Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 270, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 March 1923 — Page 1

Home Edltiomi FULL services of United Press United News, United Financial, NEA and Scripps Alliance.

VOLUME P>A—NUMBER 270

Smoke Not Chief Problem, Mayor Says—City Needs Are Outlined, Mayor Shank, buckling down to work today after his three weeks' vacation in the South, went oil the warpath. “Flood prevention work, completion of t lie boulevard system around the north side, working out tlie Butler lake project and elevation of th° Belt railroad on ihe south side, are the things that I want to see accomplished, or at least started, during my administration.'’ Shank told department heads at the monthly eahinet meeting. “i don't care about trivial matters such as smoke. Whether C hies Kikhoff makes any arrests is none of my business. He is under my orders to arrest violators of the taw. Hut these other things I do want to see accomplished.” During the stormy session of the cabinet meeting Prosecutor William P Evans and the city council came in for a sound verbal spanking by the mayor. Compares Kvans’ Terms Talking about the law violations he declared: "Evans is working against the administration. He has done al! lie can to show up its faults," and the mayor stormed, "I do know this, that during the two years that Evans was prosecutor previous to my administration there was not a sing!' indictment returned against any colored person on the avenue." • While the mayor -,vas talking about the major municipal improvement program. John E. King, president of the city council asked why ?he South ontinued on Pace )

TRAIN DEPARTS; NO APPRAISER NAMED Appointment of Montgomery Delayed by Governor, Samuel I-. Montgomery, deputy as scssor in Center Townshio, Marion County, might have been inheritance tax appraiser for Marion County today ■t Governor McCray had not been obliged to catch a train when recommendations were received al his office. Members of the State tax hoard earlier in the day presented the Governor a recommendation that Mont--tomery he appointed, but it was reurne.l to the tax commission with instructions that they be written in duplicate. By the time they were returned the Governor was preparing to leave for a trustees’ meeting of the Indiana Reformatory at Pendleton He had two minutes to catch the train. The term of William T. Rasmussen, former inheritance tax appraiser, rei entiy expired. WIFE OF SECRETARY OF WAR SERIOUSLY ILL Mr>. John W. Weeks Is Removed From Pleasure Yacht. Dn I nit id Press SAVANNAH, Ga„ March 22 Mrs. John W. Weeks, wife of the secretary of war. Is seriously ill at Brunswick, near here, according to reports received here today. Mrs. Weeks, who was aboard tlie yacht Evergreen with Secretary Weeks and Colonel and Mrs. R. M. Thompson, was taken very ill this morning and was removed to Brunswick on advice of physicians. MONOPOLY IS DENIED Steel Merger Hies Answer to Commission Report. J.'i I'nitrd Press WASHINGTON', Martr-h 22.—General denial of charges of monopoly made by the Federal trade commission against the Bethlehem-Lackawanna, Midvale steel merger was made by all parties to the merger in an answer filed with the commission today. •NOT EVEN TO FIGHT’ Wife Charges Hubby Refused to Take Her Any Flare. Charging her husband told her he would not even take her to a dog fight, Mrs. Louise Lindsay, 2418 Paris Ave., filed suit for divorce in Superior Court today against Fleming Lindsay, city fireman. Mrs. Lindsay asked custody of the two children, and 120 a week alimony.

Hourly Temperature

Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity Is fair and colder tonight with lowest temperature 30 to 35 degreed. Friday partly cloudy and colder. HOURLY TEMPERATURE. t 6. m 46 10 a. m 4S 7 a. m 47 II a. ni 61 8 a. m 46 12 (noon) 63 * a. m 46 1 j . m 54

Another Silent Cop Ripped From Steel Moorings by Bumps of Cars

. .. . . ■ , ' V ■■■■■■ ■■■ ■ . t.

