Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 268, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1923 — Page 1

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VOLUME 35—NUMBER 268

SINGER Eis LIFE; LOVE IMBED Mrs. Hazel Ccllins Succumbs After Taking Poison Tablets. SISTER BLAMES SICKNESS Roommate Not Found —Doctor Tells of Man in I Death Room. Whether a love affair caused the suicide of Mrs. Hazel Collins, wellknown singer, 31, apartment 20S. at -'SO E. Pratt St., will be probed, Coroner Robinson said today. Mrs. Collins died in the Methodist Hospital Monday night. She had taken eight poison tablets at her apartment Monday morning, the coroner said. Mrs. Mary A. Durbin, 302 N. Temple Ave., a sister, said she was sure the suicide was caused by ill health, because Mrs. Collins had been 111 for two years. Man in Room The coroner said he had unofficial, unverified information that a love affair was involved. A physician who was called immediately after it was discovered Mrs. Collins had taken poisor. said ho found Miss Irene Burns. Mrs. Collins’ roommate. ar.d a man whose name he did not leans, in the apartment with the sufferer. Miss Burns could not be reached today. It was said at tiie Virginia May candy shop, Bankers Trust building, where she is employed, that she had not been there since Satur day. Husband Killed Mrs. Collins was the widow of Luther Colilns, who was killed seven Jnear Bloomington. She : 1 lived here since she was two years old. She was born at Greenfield. Ind. Her parents. Mr. and Mrs. George M. Over, live in Islington. Ky. A brother, Howard, lives at Winchester, Kv., and another sister, Mrs. Horace Dickerson. at Richmond, Ind. , The mother is on her way here. 'Hie body was taken to Shirley Brothers' undertaking establishment, 94> X. Illinois St. Airs. Collins sang in concerts and at downtown hotels and clubs. ATTORNEYS ARGUE; ONE IS ARRESTED Fred C. Hartman Charged With Assault and Battery. Fred C. Hartman, 3128 Central Ave., attorney, today will face trial in city • ourt on a charge of assault and battery. Hartman, who practices in city court, became angered late Monday afternoon when he felt a man was trying to persuade one of his clients to retain another lawyer. The man who police said was Burl Nicholson, .'>23 Myrtis St., received a stinging blow to the face. Before an exchange could take place Patrolman Swank, near by. placed Hartman under arrest. , He immediately gave bond furnished by Walter Reeder, professional bondsman.

Hourly Temperature

Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity is mostly cloudy tonight, becoming unsettled Wednesday. Warmer tonight. Lowest temperature 30 to 35 degrees. HOURLY TEMPERATURE. 6 a. m 20 10 a. m 31 7 a. in 2111 a. in 33 S a. in 24 12 (noon) 36 9 a. m 27 1 p. m 37

LESSON FOR US—HOW WE CAN LESSEN CITY SMOKE EVIL

Bv JOHN CARSON Times Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, March 20.—The smoke nuisance in Indianapolis ean be remedied if not cured. Practically every visitor here from Indianapolis begins his discussion of the old home town by referring to the smoke nuisance. If it is as bad as pictured there must be a never ending rain of carbon or soot from a smoke tilled sky. But that hourly experience with the smoke nuisance is not all. Gist other charges against smoke as follows: I Death of your trees and vegetation in the city. Contribution to diseases and general ill health. Loss in civic pride, in beauty of city and consequent loss iii value of property and development of city. Actual cost, to each person in the city of more than sls a year, directly traceable to the smoke nuisance. f

