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The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25
GIRL SLAYER SHAKY
AS JURY IS SELECTED
Thompson Fidgets in Chair While
Dreary Task Proceeds.


PEORIA, Ill, July 25.-Gersld
Thompson. Sex-msd youth. on trial
for his life for the brutal murder
Of a PRETTY l9-yesr-old girl, sat in
the sweltenng courtroom today and
beat an unconscious staccsto on the
floor. first with his right foot. then
the left.
He dragged at his Stsrched shirt
front with q nervous hand and then
sawed across his dry lips with
twitching finger. After two trying
days, during which he had heard
dozens of intended jurymen say they
did not oppose the death penalty,
the youth was losing his granite
compoSure.
Eight of the jurymen had been
selected when court convened to-
day. Another two days may be
necessary to complete the panel.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25
Fire LeUels Home y0bless Man Built
Himself; CinldIes Year of Bad Luck

Two hundred cans of food he grew
in his garden this summer and
canned himself over that perfidious
oil stove also exploded and were
ruined. That was the food he had
against the winter.
Ernest Hedges is 81. He is the
father of three children, two of
VII )m are i'll with tuberculosis in
Sunnyside Sanatorium. The other,
Robert, 4, lives next door at 1923
Sadie-st with Mrs. Sarah Eaker, his
grandmother.
Mrs. Eaker is the mother of Mrs.
Hedges who died of tuberculosis 10
months ago. after Ernest, carpen-
ter before the depression, had finally
constructed the little house that
burned today and had hoped that in
it she would regain her health
Then Pearly, 5, and Joan, 2, be-
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25

came i'll and were taken to the sana-
toriun. Then Ernest lost his FERA
job and had to give up Robert.
He has horse and with that
plowed gardens, hauled ashes and
did odd jobs and made enough
money to support himself, and
rniraculously to save some.
1t was while he was trying to
catch the horse in the pasture today
that the stove exploded and burned
his home. Firemen saved the home
of the horse, shed on the rear of
the lot.
While the ruins still smouldered,
and lines of smoke wove through
the crumpled steel bedstead, Ernest
Hedges took a stoical look and went
off to find place to stay until
Well, no one though to ask him
until what?
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25
Romance in the Air
at Exactly 6:15 Tonight

young, handsome doctor. whose
passion is meteorological research
which he carries on between his
case visits.
He is engaged to marry Sue, his
devoted sweetheart. who, not know
ing anything about Georges pro-
fesSion. is jealous of his work and
the time it takes away from her.
There Is also Claire. a young
and wealthy girl research worker.
The trio are drawn suddenly and
strangely into net of circum-
stances from which it seems i'm
possible to escape.
You will enjoy trying to solve the
difficult problem which face S
George. Sue and Claire. Tune in
tonight at sis and listen to one of
the most engaging and puzzling of
the What Would You Do7" series,
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25

All persons within the broadcast
ing radius of station WIRE, who
are in love, ever have been or hope
to be, will be vitality interested in
the problem presented in the eighth
indianapolis Times What Would
You Do?" broadcast, entitled What
Price HappineSs?" which will go on
the air tonight at Sis.
The problem is one that actually
has arisen in the lives of hundreds
of the young people in love. 1t is
a problem the answer TO which can
not be obtained from logic or
ethics, because it has to do with
the balancing of moral values, the
value of true love against the value
of human life.
The main character in What
Price Happiness?" Is George.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25
COL. HENRY ROGERS
OIL MAGNATE, DIES
Brilliant Career Is Ended by
Fatal Illness.
By Tinted Press


SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y. July 25.-
Col. Henry Huddleston Rogers, 55,
who followed in his fathers foot
steps as a guiding genius in the
Standard Oil Co., and became one
of the nations richest men, died at
Southampton Hospital today after
a long illness.
His death ended brilliant, social,
financial and military career which
drew him into three much publi-
cized marriages and focused atten-
ton on his daughter, Millicent, who
caused social sensation a decade
ago when she went against her
fathers wishes and married Count
Ludwig Salm Won Hoogstraten.
Millicent, now the wife of Artura
Peralta Ramos, millionaire Argen-
tine cattle baron, was said to have
been waiting at the Rogers Long
Island estate, "the port of missing
men," when her father died.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25

he'll tell you the tall story that
won for him the title of the Citi-
zen Military Training Camps big
gest liar.
He has pointer dog First time
he took the pointer out it found a
clump of bushes. pointed, and
flushed out a quail. Cadet Meyer
shot the quail. The dog flushed
another, Cadet Meyer shot it.
When another and another flushed
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25
BY HEZE CLARK
Times STAFF Writer

This is the first day that Ernest
Hedges has broken int tieaunnes.
His home, at 803 Sadie est, burned
down, and the fire department made
such a clatter going there that peo-
pie wondered what had happened.
Well, that's about all there is to it,
so far as Ernest Hedges is con-
cerned. The oil stove exploded, and
the two-room frame house he built
with his own trained hands from
lumber he salvaged burned to the
ground.
Two suits were burned. too, and
in the pocket of one of them was
$40, his tooal savings since last jan
usry and his only cash laid away
against the coming winter
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25
STRIKE CLOSES PLANT
Shipyard Abandons Attempt to
Resume Operations.
Bs United Press

bN tfltffH FFtNS
CAMDEN. N. j., July 25-The
New York Shipbuilding Corp. today
appeared to have abandoned tenn
porsrily an attempt to resume work
at its plant. where 1900 employees
have been on strike since May 13.
There was no smoke coming from
the Shipyard'S chimneys, and re-
ports said that only a few foremen
had been told to report for work.
Only a few automobiles passed
through the main gate, and they
were not molested by the 5000 or
more pickets who continued on
duty at the plant.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25
Can You Guess?

On Page 3 of todsy's Times
appear new pictures Of the
Dionne quintuplets. Nothing
but hints as TO their identity
are given. and you are invited
to try the new game of Guess
ing the Quins" II YOU sue
ceed in naming all FIVE cor
rectly. you are better than
everybody but the nurses. Aft
er YOU have made your
guesses. check them with the
list of correct names appear
ing on Page 3 and learn just
how much Of quintuplet ex-
pert you are.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25
STRIKE MObS
RENEW RIOTS;
STONE TROOPS
Martial Law Grip TightenS
After New 0utbUrSt
in Terre Haute.
TEAR GAS AGAIN HURLED
Sitting Fumes QueII Dis
order: II More Arrests
Bring Total to ,85.
BY ALLEN c. DIBBLE
United Press stan Correspondent

