Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 186, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 December 1922 — Page 1

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GUAI CRIME CLEWB LEAD IHIOJNGIE Newcastle Prosecutor Seeks 4 Persons Who Abandoned Shaeffer Car. BROOKSHIRE HAS ALIBI Bodies of Hatc'net Victims Are Sent to Former Homes for Buria!. Times Staff Correspondmt NEWCASTLE, Ind., Dee. 14. —Prosecutor Jefferies went to Muneie today, wLere he expected to follow new clews whicli may lead to thè arrest of two men and two woraen in connection with thè slayin" of William G. Shaeffer and his wife, Susie, whose hatchet-hacked • bodies were sound on their farm three miles north of Mi ddi e town Tuesday. Jeffries intimated his information concerned two men and wonien who abandoned a Ford sedan stolen from thè Shaeffer home thè night of thè murder. A eoroner’s jury lias heen called for 9:30 a. m. Friday to investigate thè iuurders. Bodies Sent Away The bodies of Shaeffer and his wife 1 passed through Indianapolis at noon ! today. Shaeffer’s body was sent to Danvllle. 111., thè home of his father. Mrs. Shaeffer’s body was sent to her former home at Meridan, Miss. Investigatlon of thè alibi presented by Ben Brookshire. held at Newcastle jail, was continued. although there is no charge again3t him. Billle Huffstickler. 3, who was in thè house with thè body of Mrs. Sha''ffer six days and six nights. was repcrted to be recovering from thè ili effects of exposure. hunger and thirst. Brookshire s account of his movements in thè past eight days has been sound to be true in thè main, authoriti'' are oonvinced. He claims he passd his time in Newcastle, Muneie and Indianapolis. The nutriTer ls Belleved to have been committed thè night of Dee. 8. Saw Persons in Car

In additton to Mrs. Engle Lalrd, who said she saw four peraons leave Shaeffer’s car before her home on Church St., Mr. and Mrs. Will Templen, who live across thè Street from Mrs. Laird, said they savi- thè occupante. They examine-1 thè abandoned car just aster daylight, they said, and sound nothing in thè car except some overshoes and blankets. The name piate was torn off, Tc-mplen said. "The Shaeffers were like a father and mother to me for four years. I wouldn’ t have touched a hair on their heads,” Brookshire said. "The baby, Biliy, stayed out there as much as I did. I played with him sometimes. Any one who knows me will teli you that I couldn’t go off and leave a little fellow like that without water or food for six days. “I have nothing else to say. I have said that I am innocent.” Was Farm Hand Brookshire, a farm hand and former taxi driver, is 23 years old. He ls rather deaf and has an impediment in his speech. He has been subject to periods of “downheartedness” since thè time he had scarlet fever when little, neighbors said. Brooksnlre said he accompanied thè Shaeffers to Muneie Tuesday. Dee. 5, and brought Billy home for a visit. Will Huffstickler. thè child’s father, and brother of/Mrs. Schaeffer, in his statement to thè coroner said thè date was Wednesday.

SITO COLO ■ MIT Rain and Snow on Program for Two Days. Drizzle and sleet were served by thè weather man early today, but he was flguring strongly on changing thè dish to rc'> and snow in thè next fortyelght ‘ >urs. Anc ir cold wave was reported due I uy night from thè northwest by J I. Armington, Government meteorologist. t'nsettled weather will continue today and tomorrow, Armington said, an area of low pressure swinging in from thè west causing snow and rain over thè entire Mississippi valley eastwanl. The temperature hovered around 29 degrees through thè moming, but was expected to drop to between 20 and 25 later.

