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The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
10 WOMEN ARE ON
JAC0RY GANG JURY
Testimony to Start Monday
in HoIdup Trial.

Testimony in the trial of For
rest Jacoby, Jerry Duke. Alphonse
Head and John Head, charged with
the robbery of the William H.
Roberts & Sons dairy, is to start
Monday in Criminal Court with a
jury composed of 10 housewives and
two men.
Selection of a jury has taken two
days from a venire of rs persons.
The final member was chosen last
night and court was adjourned un-
til Monday by Criminal Judge
Frank P. Baker.
From questions asked the pros
pective jurors, Clyde c. Karrer, at
torney for the defense, has indicat-
ed that the members of the gang
are to take the stand in their own
behalf in an attempt to prove an
alibi.
Members of the jury are: Mrs
Grace B, Payne, 1854 Hiatt-st; Mrs
Ethel B. Payton, 1886 Barnes-av;
Mrs. Elsie P. PAUL., 2844 Park-av;
Mrs Bessie Haglieson, 135 N. Lin
wood-av; Mrs. Nancy E. Newbauer
222 Orange-st; Mrs. Cuba c. Perry
1884 N. Riley-av; Mrs. Hilda Pea
body, 1850 Graceland-av; Mrs. De-
vota Ditzenberger, R. r. II. Box
l5-R; Mrs. Mabel Pedlow, 1923 w
36th-st; Mrs. Della Essex, R. R. IT,
Box ISL; Theodore Doerr, r. r. II
Box I'll, retired mechanic. and
Charles M. Gray, 4717 Carrollton-
av, an accountant.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
BOND PAYMENTS
SET OFF PROBE
City Man Paid While Others
Were Sighted, State
Board Charges.

Times Special
RICHMOND, Ind, Dec. 21.-Pre-
ferred payment of $19,386 on local
Barrett Law bonds to j. v. Tobin,
indianapolis, vice president of John
Scott Co., Inc, by former City Con-
troller Jesse L. Bond is being in
vestigated by John Birtten, Wayne
County Prosecutor, today
According to report filed by ex-
aminers for the State Accounts
Board, Mr.. Tobin was paid $19.386
in interest and principal between
Jan. l, 1888, and Dec. 81, 1884, while
other bondholders received only
1882, even though their maturing
date was earlier.
Payments to these preferred bond
holders depleted the fund and left
an overdraft of $4,000, which was
covered by the former controller by
illegally borrowing from the city de-
linquency and deficit fund.
Another report by the examiners
concerns unauthorized payments to
relatives of Police Chief Herbert E.
Ray from the police funds.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
KIDNAP VICTIM
STILL UNABLE
TO AID C-MEN
Milne Leaves Hospital for
Unannounced Point;
Fears to Talk.
Bg United Press

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. Dec. 81. -
Caleb J. Milne ", who was held
captive for five days by a kidnap
gang, was removed from Doylestown
General Hospital today to an un-
announced destination.
The youth, recovering from over
doses of narcotics believed to have
been given him by his abductors,
walked out of the hospital. He was
accompanied by Harold o. Nathan,
assistant to j. Edgar Hoover, chief
of the Federal Agents, and his
mother, Mrs. Frederica Milne, and
two other Federal Agents.
Hospital attendants carried Milne
from his room on the second floor
to the entrance of the building from
where he walked to the waiting
automobile. He appeared haggard
and apparently had not been shaved
since he was admitted to the hos
pital Wednesday night after being
found bound and gagged on high
way near Doylestown.
The youth still has been unable
to give Gmen coherent story OF
his abduction. AS result, search
for the kidnapers has been delayed
What few clews officials were able
to obtain from Milne, so far have
been fruitless, it was indicated.
Reports persisted that the youth
refrained from naming the abduc-
tors in fear for his life.
II can't tell you! I can't tell you
They'll kill me. They said they
would" he was said to have ex-
claimed when pressed for more in
formation.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
ClOthed-661
Honor Roll Mounts as
Christmas NearS; Help
a Needy Child.