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, July 25-
Martial law tightened its grip on
Terre Hsute today as tension Gre
sted by presence of national guard
troops increased and Federal labor
concilistors attempted to arbitrate
troubles which precipitsted paral-
izing general strike.
Ali plans to demobilize the militia.
originally scheduled to begin to-
dsv, were abandoned when it ap-
peared that the situation still was
far too tense to place in the hands
OF local authorities.
Patrolling of streets in army trucks
was increased and a large force was
maintained at the Columbian
Ensmeling and Stamping Co, focal
point of the disturbance, where ap-
proximately $500 townspeople were
disbursed with tear gas during the
night.
Eleven More Arrested
The mob gathered at commun-
ity center few blocks from the Co
lumbisn Enameling and Stamping
plant, focal point of the disturbance.
When ordered to disband, the crowd,
made up largely of plant employees
and workers from nearby factories,
Showered the guards with stones.
The demonstration was soon
quelled, however, wnen the troops let
loose a cloud of sickening gas. One
person, Mrs. Ed Macbeth, was in
iured slightly when she became
psnic-Stricken and grsSped the
sharp bayonet of a trooper She
later was released from hospital
after first aid treatment.
Eleven arrests were made and the
offenders locked in the county Jail
where 125 others are held.
Last nights riot culmins ed a
day-long sporadic stone-throwing
the only disorder Of the day. The
demonstrat tions we're confined TO
the vicinity of the Columbian plant,
where pickets assembled in protest
of the presence of armed guards.
Church Assemblies Denied
Col. Albert H. whitcomb. in
charge of the troops. SAID today Ma
tional Guardsmen would remain un-
til Saturday, but added
The sooner the guards leave, the
greater the chances for arbitration
between plant officials and strikers.
Union leaders resent the presence of
guards and this creates a tension.
We have a number of minor sore
spots whi3n must be ironed out be-
fore we leave, however
Meantime. all of Vigo County re-
NAMED under martial law despite
the fact most business has returned
to normal. Guards maintained an
esgle-eyed watch over industry and
even denied churches their regular
mid-week services.
College Professor Held
Soldiers continued to make arrests
but after questioning the offenders
released the ones charged with
minor disturbance.
A professor and a graduate stu
dent OF Indiana State Teachers Col
lege were among those held. The
professor, o. w. David of the social
studies department, said ne was
studying mob violence. He and the
student. William Barringer, were
held for passing sentry lines.
approximately 16S other arrests
have been made, including DR. John
r Shannon. professor of education
at the college, who likewise is held.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25
MYSTERY BOX BOOKS
ON COWS, PROBE TOLD
Utility Baron Offers Explanation at
Senate Power Quiz.

Utility Baron Offers Explanation at
Senate Power Quiz.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, July 25.-John
w. Carpenter. a sun-tanned Texas
power official. leaned forward in his
chair at the Senate lobby commit
tee hearing today and suggested
that a mysterious package which
has excited investigates interest
may have been only bundle Of
books on livestock raising.
The package purportedly was
passed IN a congressman the day
before the House voted on the utili-
ties death sentence" Mr. Carpen-
ter. who couldn't remember about it
Yesterday, conf1ded to the commit
tee today that 2 bundle of books
was carried from his hotel that day
by Rep. Nat Patton ID, Tex.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25
s RECEIVE INJURIES
IN MOTOR CAR MISHAP
By United Press

Marion Young People in Crash;
Two Are Hurt Seriously.
By United Press
COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. July 25.
Six Marion young people, ranging
from l9 to D years of age, we're in
Jrred, two seriously. when their au-
tomobile collided with another car
five miles north Of here last night.
Miss Allie Johnston sustained Sc
we're lacerations and possible skull
fracture and John Myers received
cuts and bruises. Miss Rachel Ollie.
Miss Evelyn Banks, Robert Brad
ley and Earl Dillie, other occupants
Of the car. were injured slightlY
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25

at rhythmic intervals, long enough
to shoot, reload and shoot again,
Cadet Meyer got curious. He in
veStiga ted.
He says-without batting an eye,
he found the dog had herded all
the quail into a chipmunk hole,
put his paw over it, and lifted the
paw at regular intervals to let one
escape and fly up to be shot.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25
WOMAN RETURNED TO
FACE MURDER CHARGE
Mother of Three Freely Admitted
Staying of Husband.

Mrs. Frances Pers, defiant mother
of three, went home to Montgomery,
w. va, today to face a charge of
numbering her husband. She MUIR
dered him, she told police. because
he had mistreated her children and
herself until she couldn't stand it
any more"
She readily admitted to Indiana
State Police that she killed her hus-
band. covered his body with diSin-
fectant. wrapped it in rug and left
it at their home She took her
three children. Santina, 7: Sylvia.
IL, and Joseph. u, put 5Hem in a
truck into which she also loaded
the family furniture, and starred for
Joliet. ILL.,. where she planned to
start life all over again.
Since her arrest here Monday
afternoon. Mrs. Pera has cared for
her children daily in the Marion
County Jail.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25
ROBINSON HUNT FUTILE
Kidnaper Was Reported Seen at
Riverside Park.

