Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 112, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 September 1923 — Page 1

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VOLUME 35—NUMBER 112

GOVERNOR SUED BY WIDOWS

RIOTERS BATTLE POLICE AS GIRL DIESAFTER QUIZ Father Declares Daughter's Death Results From Third Degree Torture. By l tilted Press DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 20.—Lottie Lpreno, 13. who her father charges, died as the result of third degree torture by police, will be buried today tinder guard of a heavily armed squad of police to prevent possible rioting. Riot guns have been issued to three squads of reserves and police in automobiles are in readiness at several stations. Police and a crowd of 500 men fought a twenty minute battle in front of the home of the girl's parents last night. Three officers are injured severely, twelve rioters were laid out with night sticks and seven persons arrested. The Lor one girl was arrested Tuesday on a charge of grand larceny. While in custody she became ill and was sent to a hospital. Before she died she told her father police gave fief an ice cold bath and otherwise tortured her. Police Commissionei — Frank H. Crowl has Issued an official statement denying the charges. Crowds have Surged the Lonedc home daily and hysterical women, seeking evidence of the alleged tortures, ripped the white shroud from the body of the girl as it lay in the casket.

M’CRAY UTILITY CHOICEOPPOSED Lake County Solon Here to Advise Against Hodges. ,T. Glenn Harris, State representative from Lake County, was in Indianapolis today and expected to call on Governor McCray to discuss the proposed appointment of State Senator William F. Hodges of Lake County to the public service commission. Harris is opposing the appointment of Hodges and declares opposition tq the Senator Is strong in his home county. It has understood Goveronr McCray has asked Hodges to see him Friday.

WALTON BANS KLAN' . CROSSES IN STATE Cadi for Legislators to Convene for Impeachment Proceedings Against Oklahoma Governor Lacks Quorum,

B ■ United Pretg OKLAHOMA CITY, OK LA., Sept. 20.—Developments came rapidly today in the Oklahoma martial law situation bringing a showdown neat m the fight of Governor J. C. Walton on the Ku-Klux Klan. The Governor in a proclamation ordered fiery crosses, which have been erected in many cities since StateSHERIFF CATCHES THREEJN CHASE Shots Fired as Officers Scent Booze Cargo. After a three-mile motor chase in which Sheriff Shider and deputies fired four shots, two men and a woman were arrested on liquor transportation charges early today. Snider said he and his deputies came upon two cars in the vicinity of Twenty-First St. and Emerson Ave. John Ferricane, 25, giving the name of Jerry King. 67 X. Bradley Ave., was standing on tiTfe running board of one car, the sheriff said. As the officers aproached William Winter, 23, of 51 Frank St., speeded up the car upon which Ferricane was standing. The chase extended over the northeast section of the city until capture was effected. The car pursued and that abandoned were seized. Snyder said several jugs of whisky were thrown from the Winter car. Ferricane, Winter and Mrs. Winter, who was riding with her husband, were arrested. The sheriff is seeking the owner of the other car. BANDIT VICTIM DIES Terre Haute Watchman Was Robbed and Shot by Three Men '* Bu Timet Special TERE HAUTE. Ind„ Sept. 20. Otto Sefferman, night watchman of a garage, who was shot and left by the roadside by three bandits earlier in V l * day, died Wednesday night in a hospital bars.

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TAX RATE IN CITY IS GIVEN 29 CENT BOOST OVER 1923 State Fixes 30-Cent Levy, Which Is Increase of 3 Cents on SIOO Over Present Figure—Bracken Makes Formal Protest,

The State tax rate today was set at 30 cents, an increase of 3 cents. This will make the total levy for the portion of Indianapolis Inside Center Township $2.6945. The rate this year was $2.40. The new levy is believed to be the highest levy ever established in Indianapolis. The State rate was fixed at -a conference of tlje members of the -tax board. Auditor of State Robert Bracken and Governor McCray. The conferences concluded a long series of similar meetings. Not Enough. Says Bracken The rate was higher than that insisted on by representatives of the Republican State committee and cqnaiderably lower than that which Bracken has been insisting will be necessary to take care of appropriations and the State debt. Bracken signed the order for the rate, but at the same time entered a protest on the minutes. Bracken said the rate will mean a deficit of 646.000 next year. He pointed out That $1,000,000 already has been borrowed for the general fund from other funds.

