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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26
HITCH FREE ON
BOND; CHARGED
WITH LARCENY
Former Chief Deputy to
Sheriff Sumner Named
in Affidavit.

Ralph L. Hitch, chief deputy I'M
der former Sheriff Charles L. (Buck)
Summer, was free today on $4,000
bond on charges OF embezzlement of
public funds and grand larceny in
connection with an alleged $4,000
shortage in funds of the sheriff S
office.
This morning Mr. Hitch retained
Emsley w. Johnson. special prose-
cutor of D. C. Stephenson and for
mer Mayor John Duvall as his at
torneyS. Mr.. Hitch said he had no
statement to make, but indicated
clearly he would fight the charge.
The arrest of Mr.. Hitch on a Grim
inal court affidavit, signed by Mr..
Sumner. occurred last night at his
home, 1851 N. Meridian-st.
Seven hours after his arrest, the
former deputy was released on a
$4,000 bond signed by Robert
Beilach. Sal Kenwood-av, president
of the Union Ice and Coal Co., Inc.
Faces Two Counts
Two counts of embezZlement and
grand larceny were charged. with
the time of the alleged shortage set
in the charges at "on or about Dec.
81. 1884" Mr. Hitch's tenure Of Of
flee ended on that date.
The action had been expected for
almost a month following investiga-
ton of the records and accounts Of
the Sheriff's Office by the State
Board of Accounts.
Deputy Sheriffs Harry Cook and
Thomas Bell served the warrant.
The former chief deputy declared
at the time of his detention that he
did not desire to comment on the
charges until he had talked with
certain persons"
He faces maximum penalty of
81 years in jail
Congratulates His Successors
On leaving the county Jail he
congratulated the deputies in charge
on their efficiency and service"
Prosecutor Spencer said $500 of
the alleged $4,000 shortage were
funds in a closed bank upon which
Mr.. Hitch, as CHIEF deputy sheriff,
could have drawn. With this
amount deducted, the actual short
age alleged in the affidavit would be
$780,
Friends of Mr. Hitch, during the
past two weeks. have been making
efforts to raise funds to make good
the alleged shortage Of his office, it
was learned today.
Prosecutor Spencer and Judge
Baker are both reported to feel that
Mr.. Hitch should face prosecution
despite any restitution of alleged
shortages.
Mr.. Hitch, a former Butler Uni
versity football player and later
graduate manager of athletics at
the school, is married. He is 81
years old.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26

Mrs. Roosevelt publicity Seeker"
By Luifcd Preu
BERKELEY. Cal. March 20
Miss Martha Ijams. University Of
California alumna of the class of
1901. carried her private war against
the Roosevelt Administration to the
first lady Of the land today in call
ing Mrs. Roosevelt type of cheap
headline seeker
Miss Ijams had plenty to say
about the Presidents wife and she
said it in the same manner in which
she last week called Miss Frances
Perkins. Secretary of Labor a mere
politician" in criticiSing her Selec-
ton as speaker at the university
Charter Day exercises.
Mrs. Roosevelt would do well to
remember that the people didn't
elect her President" said the tall.
slender Miss Iiams in answering the
nations First Lady. who in a WASH
ington press conference contended
that Miss Iiams had not intended
to snub Miss Perkins in refusing to
be her hostess at a university lunch
con.
What First Lady Said
"A snub is an effort of a person
who feels superior to make some one
D@AcnN0lf IL
quoted as saying. To do this 1t is
necessary first to find some one who
could be made to feel inferior. It
is rare that a kindly person at
tempts to administer a snub.
And Miss Ijams lost as little time
in replying as acidly as she had
flayed the university choice of the
Cabinet secretary in preference to
DR.. Mary Woolley of Mt. Holyoke
College as the first woman to adj
dress the charter day gathering.
Il have nothing but contempt for
her Mrs. ROOSEVELT" Miss Ijams
said. She is as presumptious as
usual in her assumption as to what
I intended or did not intend relative
to Miss Perkins.
why should I Answer"
why should I answer her?
Nothing she ever says is worth an
swering. l have yet to read of her
saving anything on any subject in
which she was manifeStly versed.
The obvious fact to sensible peo-
pie is that Mrs. Roosevelt is of the
type of cheap headline seeker. Her
position. OF course. insures that when
she SAYS startling things about mat
tiers of which she is ignorant, she
Stirs attention.
That is her purpose. Her pom
tifical remarks might come with
grace from President. but I have
vet to read of her election to the
presidency
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26
CHUCKLES FOR YOU

