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FT - • ’ CHAIN STORE KING UPHOLDS , BAN ON BOOZE J. C. Penney, Speaker Here, > Is Vigorous Champion of Prohibition. IRE ROUSED BY QUERIES Millionaire Declares He Refuses to Drink Even on Foreign Soil. BY HERBERT L. CECIL “I know what it is to take a drink of wine or beer, but I have not taken a drink since prohibition, even when I toured foreign coun- tries, where drinks are sold legally.” J. C. Penney, ar dent dry, million aire chain store king, coming here today to speak at the Indianapolis Real Estate Board luncheon, outlined his attitude on proh ib i tion in these words in >n inter view with The Times. “I consider e and that it was illegal fcr me to drink J. C. Penney at home and therefore It morally was illegal for me to drirk in for eign lands,” Penney declared. The millionaire, who started his business activities at the age of 8. when he purchased a pig with his savings, fattened it and resold it to purchase more pigs, and who now operates stores in forty-eight states, became slightly angered when his theories with prohibition were ques tioned as to their practicability. Hits Digest Poll "Tli'} Literary Digest prohibition poll is not fair; the bulk of Amer ica’s citizenship does not want a change in the prohibition law,” Penney, declared. “More than 50 per cent of the nation’s population resides in rural communities and towns and cities under 50,000 population. “The sentiment of the country.. and of the newspapers, is molded by the large cities, which are not a test of the nation’s true attitude.” Despite his claim that more than one-half the population residing in smaller communities favors reten tion of prohibition. Penney opposed a referendum vote on the question at this time. “Prohibition has not had a fair trial,” he declared. He's Not So Sure Asked how a “fair trial’’ was to be obtained, Penny admitted him self at loss. “If I could tell that, I would be a great man," he declared. “Every man must recognize the law and obey it, despite his personal convic tions.” When this theory was character ized as “millennial’’ by the Inter viewer, Penney became slightly an gered. “I could argue all day with you and we wouldn't get anywhere,” he declared. “The newspapers of the country are predominately wet and always have been.” “No one wants return of the old saloon. I believe it would be the most dangerous thing in this coun try's history today to turn back and admit we have failed. Raps Local Option “Local option never was a success and state rights would be danger ous. The wets talk about the Can adian system, but it is a proved failure. “I am not in favor of a refer endum. I know that bank deposits are larger, that business conditions are better, and that the health and morals of the nation are improved under prohibition. “I can not believe that, even in New York, there are as many speak easies today as there were saloons before prohibition. It may be easy to get liquor at any town or any hotel, but I never have been ap proached.” TUNNEY VISITS PRISON Gene Finds Poison Slayer “Strange, but Charming and Gracious.” Ru Cnitfd Prrts NEW YORK. April 10—Gene Tunney. former heavyweight cham pion. finds that the Tombs prison is well cared for and believes “Texas Jim” Baker, confessed killer. a “strange person, but charming and gracious.” Tunney visited the prison Wednes day with Charles Francis Coe, short story writer. They talked with Ba ker and ate prison fare in the guest room. ASKS RAIL MERGER REIN Commerce Group Member Demands Authority to Regulate. fiv United Prts* WASHINGTON. April 10. En actment of legislation giving the in terstate commerce commission au thority to regulate all railroad con solidations regardless of the manner in which they are effected, was recommended today by Joseph B. Eastman, commission member. Complete Wire Reports of UNITED PRESS, The Greatest World-Wide News Service The Indianapolis Times . Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight, becoming unsettled Friday with possibly showers and cooler by night. VOLUME 41—NUMBER 286 MAYOR ORDERS CITY WORKERS TO ‘STAY OUT OF POLITICS’ Help Census “Fill out and return census questionnaires promptly if they were left at your home or apartment in your absence,” was the plea of Delbert O. Wilmeth, district census su pervisor today to Marion coun ty residents. “Nine hundred and ninety nine out of a thousand have no objection to giving census information,” Wilmeth said his enumerators report, “but three out of every four at whose homes questionnaires are left, fail to fill out and mail them to the local census office in the self-addressed envelope left for that pur pose.” “This failure,” Wilmeth de clared. “not only is making enumerators’ tasks more dif ficult. but is retarding the census seriously. FOUND DEAD IN HOME City Man Passed of Heart Disease in Rocking Chair. Emil Jaeter, 68. of 14 East lowa street, was found dead in a rocking chair at his home, where he lived alone, when police broke down a door to enter this morning. Neigh bors reported he had not been seen since Monday. Coroner C. H. Kee ver attributed death to heart dis ease. HOTEL PADLOCK SOUGHT Prohibition Clamp May Be Placed on $2,500,000 New York Inn. Bv I nit, <1 Press NEW YORK, April 10.