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Second Section
MOB INVADES
JAIL, LYNCHES
TEXAS KILLER
Anger at Condemned Man
Stirred by Wounding
of Jailer.
DANGLES NUDE IN NOOSE
Victim Was ‘Santa Claus’
Bandit in Christmas
Holdup of Bank.
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EASTLAND, Tex.. Nov. 20.
Horror at its own blood lust gripped
Eastland today, where a mob Tues
day night stormed the county jail,
seized a condemned murderer and
hanged him, naked, to a telephone
pole a block from the courthouse.
More than 1.000 men, women and
children watched Marshall Ratliff,
known as the "Santa Claus bandit,”
die a grewsome and lingering death,
because he had shot and probably
wounded fatally Jailer T. A. Jones
in an attempt to break jail Mon
day night.
The rope from which the nude
man dangled, broke as he was swung
into the air and he fell. A second
rope was knotted around his neck
and again he was lifted, until his
toes Just touched the pavement.
“Maybe he wants to say some
thing,” suggested one of the mob of
some 150 men responsible for the
lynching.
A murmur of assent ran through
the crowd, where faces mirrored
horror, pity or angry determination.
There was a surge forward to hear
the bandit s last words.
The rope was lowered and the
ljoo.se loosened.
''l'll talk,” Ratliff gasped, but his
parched throat held him mute.
“String him up, he doesn't want
to talk," came a shout from the mob
and he was hoisted high above the
street. Asew f seconds later he was
dead.
No Arrests Yet
No arrests had been made early
today. It was pointed out that the
size of the mob made official action
difficult, but authorities indicated
they would take whatever steps
seemed required after completing
the investigation they started to
day.
Justice of the Peace Jim Steele
ordered the body sent to an under
taking establishment after he was
notified of the lynching.
Ratliff died at the hands of an
Infuriated mob instead of in th-j
electric chair, to which he had)
been sentenced to terminate a
strange criminal career. Dressed in
a Santa Ciaus costume, he partici
pated. with three other men. in the
robbery of a Cisco tTex.) bank on
Christmas eve two years ago. A
bank official was slain in the gun
battle that ensued.
With his companions he wandered
in the underbrush until he almost
starved before they were capturei.
He had been doomed to die by a
jury and had sgen one of h.s com
panions march past his cel! on the
way to the death chamber.
Fifteen men marched past Rat
liff's cell on the death march, four
teen of them to the tune of Nearer
My God to Thee.” play;cl on a
phonograph RatlifT had.
Waited Sanity Hearing
His mother, Mrs. Rolla Ca’-V'r,
maintained that ghastly parade had
caused her son’s mind to snap and
he was awaiting a sanity hearing.
Monday night he feigned paraly
sis, and when the jailer left his cell
door RatlifT ran out. snatched Jones’
pistol and shot him three times. He
was overpowered by E. K. Kilbourne,
another jailer.
Feeling ran high here and at
Cisco. At 9 p. m. Tuesday, the
storm or resentment broke. Shout
ing threats of vengeance, a crowd
of men started on a run toward the
jail, others joined them at every
street intersection. The rumble of
cries brought hundreds more into
the streets.
Kilboume’s attempt to halt the
mob was futile. His keys were taken
from him and he was pushed aside.
Ratliff was lying on his bunk, un
dressed for the night. He was
jerked to his feet and dragged down
the street to the first convenient
telephone post.
Code Violated
He died despite the unwritten
code of the old west that if a man
survived the first attempt to hang
him. he was spared.
Ratliff’s death closed the Crisco
bank case. A youth named Davis, a
member of the bandit quartet, was
wounded fatally as he fled from the
bank. Robert Hill, another, is serv
ing a ninety-nine-year prison sen
tence. Henry Helms, a third, was
electrocuted several months ago.
It was when Helms passed Rat
liff’s cell on the way to the electric
chau* that the “Santa Claus bandit”
forgot his phonograph. He clung
to the bars and shouted. “Goodby,
Henry,” as long as he could hear
the shuffle of feet.
