Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 278, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1923 — Page 2

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LYONS, UNDER FIRE AS EMLANSMAN, WILL NOT QUIT POl

WILLIAMS, HELD IN CALIFORNIA, WANIS JAIL TERM ‘OVER’ Former Local Auto Dealer Is Caught in San Diego After Long Search. After two j ears of vain endeavor to evade United States officials, W. D. "Pete” Williams was in jail today at San Diego, Cal., awaiting removal to Indianapolis. Williams, formerly a well known Indianapolis garage man, will be brought back next week by Linus P. Meredith, United States marshal, to serve a six months sentence for conspiracy to violate the liquor laws imposed by Judge Albert B. Anderson in 1919. In attempts to evade the sentence Williams carried the case to the Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Defeated in all legal battles he forfeited a $2,000 bond and disappeared in 1921. His wanderings, it v/as said took him to Cuba, the Bahamas, Mexico, Hawaii and finally to San Diego, where he was arrested last week. Wiliams admitted his identity Friday, according to telegrams received by Federal authorities, and said he wanted to get back to Indianapolis and “get it offer.” Williams and his son Az°l were convicted of violating the Heed amendment, which forbid transportation of liquor from a wet State into t dry one. This was before the national prohibtiion amendment became effective.

MNmiEO Delbert Willham Held for Injury to Boy. When Delbert Willham, 19, of 450 E. Parkway Ave., came to police headquarters today to report an accident in which the automobile he was driving struck Walter Priller, 14, of 34 Karcher St.. Friday, Willham was arrested on charges of assault and battery and failing to stop after an accident. Priiler's left leg was broken. He is improving at St. Francis Hospital. The accident occured at Union and Palmer Sts. Willham stopped, but left before police arrived, it was said. Willham said he was driving for his father, who is ill, and did not wait for police after the accident because he wanted to rush his parent home. MODEL'S‘ANGEL’ IS QUESTIONED Two Society Men Also Quizzed in Murder Case. By United Press NEW YORK, March 31. —Two men, one from the peak of American aristocracy, the other from a considerably lower level, whose lives were tangled with that of Dorothy King, murdered "Broadway butterfly,” were to be brought face to face todav in the office of District Attorney Peeora. J. Kearsley Mitchell, Philadelphia millionaire clubman, was questioned again concerning his relations with the slain artists’ model. Albert E. Gulmars, who was befriended by Miss King, was to be present. Peeora hoped by checking up the stories of the two men to gain a further clew to the murder. Francis Keenan, the dead girl’s brother, has admitted applying to Draper Daugherty, son of the United States attorney general, for a job in the Department of Justice. This followed Keenan's discovery that Draper Daugherty was friendly with his sister. Miss King’s real name was Keenan.

DAUGHTER AND SONS SURVIVE JOHN ULRICH Funeral of Designer Set for 2:30 p. ra. Monday. John Ulrich, 70, designer of the frieze in the Riley room of the Claypool, died Friday at his home. 530 J 2. Thirty-Third St. The funeral will be held at the home at 2:30 p. m. Monday, with burial in Crown Hill cemetery. Mr. Ulrich was bom in Germany in 1853, coming to this country when 20 He studied photography, lithography and design in Germany. Coming to Indianapolis, he became an employe of the William Burford Company. He served them forty-seven years. Surviving are four sons. Paul, Lculs. Walter and Oscar, and one daughter, Mrs. Elsa Sputh, all of Indirvhapdlls. PRISON SENTENCE FIXED Charles Barnett Receives One to Three Years for Desertion. When Judge Collins of Criminal Court today sentenced Charles Barnett. 38, to one to three years in the Indiana State prison for child desertion his wife, Mary Barnett, who had caused prosecution, screamed and beat upon a table. Their child Is six years old. Barnett was arrested In Dayton, Gnio several days ago. Authorities were told he had another wife there

Volunteer Sleuths Hope to ‘Clean-Up’ Sullivan

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LEFT TO RIGHT—NEWMAN BUY, H. J. RIDGEWAY. CHARLES BRILEY. GEORGE R. WATSON. HE I SCHEL WENCE.