wide martial law was declared Sunday, removed immediately. They are "pagan emblems of fear, hatred and rebellion,” the Governor sa|d. Members of the legislature who are agitating a special session to start impeachment proceedings against the Governor, issued a call for the meeting. The call was signed,by forty-five members of the lower house, nine less than a quorum. The Governor, in the decree, is guilty of establishing a "tyranny and despotism over this community.” The call set Sept. 28 as the meeting date. Legislators hurried to the capital from all sections of the State today in response to the call issued by W. B. Mcßee of Duncan. Mcßee sent notification to Adjutant General Markham of the proposed meeting and asked him to have the legislative halls prepared in the face of Governor Walton’s threat that the "only place the legislative members will meet is in Jail.” In asking the > *Leglslators to gather, the Mcßee call said the people of the Siate “for a long time past have been patiently suffering and enduring from charges and counter-charges of certain conditions In the State and now the time has come, in our belief, it is necessary to investigate such conditions and charges in order that the (Continued on Page 2'

MISFIRE FOSS IS SS,K Overall Laundry Plant Badly Damaged, Fire of an unknown ongtn_gutted the Overall Laundry Companjr plant, 2530 E. Twelfth St., early today, causing a loss of about $5,000. E. C. Andrews, owner, said loss Is covered by insurance. The building, of brick construction, is one story in height. The roof wan burned off and the machinery and clothes, both unwashed and ready for delivery, -were burned.

ILORIA SWANSON, _____ film star, has been again divorced, according to Los Angeles dispatches. The degree was granted the husband, Herbert K. Sanborn, on charges of desertion. Sanborn said the actress deserted him while he was in a .hospital; spying she preferred to live her screen life unhampered by marriage. Several years ago, Wallace Beeay, actor, obtained a divorce from Miss Swanson on the same grounds.

In pointing out that much of the borrowed l .oney went the road fund, Bracken said: “The only justification for taxing gasoline was the proposed use of the funds so procured on the roads of the State and not elsewhere, and I strenuously object to misapplication of those funds resulting in absolute defeat of the purpose of the Legislature of the State.” The State levy Is divided as follows: Schools, 7 cents; educational Institutions, 5 cents; vocational education, one-half cent: war memorial. six mills; agricultural experiment. four mills: board of agriculture, two ajid a half mills; dunes park, two mills; teachers' pension, 1 cent and one-half mllh general fund, 3 cents; benevolent institutions, 12 cents. Rate* in Effect In tlty The rates to be paid by taxpayers in Center Township inside the city are divided as follows: State. 30 cents, an increase of 3 cents; county, 21 cents, a decrease of 5 cents; school city, 99.7 cents, an Increase of 13.4 cents: civic city. $1.1225. a.n increase of 17.5 cents: township, 6.5 cents, an increase of >4 cent. Property owners in Washington township, inside the city, must pay $2.9465. The difference between Washj lngton and Center townships is due to ; the difference in the township levies.

Tramping the Street for a Flat Is Out-of-Data. Nowadays folks do their" flat or house hunting in an easy chair at home thru the Want A<l columns of The Times. If the property is described completely it does not take the prospective renter long to decide whether he Is interested or not. A "for rent" sign on the door is seen only by those who pass by—a "for rent” ad in The Times is seen by nearly every prospective tenant In tho city. INDIANAPOLIS TIMES WANT ADS Main 3500

FATHER-IN-LAW ATTACKED Offer to Buy Hail Fare for Daughter Brings Assault, Charge. A father’s offer to buy his daughter's railroad ticket to Louisville for a visit to recuperate her health, causey his son-in-law to strike him over the head with a pipe, police declared today In arresting Hugo Smith on charges of assault and battery with intent to kill. The father-in-law, William McIntyre, 53, of 530 W. New York St., will recover.

Secret of Laughs Is Told by Veteran Hoosier Clown

\ do you laugh at circus clowns? lis man, one of the oldest clowns in the United States, it’s because they always do the unexpected. “Humor is an old thing,’’ Cig Nevada mused. “In all my thirty-eighty years with the white tops, vaudeville a little and county fairs, I’ve always found that It was the unexpected thing that brought a laugh.” Nevada, whose hair Is gray and whose mustache is slightly drooping, is not the spry acrobat he used to be. He still has a spirit f V

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1923

FARMER’S BUYING POWER INCREASING, CAPPER ASSERTS $ y f ; Kansas Senator Speaks before Local Advertising; , Club, 1 “The buying power of the is steadily increasing,” declared Sstiator Arthur Capper from Kansas today before the Advertising Club at the Chamber of Commerce. “We can not hope to have a prosperous nation un(lesi*, we have a prosperous agriculture out look v ! "There was too much clamor for legislation in the last session of Congress. ! "Congress has a great many sins | to answer for. but It should be given credit for killing all but POO of the 120.000 bills presented to It.” I "Our country would be better off If It went In session for about three j months. What we want is net more legislation, but greater and better respect for the laws we now have on our books." "In traveling through our country j I find every one has an optimistic ■look toward the future. We are getting hack to normal conditions. I be lieve we have the best government on tliVear h. We have accomplished much i.i thf last ten years in putting business bark on its feet." 'I was with our President just a short while ago. I # l,elieve he is the quietest and most level headed man we have in public office." Capper played golf at Riverside this afternoon and was to go to Chicago tonight. He is tourihg the Middle I West.