THE WEATHER

Forecast for Indianapolis and viciniti' is snow or rain tonight and Friday. Somewhat warmer tonight, with lowest temperature 32 to 35 degrees. Colder Fri.lay aftemoon or night. 6 a. m 29 10 a. m 29 7 a. m 29 11 a. m 31 8 a. m 28 12 (noon) 32 9 a. m. 29 1 p. m 32

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Here is an Indianapolis shop girl, who knows thè throb of an aching head and thè buming of tired feet, aster days of trying to pleaso late Christmas shoppers. That is why s-he urges: “Do your Christmas shopping at once —or at jeast before thè last minute.” The girl, who Works in a downtown

EVIDENCE WANTED IN DAUGHERTY CASE LOST

By United Press WASHINGTON, Dee. 14.—Secret files wanted by thè prosecution in thè Daugherty impeachment proceedings have mysterlously (lisappeared from thè Department of Justice, it developed today in thè hearing before thè House Judlciary Commlttee. The missing papera contained charges by A. P. MacAuley of New York and Toronto, against William J. Burns, chief of thè secret Service. They were sent to Daugherty in 1921 in an attempt to keep him from appointing Burns. When demand for thè flles was renowed today by counsel for Representative Keller, author of thè impeachment resolution. Attorney Howland, representing Daugherty. stated thè cìocuments had disappeared. He had previously admitted thè existenee of thè MacAuley papera and had sald he would produce them. “When thè proceedings were started

SETSIODMIFF PROFECTION RATE Shank Would Charge S2OO for Fire and SSO for Police Runs. A S2OO charge for each firn run and | SSO for each police run to WoodrafT ■ Place will he suggosted by Mayor Shank at thè conference next week l>etweon thè board of public Works, tho board of public safety, Mayor Shank and thè town board of Woo.lruff Place. The conference probably will be held Wednesday afternoon. The mayor was out when Woo.lrufT Place offìcials called at thè city hall Wednesday. "F. Neal Thurston, town board attorney, told thè board of Works yes-tei-day I could play clieekers and thè races. Well I will show them 1 can play something else too,” thè mayor said in stating his schedule of fees for sire and police protection for Woodruff Place. Tho mayor chased speeders for about two hours this moming. He caught none. NORDYKE AND MARMON SUED FOR $2 JUDGMENT I Siiit in Federai Court Is for Sniallest Ainouiit Ever Asked Here. I .Judgment of $2 was asked agalnst Xordvke & Marmon. automobile manufacturers, by thè Pennsylvania Railroal Company in Federai Court today. This ls one of tho smallest oases. from ■i monetary standpoint, ever filed In thè locai Federai Court. The case grew out of a shipment of automobile parts In 1917. Septimus V. Palin, horse trainer, of Indianapolis, shipped a horse and a trunk tó Columbus, Ohio, and failed to pay freight charges amounting to $20.56, a complalnt filed agalnst him today by thè P.. C., C. & St. L. Railroad stated. 1923 LICENSE ORDER Holders of city licenses must take out their 1923 licenses before Jan. 10. Police wiìl be instructed to arrest delinquents aster that date, Mayor Shank and Joseph L. Hogue, city controller, decided today. $40,000 FIRE AT TIPPECANOE B’J Vtli'rd rrfKg WARSAW, Ind.. Dee. 14.—Fire destroyed seven business buildings in Tippecanoe, today with a loss of $40,000. Among thè buildings was thè town postoffice. The blaze started from a detective flue.

óepartment store, asked that her name bo wlthheld. “Let me be just one of thè artny of shop girls,” she said. “I Just want to remimi thè shoppers that inany clerks cannot enjoy Christmas if they are completely worn out because of thè last minute rush. I know Indianapolis folk will help us by shopping now."

a search was made. but. we were unable to ftnd them." Rowland said. “Well, there were such tiles." said Jackson Ralston, attorney for Keller, “and we will insist that they be brought in.” If thè Chicago Rallroad !n----junctlon matter is taken up Donald H. Richbe-rg of Chicago, thè attorney w-jio fought thè injunction on behalf of labor, will testify. He face a chilly reception at thè hund of Kepublican commltteemen, pracUcally al! of whom already have committed themselves informali}’ to thè opinion that Daugherty’s action in thè injunction proceedings could not possibly oom-tituie an impeachable offenae. Mrs. Mabel W. Willebrandt today took a place as an adviscr in thè ranks of thè attorneys representing thè attorney generai. She is a special asslstant attorney generai.