These are five of the nine members of the Sullivan County Protective Association, a branch of the National Horse Thief Detective As-

UNION LABOR IST KEEP OUT OF WEST VIRGINIA, IS ADVICE Industrial Freedom in Coal Fields Should Be Watched, Speaker Says. “Industry in America owes It to West Virginia mines to recognize them as a stronghold that must never be taken by union labor.” President Stanley Whitworth of th* local branch of the National Metal Trades Association said today, discussing the meeting of the association, to be held at the Claypool next Friday. The labor situation in West Virginia coal fields is to be discussed at the meeting. “The Struggle for Industrial Freedom in the Non-Union Coal Fields of West Virginia” is to be the subject of E. L. Greever. Tazewell. Va. Greever is general counsel for non-union coal operators. Four thousand Invitations for the dinner have been Issued by Secretary A. J. Allen. Formal announcements state that “the first big industrial clash of 1923 Is expected to materialize In the non-union fields of West Virginia.” The metal trades association comprises more than 1,000 manufacturers of metal products in the United States and Canada. The Indianapolis Branch includes about sixty firms in Indiana. Officers are: Stanley Whitworth, president; William M. Taylor. vice president; Lucius M. Wainvvright, treasurer' Andrew J. Allen, secretary, executive committee: H. G. Myers, Alfred Kauffmann, Harvey G. Shafer, Arthur R. Baxter, • George O. liocKwood and O. B. lies. The eleventh branch district committee is composed of C. C. Hanch, chairman. Connersville; A. C. Seiberling, Kokomo; R. P. Johnson. Muncie; D. E. Ross, Lafayette; George M. Dickson, Indianapolis.

PHONE ACCOUNTS TO BE PRESENTED Commission’s Audit Will Be Factor in Rate Case, Audit of accounts of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company, prepured by the public service commission, will be presented Monday when Investigation by the commission Is resumed. Harry Boggs, chief accountant of the commission, will offer the audit. Presentation of cases in different cities where the Indiana Bell operates will be given by local representatives, commissioners said. Communication from public service commissions, or similar bodies, In forty-one different States are on file at-offices of the Indiana commission. Without, variance representatives of other commissions indicate sympathy with the Indiana body in its case against the Indiana Bell, according to the commission. The situation in Kansas, wherein the commission has pressed a case against the Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph Company Is practically identical with that in Indiana. ASSIGNMENTS MADE IN ORGANIZED RESERVES J. F. Taulbee Issues Orders to Officers. Orders issued today by J. F. Taulbee, acting chief of staff of the 84th Division, United States Army, call for numerous assignments and attachments in the newly created Organized Reserves, composed of former officers in the World War. The orders: First Lieutenant WJiliam P Marsh, Winimac. report by letter to Lieut. Coi. O. B. Ki'ker. .-oninianiUne c*26th F. A. Warsaw; Second Lieutenant H. L. Newsom. Valparaiso, report by letter to Capt. Norman H. 9a iwaw, La Porte: Second Lieutenant R. H. Heckman, Plymouth, report by letter to Capt. Daniel Kelly. Win'mac, i-ommundinK Company G. 33Hth Infantry: First Lieutenant Charles J. Gregory, Indianapolis, report 1 • ’etl/r to Lieut. Col Hurry L. Arnold, Terre Haute, commanding yuartermasU r Section. Headquarters 64 th Division; Sergeant F A. Moore. Vincennes,, report by letter ,tn 32" th Hospital CompanjL 300th Medical Regiment, commanded by: Major Paul Hi.oee. Sullivan; Private H. J Pate promot- , . t ,. a noy in Flight B. 30P|h Observation Snundron Air Service f

sociation, who captured three alleged liquor law violators at Riverton Thursday night. They took their prisoners, Ab White and wife and Carl Burnett, to the Federal