—The pro hibition padlock may be clamped, for the first time, on an entire hotel if the government wins its suit against the recently raided Cornish Arms, a 350-room hostelry built only five years ago at a cost of $2,500,000. Federal agents claimed they bought liquor there “from stocks kept within the hotel itself.” •CON' GAME IS CHARGED Man Accused of Using Photograph Scheme to Obtain Money. Charged with operating a pho tograph confidence game. Ralph Yates. 21, of St. Joseph, 111., was arrested today. It is alleged he visited homes in Indianapolis, obtaining photographs of girls, whose relatives later re ceived letters declaring the photo graph had won prizes of $25 in a contest. Yates asked a “depost,” police allege, for the service he ren dered in getting the prize which the families never received. CITY AD MAN PASSES Funeral Services for Dante L. Conner to Be Held Friday. Funeral services will be held'at 2 p. m. Friday for Dante L. Conner, 37, of 2033 North Alabama street, who died Wednesday in Methodist hospital after brief illness. He was a member of the A. F. Conner Out door Advertising Company. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Survivors are: the widow, Mrs. Natalia Conner; a daughter, Miss Cornelia Conner, and his father, A. F. Conner, HUBBY JUST ‘BAD BOY’ Young Bigamy Suspect Bailed Out by 63-Year-Old Wife No. 1. Itii United Pri ss WEBSTER GROVES, Mo., April 10. —Mrs. Letitia Russell, 63. a great grandmother, and one of the two wives 24-year-old William Martin Russell is charged with marrying, appeared at the police station Wednesday night, explained that her husband “is just a bad boy,” and bailed him out. Russell was being held on a charge of bigamy brought by Mrs. Florence Glick Russell, wife No. 2. CITY BOND ISSUES SOLD Controller William E. Elder An nounces Sale on Joint Bid. Sale of two city bond issues to taling $534,000 to the Harrison Trust and Savings Company and the First Union Trust and Savings Company, Chicago, on joint bid, was an nounced today by City Controller William E. Elder today. The larger issue, of $517,000, for reduced assessments and judgments against* the city, was sold at par with accrued interest, and a pre mium of $20,436. The smaller issue. $17,000. for repairing police head quarters. was disposed of on the same terms with premium of $3Ol. LAMB TRIAL DATE SET Former Realty Company I si dent to Face Court on May 36 Date for criminal court jury trial of Lyle T. Laub. former president of the defunct Realty Finance and Building Company, on a charge of obtaining signatures under false pretense in connection with an al leged gigantic swindle scheme in the sale of real estate, wis set to day by agreement of prosecutors and defense attorneys for May 26. Trial date previously was fixed for April 16, but defense attorneys requested a time extension. -Laub has been at liberty under $2,500 bond for more than five years. Primary Edict Is Fired at All Employes by Sullivan. City employes were forbidden to participate in politics during work ing hours in an order issued today by Mayer Reginald H. Sullivan. Polic rr en and firemen were or dered m take no pan in the primary except to vote; while “the remaining city employes may take part in the primary after work hours if they wish to do so, as long as their activities do not interfere with the city’s work.” Asks Candidates to Quit Sullivan conferred with the full time employes who are candidates, asking them to resign, following the voluntary’ resignation of Smiley N. Chambers, assistant city attor ney for the past three years. Chambers submitted his resigna tion to Sullivan, effective today, stating that he felt he “could not do justice to his job” and continue a candidate for probate court. He had considered resigning ever since filing. Sullivan’s edict will not affect Russell J. Ryan, park board at torney, and Howard Caughran, health board attorney, who are only part time employes of the boards. Walpole Is Appointed Citv employes affected by the ruling include City Prosecutor Her bert Spencer; Benjamin McMullen, health department; Alvin Mosely, street