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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
FOUR ESCAPED
C0Nv|CTS HELD
Quartet Nabbed in MunCie
After Five Days of
Freedom.

By Emitted Press
MUNCIE, Ind, Nov. 20-Four
prisoners who escaped from the
State Reformatory at Pendleton
Nov. Is were captured without re-
sistance today in a Muncie resi-
Dental section.
The men, Donald Conaster, 10,
Muncie; Herschel BedWell, 10, Lin
ton; Russell Bennett, 20, Marion,
and Jack Thorpe, %, Terre Haute,
were serving terms of one to ten
years each on vehicle theft charges
when they escaped from a corn
shucking detail at the reformatory
Police said they appeared glad to
surrender.
The convicts said they had hidden
in fields during the daytime and
foraged in orchards for apples and
pears at night.
A meal given them at the Jail
shortly after their capture was the
first they had eaten since the es-
cape five days ago, they said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
CREW BALKS ON SHIP
WITH WAR SUPPLIES
Ties Up Vessel Ready to
Sail for Orient.
By United Press

SAN PEDRO. Cal, Nov. 90
Ready to sail for the Orient with
war supplies supposedly intended
for Italian forces invading Ethi-
opia, the freighter Oregon lay idle
in her berth here today because the
crew refused to work the vessel.
Sailors objected to handling the
ship while it was being loaded with
$4,000 drums of aviation gasoline,
but apparently we're pacified when
operators promised them "war bon
uses and insurance on their per-
Sonal belongings.
Minutes before sailing time. how
ever. they reversed themselves
again and refused to weigh anchor.
Spokesman from the forecastle said
the Seamen had held a conference,
and decided they would appear
mercenary" if they consented to de-
liver the cargo for extra money.
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Greetings!

Old Sol shone forth in his
accustomed splendor today and
appeared unconcerned over
establishing a 21-year record
for being A. w o. L.
Weather Bureau officials said
that the longest previous sun
less period was between Dec. 3
and 10, 1914.
This was the record up until
Nov 18 when the sun shone
briefly for the first time in
eight days.
Temperatures were slightly
below normal early this morn
ing and appeared to be de-
scending as the day wore on
but the forecast is for warmer
weather tomorrow. Tonight it
may 60 as low as 30.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
FARM LEADER
URGES SESSION
TO ACT ON TAX
Lewis Taylor, Bureau Head,
Demands Action: Hits
Poor Relief Bonds.
ASKS CLAUSE REPEAL
AssaiIs Emergency Section
of $3.50 Law Before
Convention Here.

Lewis Taylor, president, today
keynoted three-day convention OF
the Indiana Farm Bureau mere with
a demand for tax consideration at
any special legislative session, and
an attack on poor relief bonding as
"outr ageouSly unfair to property
owners"
At TomlinSon Hall before several
hundred delegates, Mr.. Taylor called
upon the Legislature to repeal the
emergency clause in the $3.50 tax
law at any session it may have,
which includes the proposed special
session now pledged for considera-
ton of only social security measures.
Recalls Previous Action
He called attention of the dele
gates to the political death the bu-
reau's previous demand for repeal
of the clause had died in the last
Legislature.
Mr.. Taylor advocated abolition Of
"indiscriminate" poor relief bond
ing, and suggested that relief money
be raised in a great states Federal
pool from broad taxes including an
increased gross income tax and a
net income tax
Through Mr.. Taylor, the farmers
demanded that agriculture prices be
raised on parity with the most
favored industrial prices"
Defends Farm Crop Cuts
Mr. Taylor called the Agricultural
Adjustment Act the greatest piece
of legislation the Federal govern
ment ever handed the farmer" He
defended the farm crop cuts by
pointing out that industry shuts
down over night when it has over
produced.
There are too many deputies for
county officials, he said, and they
merely enable the elected officials
to attend conventions while the
deputies do the work they were
elected to do.
And he said it was his opinion
that people on relief who refused
to work because of the wage rate
are not entitled to eat.
No Legal Loophole
Voiding the emergency clause of
the tax law would leave no legal
loopholes through which taX-rais-
ing bodies could assess more than
81 for each 500 of assessed valua-
ton in rural communities, nor
more than $3.50 in cities.
Officials of the bureau expect an
attendance for the three days of
around 5000 persons and most of
the session will be devoted to the
problems and plans of rural electrl-
flcation.
Boyd Fisher, director of the CO.
operation section of the Rural Elec-
IRRIGATION Administration, outlined
to delegates today the advantages
of electricity both to the farmer
and the farmers wife.
All by Electricity
He pointed out the farmer could
milk his COWS by electricity and the
farmers wife could curl her hair
and wash her dishes and do her
churning by current.
However, he related that in Sec
tons of Indiana. Illinois and Wis
conSin where power is available, a
majority of the farmers have not
vet taken advantage of it, whether
from indisposition or from lack of
funds.
Tonight's speakers are to be Mrs
Lille D. Scott, Hendricks County;
L. L. Needler, bureau insurance di-
rector, and L. A. Wilson, manager
Of the insurance department of the
Illinois Agricultural Association.
Heads of departments of the
bureau will make their reports to-
morrow
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
PFAFF, HUGHEL GUILTY
ON SIX FRAUD COUNTS:
SENTENCE IS DEFERRED
Face Five Years on Each
of Six Counts on Which
They Were Convicted.
FATE SET FOR NOV. 80
Former Brokerage Partners
Take Verdict Calmly:
to Keep Up Fight.