PETER LAUGHLIN DEAD Former Columbus Man Expires in Colorado—Funeral Here. Word has been received here of the death of Peter Laughlin, 76, formerly of Columbus, Ind., in Pueblo, Colo., where he had lived for about thirty years. Mr. T-aughlin’s daughter, Mrs j Lawrence G. Geis, Eleventh and Pennsylvania Sts., was at his bedside. She will bring the body to Indianapolis for burial in Crown Hill cemetery. The funeral will be held Monday after noon at the John F. Reynolds chapel, 950 N. Pennsylvania St. WAR DEPARTMENT WILL INVESTIGATE RANDLE'S CHARGES Karns Secures Promise of Weeks to Air Ft, Houston Facts, Secretary of War Weeks today nr dered an Investigation Into charges that the character of Mrs Agnes Karns Randle, wife of Capt Edwin If Randle of Ft. Sam Houston. Texas, ha dbeen defamed by Col A. L Con per of Ft Houston, according to word received here Louis A Karns 4717 Guilford Ave . brother of Mrs Randle, t-1.-graphed the information to fits wife from Washington, where be saw W*-eks to day. The secretary told him he had received a letter from Mrs Randle and had ordered the investigation. Captain and Mrs. Randle are suing Colonel Conger for SIOO,OOO damages Mrs Randle formerly lived m Indian apolls. The inquiry will be made by the inspector general’s office of the War Department, dispatches said. Colonel Conger, making a deposl tion In the case, denied he defamed Mrs. Randle's character, according to dispatches from San Antonio, Texas. He admitted advising Captain Randle to resign, after investigation of a party given by the Randles, but said he did not teil him he must separate from his wife.

AUTO UPSETS; GIRL Juanita Martin, 20, of Kokomo, Pinned Under Car, fti / Timm Special LOGANSPORT, Ind., March 31. Juanita Martin, 20, of Kokomo, was drowned and five other young people were slightly injured when an automobile in which they were returning from a dance in this city, went over an eight foot embankment and overturned in a small creek Friday night. Miss Martin was pinned underneath the car and could not be removed by her companions. Other members of the party wore Donald Rhodes, Herman Stout, Harold Aikman, Dorothy Woods and E len Harris, all of Kokomo. The car is thought to have hit fresh gravel, causing tiie driver to lose control. Store Managers .Meet Business policies and methods were discussed at a meeting of managers of the Martin Rosenberger Wall Paper Stores at the Claypool. Attending were Martin Rosenberger, A. Neiman, J. Saunders and C. Webster, all of Cincinnati: W. E. Otte, Louisville; P. Hovery, Richmond; L. Reiselman, Dayton, Ohio; Miss C. Voelker, Hamilton, Ohio; E. Eichhorn, Covington, Ky., and John Rosenberger and Henry Willig of Indianapolis. Implement Firm Incorporates Incorporation of the H. F. Zent Company, Inc., Indianapolis, to do a wholesale and retail business in agricultural implements, was announced today. Capital is $50,000. Incorporators are Howard F. Zent, 2007 N. Talbott Ave., Daniel T. Riser, Cumberland, and Harry B. Thompson, 2542 N. New Jersey St. Offices are at 207 i Mansur building.

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building Friday. The prisoners were turned over to Federal prohibition authorities. The volunteers said they Intend to “clean up” Sullivan County.

RUSSIA DEAL TO CLEMENCY PLEAS FOR CHURCH HEAD Vicar General Budkevich Must Die on Charge of Treason, Bu United Press MOSCOW, March 31.—The Russian : government turned a deaf car today , to world wide appeals for clemency of Vicar General Budkevich, sentenced j to die for treason and resistance to l the soviet system. Official attitude toward the case 1 of the Roman Catholic, prelate Is that his crime was absolutely unpardonable, because he assured Poland of his Iryalty, although he was a Russian j in the Government’s eyes. Further j more. It is stated, the vicar general ! v ,s In communication with Poles. I arranging plans for a counter J ievolution her* l , and was selling ; nationalized church property to i Poland. I Vicar General Budkevich was found i guilty of treason together v Archbishop /epliak. The latter’s death sente ■ e was commuted to t> t> ' \ears imprisonment. CAR TAKENAFTER ATTACKON OWNER Kenneth Waggoner, 1350 E. Minnesota St., was attacked by three men, his automobile key stolen and his cat j stolen in front of a poolroom at ; Orange and Shelby Sts., police were told todaj^. | Waggoner told police ho ran after | the car. bus was unable to catch the j men. He said they were Arthur All | stead, Olive and Palmer Sts.; Casey Wright, Pleasant Run Dr. and St. | Peter St., and Don White, Orange an, | Earth Sts., according to officers. CHARGES MOTHER TURNED

