Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 280, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1923 — Page 1

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POLICE SEEK EX-SUITOR IN KNIFE KILLING Romance of Fifteen Years Ends With Stabbing as Albert Smith Kisses Old Sweetheart, Then Plunges Bayonet in Her Throat —Girl, 10, Is Only Witness. Aftr he had killed Mrs. Theresa Perry, 42. of 729 Rochester Are., as the culmination of a love affairs of'fifteen years’ duration, according to police, Albert V. Smith, 32. of 2103 S. Meridian t r , was still at large today. Smith, police were told, appeared at Mrs. Perry’s home about o’clock Monday night, kissed her affectionately, and then plunged an old Army bayonet into her throat and into her breast. She died almost instantly. The assailant escaped through the front door, carrying the weapon with him. He left the scabbard behind. The scene was enacted in the presence of Jennie Genell Perry, 10, niece of Mrs. Perry, who watched as she hid behind a post on the stairwav.

Fifteen years ago, Fred E. Perry and Smith were “buddies,” relatives of Mrs. Perry said. They made a trip together to Denvei but Perry returned to Indianapolis first and fell in love with Theresa. Later Smith returned and was given a job in a restaurant operated by Jolyx C. Perry, Fred’s father. He also met Theresa and loved her. It Is said. But she and Perry were married and Smith left the city. Frequent Visitor at Perry Home After wandering in the West, at one time spending three days on the desert without food or water. Smith found himself in Seattle when the war started. He enlisted and was sent to Alaska. At the rtose of the war he returned to Indianapolis. Two years ago Perry went to Astoria, Ore. Smith was a frequent visitor at the Perry home and later went there to board. But another man appeared, a man whose Identity could not be learned, and Smith became insanely jealous, it was said. Some time ago he apd at the Perry home with a knife ireaiened to kill Mrs. Perry, her r-ln-law. Mrs. Jennie Louise and little Jennie, police say. Mrs. Jennie Louise Perry said Smith drew a knife across her throat and said he was going t , kill hr first, then all the rest and then himself. He was arrested Sept. 19. 1922. and sent to the State Farm for forty-five days on an affidavit sworn to by Mrs. Perry. Removes Pictures of Himself Smith lived with his uncle, Albert Smith. Sunday while his uncle and aunt were at the Cadle Tabernacle he took from the house every picture of himself, including snapshots' sent from Alaska, evidently in an effort to prevent Identification if caught following the crime ho planned to commit. the uncle said. At 7:45 o’clock Monday night he left his uncle's home. If- said goodby as if he expected to be gone a long time, the ttneie said. He must have gone directly to the Perry home. It was later discovered that he took from Ills uncle’s home a bayonet, sharpened to a razor edge, and used to cut bread while on camping trips. The scabbard found in the Perry home was the scabbard of this bayonet, police said. Borrows Money to Leave Town Some time after the crime was committed Smith appeared at the home of his brother, FVank Smith. 1219 W. Thirty Second St., told the brother he must leave town and asked him for money. Frank Smith said he had retired fehen his brother appeared. ‘Frank, I have got into trouble. Let me have some money,” he quoted Albert as saying. Frank Smith said he gave him either $6 or 18 and that Albert left. He said he was sleepy and did not notice Albert's appearance or whether there was any bloc! on his clothing. He said he did not ask Albert about the nature of his trouble. Jennie, after witnessing the killing, ran to the home of a neighbor and told the story. She said h aunt had prepared to retire when she heard a knock at the door. Mrs. Perry asked who was there and when told it was Smith she told him to go away. She said Smith tore a screen from a window, broke the giass and came in. She said Smith seized her aunt, kissed her while she struggled and told her she was going to die. The child said Smith then stabbed her aunt “with a long piece of glass which he took from the window.” Autopsy Reveals Struggle An autopsy revealed Mrs Perry must have struggled with all her strength with her opponent. There were deep cuts on her hands and arms as well as on other parts of the body. Police who visited the Perry home said they found blood and hair on a table and that there were bloody finger marks on the rear door where the assailant had attempted to escape. Albert Smith, uncle of Albert V. said he had remonstrated with nephew when the latter had ®nreatened to kill Mrs. Perry, but that the younger man had always replied. “There is only one time to die and 1 don't care when that time comes. " The uncle suits ids nephew was a “likeable fellow’ and that he was “not afraid of God nor the devil.” HOURLY TE M PER A T IKK. 6 a. m. 48 10 a. m 49 7 a. m 48 11 a. m 51 8 a. tn. 48 12 (noon) 53 A. b Ip, tn....—■ 4

