Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 190, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 December 1922 — Page 1

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VOLUME 35 —NUMBER 190

HEED U. S. WARNING AGAINST GET-RICH-QUICK SWINDLERS!

a BOUT $900,000 will be paid to holders of war savings stampa in Marion County shortly aster Jan. 1, Robert H. Bryson, postmaster, said today. In addition, more than SIOO,OOO worth of

JUHV'S lOTI is rara B) IUOTt State Demands Death Penalty for Bianche Butts, Former Muncie Belle. KILLED MAN SHE LOVED Defendant, Hysterical, Insists She Didn’t Know Gun Was Loaded. Bv United Press MUNCIE. Ind.. Dee. 19.-—Bianche Butts. whose beautiful face was thè talk of thè town ter years ago, may know late tonight whetner she w.u ha ve to give her lift- for killing th* man she loved. The .Stato deiruimithat she pay thè death penalty. Arguments opened this afternoo:. li. her trial for killing her husband. Clen Butte. The jury wilì deliberate ove these salient points in thè evidence: 1. Butts’ dying statement, which exonerated bis wife with thè assertion that he was drunk and she shot in self-defense. 2. Admission of thè former belle on thè witness stand as she wept and became hysterical, that she “didn’t intend to kili Clem or to harm liim” and ‘.‘l didn’t Intend to pulì thè trigger.” 3. Testimonv bv neighbors and relatives that Butts on various occasions had treated his wife cruelly. Bianche was or thè witness stand all day Monday. relatlng thè story of thè shooting. and then repeatlng 1: with little variation, under cross examlnatlon. Weeping hysterically. thè woman said her husband retumed homo drunk and attempted to force her to drink liquor. She refused. The husband, she said. knocked her down three times an i lcft thè house, declaring he would not return. “Damn you, I’il kill you,” he is said to bave remarkcd turning around and start ing back to thè house. She picked up an old shotgun and pointed it at h'.m. She said she dldn't know thè gun was loaded and òidn't intend to shoot. Immediaely repentant, she fell on her knees heside his prostrate body.

KMMTUES UPWABDTURN Property Owners Ordered to Clear Away Ice. Warner weather. with a minimum temperature of about 15 degrees above zero tonight, was promlsed today by thè Weather Bureau- The warmer weather wiìl continue until Wedneaday at least, accordine to J. H. Armington, meteorologist. The below zero temperature predicted £or last night failed to r.aterialize, thè lowe3t mark recorded officiaily being 7 degrees above zero. 'Tt was a pleasant disappointment,” Armlngton said. "The peak of thè cold wave paseed through while thè sun was shining and this modi si ed thè temperature appreciably.” Orders to enforce thè ordinance which requi ree owners of property to clear ice and snow from sidewalks by g a. m. of thè day following a freeze or snowfall were tssued to patrolmen by Acting Police Chief Walter White, following several minor accidents suffered by pedestrians.

THE WEATHER

Forecast for Indianapolis and vi-ì clnity is fair tonight. folloni-.e by increasing cloudiness Wednesday. Itising temperature. Lnwest tonight 15 to 20 degrees. HOI’RLY TEMPERATURE 0 a. m 710 a. m li 7 a. m 811 a. m 18 | 8 a- m ìl2 neon) 22 i • a. m........ U

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stampa will be convertecl into trcasury savings certificates due in 1928. Get - rich - quiek schemcrs are “lying around thè corner,” waiting for this rich prize, Government officiala

Christmas Slioppers Slow Cars, But Conductor Grins and Helps

MISS EDNA DOWN E Y

How was Miss Edna Dowmey, advertising saleswoman, 232 S. State Ave., going to shift all her bundiea, getto her pocketbook, pick out a nickel and hand it to thè conductor without slowing up trafflc a bit? She could not, of course. "Christmas shoppers.” We're having a fine tlme with them,” said Harvey Clark, conductor No. 774. on thè E. Tenth St. line. “It takes about four times as long to load ’em on. besides, ‘they take up more room than other passengers. "Here’s an example.” No. 774 pointed to a woman with an arm load of bundles and an enormous box. Just then thè passenger rang thè