John Connor Asks for SO,OOO Dam ag s in Suit. Charges that ids mother, Mrs. El len Connor, 1342 Olive St., turned against him after he had supported imr and her other children for twenty five years, were made by John Connoi in a suit for $9,000 liled in Circuit Court today. Connor alleges that his mother promised that if lie would stay with her she would give him the old home stead and a vacant 10t..| He built a house on the lot, he says. In 1920 she repudiated the promise and sold the homestead, he charges. Connor says he kept both houses in repair, paid the taxes and cared for his mother since IS9B. CITY BAND IS ORGANIZED The Indianapolis police and firemen's band is being re organized to play for municipal events, William T. Bailey, assistant city attorney, announced today. The band will be composed of about forty policemen and firemen, A police band was organized in 19 4, but was disbanded in 1918. Lieut. Samuel Geddes, secretary of the police pension fund, who directed the police band, will be in charge of the new organization. Levinson Incorporates Articles of Incorporation were issued today by Ed Jackson, Secretary of State, to Harry Levinson, Incorporated, of Indianapolis, dealers in hats and caps. Incorporators are Harry Levinson, Frank Levinson and Frank Bamberger of Indianapolis. One thousand shares of common stock, no par value, are to be issued. McAdoo Indorses Thompson Up Unit' and Pres* DENVER. Colo., March 31.—William G. McAdoo today sided In partially at least with his father-in-law, Ex-President Woodrow Wilson, In the matter of recommending a successor to the late Upited States Senator Samuel Nicholson, by indorsing Huston Thompson. Wilson's choice.

Republican Officeholders Amazed by Publication of Documents —Local Pastor, Listed as Ku-Klux Member, Defends Americanism,

Lawrence Lyons will not resign as Republican State chairman in response to a demand from factions within the Indiana G. O. P. which followed his withdrawal from the KuKlux Klan and his denunciation of the "invisible empire,” he said in a telephone conversation from his home at Brook, Ind., today. Lyons said he will retain the office c.f chairman and he expects the Republican State committee to take no action in the matter, which he considers a "closed incident.” Lyons said that final judgment of the people will exonerate him from blame either within the party ranks or within the Ku-Klux Klan. “I was led to believe I would be able to gain some particular advantage for the Republican organization and was urged by many people to j join the Ku-Klux Klan for this reason,” he said. “As soon as I realized the purpose of the Klan, I felt, as a true American citizen l should have my name withdrawn from their records and have requested them to do so. “So far as T know, I am the only cue who has thus far publicly de- j dared an intention to withdraw. “It is my opinion that when judg- 1 ment Is finally passed on my action, I it will meet with approval of all fair- I minded, liberty-loving citizens of India na.” Lyons, over the telephone, said he j did not know when he would be in : Indianapolis. A dispatch to The Times from Washington indicates Republicans | there feel it will be necessary for Lyons to resign. It was stated friends of Postmaster General Harry S. New have been urging him to permit a fight to comp-1 the resignation of Lyons, who opposed the appointment , of New to the Cabinet. The dispatch said the Ku-Klux incident may be used for this purpose. No meeting of the State commit tee has been scheduled, but tt Is possible the Lyons affair will be dis cussed officially at the next session. Lyons admitted the correctness of; a telegram of resignation from the ; klan and a letter to tho American I Unity League denouncing the klan as j un-American. Both are printed ,n the current Issue of Tolerance, an antiKlan publication. Prominent ministers included in a list of reputed Klan members printed bv Tolerance Issued statements. Republicans Concerned Lyons’ action has caused a stir in Indiana political circles. Some ob- *- or vers , < x pressed the opinion it will csult In tho Ku-Klux Klan being made an open political issue. <!. O. P. office holders looked upon Die publication of the documents with amazement. F w hesitated to ' xpress the opinion that Lyons had “pulled a boner" in joining the organization and then discussing his estimation with those who would make it public. While politicians of both leading parties have expressed the opinion That the K!an has been powerful ‘n Indiana elections, they also hav, imped it would never become an open -up. If was pointed out that Governor McCray, close friend and political sponsor for Lyons, has repeat, -.!y .-x pressed opposition to the Klan and hat opinions on the subject has caused some division among State officials. Orbison's Name Heads List The anti klan magazine prints a long list of names of Indianapolis persons who. It says, are members of the klan. Heading this list la the name of Charles J Orhison, former Superior Court judge and an active I 'emocrat. The magazine says, re furring to Grbison: “lie is assistant, to Imperial Giant Stephenson, who was formerly King Kleagle of the Realm of Indiana.” Orblson refused to comment today. Lyons' telegram of resignation was iddressed to "Freeman and Stewart, are of Hnrbison Pharmacy, Eleventh St. and College Ave. It reads: “Some thirty days ago I was In diced to Join tho Ku-Klux Klan hrough misrepresentation. Since my ■ction 1 am convinced that your organization is wrong and un-American iri its principles and purposes. Accept this as resignation from this un\merican organization, and I demand hat you take my name from tho roster at once.”