Convicted of using the
mails to defraud, Walter Pfalf
and Myron Hughel, former
officers of the defunct broker
age firm of Pfaff & Hughel,
are to be sentenced in Federal
Court Nov. 80.
Sealed verdict was delivered by
the jury this morning to Judge
Robert c. Baltzell and defense at
torneys announced they would file
motions to arrest judgment and
probably appeal.
Neither defendant displayed emo
ton at return of the finding which
was reached last night after five
hours elaboration.
Under the law, Pfaff and Hughel
may be given maximum sentences
Of five years each on each of the six
counts of the indictment.
Pfaff watched the jury continuous
ly throughout the proceedings While
Hughel stared at the walls and CELL
ing of the courtroom.
Pfaff, after the guilty verdict was
pronounced, drummed the top of
the defense table with his hand.
Hughel slumped slightly in his
chair. but never altered his gaze.
Defense attorneys Immediately in
formed the court the motions to
arrest judgment would be filed.
Clair McTurnan, of the defense,
said he believed an appeal would be
filed to the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals, and Fred E. Hines,
Pfaff't attorney. announced defini-
tely such action would follow.
Nothing to Say"
Pfaff seemed to recover from the
shock sooner than his former busi-
ness partner.
No, I've nothing to say at this
time; no statement to make" he
told reporters.
Hughel CURLY told reporters: Tvs
no statement now"
District Attorney Val Nolan, who
led the government in the trial,
summed up his feelings in three
words:
"A just verdict"
The jury was given the case at
mldafternOon yesterday and had
reached a verdict shortly after 8
last night. The trial lasted nine
days.
There were but few spectators in
the courtroom this morning, con-
trasting with the attendance dur
ing the trial when witnesses and
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'CURFEW GIRL
GETS Is YEARS
'GuiItyE Chants Jury; abr
Cry Spectators; Honor
of Mountains Wins.
BY HARRY FERGUSON
United Press staff Correspondent

WISE, Va, Nov 20.-Edith Max
well, sitting red-eyed in brick jail
today, must spend Is years in prison
because the law of the courts and
the law of the mountains agreed it
is sin for 21-year-old girl 10
stay out after o'clock at night.
This girl, who beat her father to
death with a shoe when he tried to
whip her after she came home one
July midnight from a date, staked
he" freedom on the belief that the
dead hand of yesterday no longer
rules the lives of youth.
In the quick time of 40 minutes
she lost that gamble when a jury
drawn from the mountaineers filed
back into the court room last night
and told her she was guilty of first
degree murder and fixed her penalty
at Is years imprisonment.
"Ah!" Cry Spectators
A long, approving chorus of "Ah!"
rose in the courtroom, packed to the
last aisle with the hill people They
had seen their own ideas of life and
morality vindicated in "gov'ment
court and they were happy
At first Edith, who ventured into
the outside world where dances
sometimes last until l a. M. took
it calmly, grasping her brothers arm
and saying, I'm all right, I'm all
right"
Then reaction set in and she
peered through her tears at the
haggard woman who is her mother
a woman who has just buried her
husband and seen her daughter
doomed to the penitentiary. Edith
sobbed then until her shoulders
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
Ringer