THREE HOMES LOOTED
Burglars Get Jewels, Clothing,
Revolver and Cash.
Three homes were entered by
‘burglars Tuesday, according to po
lice records today.
Jewelry and clothing valued at
more than S2OO were taken from the
home of Mrs. William Carrigan, 959
North Sherman drive, she told
police.
Paul C. Long. 816 North Grant
avenue, reported theft of two
watches, a revolver and $lO in
money. Several dresses and coats
bwere taken from the home of Mrs
|T. B. Baker. 1324 North Missouri
■greet, according to police.
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The jail sentence for contempt of the Senate which Harry F. Sin
clair. millionaire oil man, terminates tonight at midnight, would be an
expensive one for the government were Sinclair paid for his jail labors
as a pharmacist's assistant at the rate of his estimated income.
Sinclair’s fortune is reputed $100,000,000 and even a conservative
estimate of 5 per cent return fixes his income at $5,000,000 annually.
This, in addition to his salary of SIOO,OOO a year as president of the Sin
clair Oil Company, would make him an expensive employe.
The oil magnate went to jail for six months, May 6, on the con
tempt charge and resumed his former profession as a pharmacist.
He was forced to miss his first Kentucky derby in years, but was en
abled to follow the historic race over the radio.
LEWIS BROWNE TO
GIVE TALK HERE
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Lewis Browne
AUTO WRECK FATAL
Speeders Sought for Death
of Frankfort Woman.
Police today followed meager
clews in search for two motorists
held responsible for an accident
that resulted in the death of a
Frankfort (Ind.) woman, on state
road No. 52, near Thirty-eighth
street, Tuesday night.
The two drivers, racing abreast
on the highway, forced Paul
Michael, 27, to swerve abruptly into
a field. A radius rod snapped, and
the automobile overturned, killing
Mrs. Michael, 22, instantly.
Michael escaped with minor in
juries. The two cars sped on to
wards Indianapolis. Mrs. Michael’s
body was taken to Frankfort for
funeral services.
GOVERNOR IS INVITED
Greensburg Will Celebrate Opening
of Newly Paved Road.
Governor Harry G. Leslie today
was asked to attend the celebration
at Greensburg Dec. 9, marking the
opening of a thirty-six mile stretch
of new pavement on State Road
No. 29. from Shelbyville to Osgood.
The invitation was extended by a
delegation Including Stanton Guth
rie, Greensburg engineer and form
er Purdue classmate of Leslie; Har
old T. Kitchen, Greensburgh post
master, and Ed J. Hancock, editor
of the Greensburg News and the
Rushville Republican. Four counties
will join in the celebration. Ripley,
Shelby, Decatur and Jefferson.
Highway Director John J. Brown
will be the principal speaker.
Shortridge Juniors Elect
Curtis Plopper was elected junior
class president at Shortridge high
school Tuesday. He will be assist
ed by Mary Frances Diggs, vice
president; Winifred Jean Louden,
secretary; Louis Darko, treasurer,
and James Funkhouser, vaudeville
yhalnrmn,
The Indianapolis Times
‘Credulous America’ Topic
Chosen by Writer for
Lecture.
America is a land of “isms” and
cults, and Lewis Browne, famed
author of “This Believing World,”
and “That Man Heinie,” will ap
pear at the open forum at Kirsh
baiun Community center next SurT
day night to tell how the country
got that way.
The public is invited and those
who disagree with Browne’s con
clusions will be given an opportu
nity to question him following the
lecture.
President Leonard A. Strauss of
the Jewish Community Center As
sociation today extended an invi
tation to the public to join whole
heartedly in these open forum se
ries and other activities at the cen
ter as “an experiment in commu
nity democracy.”
“Our association is dedicated to
the cultural and recreational inter
ests of not only the Jewish, but the
general community of Indianapolis,”
President Strauss explained.
Steady Growth
“Three years ago we started with
little more than an idea. This season
we have a program of which the en
tire city may be proud. The recep
tion given Norman Thomas, the first
forum speaker, was very gratifying.