Dated March 27 The telegram was dated March 27. 'flic letter to the American Unity League bears the same date. It says; "I am a firm believer in our Government, as it Is now constituted, believing that all men are equal before the law and the right to a trial by Jury of his peers, and the right to worship Almighty God In whatever may he may deem fit. The Ku-Klux Klan, according to their oath and constitution, does not conform with these principles. Being a man of conservative ideas and a lover of freedom, I can not help but at this time make my position plain with the people of my State.” “Nobody Else's Business” “If I belong to the Klan, it is my business and nobody else’s,” the Rev. George S. Henninger, one of the ministers listed by Tolerance as Klansmen, said. "I have never taken any oath in my life such as ascribed to the Klan by Tolerance. As for Lyons, I have nothing but supreme contempt for such a man. "I do not believe in mob violence or In hurting the colored races. I believe in the right of a Catholic to worship according to the dictates of his conscience. Opposes Parochial School "I am opposed to any Interference with the public school system, either by Methodists or Catholics. T am opposed to accepting the parochial school ns a substitute for our public school system. I am opposed to any interference by Protestant, Jew or Catholic in our splendid governmental system. “I belong to the Masons and well know the insidious thrusts made at that organization. I believe in it with all my heart and If for these beliefs I

Answer "The statement of Lawrence Lyons that the oath of the Ku-Klux Klan is un-American is an absolute falsehood,” the Rev. William H. pastor of the Wesley Chapel, whose name was listed In Tolerance, an antiKlan publication, as a member of the organization, said today. “I would he willing to submit the oath to a jury of Roman Catholics on the question of its Americanism. The Methodist Church has the smallest number of ministers in the Klan of any of the Protestant churches. “Os course, no one can reveal his membership In the Klan without permission.”

am indicted as being a Klansman, then I belong to the Klan. Some of the best friends I have in Indianapolis are among the Catholic, colored and Jewish people. “I am a poor man. but I well remember what Wrigley did to Tolerance in Chicago. ’ The Rev. Philip S. May. pastor of the Fountain St. Methodist Church, listed as a member of the Klan, refused to make a statement. The Rev. Ray A. Ragsdale. pastor of the Bright.wood Methodist Church, also refused to talk.

