Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 305, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 May 1923 — Page 1

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VOLUME 35—NUMBER 305

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SUM WAR IS FOB PRICE GOWN Boycott Brings. Lower Quotation on Refined Product at New York, The sugar boycott in Indianapolis and elsewhere was meeting with success today. dealers received word of Lie first break in price of refined sugar since speculators cornered the market. The wholesale price at New York dropped from 10.15 cents to 9.9 cents. The latest organization to join the boycott movement is the Catholic Women’s Association. The board or directors Wednesday night indorsed the movement and asked the 100 members to Join. The membership of the Marion County Housewives’ League already has curtailed its purchases of , sugar and other organizations are planning to take action. Increase in Sales Explained Representatives of both the Standard Croeerv Company and of the Fhggly Wiggly Stores, large chain

store concerns, reported an increase in sales since the price increase. They attribute this increase to the fact that persons who have not joined in the boycott do not understand that the high prices are due to speculation and not to a sugar shortage and fear a shortage. For the most part retailers are In accord with the boycott. Other cities, tr. which the boycott has been In operation for some time, report sugar sales dropping off as much a a 30 per cent. A similar result is expected in Indianapolis when housewives refuse tu ♦rchase more sugar when their sup- ■ runs out. Reports from Washington indicate that a large surplus of sugar is being built ,up as a result of the boycott and that this will mean a break in prices. One of the latest developments is the appeal of Clarence V. Saunders of Memphis, head of Piggly Wiggly, asking American women to quit using sugar. "I say to the women of America, quit using sugar, all of you together, and If you will practice this sort of thing a few times effectively the gambler th the future will be more cautious and the housewife will not be made to pay the profits of the speculator,” the man who won fame recently by outwitting Wall Street gamblers said, acording to dispatches. Candy May Go I'p “Curtail consumption of sugar and i the sugar gambler will get scared as soon as the banks call his loans. When a gambler gets scared, he is the most frightened individual in the world. That is the way to get at the gambling clique which has brought about the present unjustified high prices of sugar.” Local candy manufacturer's report difficulty in manufacturing bars of ; candy for 5 cents. They admit the 5-cent bar will be a thing of the past unless sugar prices drop. The price of bakery goods in which sugar Is used increased some time ago.

WEEN IN STUDENT MURDER Grand Jury Action in Mysterious Death Assured, Bv United Prcts CHICAGO. May 3.—A grand jury investigating into the death of Leigh- j ton Mount, Northwestern University j freshman whose skeleton was found i In a Lake Michigan pier, was practically assured today. The university trustees adopted resolutions joining J. L. Mount, father of the boy alleged to have been slain in a haring episode, in demanding such a probe. The trustees were also said to have discussed a $5,000 reward for those responsible for killing Mount and •ecreting the body. Coroner Oscar Wolf, of Evanston, declared, in continuing his probe. I that “I am determined to find the guilty parties and make them pay.” He said he -would subpoena President Walter Dill Scott of the university j and question him as to Identity of! fifteen students said to have "Been dismissed from the institution following j fount's disappearance in 1921. Ith Mrs. Mount, Leighton's mother, j near collapse from sorrow, the father took up a relentless fight to bring the flayers of his son to justice HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 47 10 a. m 68 7 a. m 5111 a. m 72 £ 8 a- m........ 63 12 (noon) ...... 78 Ba. urnU I{. m—. —. 79

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Baby Death Rate High at Gary By Times Special WASHINGTON, May 3. Babies in Gary, Ind., have comparatively poor chance of avoiding death. Surveys by the children’s bureau of the labor department for one year show the infant death rate in Gary was greater for all the principal causes of death than was the average throughout the United States. With the exception of one disease, the death .rate was 89.4 for each one thousand infants where the yearly income was at ' least $I,8!>0. Where the earnings were between $1,050 and 51.850, the death rate was 127.1. Where the earnings were less than $1,050 the death rate was 137.8. Most of the deaths were due to preventable diseases caused by poor housing conditions and poor food supply. Uncle Sam says.