CITY TO GET $5,000,000 IN TAX COLLECTIONS

In thè serni-annunl apportionment of taxes among thè various unita in thè county to be marie tomorrow or Thursday, Indianapolis wlll receive something more than $5,000,000, by Leo K. Fesler, county auditor, announced today. The total amount of taxes collected this December for thè county was $7,427,080.39, according to flgures in thè auditor's office. The townships and town corporations outside thè city limits will receive thè remainder of thè fund, thè exact flgures to be conipleted tomorrow. The taxes collected in 1922 were figured on a rate of $2 32 on thè assessed valuation of $694,681.430 for thè entire county, in 1921. The first half of thè year's collectlon, completed in jure this year, amounted to $7,987,546.95, apportioned in July. Each year's assessmerits are collected thè following year. The total amount of taxes collected this year was $15,414,627.34 The city admintstration reoeived approximateTWO MEN CHARGED WITH STEALING PAY PHONE Auto Driver Cause Arrest—Cash Box Cnopened. Two alleged telephone thieves were arresteri last night on a Meridian Heights Street car. aster a pay telephone had been stolen from thè Binkley & New drug store, Forty-Second St. and College Ave. They gave their narr.es as Paul Sedan, IS. of 242'.* N. Alabama St., and George Kessler, 19. of 3241 Baltimore Ave. They were charged with petit larceny and vagrancy. Each is held under $5,000 bond REHEARING SOUGHT Attorncys for thè O. I. & L. and thè C. C. C. & :3t. L. liailroaìs bave Uteri a petition v'ith Uio public servir e commission askiiW a rekearing on thè petition of thè Indiana Village for Epileptics at NewìfiUStle for a rlecrease in thè freight rates .n i-rick from thè penai fami in Putn/mi County. ihe commission ordered|a decreusc following thè originai herljjlCS-

said, issuing a warning to holders of thè certificate to be careful. Unscrupulous stock vendors and promoter. of schemes have hatched plana of all kinds to snare thè

bell for thè next stop. Clark took thè box and two bundles and handed them down to her. One and onehalf minutes was consumed by actual timing. "That’B why we’re late,” Clark remarked pleasantly. “The worst thing about it ls that so many women go homo from their shopping tours just when thè evening rush is on. They shouid do their shopping during thè day.” "The car looks lik a freight-car,” but judging from thè grin with which Clark carried on thè discussion, thè spirit of Christmas possessed him. DO YOUR LA ST WEEK’S CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY IN THE DAY.

ly two thlrds. Out of it’s share thè city provides for its school fund. The tax rate for 1922, by which assessments to he paid nc-xt year were flgured, was higher, belng $2.40. The assessed valuation for thè county in 1922, however, fell to $692,681,430. Taxes collected during 1922 did not equal thè amount assessed by SIOB,179.20, flgure.s in thè auditor's office show, as part of thè tax payers are delinqucnt. FINAL ARGUMENTS HEARD IN ‘MILK TRUST’ CASE Permanimi Injunction Is AsUed by State Attomey-General. Final arguments in thè trial of thè alleged "milk trust” brought by State Attorney General IJ. S. Lesh agalnst thè Indiana Manufacturers of Dairy Products, composed of milk and ice cream comparies throughout thè State, was begun today in Superior Court. Boom 2. The State finished its argument shortiy aftemoon, and thè defense was expected to conclude late today or early tomorrow. The State asks a permanent injunction that would prohibit thè milk compunies from restralning trade and flxing prices, as charged by Attorney General Lesh. MUSICAL. COMPANY OF LAPORTE INCORPORATES Capital Stock, $>750,000 —To Take Over Old Business. Pive La Porte business men today flled articles of incorporation for thè Hobart M. Cable Company, a concerti engaged in thè manufacture of musical instruments. The new company is being incorporateci for $750,000 to take over thè present business, thè value' of which is set forth as $598,000. The incorporalors are Hobart M. Cable, Howard B Morenus, Edwin W. Schurz, P. AHen Tennis and Walter F. Hausclùld.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, DEC. 19, 1922

money saved by thè people during thè war and thè pe _ riod of financial depressimi following it, thè Government officials assert. Of course, there are many legitimate investment that can be raade through private