ASSAILANT HELD AT KNIFE WOUND THREATENS DEATH Raymond White's Condition Critical—Warren Thompson Admits Cutting, “I didn't have any business sticking a knife in him. I was just nervous that was all. It Just started over joking." This was the statement of Warren i'l hompson. 35, colored, 2447 Massachusetts Ave., today after he had been arrested charged with cutting Raymond Whit". 22, white. 325 Beauty I Ave., early today at Klngan’s plant, i White is In a serious condition at I tho city hospital. 11,* suffered a cut in tho lower part of the abdomen ex tending more than six inches 'r. length, physicians said he had a slight chane* to recover. Runs Down Stairway Following the cutting Thompson ran down the stairway, hut was stopped and arrested by William Smith, special police officer, who disarmed him. Sergeant Dean and the emergency squad investigated. Thompl son and White told much the same i story. Thompson said It started over joking. White said "we were just kidding." Then the joking and kidding led to cursing and the cutting. “Get out of the way." witnesses said Thompson ordered as he passed a number of men near the locker i room. Starts Over Argument "What Is it to you if we don’t get out of your way." White was said to have answered. The men con- ' tinned to argue as they entered the I locker room. White carried a bundle j containing his coat, apron, and butcher knives, but all agree that he put this on top of a locker before the cutting occurred. Thompson drew his pocketknlfe as h and White continued to curse each other. White said: "Put up your knife and I'll fight you fair.” Hj repeated this three times, and then Thompson admits he cut him, police say. Thompson Is married. His wife, he said, is 111. He has worked for the company eleven months. White has been employed at the Kingan plant since November Thompson was charged with assault and battery w ; :h intent to kill and vagrancy, and Is held under a $5,000 bond.j

FIRM PUZZLES POLICE R, C. Hazen, 914 Ashland Ave,, Covered With Blood, Police today investigated circumstances surrounding the fir ding of R. C. Hazen, 914 Ashland Ave., in an inti rurban waiting station at ThirtyEighth St. and Ritter Ave., He was covered with blood. Mrs. Hazen said her husband had been accustomed to j walking, and had left home Friday night. WOMAN HELD WHEN MONEY DISAPPEARS Florence Wiidhack Charged With Vagrancy by Police. Detectives today questioned Florence Wlldhaak, 81, of No. 7, the Millikan apartments, who was arrested Friday night on a charge of vagrancy. According to police Miss Wildhack was a friend of Rudolph Volderauer, before he was arrested for operating a blind tiger, police say. According to the story told the officers by Volderauer, he expected to be arrested and left a trunk containing a sum of money for bond in Miss Wildhack’s possession. When ho was arrested ho called for Miss Wiidhack to come to his assistance, but she ant the money had disappeared. detective,, sold.

Enters U niversity as Husband*s Pupil

Mrs. Parke F. Koibe (above) has entered as a regular student, Akron University, where her husband (below) has been president ten years. She's majoring in home economics. SIX INSPECTORS NAMED FOR CITY Board of Works Lets Paving Contracts, Six new inspectors have been appointed in the city engineering department for spring and summer municipal Improvement work. Inspectors appointed by the board of public works Friday: Charles Richardson, 1005 Bate St.; James H. Wilson. 1542 S. New Jersey St.; John Ray, 259 S. Sherman Dr.; B. F. Wright, box 561. R. It. C: Lowell Simms, 468 Division St., and Leßoy Donley, 158 S. Denny St. The board let these contracts: Pratt St . between I.a Salie ami Tuxedo Pts.. paving with asphaltic concrete I’mon A i-n ’lt *,. ''ruction Company. 83.75 a fir: i! f.M • *■l at SI OOP 60: llolmee Ave., between Walnut and Tenth 5t., aspha’tlr • - tc. M msfirid Km; na-crins Company. - , >;o fl u.s~ 7’.'; Adams St. between la f.-v.ct Av and Twenty-Fifth St. a-t----phsltir com rete. Ss.tr> $16.166 72: Taro:.a Arc., between Tenth St. and Brook!<le Parkway, south drive, asphalt. Indiana A-'hait Paving- Company. $.">.96. $lO.027.97, and Cornelius Av. between Fortieth and Forty-Second Sts., two-course concrete, Columbia Construction Company. $4 80. $13,039.60. Plans were ordered for permanent improvement of: California St., between New York St. and Indiana Ave.: Arrow Ave., between Roosevelt Ave and Valley Dr.: first alley east of Broadway, between Tenth and Eleventh Sts.: first nlVv east of Sutherland Ave.. between Thirty First St. and Sutherland Ave.: first alley cast of Spruce St., from l.exincfor Ave. and the firs: alley south: Fifty-Third St., from Pennsylvania St. to the Monor tracks, and Church St., between McCarty and Miyri* Sts