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ELLIOTT HOPES 10 START WORK ON SEWER SOON New System Will Be Constructed in Sections —No Bids Received, Work on the proposed Fifty Eighth and Sixty-First Sts. main sanitary sewer In the north section of the city probably will be started about May 1, with a view toward completion In the fail, John L. Elliott, city engineer, said today. Because no bids were received the board of public works Monday rescinded action on a resolution for the original plans lulling for u contract job of 3310.000 and adopted plans for a SIBO,OOO sewer system. The original length of the system was 10.33 miles. The new plans call for a length of 2.3 R miles The main trunk will be along tho east side of the canal from lUlnoiis St. to Central Ave . wt.h two main branches, one in Fifty-Eighth St. from the canal to Winthrop Ave., and the other from the canal in Sixty-First -St. to Cornell Ave. This will lie built under- the SIBO,OOO contract. HUBBY IS FOUND IN WOMAN’S APARTMENT Estranged Wife Leads Police in Raid on Rival’s Home. By I nited Press CHICAGO, April 3.—Mrs. Mary Cutler Robbins, former wife of the son of the millionaire head of the Armour Car Company and Xoval C. Douglas, advertising man, will answer charges instigated by Mrs. Douglas, in morals court, April 10. , Mrs. Nadine C. Douglas, denounced by Mrs. Robbins, < x-Follies girl, led policemen in a second raid on the divorcee's apartment Ins! nigh,. The police said they found Douglas in pajamas and Mrs. Robbins in neglege. MURDER TRIAL IS OPENED Mrs. Anna Price Charged With Slaying Spouse. Os a special venire of fifty ordered by Criminal Judge James A. Collins for the trial of Mrs. Anna Price. 24, colored, 118 N. Liberty St., charged with second-degree murder, two on the list were found to be dead, one deaf and dumb, seven sick and fifteen could not he located, when the trial opened today. She is charged with murdering her husband. William Price. Nov 16, 1922.

TRADE UNION STRIKE HALTS CITY CONSTRUCTION WORK Dispute Over Wages and Hours Causes Walkout in Six % Brotherhoods —Officials See End Soon,

Building in Indianapolis was cur- j tailed today while members of six | local unions belonging to the Building Trades Council were on strike as a result of failure to reach an agreement with employers on new contracts. Striking unions are plasterers, painters, electricians, iron workers, lAthers and hoisting engineers. Agreements were reached by five unions: carpenters, cement • finishers, sheetmetal workers, plumbers and asbestos workers. New agrements which employers failed to sign included wage im reas. s, nd. in some cases, change in w.v k ing conditions. Work on many large buildings, as well as minor wo k has !• n stopped temporarily. Electrical workers are seeking a new graduated w r age scale with a minimum of sl.lO an hour, officials of the Electrical Workers’ Union said today. Approximately 175 electricians or* out. No estimate could be so-

Death House Where Assailant Murdered Woman While Niece Crouched on Stair Landing Near By

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LEFT. ABOVE. INTERIOR OF HOUSE WHERE MRS. THERESA PERRY WAS MURDERED, CROSS SHOWING WHERE BODY WAS FOUND, NEAR WINDOW THROUGH WHICH MURDERER ENTERED. RIGHT ABOVE, INTERIOR OF DEATH ROOM, CROSS SHOWING WHERE MRS. PERRY’S NIECE. JENNIE GENELL PERRY, CROUCHED.

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BRITISH EXPONENT OF LEAGUE SEEKS SUBSTITUTE PACT Lord Cecii Calls on Wilson, Hoping U. S, May Join, By I nited Pi • NEW YORK, .April 3.—Lord Robert f'-cll. for most British exponent of tin* League of Nations, will call upon Woodrow Wilson, its first sponsor, iri U ishitigton next week, and ask the funnel president if some substltu'' or modifie 1 form of ti; present society of nations may not bo found that will permit the United States to enter. "I have not come to this country to urge American participation in the league,” Cecil said, “but rather to explain to tic- people of the United States what conditions in Europe are today, and a k what they propose to do about it.” Lord Robert said. however. he would carry' to Mr. Wilson a most favorable report of tho present league’s accomplishments, of wnat i. considers the rehabilitation or Austria by far the most important. WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH Two Others Seriously Injured as Fire Destroys House. By United Press ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 3.—Mrw. Elizabeth Nicholson, 91. was burned to dca.tH and two other women were seriously Inn-' in a fire which destroyed n two-story brick residence here today. Property damage was estimated at $5,090.