Charles Frederick Virgins,
the man everybody knows, will
be back in circulation-on the
sidewalks to you-next Mon
day, April Fools Day.
In preparation for this
suspicious occasion, The In
dianapolis Times has prepared
a series of three articles on the
most hilarious episodes of
Chuck's FOSTERING life.
The first article will appear
in Thursdays editions. the sec
ond in Fridays. and the third
in Saturdays. Then sunday
there will be a day of rest, and
Monday the Chuckler will be
out again.
The Times thanks Chuck for
his unfailing good humor and
the great assistance he gave in
gathering information for the
series.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26
TRAINS COLLIDE
IN DUST STORM
80 CCC Recruits Injured
Slightly When Freight
Rams Express.
RN Lnifcd Presa

By JHifed Press
DIGHTON, Kan, March 26.-In
a Swirling dust storm that Smothered
lights and reduced visibility to a
few feet, a freight train early today
rammed special passenger train
loaded with CCC recruits as it
backed into a siding on the Missouri
Pacific lines at Shields, 10 miles
north of here.
Thirty recruits we're bruised. They
received first aid from two govern
ment physicians aboard the train
and we're not sent to hospitals.
Two trainmen we're injured SER
iously.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26
BAKER FIRES GRAND JURORS FOR
FAILURE TO INDICT K-ASSESS0R
Judge Angered by Probers' Refusal to Vote
True Bill Against Former Official on
ENLIGHTENMENT Charges.
ACTION IN BANK CASES HINTED NEAR
Afidavits to Be Used; Reason Given by Jurist
for Removal Just 'Pretext, Claim
of Two Members of Panel!

In judicial TRADE Criminal Judge Frank P Baker today
fired the Marion County Grand Jury for failing vote
indictment against Charles Bailey charging him with having
public funds before his retirement JAN l. as
Township Trustee.
Immediately thereafter both Judge Baker and Prose-
Herbert NJ Spencer announced that grand jury
would be impaneed immediately but that business usually
attended to by the jury would least temporarily be
through adavts signed by the prosecutor other
planning witnesses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26
HOUSE ACTS TO
HALT INITIATION
Gag Rule Brought Out to
Send Work Relief to
Senate Farley.
81 United Preas

81 Z HffcG PTeas
WASHINGTON. March ga
gag rule" was brought up in the
House today to send The S4,880,000,-
900 work-relief bill to conference
and kill off an imitation bloc drive
for the Thomas $1,000, 100000 silver
rider.
Inf1ationists and insurgents in
favor of accepting the Senate draft
of the measure planned to force two
votes in an effort to defeat the rule.
Administration leaders warned
members that the bill in its present
form would be vetoed by the Presi-
dent. They asserted they had suf-
f1cient votes to pass the rule, which
automatically would Send the bill to
conference with the Senate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26
5000 RAILROAD MEN
HERE TO GET RAISE
5 Per Cent Increase in Pay
Due April /.

More than 5000 employees Of rail-
roads serving Indianapolis as we'll as
railroad workers throughout the
country will receive a 5 per cent in
crease in pay. effective April l.
The wage increase is the last of a
restoration of the 10 per cent reduc-
ton which has been in effect since
February, 1882. A 2.5 per cent in
crease was given July l, 1884, and
another 2.5 per cent Jan. /, 1885.
The agreement was affected be-
tween railroad workers organiza-
tions and railroad officials.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26

A government spokesman said:
The Memel verdict puts the sit
uation in a most lurid light. L
should prove that foreign guarsn-
tor powers of the rights of Ger
mans in Memel must wake up. II
should strengthen our hands in de
handing a showdown on Memel.
The situation there and the admin
Istration of the Memel statute are
obviously untenable II is impoS-
sible that Germans should be so
sentenced in peacetime."
Farley MAY End Tonight
This mornings session was sus-
pended at lis p. m. Baron Kon-
stantin Won Neurath. foreign min
ister. and Simon left for the British
embassy for lunch; Hitler followed
them Is minutes later.
German quarters believed that
discussions might end this evening,
though there was still a possibility
Simon would do some more negoti-
sting tomorrow.
Hitler this morning repeated ar
guments for A series of direct and
regional aggression treaties and
was said on reliable authority to
have submitted extensive new ma
terial regarding Russian ornaments,
gathered by German agents in
Russia. He repeated his arguments
that Russia hated Naziism and said
again that Germany feared Com
muniSm.
There we're also on the agenda
Germany's re-entrance to the
League Of Nations. the proposed
aerial defense treaty and disarma-
ment
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26