WOOING PROMISES FAIL, WIFE SAYS t Charges Are Denied on Behalf of Husband. When Anell L. Johnson, 1877 Mansfield Ave., came a wooing, he painted married life In rosy colors, Mrs. Viola Johnson. 2570 N. Illinois St., declares In her divorce suit filed In Superior Court. After the wedding bells, promises didn’t materialize, she charges. Mrs. Johnson charges he represented that: He was earning S2OO a month: Was one of the heirs to a $90,000 estate; Would buy her an SIB,OOO home, an automobile, and furnish her with a maid and other luxuries of lifeActual married life, however, wpa like this, she alleges: Her husband was making half the amount he claimed; Took her to a two room apartment, and failed to provide the necessities of life: Instead of being an heir to a $90,000 estate Johnson had a ninth Interest In an undivided -estate of $27,000. Mrs. Johnson asks a divorce, her maiden name, Viola Marshall, and alimony of $1,500. The charges were denied on Johnson’s behalf. LEAP FROM CAR SAVES 4 Machine, Stalled on Track, Is Demolished by Car. Four pernons jumped to safety today as a T. H„ I. k E. traction car crashed Into their car, which was stalled on the crossing at Chester and Washington Sts Tho automobile was demolished. S. F. Miller, Flora. Ind., was driving the car. With him we*6 his wife and daughter and a Mrs. Roseberry of Norfcfllc, Neh. Witnesses told police the interurban was under .ontrol 100 feet away but that*the motorman apparently released his brakes, thinking the automobile about to move off the tracks. Klan Gift Acceptable By t nitrd Press VALPARAISO, Tnd., Sept. 20—The Ku-Klux Klan has presented a plan to raise $500,000 from Us members as an endowment fund for Valparaiso University. The board of directors of the University have announced that the proposal is acceptable.

of humor that has enriched his life by making others happier, and, despite his 62 years, he is a "young man in heart. “A circus clown’s life l c n*t so pleasant as people think,” he philosoplzed. Old Wagon Shows of ’97 "Back In '97 I joined the old wagon circus of the Whiting Bros. Gasoline torches were used in those days. Then I played with the Hart & France circus and the ;€harles Vartine show. They are dead and forgotten today. “They didn’t Have many animals then. An elephant and a

Kid Cupid Fails to Stop School Plans of Victims

MRS. DALLAS H. FLEMING

mHEIR college romance culminating in marriage Monday, Mr. and Mrs Dallas H Fleming, 402 E. Fourth St., Bloomington, Ind., will continue their studies at Indiana University. Mrs. Fleming was Miss Mary Lorena Kilburn, daughter of Mr. and

RUHR PEACE PLAN MAY BE REJECTED

Belgian Minister Indicates Abolition of Passive Resistance Must Be Made Openly and Frankly,

BY CARL D. GROAT United Press Correspondent BERLIN. Sept. 20.—Rejection of the secret German proposals for cessation of passive resistance in the Ruhr, made through the Belgian minister. Count De Isa. Fille, was indicated In an Interview with the minister granted today. "Belgium and France insist upon complete abolition of passive resistance before entering into any negotiations with Germany, ’’ the minister said. "Tin y are not willing to accept any proposition for return of German citizens expelled from the occupied zone or to pardorv all of the Germans who have been arrested, especially -since some of them have been charged with murders. “Stresemann must cancel passive resistance openly and frankly,” the minister asserted, "otherwise France and Belgium do not Intend any negotiations for a Ruhr settlement.” Count de LaFille explained he realized Stresemann, in his proposals made yesterday, was going further in an effort to',reach an agreement than the Cuno government ever did. France and Belgium are prepared to take tho German Internal situation Into consideration, de said. Chancellor Stresemann was known to feel If the proposal made through the Belgian ambassador are received favorablyrthe government will be able to control the internal situation, despite vehement protests made by the monarchy and revolutionary’ elements. Favors Capitulation The chancellor favors a sudden and dramatic announcement of capitulation, it was indicated. He feels if Germany allows herself to drag along slowly to defeat, the unrest will be even greatei and more dangerous than the sudden shock of surrender. It was hoped a reply to the terms

lion formed the menagerie, hut they attracted the throngs of city and country people Just the same as the big shows do today. “What else have I done? Nothing but be a clown. I’ve been making folks laugh since I left Indianapolis In 1887 from my dad's grocery at 82 Yandes St., and started with a juggling and slack wire 'trick' at county fairs. “But I'm getting old now, you see," he added with a slight smile. “And I'll keep agoin’ till the wind blows me away.” Former Itanium and-Bailey Clown As for the kind of humor Americans like best, -herds' the opinion

