Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 238, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 February 1924 — Page 1

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VOLUME 35—NUMBER 238

DOME QUIZ DELAYED BY DIE PROBERS Senate Inquiry Will Reconvene Feb, 25 After Evidence Is Considered, •SLUSH FUND’ NEXT UP Testimony .Thus Far Presented Even Confuses Committee in Sensationalism, By PAUL R. MALLON United Preaa Staff Correspondrnt. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Teapot Lome Investigators today paused to decide the reaction and scope of their further inquiry intq leasing of naval oil reserves. Hearings have ben adjourned until Feb. fcs, when the $1,000,000 slush fund, reported to have been used, will be gone into. Edward B. McLean, millionaire Washington publisher, who is coming up from Palm Beach, was notified he need not appear to answer hia subpoena at present. McLean was to be asked about the million - dollar fund, but questioning of McLean was thought unnecessary at present. No congressional investigating committee in many years has produced such a variety of sensations with such a rapidity which this committee has. The evidence thus far presented makes a mountain of .documents. Even committee members are a little confused at times in trying to keep clear in their minds just what the eommitte has developed. In brief, here is what has been shown: 1. That Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, obtained SIOO,OOO from Edward L. Doheny, lessee of California naval oil reserves (Continued on Page 1*)

CONFIRMATION OF COUNSEL STARTS SENATE DEBATE Lodge and Dill in Tilt Over Consideration of Appointees, ■Bp United Pr*sa WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—An attempt to have the nominations of Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia and Atlee Pomerene, Ohio, continued as presidential counsel to prosecute the oil leases considered by the open Senate today started a bitter fight between Democrats and Republican Leader Lodge. Senator Bill, Washington, asked open consideration of the two names and ' when' Lodge • objected, tried to move it. Lodge said lie was out of order. Dill shouted at Lodge: "You may seal-the doors of this Sepate, .but you can never seal the lips of the American people.” . Senator Ashurst,- Arizona, Democrat, denounced the proceedings as ‘‘a game of ping-pong.” The oil investigating committee Friday unanimously accepted Roberts, and voted 10 to • 3 in favor of Pomerene. Senators Walsh, Dill and Adams dissented on Pomerene. Summoning of a grand jury to consider criminal action is being considered. • ’ WEDDING BELLS SILENT Sign Warns tlerks Couple Is Under , Age. - Wedding bells won't ring tonight for John Robert Edwards, colored, 18, of-2330 V* Roosevelt Ave. Just a3 John and Miss Vinnie Mae Mitchell. 1", Twentieth and Yandes Sts., were completing the purchase of a marriage license today the paternal Edwards hove in view on a run. "Don’t give that boy a license, he's only 18,” shouted Edwards. "Son. you come home with your father.” The father then posted a sign in the office warning clerks to refuse marriage licenses to parties concerned. BATTUf ON TAX BILL One Per Cent Difference in Rates Bitterly Contested. Bu United Presa WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—A battle over one per cent difference in surtax rates raged in the House today as a showdown neared on the tax reduction WU.. That bitterly contested one per cent will make the bill either a “Republican” or a "Democratic” measure. If the Democrats, in combination with progressives, can force the adoption of the Garner 44 per cent rate, the bill carries a "Democratic” label.

“BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES”,

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DEATH SHOWS COMMUNITY NEGLECT

Prisoner Held for Mental Observation Succumbs on Way to Hospital

“ rirsTUBERCULOSIS and heart complications,” a report in 1 the coroner’s office said today. “Vagrancy and insanity” were the charges on an affidavit on the desk of City Judge Delbert (f. Wilmeth. Both referred to the same man and both told the story again of the failure of Marion County and of Indianapolis properly to care for insane persons and persons suspected of being insane. The man was Ralph Brown, 49, of Kentucky. On Feb. 11 two policemen said they found him acting queerly. They arrested him on a vagrancy charge and noted

Commission to Strike at Long Working Hours ,State Order, Expected Within Next Ten Days, Will Insist on More Precautions to Prevent Wrecks Similar to Crash Near Fortville, Asa result of the Fortville collision, in which seventeen persons were killed and thirty-six injured, an order will be issued by the public service connnssion within the next ten days requiring more drastic regulation of traction safety devices and recommending abolishment of the thirteen-hour alternate day for crews, it was forecast today.