Baby Spoon Is Won in Divorce

One baby spoon. j That was all Cecil Carpenter, traveling salesman for the Federal Automobile Insuranacs Company, got when his wife. Agnes, was granted a divorce, records in Superior Court showed today. Dispute Over Ownership When Mrs. Carpenter was granted the divorce by Judge Pro Tern. Lloyd Claycombe on a cross-complaint, Carpenter made out a list of china, silver, | paintings, etc., which he said belonged |to his mother and which he asked. Mrs. Carpenter, on the witness stand, said the articles had been given to her as wedding presents from her mother-in-law. In the list was a silver baby spoon. “Oh, he can have that,” said the j wife. i He got it. The rest of the personal i property was awarded to Mrs. Carj penter. Mrs. Carpenter said in her cross- ! complaint, that she and her husband ; had lived with her father at 2837 In- | dianapolis Ave., since their marriage Oct. 6. 1320. Drops His Complaint Site charged her husband with cruel | and inhuman treatment and with “sympathizing with efforts of momj bers of his family to separate” them. Carpenter dropped his complaint, ! charging cruel and inhuman treat- | ment, just before the divorce was [ granted. ARTOIII KILLED WHILE SHE SLEPT, POLICE SAY Assassin Entered Apartment Secretly, Is Theory of Authorities. Dv United press NEW YORK, March 20. —Dorotny King, pretty model, was chloroformed to death while asleep by a thief who sought her jewels, police -now believe. The theory that the assassin entere 1 the apartment secretly was borne out bv a neighbor woman who told Inspector Coughlin she heard a man's hurried footsteps on the floor above —in Miss King's room—and noticed a “funny odor” coming from the dumb waiter shaft. Detectives declared the story bears out their theory that the slaying was' committed by a professional crook familiar with the King rooms. Assistant District Attorney Pecora reiterated today that he did not attach suspicion to the mysterious “Mr. Marshall,” millionaire, who went to Peeora’s office and admitted he was at the girl’s apartment the night of the murder. "Marshall" merely was a wealthy married man. taking a flier in romance, Pecora said. Mrs. Anna Keenan, mother of the girl, and John Keenan, a brother, j were questioned by police for several j hours. Detectives said they admitted ' knowing “Marshall” and of his friend- ; liness for Miss King. He sent her many telegrams and was lavish yith gifts, they asserted. ' BYTAOTGRTRUGK ! Driver Arrested After Accident on Senate Ave. When she started to cross j Senate Ave., at North St., today Mrs. Blanche Irwin. 21. of 1133 Laurel St., was struck by a truck driven by Clarence Todd, 13, colored. 232*4 Rankin St. Her right leg was broken between knee and hip. She was take nto the Methodist Hospital. Todd was arrested on a charge of assault and battery by Motor Policemen Bartlett and Pfaffenberger.

Camera-Shy Defendants ‘ Caught ’ by limes Artist

Silken Ankle; Oh, for Blind Jury, Is Plea Du United J‘re*>i CIIICAUO, March 20. Oh, for a blind jury! Charles Reagh, counsel for Albert Fuchs, Sr., wealthy realtor, who iUheing sued for $2”,0,000 by his daugh-ter-in-law, Mrs. Gladys C. Fox, for alienation of affections, wants twelve men or women who can see a pretty silken ankle and a beautiful face, and not forget that they are there to hear evidence. Because the plaintiff is "easy to look upon” Reagh asks each prospective juror : "Can you give a fair trial in this ease without being swayed by the complainant's beauty?” Only four jurors have been accepted tentatively. Many have been truthful and said : ” 1 doubt it.”

‘OLD TARZAN’ HIMSELF ARRIVES FROM POLAND Ape-Like Man Lands to Join ('irons in United States. llii United Xrirs NEW YORK. March 2U. —Poland j has discovered something she can export to America. Steve Bibrowsky, who claims Burroughs had him in mind when he wrote “Tarzan of the Apes,’ has arrived to join a circus. With a dense growth of hair on his chest and arms, a shambling gait like j that of an ape, and an enormous i barrel of a gorilla torso, Steeve seems j able to hold his own in the tree tops, j

