Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 164, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 November 1923 — Page 2

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‘DOC COOK, ARCTIC EXPLORER, GETS LONG PRISON SENTENCE

GIRL, AUTO, EGGS STAR IN TRAFFIC ACCIBEOTEDY It Was a Tragedy to George, Driver of the Truck, However, Miss Louis Sehetter. 1001 E. Fifty- j First Bt., has memories today of the j “biggest" omelte she'll probably ever! make. And Wednes-1 —7-= day when she ’ LL Persons drove an auto,l,l , h *', e l b i e , n mobile to BroadUU killed in . ac c i dents way and Tenth In Marion Ctiuaty St., she wasn't this year. even thlnjcing , about eggs or ICCI SW even ham - I ||l| | be e n Her machine IWw I traf- struck a truck dents. It is' Tout driven by George doty to make the Rapier, colored, streets 1518 Columbia Ave., at the corner. The truck turned over. Two crates of eggs were hurled to the street. Fortunately, they were fresh for •very egg was broken In the “fall.” An automobile driven by Jesse Clevenger, 134 W. Pratt St., was overturned at North and Pennsylvania Sts. Clevenger received Injuries to the hips, head and arms. He was taken to the city hospital. His steering wheel locked, he told police. Sam Felnberg. 926 Maple St., is under arrest today charged with assault and battery and improper driving. Police Bay his auto struck Miss T7na Zachary, 1649 N. AlabamS St., while she was crossing the street at Michigan and West Sts. and Inflicted Injuries said not to be serious. Forest Pauli. 44 N. Tacoma St., is recovering today from bruises about the body received Wednesday when he was struck by a car driven by E. F. Ketilbeck. 126 Euclid AVe., at Keystone Ave. and Michigan St., according to police.

NEW SEWER COSI CITED BY LUTEN System Improvements Will ; Total $570,000, Report, Indianapolis will have to expand approximately $570,000 for the improvement of its sewer system before full benefit can be realized of the new sewage disposal plant, southwest of Indians polis, Daniel B. Luten, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce civic affairs subcommittee to investigate the interceptor proposal by the sanitary board said today. At a meeting of the sub-committee at the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday. Charles H. Hurd, consulting engineer. said that by providing more Interceptors the pollution of Fall Creek and White River will be remedied. By connecting North Side sewage system with proposed Interceptors for the South Side a complete drainage of all the sanitary waste of the city to the disposal plant will be insured, Hurd said. DUNLAP CLUB BANQUET E 0 Jackson Will Deliver Address to Members Xov. 26. Ed Jackson, secretary of State, is to be speaker at the banquet Nov. 26 of the Dunlap Club at the Lincoln. The banquet is part of a two-day semi-annual meeting of the club. A debate. "Resolved, That Health and Accident Insurance Is Most Valuable Protection," with J. C. Kline affirmative and F. J. Haake negative. Is to be a feature of the program Nov. 27. The club Is composed of “star” agent* of the Federal Savings and Insurance Company. J. R. Dunlap is president. Other officers are. G. E. Marsh, vice president; De Witt E. Carpenter, treasurer, and G. W. Furnish, secretary.

MERGER IS DISCUSSED Orphanages of Three Methodist Conferences May Be Located at Goshen. Bu Ut.ited Pr's* \ FT. WAYNE, Ind., Nov. 22. Merger of the orphanages of 'the three Methodist conferences in Indiana was discussed at a meeting of directors of the Baspor orphanage of the Northern Indian Conference here today. Gift of three tracts of land totaling S7O acres to the Conference by Mr. and Mrs. William Baspor, Goshen, Ind.. caused members of the Conference to believe that location of one orphanage on the land, near Goshen, woulcl result in considerable saving :n the caring for children. An orphanage at Greencastle, Ind., would probably be moved to Goshen if the plan is,followed. Conference committees will meet in Indianapolis, Dec. 6, when action may be taken on the proposal. Oppose Teacher Service IJtnit The Chamber of Commerce education committee will meet Dec. 5 to take further steps opposing the recent ruling of the board of school commissioners requiring teachers to retire after forty years of service. A resolution opposing the action of the board was adopted by the committee Wednesday.

Cannery Fire I .oss Is 810,000 Bv Time* Special COVINGTON, Ind., Nov. 22.—Fire of unknown origin destroyed the main building of the plant of the Covington canning factory here Wednesday. Loss eras approximately SIO,OOO. Tne building was partially insured.