cured today ot the total number of men out The strike will hi; over within a a few days, most of the union officials predicted. Meanwhile, employers axe pursuing a policy of watchful waiting, T. B. Hatfield, president of the Hatfield Electric Company and a member of the Building Contractors Association, said. "The electricians are asking an exorbitant wages.” he said. “We will not pay what they are asking. i believe the > dilic do, not want l<s to.’ rule- re -ineiii is reached . w employers will take the questions involved in tho slrik to the labor internationals for arbitration, Hatfield said. “The work now under progress will l,e completed some way, I am sure,” he said. Non-union labor will be used only as a last resort, he said.

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Two Boys Lose Lives for Kitten By I nited Press NEW YORK, April 3.—A lcittcn frolicked about on tlie trestle on the Lackawanna railroad at Ciil'ton, N. J., late yesterday. Walter Vanßeveren, 9, and Fred Yost, 8, heard the. roar of a train and rushed to the kitten’s rescue. Too late the engineer of the Buffalo express got a glimpse of the little furures on the tracks as the train swept around a curve. The whistle shrieked a warning, the brakes gripped the wheels, hut the train was swept on by its weight and momentum. When the mutilated victims were carried away, the headless body of the kitten was gripped lightly in Walter’s hand.

BOARD HUES COP FOR HIS GONBUCT Motor Policeman William C. Paul Found Guilty, Motor Policeman C. Paul, who waft tried last week on charges of conduct unbecoming an officer, was found guilty by the board of public safety today and discharged. O. C. Lewis, inspector in the building commissioner’s ofiico, resigned and J. F. Carrington, 910 Keystone Ave., was appointed in his place. George Scott, deputy pound keeper, resigned and John Pitts was appointed in his place. Robert Bryant, and Joseph Lightfoot. janitors at the city market were discharged and Norman Ford, 3517 N. East St. and David Wilson, 2745 Columbia Ave., were hired to fill the vacancies. MUNCIE NEGRO TELLS OF BIG WHISKY RING Twcnfj five Arrests Expected Following Disclosures. . i mtid /’,-< ss MUNCIE, • Ind., April 3. —Lacey Stinneth, colox-ed hotel poi’tor, is under arrest charged with violating the liquor law, and police declare he is a member of a big whisky ring active throughout eastern Indiana.

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RUSSIAN CATHOLIC PRELATE EXECUTED DESPITE APPEALS Soviet Government Answers Pleas With Sharp Note of Protest. By I niled Press MOSC >\\ \pril 5. —Vicar General Kudkevich. Unman Catholic prelate found guilty of treason, was executed today. Appeal.; from Catholic organizations throughout tho world from several governments, including the United .States mid Belgium, and urgent representations from l'oland. which a sharp Russian note declared constituted an unfriendly act, fulled to dissuade the Moscow government from enforcing the death penalty. Vicar lUidgevieh was sentenced to death with Archbishop Zapltk after a trial which ended last week in their conviction, 'they were accused of communicating with Boland during a time when Russia was at war with that country and with resistance to the soviet system of requisitioning church property. Tho sentence passed upon tho archbishop was commuted to ten years’ imprisonment.

JUDGE GRANTS 8 OF 8 URGE SUITS Hubby Charges Wife ‘Mended at’ and 'Cooked Around,’ Os nino applications for divorce eight wore granted by Judge Sidney S. Miller, Superior Court, room 3, today as he started hearing soventy-llve cases set for this week. Pleas of David Gordon, 69, residence "Indianapolis most of the time,” to have a union with Selitha Mildred Gordon disolrved, were denied. They were married Kept. 2. 1922, and separated Oot 3, !922. Mrs. Gordon threatened to 'chop him with a hatchet” and called him ‘‘a dirty old pup,” witnesses said. “Would slxo mend your clothes?" the lawyer asked. “Well, she mended at it, but nothing to brag on,” replied Gordon. “Wouldn’t she cook?” “Well, she cooked around, some, but nothing extra.” “The case is a little thin," said Judge Miller. “1 guess von are old enouwh to behave without a divorce.” roommate and sVr, \v Gone James (’. Westbrook <• ’ i„- twick, Ga.. Isdd police today he --ft $290 with ins roommate at the Spencer Hotel. Ho said when he returned he found a S2O bill and the roommate was gone. Police are looking for the roommate. •