In discharging the grand
jury, the Judge said that he
had had other cases involving
embezzlement to bring before
the jury, but had decided st
would be no use. in view of YOUR
attitude in the Washington Town.
ship case"
Prosecutor Spencer let it be
known. at the same time. that he
and Alvah J. Rucker, special in
vestigator of the bank cases for Cir
cult Judge Earl R. Cox, had gone
through the bank cases, but he re-
fused to say definitely whether he
would issue affadavits in them.
Asked specifically about the State
Savings and Trust CO. case, for
which the statute of limitations ex-
pires April 5, he looked dreamily out
Of the window and remarked it was
a nice day.
"Pretext," Charge Jurors
Then he turned, fingered rears of
typewriter statements on his desk
and added:
OF course man doesn't do that
much reading of bank laws for
nothing"
Then, just to make the whole pic
ture more complicated, two of the
discharged grand jurors, William
Sullivan and Frank McCreadv.
charged to The Indianapolis Times
that the Bailey case was used as a
pretext for firing us so we couldn't
vote on the State Savings Bank case.
I'VE have been ready for five DAYS
to vote on that case" they said.
and each time we were DELAYED bv
the prosecutor on the grounds that
ne had more witnesses to produce"
Charge Cover Up"
This today" they charged, was
political move to cover up for poll
ticians who were officers in the
State Savings Bank"
Such we're the circumstances sur
rounding the first discharging of a
grand jury in Marion County in 10
years, and one of the most Sensa-
tional exchanges of charges and
counter-charges yet to occur over
the defunct bank situation, which,
for some time, has been charged
with political electricity.
Judge Baker stopped a robbery
trial and called for the grand Jury
report and the jurors, two of whom
protested later that they even then
were ready to vote on the State Saw
ings Bank case, were taken into the
court room
Judge Delivers TRADE
They had with them % indict-
ments involving SIS defendants, six
Of them fugitives, and these they
placed on Judge Bakers desk, to-
gether with their report.
The judge fingered the indict-
ments, read the report and began
talking
He said:
find attached here. a report of
the former assessor of Washington
Township. There is something here
about the record Of the State Board
of Accounts. My recollection is I did
not instruct the grand jury to find
out what the State Board of Ac-
counts records show, but I did in
struct you to find out if this man
is guilty of embezzlement. I think
you had all the evidence necessary
in this case, when the first witness
came before you, and that you have
had all the necessary evidence for
some time
Restitution Not Excuse
Then, 1 learned you proposed to
wait; not to vote an indictment,
and, in fact, not to vote at ALTO
give this man chance to repay
his shortage I find among the in
dictments handed down today ons
Turn to Page Threel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26
WHITE RIVER SWOLLEN
BY HEAVY RAINFALL
Little Danger of Flood. However;
Showers Predicted for City.

Heavy rains IN the southern sec
ton Of the state have caused White
River az its east fork near Bedford
and It's west fork in Davies County
70 rise substantially within the last
two DAYS. J. H. Arlington. Federal
meteoTOlOgiSt. said today.
Unless there Is heavy rainfall dur
ing the next 4S hours there Is little
danger II White River rising 10
flood Sts -. Mr.. Arlington said.
Showers ere forecast for tonight and
tomorrow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26
BOY STRUCK BY TRAIN
9-Year-O Lad Suffers Skull Frac-
ture in Accident.

Cread Craig, 9. Negro. 1908 Roose-
velt-av, who late yesterday was
struck by switch engine at 30th-st
and the Monon Route tracks, is in
critical condition at City Hos
pital suffering from a fractured
skull. The boy was walking across
the tracks and did not see the
engine as it backed over the cross
ing. police said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26
SENTENCING OF 81
MEMEL GERMANS
BACKS NAZI STAND
Adolf Hitler Understood to Have Protested
Bitterly to Sir John Simon of Allies Failure
to Protect Territorys Citizens.
CONFERENCE MAY END TONIGHT
Four Men in Reich's Lost Area Ordered to
Die, SO Others Given Prison
Sentences for Activities

rf.f
BERLIN. March 26-Adof Hter's diplomatic hand was
strengthened in his arm negotiations with Sir John Simon
today that four Germans of Meme Territory had
been sentenced to death and IS to prison terms
Only yesterday Hitler had advanced the Meme situation
as one of Germanys reasons for hating the World War
treaties.
Bitter comment from official spokesman today indi-
Gated what the mpusve Hitler must have told Simon today
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26
Fear Hoosier Dead in Fire