Is Fined $12,000 Upon Conviction as Oil Swindler —Court Scores Defendant in Lecture —Prepares to Appeal Verdict, By United Prats FT. "WORTH. Tex., Nov. 22. —Dr. Frederick A, Cook and his associates prepared today to appeal from the decision of Federal Judge Killits, who found them guilty of mis-usiag the mails in connection with their oil stocks promotions. The former Arctic exployer drew a sentence of fourteen years and nine months and $12,000 fine for his part in the operations of the Petroleum Producers Association, of which he was “president and sole trustee.”

Miss Tarquina Voss New D. A . R. Regent v MISS TARQUINA VOSS Miss Tarquina Voss, 1301 Broadway, Is the newly elected State regent of the Daughters of the Revolution. Other officers elected recently are Mrs. W. W. Stockton, vice regent; Mrs. Harvey L. Grimes, secretary; Mrs. W. A. Pickens, treasurer; Mrs. Eustace B. Holliday, | historian; Miss Pearl Randall, registrar. The council elected Includes J>r. Marie Haalep. Mrs. Charles Townsend. Mrs. John D. Reed. Mrs. H. C. Wilcox and Miss Anna K. Adams.

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Thirteen of his Associates in the promotion of the Petroleum Producers Association, were given prison terms ranging from a year and a day to eight years and fines of from $12,000 to SSOO. S. E. J. Cox, publicity man for Cook, and dean of oil stock promoters, twice indicted in connection with oil deals of which the Government was suspicious, was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined SB,OOO. Fred K. Smith, treasurer of Cook’s concern, drew seven years and a fine of $12,000, as did Arthur Ekman, another official. Six years was the penalty of L. A McKercher, who was in charge of Cook's field agent3 In the stock selling business, tvhile IV P. Welty and W. L. Bradlsh drew two and a half years each. Sentences of a year and a day were Imposed on Thomas Tujney, R. L. Maxwell, B. S. Henniger, E. J Bowen, S L. Hess, C. W. Sleete And J. S. Rooks. Fines of SI,OOO were imposed upon nine of the defendants. Six Fined SSOO Os the seven defendants who pleaded guilty fines of SSOO were levied on six. The seventh, H O. Stephens, publicity writer for Cook, was fined SI,OOO and given a ninety-day jail sentence. Judge Killits flayed Cook mercilessly as he passed sentence. “At last you are at the point when you cannot bunco anybody," the judge began, addressing the onetime Arctic explorer. “You have come to a mountain and reached a latitude both of which are beyond you. First in Ijjstory we had Ananias, then Machiavelll and the twentieth century produced Dr. Frederick A. Cook. “This deal of yours was so damnablv crooked that 1 know the lawyers who defended you did so with their handkerchiefs to their noses. It smelled to Heaven. “Every penny you took in was robbed from widows and orphans, from Invalids, from children, from people in the depth of poverty. It seems that you would be haunted at night, and colossal that what I say Is nothing to you.” Must Pay Costs Costa of the trial were assessed against Cook, in addition to his heavy fine and penitentiary term. The costs have been estimated at $15,000 tV $20,000. The explorer’s bond was fixed at $75,000 should he desire to appeal the case, which was not considered unlikely here. Heavy bonds also were fixed for Smith, Ekman. Welty, Me K&rcher and Bradish. Cook, who Wednesday afternoon after hearing the verdict of the Jury which was out twenty-four hours, pronounced him and his associates guilty, became the object of pity In the crowded courtroom through his pathetic manner when the full force of his fate dawned upon him. He had partially recovered his composure at the night session, however, and his demeanor was one of stolidity as he heard the judge excoriate him.