Samuel R. Artman, commissioner in charge of the inquiry, and C. E. Matthews, chief of the railway inspection division, will begin drafting of the order Thursday morning. Commissioners are unanimous in opposition to the long hours required by the company for traction crews on lie Anderson division. Disclosed at Anderson Testimony revealing the existence of the long day with only forty-five minutes for rest was heard at the Anderso nhearing. The commission is limited by law to jurisdiction over safety devices and equipment. Opinion regarding the hours of labor will be expressed as recommendations. It is understood. G. V. Loverling, inspector of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C., stated today that a Fed eral law pernilts. raj 1 roads and traction lines to have'runs not exceeding sixteen hours in a twenty-four hour period. Ten-Hour Rest Required A ten-hour rest period must be provided, the Federal law states. The statute is for protection of crews on freight hauls, since passenger train crews seldom are subject to a long day. If a long day is used, the crew does not work the following day, it was pointed out. Artman is of the opinion that a thirteen-hour day for crews on whom rests the safety of human life is dan- ■ gerous. He points to his experience on the State industrial board, where he served for more than eight years in support of the view. Addition to the railway inspection force is being consldei'kd. Curoner Jesse A. Helbert, of Madison County, said the prosecutor bad asked lim to de:ay his verdict until Monday. Helbert has been investigating for two weeks.

LAWYER AND CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES Funeral Arrangements Await Son's Arrival, Funeral arrangements for George W- Paul, 86, Civil War veteran and attorney, who died Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. June P. Poe, 645 E. Twenty-Third St.. „today awaited arrival of a son, W. B. Paul, from Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Paul was admitted to the bar in Crawfordsville more than fifty years ago. He was a member of Company B, 156th Indiana volunteers, the G. A. R. and a Thirty-Third Degree Mason. He retired six years ago. Surviving: Four sons, W. 8., E. H. and J. G. Paul of Indianapolis, and G. H. Paul, Riverton, Wyo.; two stepsons, C. C. Graham, Indianapolis, and Palmer Graham, Terre Haute, Ind.; and four daughters, Mrs. Poe; Mrs. O. .G. Noville, New York; Mrs. Ella Jackson, Mahomet, 111., and Mrs. Bessie Craig, Houston, Tex. Ft. Wayne Ordered Reassessed Reassessment of Ft. Wayne was orcered today by the State tax board upon petition of John 11. Johnson, auditor of Allen County, who alleged “rank injustice on taxpayers of Ft. Wayne and practically 100 per cent of the farmers of Allen County under existing valuations." The board also ordered reassessment of Knight township, Vanderburgh County. HOURLY TEMPERATURE - 6 a. 22 10 a. m 24 7 a. m 22 11 a. m 27 8 a. m..--.... 23 12 (noon) 28 9 a. m 23 I p. in..--.... 30