This all can be remedied through a sound attack on the smoke nuisance. It must be a scientific and sound war carried on not for a day or year, lnit incessantly. And it must begin through an aroused public opinion. That is the opinion of Prof. 0. P. Hood of the bureau of mines Hood, formerly a citlaen of Indianapolis, has the smoke problem I as one of his big jobs, fn one way or another he is directing war on it, convinced that it can be remedied, but skeptical whenever the word “eliminate’ is suggested. “So long as you burn bituminous coal, there is going to be some smoke,’’ said Prof. Hood. “A smokestack which belches forth black smoke for ten hours a day is a nuisance and should not lie. A smokestack which puts forth black smoke for fifteen mi lutes in every hour should not he. Perhaps a smokestack which cmi„s just a faint trace of smoke can not he avoided.” V\ hat has happened in Indianapolis has happened elsewhere throiifchout the United States, according to Dr. Hood. have grown and with growth, more bituminous coal is

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1923

DRAWN BY MANUEL ROSEN!’-ERG, TIMES SPECIAL ARTIST.

Here is a group of camera-shy dei fondants and other principals in the | Gary booze conspiracy case, sketched by The Times artist as they sat in the. Federal courtroom. At the upper left is Judge Ferdlu and A. Geiger of Milwaukee, who is presiding George Winkler, pro hibition agent is one of the principal witnesses. He conducted most of tie- investigation resulting in prosecutions. Others in the picture are defendants. Blaz Lucas is a Lake County attorney. Mayor Roswell O. Johnson of Gary is’charged with being HAY NOT 10 HEAR INJUNCTION SUITS Special Judge Will Try Light and Heat Cases, Superior Judge Linn D. Hay, Room 2. expected to withdraw today as judge of the injunction hearings brought by the two Indianapolis light and heat companies against the public service commission. The companies seek an order restraining the T. 11., I. & E. Traction Cos., from erecting a $7,000,000 power plant in Indianapolis to compete in the local ma rket. Provided the opposing counsel fail to seject a judge, three names will bo picked by Judge Hay. one to be struck off by each side. Nearly all the public service commission and State board of tax commissioner cases, as well as important injunction suits, have been tiled with Judge Hay In recent years, MOTHER SOUGHT HERE Buddy of Soldier Son Killed In War Has Message to Deliver. Five years ago Coy Dick, as lie was dying in the Argonne Forest, gave ,t message to his buddy, IT. H. Ilusley, to deliver to ills mother. Today Mayor Shank received a letter from Ilusley who is now living tit Harrisburg, 111., asking aid in locating his pal's mother, whom he thinks is living in Indianapolis. Husiey does not know her name. Both soldiers were with the ThirtySecond Division, 125th Infantry, Company G. Dick was killed Sept. 30, 1918.

| •>!!.• tin- leading figures In the j “hooze ring.” Witnesses have testbed j contributions to his campaign fund wore made by bootleggers. City Judge William M. Dunn. J some witne-s- have charged, was pai tii-ularly lenient with dry law of- , fenders and boasted he was making | votes in that way. Lewis E. Barnes, ( former sheriff, and Clyde Hunter, i former prose, utor, also have been j involved by witnesses. These dependents are some of the I more prominent of the sixty three i persons ehurged with a conspiracy i to violate the Federal prohibition [WIFE BECOMES ILL FLYING TO SPOUSE Countess Carnarvon Travels to Husband in Airplane, By Unit id Press PARIS. March 20. —Countess Car j narvon, flying with a doctor to the [bedside of her husband. Lord Car- ! narvon. discoverer ,f the tomb of Tutankhamen. was taken suddenly ill 3,000 feet up over Beauvais The three Heater was furred to make Ia perilous landing in pitch darkness. The countess announced she wilt I push on by air to her husband's side at Luxor Lord Carnarvon is believed i to have been bitten by a peculiar in- ! feet while at work excavating the : tomb. He is suffering from severe blood poisoning. POLICEMAN FREEZES EAR Srgeant Fields Testifies March Winds Are Frigid. Police Sergeant William Wields can i tell Indianapolis citizens that Marcli : winds sweeping across the city are really cold. He froze liis left ear early today while walking from Belmont to Warman Aves. on Michigan St. Assistant Is Named Dy Timeh Rprolai CHICAGO. HI . March 20. John I). Clark, vice president of the Midwest Refining Company, has been elected vice president and assistant to the chairman of the board of the Standard Oil Company of Indian;., Robert W. Stewart, head of the board has announced.