Search by police squads last night
at Riverside Park failed to reveal
the whereabouts of Thomas H. Rob-
inson Jr., who was reported to have
entered the amusement section of
the park in the garb of woman.
Robinson, alleged kidnaper of Mrs.
Alice Speed Stoll, has eluded police
for almost a year.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25
Bo0KlE CASE CONTINUED
John Tracy and Louis Rexroth Get
Delay Until July 81.

Gases of John Tracy and Louis
Rexroth, alleged bookmakers, were
continued to July 81 yesterday by
Municipal Judge Charles j. Kara
bell. They recently were freed on
charges of keeping a gambling
house, the result of Sheriff Otto
Rays raid on an alleged book at
140 E. WabaSh-st.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25
Hoosier Killed bv Heat

NOBLESVILLE. Ind. July 25.-
Heat prostystion suffered while
working on his farm caused the
death here of Lee Roberts, living
near NobleSville.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25
QUAKE is FORECAST

Serious" TemblOr to Rock Near
East and Africa, Says Greeuspan.
81 United Press
NEW York. July 25.-An earth
quake of a serious nature will
shake Turkey. Persia. western India
an dthe northern part of Africa
July 30, Reuben GreenSpan who has
accurately forecast IL tremors in
the last three months, announced
today.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25
BY JOE COLLIER
Times STAFF Writer

BY JOE COLLIER
Times staff Writer
IF Col. Oliver P. Robinson ever
Il catches up with Cadet Charles
F. Meyer, he'll wash Meyers
mouth out with. soap in the mid
die of Fl. Benjamin HarriSon's
parade ground.
This puts Cadet Meyer in
tough spot. but if you'll sneak
around A tent corner with him
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25
Dramatic and Dangerous
Hunt for Wreckdge of
Lusitania Is Under Way
Angry Seas Drive Salvage Ship 0rphr Back to Shelter
Hope Runs High That Spectacular Results Will
Result With Good Weather.
GILBERT MALLISTER
bv
prohibited. All reserved


ABOARD SALVAGE SHIP ORPHIR, OFF OLD HEAD
OF KINSALE Ireland, July 25.-We have completed
the week of the thrilling quest for the wreck of the
Lusana torpedoed by the German submarine U20 May T.
1915 with the loss of 1000 lives Angry and
famous Atlantic rollers already bringing home to Capt
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25

TADET MEYER says telling lies
~ comes natural with him, and
he's gotten so he can't even be-
lieve himself. He thinks he HAS
such dog, he says.
When it gets noised about that
Cadet Meyer is telling them again,
Cadet James H. Stahr, Hickman,
KY, second best liar in the camp,
and last years best, comes up.
my grandfsthe he says, was
so strong and cut wood so fast,
that often times he got his Ak
white, had to run three miles with
it to a creek, and when he dipped
it in. it boiled the creek water and
killed fish four miles away"
1t is no good to say you don't be-
lieve it, because Cadet Stair tells
another one.
It seems that:
''It was about two weeks ago
last Sunday asked my paw if he
cared me goin' coon hunting. My
paw asked ne he didn't care, so
we called up all dogs but Old
Shorty and we called up him, too.
Went on down the road and all
dogs began to bark up the trees
but Old Shorty, and he began 10
bark up a tree, too.
Asked my paw if he cared me
climbing up in the tree. He asked
me he didn't care. So climbed up
in the tree, begin to shake out the
coons. After while heard some
thing fall"
"TURNED around" he con-
i tinues to look. and it was
myself. 1 asked my paw If he
wanted to go any farther that day.
He said No
"I asked him could l go up to
Johns house. I went up and let
the barn out of the horse and put
the horse on the saddle. Rode on
down the road. When I got down
to Johns house he had all the
doors and windows shut wide
open.
Il walked in, threw my hat in
the fireplace. John said he want
ed to go down to the peach
orchard and get some apples to
make huckleberry pie. SO we
rode on down to the peach
orchard and 1 climbed up in a
peach tree and begin to shake
out some apples to make buckle
berry pie.
After while / fell straddle a
fence, both legs on the same side.
haven't been down to Moonshine
Hollo since"
This gives you an idea of why
they make them get up at at
the camp, and peel potatoes, and
mark off the days on the GHQ
calendar until they go home
again.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25
WOMAN KILLED IN FALL
Pennsylvania Visitor in Bedford
Qnd.) Home Is Victim.

