Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 274, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 March 1923 — Page 1

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CONTRABAND BOOZE USED IN RADIATOR: Common Practice at Gary City Hall, ex-Prose-cutor Testifies, It was the general practice among Gary and Lake county officials to use contraband whisky in the radiators of their automobiles to keep them from freezing, Clyde Hunter, former prosecutor and defendant, testified in the Lake county booze conspiracy ease in Federal court today. Hunter was questioned as to what disposition he had made of two oases of whisky which he said were left on his porch without his knowledge. “I poured it into gaspline and turpentine cans and used it in the radiator of my automobile." he said. “Everybody Used It" “Everybody at the city hall used contraband liquor in their radiators.” he said. The two cases of booze were de- j livered by Dan Melloy, former deputy constable. Mellov testiiied early in the case. Hunter said he did not know who the man who delivered the booze was. He said his wife saw him but could not describe him. Hunter declared he never .used intoxicants. Testimony by Melloy that money received for bonds had been divided 1 with Hunter and .that seized booze had been turned over personally to Hunter were denied by the d< fondant. ■■ Hunter ajso and nled statements he had arranged in advance for the disjtositlon of booze cases. “Took No Steps to Abate” Kinder on cross-examination said lie bad never taken any steps to abate as a nuisance places where booze was sold. Ha said he knew there was an abatement statute but that he was not entirely familiar with it. Statements purported to have be n made by the Lake County grand jury condemning officials for failure to enforce the prohibition law were- read *y District Attorney Elliot' K.r. eaid he had read these statements in the newspapers and he presumed they ■were made by the grand jury. Defense attorneys were scored for what was termed lack of organization by Judge Geiger. “Get us get some order in this case.” Judge Geiger said "There has been r.one so far on the part of the defendants.” Moses E. Lairy, attorney of Mayor Johnson, had asked permission to It, terrupt the regular order and plar two witnesses on the stand to refute testimony given by Philip Ufcrnan, star Government witness. The court re fused. Kinder Goes on Stand Dwight M. Kinder, prosecuting attorney of Lake County, was the first high official among the sixty two defendants on tidal to testify in his own behalf. He was subjected to grilling cross examination by Homer Elliott. United States district attorney. Elliott wrung from him the admission that after practicing law eight years he did not know that the law required the presence of a defendant charged with an offense for which a jail or prison sentence could be imposed to be present in corn t when a j plea of guilty was entered for him. I Denies Beating Kinder, on direct cross-examination, i denied the sdorv told by Ukman. Hitman testified that following his arrest ! he was taken to the police station,, (Continued on Page 10, P>TINNES AND GARY IN REPARATIONS DISCUSSION Steel Kings of Two Nations Reach Agreement for Negotiations. By Vv.itrti Press ROME. March 27.—Conferences he. tween financial and industrial leaders of the United States and Hugo Stinnes, Germany money master, are said today to have resulted in a plan for negotiation of reparations difficulties. Stinnes. who discuss-d the question with Judge Elbert H. Gary, also reached Important points of agreement with Wills H. Booth of the Guaranty Trust Company, president of the Internationa} Chamber of Commerce.

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Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity is fair and colder tonight and Wednesday. Lowest temperature tonight about 25 degrees. HOURLY TEMPERATURE. 6 a. m 29 10 a. m 45 7 a. m 32 11 a. m 48 8 a. m 35 12 (noon; 51 9 a. m 38

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Indianapolis is in the path of the Industrial boom which, sonic experts say. Is through out the Middle West. Anew high mark In employment will be reached soon, local observers believe. “Indianapolis is in a good condition so far as employment is con cemed,” says Thomas A. Riley, a member of the State Industrial Board, In charge of employment agencies. “This is especially true

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Children Waiting as'Mother Vanishes