FRANK P. MANLY NAMED ON PARK ! BOARD BY SHANK Insurance President to Fill Unexpired Term of Mayor’s Late Wife, Frank F. Manly, president of the Indianapolis Life Insurance Company, was appointed on the park board to : complete the unxpired term of Mrs. ; Sarah Shank today. Mayor Shank announced the appointment following a conference with ; Manly at tho Shank home. Manly is ; a Democrat. His term will expire Jan. | 1, 1927. Mrs. Shank having served ono ; of four years. Former Rotary President Manly has long been identified with civic Interests of Indianapolis and is a former president of the Rotary Club. He has taken unusuat interest in the zoning law and is a supporter of tho present park program. He is an advocate of development of the Fair.view project and favors the park board plans for expansion of the site for Butler University. Mayor Shank came home Friday evening after spending ten days at French Lick, where he rested following the death of Mrs. Shank. The mayor said he felt "fairly good” and is planning to resume his duties at the city hall Monday. Shank Eager for Fray Shank is'anxious to get back in the Republican gubernatorial fight, and expects to start active campaigning about Feb. 25, probably at Indianapolis. He will address the Bloomington Rotary Club Wednesday noon. The mayor spoke Thursday night before the Exchange Club at Louisville. MR. COP, AIDE TO CUPID Correspondence Fiance Seeks Information on Bride-to-Bc. Police were asked to aid cupid today. An elderly man, saying he was from Auburn. N. Y„ appeared at headquarters and asked Sergeant Sheehan "what kind of a. woman” a certain widow living in W. Twelfth St., is. The sergeant did not know the woman. The man, confessing he had become engaged by correspondence, commented, “Well, she looks respectable in her picture.” and took a taxi to the bride-to-be's home. INSURANCE UNION FORMED Association of Mutual Companies Files Incorporation Papers. Articles of incorporation for the Mutual Insurance Companies’ Union of Indiana were _filcd today with the secretary of State. Headquarters will be in Indianapolis. There is no capital stocky Directors and incorporators: J. P. Branaman; Bedford; J. N. Gullefer. New Augusta; John Clark, Ft. Wayne; H. K. Nowlin, SO6 Fidelity Trust Bldg.. Indianapolis; John A. Miller, • Newcastle; C. C. Freese, -La Porte; Frank E. Hay, Hagerstown; Chaxles E. Miller, Mulberry; John Clark, Franklin; S. T. Fisher. Peru; D. E. Shelton, Morristown, and M. F. Holman, oagood.

A PEPPY NEW C.OMIC. STRIP WILL GREET YOU IN THE TIMES MONDAY, AND ON TUESDAY THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ADDITION TO THE RANKS OF FUNMAKKKS, WHO APPEATI- EXCLUSIVELY IN THIS PAPER. THE SECOND'NEW CUT-UP SERIES IS

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, FEB. 16, 1924

they suspected him of being insane. The city judge continued the case until today so an investigation could be made. Then Brown was placed in a cell in the county jail, because there was no provision for putting him in a hospital. He remained in the cell until Friday when the jail physician discovered his condition was such immediate attention was necessary, lie called a city ambulance. Brown was dead before he reached the hospital. That is why he failed to answer When his name was called in city court today.

Ralston Tells How to Get Thin

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'-pnENATOR SAMUEL M. RALSTON is getting thin! Jtr The biggest man, at least physically, in Indiana politics is not as Wg-as he He is home from Washington for a week'. "Certainly, I’m thinner,” Senator

Next! Bu I mtrd V,-*/• NEW YORK, Feb. 16 —Choose your own poison. Thomas A. Edison and Hudson Maxim, the inventor, arc split. “Is lethal gas more humane than electrocution?” Maxim was asked, following Edison's recent assertion that. it. was. “Well.” said (Maxim < arnestly ns he stroked his long heard, "there Is nothing that heats tho old-fash-ioned halter. Put a rope around a man's neck and let him drop.”

F/dR BOARD PLANS FOR WFCRAY TRIAL Employment of Additional Lawyers Considered, The question of obtaining additional legal counsel to represent the Indiana board of agriculture at the trial of Governor McCray, March 4, in connection with the $155,000 loan from the board, was presented to members today by William M. Jones, secretarytreasurer. Tho executive committee at a previous meeting voted to refer the matter of legal representation to Attorney General U. S. Lcsli. The board created the position of superintendent of programs at the 1924 State fair, approved a S3OO advertising contract for the Indiana State Federation of Labor year hook, authorized construction of a $50,000 Purdue building as previously planned and decided to tear down the northwest sheep barn at the fairground. REPORT EXPECTED MCH. 1 Two-Year Moratorium for German} Among Recommendations. Bu United Press / PARIS, Feb. 16.—1 t Is believed the conference of experts headed by General Charles G. Dawes of the United States which has completed investigation into Germany's capacity to pay reparations will report to the commission about March 1. The recommendations will include a two-year moratorium for Germany, economic liberation of the Ruhr and Rhineland, German reparations payments on a scale depending on excess of exports over imports. Woman Named Receiver. Mrs. Levady Chasteen today was appointed receiver and operator of a hotel at 33 Vi N. Senate Ave., by Circuit Judge H. O. Chamberlin. It is believed the first time a woman has occupied such a position in Marion County.