If the hajf-ton concrete safety zone guard in Meridian St., south of Washington St., were animate today it wcukl ho vowing vengeance upon the motoring public. For that safety zone guard was treated like no steady, sober, reliable safety zone guard should be treated. First the automobile of Harry A. Karl. 13el X. Oakland Ave.. was knocked into tlie guard, loosening its

SAUNDERS MAKING MILLIONS BY HIS CORNER IN PIGGLY Street Estimates Memphis Man Will Net $2,750,000 by Coup on Stock Exchange—Former Grocery Clerk Beats Gamblers at Own Game,

‘Boob From Tennessee ’

D<J ! Kited Pres* v | EMPHIS. Term.. March 22. IV/ I —The "boob from T* nnessee” today tightened the screws he has put on Will’ Street speculators who sought t,> squeeze him. Clarence Saunders, president of Piggiy-Wiggly Stores. Inc., demanded "shorts" settle at $l5O a share by 3 o'clock or a price ot $250 would be demanded and the matter thrown Into the court® “It was a question whether I should survive and likewise iny business and the fortunes of rny friends, or whether I should he licked and pointed to as the ‘boob from Tennessee.’ ” Saunders ®atd. The man who never before dabbled In the market toid of his

Hu T'nited Press NEW YORK. March 22.—Wa1l Street speculators who are still "short” will pay Clarence Saunders, Memphis. $2.750,000 as a penalty for ■■hammering" his Piggly-Wiggly stock on the New York stock exchange, brokers and Wall Street observers estimated today. Would Double Profit If the “shorts" refuse to settle on this basis and Saunders carries out his threat to put the price at $250 after 3 p. m., and collect through the courts, the total profit will be doubled In addition to the amount Saunders claims is still unsettled, millions of dollars are involved in his favor in increased value of the stock. There arc also thousands of shares, besides the 25.000 he claims still due WIFE OF BIG GAME HUNTER GIVEN DIVORCE Court Meld Carl Akely Treated Spouse (Yuelly. Hi) t riitrd Press CHICAGO, March 22.—Mrs. Carl E. Akely was granted a divorce from her big game hunter husband by Judge Walter Steffen here today on grounds of cruelty. Akojy is curator (if the New York Museum of Natural 1 listory. INJURED BY TAXICAB H. •). Johnson, .Struck By Car, Refuses to Go to Hospital. H. J. Johnson, giving his address rs the Grand Hotel, Is suffering from severe bruises today as a result of injuries received Wednesday evening when he stepped in front of a taxicab driven by Charles Woods, 1242 Nordyke Ave. The accident occurred in front of 120 S. Illinois St. Johnson refused to be taken to a hospital. Police said .Johnson was attempting to cross Illinois St., and walked In front of street cars into the path of the taxi. TAX BOARD MAY BE CUT McCray Indicates Two Members to Be Dropped. Indications that the membership of the State Industrial board, now composed of five members, would be allowed to fall to three, were made by Governor McCray today on return to his official duties after a week vacation. The term of Kinney Dresser, a member, expired Tuesday and that of Thomas Roberts expired April 17. The Governor indicated that there would b no appointments to fill the vacancies. Bishop Tuttle Undianged Hui nitrd Press ST. LOUIS, March 22.—The condition of Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle was reported ’lmchanged” by physicians today.

three steel moorings. Earl told police another car struck his car and-the other driver escaped .before he could find out who he was. Earl’s automobile was badly damaged. Later a big truck collided with the guard and completed its ruin. The chunk of concrete was moved almost twenty feet. Guards of the same type have been knocked over on several other downtown corners in the last few weeks.

operations which have rout' 1 many of tlie wiseacres of the financial world. “A razor to nn throat, figura tively speaking, is why I sudden ly and without warning kicked thpegs out from under Wall Street and its gang of gamblers and market manipulators." he said “Never until my Piggiy-Wiggly operations in the stock market had 1 bought a single share rs anv kind ot stock on the New York stock exchange." Saunders had purchased 195,872" shares of the total of 200,000 shares outstanding Mock of the company when he railed for delivery of 40.. 000 shares Tuesday.

