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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
Mysterious Activities of Ace
Detective Add to Reports
He Believes Hauptmann
innocent.
RV Tuitcd prese

81 CHHcd Press
TRENTON, N. j., Dec. 7.-Mys-
terious activities of Ellis Howard
Parker, grazing detective of the
Hall-MillS case and 800 other ma or
crimes, substantiated reports today
that he believes he can prove Bruno
Richard Hauptmann innocent of
the murder of the Lindbergh baby
Parker secretly deserted his home
in Mount Holly and was discovered
living in the Elks Club nearby, pro-
tected from all questioners by fellow
members. He had disappeared
Thursday when Gov. Harold G
Hoffman revealed that he was con-
Quoting a private investigation OF
the crime for which Hauptmann is
condemned.
Parker's secretary had said he was
hunting. He went to the Elks Cluk
late last night and no explanation
was available. Gov. Hoffman denied
published reports today that Parker
had made an arrest or had told him
the name of the person he suspected
OF Cne kidnapping.
Parker's Conviction
Friends of the Governor believed
it was Parker's conviction that an
innocent man is condemned to die
for the murder of Col. Charles A
Llndberghs infant son that induced
Hoffman to visit Hauptmann secret
ly month ago in the death house
Since that visit, although he has
refused to say whether he believes
Hauptmann is guilty, the Governor
has requested his fellow members
of the eight-man court of pardons
to hear Hauptmann in the same
way.
If the United States Supreme
Court refuses Monday to review
Hauptmann's conviction on consti-
tutional grounds, Hauptmann will
ask the court of pardons, as his last
hope for life, to pardon him, parole
him or commute his sentence to i'm
priSonment. Until Thursday there
was no thought that the court would
SOAAoAOSA a PoA 0Oii VI pdl OlC AOudy
it seemed possible Hauptmann S
mercy request would be given seri-
GUS consideration.
Hauptmann, Wife Jubilant
United States Senator A. Harry
Moore, Governor at the time the
Llndbergh baby was kidnapped and
murdered, said Parker had worked
independently on the case since its
inception and had talked with him
about it several times.
Parker is chief of detectives of
rural Burlington County. He is So,
grizzled of hair and mustache and
so heavy that he rolls when he
walks, but his eyes squint keenly
County records show he has solved
200 of 238 murder cases on which he
has worked.
Hauptmann, his slight blonde wife
and their chief attorney, c. Lloyd
Fisher, were jubilant over the swift
change in attitude toward the Ger
man carpenters long fight for free
dom. Mrs. Hauptmann smiled in a
cold wind outside the prison yester-
day, after visit to her husband
and said she found him very cheer
full, indeed"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
MOTHER, 3 CHILDREN
LOSE LIVES IN BLAZE
Father Is Rescued: Seven
Others Flee to Safety.

By United Press
CLEVELAND, Dec. IA mother
and three children died early today
in a fire that destroyed their two
family house, from which another
family of seven escaped in their
night clothes.
The dead are Mrs. Olga Wheaton,
20. and Edward, 6; Edith, 3, and
John, year-old baby.
Their husband and father, Marion
Wheaton, 80, was overcome on the
stairway from their Second-floor
quarters and was revived in a hos
pital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Steiner.
their four children and John Steiner,
escaped into the snow when the fire
swept upward from their part of
the house to the Wheaton apart
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
Gas Utility Is Charged
With Coke Price Boost