John D. DeBurger, 1855
Somerset-av was detained last
night at a drug store. ISL E.
Market-st, due to the presence
under his coat pocket of an
alarm clock.
This might have gone un-
noticed, except that the alarm
clock chose the moment Mr..
DeBurger was leaving the store
to ring. This caused some
gossip among the clerks that
resulted in the arrest of Mr..
DeBurger on charges of petit
larceny.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
BY JACK WELTER
United Press Staff Corresnnnden

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 90
Death in a teaSpoonful Of baking
soda menaced an untold number of
men, women and children today in a
mystery developing, police said,
either from an unusual accident or
a fantastic mass murder plot.
Health authorities employed news
papers and radio to warn poten-
tial victims of 900 pounds of pois-
oned baking soda sold by a depart
ment store in small packages since
Oct % Three already were dead.
Chemical analysis revealed the
baking soda contained so much ar
Senic trioXide and fluorine that half
a teaSpoonful taken internally would
prove fatal Police, uncertain of
how the poison got into the soda,
began an investigation.
Three Already Dead
The dead were Alfred Terry, 81;
Mrs. Bessie Shufelt, So; Terry s
daughter, and Mary Ogle, 81.
Nine others who used the soda in
cooking or to relieve stomach dis
tress required hospital treatment.
The soda came from "cut-rate''
department store. In bulk, 800
pounds had been sold in two-pound
bags. Police estimated it had en-
tered at least 400 homes.
A mass murder theory was ad-
vanced when DR.. Clarence Lee, Uni
versity of California professor of
pharmacology and chief consultant
of the health department, an
nounced he did, not believe a con-
taminated barrel as container for
the bulk soda could have produced
so many positive poison samples
After hours of investigation, DR.. j.
c. Geiger, San Francisco city health
officer, agreed.
Fear Mass Murder
L fear this may be a case of at
tempted mass murder" he said.
There seems to be every reason
to suspect this was not an acct
dental mixture. Had the poison
been poured by mistake into one
Or more barrels, you would have
found either all soda or all arsenic
in spots. This stuff appeared leo we'll
mixed to permit us to look on it
IS accidental"
The 900 pounds sold by the store
was contained in three barrels.
Officials announced that a grand
jury investigation and arrests prob
ably would be forthcoming.
Geiger said health officers traced
the poisoned soda from the depart
ment store to the Manno Salvage
Co., where it had been purchased.
1t was made up, officials of the
company said. from broken pack
ages of a nationally advertised
brand of soda. having been re-
packed in barrels before being sold
to the store.
Authorities padlocked the plant
of the salvage company.
Sixteen hundred pounds of the
soda was delivered TO the depart
ment store, which sold 800 pounds
in two-pound paper bags. The re-
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
Child Dies After Eating
Soup in Pennsylvania;
Probe Launched.

By RitCd Press
HOMESTEAD, Pa, Nov. 90
Margaret Brugas, 2-year- old
Munhall child, died today il
Homestead Hospital after eating
dinner of bean soup and dunn
plings at her home.
Her two step-brothers, Albert,
8, and Eddie, 6, are in the hospital,
seriously ill. Authorities were
investigating the possibility of
food poisoning and an immediate
autopsy was ordered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
u. S. PICKS DELEGATION
FOR NAVAL CONFERENCE
Three-Man Group Ready for
London Farley.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-The
United States was prepared today
for deliberations at the London
naval conference with appointment
of three-man delegation to repre-
sent American interests.
The delegates, named by President
Roosevelt, are Undersecretary of
State William l. Phillips; Admiral
William S. Standby, chief of naval
operations, and Ambassador at
Large Norman H. Davis. Davis is
chairman of the group.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
APPROVE S38,3O7,63O
PROJECTS FOR STATE

National Emergency Council Makes
Announcement in Washington.
Approval of S39,3O7 $50 in projects
in Indiana has been given by the
National Emergency Council in
Washington Approval of the appro-
priation will permit Works Progress
officials of the state
to initiate work on a large num-
Der of projects.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
FAMED TEST PILOT DIES
Boeing Filler Succumbs to Injuries
in Fortress" Crash.

z z VVf0 FItNS
DAYTON. Ohio, Nov. 20 Mill
tary attaches at Wright Field today
awaited word from the parents of
Leslie Tower, 80, chief pilot of the
Boeing Aircraft Corp Seattle, be-
fore making funeral arrangements
for the flier who died here last
night.
Mr.. Tower died of injuries re-
ceived at Wright Field Oct. 80 when
the giant Boeing bomber he was
testing crashed. His death was the
second as a result of the accident
Maj. Ployer P. Hill. chief of the
Army'S flying squadron at the field,
died soon after the crash.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
CONGRESS MAY BUY
LAND FOR SETTLEMENT
All Acreage Not Actually in Use
Would Be Purchased.