NIGHT COURT OPENING ADVANCED ONE HOUR City Judge Arts to lif'ep Hearing Fumi Fxtending to Sunday. Because thè first night session of city court last Saturday extended luto ; Sunday mornlng. Judge Delbert O. j Wilmeth today advanced thè hour for opening from 1() to 9 p. m., effective next Saturila}-. Four cases were tried aster midniglit last Saturday. Attorneys said this nilght invalidate thè findings. WOMAN, IN ILL-HEALTH. ENDS LIFE WITH POISON Mrs. Christina Parker Commits Suicide at Home. Mrs. Christina Backer, 62, wife of George Backer. farmer llving just west of Micklieville on thè Morris St. road, died as a result of drinklng polson today. Mrs. Backer had been in ili health for two years. her husband said. A physlclan was summoned immedlately, but thè victim diedri he arrived. Dr. Paul Robinson, coroner, investigai ed.

America’s Best BILLY EVAU S HAS ITI THE national football honor roll special is no one-man choice. [t's thè cream of selections made by 200 sport writers thg country over and eompiled by Billy Evans. It's in thè Indianapolis Times today on SPORT PAGE

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ASSERTS APPEAL OF CLEMEIÌCEAU MpiING Bishop Nuelsen, Stationed in Switrerland, Addresses Federai Church Council. STRESSES COOPERATION Declares Notecl Frenchman Represents Old School of European Diplomacy. Stating that he dici not believe that thè responso to Georges Clemenceau’s appeal ‘ will he very hearty in thè minds of that crowd which will control thè offices of today and tomorrow,” Bishop John Li. Nuelsen, Methodist Epiacopal Bishop stationed at Zurich, Switzerland. volced his opinion of tho resulta of thè ex-pre-mier's tour of this country, in an lntervlew today. Bishop Nuelsen. aster addresslng thè executive commlttee of thè Federai Council of Churches of Chrlat In America, now in sesssion at thè First Baptist Church, loft this nfternoon for New York, where ha will sail Katurday for Franca to résumé his church duties in Europe. Comes of Old School "Clemcnceau represents typically thè old school of slatesmanship that ran Europe lato th>* mess lt is now.” Bishop Nuelsen stated in his interview. ‘There is a great nuniber of pcople in all countries of Europe, among thè younger peonie and among those who fought In thè wr as well as among thè church people. who did noi want to hark back to those days but who want a reai ro-dedicution, of thè nations. "Clernenceau has been thè Tiger of France for years. Ile sees thè needs of France. I do not think that he has an appreciation of thè new feeling of thè various countries. Not a wishy-waahy appreciation, but an uppreciatlon of thè fact that Europe is in an economie and politicai unity." Sees Coo|Hration In his address before thè council, thè Bishop declared that there ls a spirit of cooperation prevaillng now in Europe. He declared that thè Broteatant Churches in thè countries at war were weakened during thè war. He pictured Europe as staggering under war indebtedness. He discusseli thè status of thè Churches in countries where new govornments have been estabiished. The remainder of thè moming was devoted tow-ard thè hearing of report.s and dlscusslons regardlng thè practical work of thè Council of Churches. Kev. F. E. Taylor of Indianapolis and President W. O. Thompson, presldent of thè Ohio Stato Fedoration of Churches, led thè discusslon. The aftemoon session was devoted to thè duty of thè churfthea regardlng prohibition and law enforcement. Ernest li. Cherrington, generai secretar}’ of thè World Leagua Against Alcoholism. was scheduled to ho one of th principal speaker. Late this aftemoon thè council was to discuss niethods to bo used in cooperai ing to secure better relation i hetween thè races. The thome at tonight's meeting will bo ‘ The EntargIng Socia! Program of thè Church.” Numerous church leaders will speak.