The Second Ward in Indianapo-
lis scratched a new ticket today
when the wards Democratic CLUB
used it's balloting experience IN
rounding up 16 children ana
bringing them warm garb through
Clothe-a Child of The 1ndianapo-
lis Times.
The honor roll leader ably
abetted by Herff-Jones Guild AS
sociation and a collection OF the
Indianapolis postoffice clerks wrote
661 children clothed by indi-
vidual donors. The mark was
the highest ever reached IN
Clothe-a-Child by persons shop
ping for their own children or
sending checks and cash. Mile
of-Dimes, sidewalk Santa Claus,
is not included in the 661 chill
dren refurbished in new garments.
Today's lengthy roll, with 103
children assured garb for combat
ing illness, follows:
Second Ward Democratic Club. 16
children.
Herff-Jones Co.. Guild Association. 12
children.
indianapolis Posteffice Clerks, nine
children.
Postal Station Building, girl.
Optical Bowling League, Central
Alleys, boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M, G., girl.
State Highway Commission, Depart
ment Of Operations. hoy and girl.
Lover of Child, girl.
Emerson Post No. 262, American
Legion, two children.
Bookwalter- Ball l-Greathouse Printing
CO.. Press Room. boy and girl.
Special Delivery Department, Indian
apoIis Postoffice. two children.
Belmont Merchant, boy.
Drexel Office. Indiana Bell Telephone
Co.. cared for four children and took
two more.
Link-Belt Co.. Department 80. girl.
Men who Give Jobs. two children.
Allied Florists Association of Indian
apolis, Inc. child.
GRAPHIC Products Co. Employees. three
children.
Central State Hospital Employees, three
children.
A. P. Bowling League, boy and girl.
Union Trust Social Club, child.
Indianapolis Blue Print and Litho-
graph Co.. Inc. child.
Link-Belt Co.. Department 21s, three
children.
Epsilon Chapter, Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Sorority, child.
Railway Express Co. Employees, boy
and girl.
NJ. M. NJ, boy.
Golden Rule Auxiliary, Order of East
ern Star, child.
Chevrolet Commercial Body Co., Dept.
So, child.
National Hosiery Co. employees, boy
and girl.
Delta Theta Phi, Alpha chapter, girl.
Link-Belt Co., two boys.
Hoosier Telephone Association, Unit
boy.
In Memory of Henry Kahn, girl.
Allison Engineering Co. employees,
cared for three children and took three
more.
Couple of santas, boy.
Four Girls. girl.
Phi Delta Theta, girl.
Mrs. r. M. G., girl.
Girls of Charley's Restaurant, girl.
n. B. B. o., girl.
Haag Drug Co., College and Mas
sachusetts-avs, hoy.
William H. Roberts Sons. Inc, em-
ployes, child.
Link-Belt Co., Santa Claus, boy.
Jane and John Scott, boy.
Chief Attorneys Office U. S. Veterans
Administrat tion, girl.
A Friend, three children.
American Business Club. child
Indiana Bell Telephone Post, No. 1874,
American Legion, Welfare Fund, child.
Temple Brotherhood, Indianapolis
Hebrew Congregation, child.
Federated Patriotic Societies Allied
with the G. A. R., boy.
Office Employees, New York Life In
surance Co., boy corrected listing).
LinkBelt Co., Depts 2O3, 206, @16. 222,
four children Corrected listing).
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
M'NUTT HANDS
STATE PARDON
TO SLAYER, 80
Henry Romine, Civil War
Veteran, Receives
YuIe Gift.

The State of Indiana today played
Santa Claus to a 90-year-old mur-
derer, Gov. McNutt wearing the
whiskers in approving a full pardon
for Henry komine, Bartholomew
County.
Romine was convicted of first de-
gree murder in 1918. He was in
State Prison until 1928, when former
Gov. Ed Jackson granted him a
parole. Since he has been living at
the Indiana State Soldiers Home at
Lafayette.
He was believed to be the only
Civil War veteran in the United
States on parole from state prison.
Romine received an annual 30-day
parole to attend the national
G. A. R. encampments. He always
respected his parole and returned
to prison.
Extortion Charged
Romine, known as Daddy" was
policeman at North Vernon when
he was arrested and tried for mur-
der. He and two others we're con-
victed of Staying John and Charles
McQuaid, North Vernon, Oct 7, 1912
1t was said that Romine and his
two companions went to the Nc
Quad home to eXtort money.
The State Clemency Commission
in all, paroled nine prisoners, grant
ed sentence combinations to 10 and
denied petitions of 40 in a report
approved by the Governor.
Many Pleas Denied
Marion County petition rulings
included: Ashton Burnett, serving
is years for robbery, denied; Elmo
Johnson, serving 10 years for rob-
berry, denied; Donald Brookhardt
serving 10 years for robbery, denied
Buren Good, serving 10 years for
robbery commuted to 5 to 10 years;
Edward Frazier, serving 10 years for
robbery, denied; George Loman
serving 10 years for robbery, COM
muted to to 10 years; Bruce
Thomas, serving 80 days at State
Penal Farm and fined S25 for
drunken driving, paroled and fine
remitted.
Edward Spann, sentenced in Mar
ion County to 10 to 20 years for
robbery, was denied parole. While
serving his term he killed a fellow
prisoner and was sentenced to life
imprisonment. He sought parole and
discharge on the robbery conviction
in order to start the life commit
ment.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
d HOOS|ERS DIE IN
TRA|N-AUT0 CRASH
Car Demolished in Wreck at
ReeIsviIIe.