By United Press
BEDFORD, Ind, July 25.-Miss
Hattie Jane KeiSter, Sc, Easton, Pa,
was killed instantly today in a fall
down stairs at the horle of a cousin,
Mrs. Harry Robertson, where she
was visiting. Survivors include two
brothers, John and William Keister.
and sister, Mrs. Kate Strunk. ali
of Millhall. Pa.
The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-25

New guaranteed tires 15c VIZ. Save
S1.0O Up. HOosier Pete.-Adv.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-13
BY VOLTA ToRREY.

ward. He'd 90 the limit, Jean was
sure.
She found herself breathing harder
and harder, the cold thin air piercing
her lungs like icicles.
The motor, too, was gasping now,
like an old auto chugging slowly
toward the ridge Of a steep hill.
Time to change gears" Jean
thought, watching the joystick be-
fore her. Instead the plane made
last strenuous leap, its nose straight
up. Then the motor died.
The wind flung the fragile craft
cruelty of on one side, paused q
second to toy with it as q cat might
a mouse, and sent it shrieking back
to earth.
Down, down. they shot. Faster and
faster. A crazy quilt loomed up
straight ahead. Rushing toward them.
Spinning like gigantic, solid, tornado
funnel.
The wires screamed. The motor
roared a challenge. Jean watched,
wide-eyed.
In the midst of 1t was Bills face,
scowling. It was like those double
exposures in the movies. She shut
her eyes. She was sorry she had
disobeyed him. Please, please, for.
give me, darling" she whispered. He
could not have hurt her more with
his fist than with that reproachful look.
But he was kissing her!
She breathed deeply, supremacy
happy. His lips were as sweetly soft
as on the night he proposed. He
was his old self again-her lover!
Why, he hadn't even asked her what
! the devil she was doing In the weather
plane, or why she had run of with
out getting his breakfast, or anything
| about the crash-for there must have
been onel
Then she remembered Jimmy. Was
he hurt? No, he was there, too.
Sure" Bill was shouting savagely,
Il said you could take her up and
maybe scare some of that enthusiasm
for flying out of her, but, damn it,
this is too muchl" She's all I've
got! If you've"
She'll be ali right" Jimmy cut
in. That dive was enough to make
anybody faint"
Jean sat up. looked around. WELL"
she sighed. II thought I was In q
hospital. -T'hissiy3ust the airport rest
room, isn't it?"
(Copyright. 1889
20 - -l---r -
Tomorrow: A girl who wanted to
travel and . man who wanted her
love are the chief characters In
Katherine Towards story, "Stay-at-
Home"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-13
NaUajos applaud
Deb0ters in Clash
On Their Welfare
Mission Athletic Director
Wants Indian Com
missioner Out.
By the Associated Press.