MBS SEVEN CONVICTIONS EOII BOOZE VIOLATIONS \ Testimony Shows Men Sold 'Mule' to Officers and Investigators, Seven mn were sentenced in city court today for violating the liquor law. on information said to have been furnished by the Ku-Klux Klan. George Egan, 111 W. North St., a! leged to have 6old whisky to Capt. Claude Worlev, investigator for Criminal Court, after a klan investigator had made a purchase several days before, was held to the grand Jury under a $2,000 bond. John Honan and .Tack Christoff, both of 752 Keteham St., were fined SIOO and costs each ang given thirty days in jail. Evidence showed that an In vestigator purchased a bottle of whisky from Bonan at a dry beer saloon at 752 Keteham St., and that the next day. when two investigators, accompanied by Sheriff Snider and Captain Worley, went to the place to arrest Bonan he asked them what they wanted and served four glasses of mule whisky at 25 cents a drink, while Jack Christoff sold the sheriff a bottle of mule whisky. Others sentenced thirty days and fined SIOO and costs' James Brown, colored, 425 Indiana Ave.; Arthur McDermott, city; George Rosenthal!, Brook and Eleventh Sts.; Pandel Stanovich, Missouri and Maryland Sts., and John Boster, 2803 W. Tenth St. SEVEN REPORTED

BEAD IN WRECK . * Passenger Train Derailed in Utah —Several Injured, By United Press GRAND JUNCTION, Cos!., May 3. —Seven persons were reported killed and a number injured when a Denver and Rio Grande Western passenger train was derailed near Woodside, Utah, during the night. Reports said both locomotives of the double-header, two baggage cars, the smoker and a chair car w r ere overturned. The train struck an open switch. Those reported dead were: Fred Rader, engineer. Grand Junction. Albert Anderson, Granff Junction. Mrs. Morris. Moab, Utah. Four unidentified passengers. BIG CIRCUS ON WAY HERE Ringllng Brothers and Barmin and Bailey to Show June 4. Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey’s Circus is coming to town. The date Is Monday, June 4. The circus will arrive here Sunday. June 3, from Detroit. Townsend Walsh was in the city today In the interest of the circus.

‘TIPSY,’ BUT ONLY DOING DUTY

By United Net cs CHICAGO, May 3.—A near tragedy of prohibition was turned Into the resuscitation of a beautiful romance after Mrs. Frank Palla had bounced into the court of domestic relations to sign a complaint against her husband. ’jJle was drunk last night,” she said, as two or three tears trickled. “I never thought it would eonie to this, much as he handles liquor. I thought he was too strong for temptation.” “Does he sell it?” asked the cierk.fi perking up his ears. "Prohibition, agaai.,” said Mrs. Palla.

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MISS MARY CATHERINE MEIER, (ABOVE). AND SAFETY CROSS THAT HOOSIER MOTORISTS TO CINCINNATI WILL SEE THIS SEASON. ATTEMPT MADE TO WRECK TRAIN Rail Is Placed on Track in Front of ‘Knickerbocker,’ By United Press MUNCIE. Ind.. May 3.—An attempt to wreck the Big Four passenger train, the “Knickerbocker,” failed at 8 o'clock last night when the engine, after striking a steel rail laid across the tracks in the east part of tho city, was derailed but climbed back on the rails without overturning. A rail had been carried for 200 feet and placed on the track, obviously with criminal intent. Horse Kicks Man Off Wagon Charles Warfield. 65, colored, 1213 E Twenty-Third St., received a broken left leg today while driving hi3 horse and wagon at Cornell Ave. and Twentieth St. The horse kicked Warfield off the wagon. Warfield was tulten to tho city hospital.

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INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1923

With the motoring season in full swing, authorities are preaching the doctrine that “safety lies with the motorist himself" The Hoosier Motor Club is spreading the propaganda and Is backing It up with the latest type of warning signs, as shown by Miss Mary Catherine Meier, 210 E. Thirty-First. St., above. The ejub's safety pro-, gram is of greater scope this spring than ever. Judge Wilmoth, preaching safety in city court, asked automobile driv <r° in the courtroom to stand Sixty responded. This number of persons was killed in traffic accidents in Indianapolis last year. "Just try to imagine that all of the people in this courtroom were to br killed this year to swell the death total to near where it was last year." "Wilmoth said. “Now take into consideration, people, that the number this year lh entirely In the hands of you automobile drivers ” The safety cross warning shown above is twenty miles north of Cincinnati on the Dixie highway. HOIS IN PATH ~ OF FOREST FISE Blaze Is Sweeping Through Part of Brown County. Bu Timm Special NASHVILLE, Ind., May 3.—Many valuable summer homes are in the path of a forest tiro sweeping over Brown County today. Practically all citizens of Nashville are fighting the flames. Men from Bloomington and Monroe County are lieiping. It is believed the fire started from fires of campers along Fall Creek. FRANKLIN IS BURIAL PLOT Mrs. Rebecca McClemalnm Is Dead at Ago of 82. Mrs. Rebecca E. McClennhan, 82, who died at her home, 1346 Alive St., Wednesday, will be buried at Franklin, Ind. Funeral services will be held at the residence at 10 a. m. Saturday. Mrs. McClennhan was the widow of 'William H. McClanahan. She is survived by two sons, Frank and Perry, both of Indianapolis. Motoroyclo Rider Sought Local police are watching for a man on a motorcyclo bearing an Illinois license today. Herrin, 111., authorities sftid a motorcycle was stolen there and the rider is believed tc be en route to Indianapolis.