on marginal accounts to others, it. Is declared. Riggly-Wiggly "over the counter” sales in New York today began at 105 bid. 120 asked. Saunders' financial coup was still tlie principal topic of conversation in Wall Street today; it went down In the annals of the financial district with other famous affairs of its kind. Unlike the Stutz Motors flivver, staged by Allen Ryan, the PiggyWiggly fight by Saunders appears to he leaving speculators and the powers in Wail Str<<“t no opening to “come hack," as they did against Ryan. Saunders’ announcement that ho will never be president of a company with stock listed on the ex change, is taken to mean that he will tske tlie initiative in keeping Piggiy Wiggly off tlie exchange iti the fu tiire. leaving exchange traders "tied ! to the post Piggiy Wiggly continued its wiggiy way over brokers' counters today. : The name became a by-word and tiie stock almost a craze. Was Grocery Clerk Who Is this Mr. Saunders that, has 1 Wrought su'-h havoc with New York’s financial machinery? Not long ago he worked in a Tennessee genera,! store at sla mont h and board. Then he got a Job as salesman at S3O a month, and this set him thinking Bo he founded the Piggiy Wiggly chain of self-service grocery stores. The Idea, at first termed a "Southern Dream," grew until there are now 1,200 such stores with Saunders as president of the Piggiy Wiggly Company. When the company’s stock was entered on the exchange last spring, it sold at S4O a share. Bear traders decided to depress it by short selling. It dropped. Then Saunders hired Jesse Livermore, Wall Street “boy plunger,” to safeguard Its Interests. It Immediately mounted. Not satisfied, .Saunders came to New York and bought 50,000 shares himself. Such buying, followed with the concerted “squeeze" of the shorts, resulted In the present “sew-up.”

‘BLACK WAX’ REFUSES TO BE BLUFFED

Bu Times Special DALLAS, Texas, March 22. Everybody knew that, sooner or later, It just had to come, and now It’s here—the new Ku-Klux Kian, done in several shades darker than the original. Emulating the K. K. Tv. of their white brethren. Dallas negroes have formed a secret society known as X. X. X., bent upon regulating the morals of their brothers in color. Richard Benton, a negro known as “Black Wax,” was called out of bed at 4 a. m. hy a hand of eight colored inen. Their visit followed a note which was tacked on his door the previous night. It was signed "The Flogging Committee of the

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1923

Women Use 10,000 Tons of Face Powder Dll I Hited Press NEW YORK, March 22. The flapper who powdered her nose at 11 :59 New Year’s eve made it an even 10,000 tons of powder that American women used last year. This stilt istie comes from the United States Department of Commerce. The average per capita ration of camouflage for the year was slightly more than eight ounces, there being si bout 24.000,000 women in the country between the ages of 15 and reticence.

BOOM WATSON AS

IN 1924 CAMPAIGN Will Hays Also Mentioned for Job to Put President Across, Du l ino •* Sfiieint WASHINGTON, March 22.—H*nator Watson. Indiana, today was boomed as President Harding's cam pai.-n manager next year. Reports from Florida also sav that Will If. Hays is mentioned for the job. Watson has been in Florida, tint has not seen the President. According to reports today. Watson docs not Intend longer to wait on Harding because business affairs called him to Washington. The Watson Loom was not taken j-eriously around Republican national committee circles, despite the fact that Watson has made himself spokesman for the Administration. R is understood that Harding is not greatly Impressed by Watson's strength on Ids contribution to the •success of tlie Harding Administration. HUNT AND lATTA TRUE BILLS STAND Judge Refuses to Quash Indictments, Motion to quash indictments against Edwin Hunt, real estate dealer, and Will it. Euttu. attorney, charged by tlie county grain! jury in March, 1922, with having conspired with Richard V, Hipe. then county clerk, to embezzle SIO,OOO of county funds, was overruled l,y Judge James A Hollins In Criminal Court today. Trial has not been set, SIO,OOO Fire at Alert li II linns Spe'-ittl GREENSBi’RG, Rid . March 22 - Fire razed the Garson Brothers' bust ness Week at Alert, causing loss esti mated at SIO,OOO.

See Into Hollywood Through Girl’s Eyes ’V/ Ol ’YH read the reports from Hollywood, reports not A altogether flattering to the movie industry, about the conditions confronting girls who seek a screen career. You want to know the facts I Then be sure to read “.My Adventures in Hollywood,” starting today in The Indianapolis Times. These stories reveal from personal experience the true answers to every question the public lias been asking. Turn to Page 4

ANOTHER SIGN OF SPRING Baseball Game Leads to Complaint of Trespass to Police. Spring has come. Thomas \V. Gangster, 1935 Highland PL, complained to police that boys played baseball in his neighborhood and ran across his lawn, damaging the grass.