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HEARST’S SON AND BRIDE ARRIVE HOME Young Couple Kliqto While Students i! Iniversity of California. By I nil'll Press PKKK ELEY, Pal., April 3. —George Ilearst, son f William Randolph Hearst, and his bride of twenty four house, formerly Miss Blanche Louise Wilbur of Idaho Falls, Idaho, were baek in Berkeley today, after having slipped off to Martinez. Pal., yesterday afternoon when they were married. Both are students at the University of California. EXPERTS DECLARE TARIFF ON SUGAR MAY BE RAISED President Is Not Empowered to Lower Rate Because Price Is High, By United Press WASHINGTON. April 3.—-Belief that President Harding, as a result of the tariff commission’s investigation Into sugar prices may be forced to raise rather than lower the sugar tariff, was expressed here today by Government experts. Tho present duty of 1.72 cents per pound on Cuban sugar is found on a report rendered by the commission to Congress three years ago. holding that 1.7? cents per pound measured the “spread” between production costs in tlu two counti-ies

SERVICE RESUMED AFTER POWER PLANT EXPLOSION Rapid Progress Made in Repairs at Indianapolis Light and Heat Company Building,

Rapid progress was being made today in repairing damage caused by the explosion of a turbine at the Mill St. plant of tho Indianapolis Light & Heat Company. Monday, which cut eff current from many lines in Indianapolis. It was announced that current had been turned on to all circuits, but that a number of power users who had volunteered ts use little power until tho damage was repaired are still shut down. C. C. Perry, president of the com pany, said most of the wreckage was cleared away during the night and ;hat a turbine of 19,900 K. V. A. capacity lie..! been put in operation. He : aid the company is now- working on a 5,000 K. V. A. turbine which was damaged and has started work on a second 19,000 K. V. A. unit, dismantled a few days ago for repairs and Inspection. Perry expressed his appreciation of

I Annexation of 50 Square Miles to City Proposed by Mayor in Discussion With Councilman Berndt —Would Extend Limits to Dandy Trail, Approximately fifty square miles of territory, reaching | in most points to the Dandy Trail encircling the entire city, soon will be annexed to the city if it is feasible, Mayor Shank said to* | day. In a discussion with Councilman Theodore J. Bernd the mayor expressed, his opinion this territory should be added in order to make the city as nearly a square as possible and to prevent communities building up and organizing to prevent being attached j after the city limits had reached them.

Shank stated he would order City Engineer John L. Elliott to prepare plans on the territory to learn just lxow much it is practical to annex. No estimate has been made on the exast sizo of the tract. Territory north and west of Fairview Park and the site of the proposed artificial lake in the lowlands across White River would be the first de-six-ed under the plan, the mayor said. This territory is hilly and consists of very valuable building sites. Large expansion is planned on the north, east and west boundaries of the city in particular, the mayor asserted. Mayor Shank said that placing the line at the Dandy Trail was arbitrary', and that in some cases he believed this might be too far, especially on tho south side, where property might not stand assessment for city improvements.

HOME COMPLETE SHOW ATTRACTS PATOPENII Mothers Check Children at Booth at Fairground Exposition, Checking their children at the door, mothers Hocked into the Home Complete Exposition at the .State fairground today The unique checking booth is maintained by the child hygiene division of the State board of health Dr. Ada E. Schweitzer, head of the division, is in charge, with Margaret Kahle and Bertha Lips as assistants. V hile the mothers are in the exposition, the children play contentedly with toys or lie in cribs. The exposition opened formally Monday night, when S.OOO people visited it. It will close Saturday. H. S. Riohardt. chairman of the reception committee; ,T. Frank Cantwell, manager of the exposition, and J. S. Cruse, past president of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board, talked. Scott E P.rewor. president of the board, presented the exposition to Mayor Shank, who in turn, presented it to the people of the city. “There is no way on earth to keep a woman at home better than to furnish it beautifully,” Shank said. A brick English bungalow, erected by the building material division of the Commercial Credit, Audit and Correct Weights Bureau at a cost ol‘ $10,600, is a popular exhibit. The cottage, constructed of various kinds of brick, shows their many possible xises. The interior is one large room, completely furnished. The exhibit of the Pettis Dry Goods Company shows examples of modern furnishings. Knamaled kitchen and bed room furnishings and overstuffed living room furniture, are features. A completely furnished home, emphasizing simplicity throughout, is shown by the Taylor Carpet Company. The home was designed by W. S. Handy of the Taylor Carpet Company. S. D. K. Delegates Chosen S. C. Morrill and Charles M. Zink have been chosen delegtaes of Gamma chapter to tho national convention of the -Sigma Delta Kappa Fraternity at Atlanta. Ga., in May. Clifton A. Ferguson and Ray Underwood are alternates.