commissioner’s department, who withdrew from the race to re tain his job Glenn B. Ralston, chief clerk of the assessment bu reau and Barrett law departments, resigned Monday, and Otis Gulley, street commissioner's department, a candidate for Wayne township as sessor. Martin H. Walpole, 959 High street. Eleventh ward Democratic leader, was appointed to succeed Ralston as’ chief assessment bureau clerk. There is no indication as to who will be appointed to other posts to be vacated by candidates. HITS 182-MILE CUP Kaye Don Quits for Day After Several Tests. liu I’nited Press DAYTONA BEACH. Fla.. April 10—After ten days of idleness, Kaye Don, British racing driver, took to the Daytona Beach sands again today, making several speed tests, none nearing the world rec ord of 231 miles an hour, before leaving the track for the day. Although the sands were a bit bumpy, Don covered the record distance at a 182.74-mile-an-hour clip on his first try. It was his fastest speed of the day. DICTATOR IS LIKELY Defeat of German Cabinet Presages Dissolution. Bu United Press BERLIN, April 10.—The possi bility of dissolution of the reich stag and establishment of a dictatorial government pending elections was increased today when the cabinet again was defeated in the budget committee. The committee rejected the gov ernment's proposal for reform of unemployment Insurance. HOOVER ‘ON MOUND' Agrees to Open American Loop Season Monday. Bv United Press WASHINGTON, April 10.—Presi dent Hoover consented today to open the American League baseball sea son by throwing out the first ball at the Washington-Boston game next Monday. MILK INSPECTOR DEAD Veteran City Employe to Be Buried Saturday Afternoon. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday for John Flora, 72. of 202 North Gray street, for thirteen years a city health board milk inspector, who died Wednes day night at his home from heart disease. GIRL BETRAYS GANG Nurse Trades Information for Immunity. Bv Times Special DE7TROIT, April 10.—Ruth Jones, student nurse, has agreed to give the state the benefit of her testi mony against her former sweet heart, Leonard Koven, and Matt Crimmins, who are held on robbery charges. In return, James E. Chenot, coun ty prosecutor, will not file charges against Miss Jones, who was arrest ed last week with other members of a gang of alleged robbers. INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1930 START FIGHT TO FREE SIX IN BOMB CASE Attorney Asks New Judge Be Named to Hear Examination. DISCARD LABOR THEORY New Clews Reported Found by Detectives Probing Marion Deaths. BY CHARLES E. CARI.L Times Staff Correspondent MARION, Ind.. April 10.—First wedge in attempts to liberate five men and a woman, held as suspects in a series of bombings that killed five men here in the last six months, was driven today by John R. Browne, attorney for Mrs. Erma Legos, widow of one of the slain men, charged with murder and con spiracy to murder. Browne asked Mayor Jack Ed wards, also city judge, to appoint another judge to hear preliminary examination of the sextet. Under arrest, besides Mrs. Legos are: Harry Danford, alleged Chi cago gang leader and so-called bomb expert; Peter Kmieciak and Joe Beckett, Chicago, and Vernon and Duke Humphrey, Elwood brothers. Edwards said that this afternoon he would disqualify himself and named Hays, criminal attorney, or grant Browne’s petition for anew judge, and name as candidates Hayes, E. H. Graves and J. F. Charles. Thrust Aside Theory However, examination of the sex tet was not expected before Satur day when Harley Hardin. Grant county prosecutor, now absent from Marion, will return. Claiming new evidence had been obtained, investigators today thrust aside the theory that union labor troubles were responsible for the bombings. Several additional arrests may be made in the near future, probers said. Major part of the morning was spent in interrogation of Vernon Humphrey. All suspects have been firm in their denials of guilt. The suspects were led singly into a little storage room in the city's ramshackled police headquarters for questioning. The cubby hole, littered with tin cans, housed the prisoners, police and a newspaper reporter who took statements on a portable typewriter. Sits Under Punching Bag Above the suspect’s chair hung a punching bag that policemen use for exercise off duty. Mrs, Legos and the Humphreys are accused of murder of John Ash craft in February. A bomb exploded in his automobile. Mrs. Legos and the Chicago trio are charged with murder of her husband. All are suspects in the death of three men in a blast at the Marion labor temple. Mrs. Danford arrived in Marion today to fight for her husband’s re