SAMUEL M. RALSTON, “BEFORE AND AFTER.”

Ralston explained. "I weigh thirtyfive pounds less than I did. I did it by cutting out meat and potatoes and by walking back and forth to work. 1 ‘ i never frit better in my life. I'm in training."

HANCOCK DEPUTY SHERIFF HELD IN BOOZE PLOT CASE Federal Agents Charge Scheme to Blackmail Farmer Uncovered, Warrants charging 1 Lawrence Kinder of Greenfield, former State motor policeman, who says he is deputy sheriff of Hancock County: Norman Zollezi, 2322 E. Washington St.; Edward Griffith, 1315 Keystone Ave.; Clarence Kinsley, 913 Park Ave., and another man whose name was not made public, with conspiracy to impersonate a Federal officer, were issued today. . . ' The action was taken by Bert C. Morgan, Federal prohibition director, as the result of discovery of what Federal officers declare was one of the most daring liquor blackmail plots ever uncovered in Indiana. The quartette waived arraignment and were held to the Federal grand jury by Commissioner Howard S. Young. Bonds, $2,500 each. There is a possibility that other Hancock County officials may be implicated, Federal officials said. Kinder was questioned at length today by Morgan and other'Federal officials upon 1 a written statement made by Zollezi after he, Griffith and Kinsley Were arrested Friday night by Prohibition Agents George Winkler, .toe otransberger, Roy Negley and Seth Ward at the home of ,T. N. Bridges, farmer, about two miles north'of Greenfield. Tlie plot, according to Federal agents, took the following form: Zollezi. Griffith and Kinsley “planted” a keg of liquor at the Bridges hdme In the absence Os Mr. and Mrs. Bridges, Feb. 8. When they returned they found Zollezi and Griffith waiting. At first Zollezi said he was George Winkler, but when Bridges said he KfTfcw Winkler, stated he was another prohibition agent, Irwin Horner. Zollezi offered to "overlook” the case for SI,OOO, Federal agents charge. Bridges paid S2OO and agreed to pay SBOO Friday night, agents said. Zollezi and Griffith were arrested when they appeared. New Employment Agency An employment agency which will specialize in mechanical trades, factory, hotel, restaurant and domestic help has been opened at 104 Pembroke Arcade, under the name of Reid Industrial Service.

Entered as Second-class Matter at Postofflce. Indianapolis Published Daily Except Sunday.

Ten persons suspected of insanity still are in cells in the county jail held as Brown was under vagrancy charges from the city court. . In the meantime, city officials are considering some provision to relieve the situation. Last week county commissioners informed Sol Schloss, city health board president, that the county favors the removal of the mentally sick from the jail, and will pay for their maintenance at the city hospital. Schloss said today that he is having an architect make a survey of the hospital, and if room is available, he will ask the city council for a small appropriation for fitting it.

There has been a lot of talk recently about presidential candidates going Into physical training. The left picture shows Ralston as he appeared in 1922. The other shows him as he Is today.

Grrrr!! A*“ ~~1 SMALL sized taxicab “war” was i-aging in In- ■— dianapohs. The controversy is over the limited parking space on the Market St. side of the Terminal Station. Heretofore, the Yellow and Diamond cabs have been sharing the spare. Today the Yellow cabs had all the space and the Diamonds were after it. While Yellow occupied the space, both Yellow and Diamond cabs cruised in the neighborhood. Whenever a cab pulled out with a passenger, there was a race between Yellows and Diamonds for tho space thus left-open.