ABOVE: RUTH ELLEN WINZENREAD. C, (LEFT) AND ANNA Blackmailer

Police Puzzled for Motive in Disappearance of Mrs, Marie Winzenread. t t THAT motive would be strong \/y enough to lead a young mother * ’ to leave her three small children. without a trace? Police bought tho answer to that question to : ay, as they searched for Mrs. Marie Winzenread, 24, of 527 Olive St., who disappeared. March lit. On that i iy, Mrs. Winzenread started downtown to shop. She has not been heard from since. Mrs. Winzenread's husband, Hobart, is a tire and tube maker at the <l. & .T. Tire Company. They have been married seven years. THE missing woman’s children are waiting for “mamma to come home." At the home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Burke. 2042 Ruckle St.. Ruth Ellen. 6, and Anna Marie, 3. played contentedly, their flaxen hair hilling as they bent over their playthings. "We're going to stay here until mama comes back." Ruth Ellen said -anilingly, as she started to dress a large doll. “See, mama gave me these beads," holding up a strand of blue beads. Anna Marie smiled shyly and tugged at her grandmother’s skirt. The third child. Hobart Jr., 2, is at the home of an aunt. Mrs. Burke blamed domestic trouble for her daughter's disappearance. A Bit'. FOUR railroad man told police he saw Mrs. Winzenread leaving at noon tho day she disappeared on a train for Cincinnati, according to police. He said he knew Mrs. Winzenread, anti that she was sitting in a seat beside ;i young man. A relative of the missing woman denied Mrs. Winzenread left the city March If*. He said she was in Indiana polls after that date. MOTOR POLICE 10 RIDE FLIVVERS Board of Safety to Buy No More Motorcycles for Cops, City-bro ko motorists know a motorcycle cop \vh< i, they see one and so speeder chasers are to be mounted in flivvers, Ernest E. Kingston, president of the board of publicsafety. announced today. As fast as present police motorcycles wear out the motorcyciernen will be put in four-wheel conveyances. Tire first step came today when the board ordered drawn an ordinance transferring $3,000 In the motorcycle fund transferred to the motorpolice fund. Another ordinance creating offiice of an additional building Inspector at n.SOO a year was ordered prepared. Tho hoard decided to buy an SBSO device for automatically controlling traffic at Meridian St. and Fuji Creek Blvd. Newspaper Man Dead Hi) United I‘rrss AV ASIIINGTDN. Mart'll 27.—Charles S. Albert, for many years a correspondent of the New York AVorld, died hero today.

in t!;p construction line. When weather opens up, there will be greater improvement. "Many shops are running full capacity. The labor uj ply just about meets the demand Private agencies also report conditions good. Maj. Lester G. Strome, in charge of the relief department,of the Salvation Army, says: “There seems to he} plenty of work. We cannot get j-iople to fill

Young Man Called in Conference by Authorities in Effort to Shed More Light on ‘Dot’ King Murder, By L nit at Pnss NLW YOLK, March 27. Assistant District Attorney Fred Pec-ora stated today be will summon to Ills office, in eouuection with investigation with tin* murder of Dorothy King. Draper M. Daugherty, son of Harry M. Daugherty, attorney general of ihe United States. The same gang of blackmailers that killed Miss King threatened Daugherty. They told him him they would expose his friendship for the girl, according to statements attributed to him.

Daugherty defied Timm and offered to give the authorities any information In hla possession. “My only information concerning Mr. Draper Daugherty's connection with the case comes from •he press.” Decora said, "but if I can locate Mr. Daugherty today, 1 shall most certainly ask him to . come to rn v office ior a conference ” At the Elks Club, Daugher y's N w I York address, the Attorney General's | son could not be found. A search is on for a jade bracelet and a SI,OOO Liberty bond which Mitchell is said to have given Miss King the night she was murdered. Interest in Case Shifts. Interest, in the case which had clung about ' the person of J. Kearsley Mitchell. Philadelphia millionaire friend and patron of the murdered artists' model, widened today to include the meeting between Daugher,/ and the district attorney. Pecora has no official knowledge that Daugherty was even acquainted with the girl. Pecora probably will ask Daugherty to name the man who, according to the version given publicly here, telephoned him twice and demanded that he he given a job with the Department "f Justice. The Mitchell mansion here lias been prepared to receive Mrs. Mitchell, re from the winter season in Florida. But although the wife has already stated publicly thus sh< did not believe her husband maintained Miss King and lavished money on her. Mitchell did not want to await her ari rival before telling his story directly Ito her. He hurried out of Pluladel- | phia in an automobile last night and took the road for Washington. Stumble on Revelation The police were fumbling around the | dark runways of Broadway’s underworld searching for evidence against j the man they suspect of organizing the raid on John Kearsley Mitchell's '“Barrel of Sugar" when Daugherty's | revelation cast a revealing light. Daugherty was a. friend of “Dot.” living. Unlike Mitchell, he made no secret of tlit- fact, wasn't ashamed of it, and didn't care who knew it. One of the men he had met in New York thought that Daugherty would make quite a sacrifice to keep the matter dark. That was his error. He phoned Daugherty since “Dot’s” (Continued on Page 2) VICTIM REPORTS ATTACK John Johnson Tells Police Three Men Real Him. John Johnson, 53. of 050 N. Trc | mont Ave., told police today he was ! attacked and badly beaten hv three men Michigan Kt., and Tp-iyont Ave. Monday night. He said he did not know the men or know their motive.