L bmeS SpectnL
GREENCASTLE, Ind, Dec. 21.-
Funeral services were being arranged
today for four Reelsville persons
killed late yesterday when the auto
in which they were riding was de-
molished by a Pennsylvania pas
senger train in Reelsville.
The dead are Thad Pickett, 40,
Pennsylvania Railroad telegrapher;
his wife, At; Miss Katie Reel, 73, re-
tired school teacher, and her niece,
Mrs. Hesse Fisher. All died in
stantly.
The party was bound for the
Reelsville High School, where Miss
Barbara Pickett, daughter of the
driver and his wife, was to super
wise Christmas party.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
COSMOPOLITAN CLUB
TO INSTALL OFFICERS
Ceremony to Be Held at Meeting in
Y. w. c. A. Tonight.

officers Of the intercollegiate Cos
mopolitan Club to serve during 1896
are to be installed at meeting to-
night in the Y. w. c. A.
Those to be installed are DR.. c. S.
Kim, representing Korea, president;
William Nedderman, Germany, vice
president; Alan Payne, South Af-
RIGA, treasurer; Toshio Funai, Ha-
waii, recording secretary; Miss
Gladys Ewbank, United States, cor
responding secretary and advisory
council, Mrs. W. W. Wilson, George
w. Price, DR.. Toyozo w. Nakarai,
DR.. Gino Ratti and DR.. George
Reeves
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
PENNSY ASKS PERMIT
TO BUY 10000 CARS
S1S,420,000 Proposed Deal for Freight
Carriers Is Studied.

BV Jnitcd Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. The
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. applied
to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission today for authority to is
sure $18,420000 in railroad equip
ment trust certificates for the pur-
chase of 10000 new freight cars.
The application involves one of
the largest amounts of money in
recent years for purchase of new
railroad equipment.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
SIX DEAD IN SHIP BLAST
Freighter Sinks After Explosion
Wrecks Dock.

ny c IWTFtU TTtNS
SANTOS. Brazil, Dec. 21.-Six
men were known dead today after a
terrific explosion which blew the
3019-ton Swedish steamship Britt
Marie almost to pieces.
Bags of flaming sulphur and
debris were flung on shore. Two
dock workers were killed. Two
warehouses were destroyed by fire.
The Britt Marie sank.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
3 Killed in Ohio

By United Press
EAST PALESTINE, O., Dec. 21.-
A New Brighton (Pa.) family of
three was killed instantly late yes
terday when a fast Pennsylvania
passenger train crashed into their
car at crossing.
The victims were identified as the
Rev. and Mrs. j. G. White and their
son, Allen, 49,.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
TWO HELD IN PLOT
TO FRAME HOLDUP
Police Say Emery Boles Planned
Own Robbery.

Two men were under arrest today
in connection with an alleged at
tempt to frame" a $465 holdup of a
drug store clerk.
Emery Boles, 20-year-old drug
clerk, $50 Spring-st, is said to have
admitted planning his own holdup
He reported to police yesterday aft
ernoon that he was robbed by two
Negroes as he was returning from
a bank.
Robert Jennings, SO. of 400 Park
av, is held on vagrancy charges in
connection with the investigation.
Boles is charged with conspiracy to
commit a felony.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
VICTORY SCORED BY
Seeding SOCIALISTS
Judge From Hospital Cot Denies
Injunction.

Supported by court action, the So
cialist Party of Indiana, Inc, a
group opposing the parent organi-
zation in the state, is at liberty to-
day to proceed with it's activities.
Superior Judge William A. Pick
ems, from his bed in Methodist Hos
pital, where he is i'll with cold
ruled yesterday against the parent
group when he upheld a motion of
the opposing organization to strike
from the court files a petition for an
injunction which would have banned
it's activities.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
F. ]. KERNEL SERVICE
TO BE HELD MONDAY
Funeral at Home, 1889 Union st,
and at Sacred Heart.

Funeral for Frank Joseph Kernel,
1929 Union-st, are to be held in
the home Monday morning at $50
and at Sacred Heart Catholic
Church at 9. Burial is to be in St.
Josepn's Cemetery.
Mr.. Kernel died yesterday in his
home. He was born in Alsace-Lor-
raine and had made his home in
Indianapolis for about As years. He
was member of the Union Fra
ternal French Society and of the
Sacred Heart parish. He was 73.
Survivors are the widow, daugh-
ter, Mrs, Fred Beckom, and a son.
Louis F. Kernel, all of INDIANAPOLIS
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
MRS. S. M. WRIGHT
DIES AT HOME HERE
Funeral Services to Be Held at 1O:3O
Monday Morning.