IH POLKE JBBEB TB ■a CRIME Safety Board Names Seventeen Cops, Bringing Department to Budget Limit. TWO MADE LIEUTENANTS Steam Heat Plants Are Requested in Twenty Fire Sta- j tions of City. In lino with thè pian to fili up thè ranks of thè police department In order that it may more efflclently tuke care of thè suppresslon of crime , and thè handllng of thè trafflc sltu ! ution, thè board of publlc safety today added seventeen new patrolmen to thè force. The uppointments will bring thè to tal personnel of thè force to all. thè scrength which ran he talo-n ciire of by thè prceent appropriatlon. Reduce Lieutenant At thè sume Time thè board, on recommendatlon of A< Ung Chief of l’olice Whlte, reduced Lieut. Eugene Kidrldge lo thè rank of sergeant, und promoted Sergta. Ilarley Jones an i Fred Winkler to thè rank of ileuten ant. Patrolman Martin Shea was promoted to tialTicman. Members of thè board refused to commetti on fho sha'ce-up or to glve any reaaon for their action. The board also roquested thè board of publlc works to Instali stearn heat- . Ing plants In twenty sire scatione, j City Engineer John Elllott estimated j thè plants would cosi a total of SSO.- I 000. or $2,600 for each station. The j recommendatlon that this request he ì made wtLs flled with thè board by John J. O'Brlen, chief of thè tire dep;u-t----ment. Pive Men Reinstated Flve patrolmen who had beeti suspended were relnstated. They are: Frank Oallagher, 11. C. Wenz. Ernest Whltsett, Frank J. Glblln, and James Do Rossette. The new patrolmen are: R. ,T. Cottrell. James W. Graham, Fred K. Russ, George H. Sylvester, 8. H. Shaw, Roy Gaghan, C. F. Buker, Byron W. Payne, Richard Rlvers, p. A. Lynch, Thomas T. Ruse, Charles I H. Felton, Samuel VV. Ritte: - , John Bowling, John 11. Zaring, Howar H. Bankert and Frank Daily.

IRISH FREESTATE EXEGUTESHEBELS Seven Insurgents Face Firing Squad as Eombs Roar. 7?j/ I nititi Premi DUBLIN, Ileo. 19. —Seven more insurgents were executed by Freo Stato authoritles today. Rebel leader, aware that thè death sentencos were to be carriod out at daybreak, ordered demonstratlons in thè vlcinity of thè jails where thè prisoners were conflned. The doomed men, in their last hours, heard thè distant explosion of bomba being hurled by their friends who dashed about thè streets in fast motor cari). The officiai announeement stated that thè seven tebels were recently eaptured at Kildare. They were executed at Portobello Barr&cks, thè statement sald. Those executed were convicted of possessing rifles, bombs and detona tors, it was announced.

City Physician Tells How to Avoid and Treat Colds

This is thè tlme of year when conversatlons run somewhat like this: “I god ad awful gold id by head.” “Yeh, me too. D’y’ever try Bink Bills for Baie Beople?” “Do; bud by wife bade he dring a hod lebobade last nighd.” "Gold bedder?" “Do.” In thè interests of better linglish and better health, Dr. Herman G. Morgan, secretary of thè city health board, today gave some rules and regulations for avoiding sudi conver sations as thè above. Here they are: 1. Eat plain, substantial food, a well-balanced diet. Never overload thè stomach. 2. Take plenty of fluid, preferably water, elther with thè meal, between

sources. Consult, your banker or any reputatile stock broker, Government authorities explain. To provide holders of war savings stampa with an investment, equally as good and one that. has thè backìng of thè Government, linde Sani

Youths Wear Straw Hats in Zero ftM J&®B Bri r i ■ t. ' ’ ■ *■** : n I JAMES HUCKLEBEURY '*" 5 I "What's thè Idea?” they were asked. ”VVe are poor hoys trylng to eam

GENE STOUT The thermometer reglatered round zero. They stood at Illinois and Washington Stß. , two of them, wearing Rodolf Valentino sideburns, little mustaches —and straw hats! Most of th.e tlme they sole! newspapers, but i>art of tlio tiine one of thom would sweep thè .‘.ilewalk or run a lawn mower over thè pavement, or mke Imaginary leaves.

BROKEN-HEARTED WIFE IS SUICIDE

A broken heart, caused by domestic troubles, caused Mrs. Laura Duckworth, 23, of 2326 Stuart St., to end her lise by taking poison, according to an unuddrcssed lettor turneil over to police today. Mrs. Uuckworth had lunch with her husband Monday afternoon at a rate at 213 N. Illinois St.. Mrs. Arthur P. Stilline, a waitress at thè restaurant, with whom slie lived, told police. Her husband is Russell Duckworth, a teU‘grapher of Weisburg, tDearborn County) Ind.. police said. \\ rites Last Note Lator she return ed to thè rate and wrote thè lettor ut a back table. Then she went to thè basement, where employes dinnge dotlies, and took thè poison. Returning to thè first floor sho infornici! Harry Cohen, proprietor of wliat she had dono. Police took her to thè city hospital. She died at 8:30 o'olock last evenlng. Meanwhile thè husband roturned to Welsburg, police said they were informeil. Mrs. Shulsn said Mrs. Duckworth was separateti from ber husband, and carne to Indianapolis to work about two weeks ago. Refers io Husband Referring to her husband, Mrs. Duckworth’s letter said: "I love him so inuch 1 can’t stand