Charges that coke prices are
higher under city ownership of the
gas plant than under private con-
troll and that the fuel can be bought
only through Cincinnati firm,
stand To-Day against tire Citizens Gas
and Coke Utility.
Harmon A. Campbell. coal dealer,
made the charges last night at a
meeting of the Federation of Com
munity Civic Clubs in the Wash
ington. Mr.. Campbell, a member,
said:
Coke is 1925 a ton. Last year
it was $3.50. There is no apparent
reason for this increase"
Paul CWetter, president. an
nounced that Thomas L. Kemp,
general manager of the utility, will
be invited to address the next
meeting, Jan. 8. to answer these
charges.
Voting mot to let down the bars"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
u. S. Supreme Court
May Give Ruling on
BrunO's Plea Monday
Justices Are Scheduled to
Vote on Review Appeal
Today; Five Votes Are
Needed for New Trial.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. Bruno
Richard Hauptmann's appeal to the
Supreme Court to review his con-
viction for the kidnapping and slay-
ing OF Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. is to
be decided by secret vote of the
nine venerable justices today, but
the stolid German carpenter won't
know the result until Monday.
In its closely-guarded conference
chamber the court is scheduled to
weigh Hauptmann's contention that
he was not given fair trail in
Pennington, N. j. where ne was
sentenced to die in the electric chair
at Trenton for the crime.
The outcome will not be known
until Monday, when the court con-
veneS at noon for its regular SEES
sion devoted to decisions in a num-
Der of cases.
Delay Execution
A decision to review the Flem-
ington proceedings automatically
would delay Hauptmann's execution
until the court has had an oppor-
tunity finally to pass upon the case.
Such delay might last four or five
months. A review is granted only
when the court is convinced that the
petitioner possibly has been denied
some of his rights under the Con-
stitution.
To upset a conviction of lower
court, five of the nine justices must
vote for reversal. This would per-
NIT new trial When a review
is asked, however, the votes of only
four are necessary to have the case
brought up for consideration.
If the court refuses to review the
case, Hauptmann's last hope for
court relief will be removed. An
appeal to the New Jersey Board of
Pardons would be the next step.
Failing in that, Hauptmann's law
yers might resort to other legal
strategy such as asking a new trial
on newly discovered evidence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
II DISMISSED
IN WPA STRIKE
Most of 1000 Vigo Workers
Back at Jobs After
WaIkOut.

BB tnHcd Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Dec. T.
Dismissal of 81 workers from Vigo
County relief projects today appar-
emily had ended strike of 1000
WPA workers who protested against
working more than six hours a day
The men went on strike Thurs
day after WPA officials posted no.
tice that during the current pay
roll period hours of labor would be
increased to seven and eight hours
SO workers could receive a full pay
before Christmas.
Most strikers returned to work
yesterday, but q left their jobs at
the end of the six-hour period.
Wayne Coy, state WPA director, or
dered them dismissed.
Ollie Davis, district Works Prog
ress Administrator, said the men
appeared satisfied with the explana-
ton that the working hours were
increased to give them a full pay
before the holidays.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
NO Coalition Can Defeat
Italy, Says MuSSoIini
to Deputies.
TALKS FOR Is MINUTES
Counter Sanctions Form
Legitimate Defense,
He Asserts.
BY United Press

DESSYE-Italian planes bomb
Ethiopian northern war base for
second time within "a hours.
ROME-Chamber of deputies
hears Premier Benito Mussolini
defy League sanctions.
PARIS-Premier Pierre Laval
awaits Sir Samuel Hoare, British
foreign secretary. for talks on pos
Sible new peace offer.
-LIMASSOL, CypruS-Four Brit.
iSh deStrOyers arrive, reinforcing
naval strength guarding Sues
Canal.
By Unucd Press
ROME, Dec. Premier
Benito Mussolini today de-
clared 1taly's unfaltering de.
termination to pursue its war
against Ethiopia, despite the
infiction of sanctions by
world powers, until the East
African war reaches a solu-
ton entirely satisfactory co
Italy.
Italy's CONVERSATIONS are a
legitimate defense" he cried to the
Chamber of Deputies.
mo coalition can defeat us" he
roared in beginning his speech.
II Duce had been given an en-
thusiastic reception, the assembled
deputies cheering him wildly.
The dictator of Italy Immediately
attacked the penalties proposed by
the League of Nations and an
nounced that Italy considered counts
er-measures a legitimate recourse.
TO those governments and ma.
tons who protested against appli-
cation of Article Is (of the Covenant
of the League of Nations, we send
our present and future sympathy"
Mussolini said.
Cheered by Deputies
The reference to the nations
which refused to vote for the appli-
cation of economic and military
sanctions against Italy was cheered
by the deputies.
The nations to which Mussolini
referred were Austria, Albania and
Hungary and in part Switzerland,
which agreed to penalties with res
ervationS. Article Is of the League
Covenant provides for penalties
against an aggressor nation.
Italy must clarity its position in
East Africa "once and for ALL" the
stocky Italian leader asserted.
Talks Only Is Minutes
II Duce said that negotiations
were in progress but that in the
meantime the Italian people, who
love facts more than words, would
continue to support the advance Of
their armies, confident of victory.
"On the 365th day of sanctions
we will have the same courage and
the same determination as on the
first day" MuSsolini declared.
MuSSolini finished after speaking
for Is minutes, and left the cham
Der Immediately. Thereupon the
chamber adjourned its sessions until
next Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
Britaln'S Hopes aiding

