to be held the first evening at the
Mayfower Hotel. will be an outstand-
ing event. Distinguished speakers
Will discuss current problems in the
international field, as we'll as those
touching American national econonl.
les The various meetings will be
public.
Prof. Moon to Preside.
Prof Parker T. Moon of Columbia
University, the associations presi-
dent, will preside at the dinner. Guest
speakers will include Prof. Carlton j.
II Hayes, eminent historian. of Co.
lumbia University; Miss Anna Dill
Gamble of York. Pa, authority on
Latin America: Msgr John A. Ryan
OF Catholic University and others.
The first day of the conference will
be devoted to discussion of these sub
jects: rs War Justifiable Todav?".
Disarmament Obligations" Con
Evening star., 1934-03-14
Rescued japanese Sailors
Tell of Ghostly Experience
CIaSped Hands and Shouted Bunzuis
for Emperor When They Thought
They We're Going to Die.

be most exhaustive for three rea-
sons: First, to dispel the nation
doubts as to the competency of men
who are spending millions of dollars
building scores of heavily armed
Small-tonnage warships; second. to
prevent the deterioration of the navy's
morale, and, third, to restore the sea
forces popularity.
The most rigorous tests are Planned
on the two sister ships of the Tomo-
zuru-the Chidori ard the Manazuru.
According to the newspaper Kc-
kumin Shimbun, a navy spokesman
said that 16 more torpedo boats are
projected, each weighing 70 tons more
than the TomoZuru-that is. 597 tons,
three under the treaty limit. These
would be capable of replacing some
OF the smaller deStroyers.
Evening star., 1934-03-14
STORM BATTERS LINER
Berengarie Damaged and Passen
gers Hurt in Hurricane.

SOUTHAMPTON March IA P-
The storm-battered passenger liner
Berengaria reached port last night
several hours late. 10 passengers and
some of the crew cut and bruised and
much of the ships furniture smashed
to splinters.
She reported striking terrific hur-
ricane Sunday and Monday on the
Atlantic. She hove to for two hours
while following waves, estimated to
reach a height of 10 feet, crashed
upon the decks. rolling her about
violently.
A 2-ton safe in the Office of the
purser broke from its flxingS and
crashed about the room. Passengers
were shaken out of their beds and
furniture in the cabins hurled around.
Evening star., 1934-03-14
BY the Associated Press.

SASEBO, Japan, March 14-Thir-
teen sailors, snatched from slow death,
| described today the hours of ghastly
suffering they withstood after the
Japanese torpedo boat Tomozuru cap
sized with 113 men aboard.
Imprisoned in walls of steel, with
scores of dead shipmates around them
inside the storm-tossed, upside-down
craft, the men were near death when
saved.
Hope of finding any more of the
/ 113 alive in the water filled interior
OF the little fighting vessel passed as
dawn broke over a macabre scene.
At the drydock. where the craft was
toWed, bluejackets were still working
| frantically at the tragic task of taking
out bodies.
40 Bodies Removed.
/ BY morning 40 bodies had been re-
moved and carried to morgues through
lines of weeping relatives. Women
with babies strapped to their backs
waited as close to the scene as al
thorities permitted.
! Three men escaped through hatch
before the craft was toWed here. The
! other 10 were taken out through
! hole cut by rescuers. Most of them
were unconscious.
! A naval officer quoted one of the
E,en as saying:
when We felt the vessel turn over
small group of men in our compart-
ment grasped hands and prepared to
die together. We shouted banzais' for
the Emperor and for the imperial
navy.
About noon 80 hours after the
accident, breathing became extremely
difficult. Suddenly gust Of fresh
! air came through. The three of us
were sufficiently revived to be able to
open a hatch, through which we saw
diver beckoning to us.
I'VE emerged and fioated to the
surface 1t is a miracle that we are
! alive now"
Tapping Heard.
Through the long hours Of rescue
work. while searchlights lighted the
scene outside in cold rain. heart
rending tapping could be heard from
survivors in the darkness inside
| fumpS WORKED at IuI Speeu lO
| sluice water from the hull while air
was forced in. The Tomozuru lay
bottom up in the dock, just as she
had been floated in.
The vessel met disaster during ma
neuvers Monday off the Sasebo naval
base. Waves swamped her, heavily
laden with armament, despite ma
chinery designed to prevent capsizing.
A naval board of inquiry was ap-
pointed to study the cause of the
disaster which may become a ma
tional issue
Survivors said the skipper of the
Tomozuru, Lieut. Comdr Okuichi
, Iwase, was on the bridge when she
turned over and must have been swept
to death.
Vice Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura,
a member of the Supreme War Coun-
Gil, is on the way here from Toxic
to head board of inquiry, composed
Of IS admirals and experts. to fix the
responsibility for the disaster.
Thorough Inquiry Planned.
japanese newspapers say that the
naval high command is determined
that Admiral Nomura's S inquest must