81 Lnited Press
PORTLAND, Ind, March 26.-
David L. Whaley, bachelor, was
believed to have persisted today in
a fire which destroyed his farm
home six miles west of here. He
was so.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26
MINING CHIEF FOUND
FROZEN AFTER CRASH

Stanley Siscoe's Body Located Two
Miles From Wrecked Plane.
By United Press
SENNETERRE, Que, March 90
Stanley E. Siscoe, Montreal mining
executive, who crashed in northern
Quebec last Tuesday was found
frozen to death today, two and one
half miles from the spot where his
plane landed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26

A sneak thief stole 500 worth of
clothing from an unlocked automo-
bile belonging to H A. Holley, 621
N. Illinois-st, parked in front Of his
home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26
PAROLE DENIED WOLFE,
CONVICTED IN Staying
Killer Must Spend Rest of Life in
Prison, Is Ruling.

Charles (One-Arm) Wolfe. con-
victed of the murder of Delaware
County farm couple, must spend the
rest of his life in Indiana State
Prison, the State Parole Board ruled
today in denying his petition for
parole.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26
Death Claims Newspaper Man
By United Press

By United Press
NUTLEY. N. j.. March 20
Thomas McVeigh Jr.. former New
York newspaper man, died at his
home after a long illness. He was
81 yesterday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26
PWA Project Under Inquiry

BV United Press
WASHINGTON, March 26.-Chief
Investigator Louis r. CLAWS dis
closed today that the Public Works
Administration is investigating al
legged irregularities in the s1.769 900
Hi6slgo County, Tex, irrigation
project.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26
Montagu Norman Re- Elected
By United Press

LONDON, March 26.-Montagu
Norman was reelected Governor of
the Bank OF England today for the
fourteenth consecutive year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26
Four Germans Are Sentenced
to Death in Memel Territory

Lhuana March 26FOu sentenced to death
rtnrv CHARGED plotting separate Mcneil from Lhhuana
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26
TODAY'S WEATHER

Tomorrow's sunrise, 5:37 a. m;
sunset. 6:04 p. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-26
Toledo Milk Strike Ends

Bv United Prose
TOLEDO. March 26.-Milk flowed
again in the Toledo area today,
after an eight-day strike tie-up.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-11-06
4 Quick Pick-Me-
.Up For Rundown
Feeling

When you feel rundown, sluggish,
with no appetite for food or zest for
living-a because Of poisons in your
system from clogged-up bowels and
inactive kidneys-that's when you
need good tonic like Williams S.
L.K. Formula which is bringing
quick relief and added joy of living
to so many ailing people.
Williams SILK. Formula is COM
pounded from a former army doc
tors prescription and contains sew
eral ingredients which act in four
beneficial ways: as mild tonic,
stomach stimulant, mild laxative,
and diuretic stimulant for the kid
heys. Many take Williams SILK
Formula also for indigestion, nausea,
loss of weight and sallow complex
ion, where mild tonic, laxative,
stomachic and diuretic is Indicated
Ask Central Drug Co., Grand Cou-
lee Center, opposite post office, to-
day for Williams SILK. Formula.
Take a few doses and see how much
better you feel. The first bottle
must satisfy you or money back.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-11-06
Methow CCC Camp
Will Be Operated
Gold Greek Unit To Remain
Through Winter Season;
Chelan Also

Approximately 400 men are en-
ployed in two civilian conservation
corps camps to be operated through
out the winter on the Chelan ma
tional forest, it has been announ-
ced. One of the camps is located
on Gold creek, in the Methow val
ley, and the other on Twenty five
Mile creek near Lake Chelan.
The Gold creek camp has been
located at it's present site between
Carlton and Methow since the CCC
program was inaugurated two years
ago, with the exception of a few
winter months when it's personnel
was removed to a winter camp on
the Coast.
County Camp Moves
The Lake Chelan camp is manned
by workers moved from the CCC
camp which has operated through
out the past summer on Boulder
creek, north of Winthrop. The men
were moved to the new camp two
weeks ago.
Officials have learned that APP
proximately 10000 men will be en-
gagged in conservation work from
the so CCC camps which will be
operated in this state during the
winter months.
Twenty-six of the camps will be
in national, state and private for
ests; seven engaged in soil erosion
work, eight in state parks, one on
a bureau of reclamation project, six
on military and two on naval res
ervationS
Two of the camps will be located
during the winter on the Wenatchee
| national forest, in Chelan county.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-11-06
acres are available for orchard tracts
and vast areas for diversified agri-
cultural purposes"
FIFTY STATE CCC CAMPS
WILL EMPLOY 10000 MEN