lease. With her was Mrs. Lillian Greenberg, wife of Sam Greenberg, one of seven Chicago gangsters who held up the I. Wolf Auto Company, Indianapolis, about one year ago. Continuing interrogation of the prisoners today, detectives delved into circumstances of the blasting of the State theater in Hammond a year ago. This and other bombings are to be subject of questions to the sextet. Connected With Job The Chicago gang was connected with the Hammond ‘pineapple job” by the stool pigeon that arranged exchange of marked money with Danford. He told authorities that while drivng past the theater re cently Danford remarked that he was “in on that job.” Two men now are serving five-year prison terms for that bombing. Circuit Judge O. D. Clawson tem porarily blocked efforts of in vestigators to present the case be fore Grant county grand jury by refusing a special session today. The present court term expires Satur day. and the next term begins April 28. Probers said they would make further demands for a special session. Wants Dress Uniform for Soldier Bv United Press WASHINGTON, April 10.—The American scldier—“the best look ing in the world”—should be fur nished with an attractive blue uni form to wear on parade, Represent ative Edith Nourse Rogers (Rep., Mass.) believes. She will introduce a bill to accomplish this. Watch for Amos ’ri Andy \TOV hardly can wait. Neither -*■ can we. For Amos n’ Andy’ll be here tomorrow. With the Kazoo band playing at top speed, in full blast, all day today, heralding the coming of radio's greatest twins, and the big Fresh Air Taxi parade sched uled for Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the town'll be all Amos 'n’ Andy. Better rush that entry in early today, if you think you can show up with a car and trimmings that'll be the best takeoff on Amos h’ Andy's stunt and win the $lO first prize. Just call on, ANNUAL LYING CONTEST NEAR Followers of Finny Sport Overhaul Their Tackle r —’ r-ni n. .. ~ - rr j o Charles Biederwolf, clerk of the supreme and appellate courts (above, left), shows the kind fish ermen hope to catch with the new baits offered fol lowers of Izaak Walton this year. The thirty-six pound tiger muskellunge, the head oi which Bieder wolf holds, was caught last year by him in Lake of the Woods, east of Winnipeg, Canada. Jackson Thomas. 10, son of Mrs. Harry Foster, 3-POWER PACT SMOOTHED OUT Ouatanding Problems of Treaty Solved. Bii United Press LONDON, April 10—The Ameri can delegation abandoned hope of a five-power treaty for limitation of navies today and attempted to salvage from the wreckage of the naval conference an agreement on certain principles to which the five powers have subscribed. The proposed five-power agree ment would include the accepted proposals for humanization of sub marines. A battleship holiday until 1936, classification of aircraft car riers and a global category trans actional proposal. The transactional proposal would limit the tonnage of each class of ship but permit transfer, within limits, from one class to another. Such an agreement would mean some scrapping of vessels on which all five powers have agreed. In add ! tion, the three-power treaty among the United States, Britain and Japan has been achieved. Secretary Stimson decided the five-power limitation deadlock could not be broken after he had con ferred with Prime Minister Mac- Donald this morning. HEAT RECORD IS SET Mercury Climbs to 80 for 1930 High Mark. With the mercury hovering a fraction of a degree below the 80 mark at 1 today, anew 1930 high temperature record was set. Normal temperature for today should be about 50 degrees, accord ing to the United States Weather Bureau here. Previous high temperatures this year were 70 degrees March 16, and 68 degrees April 5. April’s high record is 90 degrees, on April 24, 1925. High temperatures will prevail until Friday, according to the weather bureau. Showers then probably will reduce them slightly. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 48 10 a. m 70 7 a. m 50 11 a. m 75 Ba. m 57 12 (noon).. 78 9 a. m 60 1 p. m 81 write, or phone the Times Promo tion Editor, and you’ll be an entrant. The parade starts at 3 o’clock from The Times office and will traverse principal downtown streets. And listen for that Kazoo band. It'll give you an added kick. Now to get down to business: The Amos ’n’ Andy series starts in Friday’s Times, as told to and written by Douglas Gilbert, staff man of the New York Telegram, a Sc rippe-Howard newspaper. Get your order in right away, to The Times circulation depart ment, Riley 555 L Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis 2668 Northwestern avenue, frightens a “nice one” with the new artificial crawfish bait as Miss Verna Richey. 