TRUST COMPANY mUSES DHIIDEID Fletcher Directors Increase Surplus $500.000. A 4 per cent semi-annual dividend has been declared by thè board of directors of thè Fletcher Savings & Trust (’ompany. This ls at thè annual rate of S per cent, instead of C per cent, as In thè past. The board has lncreased thè surplus of thè company to $500,000 maklng Its capitai and surplus $2,000,000. t UNIT PLAN RECOMMENDED FOR BUTLER BUILDINGS {cuora I ConunUte© Would Abandon Preso.nl; System. A report recommending that thè new buildings of Butler College in Fairview he built on thè group pian rather than in ainglo units, was made today by Dr. Henry Jameson, chairman of tlie generai pian committee at a meeting of thè college board of directors at thè Union Trust Building. The report was slgned by Dr. Jameson, J. W. Atherton and Emsley N. Johnson. A preliminary report of thè endowment committee was made by William G. Irwin of Columbus, and Arthur V. Brown, chairman of thè buildings and ground committee. G. W. Atherton, chairman ,of thè generai piane committee, also guve a preliminary report on thè purchase of Fairview Park. EXPRESS TRAIN WRECKED By United Pret WEST BEND, Wis„ Deo. 14.—Herman Loomans, flreman waa instantly killed today when thè "milk express,” train No. 125, Chicago & Northwestern, jumped thè tracks. The angine plunged down a tea foot embankment, followed by four of tho ; ight eoaches.

Tragedy Robs Baby of Parerti

Here is Ralph W. Trout, Jr., age —limi—umilili mi u m'jixinrjfljT'iiff " months, who was In thè arma of his mother, Mrs. Inez Trout, when she was accidentaly shot to death ./ : The builet whlzzed past thè baby’s The mother died in thè city hosBr pi tal, where thè baby was tho . f/' 1 -Ji Inset is a photograph of Mrs.

BONUS BILL IS DRAWN BY FOREIGN VETERANS

A bill providing payment of conipensatlon to certaln world war Service men and wonien was officiali}’ drawn today by thè Veterans of Foreign Wars. for presentation to thè ì.eglslature. The bill provides for thè payment of $lO per nionth to every Indiana soldler. sailor, marine and nurse who served in thè war from Aprii 6 1917. Such payrnents are not to exceed #250. Those eliglble must have served at least two months. The busi ;md or wife, if -not remarrled. chlldren. mother, father. Mister or brother, in order named, shall receive thè arnount due a dead beneficiai y. Tl,oso who are not entitled to thè bonus Include those dlsohargeJ with-

Look, Sheiks! By United Press CHICAGO. Dee. 14.—1 f you klss —klss hard enough to blister thè lips or thè kiss is not sanitary. Professor Levis of thè Northwestern University, declared here today. “This theory that thè klss is escartinn enough. to sterllize thè llps is buncom,” he salci. “A kiss to sterllize would bave to generate enough to blister thè lips.”

NEEG RITO PIPER ATCOURTHOUSE ! Stenographer Shows Marksmanship by Shooting Wall. Mirri shot scattered in tho Wall only three foot above and to thè left of a rat hole In Juvenile Court attesta thè tnarktnanship of thè Court's latest drive agalnst nulsances. Miss Rush Risinger, stenographer to Judgo Frank J. i.ahr, made thè holes when sho fired a twenty-two calibcr rifle at a litigo gray rat. Conslderlng that she was ten feet away, thè other court attaches concede that her alm was good for'thè tirst atternpt. Miss Risinger was provided with thè rifle and shot when sho complained to Officers Charles Downey about thè liuge rata that inhabit thè baaement of thè courthouse, erected in 1874, and whlch oft.en caused an adjournment from tho tjfpewHter to tho top of a desk. Officer Downey now has thè rifle, and Miss Risinger has been provided with a burrel sta ve, thè curve of which is expected by Downey to correct any deflects in aim when a rodent appears. BELL TELEPHONE RATE CASE RESUMES FRIDAY Resumption of thè hearing of thè Consolidated rate eases of thè Indiana Bell Telephone Company before thè public Service commission, which was scheduled for 10 o’clock today was postponed until 1 o’clock tomorrow afternoon because thè commission had aeveral other important matters to hear. Munson D. Atwater of Bloomington, witness for thè commission, was on thè stand when thè hearing was adjourned on Dee. 6 and will résumé thè stand tomorrow. His testimony is practically completed, but thè coramission has a number of other witnesses to cali to thè stand before thè Bell company introduca its witnessos.