BU tHifed Press
KANKAKEE, Ill, Nov. 20.-All
land not actually in use would be
purchased by Congress and opened
to settlement under proposed
amendment to the Federal Constitu-
ton considered today by 1000 farm
er delegates from 36 states.
The resolution was presented to
the thirty-first annual convention of
the Farmers Education and Coop
erative Union Of America by T. H.
McLemore of Elk City, Okla.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
CHANDJIE is ARRAIGNED
Pleads Not Guilty to Charges of
Assault in Tavern Brawl.

Herman Chandjie was arraigneo
last night before Criminal Judge
Frank P. Baker and pleaded not
guilty to charges af assault and bat
terry with intent to kill. His attor-
ney was Clyde C. Karrer.
He is accused Of having beaten
Louis Shuffield in tavern brawl
June 90.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
COAST TRAIN SPEEDS
TOWARD NEW RECORD
Santa FEES New Super Chief Clips
Hours Off Mark.
BIZ I hifed Press

M = UtffN HTfSS
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Nov. 20
The Santa Fe Railroads new
Super-Chief train was speeding
through Kansas today in a race with
time from Chicago to Los Angeles.
1t made the Chica go-Kansas City
leg in seven hours fiat, 40 minutes
less than the schedule called for.
The average speed was about S.
miles an hour, with the train at
times travelling 95 miles an hour.
The run is preliminary feature
to a proposed 43-hour schedule be-
tween Chicago and Los Angeles.
some II hours faster than the
SpeedieSt existing train schedule.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP
PROTESTS BOND ISSUE
Proposed New Bethel High School
Brings Remembrance

Franklin Township residents have
filed with the State Tax Board A
protest against issuance of a SIS 900
bond issue to construct a new high
school building southwest of New
Bethel as WPA project.
The delegation comprised of
Charles Folkning, Harry Wulf and
Dan Dorsey, which presented the
protest, told the board a remon-
STRANGE bearing between 600 and 700
names will be presented when the
hearing is held.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
SHOT CRASHES INTO
WINDOW OF SCHOOL.
Crooked Creek Pupils Have Narrow
Escape From Bullet.

A 22-caliber bullet yesterday aft
ernoon broke window of the
Crooked Greek School, Kessler- blvd
and Michigan-rd, narrowly missed
pupils seated in the room, and en-
bedded itself in a wall
D. F. Carter. principal, said he
rushed outside, but could see no one
carrying a gun. He said hunters
frequently pass that way and hs
warned them TO take more care.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
CHARTERS SUED FOR
$500 BY ATTORNEYS
Millionaire Former Tax Expert Was
Defended in Divorce.

A $500 suit for professional serv-
ices against William F. Charters,
millionaire former tax expert, was
on file today in Superior Court.
Plaintiffs are Emsley w. John
son and Chester L. Ezekiel, attor-
neys. who defended Mr. Charters re-
Gently in a divorce action.
A claim for 100000 alleged de-
linquent taxes has been filed against
Mr.. Charters with County Auditor
Charles A. GroSSart. Mr. Charters
is believed to be a resident of Flor
ida. He formerly was employed by
the county to collect delinquent
taxes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
FIND FPS OPIUM TINS
Treasury Department Seizes Cans on
Ship at Honolulu.
BIT HitCd Press
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Nov 20.-The
Treasury Department disclosed to-
day that 225 tins of opium. valued
at 500 to $3.50 each, were seized in
a stateroom on the S. S. President
Hoover at Honolulu on Nov. Is. No
arrests have been made.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
Nashville Man Killed

COLUMBUS, Ind, Nov. 20-Earl
Hardness, 48-year-old Nashville Ci-
william Conservation Corps worker.
was killed here last night by train
in the north yards of the Penn
Sylvania Railroad.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
SIX PROPERTY OWNERS
SUE HIGHWAY BOARD
Damages of $500 Asked by Action
in Superior Court.

Damages of s2600 against the
State Highway Commission are
asked in Superiod Court by six prop
erty owners on the Alexandria AL
bany road. now under construction.
The plaintiffs. TerreSs Alice Fish
er Carlook, Claude J. North, Omer
E. kirkpatrick. Lille Chalfant.
Chester Blades and Forest Gros-
cost alleged the state appropriated
sections of their property without
legal action.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
5 SCHOOL PUPILS HURT
Auto Hits Bus Near Warsaw;
Motorist Injured.