A'AOiANcy
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah
M. Wright, 4140 N. Capitol-av, are
to be held in the Clyde V. Mont
gomery Funeral Home, 1922 N. Me-
ridian-st, Monday at 1890.
Mrs. Wright died yesterday in
her home. She was 80. She was
born in Rush County and had lived
in Indianapolis for more than 40
years. She was a member of the
Primitive Baptist Church.
Survivors are four sons, Fay
Wright, and j. Harvey Wright of
Indianapolis, and Walter G. Wright
and Dan V. Wright of Cleveland, o.;
a daughter, Mrs Lula E. Beeler of
Indianapolis, and one sister.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
TWO WOMEN VICTIMS
OF PURSE SNATCHERS
One Knocked Down While Standing
at Sheffield and Washington.

Two purse snatchers, one of whom
knocked down a woman with blow
of his fist, are hunted today by
police.
Mrs. Florence Brown, 80, of las
N. Sheffield-av, said she was struck
while standing in safety zone at
Shefield-av and Westinghouse last
night. A man who left an auto
mobile after driving out of the
Washington High School grounds
struck her with his fist. He took
a purse containing 81, rosary beads
and cosmetics.
Miss Florence Steffey, 1922 Car
ro.lton-av, was robbed of purse
containing So as she was walking
last night in the TOO block E. 18th
st. The Negro who robbed her fled
into an alley.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
Mrs. Brown to Sneak

Mrs. Demarchus G. Brown is to
be guest speaker at a meeting Jan.
9 of the Stratford Literary Club of
Technical High School. Her subject
is to be THE Wales and Lloyd
George"
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
THIEF LO0TS TAVERN,
STEALS $40, LIQUOR
Noise of Burglar Awakens Man
Sleeping in Rear.

Ten dollars and alcoholic Christ
mas cheer was the loot of a burglar
who early today entered the beer
tavern at 1929 w. 1Oth-st, operated
by Charles Stevens.
Besides the money, taken from
cash register, the loot included IL
bottles of beer and whisky valued
at SIS.
Joseph Phillips, 66, who sleeps in
a room at the rear of the tavern,
told police he was awakened at
this morning by a noise and saw a
Negro running, CARRYING a sack.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
POSTAL EMPLOYEES
/ OFF ON CHRISTMAS
Only Those Needed for Regular
Holiday Service to Work.

The parcel post window in the
E1ain office and all mail carrier
|tations except the Illinois-st branch,
. re to be closed Christmas Day,
Postmaster Adolph Seidensticker
|aid today.
All postal employees except only
Rnose needed to make regular holi-
Jay collections and dispatches, are
b be excused Christmas Day. Mr..
feidensticker said. Customary holi-
lay collections and deliveries to no.
els are to be made and the special
Aslivery office is to be open. Per-
liable packages and parcel post
so are 10 be delivered that day.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
RE DRIVES OUT PUPILS

Escape Injurey as Blaze DAM
ages Logansport School.
United Press
sOGANSPORT. Ind, Dec. 2l.-
pills Of the Longfellow School
n marched out in orderly fash
b yesterday when fire threatened
building. All escaped injury.
Bremen eytinguished the blaze,
fved CAUSED by overheated fur
pipes, before 1t had gained
iway.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
2O-OUNCE BABY BOY
THRIVES IN INCUBATOR
Tiny Infant Taken on 20-Mile Trip
in Cardboard Box.

in Cardboard Box.
By United Press
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Dec. 21.--
A 20-ounce infant, son of Mr.. ano
Mrs. Joseph zrillo, Hammonton, N.
j., was thriving" in an incubator
today.
The baby was born yesterday and
Immediately sent here for care in
the incubator by DR.. A. L. Esposito,
who attended the mother.
The infant made the 20-mile trip
in a cardboard box.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
RECEIVES BID TO DUBLIN
/. u. Professor Also Asked to Speak
in Finland.

Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Dec. 21.-
DR.. Stith Thompson, Indiana Uni
versity English professor and world
authority on folk tales, has been
invited to deliver series of lectures
in Dublin, Ireland, and Abo, Fin
land. He recently returned from a
meeting of 25 folklore scholars at
tending the International Folk Tale
Congress at Lund, Sweden.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen
belong to:
Louis Sakawitz 1914 N. Pennsylvania-st
Dodge sedan. 96-862, from in front of his
home.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
Give Up?