all the positions we have open. Women workers especially are dis ftcult to get They are generally wanted for housekeeping work." Heads of the employment depart ments -,f local department stores report the number of experienced applicants light. The Family Welfare Society has received only twenty applications for aid during the past month, according tfc> Paul Benjamin, secretary.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1923

Wife of ‘Angel’ Meets Hubby Hi) I nit> i Press Washington. March 27. The first meeting between Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Mitchell since his identity as the mysterious "Mr. Marshall " in the Dorothy King murder case occurred in the private car of E. E. Stotesbury, Philadelphia millionaire, at the Union Station today. Elaborate preparations were made to keep newspaper men and photographers away. Big, burly detectives were at all entrances to the private car. A special cordon of railroad police gnanred the entrance to the train sheds, but newspaper men eluded them by a hasty scramble through the baggage room of the station, KING GEORGE'S FARM HANDS ON STRIKE .'loro Than 25,000 Walk Out in Norfolk County. Hit I vited Hr, si LONDON, March 27. —More than 2f,000 farm hands are on strike in Norfolk County. The strike has seriously curtailed farm production. The strikers, v declined to make any 1 exception of the estate of King George, and walked out there just as in other places. WARDROBE IS DEPLETED Woman's Clothing Valued at SIBO Taken From Apartment. The list of clothing stolen from the apartment of Mrs. May Howell, No. 2, 318 E. North St., furnished police today, reads like the inventory of a women’s apparel shop. Mrs. Howell discovered the robbery when she returned today after having passed the night with her sister. She valued the clothing at SIBO. The burglar entered by a side window. ANOTHER SIGN OF SPRING Bright Sunshine on Windshield of Car Blinds Driver—Accident Results. Spring weather has been blamed for its first accident. Ociele Anderson, 1810 Sheldon St.., told police that sunshine reflected on the windshield of his car caused him to crash into a car driven by Walter P.etmer at Beville Ave. and New York St. today. Anderson was driving south on Beville Ave., and Betrner was driving west on New York St. Both machines were damaged. ADA GILLMORE WANTED Missouri Authorities Are Granted Extradition Papers by Governor. Papers for the extradition to Missouri of Ada Gillmore, 1328 N. Senate Ave., charged with forgery of a will, were signed today by Governor McCray. She was to be in police court this afternoon on a fugitive charge and was expected to be turned ever to Missouri authorities. Sparks Cause S3OO Fire Sparks on the roof caused a tire resulting in S3OO damage today at the home of T. J. Frick, 131S MarJo lew Ave. The residence is a one and one-half story frame building.