X. X. X.” and warned him “you ain't been living right here lately." "Open the door!” demanded the spokesman. ‘‘Says which?” asked Black Wax, in his best Octavius Roy Cohen dialect. "Open the door!”

Boy of 5, Found in Children’s Boarding House, Shows Toil-Worn Hands; Woman Denies ‘Cruelty’ . .. ' * jSp % ABOVE, RUBY BROWN (LEFT). AN It BOBBY LEACH. BELOW, EARL £ '. f SMITH. j I y :, t I WOMAN DESCRIBES • GROUP MARRIAGES ' \ TIN HOUSE OF DAVID , V WB Mrs, Rosetta Also Tells of Relations Between ’King ’ Benjamin'and Girls of Sect Was Forced NTshvmejVetuT.’agalnT. Vhe" Imu•h re 1 Km " ,: JBKN 1 G' Institution wu.s resumed in Federal "" min ‘‘" rnpll , ” I ' l ,lovil '•* Court today. me Winded." Mrs. Fenn testified. V Mrs. lone Rosetta of Newark .’ .1.. ,iM m >' daUKhUr ,Jntil last ; told of tlie alleged system of niu'ual ' Ms 11 ,M - . , .JkMb espionage imposed upon git) and men '' / vSßEfc?’' , ~ , , improper am , tires to her BL- told JoßHr'" inmates of House of !>avid. Site su'd , ~ . .. ... me she was married in 1: *1: • with six • jwaWi that King Benjamin warned the guv; . , - , ether couples. 4 SsSmT that revelation of occurrences in the VL, . The gu- told me she had no court- *****-

WOMAN DESCRIBES GROUP MARRIAGES IN HOUSE OF DAVID Mrs, Rosetta Also Tells of Relations Between ’King Benjamin' and Girls of Sect -Was Forced to Pick Her Husband,

Bn I nitrii Pens GRAND RAPIDS. Midi. March 22. -Further startling revelations of al lege.i immoral conduct by Benjamin Purnell, high priest >,f Inn House of David, ware scheduled when the dam ago suit of Mr. and Mrs. John Hansel. Nashville. Tenii., against the Israelite institution was resumed in Federal Court today. Mrs. lone Rosetta of Newark, 7 J., told of tlie alleged system of mu'ual espionage imposed upon giii and men inmates of House of David. She n.,,d that King Benjamin yarned the gir,i that revelation of occurrences in the bouse so outsiders was the greatert of al! sins. She sab! sh<> had been Instructed to tell untruths when the e.ifetv of the "faith’ stood in danger of investigation. Mrs. Rosetta testified she was a party to a “group" marriage, and w,v forced to pick her husband nf th • command of King Rrnjamin “Who compelled you to marry?” Mrs Rosetta was asked, “Mary Purnell, wife of tlie king," she replied. “How many of you were married at the same time?" “Twelve couples." EmiJ Rosetta, husband of Mrs. Ko setta. testified he believed in the “faith" up until about a year after his marriage when Ids wife confessed to him that during the preceding year Benjamin had bon guilty of misconduct toward her. H said he never saw a marriage license and while at tho House of David lie and bis wife lived as brother and sister Rosetta told of many meetings be. twfen Benjamin and girls at which, he charged, the king made Improper advances. Seven pri tiers of the House of David attempted to Intimidate her when

HUNGER PROMPTS THEFT Burglars Get Steaks and CaJce at Delicatessen. Hungry burglars visited the delicatessen shot) <>f Mrs. 11. B. Freeman, 3504 College Ave., Wednesday night. They took two large steaks, a cake and $1 In stamps.