FORT DEFIANCE, N. Mex. June
13.-Howard German, young Ganado,
Ariz., mission athletic director, yester-
day said the sooner John Collier gets
out as Indian commissioner the better
1t is for the Navajos."
Germans statement climaxed a de-
bate with Collier at q meeting Of
Navajos, traders, bureau officials and
employees and missionaries on the
Wheeler Howard reorganization act.
The Navajos will vote on the act Fri
cay and Saturday
Commissioner Collier, whose ideas
are incorporated In the measure, de-
Tended it and urged its approval.
Charges Of religious prejudice and
communism were exchanged by the
pair in a spirited debate, and the
Navajos applauded each in turn.
Il could know as much about you
as Mr.. German. who sees you through
the glass of religious prejudice, and
still not know much" the commits
sioner retorted to Germans COM
plant Collier did not know the Nava-
jos.
German bluntly denied any reli-
gious prejudice, adding, I'm not look
ing at you through O. communistic
glass, either"
I'VE should not bear false witness
against one another" Collier retail
lated.
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and she peered down. Yes, there on
the side of the hill was the apartment
building.
In a few hours she would be back
beneath that roof calling Bill to
breakfast, as usual, just as though
she hadn't been to heaven and back.
Jean laughed aloud. 1t had been
30 easy to steal away! But she knew
she would have tainted If he had
awakened and caught her.
She frowned. Wouldn't Bill be
furious if he found out? He had
forbidden her even to step into a
plane. An altitude fight. such as
this, would make him see red. AS
red as that globe Of fire on the
horizon!
Women haven't any business in
aviation" he maintained stoutly.
"This country would be lot better
of If it had more old-fashioned wives
and mothers with their feet on the
ground, and fewer aviatrices GALL
wanting around"
But on up an invisible circular
stairway into the sky went his wife.
Like q ghost protesting the ships
intrusion, the wind howled and dashed
at it. Jean pulled her fur coat closer
around her soft throat, talking to
herself as might a schoolgirl playing
hockey.
Bills a grand guy" she declared.
''He was just born 80 years too late"
She wished, though, that he weren't
90 boSsy. He had been such a jolly
good sport before she married him.
It didn't seem possible that any man,
least of all Bill, could have changed
50 much in one short year.
Quickly she found excuses for him.
When his business began to pay again,
as it soon should, he'd be himself
once more. Perhaps he'd think to
have flowers sent home occasionally.
kiss her when he got up from the
table, as he had at first, and maybe
wink mischievously and tease her
rather than scold.
The plane dropped sharply. Jean
whIrleo around to see if Jimmy were
playing pranks, but the grim fixed
ness of his lips told her this was no
joke. They were soaring again right
away.
It was eerie. kind of creepy, being
80 far from the earth, in the midst
of so much nothingness-an alone
with a handsome young bachelor
whom she suspected Of having drunk
too many Manhattans at the Liv-
tngstons' party last night.
Had her cheeks not been rosy
already from the crisp air Jean
would have blushed at the remen-
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LIQUOR VIOLATION CASE
HEARD BY JURY OF 10
Six Men and Two Women on
Trial for Conspiracy on Tax
Regulations.

Trial of six men and two women
on the first big liquor conspiracy in
dictment returned here since prohibit
ton, was started in District Supreme
Court yesterday before jury OF Is
members--the first time more than IL
Jurors have tried a case in the his
tory Of the local court.
The extra juror was impaneled
under authority of recent act Of
Congress designed to prevent mistrials
resulting from the illness or disqualif-
cation of juror during case.
The defendants, all of whom are
from New York, were indicted more
than a year ago in connection with
the delivery here Of two truckloads
of liquor in alleged violation of the
taxing regulations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-13
SHORT sToRY-----------
HEAVENLY WAY
Straight Into the June Dawn. Motor Purrng Went the
Little Weather Plane.
BY VOLTA TORREY.

brance Of. tina t
party. For Bill had
told her right in
from. Of every one
that she talked too
much about avia-
ton. And Jimmy
had slyly whis-
pered, Come along
with me In the
morning"
Again the bot
tom fell out of
things. "Air pock-
cts, ! reckon" Jean
mumbled.
II wasn't one air
pocket; it was q
dozen. The plane
bounced like a ball,
slipped sideways,
twisted, yet crawled
upward. It was
worse than a roller
coaster, and they
weren't over the
top yet.
The higher JIM
my few the greater
rr,ra11A kA Aie "a