‘CU CLUX’ STIRS WAR MOTHERS

HAYES CHARGES ! INEFFICIENCY 10 AUOITORS OFFICE Leo Fessler Accused of Not Keeping Separate Record on Road Action, Charge that no separate record of county commissioners' action on roads ! was kept, was made by Joseph G. Hayes, former county commissioner. -at the Keystone Ave. road hearing j before the commissioners today, ltayes refused to swear to testimony, saying there was no official record in the office of Leo K. Fesler, county auditor, with which to corroborate* his * memory as to orders and changes. Hayes offered to introduce a resolution h tried to have the board of I commissioners pass in 1919 calling on Fesler to repay the county the $35 he is allowed for keeping road records. “Tiu-re are $2,000,000 worth of free gravel 10' ds in -Marion County and the auditor has kept no record In the separate book required by law." said Hayes. Fesler said lie was keeping the record of each road separately, and -intended to have them all bound in one big b ok. “1 don’t remember of any State board of accounts report about it," said Fesler. "We kept the record our way, instead of to suit Hayes.” This hearing to find out who made j the Keystone Ave Rd. go wrong is | tho result of sueh bookkeeping," said j Hayes WOMAN IS HURT IN AUTO CRASH Avoids Approaching Car and Hits One at Curb, Facing a head on collision with an | approaching automobile, or a carsh 1 into a empty machine parked at the j curb 101 lay, Mrs C. l\ Hoover. 1230 (Vntral Ave . chose the latter. Results: .Sin* suffered body bruises and cuts on her forehead Her ear 1 turned over and was wrecked. The parked ear. belonging to Julius j Billo, 885 N. Beville Ave . was j knocked forty feet and badly daniI aged. Walter D. Baker. 1543 Park Ave.. who was in the approaching car, escaped. DRINKING ON TRAINS WILL BRING ARREST j Orders Sent Out to All Prohibition Agents by Yetloivly. ! By I'n it rd fir,-** WASHINGTON. March 27—Orders have gone forth to Federal prohibition agents t<> arrest any one seen drinking intoxicating liquor <>n railway trains. An official note to that effect was addressed to all general prohibition agents,” by E. E. Yeliowly, chief of Federal prohibition agents here. CITY PARKS DISCUSSED Gyro ( lull Told of Development of Boulevards. Mayor Shank discussed the boulevard | and park plans of the city at the | luncheon of the 'Gyro Club at the : Hotel Lincoln today. A number of j Boy Scouts were entertained in con- ! noction with Scout week. Charles Hansen, organist of the Second Pres j byterian Church, played a number of I selections on the pipe organ. The j boosters were Jack Fehsenfeld, William Doeppers and JR. C. Hiller. Thermos Inventor Dead By United Press LONDON, March 27.—Sir James Dewar, famous scientist, inventor of the thermos bottle, died today.

PARIS MOURNS AT BIER OF ‘DIVINE SARAH’

By United Press PARIS, March 27. —Those who loved Sarah Bernhardt in life were admitted to see her in the repose of death this afternoon. At 2 o’clock the doors of the actress’ house wore thrown open, and crowds moved up candlelighted stairways to ihe dark-j enerf death chamber. “The "divine Sarah" might have been acting once more the death scene from “Camille" so still and peaceful she lay. A crucifix surmounted tho white lace bed, which was heaped high with white lilacs, roses and lilies. Bernhardt’s white hair was undone and lay across the coverlet. A brilliant spot of carmine on her

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Resigns as Head of Patriotic Body IPt 7 tP-Ti V >A - DOUGLASS BARR Here Is New Marble Prize Marble players of Indianapolis— J>o von know the boy or giri who wins the city marble chain pionship in The Times tournament will lie sent to Atlantic City with his or her father or- > p ~y hi the national tournament? The district tournaments have been called off, and as a result the city champion is sure to be sen* to Atlantic City with ail expenses paid. l’. sides. The Times will give a tine bicycle to the city champion. The sehoolhouse games which were to have been played this week have been postponed be- . ittse of the bigger new program. The new schedule will be an noum-ed later. BIG CIRCUS AWAIIS TIMES CARRIERS More Than 900 Will Frolic as Sahara Grotto’s Guests, Conte on, fellers, you are going to have a grand and glorious time tonight. It’s circus night for more titan 900 carriers of Tin- Indianapolis Times. Members of the Sahara Grotto remember when they were young and that a circus in town was a great t vent.. Tile Grotto this week is pre renting an indoor circus at the Coliseum at the .State fairground. The Grotto has invited every Times carrier and helper to be the guests of the circus tonight The boys will meet at 3:45 at Th - Times office and inarch to Maryland anil Meridian Sts., v here special street cars will take them to the circus. It's goin’ to be a hot time in the old town tonight for The Times boys. CONDITION OF GEORGE GOULD IS SERIOUS Millionaire May Not Live, Physicians Fear. By I nit id Press MENTON, France. Mat it 27.—The condition of George J. Gould, iliat 1 his villa here, continues serious today. There lias been no change and it is feared Gould may not live. ‘YOUNG ELOPERS' SOUGHT Police YsUed to Interrupt I-afayette Romance. Police today were asked to interrupt an “elopement” provided they could find Kenneth Brennbauch, 17, and Georgia Kirkpatrick, 1(5, both of Lafayette. They disappeared Monday and ore believed to have come here to marry. Claude Beisel of Lafayette telephoned local officers.