TAGGART MOVE STILL DISCUSSED Report Crittenberger Will Withdraw Persists, Discussion among candidates for Governor, their managers and followers continued today to center around the statement of Thomas Taggart supporting Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch for the Democratic nomination. Reports that Dale J. Crittenberger, Anderson, a candidate for the Democratic nomination, would withdraw persisted despite Crittenbergor’s denial. Friends of Republican candidates were seeing an advantage for them in the situation. They declare that the Taggart statement will result in bitterness on the part of Democratic candidates "left out in the cold” and that if M'Culloch Is nominated the Republican nominee can capitalize this feeling. SLEET OR SNOW COMING? Weather Bureau W r eek End Outlook Is Gloomy. More winter weather. The Government bureau predicted today that there would be snow and rain, possibly sleet, tonight. Temperature ranged from 25 to 23 degrees above zero in the early hours. From 25 to 30 will be registered tonight, but it will be colder Sunday, the bureau believed. Diphtheria Serious at Sheridan By Times' Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind„ Feb. 16. Seven families have been quarantined against diphtheria at Sheridan. Two persons have died. The town board recently held a meeting and discussed the situation.

BRITISH POLICY IN RUSSIA IS UPHELD BY LLOYD GEORGE Former Premier of England Praises Stand of Newly Chosen Labor. Leader, By DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, O. M„ M. P. Former British Prime Minister (Copyright, 1924, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) LONDON, Feb. 16 (By Cable).— Great Britain is according a quasi de jure recognition to Russia. I say "quasi" because questions arising out of recognition have stiil to be settled. Italy is about to follow suit. For the moment, there will be no Russian ambassador at the Court of St. James’ but the Bolshevik charge d'affairs will appear there and a British charge d'affaires will be received in Moscow. There may be no change In the Russian representative in London, but his status will be exalted. i Rakovsky in London Mr. Rakovsky is in London a? the official representative of the soviet but is merely a trade representative. At any rate, during the late conservative administration he was not. allowed to enter the portals of the foreign office and was certainly not welcomed by Hs august chieftain. He was relegated t"0 the pleblan corridors of the Board of Trade. In the reprobate days o£ the coalition, the Russian emissary was received at Downing St. But Diehardism drove the Bolshevik lepers outside the gates and Lord Curzon flung stones at them with his rhetorical catapult. His intention, no doubt, was to scare them away altogether. Had it not been for the sharp intervention of traders who were beginning to do business with Russia and of others who were looking forward to business relations with that country, his design would have j succeeded. As it was, his effort to ex- j pel the soviet representative failed. Wliat Will Happen Now that Mr. Rakovsky and Mr O'Grady are arrayed in the panoply of diplomacy, will It make any difference? A great deal. Not because of tho change of status, but more be- | cause of the improvement in the atmosphere. Business was impossible in the sixty below zero temperature S which existed under tho recent admin-1 (Continued on Pago 9)

WARREN PHILLIPS FOUND Brother of I .oral Man Located After Attempted Suicide by Starving. A telegram from Banning, Cal., authorities stating that Warren L. Phillips of I.os Angeles has been found has been received by his brother, Howard H. Phillips, 3131 N. Illinois St. Phillips wrote letters to his brother and to a Bos Angeles newspaper saying that he was voluntarily going to “starve himself to death” to "meet all upper requirements." Tic also said that he was “hoping for the same forgiveness for the act that may be accorded to the woman who caused it.” Posses l.ad been searching for Phillips since last Monday. IT. H. Phillips is in St. Vincent’s hospital. CITY WAFER BILL SHOWS BIG JUMP Hospital Expense More Than Doubled, The water bill at 'the city hospital totaled $342.15 for January, compared with former monthly'rates of approximately $125, it was announced at city hall toady. The bill received is the first one under the Indianapolis Water Company’s new schedufe. which wtyi increase water cost at the city hospital almost $3,000 a year. City officials can not estimate the expense to city government of the i ew schedule. The board of health is planning to drill two wells near the hospital, to furnish water.