It disclosed an intelligent attitude
on the part of the local public to
welcome all kinds of doctrines, so
that the truth finally may prevail.
“In presenting Lewis Browne we
are not launching an experiment.
Twice before he has appeared on our
programs with great success. He is
a dynamic young man and his sub
ject, 'Credulous America,’ will
prove Interesting.
Activites Varied
“Another feature of our program
this season, which is attracting con
siderable attention, is the expansion
of the educational department. In
conjunction with the extension di
vision of Indiana university, we are
conducting classes in public speak
ing, short story writing, current po
litical problems and contemporary
European literature.
“Other courses at the center in
clude lectures by business leaders for
the young man in business, Jewish
studies, Jewish history, Hebrew for
adults, debating, training in club
work and the Topics Club, an adult
discussion group.
“Ferdinand Schaefer again is con
ducting the Kirshbaum orchestra
and talent is welcomed. This season
plans are being made for a series of
Sunday concerts. These will be
preceded by an interpretative lec
ture by Mrs. Clarence Coffin.
“Our gymnasium, ballroom, lounge
and library offer exceptional enter
tainment facilities.”
SUES IN MATE’S DEATH
Mrs. Rosetta Smith Asks SIO,OOO hi
Action Against Big Four.
Suit for SIO,OOO damages against
the Big Four Railroad Company by
Mrs. Rosetta Lucille Smith, admin
istratrix of the estate of William
Elvin Smith, was on file today in
superior court one.
The complain avers that Smith
was killed when his auto was struck
by a Big Four train at the Harding
street crossing of the railroad Nov.
11. No warning whistle was sounded
hy the train, it is alleged.
INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1929
REBELLION IN
SENATE RANKS
IS SPREADING
Hoover Is Suspected of
Holding Sympathy for
Party Insurgents.
LEADERS LOSE CONTROL
Young Guard Has Balance
of Power With Support
of President.
BY C. J. LILLEY
Times Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The
senate today Is split more widely
and in greater revolt against party
leadership than old timers can re
call in its long history.
On the Republican side are three
distinct groups while Democrats
are being held under one leader
ship only with the greatest diffi
culty.
The three Republican groups are
the so-called “old guard,” repre
senting the conservative group,
which was in power during the
Coolidge and Harding administra
tions; the progressives and the
“young guard.”
The senate has seen many re
volts against party leadership on
one side of the chamber or the
other, but this is the first case in
recent years where a President has
shown a disposition to side with
the insurgent element in his own
party.
Hoover Is Suspected
Many believe President Hoover is
backing the “new guard,” even to
the extent of assisting them in
overthrowing permanently the sen
ate leadership of the “old guard.”
Hoover had asked for limited re
vision of the tariff with particular
attention to improvement in the
agricultural industry.
The action of the Watson group
resulted in an alliance of the pro
gressives and the Democrats, with
the result that control of the tariff
bill passed out of the hands of
Watson and Smoot into the hands
of Senators Borah, Norris, Robin
son of Arkansas, Harrison, La
Follette Pittman and others.
The Republican loss of control
aroused the ire of new senators in
that party and the “freshmen
bloc” was organized at a dinner
given by Senator Kean. Little con
sideration was given this until the
word passed around that Chairman
Huston of the Republican national
committee had become active at
the capitol and that Hoover had
thrown his support behind the “new
guard.”
Watson Leaves Capitol
The first development was the
departure of Watson for Florida.
It followed conferences between
Huston and Watson extending over
a period of several days. With
Watson out of the w'ay, a move
ment was started to make Senator
McNary the party leader on the
floor.
Senator Jones, assistant floor
leader, asserted his right to the
position during Watson’s absence
and tried to reach an understanding
with the progressives and the
Democrats by agreeing to permit
them to write the tariff bill, pro
viding the job was accomplished
quickly as was desired by Hoover.
The new guard did not take kindly
to this idea.