mor.ls, before retiring or when arising in thè morning. 3. See that body eliminatimi is always good. 4. Wear sufficient clothing to avoid becoming chilled. 5. Keep thè feet dry and ivarm. 6. Avoid sleeping or living in rooms that are not properly ventilated. Temperature should be 6S to 70 for working rooms, with air that contalns a sufficient amount of moisture. Office rooms should be .70 to 74. Some individuala requiro even a higher temperature. 6. Regulations pertaining to ventila tion of Street cars, public buildings or any other jrlace w-here crowds assemble, should be given particular attention. 7. Many colds and infectionx are

has provided an issue of trcasury certificate. These certificatesi aro in denominations of $25, SIOO and SI,OOO, and yicld 4 per cent interest, eompounded semi-annually. They are exempt from State and locai taxation and thè normal

JAMES HUCKLEBEURY "What's thè Idea?” they were asked. "We are poor boys trylng to earn a living," they replied In unison, working Industrially. Another youth standing near volunteered to explain. The Psi Omega Fraternity, 1610 N. Merldian St., was having an initiation and thè two youiig men with thè suminor headgear were thè "\dctlms." They gave their nmnes as James Huckleberry, Louisvllle, and Gene Stout, BlutYton, Ind. Huckleberry ls a junior at thè Indiana Dentai College. Stout is a sophomore.

lt. I knov it is a erazy act to do, but all I can say is I love him and he has turned me down. I have dono nothing wrong to cause him to turn freni me Uke he has. People will say 1 am erazy. I am, from a broken heart. Teli him I love him and him only.” The letter was given to thè coroner, who is investigating. Mrs. Ella Hcid, 32. of 1227 S. Pershing Ave., was reported recovering fieni effeets of poison taken at her 'nome Monday. GOVERNOR EXPECTED BACK FROM EAST TODAY McCray Conferrecl With Harding on Prohibit ion. Governor McCray was expected to reach Indianapolis today from Washington, where he conferred with President Harding on prohibition matters following thè conference of Governors at White Suulphur Springs, Va. The Governor’ visit took him first to New York City, where ho addressed thè Indiana Club and con* ferred with school survey authoritles on thè recent report made to him concerning conditions in Indiana.

hand-to-mouth dìseases. \\ h thè hands frequently and avoid piacing them about thè face or thè mouth. If you have been so foolisli as to catch a cold, then — “Twenty-four hours in bed with thè proper rnedication will cure most severe colds," say* Dr. Morgan. "Go to bed and remaln until your resistance is norma,! Don’t try to diagnose your own case, let alone treating it. A doctor can do that best. "Above all, if you run at large with a severe eo'd, cover your noso or mouth when you sneeze or expectorate.” The doctor exploded one pet theory regarding colds when he said: "You bear rnuch comment upon thè clothing women wear amj thè resulting expoaiuo. let statistica do not

Bntcred as Second-class Matter at Postofflce Indianapolis Ptibllshed Paily Kxeept Snuda?

Federai income tax. War saving stamps may be exchanged for treasury certificate. at thè postofflce or any bank, The Treasury Department is anxious for holders of war savings securities to continue to save and reinvest their

BANDITS SOUGHT BY RADIO Èva Lewis, Once Member of Outlaw Gang, Is Questioned by Authorities in Connection With Mint Robbery.

LEWIS ROBBERY HERE RE CALLE D

Indianapolis police and Pinkerton detectives were interested today in dispatches from Denver saying an Èva Lewis was being questioned in thè investiga tlon of thè mint robbery and murder there. They speculated upon whether thè woman was a relative of Ed

BULLETIN By United {‘resa DENVER Colo., Dee. 19.—The city of Denver today offered a revvard of SIO,OOO for thè capture of any one of thè bandits who killed a Federai Reserve Bauli guard and eseaped with $200,000 from thè United States mint bere. By United {'rena DENVER, Dee. 19.—Authorities of eight States today joined in thè hunt for thè.,se veli bandits who yesterdav held up and robbed thè 1 nited States mint bere of $200,000 in currency and fataliy wounded Charles Linton. bank guard. No trace of thè bandits had been sound earlv today, although police in Colorado, Utah. Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming. Nebraska. Kansas and Oklahoma were vvatching all transportation routes.