Here is Ralph W. Trout, Jr., age 7 months, who w’as in thè arms of his mother, Mrs. Inez Trout, when she was accidentaly shot to death by a former neiglibor. The builet w’hizzed past thè baby’s body. The mother died in thè city hospital, where thè baby was tho favorite of nurses today. Inset is a photograph of Mrs. Trou

[ out honor, those who did civilian work j in sei-vice and those who have rerei ved a bonus from some other State. For thè payment of thè bonus, thè bili provides for establishment of a sei-vice reeognition board to consist of thè IJovemnr, State auditor and adjutant generai. Aster all payments have been made, any money remaining in thè soldiers’ compensation fun<i in thè State treasur>- may he ex pendaci by thè ’board i for any form of relief work for vet- | erans or their fnmiiìes. The total arnount to be detenni ned shal! tie ratsed by thè levying of a tax on each SIOO of valuation of taxes and shall he distributed over a pei iod of three years, beginning In 1925.

HOIEMPLDYE EETS SULL FIDE Jacob Simpson Found Guilty of Shortweighing Schools. Minimum fine of $lO and costs was ■glven Jacob Simpson, 1212 E. Washlington St., weighmaster for tho Sigi inon Coal Company. 955 W. New York St., by Judge Delbert o. Wllmeth in city court today. He appealed. Simpson was oh >d with responj sibllity for a 160 pi a shortage Clarj eneo Stewart, deputy city weights and 1 measures inspec-tor. detector in a load [of coal conslgned to thè McCarty St. i hranch library, for thè board of school | commissloners. Simpson pleaded he had only made ! a mistake. A sliadow obscuied figures I on thè scale, he claimed. | The Sigmon Company is involved in another case of alleged shortweighing j of coal for thè school board, pending in Criminal Court. CORRECTIVE WORK FOR CRIPPLES BEGINS SOON 1,183 Pntients Visited by Public Health Nurses Tliis Mentii. Corrective work for crippled ehildren will begin Jan. 1, according to Mrs. Ethol Clark in a report for thè bureau of nursing servine at thè regalar monthly meeting of thè Public Health Nursing Association. Mrs. Edna Hamilton, superintendent of nurses, reported that 1.185 patlents had been visited by thè nurses and a total of 4.450 visits made.

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DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, formcr premier of Great Britain, who has beeome Your London Correspondent, is writing an unpreeedented series of articles which givo a remarkable insight into world events and affairs. The first article, printed last week, was his answer to thè utterances in America of Georges Clemenceau, thè “Tiger of France.” The second article, released Saturday, which will apear in Indianapolis ONLY IN

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SUOI KILLS EU MOTHER ■ GIZESIIFINI Si OHE MEOSI HER m Paul Lutane, Examining Revolver, Fatally Wounds Mrs. Inez Trout With Pistol She Carried for Protection. .DEATH NEWS IS KEPT FROM HUSBAND Manslaughter Charme Placed Against Prisoner, Who Did Not Know Buliet Was in Gun Charnber. Ralph W. Irout, Jr., age 7 months, elapped liis hands and smiled gleefully at nurses who surrounded him at thè City hospital today. Io his baby mind his visit to thè hospital was just anotherj vaguelv exciting event in a lise full of new happenings. He did not know, as thè nurses did, that his mother, Mrs. Inez Trout, 18, of 11Ó2 S. Sherman Drive, lay dead, thè victim of a builet which also had nearly snuffed out tlie lise of Ralph, who had been sitting