Jones offered a recess amend
ment, the excuse being that the
senate needed a rest before the
regular session began next month.
The power of the young guard be
came evident when the recess reso
lution was defeated overwhelmingly.
The senate has been proceeding
with the tariff bill while the many
leaders created by the party divi
sions have been trying to agree
upon a definite program. . Cloak
room conferences are being held
constantly without definite result.
GET JAIL AND FINES
Three Draw Sentences, One
Faces Grand Jury.
Ralph Jones, 22, of 1341 Charles
street, was assessed fines totaling
$135 and costs, and sentenced to
thirty days in pail when convicted
on three charges in Municipal Judge
Paul C. Wetter’s court today.
He was arrested by state police
Sunday night, and charged with
carrying a concealed* weapon,
drunkenness, operating a blind
tiger and drunken driving. Judg
ment was withheld in the blind tiger
case.
Roy Anderson, 33, Negro, 1635
North Arsenal avenue, was bound
over to the grand jury on charges
that he murdered his wife, Mrs.
Mamie Anderson.
Frank Johnson, 25, and Henry
Miltner, both Negroes, of 626, Agnes
street, were fined $25 each and sen
tenced to thirty days in jail on
petit larceny charges.
PARENTS HEAR RABBI
Tasks of Educators Is Subject of
Address to Club.
“Tasks of educators in the next
decade will be to settle problems
that are arising under the corroding
influence of materialism,” Rabbi
Milton Steinberg of the Beth El Ze
dek Hebrew congregation told mem
bers of the Shortridge high school
Parent-Teacher Association Tuesday
night.
More than 1,500 persons attended
the meeting, which followed a din
ner in the school cafeteria.
Radium Disease Victims May
See Industry Done Away With
According to the reports of some physicians,
every person shown in the layout above, even in
cluding the two children, is a doomed victim of
“radium necrosis,” dread malady that attacks the
bones of its victims. At the left is Mrs. Ethelwynne
Metz and her 6-year-old son, Edward Jr., and at
the right, on their way to a doctor’s office, are pic-
CONNELL FACES
CQUNCimOBE
Testimony About Vouchers
to Be Given.
Investigation into the purchase of
automobiles for the city will be con
tinued this afternoon by the probe
committee of the city council, acting
on charges submitted by former
Mayor Charles W. Jewett.
Among those who will appear to
testify regarding the purchase of a
La Salle automobile for Police Chief
Worley are Fred Connell, president
of the board of safety, and John E.
Ambuhl, secretary to the chief.
Ambuhl will testify regarding the
presentation of two vouchers for the
purchase of the La Salle. Jewett
charged Ivasion of the law requiring
council approval of all purchases of
$2,000 or more.
It was testified Monday that al
though two receipts, one for the
chassis and the other for the body,
dated a week apart, were presented
to the city controller, the chasis
and body never were separated.
Department heads also will bring
lists of automobiles end their as
signments.
The board of inquiry is expected
to take testimony regarding the
purchase of land by the city from
Dilling & Cos. and the Granite Sand
and Gravel Company.
TWO DRIVERS HELD
Collisions of Autos Bring
Arrests of Motorists.
Two collisions Tuesday night re
sulted in the arrest of John Gillen,
29, of 110 West North street, and
Charles Brewer, 1716 North Arsenal
avenue.
Gillen was detained on charges of
drunkenness, operating a car while
intoxicated, and reckless driving,
after his automobile crashed- into
a car driven by Charles Leeper,
208 J /2 North Noble street, at the in
tersection of East and McCarty
streets.
Gillen’s car turned over. He
suffered bruises.
Brewer was arrested following an
accident at New York and Meridian
streets, when a car, driven by
Charles Ruddle, 38 North Colorado
street, collided with his auto. He
is charged with assault and battery,
running a stop sign, and failure to
have a driver’s license.
W. K. M’COY PASSES
Aged Big Four Worker Dies of
Pneumonia it Home.
Funeral services for William K.