36 North Holmes avenue, a Veteran of For eign Wars sport carnival entrant, (above, right), registers surprise and horror seated on the banks of Fall creek as the life-like plug drops on her knee. Below are three of the new plugs which the fish will be tempted to gobble. “Fool' em feeding ’em” is the slo gan of fishermen for the coming angling season. Casting and fly baits, as never before, run to realistic effects and Mr. and Mrs. Bass and Mr. and Mrs. Pike, with their brethren of other finny tribes, will be urged to mistake a wood image for a real field mouse and a composition bit for a retreat ing “craw-dad.” With fly fishing returning to popular favor in a large degree, the collection of baits offered for the featherweight throws is unusually large. Mamma Fish well may mistake one of the little minnow baits tossed into the water by a follower of Izaak Walton as a member of her own myriad offspring, and oppose efforts of Papa fish to swallow the baby. Just to offset any such rescue, however, the Em-Roe Sporting Goods Company at 209 West Wash ington street, and the Gus Habich Company, sporting goods dealers at 136 East Washington street, show several little charms to take the curse off the proverbial “fishermen’s luck.” Good Luck Charm One charm is a miniature watch fob reproduction of a bass and is calculated to counteract such bad luck as Friday, the thirteenth, or even the fact that the fish are “fed up” on being fooled. The appetite of fish for mice be comes an important part of the angler’s lure this year. At. least five new kinds of imitation mice await the opportunity to become food for the fish. Several are life-like. One has beaded eyes and a long, flexible tail. It is called the Field Mouse. Another is made of cord assembled to give the effect of fur. It is called the Nature’s Mouse. Big Catches Reported Indianapolis plug throwers also are to have an opportunity to de termine just how much crawfish ap peal to the appetite of the bass. A wide variety of crawfish bait is of fered, including one in natural colors and another with flexible legs. The black baits, such as the cat fish and the field mouse, are taking the place of luminous baits for night casting, experts here declare. Honors to date for the season, however, go to William Zoller, formerly of Greensburg, but now of Indianapolis, who landed a small mouthed bass weighing four pounds and twelve ounces at Flatrock. Mrs. Helen Ethington, 38 West Thirtieth street, landed two small mouthed bass at Sugar creek, one weighing three pounds seven ounces. WINS IN LOVE SUIT $20,000 Judgment Against ‘Other Woman’ Given. Bu United Press LIMA, 0., April 10.—A SIOO,OOO alienation of affections suit against Mrs. Lee Eden, former wife of James Oliver Curwood, author, was re duced to a $20,000 award by a jury in common pleas court late yester day. The suit was uncontested. Mrs. Carl Patton, Lima, claimed Mrs. Eden induced the former’s hus band to leave her after thirty years of married life. COFFIN CHIEFS CLAIMCONTROL Assert Withdrawals Will Clinch Primary Grip. Marion county Republican organ ization leaders today claimed that when the time for withdrawals from the promary race closes at midnight tonight, their hold on the county organization will be clinched and the anti-Coffinites will have fought a forlorn battle. G. O. P. organization headquarters reported late today that 100 regular precinct committeemen were unop posed and that this number would be raised to 125 by withdrawals of anti-Coffinites. In order to perpetuate Coffin con trol of the G. O. P. county com mittee, only 167 precinct committee men are needed. With 125 unopposed, Coffin lead ers feel they easily can win the election of forty-two committeemen in disputed precincts. William J. Boyce Jr., candidate for the Republican nomination for county recorder, withdrew this after noon, to devote his entire time and efforts to the reorganization pro gram in the Ninth ward. SCHOOL CENSUS ON Enumeration by 65 Workers Gets Under Way. Sixty-five workers today began the task of enumerating the Indi anapolis school population, under the direction of W. A. Hacker, di rector of social service in the public schools. All residents of Indianapolis be tween the ages of 6 and 21, and who are single, are to be visited. The work will require about eight een days and the estimated cost of the census is approximately $3,500. FILIPINO BAN ASKED House Told Islanders Have Boosted Jobless Ranks. Bv United Press WASHINGTON, April 10.