breast was the cross and ribbon of the Legion of Honor, highest decoration within the power of France to bestow. hi the street great crowds gathered, staring in sympathy at the great brick walls that harbored the crushed flowei of France, |)teir modern Joan D’Are and the greatest actress of all time. They’ came at tlie rate of 150 an hour to pay homage at her shrine of death. Early ibis morning government officials. cabinet members and those of highest estate in the land called at the residence. The subject of a state funeral was discussed among relatives. No definite decision was made. Later members of the family started removing the movie scenery from the living room to whloS> the body will be brought. It will lie In state so that

LAFAYETTE MAN CHOSEN AS GAS TAX COLLECTOR Bracken Names Charles C,j Benjamin Chief of New Division, Charles C. Benjamin of Lafayette j today was appointed chief of the division of gasoline fee collection by Robert Bracken, State auditor, under i whose control he will operate. Ben-' jamin will take office about April 13. ■ Collection of the 2-cent fee on all gasoline used for the propulsion of motor vehicles will not begin until June 1. but organization of the division will require considerable time, Bracken said. Benjamin is a Democrat. He has ] served ;ts deputy collector of internal revenue in the Terre Haute district, also with* the income tax division, and during tiie war was in charge of the sales tux collection at Terre Haute. Selection of assistants will be entirely in Benjamins hands. Bracken announced. Maintenance of the new division until June 1. when the law goes into effect, thereby allowing it to bes :£ sustaining, is provided in a $2 >0 emergency appropriation. Bracken sat, he believed systematic collection i of the fees from gasoline distributing firms instead of from consumers and retailers would minimize the number of collection agents. SHEAR GAMBLERS GET BANKERS’ AID Illinois Congressman Blames Federal Board, By I mt)il Press WASHINGTON, March 27.—Charging the Federal Reserve Board, by financing speculators, is responsible for increased sugar prices. Representative King, Illinois, member of the banking and currency committee, today demanded the board force banks to quit aiding sugar speculators. "If tho Federal Reserve Board refused to rediscount further notes and acceptances based on sugar transac- j tions."hnd ordered banks not to aid in financing sugar speculation, the price of sugar would drop at once," King said. SECOND RECESS IN HERRIN TRIAL CALLED Illness in Family of Juror Is Cause of Adjournment. By United Press MARION, 111., March 27.—A second adjournment was taken today in the second Herrin massacre, trial because of serious illness in the family of George Moliler, one of the jurors. Judge D. T. Hartwell ordered court to convene Wednesday. LADIES INVITED BY VETS Rainbow Division Plans Jolly Time at .Meeting Wednesday Evening. Ladies' night will be observed by the Rainbow Division Veterans Association Wednesday night. The meeting will be held at the Courthouse in Superior Court, Room 3. Feminine relatives and friends of the veterans will be guests of honor. POISON VICTIMS RALLY Girls Recovering Rapidly at City Hospital From Effects. City hospital authorities were ceitain today that the suicide pact entered into by Miss Elsie Marcum, 18, and Mrs. Viola Johnson, 19, both of 116 S. Noble St., had failed. The girls will lie able to return home in a few days, hospital authorities said, o-

the rich and poor and unfortunate admirers may review it. A rosewood casket, which Bernhardt had purchased years ago in the wish that she might be buried in it, was brought from the upper floor of the house. It is being lined with white silk. In It she had posed for death twenty-flve years ago. In the subways and boulevards throughout Paris, little groups were gathered reading eagerly from the morning newspapers which euloged her as “the symbol of modern France." The prints stressed her great sincereity, her marvelous energy and her love for their common country. The death of the great actress last night was as strange as her life. For hours she fought off the effects of the poison stealthy through her body like a dlug. with the