Authorities here frankly admitted they had no clews. Radio was used to broadcast descriptions of thè men, and State and forest rangers were asked to join in thè hunt. Shortiy aster "thè battio of thè mint” occurred authoritles were deluged with hundreds of telephone ealls telllng of a "speeding touring car." Efforts to locate thè car failed. Polire believed today thè bandiva separated within a few minutes aster thè daring hold-up was staged. Chief of Detectives Rinker declared he believed Èva Lewis, mcinber of thè notorious Lewis gang, which operated in Missouri a few years ago, was connected with thè hold-up. She was released from thè State prison three weeks ago aster serving n sentence for her partieipation in a holdup and gun battle near Colorado Springs, two years ago, when two offieers were slain by members of thè Lewis gang. She was questioned late yesterday at her home near Denver. If thè bandit made their way iato thè mountains pursuit wlll be difficult and their chance of escape extremely good, officiala said. l'nderworld Cotnbed The clty’s underworld was searched by police and secret Service operatives In thè hopes of running down thè participants in Denver's boldest daylight robbery. Officers have three leads to follow in their efforts to find thè men. One Is thè fact that one of thè bandita, as he clung to thè running board of thè car as it roared away from in front of thè mint, was seen to slump in a heap with blood pouring from a wound in his cheek. His companlons dragged him into thè car. Another is a bloody sawed off shotgun used by thè bandita and left lying on thè curb aster Linton had been killed by a charge of buckshot. Flngerprints on thè stock of thè gun

show that colds are more prevalent among women than among men. "I don’t think that wrapping thè throat or keeping thè upper part of thè neck protected is essential to prevent colds. It probably is more essential that proper foot dress be worn. The trunk, abdomen and thè limbs to thè knees should be kept warm. "If thè temperature changes, wear appropriate clothing. Going to extremes of hee.vy dress is as detrimental, or more so, than not having enough clothing." So there you are. And don't forget, as Dr. Morgan warns, that, while "summer" diseases bave been cut down, thè “winter” diseases —colds, pneumonia, sore throat, bronchitis, etc.—stili take a toll aver;, year.

Forecast FAIR tonight, followed by increasing cloudiness Wednesday. Rising temperature. Lowest tonight 15 degrees.

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monev in thè treasury savings eertifieates. When thè war savings stamp drive was held during thè war about $4,000,000 wortli of stamps were sold in Marion County. Subsequently about $3,000,000 worth of tbe stamps have been eashed.

Lewis, now dead, who was thè leader of thè bandit gang which attained $18,500 in a daylight robbery of thè South Side State Bank in August, 1917. In thè nation-wide search for this gang an Èva Lewis was arrested and held in Kansas City. Mo., for a short Urne.

Sou Here Tom Linton, theatrical producer. son of Charles L.nton, Denver bank guard fatally shot by bandits who stole $200,000 in thè Colorado city yesterdav, was in Indianapolis when word of thè shooting was receivede. “Father had thè record of being one of thè most fearless men in thè West.” said Linton. "He had been shot severa! times in thè past. He grew up in thè West when it was wild and served as a sheriff for a lime. He and mot her were planning to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary next Mav.”

may lead to thè discovery of thè men, it was believed by police. Bill NYunbers Recorded The thlrd is thè fact that thè look cbtained by thè men was all in new $5 bills, fifty packages, each totaling $4.000. The nunibers on all thè bilia is known by bank officiala. Linton, thè slain guard, had been an employe es thè bank for years and had safely transported millions of dollari from thè mint to banks In that time. All yesterday afternoon crowds of curious people thronged around tho mint. Police were stationed in tho Street to prevent a traffic jam. The robbery created thè greatest sersation here in years. M'CRAY WOULD ABOLISH OIL INSPECTION BODY Governor Favor Piacing Work With High way Commission. Governor McCray will propose aa part of his legislative program thè abolition of thè State oil inspection department and transfer of its work to thè State highway commission “to keep thè latter busv during thè winter rr.onths,” it was said at thè Statohouse today. DRIVER SMASHES AUTO INTO CAR AND FLEES Abandons Own Machine and Escape Otlio# Driver. When thè automobile he was drivlng struck a car driven by J. P. Hutto, 1415 Kealing Ave., at Illinois and Ray Sts., today, thè driver jumped out and ran. Hutto pursued him and caught him. As Hutto was taking him to a telephone to cali thè police thè man broke away and escaped. FIRE DAMACES ROOF Sparks on thè roof of thè homo of Charles Gray, 216 W. Twenty-Eighth St., caused a losa of SIOO today.