story of a young man who, fifteen years ago on State St., had seen a beautiful yellow-haired girl, fallen In love with her on sight, proposed marriage and was acceptod. “Mama's” eyes glistened as Frank asked if it wouldn’t be a shame for anything to happen now that in doing his duty he had been obliged to taste a little more than usual. “I guess you couldn’t help It," sobbed Mrs. Palla as she placed her arms around Frank. “Let’s go home,” said Frank. "All right," said "Mama.”

MAN MAY OFFER CASH TO CAPTURE • LIFE-LONG FRIEND x Accused Murderer Believed to Be Hiding in Indianapolis, Mill Fred Perry offer a reward for the capture of Albert V. Smith, accused of murdering Mrs. Theresa Perry, slid who was a lifelong friend of Perry? Mrs. Jenny Louise Perry', 535 Livingston Ave., his mother, said today she had written to him in Oregon urging him to put up several hundred dollars for Smith’s capture. Smith is accused of cutting Mrs. Perry’s throat at her home. 729 Rochester Ave., more than a month ago, because she repelled his attention. Police had been informed Perry and his wife were divorced several years ago. George Butcher. friend and former employer of Smith, said Smith told him he and Theresa were married after Perry obtained a divorce in Oregon. Mrs. Jenny Louise Perry does not believe her son was divorced, because he had written the woman letters not longer than three weeks before the murder, promising to come back to Indianapolis and professing affection for her. "T don't think Albert Smith has left Indianapolis.” declared Mrs. Perry. ‘‘He has friends who I am certain would protect him. None outlie folks at our house steps out at night without armed protection. Smith threatened little .Tennell Perry and me.” Jennell, Mrs. Theresa Perry's niece, crouched on a stairway and saw the murder. Neighbors say they saw Smith prowling about Airs Jenny Louise Perry’s house the night before Theresa Perry was buried. Mrs. Jenny Louise Perry asserted.

CASES CONTINUED IN CAMPAIGN TO STOP SMOKE EVIL Nine Arrested—Affidavits Are Filed Against Three Others, The cases of nine men. representing Industrial plants and hotels, arrested ■Wednesday night on charges of violating the city smoke ordinance, were continued to May 12, today in city court. Three more arrests were tftepected today. Those arrested Wednesday night were Peter I,lpp. 66, of the Fred Dietz Company, 1102 Madison Ave.; William Dunn. 63, of the Western Furniture Company, 1038 Madison Ave.; T> 1,. Heider, 35, of the Home Stove Company, Henry St. and Kentucky Ave.; George Baird, 45. of the Meier Packing Company, Dakota St. and Kentucky Ave.; Henry Cupley, sa, of the Brown Packing Company, Dakota St. and Kentucky Ave.; William Rothmonn, 84. of the Carter-Lee Lumber Company, W. Washington St. and the Belt Railroad; Charles Wagner, 30, of the Lauter Furniture Company, W. Washington and Harding Sts.: Leon Reed, 45. of the Spencer Hotel, Illinois and Louisiana Sts . and John Gleason, 54, of 1324 Madison Ave., superintendent of the Indianapolis Brewing Company. Affidavits were filed Wednesday against Charles Oliver, general foreman of the Peoria & Eastern Railroad roundhouse. 1300 W. Washington St.; Raymond Fisher, engineer for the Marlon County Construction Company, 1600 8. West St., and Herbert Baus, general foreman for the Motion Railroad roundhouse, Cornell Ave. and Twenty-Eighth St. HERMAN G. PALMES DIES Electrical Contractor to Be Burled in New Crown Cemetery. The Rev. Claude Griffith, pastor of the Blaine Ave. Methodist Church, will officiate at the funeral at 2 p. m. Saturday of Herman G. Palmes, 54, electrical contractor, who died at his home. 216 Dickson Sts., Wednesday. The services will he held from the homo and burial In the New Crown Cemetery. Beside the widow, he is survived by a son, Arthur L. Palmoa, four daughters, Mrs. Clara Cropper, Mrs. Cecil Allen, Mrs. Ethel Joseph and Mrs. Bessie Hains, and nine grandchildren ail of Marion County. Manner's Alibi Fails Joseph Drake's plea* that a 500gallon still found on his farm, five miles north of the city, was operated by three foreigners from Clinton named "Vit Whitlock, Joe Clinto and John Sebasco," none of whom have been found, availed nothing in Criminal court today. Judge Collins gave Drake a S2OO fine sixty day Indiana State Farm eentinoa.