Forecast FAIR and colder tonight and Wednesday. Lowest temperature tonight about 25 degrees.

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President of Indiana Organization Steps Down for Other Reasons, WOMEN EXPRESS VIEWS One Tells of Opposition to Secret Society Endeavors, Members of tle Indiana War Mothers apparently are divided over the question of the Ladies’ Cu-Clux Clan, a secret organization. At a meeting of the executive committee Monday evening, the resignation of the Rev. Daisy Douglass Barr of Newcastle, president of the Indiana. War 1 Mothers, was accepted, it bej came known today. According to Mrs. Alice M. French, I gold star mother, and a member of j Founders’ chapter, a number of members of the organization had strongly disapproved of Mrs. Barr’s reported efforts in organizing a “woman’s CuClux Clan,” along with her duties as | president of their organization. The resignation stated Mrs. Barr’s | evangelical duties and her plans to go | abroad this summer made it impossible for her to give the proper attention to the affairs of the State War Mothers. Majority Not in Favor Mrs. French today said: “The majority of the members are not in favor of a woman’s secret organization to correspond to the KuKlux Klan and at any rate do not favor Mrs. Barr using our time and our organization for this purpose. “Some time ago Mrs. Barr and her followers attempted to incorporate the secret society under the laws of Indiana. but I do not believe they have succeeded.” At the home of her son, Thomas Birr, apartment 6. Thirteenth and Broadway, it was said Mrs. Barr was ! cut of city and would return Satiurday. Mrs John Huntington of Bloomington. first vice president, was elected to fill Rev. Barr’s office, and Mrs. j Henry Pearson of Bedford was electi ed first vice president. Not to Our Notice Mrs. Huntington said: “The matter ’of Mrs. Barr's efforts in behalf of a woman's Cu-Clux Clan was not i brought to our notice at yesterday’s meeting, but we accepted her resigna- | tion for the reasons her letter stated.” A meeting of the executive commit- | tee with representatives from thirtyfour chapters over the State was held today at the Y. W. C. A. with Mrs. ; Huntington presiding. CHRISTIAN LIFE " URGED BY PASTOR Rev, W, G, Everson Makes Plea ‘to Play Square, 1 Anew message of Easter Sunday was revealed by the Rev. W. G. Everj son of the First Baptist Church of Muncie, at today’s noon Lenten meeting at Keith’s. "Go out and play the game as a real honest Christian,” declared Ever- ' son. “I think that is what the world ; needs today. That is what the shops, the stores. Europe need today. “Slip your hands in His, and play the game as a good soldier. Jesus I lived and died as only a God could i live and die.” The speaker drew a lesson from Christ’s heroic nature as shown in the events leading to the crucifixion. Women Burn to Deatfl By United Press DETROIT, March 27 —Two women inmates of (1 e insane asylum at Eloise, thirteen miles from here, were burned to death today when lire destroyed a building housing the women's psycopatliic ward. About 250 women were housed in t lie building.

great vitality which had enabled her to continue her work on the stage despite her 78 years, she fought off death. But the greatest strength finally prevailed, and site died at 8 o’clock last night. The performance at the L'Aiglon Theater, where Bernhardt had intend ed playing prior to her illness, was stopped in the middle of the first act, and the audience left, many weeping. Hundreds of cablegrams and messages of condolence poured into the residence. Great banks of white lilacs —the flower she most loved —decorated the walls in the home. Mourners passed into the house to sign the register of friends, which she had always kept. The first American to sign waa Arthur Ainsworth and his wife, of Grand (Continued nn Page 11}