By NltCd PrCSS
WARSAW, Ind, Nov. 20-Five
pupils of the East Wayne public
school suffered injuries today when
an automobile collided with school
bus in which they were riding.
Miss Nina Underwood, Pierceton,
driver of the automobile, was brought
to hospital here.
None of the injuries suffered by
the children was believed serious.
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Times Index
20 New Cardinals to Be Named

20 New Cardinals to Be Named
BIZ nitcd Press
VATICAN CITY. Nov. 2O.-A con-
SlStory will be held on Dec. Is for
the creation Of 20 new cardinals. it
was announced officially today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
CUMMINS TO BUILD
DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE
Columbus (Ind.) Concern Receives
Burlington Order.

By United Press
COLUMBUS, Ind, Nov 20-Pre-
liminary work on a cotton Diesel
powered railway locomotive was be-
gun here today by the Cummins En-
CINE Co.
An order for the huge locomotive,
to be driven with two 5e0-horse
power VIZ cylinder Cummins Die
sci engines, was received from the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail-
road Co., it was announced by Irwin
Miller, general manager.
The Cummins plant has been
building Diesel units for use in 10
comotives for some time but this was
the first order for an assembled To-
connective, Miller said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
LA GUARDIA is ELECTED
Named Unexpectedly as President
of Mayors Group.

81 Nttcd Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-In a
wholly unexpected move today the
United States Conference of Mayors
elected Fiorello La Guardia Of New
York as president. The vote for the
vigorous New Yorker was unanim-
Gus. The 100 city executives select
ed Edward J. Kelly of Chicago as
vice president.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-20
IS, DIES
Thomas w. Grey Succumbs to Auto
Accident Injuries.

BIZ UIFFd FTTvs
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. Nov.
20-Thomas w. Grey. IS, Mont
gomery County cattleman, died in a
hospital here yesterday from in
juries suffered in an automobile ac-
cident Nov. 8.
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HOSpltal.
More than a score Of priS-
oners in the Marion County
Jail became seriously i'll this
afternoon after they had
eaten lunch.
Reports from the interior of the
Jail. where the prisoners were
locked. indicated that a majority of
the 214 prisoners who had eaten the
noon meal were affected by what
was believed to be ptomaine poison.
Manv of the men were in such con-
dition that they were given prompt
medical assistance by three phySl-
clans. Police we're rushed TO the
scene.
Several Drop in Line
First signs of the illness came as
the inmates started filing back TO
their cells. Several dropped out OF
line and within a few minutes the
Jail was in an uproar with sick men
tottering along the cell block ways
and in the main assembly room.
Sheriff Ray said that he did not
intend to place the blame for the
sickness on any item of the food
until further investigation 1t wa
learned that women prisoners had
eaten the same food as the male
prisoners but were not stricken.
DR.. Robert Dryer, Federal ply
sician, was the first doctor on the
scene. He later was assisted by
Drs. Neal Baxter and Jack Dithmer
from the City Hospital. The pris-
oners were forced to drink large
quantities Of milk.
Mason, Dean Stricken
Those who appeared to have been
stricken most seriously are: James
Rose, 16 of 1912 S. Alabama-st;
Ted White. Is, of 518 Warsaw-st;
Willard Bellinger, Is, of 1922 E. Mar
ket-st; Preston Lord, Al, of 744 W.
Walnut-st. and Charles Turner, %,
of 971 Indiana-av, the latter two
Negroes.
The prisoners were served ham
burger, gravy, mashed potatoes,
coffee, bread and steWed peaches for
lunch Representatives Of the firm
which sold the hamburger said 500
pounds of it had been distributed to-
day and that there had been no
complaints of other illness.
Willie Mason and Edward (Foggy)
Dean convicted last night in Grim
inal Court in connection with the
machine gun Staying of Police Sergt.
Lester Jones, became i'll, but their
condition was not considered serious
Hints Jail Break Plot
Sheriff Ray said he believed that
the sickness might have been caused
by poison administered by some one
to pave the way for jail break.
The Jail has been under special
guard recently after Ray said he
believed the place was being spotted
by outsiders
George Valses, Jail chef, said he
received the meat this morning and
Immediately started preparation of
the noon meal. Deputy sheriffs were
preparing to eat at the time the
prisoners became i'll.
Sheriff'S aids estimated the entire
sick list would total more than so.