McCoy, 68, who died of pneumonia
at his home, 2626 North Illinois
street, Tuesday, will be held at the
residence at 2 p. m. Thursday. Buri
al will be in Washington park
cemetery.
Mr. McCoy was an employe of the
Big Four railroad for forty-seven
years and for many years was rail
road inspector. He was a member
of the Masonic order, Sahara Grot
to and Order of Odd Fellows. Sur
viving him are the widow, Mrs.
Elizabeth Segar McCoy, and a son,
Frank McCoy, of Indianapolis.
DITCH DIGGER IS HURT
Patrolman Rescues Man Buried in
Cav-ln of Earth.
■While digging a ditch for the
Western Union Telegraph Company
in front of 116 West Washington
street early today, Barney Harverd,
38. of 509 Abbott street, was injured
slightly in a dirt cave-ln.
Harverd was buried in the ditch
by the cave-in. Fellow laborer and
patrolman James A. Senteney res
cued him. He suffered body bruises
gas ta.lrpn hnm^
tured Mrs. Helen Tuck and her youngest son,
Harold, 2. Five other radium victims are shown
In the smaller photos: Mrs. Quinta McDonald,
lower left, Edna Hussman, upper right, and in the
center, reading down, Mrs. Albina Larice, Grace
Fryer and Katherine Schaub.
Federal Labor Department
Advocates Abolishing
Legislation.
BY HORTENSE SAUNDERS
NEA Service Writer
NEWARK, N. J., Nov. 16.—While
death is closing its grip upon an
other of New Jersey’s radium pois
oning victims, and physicians and
lawyers are preparing to show in
court that the dread malady has
been transmitted to three little chil
dren, the federal department of
labor is advocating provision for
completely abolishing the luminous
paint industry.
Thus it may be that more than
a' score of women whose bones are
slowly being destroyed by the in
cessant bombardment of deadly
radium rays, will live to see the end
of the hazardous occupation to
which they are martyrs.
It was eight years ago that Mrs.
Ethelwynne Metz, and Mrs. Helen
Tuck left the plant of the United
States Radium Corporation in
Orange, N. J. Their job had been
to paint luminous watch dials, and
to point their brushes for the deli
cate work, they moistened the paint
filled brushes between their lips.
Told Children Wouldn’t Suffer
Two children were born to Mrs.
Tuck, and one son to Mrs. Metz.
Still later, to their horror, both
women found that they had devel
oped radium poisoning.
The insidious Alpha rays emitted
by the tiny particles of paint they
swallowed had done their work.
Medical science had declared that
there was no known process by
which the radio-active substances
could be extracted from a living
person.
“But we didn’t know that our
children were to suffer too,” Mrs.
Tuck said. “Doctors had told us
that the poiso’fi could not be trans
mitted to children.”
But now, according to allegations
In suits filed against the Radium
Corporation, Edward Metz Jr., 6;
Walter Tuck Jr., 6, and Harold Tuck,
2, have developed symptoms of the
same malady in the incipient stages.
It has been more than a year
since the Radium Corporation set
tled suits aggregating $1,250,000
brought by five women employes
who were said to have only one year
to live. Each was awarded SIO,OOO,
a S6OO a year pension, and expert
medical attention.
Predicts Their Doom
Physicians testified that, so far as
they could determine at that time,
the five women were doomed.
But the care of the best special
ists has prolonged the lives of the
five. They have passed the year
originally allotted them, and only
one, Mrs. Quinta McDonald, is re
ported to be close to death. She
now is in a New York hospital, but
the others still are able to lead al
most normal lives.
In the new radium paint cases
coming up for trial this month in
Newark, both Mrs. Metz and Mrs.
Tuck seek $200,090, and their hus
bands each ask $50,000 for each for
loss of services.
Mrs. Tuck was employed as a dial
painter bv the Radium Corporation
from May 28. 1917, to Dec. 1, 1921,
but her injuries did not become ap
parent until February, 1928, after
the birth of both her sons.