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KLANSMEN URGE CITY TO CLEAN UP MORALS Would Make Tipton Campaign More Than Beautification. j By Timet Special TIPTON. Ind , May 3.—With the opening of the clean-up campaign inaugurated here came a warning from I the Ku-Klux Klan that a moral cleani up must accompany other activities. | A letter, advising tobacco dealers not | to sql! to minors, bootleggers to ply their trade elsewhere, and the public not to participate m baseball pools, or any other gambling enterprises, was made public today. Copies of the letter. signed by the Knights of the Ku-Klux Klan, Tipton and Tipton County, realm of Indiana, have bene sent to operators of poolrooms, tobacco dealers and local newspapers. FOUND GUILTY OF THEFT Two Are Convicted For Taking Furnishings—Tidrd Man Held. Claude Rouse, 308 E. South Sr., and Robert Green, 60 E. LeOrande Ave., w*re fined $lO and costs and sentenced to ten days in jail by Vincent Manifold. Judge pro tern, in city court today on a petit larceny charge. Joe Frank, 641 Russell Ave., was bound over to the grand jury for re- | ceiving stolen goods. Police say ■ Rouse and Green stole bed clothing ! belonging to Rouse's mother and sold j them to Frank. The jail sentences I were suspended.

WATSON IN CITY AS. MEDIATOR FOR G. O. P. Senator Hopes to Smooth Differences After Hearing All Factions—Lyons Delays Action,

Senator James E. Watson arrived' in Indianapolis today to take up the Republican chairmanship squabble resulting from the expected resignation of Lawrence Lyons. Tho Senator shed his coat and started a continuous conference in a room at the Claypool. “I am talking to everybody about the chairmanship,” he said. "I want to find out how the boys feel. > "Os course, my main purpose is to smooth out any difficulties and to promote harmony." Watson was asked If the State committee would meet soon to select a new chairman. “It all depends on what you call soon,” ho replied. “There will be no meeting within the next few days. “I have no candidate.” he continued. “I am just trying to keep things smoothed out. Everybody who comes here ip, talk to me is not talking chairmanship. There are a lot of other things they want. Many want roads.”

BROTHER GIVES BLOOD IN VAIN

MORE than a quart of blood given in a transfusion operation by ljis brother, Charles Reed, failed t.o save the life of John Reed. 36, of 908 S. West St., injured when he was run down by a freight car Wednesday. He died at the Methodist Hospital at 2:30 a. m. today. John Reed, a cap Inspector for the Big Four Railroad, was coupling toe

j Giant Monoplane, Driven by Veteran Army Fliers, Soars Gracefully Over Arizona Toward San Diego, ' Goa! of Long Journey, BULLETIN By United Press OGILBY, Cal., May 3. —The T-2 passed .over here at 31:15 a. m. Ogilby is the first town in California after Yuma, Ariz., on the Southern Pacific railroa dime. The giant monoplane is on its way from Hempstead, L. 1., tcuSan Diego. By United Press LAS CRUCES, N. M., May 3.—Lieutenants Kelly and MacReady, flying the giant monoplane T-2 in a trans-continental nonstop flight, passed over here at 9 a. m., mountain time. The big ship was first sighted at dawn this momifig at Tucumcari. Flying at a height of 3,000 feet, the motor of the plane roared smoothly as the big ship glided over the town.