SEATTLE, November 5.-Fifty
CCC camps engaging approximately
10000 men will function in the state
of Washington during the winter
months, it was announced today.
Twenty-six camps of the so as
signed to the state, will carry on
forest protection and improvement
work on national, state and pri-
vate forests. Seven camps will en-
gage in soil erosion control, eight
will be employed on state park pro-
jects, six on MILITARY reservations,
two on naval reservations and the
remaining camp will be located on
a bureau of reclamation project,
CCC officials said.
The number of camps to be OPP
Grated in Washington during the
winter represents an increase OF
four camps over the average for the
first 2 IL years of emergency con-
servation work.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-11-06
COULEE CEMENT WILL MOVE
IN HUGE QUANTITIES

SPOKANE The shipping of &C..
nent from northwest mills to the
Grand Coulee dam will begin early
in November and then will move at
the rate of trainload every three
days for the first week, then every
two days. After the first of the
year it is expected that a train
day will be delivered.
The trains will average about SO
cars each, and each car will carry
about $50 barrels.
The companies shipping from the
northwest and the amount Of their
contracts are:
Lehigh Portland Cement company
900, GOO barrels.
Spokane Portland Cement 400,
900 barrels.
Superior Portland Cement COM
pany of Seattle Il 100000 barrels.
Northwestern Portland Cement
company, Seattle 100000 barrels.
Olympia Portland Cement COM
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-11-06
POMONA GRANGE TO MEET

A meeting of the Okanogan
County Pomona Grange will be
held at Oroyille Saturday, Novem-
Der 8.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-11-06
County Resources
Told In Magazine
Official Publication Of Women's
Clubs Praises Local District;
List Industries

Under the title, "The Okanogan
Country Where Energy Pays Divi-
dends," the October issue Of "The
Bulletin" official publication OF the
washington State Federation of
WOmen'S Clubs, summarizes the ac-
tivities carried on within the conn
ty, and speaks highly of it's MANY
and varied resources.
Wealthy Empire
''This wonderful country is an
empire within itself Comprising an
area larger than the state of Con-
necticut) with it's rich irrigated
valleys, productive grain lands, vast
stock ranges, great forests, rich
mineral deposits and unusual hunt
ing and fishing DISTRICTS" the ar
ticle explains.
"The last few years have shown a
rapid development in Investigation
of farm production. Apples have
become the basic industry of this
county, and this industry is closely
followed by dairying and poultry.
The county ranks second in the
state in beef production and sheep
bands are being brought here, from
other counties to take advantage of
excellent forage and wintering con-
ditionS.
Apples Lead World
"Okanogan county apples are rec
ognized for their superior qualities,
a claim that was demonstrated by
winning the Grand Sweepstakes
award for the best Is boxes at the
Worlds Panama Exposition in San
Francisco. Again, in 1921, Okanog-
an county won II prizes out of its
10 entries of apples at the Pacific
Northwest Fruit Exposition, held in
Seattle. During the year 1928 Ok
anogan county apples topped the
New York market in competition
with apples from all other districts
in the United States.
Production In Millions
Several million dollars is estim-
ated as the value of agricultural
and manufactured products of the
county each year, apples and lum-
Der leading in volume, closely fol-
lowed 10y dairy products, poultry
and livestock.
Scores of metals, colored miner
ais and chemical salts are found in
Okanogan county. Sodium sulphates
are to be shipped in large quantities
from Okanogan for paper manufac-
ture.
"Okanogan county probably has
more unusual opportunities for new
settlers than any other county In the
Pacific Northwest. Thousands of
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-11-06
WASHINGTON RECEIVES
MORE FUNDS FROM WPA

WASHINGTON, November s.
Comptroller General John r. Nc
Carl has countersigned $2,413,923
in U. S. treasury warrants allowing
works progress administrators Of
nine states to start work on WPA
employment projects valued at $27,-
746,826.
Administrator Harry l.. Hopkins
authorized the sectional work-reHef
directors to use the $2,413,923 on
projects regarded as most adapt
able to the speedy prosecution Of
state programs"
The state allotments, in total pro-
ject values, included, Washington,
$1,601,317.