being used. The result is increased smoke and the destruction of natural beauty. “Cincinnati has attacked the nuisance pretty well,” said Prof. Hood. “They began there by getting a committee of persons interested in the city and its cleanliness. Then they got some money for their work and that committee keeps on the job all the time to keep the smoke inspectors busy and enforcing the smoke ordinances.” At Sail Lake City, the bureau of mines joined with a city organization in study the smoke problem. Engineer* were employed, the situation was set forth and a smoke ordinance was drawn. The ordinance became effective and immediately it became a matter of civic pride that it was administered. They are now carefully compiling results under the ordinance, month by month, checking up ('very weak spot. Ii is a daily and hourly form of attack—and it is getting results. At Grafton, W. Va., where “the city lives with its nose in the smokestack,” the problem has been studied and a form of attack j outlined. There again, Prof. Hood insists results will be obtained, j

Entered as Second-class Matter at Postoffiee, Indianapolis. Published Daily Except Sunday.

Stenographer, Rich From Oil, Sticks to Job Dll I nit at Press BKKCK HNRIDGE, Tex., March 20.—Miss Elsie Hardin, stenographer, was busily transcribing court records today although she had suddenly became the richest woman in this section. Miss Hardin is the owner of a Jo-acre tract in the Smaekovcr (Ark.) field, conservatively valued at $2,000,000, following a gusher which came in recently. "1 like my work anti will continue as a stenographer,” Miss Hardin said today. The lnh pays $125 a month.

CHICAGO FOWL BOSS IS ON TRIAL Fred Lindin Charged With Looting School Funds, Hu United I’ress CHICAGO. March 20. Chicago’s greatest political "boss” went on trial today. Indicted on a charge of looting the city school fund of a million dollars. Fred Lundin, known ms the powerj behind the Thompson machine with twenty-one other defendants, fought to have the indictment quashed. Former members of the school board, minor city officials, and employes of the board, including Virtus C. Rohm, T.udin’s nephew, are named in the indictment. Following news of the indictment of Taindin, Mayor William Hale Thompson announced he would not ho a candidate for re-election this term, after serving since 1914.

Second Letter From Chicago Warns Geiger and District Attorney Elliott in Gary Liquor Conspiracy CaseTrial Makes Rapid Progress, GOVERNMENT WITNESSES HAVE LAPSE OF MEMORY Prosecution Alleges Testimony Conflicts With Statements to Grand Jury—Sherift Charged With Fraud in Prisoner Expense, A second letter threatening Ilomer Elliott, United States district attorney, with death unless he drops prosecution of the Gary liquor conspiracy eases, involving Roswell 0. Johnson, mayor of Gary, and other Gary and Lake County officials, was received by Elliott late Monday, it became known today. Threats also were made in the letter against Judge Ferdinand A. Geiger, of Milwaukee, who is presiding at the trial. The letter, like one received several days ago .was postmarked Chicago, and was similar in tone. On request of Federal authorities, after the letter was received, two additional uniformed policemen were stationed in the corridors of the Federal building by Police Chief Rikhoff.