Mrs. Metz xvas employed from
March 1. 1916, to Dec. 15. 1918, but
her injuries were not evident until
June, 1928. She has lost thirteen
teeth, and her joints, particularly
her knees and elbows, have become
affected. Both women say they now
are in bad health.
PICKPOCKET AT WORK
Street Car Passenger Loses sl2; j
Rifled Purse Found.
Hellis Stem, 940 North Alabama
street, called police headquarters
Tuesday night to report the theft
of his pocketbook and sl2 from his
person as he boarded a street car
at Illinois and Washington streets.
“We know it,” replied the desk
sergeant, “for we’ve got your
pocketbok now.”
The purse had been found, empty,
by John E. Smithmeyer, 22 South
/ itol avenue.
Second Section
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at i’oa'offlce. Indianapolis
SBOO TAKEN BY
BANK BANDITS
Fairland Institution Robbed
by Holdup Pair.
Bv United Press
FAIRLAND, Ind., Nov. 20.—Two
men held up D. G. Gordon, presi
dent, and his diughter, Miss Laura,
23, of the Fairland National bank,
at 8; 30 today and escaped in a
gray Studebaker roadster with a
California top. Loot was estimated
at SBOO to S9OO.
Close on tKfe trail of the bandits
was A. L. Pond, director of the
bank, who followed them in the
direction of Greenfield.
Two men, age approximately 24
and 30, locked Gordon and his
daughter in the directors' room, got
the money which had been set out
for the day’s business, and left
quickly.
They overlooked more than $5,000,
which was in the unlocked safe in
the vault.
Gordon Immediately ran out of a
rear door, but the bandits had
reached their car when he got back
to the front of the institution.
Neither bandit wore a mask. They
could not have been, in the institu
tion more than five minutes, Gor
don said.
Ordinarily. Gordon said, he leaves
the safe locked, but this morning
the robbers could have taken the
rich haul it contained, merely by
reaching in for it.
ACCUSER ARRESTED
Witness in Extortion Case
to Face Charges.
Albert Clyde Steinberger, 32, of
3600 North Emerson avenue, today
faced automobile banditry charges
at FranMn, because he appeared as
a witness against three men in mu
nicipal court, who were charged
with impersonation of an officer.
He was arrested as he testified that
Leroy Smith, 1408 Bradbury avenue;
Doak Wells, 837 Oakland avenue,
and Harry Berghman, 235 East Ver
mrnt street, had accosted him and
a woman while they sat in a parked
car on a road near the city. He
said the men threatened arrest and
that he gave them $4.
Detectives recognized Steinberger
as a man wanted in Johnson county
and his arrest followed.
RAISE IN BUS FARES
IS CALLED FAILURE
Motor Coach Firm Holds Test Shows
Line Unprofitable.
Defense was made today by the
Peoples Motor Coach Company, sub
sidary of the Indianapolis Street
Railway Company, of its petition to
discontinue service on the Twenty
first street-River avenue line, from
Ritter to Shadeland avenues.
When the petition was presented
a month ago, declaring the service j
lost money, residents remonstrated '
with statements that drivers failed i
to collect the additional 5-cent fare
for rides beyond Ritter avenue.
In a thirty days’ trial, the bus
company allege* it lost $117.09, and
took in only $44.10 In extra fares.
Oral armiments and action before
the public service commission were
postponed until Tuesday.
PROPOSE NEW ARMORIES
Board Will Consider Marion and
New Albany Locations.
Leasing of anew armory building
at Marion and selection of a site at
New Albany will be considered by
the state armory board at Its meet
ing Thursday.
The lease on the present armory
at Marion has expired and an offer
A sitjf jus been
GARY MURDER
HINTED LIQUOR
PRODESEQUEL
Federal Authorities Act
After Fatal Shooting of
Paymaster.
ROBBERY NOT MOTIVE
Watch and Money Found on
Body Believed Thrown
From Auto.
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HAMMOND, Ind., Nov. 20.—Police
of this city and Gary are confront
ed with a baffling mystery in the
slaying of Joseph Austgen, 50, Ham
mond pioneer, whose bullet-riddled
body was found in Gary. Austgen,
a bachelor, was paymaster for the
Southern Car Wheel Company.