The plane .-oared gracefully over the western horizon just as the sun peeked from bekind the darkened clouds. Flying ahead of schedule, and holding true to -their course, mapped at tho start, the airmen had put the longest leg of their flight behind them. The whirring of the powerful motor could be bean} faintly on the ground. As the airplane disappeared from view it soared higher and higher, lightened of much of ita burden, the big ship was preparing for the difficult £llmb over the peaks of the Rockies standing between them and the Pacific, goal of the flight. The aviators, who left Roosevelt field at Hempstead, N. Y., shortly after noon yesterday. T-2 SPEEDS SAFELY OVER CITY Giant Plane Passes Here Wednesday Evening on Coast to Coast Trip. Hundreds of residents of Irvington | and the southern part of Indianapolis j raw the T-2 as it passed over Inj dianapolis about 6:50 o’clock Wednesi day evening, on its trans-continental j trip. According to observers it was flying I at altitude of about 3,000 feet and I the motors were working perfectly. I The plane was flying in a SouthI westerly direction. It was sighted by Robert Higgins in Irvington at &;4S |p. m. Less than two minutes later, j according to W. A. Silcox, it passed over Garfield Park. The flight from Dayton to Indianapolis, a distance of I 109 miles was made in. slightly less than one hour. Several months ago the same aviators in the same plane landed at Sohoen field. Ft. Benjamin Harrison with a cracked water Jacket. At that time they were attempting a transcontinental flight. AC-1 COMPLETES FLIGHT Giant Army Dirigible Makes 900-Mile Non-Stop Trip. | By United Press SCOTT FIELD. Belleville. 111., May j 3.—Completing a 900-mile non-stop ! flight from Langley Field. Va„ the j giant army air dirigible AC-1 with six passengers landed here at 6:40 a. m., Wednesday. Ninth District Women Meet By Times Special NOBLES VILLE. Ind., May 3. Mrs. Domarchus Brown, Indianapolis, discussed “My Trip to Oberammergau,” at the closing session of the fourteenth annual convention of the Federated Clubs of the Ninth Indiana District at Sheridan. Reports of the comfnittees showed that membership in each of the eight counties of the district had made substantial gains.

Among those who were making inquiries as to Watson’s whereabouts was Senator Clem Richards of Terre Haute, frequently mentioned as a chairmanship possibility. Simultaneously with the arrival of Watson, Lyons said he has no plans for calling the committee together. Watson will remain It) Indianapolis until Monday evening when he will go to Danville, 111., to visit "Uncle Joe” Cannon. John Moorman, considered as the foremost possibility for the chairmanship, is understood to be out of the running due to objections to his activity during the Legislature. Among those now prominently mentioned are Ebon H. Wolcott of Indianapolis. David Scott of Linton, Clyde Walb of Aurora, Thomas H. Bauer of Lafayette, Byron Somers of Ft. Wayne, and Senator Clem Richards of Terre Haute.

air hose between two freight cars near the 2300 block on W. Michigan St., at 5 p. m. Wednesday when a cut of six freight cars *was “kicked” into the switch and bumped the cars between which Reed was standing. Reed \yas knocked down and the front truck wheels pf one of the ca>'s passed him, crushing / his left jag near me -hip and bis left arm. I

Forecast PARTLY cloudy weather is forecast tonight and Friday, with not much change.

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FRENCH VOTE REJECTION OF PEACEOFFER Cabinet Unanimously Against Acceptance of New German Terms, By United Press PARIS, May 3.—The French cabinet voted unanimously today to reject the German offer to settle reparations made yesterday in a note to the allies. Premier Poincare denounced the German reparations proposal as unacceptable today as the cabinet was called into extraordinary session to determine a course of action. President Millerand presided. The cabinet objected to the offer on the following grounds. 1. The amount of 30,000.000,000 gold marks is primarily insufficient to meet war damages. 2. The guarantees offered do not fully safeguard France. 3. Tito conditions attached are unsatisfactory to the French, who wish complete surrender. Premier Poincare will confer with the Belgians regarding the exact phraseology of the repiy to be dispatched. A copy of the dual reply will be communicated to all the allies. The action of France is considered to place the situation in exactly the status maintained since tho French army went into the Ruhr valley to collect its reparations. The possibility of negotiating for a settlement on the basis of the note is considered remote.

LONG RECORD OF TERMS§ ™ SON Man Convicted While on Probation, Here's how Willlm C. Truitt, 80, who was given a chance in Criminal Court March 10 to make good a bogus check of S6O, Improved his probation period. Judge James A. Collins learned todays Went to Crawfords villa and opened a bank account by depositing a check raised from $63 to $6,300. April 11, passed two checks on the Dormin Dry Goods Company for S6O. Found the goins. good, so gave the company another for $25 the next day. Bought a suit and top coat, leaving his check in payment, refusing to take the clothes until altered to fit snugly. Gave a check for SSO to Jack Roueh, a friend, who happened to remark he wanted to buy a car and lacked that amount. Just did it to help him out, Truitt said in his statement to Detectives Higgs and Peats, who spent a month the various checks. Judge broke the news that William would begin Ills fifth round, two to fourteen years in the Indiana State Prison. "Truitt has served eleven years and ten months in four prisons for writing bad checks," detectives said.

E. A. McDonald of Thorntown, Ind,, foreman of the railroad fence gang, heard Reed call after he was hurt and helped bin?. Sergeant Wilkerson summoned an ambulance. The switch engine which "kicked’* the cais into the switch was in charge of C. W. Hanna, conductor, 724 Park Ave.. and P. O. Hedrelck, engineer Reed is survived by a widow* (