Failing memory of several Government witnesses in the past few days has aroused considerable comment among spectators at the trial. Four times in two days witnesses have given testimony said by Government officials to be at variance with statements before the Federal grand jury. Judge Interrupts After Alexander Indrier of Gary had failed to' remember just what conversation took place between Gaspere Monte, important Government witness, who was murdered at Gary last week, and Lewis Barnes, a defendant, Judge Ferdinand A. Geiger interrupted the proceedings. He ordered Indrier to leave the witness stand and instructed him to go over the testimony he had given before the grand jury with Government attorneys. “Se if you cannot make your memory clear.” Geiger said. Indrier testified he heard Monte demand SSOO he had paid to Barnes for Mayor Johnson's campaign fund. But he showed a surprising inability to remember just what he had said. The morning session was devoted wholly to testimony of foreign-born residents of Gary. Their difficulty in understanding or speaking English slowed the proceedings. Alexander G. Gavins, assistant United States district attorney, con(Uontinued on Rage 10) THREE PERISH IN POWDER EXPLOSION Several Injured When Blast Wrecks Dupont Building. Du United Press WILKESBARKE. Pa., March 20. Three men were killed and several injured when the packing house of the Dupont Powder Company in the woods near Moosic Mew vp. completely destroying the mill. The dead: James Graham. -15. Moosic. Pa., survived by widow and child. Michael Ixiwell, sf>, married. Moosic. John Taylor. 23. single. Moosic. The packing house was a two-story brick structure. The explosion wrecked it. Many workmen not directly in the explosion were hurt. PAGE THE DRY LEADERS! Trustee Doesn’t Want Even Schools to Distill Malt. “One man in a thousand,” or in 1,017, to be more exact —a township trustee from "somewhere in Indiana.” has enforcement of the law at heart, according to Lawrence F. Orr, deputy examiner of the State board of accounts. He asks in a letter whether the distillation and fermantation of juices and malts, “for experimental purposes,” is in violation of any State or Federal laws, when done in schools. Orr is busy reading the statutes.

“Talk about eliminating the smoke problem,” he commented, “You’ve got to regard it as you do the sewerage problem, as the problem of disease. You’ve got to go right after it and keep after it,” “The day will not come when we will have no smoke then, when we will eokenize our soft coal and eliminate smoke?” was suggested. “1 will not say it will not come,” he replied. Immediately he added, however, that it had not come and that no city or community in this or foreign countries had ended it. “The problem in Indianapolis is just about the same as the problem elsewhere. First we must get public opinion aroused and then get an organization that will begin the work soundly and then will keep at it. We've got to get away from this thing of measuring the smoke nuisance by what you or your wife or your aunt believes about it. You've got to get figures, facts. Get them and then fix your campaign so that each month you will know just what has been accomplished.’’

Forecast MOSTLY cloudy tonight, becoming unsettled Wednesday. Warmer tonight. Lowest temperature 30 to 35 degrees.

TWO CENTS

MEN SOUGHT FOR TAKING GUN AWAY FROM CONSTABLE Police Emergency Expedition Has Hard Time Locating Trouble, Police today were searching for Tom Nurse and Willie Carey, alleged to have taken a gun and mace from Constable J. F. Taylor, attached to the court of Justice Giass. when TayI ior attempted to eject a family from ) a house at 35 X. Lyons St. Taylor told police he was attacked | by the two men, and his gun and mace taken by Nurse, who then, he said, | took the shells out of the gun and ; gave it back. Both men escaped while Taylor was attempting to take them to police headquarters, police said. Reports of the attack, first reaching police headquarters said a policeman had been attacked, and two emergency squads and Bicyclemen Gooch and Bernauer were sent to the scene. Sergeant Dean and emergency squad made a run to Harding and W. Washington Sts., but found no trace of trouble. A call to headquarters sent them to the Belt Railroad and Washington St., where they were joined by ; another emergency car. A second call to headquarters sent the reinforced police expedition to ! Belmont and W. Washington Sts., where Taylor was found. Taylor lives at 93S E. WaslJngton St. BRITISH LAP OR WOULD NATIONALIZE LAND Bill Is Introduced in House of Commons Today. LONDON. March 20. PhiUip Snowden, labor member of parliament presented this afternoon in the house of commons a. bill to provide for nationalization of land in Great Britain and abolition of private property. The bill appears certain to be defeated. VICTIMS OF GUN BURIED Chapel Crowded at Double Funeral of Frick and Wife. Friends paid final tribute today to George Frick. 33. and his wife, Mrs. May Frick, 40. who were burled in Crown Hill cemetery after double funeral services at the Shirley Bros, chapel, 94G N. lllinois'St. The chapel was crowded. The Rev. Frederick R. Davies, pastor of the Zion Evangelical Church, was in charge. Frick fatally wounded himself after killing his wife Saturday night. They left no children.