By UHtted Press
MARSEILLE, Dec. 21.-The
Academy of France yesterday
awarded a 20,000-franc (S132O
prize to M. and Nine. Mare
chal, parents of II children, for
their augmentation of the
population.
Today a tax collector seized
the prize money for tax arrears.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-12-21
OFFICIAL WEATHER

-United states Weather Bureau-
Sunrise ....5:a Sunset .....4:2s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29
Waterbury Wins Again

{. The stirring victory of John F. Robin son at Hartford Saturday for the presi- dency of the Young Democrats in Connec- ticut was all that had been predicted. No political convention of recent years packed the excitement, tenseness, and thrills that this one did. Naturally this city can take great pride in the fact that local man has been returned the victor and that the control of this organization of youthful and enthusiastic democrats rests in the city in which the movement was born.
 Formation of a Roosevelt Cross club some years ago by the new president of the Young Democrats, MT Robinson, was the first step in the creation of political union which might offer to the young man desirous of interesting himself in the political life of his community, state, and nation frst-hand opportunity to do so. It was most proper, therefore, that at this time the state groups chose to honor one who had given so much to the founding of the movement.
 This baptism by fire, which some of the delegates experienced Saturday, must have been an education for many of the younger voters of the state. They will find in the years to come that it actually was an object lesson in that it provided chance to display t hose qualifications which are necessary in the person who hopes to make politics his vocation. They consist in part of loyalty, an appreciation of and an ability to display tact, the power of making and keeping friends, un- selfish motives, and above all leadership. May we congratulate the new president and his loyal band of followers on their spirited victory in the face of considerable odds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29
Economic Supreme Court

Secretary of Agriculture Wallace might be right about his proposal for four-man Economic Supreme Court" to keep an eye on the Constitution and readjust it to current needs from time to time, but it doesn't seem likely he can put it over. Not for a while, anyway. The Constitution is still religion in this country, even though there may be some superstition mixed with the pure faith. Religions c change slowly.
 Secretary Wallace, a son of the prairies, is practical man. He sees that it usually takes seven years to amend the Constitu- tion, even when change is greatly need ed. And "with events moving at thelr present rate, seven years is a perilously long time" He holds that ''the United States badly needs another way of voting and making key decisions in co-ordnat- ed, continuing policy for the long pull"
 So he would have the President appoint, with congressional approval, court or commission consisting of "persons of character and repute utterly above partis- anship or class narrowness." This body would propose new constitutional amend nents when it judged them necessary to meet new conditions, and the nation would vote on them in special elections, a two-thirds majority being required. It doesn't sound very radical, but it's rather sudden. This fact need not prevent honest consideration.
 It is only fair, however, to warn Secre- tary Wallace that he is guilty of serious omission in his proposed commission He suggests four men, three representing labor, agriculture and industry, and the fourth an economist watching the rela- tionships between price levels and consunl- ing power. So far, good. But he'll have the entire American bar jumping onto him. He'll never get by without lawyer in that outfit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29
Six Out of Five

We presume that Rep. Joe Gardner EstilTs bill to redistrict the state will be the signal for many more along this line. However, we don't think that many will follow the lines that Rep. Estills did. In his endeavor to be non- partisan in drawing up new congressional districts we think the gentleman from Salisbury almost leaned over backwards. For the best re- districting plan yet submitted we would have to go back two years If we're not mistaken it was one suggested by Demo- cratic State Chairman J. Francis Smith of Waterbury.
 There are certain things that must be observed in a job of this nature. In the first place as nearly as possible the numer- ical strength of the districts should be equal. It is almost impossible to do that in our state on account of the fact that the entire eastern section of the state is made up of small towns. In New Haven county isl centered heavy population. The same is true of Hartford county and to some extent Fairfield. Middlesex and Litchfield counties are without large centers of pop ulation, save for Middletown.
 Really If this job was to be done prop
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-29
So They Say

I used to wrestle with human beings. Now Wrestle with thought. - George Hackenschmidt one-tme wresteE turned philosopher. The men in the navy sound and do not take the ideas of the Reds seriously.
 Secretary of the Navy Claude Swanson.
  The nation has tried to accomplish in orfe gen. eration that which, under ordinary and prudent circumstances, it should take country a hundred years to bring about
 Percy H. Johnston, New York fnancier. am not very familiar with American people or their institutions. Perhaps 1t is because am not a movie fan.
 -Sheila Smith, British author. Profit is the reward of the smart operator In a world of inequalities. -Dr Paul H. Nystrom professor of marketing ot Columbia University