—Al leging the entry of 10,000 Filipinos at Pacific coast ports in the past year greatly has aggravated the un employment situation there, Rep resentative Welch, (Rep., Cal.) opened the house immigration com mittee hearing today on the Welch bill to exclude Filipino immigration. WIDENING BIDS ASKED Final Plans '.. North Side Im provements Are Approved. Bids on the widening and resur facing of Delaware street and Washington boulevard from Twen ty-eighth to Thirtieth streets were asked today by the board of works following approval of final, plans Wednesday. The widening of Delaware fits into the plan for developing an adequate approach to the bridge over Fall creek. HOME TWO CENTS 'ATTIC GHOST' CHARGED WITH LOVE MURDER Millionaire’s Killing Eight Years Ago Is Laid to ‘Eaves Hermit.’ WEIRD SOLUTION GIVEN r Lived Constantly in Hiding Because of Wealthy Man’s Wife. Bv Unitfd Press LOS ANGELES, April 10.—Mem bers of the grand jury were sched uled today to hear how an “attic hermit” allegedly murdered Fred Oesterreieh. millionaire garment manufacturer, in his home here eight years ago. Buron Fitts, district attorney, planned to go before the jury to relate the story, and to seek an Indictment against Otto Sanhuber, alias Walter Klein, who assertedly crept from his abode in the eaves of the Oesterreieh residence and shot Oesterreieh to death. Authorities contend that San huber's love for Mrs. Oesterreieh led him to continue his strange at tic life over many years and finally to slay her husband. Mystery for 8 Years A meek, middle-aged man who lived like a phantom in the home of the married woman he loved, told rather casually, Wednesday, how he rushed from his attic re treat one night to kill the husband f who never had known of his pres -1 ence. For eight years the murder of Oesterreieh remained one of Los Angeles’ great criminal mysteries, It had been a perfect crime. The widow, Mrs. Walburga Oesterreieh ostensibly was alone in the house when police arrived. She was locked : in a closet, the key outside the door. Explanation Is Accepted She was charged with the murder at first, but police finally accealfu her explanation that burglars were responsible. The “Phantom of the Attic” had retired one night when he heard the woman he loved and her hus band quarreling. He feared that Oesterreieh would harm her and, pajama clad and pistol in hand, crept from his attic retreat, he told James Costello, deputy district at torney Wednesday. To Oesterreieh he was a ghost, for the manufacturer never had known that his wife was harbor ing the man over whose friendship they had quarreled in Milwaukee. “What are you doing here, you dirty rat?” Sanhuber said the hus band shouted. “I replied: ‘The same thing you are doing,’ and he lurched at me, I had the gun in my hand. A struggle followed. He held my hand in the air when the gun went off and a bullet hit the ceiling. He al most got me, but I got him. It was my life or his.” Then the “phantom intruder'* said he told the wife: “Dolly, this must be burglary,” and locked her in the closet. He threw the key several feet away. According to Sanhuber, he could hear police questioning the woman as he remained alert in his attic room. Attorney’s Story Told Sanhuber’s confession was the main information to place before the jury, but Fitts said he also ex pected to present the story of Mrs. Oesterreieh, who once was charged with the murder, and that of Her man Shapiro, former attorney for the widow, Sanhuber’s admissions, relating a strange association with Mrs. Oes terreich from 1912 until after the murder, were made only after Sha piro accused the suspect in the af fidavit filed early this week. According to Sanhuber’s alleged confession, he first met Mrs, Oes terreich eighteen years ago when he was 17 years old. Later he en tered the Oesterreieh home, then in Milwaukee, and constructed a place for himself in the attic. When the Oesterreichs moved to Los Angeles, Sanhuber followed them and built himself another nest in the attic of their California home. CHECK FRAUDS CHARGED City Man Is Accused by Police of Illegal Transactions. Charged with a long series of fraudulent check transactions be ginning Dec. 21, 1927, Boyd R, Burner, 1149 North Meridian streqjw was arrested today by DetectivH George Hubbard and Edgar DeeteW He Is alleged to have passed check® totalling more than $250 on down® town merchants, the largest beingß for S6B. ‘JAKE’ SALE IS BAtyHEll Cincinnati City Council Mak|s Effort to Curb Paralysis Spread. Bu United press CINCINNATI, April 10—A ninety day ban on the" sale of Jamaica ginger, except upon a physician’* prescription, became effective here today with the passage of an emer gency ordinance by the city coun cil Wednesday in an effort to curb the spread of what is believe to be “Jake” paralysis. f Outside Marion Coudij’ 3 Cents