But Black Wax was a man among men of his race. Not only had ho built up the fastest growing cleaning and pressing shop in Oak Cliff, in the hack room of which ho lived, but six clothes lines stretched across his yard, on which lie hung ills coats and trousers by day to dry, attested to his energy and determlnation. Certainly, he was not a person to take orders from any black-faced group running around in the moonlight in their nighties. Calmly, Black Wax reached behind his bed for an old muzzleloading shotgun, crammed with nails. He poked the barrel through a window. There wa '.a Just one re-

Entered as Second-class Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis. Published Dally Except Sunday.

she decided to leave the colony, Mrs. Ella B Finn of Cleveland testified. Mrs. Fenn said she went to the house wit it her drowned husband. George Boskey, and her daughter Dei**,, in 1903 and remained almost a year When 1 decided to leave, King Ben j,:min Purnell told me tlie devil had me blinded.” Mrs. Fenn testified. "I did not see my daughter until last < ’hristmas.” "She told me Benjamin bad made improper advances to her. She told me she was married in 1919 with six ether couples. "The girl told me she had no courtship, hut was given a list of names and instructed to pick out her husband." 1175,1 II IS SET ASIDE Judge Rules in Favor of Children Over Sister's, A will made in 1915 by Mrs. Theresa Harriott Smith, disposing of her $17,000 estate In favor of two sisters, was ordered set aside by Judge Mali!on E. Basil of Probate Court today ot, tlie ground that she was of unsound mind at tlie time. The suit was brought by Mrs. SmtJh's four children, wiio were to get tlie estate in trust during life, it then to go to Miss Tarquina Voss, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Corinna E. Randolph, the sisters The children who now will inherit the estate arc Scott V. Smith. 1119 X. Capitol Ave.; Harold Y. Smith, Taylor. Mo.: Golden Smith, Portland. Ore., and Mrs. Gai.l S. Harwich, San An tonio, Texas. POLICE ARREST FOUR Alleged Auto Liquor Party Is Stopped by Officers. An alleged liquor party ended today with the arrest of four men charged with drunkenness and vagrancy said by police all to have been found intoxicated in a machine driven by Oakley W. Holden. 4ti, of 1314 W. Twenty Seventh St. Holden also was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the inlluenae of Intoxicating liquor. Others arrested were: William Fox, 56, of Muncie; Harvey Bering, 59, of 43 W. Wyoming St., and Otis Owen, 32, of Ntibb, Ind. Wait on Engineer Final action by the State board of tax commissioners on tlie '576,000 bond issue for paving the English Ave. road between Grace Bt. and Brookville road, awaits report of the commission's engineer, commissioners said today.

port. The noise outside sounded like the Germars retreating from V\ f Mioosm \ I>'ve ■scf the Marne. Black Wax reports the visitors left so hurriedly they tore down his six clotheslines, one of the callers nearly cutting, hi* throat when he ran against a line in the darkness.

Board of Charities May Investigate Case of Mrs, Fehlinger. While Earl .Smith. ~ my last, birthday." who was at the Indianapolis Orphans’ Home today, exhibited ■ •napped and scratched hands and asserted he was forced by Mrs. Anna Fehlinger, 4S. of 503 N. Harding St., to do work incidoi.Ml to her boarding home for children. Mr.-. Fehlinger denied the boy’s story and charges made against her by policewomen. Earl. Ruby Brown, 1 months; Bobby Leach. 2‘j months, and Richard Holloway, 21 months, will be taken to the orphans' home following a raid by Policewomen Metta Davis and Margaret lltldebrandt. Juvenile authorities said they would turn the case over to the State board of charities for action under the law, which provides persons taking children to board must have a license. Mrs. Fehlinger said she did not know of this law. The policewomen said Earl was bending over a tub, washing clothes for himself and the three other little boarders when they raided the place. Mrs. Fehlinger said the boj was washing his hands. Says He Told “Stories” She asserted the hoy had tohi her "stories" frequently since he was brought there two weeks ago by his mother. The mother never returned to pay any board or to bring the boy clothes, Mrs. Fehlinger said. She said she washed the lad’s underclothing one night. Earl told one of the four men who roomed in the house that police had been chasing him and his mother, Mrs. Fehlinger said. Parents of the other three children paid $4.50 a week for their room and board, according to Mrs. Fehlinger. She did not know where to reach any' of the parents, but said they frequently came to visit the children and said they were pleased with the home. Efforts of police to locate the parents today failed. Mrs. Fehlinger said the father of Bobby Leach telephoned ’Wednesday night and said he would bring the baby back to her. She said Jveach is a traveling man, living in Chicago. Says He Was Struck "She made me wash dishes and carry water 'n' coal and go to the grocery store when it was dark,” Earl told a Times reporter. “And she lilt me with a poker. I didn't have time to play. ‘‘Yes, ,sir, I want to stay here (at the orphans’ home.) I went to kindergarten today and painted tiie sky." Mrs. Fehlinger said the only work the boy did whs to help her carry dishes. Sometimes he offered to carry out the ashes, she said. “He called me mother," she asserted. Walks Into Automobile Miss Hattie Storck, 2542 Talbott Ave., walked into the side of an automobile driven by Merrllle Plumber of New Palestine, Ind., at Washington and Meridian St., police said •day. She was taken to her home.