Forecast SNOW and rain with probably sleet tonight and Sunday. Slightly warmer tonight with lowest temperature 25 to 30. Colder Sunday.

TWO CENTS

mums PM FLIGHT HURTS DEMBY Resignation Because of Coolidge Order Reported in Naval Circles, TRIP WAS PET PROJECT Officials Intimate President’s Move Offers Opportunity for Secretary to Quit, Hfl J nitrd Press \\ ASHINGTON, Kcb. 16.—Resigns tion of .Secretary of the Navy Denby as a result of the abrupt halting by President Coolidge of the dirigible | Shenandoah north pole trip, was re- ; ported in Navy circles to be imminent. Denby. it was said among naval officers, felt this more keenly than he did the. adoption of the Senate resolution condemning him in connection with the naval oil reserves and demanding he resign. I’ l other quarters it was intimated Mr. Coolidge may have taken this step to afford Denby an opportunity to quit the Cabinet voluntarily. Orders of Coolidge. Denby, Friday, announced that in compliance with orders from the President, all preparatory work for the flight had been summarily stopped. Mr. Coolidge ordered this done, Denby'* statement said, because of opposition to the "necessary expenditure of $350,000." No further steps be taken, ht? ordered, until Congress had passed on the naval appropriations bills and had been given an opportunity to express itself concerning the flight. Congress Mystified This mystified members of Congress for two reasons. First there has* been very little opposition in Congress to tho flight, and such as has arisen was based on doubt a sto the value of the expedition and the danger it involved, rather than on the expense. A Second. Denby personally told the House Naval Affairs Committee the flight would cost $1 53,000. Noty it is stated it will cost $350,000. The discrepancy is not understood in Congress. The Tolar expedition of the giant dirigible was Denby’s pet project. Recently ho made a stirring appeal to the House Naval Affairs Committee not to throw any obstacles in the way of tho trip.

OWNERLESS HA! LEFT WITH JUDGE I Damage Suit Is Embarrassing to Witness, Any one need a good hat? Apply ] at Superior Court, Roor 4. In a suit for damages as the result i of an auto accident it developed that defendants were returning from a roadhouse south of town after a more or less successful tussle with John Barleycorn and ran over an auto of the plaintiff in which he was “visiting” with somebody clse’s wife. Two days of “hemming and hawing” by both tides failed to evict testimony from reluctant witnesses. The hat’s ownership was an important question. In vain lawyers attempted toahave it identified, even trying it on witnesses heads. Nobody wanted to testify, and the ease was finally compromised, during a recess. One witness said he thought the hat was found on top of the Ford. “Weil I’ve seen horses and mules wearing hats, but that’s the first time I ever heard, of a Ford wearing one,” replied the lawyer. Everybody filed out, refusing to claim the hat. PRISONER GETS MARRIED Handcuffed to Officer, Salvatore Geraci “Takes Unto Himself a Wife.” Handcuffed to police, Salvatore Geraci, 559 Tacoma Ave., today promised to “love, honor, and obey” Miss Opal Rema Schooley in the office of W. A. Connor, justice of the peace, 201 Baldwin Block . Friday night, the eve of the weddingday, police surprised Geraci at his home and found six gallons of liquor, and five revolvers. He is charged with operating a blind tiger, vagrancy and unlawful possession of firearms. His bond was fixed at $3,600. In Ninth District Race. By Times Special NOBEESVILLE, Ind., Feb. H- Beals of this city, formerly president of the Indiana Traveling Men’s Association, has announced as a candidate for Congress on tfee Republican ticket in the Ninth Indiana district. At this time he is the only oppon ent of Representative Fred S. Purnell, Ninth District Congressman several years.

"MOM ’N POP”