DU = Hffn PTfSs
LONDON, Dec. Great Britain
deSpaired today of the success Of
present peace negotiations with
Italy.
The government seemed prepared
to insist on stern prosecution Of
League penalties, including an em-
barge not only on oil but on coal,
steel and iron, and to face resolute-
ly any threat by Premier Benito
MusSolini if peace talk fails.
This does not mean that peace
efforts will be ended.
Sir Samuel Hoare, foreign secre-
tary. left for Paris today, determined
TO do all he could in the interest
of peace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
Tagged Out

The risky business of climb
ing out on the Statehouse dome
has resulted in Punishment of
Old Glory from the dome flag
staff.
Gov. McNutt pointed out that
flag etiquette demands the flag
be taken down at night, but
that it had to be left flying
several times because few men
cared to make a business of
climbing out on the dome to
take it down.
The flag still flies every day,
however, from a staff on the
Statehouse grounds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07

A raise in rates will not be neceS-
sary to pay off the loan, according
to informed persons.
Hearing Held Oct. IA
Hearing on the loan petition was
held Oct. IA with Chairman Perry
Mozart ordering commission experts
to make study of the railway COM
pany's ability to meet it's loan OBJ
legations.
Arthur L. Gilliom appeared for
the railway and James E. Deery, city
corporation counsel, for the city.
Fred A. Wiecking, then public coun-
selor and now appellate judge, ap-
peared for the commission.
Part of the PWA loan will be
used to purchase 81 new trackless
trolleys and ten new gasoline buses.
Trackless trolley lines will replace
street cars on all routes except N.
Illinois-st. College-av, Shelby-st, E.
and w. Washington-s and E. Mich
igan-stS.
Merger and Changes
Other proposed changes include
merger of the present Lincoln and
Minnesota car lines on the South
Side into a trackleSs trolley route
with semi-crosstown service. Central
av street car line will be changed
to trackless trolley and include the
Meridian Heights spur to be ex-
tended from SD to 56th-st.
The loan is expected to permit
construction of Is miles of single
track and permit completion of the
company's 10year modernization
program by next year. A total of
ST, 100000 will be spent to rebuild the
central repair shops, storehouses,
garage and Office at the w. Wash
ington-St car barns. Sixty-ive per
cent of the program has been COM
pleted, according to James P.
Tretton, vice president and general
manager of the company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
Rome Announces Raid
By L Hited Press

By United Press
ROME, Dec. Eighteen Italian
airlanes bombed Dessye today, it
was officially announced.
Today's formal communique made
the first reference to yesterdays
raid.
1t quoted Marshal Pietro Bad
oglio as saying that yesterdays
bombing was effective, despite vio-
lent anti-aerial action. 1t said the
bombs were dropped after the
squadron reconnoitered and OBJ
served an encampment of several
tens of thousands of armed Ethio-
plans in the vicinity of the town.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
STOCKS ARE STEADY
IN LIGHT TURNOVER
Bonds Irregular; Franc Con.
tinueS Gain.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-Stocks
opened steady in light trading today
while bonds were irregular in mod
erately active dealings. Cotton was
little changed and the French franc
continued to gain.
Copper and silvtr issues resumed
advance with fractional gains in
Anaconda, International Nickel,
American Smelling and United
States Smelling. Oils were quiet
and firm. Farm equipments opened
at the previous close and were dull.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
Laval Gets Wide Power

By JHUCd PrrSs
PARIS, Dec. Threat of a DO
litical crisis, acute during parlia-
ment's three-day debate over the
future of semi-miiitary units of po-
litical leagues was dissipated today.
The Chamber of Deputies voted the
government power to dissolve the
organizations without reference to
the courts. The vote comforting wide
powers on the executive was 408 to
179.
The warning factions buried diff
ferences long enough to maintain
the cabinet of Premier. Pierre Laval
in office but ended their own tenn
porary truce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07