: in his mother's lap. ! Nor could he know that Paul Lui tane. 2738 Southeastern Ave., thè i friendly man who had tossed Ralph in Iris amis inany times, sat in a celi at tho city prison, sobbing as he retol-.i | thè story of thè trugedy he had un--1 wlttingly caused. Mrs. Trout was shot last night with i ber own revolver as Lutane stood be- | side her examing thè weapon. The ! builet grazed thè baby’s abdomen and j struck thè mother in thè abdomen. “Our Very Best Friends” “The Trouts were our very best ; friends,” Lutane sobbed this morning when he was told of Mrs. Trout’.s | death. “Won't they let me go to thè hospital? I want to see her.” He is held under $5,000 borni on a charge of manslaughter. Mrs. Trout's husband. Ralph W. j Trout Sr., went to a union meeting I last night. Mrs. Trout. with thè baby, walked with her husband several i blocks on her way to thè Tiome of Lutane and Iris wife former neighbors. The Trouts parted when a friend in |an automobile picked up Mrs. Trout i and thè baby and took them to their destination. *•'’ When she reached thè Lutane | household Mrs. Trout said she had j brought her pistol. as she feared she ! would have to pass several dark ! places. She told Lutane a chamher of thè j pistol had ben sticking. Lutane picked |up thè revolver. He pulled thè trig- | ger. Mrs. Trout was shot. Beiieved Chamber Empty Lutane beiieved thè chamber was j empty. The dead w’oman s husband reached j thè Lutane home at 11 p. m. to ac- ! company his wife home. He was told |of thè accident. He called thè hospital, where he was informed his wife was “resting easy” and it was not thought thè wound would prove fatai, he said today. Stili uneasy, he started for thè hospital. He learned of his wife’s death. Trout planned to take thè baby j : home today. The ehild was weaned last night. \ I Nurses told today how - well little ; j Ralph behaved. BILL INTRODUCED TO ABOLISH LABOR BOARD Ilcplaces Section Threo of Ksch-Cum-mins Latv. By United Press | WASHINGTON, Dee. 14.—A move j ; to abolish thè railroad labor board was j ! made in Congt ess today. Representative McGreggor, Repub- ] llican, New York introduced a bill re- J ! pealling all of section three of thè ; | Esch-Cummins law. This section I created thè railroad labor board. HURTY SPEAKS Dr, J. N. Hurty, former secretary of thè State board of health discusseci “Health Problema” before tiie Indiana State Associa tlon of Towiiship Trustees at thè Claypool Hotel today. Dr. Hurty was followed by Mrs. Vivian Wheatcraft of Whiteland, Ind., in an address on “Pire Prevention.” The convention closed today with a regular business session and a re.port of committees.

Great Britain’s war premier will bave another special article in thè Times Saturday.

Forecast SNOW or rain tonight and F"riday. Somewhat warmer tonight. Cokler Friday afternoon.

PHEPARESREPQRT OH! GASPEIITION Master in Chancery Will Submit Findings in Ten Days. A tentative report in thè gas tuta I case will be made within ten days, William P. Kappes. master in ehai> | cery, said today. The master’s report will be submitted to attorneys of thè Citizens Gas Company and thè pub io 1 service comniission of Indiana. 1 n I case they are able to show thè master ; where he has heen at fault he then will bear additional argument. If not thè report will be submitted to Judge : Albert B. Anderson. The’’cas<- arose last spring when thè gas company flled a petltion in Federai Court asbing an Injunction to prevpnt tlie public service commission from interfering with an increase In gas rates from 90 cents to $1.26. A rute of $1.20 was granted, pentung j final hearing. INJURyFAmTO VETEfifIN JUDGE i John Weilborn of Princeton Dies Here. Judge John Weilborn. 81, of Princeton , Ind., died at thè Methodist Hos pital this aftemoon. He held thè State record for length of service on thè bench, having been judge of Circuit Court at Princeton continuously forty years, from 1873 to 1913. Judge Weilborn suffered a broken hip and leg in Indianapolis Tuesday when two women bumped into hirn on a downtown sidewalk, throwiog him over thè eurb. $250,000 FIRE LOSS IN PENNSYLVANIA TOWN Flames Race in Business Distrlct f<r Five Huurs. By United Press ALTOONA. I'a., Dee. 14— Flames raging unchecked for five hours did damage estimated at a quarter of a million dollars in thè business eec tion of thè town of Juniata, near here, today. With no city water, thè Pennsylvania Railroad opened up its Tlpton reservolr and thè sire was qulckly brought under control. HOTEL KEEPERS TO MEET An important meeting of thè Indiana Hotel Keepers’ Associatlon will be held in thè assembly roorn et thè Hotei Washington at 10 a. m. Friday.

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