POISON VICTIM !S FIGHIING FOR LIFE Auto Victim Also Reported in Serious Condition, A poison victim and a victim of an automobile accident were in a critical condition at she city hospital today. Gladys Bennett, 22. of 703 N. Trerr.cnt Ave . who drank poison Friday shortly after she had .been released from city prison on a bond for vagrancy. was near death. The act was committed at the home of John Gross of Apartment No. 11, the Delrnac, at 221 W. Vermont St. Helen Thompson, 13, of 1237 Nordyke Ave., has a skujl fracture suffered in an automobile accident Thursday. Stripped of Clothes Up United /‘reus Mt'NCIE, lnd., March 31.—William Williams, 33, was stripped of all his clothing when it caught in a winding core at the local wire mill. He suf sered a broken leg and internal in Juries.

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TWO WIVES CLAIM 35,000 ESTAIi OF FORTIER i| Double Life Extending for Years Is Bared in Fulton 1 County Court, By Times Special ■ ROCHESTER, Ind., March 31.— M “double life” extending over a period of twenty years was bared in Fulton Circuit Court when two women laid claim to the $35,000 estate of John Bartlett, formerly chef at Culver Military Academy. Wife No. 1, Emily Bartlett, of Columbus. Ohio, says she married Bartlett thirty-five years ago in England, came to this country with him and is the mother of his three children. Wife No. 2, Ellen Bartlett, of West Baden, hotel proprietress, says she lived with Bartlett twenty years: that hey were married and that it was through her efforts that he accumu| iated his estate. She had no edge of his previous marriage. Judge R. R. Carr will decide the issue.

HENRY HENSCHEN FUNERAL IS SET Os ner of Boot and Shoe Shop Dead at 70, The boot and shoe shop at 121S 3. Meridian St., over which Adam Henry Hensehen, 70, presided for years, is closed. Hensehen. who died Thursday. had been in ill health since November. His wife died last May. Mr. Hensehen came to America from Germany when 14. He had been in the boot and shoe business on the south side of Indianapolis for fifty years. The funeral wijl be held at 2 p. m, Monday at the Friends’ Evangelical Church. Surviving are six children: Harry W and Carl, Mrs. William A. Jenkins, Mrs. Edward Kappes and Mrs, Albert Fendley, all of Indianapolis, and Walter F. of Detroit. IPROVEfIENT OF * Highways Standing Up Under Heavy Traffic, The majority of State highways are in unusually good condition, John D. \\ illiams. directo- of the State highway commission, said today. Roads have held up much better than last season. A team was maintained by the commission at each break where traffic was likely to be held up. Reports of road conditions today: No. 1 (New Albany, Indianapolis, South Bend, Michigan Line) —Impassable between Seymour and Crothersville in wet weather. Detour via Dudleytown. No. 3 (National Road, Terre Haute, Indianapolis, Richmond) —Detour at Mt. Meridian suitable for two-ton trucks. Both lines of traffic use north detour, as south detour Is soft. No. 6 (Madison, Greensburg, Indianapolis, Lebanon, Montpelier)—Detour to east two miles out of Indianapolis account construction. Follow detour marks. No. 12 (Bicknell to Martinsville)— All water off road and route clear between Vincennes and Indianapolis. 1

AGED SUICIDE TO BE 1 BURIED HERE MONDAY Arthur Wilson, 61, Sick a Year, Takes Foison. The funeral of Arthur Wilson, 64, of 724 Ft. 'Wayne Ave., will be held at 2 p. rn. Monday at the McNeeley & Sons funeral parlors, 1828 N. Meridian St. Wilson died Friday at his home shortly after drinking poison. The body was found clutching the bottle which had contained the liquid, purchased a short time before from a neighboring drug store. The widow, Isabelle Wilson, told Coroner Robinson her husband had been almost bedfast -heady a year. Legion Meeting Postponed Because many members are interested in the Home Complete Exposition, opening Monday, the monthly meeting of Mcllvaine-Kothe Post, No. 153, American Legion, has been postponed from Monday evening to April 9.