SEEK MUNCIE GIRL IN OMAHA. NEBRASKA Rumored That Missing Ctrl Sought Work In That City. By United Pr<t MUNCIE, Ind., Nov. 22.—Search for Marguerite Dearth, daughter of Judge Clarence Dearth, who disappeared Nov. 1, today centered at Omaha, Neb., following a telegram that a girl answering her description had applied for nursing work at a hospital there last week. The father Is prepared to leave at once If the girl can be located. DRIVER HELD ON CHARGE Collision of Cars Causes Arrest of Wilbur Stuckwish. Wilbur Stuckwish, 27. of 426 N. Colorado St., was under arrest today on a charge of speeding following an accident at E. Michigan and Dearborn I Sts.. Wednesday night, when a car j driven north on Dearborn St. by Vin-' cent Keller, 19 Woodiawn Ave., was; Struck by Stuckwish’s auto going west on Michigan St. Norman Lee, 1222 E. Ohio St., reported to police that his auto, parked at Bellefontaine and Sixteenth Sts., was damaged by a machine driven hy a negro who failed to stop. Police began investigation today on the license number obtained by a passing motorist who gave chase. SECOND TIME NO CHARM Youthful Burglar Caught Visiting Store. Returning to a store which he had burglarized before, Ralph Foust, 18, of 1204 W. Washington St., was captured Wednesday night by the proprietors as he entered the window and a confession obtained of the first burglary and the second attempt, according to police today. J. A. Cox, 1210 W. Washington St., and Harvey Wainscott, 517 W. Washington St., proprietors, had laid in wait for the burglar’s return every night since Sunday, when the first raid was made. Foust is held today under charges of burglary and entering a house to commit a felony. Storeroom Broken in for Narcotics Thieves, searching for narcotics, polk •* believe, entered the drug store of Louis W. Carnefix, 1008 River Ave., by breaking a glass from a rear door and unlocking it. Lawrence Manning, a clerk, was summoned. A hurried survey revealed that nothioj bad been taken.

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NEW TRIAL ASKED IN DAGON MURDER CASE Found Guilty of Killing Former Wife’s Husband— Gets Life Sentence. By United Press BRAZIL. Ind.. Nov. 22.—Motion for anew trial was to be filed by attorneys for the defense today in the ease of John Dagon, convicted of murder in the first degree. Dagon. tried on charge of killing his former wife's husband, George Dierdorf, was sentenced by lift- Imprisonment by a jury in Circuit Court late Wednesday after a trial of ten days. AIR SERVICE INADEQUATE Chief Declares Army Forces Present Critical Situation. By United Press WASHINGTON. Nov. 22.—Warning against the total "inadequacy” of the Army air ser v ico Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick declared in his annual report ‘today that unless corrective steps are taken promptly the condition of America’s air forces “will shortly present an extremely critical situation.” Gone, but Not Forgotten Automobiles reported stolen belong to: Ralph Wdnger, 406 Harvard PI., from Capitol Ave. and Washington St. zErnest Pennington, 1106 S. Mount St., from Pennsylvania and Washington Sts. O. M. Jones, 3822 Central Ave., from North and Pennsylvania Sts. William J. Newell, 308 V 2 E. Norwood St., from in front of same.

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ALLEGED‘QUACK’ SOUGHT IN WAR ON FAKLFHYSICIANS Product of 'Medical Diploma Mill' Charged With Manslaughter, By United Press HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 22. —Arrest of Dr. George M. Sutcliffe, confessed product of the Missouri “medical diploma mill,” was expected today In either Albany, N. Y., or St. Louis, Mo. Connecticut detectives were reported in both these cities looking for the former St. Louis pho;ographer who

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was made a “physician” almost overnight by the diploma mill. Meantime officials were Investigating the circumstances surrounding deaths of seven persons for which Sutcliffe signed death certificates from Dec. 27, 1922, to June 23, 1923. The arrest of Sutcliffe was ordered on a charge of manslaughter, based on evidence brought out by Benedict M. Holden, foreman of the grand jury, In connection with the death of Vlbert C. Hoody. who died when Sutcliffe administered to him ether for an operation on a crushed finger. SHANiTsPEAkFaT 3ARY Harrison C3iib Crowded to Capacity to Hear Address. By Times Special GARY, Ind., Nov. 22.—“1 am always a candidate for anything,” Mayor Shank of Indianapolis said in an address at the Big Harrison Club, Wednesday night. The mayor made no definite statement concerning hfs candidacy for Governor. He took an indirect slap at the Ku-IGux Klan and declared allegiance to the Republican party. The Harrison Club was crowded to capacity to hear the mayor’s address.

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ORDER LAYS OFF 1 PENMEN Local Shops Affected by General Curtailment, Three hundred men employed in the E. Washington St. Pennsylvania railroad shops were laid off today until Dec. 3, it was announced by W. C. Woods, chief clerk of the Indianapolis division. The lay-off, which w.as unexpected, is in compliance with orders from headquarters at Philadelphia. Approximately 40,000 shop employes throughout the system will be affected by the order. At Terre Haute 300 men will be affected. A decrease in the amount of freight, and the annual adjustment of “working tv ices” is given as reasons for closing.

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