Barrett shot him at West
College Corner, Ind, at about
6:15 in the afternoon because,
he told the Federal Court
jury, he thought Klein was
one of a number of Kentucky
feudist enemies he said were
after him.
The government and defense are
allotted two hours each for argu-
ment.
During the taking of testimony
which lasted from Monday to $50
Yesterday afternoon, it was brought
out by the government that Barrett
cid not announce any plans he
might have had to get out of the
country on Aug. Is until he heard
from stool pigeon acquaintance
that the Federal officers were after
him.
The defense however, brought out
that Barrett was the only surviving
eye witness to feud foray in Man
chester, KY, in September, 1882, in
which two of Barrett's cousins we're
killed.
Expected Arrest for Year
The defense also showed that the
present commonwealth attorney, or
prosecutor, has been attempting to
make indictments against those he
believes guilty of the feud shooting
and it was inferred that members
of the opposing side hoped to kill
Barrett and eliminate him as pos
sible grand jury witness.
indictments previously returned
against the four suspects had been
stolen from the bullet-riddled court
house at Manchester, the present
commonwealth attorney told the
court and jury
From his own lips, the govern
ment brought from Barrett that he
had expected for one solid year,
momentarily, that Federal agents
would arrest him for stolen car &C
tivities which he admitted had ex-
tended over period of more than
four years.
Admits Numerous Trips
But Barrett said on the stand that
Federal arrest meant nothing to
me because 1 had a greater worry
the fear of the men from Man
chester"
Nevertheless, District Attorney Val
Nolan made Barrett admit, even
though he said he made all of his
numerous trips to Texas, California
and Mexico because he was afraid
of the Manchester gang, that he
invariably returned in a few days
Turn to Page Three)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
TRAFFIC
DEATHS
1894 1873
1888 to
Dec. 4 142

ing autos while drunk. They were
Victor Payne, 513 Holt-rd, truck
driver; A. L. Fessler, 5227 Washing
ton-blvd.; Lindsay Eckert, laborer,
1865 Pruitt-st; Albert Kinder, SO w.
l3th-St, and Walter Johnson, 249
Eastern-av, service man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Kurtz. 1885
N. Alabama-st, are reported in fair
condition at City Hospital with in
Juries they received last night when
they were struck by an auto at Della
ware-st and Fall Creek blvd.
The driver of the car, which
dragged Mrs. Kurtz for about 25
yards, did not stop, but later was
arrested. He is Dove Baker, Negro,
Ills N. MisSouri-st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
AUTO INJURIES ARE
FATAL;TOlL is 142
Paper Hanger, Hurt Nov.
%, Dies at Hospital.

Walter Hill, SO, Negro, 1041 N.
Traub-av, paper hanger, died early
today in City Hospital of injuries
he received Nov. %, when he was
struck by an auto at Traub-av and
10th-st.
He received head injuries and a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
AUTO, JEWELRY STOLEN
Drinking Companions Rob Man,
Who Throws Purse Away.

Two men who invited David
STROBE, 1851 Northwestern-av, TO
have drink with them early today,
robbed him of his auto and jewelry
valued at S315, he told police. Mr..
Strobe threw his purse into the
brush. near Madison-av and Stop
road when the men began to search
him, but was unable to find it again
later.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
TWO KILLED BY TRAIN
Green County Lumber Dealer and
Bloomfield Woman Victims.
By United Press

y
SULLIVAN, Ind, Dec. Two
persons were killed last night when
an automobile was struck by Chi
cago & Eastern Illinois train at a
crossing one mile south of here.
The dead were Claude Combs, IL
Greene County lumber and stone
dealer, and Miss Oma White, SO,
Bloomfield.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
THWARTS FRENCH PLOT
Soldier Turns Back Attempt to Steal
Aviation Plans.
By United Press

UV WfItW TtNS
PARIS, Dec. IA sergeant of the
guard of the Thirty-Fifth Aviation
Regiment drove off with gurfire to-
day four civilians who tried to open
a safe at Bron Airdrome in which
Frances air mobilization plans are
kept.
Police blame international spies
for the attempt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
ENDS LOVE PROBLEM
BY TAKING OWN LIFE
Radio Announcer Failed to Choose
Between Wife and Niece.

BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES, Dec. IA
romantic ENHANCEMENT to which he
saw no solution led Leslie Raymond,
41-year-old radio announcer, to end
his life, police decided today.
Raymond, apparently unable to
decide whether he loved his wife or
his niece by marriage, drove to a
lonely spot near the ocean, ran a
tube from the exhaust of his car
into the interior and started the
motor.
The two women, his third wife,
Mrs. Anna Raymond, 81, and the
niece, Esther Shuren, 10, both
sobbed out their love for Raymond
when informed of his death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
U. S. REMAINS COLD TO
JAPANESE SUGGESTIONS
Conference on Nine-POwer Revision
Met With Silence.

By UnUed Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. Admin
istration officials today remained
completely cold to Japanese semi
official suggestions for conference
of signatories to the nine-power
treaty to seek revision of that pact
Leaders here protested to see no
reason for altering the treaty, which
was signed at the Washington arms
conference in 1922 and pledges The
signatory powers, including Japan,
to restrict the political and terri
torial integrity of China.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07

broken leg. His is
the 1920 Marion
c gu n ty traffic
death this year.
Meanwhile po-
lice arrested five
drivers and charged
th am vxyith 1~0~o%
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
HOT BEANS BURN BOY
William Crimson, S, Rides Into
Kitchen and Upsets Pot.

The aroma of beans cooking on
the stove yesterday afternoon
tempted William Brinson, 5, of 20l1s
S. Noble-st, to ride into the kitchen
on his tricycle. and sample the cook
ing. He pulled the pot over on
himself and was burned about the
shoulders, chest and arms. William
was treated at City Hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
HOLY ANGELS FIRE is
LAID TO TWO BOYS
Friends Discover Stairway Had Been
Sprayed With Kerosene.

Two boys, one Is and the other a.
were under arrest today in con-
nection with fire at the Holy
Angels Church and school. 28th-st
and Northwestern-av, last night.
Firemen discovered that the school
stairway had been sprayed with
Kerosene from basement to attic
and then lighted The blaze was
extinguiShed without loss.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
BARRETT CASE TO
REACH JURY TODAY:
ARGUMENTS BEGIN
Fate of G-Man's Killer to Be Decided by Panel
of Nine Farmers Two Auto Statesmen
and SaWmiler.
FEARED FEUD WAR, DEFENSE PLEA
Many Crimes Laid to Slayer of Federal Agent
by Government; Had Expected Arrest,
He Admits on Stand
BY JOE COLLIER

jury of nine farmers, two auto statesmen and saw
miller is to decide today whether George w. Barrett So
yearod Kentucky bad man. must hang for the murder Aug
10 Of Federal Agent Nelson B. Klein.
Agent Klein attempting to Barrett who had
criminal record before then on charges of violating the
national law against transporting stolen autos across state
line
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
CHAIR CATCHES MAN
Paul Masters Suffers Hand Injury
When Seat FoIds I'm.

A folding chair is all right, be-
lieves Paul Masters, 1902 Ruckle-st,
if it retains it's poise
But the folding chair Mr.. Mas
tiers occupied last night at lot Capt.
tol-av collapsed. He was treated at
City Hospital for painful hand in
juries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
Dies After Heart Attack

Stricken by heart attack, Mrs.
Ella Darbro, 526 Arbor-av, died at
her home today while her husband,
John w. Darbro, was seeking med
ical aid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
3 Million Loan to Give
City Modern Car System
Public Service Commission Authorizes Rehabilitation of
Transportation With PWA Funds

Borrowing $S120000 Public
indianapolis Railways nc order give Indianapolis modern
authorized
Approximately 100000 of the loan will
a and the remainder extensive
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
DeStroyers at Cyprus

By UHitcd Press
LIMASSOL, cyprus. Dec. T.
Four British destroyers arrived UNI
expectedly in Famagusta harbor this
morning. They were the Basilisk,
Boreas, Boadicea and Bulldog.
Cyprus Island is one of great i'm.
portance, 200 miles from the north
ern entrance of the Suez Canal and
equi-d distant from the now heavily
fortified Italian Dodecanese islands
off the Asia Minor Coast Cyprus
is just off the coast of Syria and
south of the Asia Minor bulge into
the eastern Mediterranean.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-07
SOUTH BEND UNIONS TO
ACT ON TRUCK STRIKE
Drivers May Ask Support With
General WalkOut.

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Dec. IA
meeting of the Central Labor Union
was scheduled here today to con-
slider the strike of coal drivers in
South Bend and Mishawaka.
1t was reported Ira E. Gift, bust
ness agent for the drivers union,
would ask for general walkout in
the district to support the four-day
strike.