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Mrs. Willis Kilburn, Augusta, Ind. The couple met at the university last year, when Mrs. Fleming was a freshman and Mr. Fleming a Junior. Although Mrs. Fleming has three years to go she said she would complete her education. She is majoring in home economics and Mr. Fleming in geology.

transmitted through the Belgian representative might be received today, but this does not mean that any official statement would be Issued on the full details of the German proposals or France and Belgium's reaction. The cabinet was told plainly In session yesterday the sitiiation was made, more precarious than most the members had been, led to believe. Expense Is HeavyMost of the ministers in the closest touch with the Rhineland and the Ruhr, including Herr Soltmann. plainly declared holding out is impossible. Resistance must stop, they said, or utter collapse would follow. -It was shown that the expense of tne Ruhr fesistance for the past week amounted to more than three trillion marks, swelling the already top-heavy floating debt to impossible proportions. Incidentally Bavarian banks are withdrawing their deposits in Prussian financial institutions claiming they fear a "communist coup” soon. MILITARY RULES BULGARIA Severe Fighting Under Way in Coun-ter-Revolt Move. By United Press LONDON, Sept. 20.—Martial law has been declared throughout Bulgaria as result of the belated counterrevolutionary movement started by the followers of Ex-Premier Stamboulisky, dispatches front Sofia said today. Severe fighting still is under way and scores have been killed or wounded. Crash Claims Aged Woman By United Press WABASH, Ind., Sept. 20.—Mrs. TJteodore Metzger, 69. Niles. Mich., died of a broken neck a few minutes after the automobile in which she \yas riding crashed into a telephone pole near here. The car was driven by D. D. Pangborn of Buchanan. Mich.

of this veteran Hoosier smilemaker: "You don’t hav# to resort to low stuff to be funny, Good humor is usually the clean humor. “And my advice to a young man is stay home with your mother until you get some sense. Then learn a trade and stick to it." Nevada, who has seen better days with Barnum and Bailey and with Ringling Brothers, left Indianapolis with his partner, Ed McElroy of Columbus, Ind. This time he will be at Hartford City where a county fair is being held. He wants to make more people laugh.

Seven Complaints for Collections on Notes Filed in Kentland, McCray’s Home Town —Cithers Are Expected. FIGHT ON TRUST AGREEMENT PLAN \t LOOKED FOR -- / Correspondence in Regard to Cattle Paper Gathered With Evidence —Some Letters in Executive’s Handwriting—Hearing in Ne wton County Oct. 8. By FELIX F. BRUNER, Times Staff Correspondent. KENTLAXD. Ind., Sept. 20.—Oct. 8 will be a big day in the little tan brick courthouse here. On that day there will be another meeting of creditors of Governor Warren T. McCray. The meeting will not be so large as that held in Indianapolis recently, and it will not consist exclusively of hank representatives. Among those scheduled to appear, demanding money loaned to McCray and overdue, will be two widows and a deaf and dumb woman, residents of this town, where McCray is the leading citizen. ✓ This creditors’ meeting will be held before Judge George A. Williams. The creditors will demand judgment on notes. Seven Suits Filed. Seven suits already have been filed against the Governor and his business associates here. At least four more are said to be in prospect. The suits: FLETCHER AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK, Indianapolis, against Fred Lyons and State Representative Jacob D. Rich. It is alleged that on Dec. 1, 1922, the defendants gave their note for SIO,OOO, payable in six months, to McCray, that McCray indorsed it and sold it to the bank, and that it never has beep paid. MRS.-MARY WILLIAMS, a widow, against McCray. It is charged that on Sept. 2, 1920, McCray gave her his note for SI,OOO, payable one year after date and that he failed to pay. MRS. ALMA JACKSON, a widow, against McCray. It is charged that on Dec. 27, 1921, McCray gave Mrs. Jackson a note for $6,500, due one year after date. The record shows McCray made payments of $250, $l5O, S4OO, S3OO and S3OO, the last payment being made July 20, 1923. Interest Payments Made. RUTH CLARK, a deaf and dumb woman, against McCray. The suit charges that on April 19, 1920, McCray gave her a note for $2,000, payable one year after date, but did not pay it. The record shows interest payments were kept-up.