the cooperation shown and pror* -d to advise consumers when con 4 vation of energy no longer will be i ,-cessary. NEW HAS TICKLISH JOB IN OHIO APPOINTMENTS .Thirty Bosioffice Vacancies to Fill in Harding’s Stale. By Times Special WASHINGTON, Apxil 3. —Postmaster General N w has a ticklish job now. He has thirty vacant postoffices in Ohio to fill. President (larding reserves the task of naming tile postmasters when there is a disagreement among the State politicians. It is now up to New to shew his friend Warren lxow efficient he can be as politician and as a pacifier.

Forecast RAIN and colder tonight. 1 Wednesday probably fair and cooler.

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ATTORNEY FLAYS PHILOSOPHY OF RADICAL PARTY Gore Declares Communist Teaching Hit at U, S, Ideals of Life. By United Press ST. JOSEPH, Mich., April 3. Issues in the trial of William Z. Foster alleged communist, involved the ideals of American life, Charles W. Gore, prosecutor, declared in his argument to the jury today. “The communist party of America is the communist party of the world. It knows no race, no country and no religion. Its sinister philosophy contemplates a maelstrom of lust and murder. It stabs at the very heart of human happiness.” Core declared the issues in the case “are simple, but they involve all there is in American life.” “They involve the perpetuity of our standard of government—of our business,” he declared. Involve Religion “They involve the guararnees of freedom of religious belief and finally they involve the sanctity of the family and the home.” Tiie fiery prosecutor of Bierrien County told the jurors that they should render a verdict of guilty “unless you are ready to give up the fruit of your life’s work; unless you desire to surrender supinely all of Uh- finer conceptions of life; "unless you are ready to plunge this country into an orgy of class hatred, chaos ami civil to-; unless you are ready to surrender freedom for bondage, liberty for serfdom, indeDendence for vassalage. "Which shall it be, freedom or thraldom?” the speaker shouted. “You are the ones who will decile. “Will you by your verdict annihilate and destroy those qualities that have made America the ideal of human history?”

FRENCH PRESSURE IN RUHR LIFTED * Freer Passage of Inhabitants Allowed at Bochum, Bm United Press BERLIN, April 3.—French pressure -in the Ruhr relaxed today. The sharpened state of siege which existed at Bochum since disturbances there a fortnight ago was lifted Freer passage by inhabitants through the streets was permitted, as was resumption of all business. At Essen the tension ‘ caused by killing of eleven German workers at the Krupp plant eased considerably. The French released hostages arrested following the murder of two French officials March 18. Unless the occupational forces forbid between 50,000 and 100,000 workers will attend the funeral of the slain Krupp workers tomorrow. SUSAN K. ROHRER BURIED Funeral of Aged Woman Held at Foriner Neighbors’ Home. At the home of former neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Carr, 1927 N. New Jersey St., the funeral of Miss Susan K. Rohrer. 82, who died Saturday at her homo in Wayzata, Minn., was held this afternoon. Burial was in Crown Hill cemetery. MAYOR TO LOOK ’EM OVER Shank Admits lie Is No Valentino, but knows a Beautiful Girl. His Honor, Mayor Shank, admits he is not so much to look at hirnself, but vows he knows a good looking ptrl. He will get a chance to prove it on Wednesday evening, when he acts as head of the six judges who are to select the winner of the ValentinoAlineralava beauty contest at Tomlinson Hall. Rudolph Valentino offers a trip to New York to the you- woman chosen as the most beautifn.. From candidates of several oiri. ■■ he will select his -i xt leading woman in the movies, he vT TV A ( lot king Gone From Home Clothing valued at SSO was stolen from Samuel J. Mantel, 3914 ContraL Ave., last night, police ere port* she*] today. 1