Forecast FAIR and colder tonight, with lowest temperature 30 to 35 degrees. Friday cloudy and colder.

TWO CENTS

eOVERNMEHT IBIS CM Witness Admits ’Planting' Liquor in Home of Eli Viator. The government rested its case in i lie Gary liquor conspiracy trial in which sixty-three persons, including Gary and Lake county officials, arc defendants, I this afternoon. Immediately afterward • mo--1 tions were made by defense attorneys to dismiss all defendants I represented by counsel. The court took the motions under advisement until later in the day. Homer Elliott, United .States district attorney, suggested the dismissal of Stanley Losowski, a defendant against whom he said no evidence had been presented. "Planted Booze in Attic” Near the close of the Gov err plant's case Rude Yobocichcich of Gary testified lie had "planted’ ’liquor in the home o f 1-2!i Viator, father-in-law of Philip Ukman, principal Government witness. V.ator was arrested on a blind tiger charge. Yobocichcich said he placed the booze in tho attic on :nstructions fro mKalph Stagnaich, a | defendant. Dan R ip ,ii h testified Stagnaich told ; him to put marked hills i nUkman’s pockets and that he refused to no it Other witnesses testified Stagnaich ■ had talked to them about their tes--1 timony before the grand jury. Threats that they would “get” Uktnan, who aided Federal prohibition •agents in investigating conditions in Lake County last year, were made by , defendants. "This is tlie work of that Ukman. We’ve been trying to get ; hint for some time and we will get | him yet.” was the remark made by William M. Dunn, judge of the Gary city court, when Dunn was arrested. George Winkler, group chief of proI hibition agents, t-stifled. Blaz Lucas Present Biaz Lucas. Gary attorney and a ; defendant, was present, Winkler said. The following day, Winkler said, I Ukman was arrested. Ukman testli tied Wednesday th t afl'r his arrest (Continued on Pag> 7) lAXPAYERS ASK ' NEW VALUATIONS State Board Receives Petitions for Reassessments. Approximately 150 freeholders have filed petitions with the State tax hoard asking for reassessment in a nunibe- of counties. Taking advantage of certain provisions of the law. William A. Hough, a member of the board, said even a larger number of petitions were expected near the close of March, when the time for filing expires. Any individual is permitted by law to ask for reaj pruisemont after having obtained sanction hf two or three ! county officials, the assessor, auditor ; and tlie treasurer. The State board I then has authority to order a reappraisement of real estate by the | county assessor. HEARING ON PACKER MERGER IS POSTPONED Will Be Held at Kansas City April 23 Instead of in Washington. Du Vnited Press WASHINGTON. March 22.—Secretary of Agriculture Wallace today granted the request of Armour & Cos. for a postponement of the hearing on the complaint of the secretary that the Armour-Morris packer merger will violate the packer control law. j The first hearing will be held at Kansas City on April 23 instead of April 2, In Washington TWO SOLDIERS KILLED Free State and Xrlsb Bji'els in Brisk RvtW., D/l United Press DUBLIN, Marcu Z- —Free State troops today clisvVveueA and iminekliately attacked i:iseoi‘sut headquarters near Kingstown. After a brisk battle, in which a Free State soldier and a rebel were killed, and one wounded, five rebels and a large quantity of ammunition were captured.

INCOME TAXES AND WANT ADS Two of the things the great American public puts off until the last minute. However, there’s an advantage in getting your want ad copy in early, for it gives assurance of correct composition and proper classification. You be an exception. FILE YOUR TIMES WANT AD EARLY 11 o’clock Is the Closing Timi,