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BROWN STOWN, against McCray and Alvin E. Herrlntan. Suit alleges A. E. Herriman and Company, a partnership of McCray and Herriman, gave McCray a note for SI,OOO, payable eight months after date and that McCray then endorsed the note and deposited It in the bank. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BROWNSTOWN against McCrayy TL A. Reinhart, and William Simons: Same situation FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BROWNSTOWN. against James L. Morrison and McCray, $2,500 involved. Same circumstances. County Offices Busy /&*hile the clerk's office here has been busy receiving an almost unprecedented number of suits for this county, the recorder’s office has been busy filing deeds In connection with the McCray tangle. The rheetlng of McCray creditors in Indianapolis was held the latter part of August. It was for the purpose of entering into a trust agreement whereby McCray's assets should be turned over to creditors. Records here show that on Aug. 23, McCray and Mrs. McCray trans ferred to the Aetna Trust and Savings Company of Indianapolis 1,200 acres of land for ”$1 and other valuable consideration." James P. Goodrich, who headed the pool to take care off McCray’s more urgent liabilities, is Interested In the Aetna company. Land Bought up to Nov. 29, 1922 The record also shows that McCray was buying land as late as Nov. E 9, 1922. The land which he transferred to the was conveyed to McCray and Mrs. McCray by John J. Trotter and Mary M. Trotter, Nov. 29, 1922 for $48,000. The deed was not recorded until Sept. 15. 1923.-’ Since the creditors' meeting in Indianapolis. McCray has been transferring property to the State Savings and Trust Company, trustee for the McCray property. The transfer was (Continued on Page 2)

NEW MAKES G. 0. P. SPEECH TO WOMEN Says Farmer Losing Patience With ‘Sympathizers/ "The best intterests of the United States call for the supremacy of the Republican party," declared Postmaster General Harry S. New before a meeting of the Seventh District Republican Woman's Club at the Columbia Club today. “The farmer is losing patience with people who make it appear that he Is an improverished condition." said New', who declared that the talk concerning the low price of wheat was unwarranted insofar as it "composes 6 per cent of the crop of our farmers," who have good prices and good markets for (be rest of their crops. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. in 70 10 a. m 73 7 a. m 70 11 a. m. 75 8 a. m 71 12 (Boon) ..I .. 77 9a. m 71 Ip. m *,. 79

Forecast PARTLY cloudy tonight and Friday. Probably thunderstorms. Cooler.

TWO CENTS

PATIENT TAKES LIFEINHOSPITAL Andrew Donlan, 69, Hangs Self With Bell Cord, The body of Andrew Donlan. 69, of 823 Church St., was found by Miss Evelyn Kuhn, a nurse, and a Catholic sister, after he had hanged himself in the utensil room at St. Vincent's Hospital today. Donlaa entered the hospital last December after a nervous breakdown. Coroner Paul F Robinson declared the death a suicide. Miss Kuhn found,the utensil room door fast. She called the sister. They forced entrance. Robinson said Donlan had fastened the bell cord from his room about his neck and the door knob, propping a chair against the door so it would not open. Then he lay down so the cord tightened. He had been dead approximately half an hour when found, the coroner said. Four sons survie They are: Andrew, 626 N. Dearborn St.; John and William Allg of this city, and Thomas of Los Angeles, Cal. Burglar Uses Front Door A daylight burglar entered the home of L. E. Schubert. 3709 Rookwood Ave., while the family was away Wednesday, and stole $4 from a trouser pocket. Police say the front door was unlocked with a pass key.

Hoosiers See Burning of Yokohama Rupert H. Stanley, his wife and their three children—lndianapolis refugees In the Japanese earthquake horror—found safety in the mountains of Nippon, according to first direct word by mall from Japan. A letter received today by Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Rawls, of Carthage, whose daughter, Miss Harriet Rawls, was with the Stanley family, also told of her K ing safe. “We could Bee the flames .In Yokohoma, nine miles away,” said Miss Rawls. “Robert Gordon, head of the American school in Toklo, feared we would try to get to Yokohama He walked twenty miles 'To warn us not to do so.” Miss Rawls and Rupert Stanley and wife —her uncle and aunt —helped in relief work. The letter to Miss Rawls’ parents gave a graphic picture of the suffering among the earthquake -Survivors. Mrs. Stanley is a sister of Mrs. John Culberston. 5759 E. Michigan St., who received word from the Y. M. C. A. Wednesday that the Stanley party was safe.' Stanley Is a Y. M. C. A. secretary In Toklo. 4