Federal authorities are taking a
hand in the investigation on a
theory that the paymaster was shot
because he testified before the fed
eral grand jury at South Bend in
liquor cases. A robbery theory first
held was discarded when it was re
vealed that a watch and money
were not taken.
F. C. Coyle, Gary, said that
shortly before the body was found
he noticed a gray automobile in the
vicinity, occupied by two men who
appeared to be in a hurry.
The body was found by James
Celfh. It. was still warm. The
bullet which caused death entered
the neck, severing the jugular vein,
then ranging downward through
the heart. There was no powder
burns to indicate close firing. The
position of the body indicated,
police said, that it had been thrown
from an automobile.
So far, information received by
police shows Austgen had no ene
mies. He was an active member of
the Elks lodge. He was a brother
of the late Peter Austgen, former
Hammond police chief.
FERRACANE SUED FOR
POSSESSION OF HOUSE
Real Estate Man Asks Damages for
Contract Breach.
Awaiting trial by federal au
thorities on a charge of transport
ing liquor, for which he was ar
rested ten days ago, Tony Ferra
cane today was sued for damages
and for possession of him home at
6355 Washington boulevard, where
he resided at the time of his arrest.
Suit for SIOO damages and for im
mediate possession of the house was
filed today in superior court three
by J Harry Miles, real estate dealer.
Miles avers in the suit that he
sold the house to Ferracane Aug. 17.
He alleges Ferracane used an as
sumed name of “Thomas Bowman”
in making the purchase. The con
tract provided that Ferracane pay
$75 a month toward the purchase
price. The suit charges that Ferra
cane has refused to pay since
Nov. 15.
INDIANA CEMENT FIRMS
WILL GET PREFERENCE
Delegations Urge Highway Board
to Aid Coal Industry.
That contracts for cement for the
state highway department in 1930
be awarded companies using Indiana
coal was urged before the highway
commission today by a delegation
from coal mining districts of south
western Indiana,
The group was headed by T. N.
Taylor, president of the State Fed
eration of Labor; State Senator C.
H. Pell, Brazil; M.chael Ferguson
of the state mining board and
president of district No. 11, Un_ted
Mine Workers of America, and Wil
liam Mitch, vice-president of Dis
trict No. 11.
Contracts for 2,000,000 barrels of
cement were opened by John Brown,
director of the* commission, Tues
day, and, as all bids were virtually
the same, except one on 500,000 bar
rels submitted by the Marquette
Company of Illinois, it was indicated
the bids would be let to Indiana
concerns.
Delegations from all parts of the
state appeared before the commis
sion today asking local changes in
the highway system.
CLUB TO NAME HEADS
Three Tickets to Compete in Vote
of Universal Members.
Annual election of the Universal
Club will be held Dec. 3. A third
ticket, known as the Workers’ ticket,
is composed of William Henry Har
rison, president; Donald Kellum,
vice-president; Willis Thompson,
secretary; William D. Lewis, ser
geant-at-arms, and Harry Kalb,
William Roepke, Dt. Watson E. Dea
kyne, Rollin French and George
Morrison, directors.
Need of more universal world
brotherhood, expressed In terms of
unselfish service, was discussed at
the luncheon at the Columbia Club
Tuesday by Ed Jackson, former In
diana Governor.
RUSH COUNTY MAN DIES
Isham Dailey Expires at Home at
Age of 83.
Funeral services will be held at 10
a. m. Thursday at the home and at
1 p. m. at Fairview chapel, Rush
county, for Isham Dailey, 83, of 1524
West Twenty-seventh street, for
twenty years maintenance man at
Riverside park, who died Tuesday.
Burial will be in Rush county.
Surviving him are the widow, Mrs.
Anne Dailey; a daughter, Mrs. Alta
Magraw, Greensburg; and three
sons, Claude Dailey, Connersville;
Rolla L. Dailey and Jaaam W.
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