Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 246, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 February 1924 — Page 2

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GIF TAX WOULD REACH SECURES HELD AS GRATUITY Democrat-Progressive Coalition Wants Measure Written in Revenue Bill. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—A gift tax to end evasions of the inheritance tax probably will be written into the new revenue bill today by the Demo-cratic-Progressive coalition in the House. Republican Leader Longworth said it is w r ell known John D, Rockefeller Jr. now holds $600,000,000 in Standard Oil and other securities, presumably gifts from his father. This is the situation the coalition wants to reach by the new tax. At the request of Rpresentative Garner, Texas, ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee Chairman Green will revise his gift tax amendment charging the same rates as the inheritance tax adopted yesterday. Green’s amendment provides a 1 per cent levy on gifts between SIO,OOO and $14,000, graduated to 10 per cent on amounts over $46,000. Garner proposes to start the tax ®t 10 per cent increasing to 40 per cent on $1,000,000. If the gift tax can be disposed of today the excise tax will be taken up.

ADDITIONAL SMOKE WARNINGS ISSUED Inspector Sends Out Ten Notices. five first and five second notices of violations of the city smoke ordinance were sent out today by H. F. Templeton, assistant city smoke inspector. This brought total first notices to ninety-six and second to for-ty-six. First notices were sent H. Lieber & Cos., 1400 Madison Ave.; I. Wolf Auto Parts Company, 555 N. Capitol Ave.: Jackson Building. Meridian and Merrill Sts.; Harbour Hotel. 617-19 N. Illinois St., and Winter Apartments, 1321 N. Meridian St. Second notices went to Meridian Life Bldg., 307 N. Pennsylvania St.; Bessire & Cos., 101 E. South St.; Indianapolis Drop Forge Company, Madison Ave. and Orange St.; H. Lauter Company. 230-245 W. Washington St., and Bends Brothers Bag Company, White River and Blake St.

i KIRBY UN DEMOCRATIC RACE Petitions for Governor Candidate Are Circulated, Petitions were being circulated today in behalf of James Kirby Risk of Lebanon as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor. Risk was a candidate in 1920 on a dry platform. At that time he was ! supported by William Jennings Bryan, | who came to Indiana in his behalf. Risk is the sixth candidate in the j field. The others are Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch. Indianapolis; Joseph M. Cravens, Madison; Dale J. Crittenberger. Anderson, and George Durgan. Lafayette. W. T. QUILLEN ANNOUNCES Attorney Seeks G. O. P. State Senatorship From Marion County. William T. Quillen, attorney, 421422 Lemcke building, today announced that he was a candidate for Republican nomination as State Senator from Marion County. This is the first time Quillen has ever entered the primaries. He graduated from the Ben Harrison law school in 1913 and has practiced here ever since. Quillen served ten months in France with the Sixty-third engineers during the World War. He is secretary of the Englewood Lodge, F. & A. M. 716. Economy in Government and reduction of taxes on an equitable basis of assessment features of his platform. he says. REPUBLIC PROCLAIMED? Greek Troops, However, Claim Communist State Is Formed. By United Press ATHENS, Feb. 26.—An unconfirmed report from the Bulgarian frontier today said Premier Zankoff, head of the revolutionary government, has proclaimed a republic. Troops Immediately issued a counter proclamation in favor of a communist state, the report said. Rumors of trouble in Bulgaria and that King Boris was about to be overthrown have reached Athens. They have been denied by the Bulgarian legation In London. Telephone Rate Boost Asked Providence Telephone Company of Providence, Ind., petitioned the public service commission today for authority to raise telephone rates. Officials claim the company cannot maintain its-plant and render efficient service at its present rate, $1.50 a month for party line. Employes to Frolic More than 800 employes of the Pennsylvania Railroad system, Indianapolis division, with their families will attend the annual frolic at the Hoosler Athletic Club Monday night. D&ncirg and music aie on the program.

Butler French Club Picks New Members

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LEFT TO RIGHT—MISS CATHERINE HEADRICK, MISS FRANCES WOOLERY, MISS ELIZABETH HEFFERMAN.

Seven graduates of Shortndge have been successful in the tryouts for membership in the French Club at Butler. They are the Misses Elizabeth Hefferman, Catherine

WILTSIE SELECTED AS M’CRAY JUDGE Local Attorney Will Hear Charges Against Governor, Charles S. Wiltsie, attorney, 803 State Life Bldg., will be judge in the trial March 4 of Governor McCray on Marion County grand jury indictments charging embezzlement, grand i larceny and making false statements. McCray attorneys struck off the names of Circuit Judge H. O. CharnI berlain and Frank C. Daily in seleet--1 ing Wiltsie from the list named by Criminal Judge James A. Collins from whose jurisdiction the change was asked. It is believed a motion for a continuance of the trial would be filed by McCray under Wiltsie. Wiltsie said he did not know whether he could accept appointment as special judge. He said he had an important case at Danville March 10 and one at Martinsville, April 14. He said if he could arrange these cases and accept the appointment, he probably could not be ready to start the trial before March 10 cr March 12.

FEDERAL PRISONER WANTED IN SOUTH Indicted ‘Evangelist’ Accused of Murder, One of the sixtx-eight defendants named in Federal grand jury indiothients Saturday probably never will face Judge Albert B. Anderson. Instead, he will face a charge of murdering a prison guard at the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Julius C. Pollard, colored, known as ‘the Rev. Pollard,’’ is said to have used the mails In a scheme to defraud while representing himself in and about Gary as an evangelist. He was arested at Gary. His removal to Mississippi was asked by officers of that State, who charged he hal murdered a guard in escaping from the penitentiary nine days after he began serving a ten year sentence for grand larceny.

From Far and Near

S. August Iyfiopold, member of Jewish faith, has been named by Governor Parker, Louisiana, as sheriff of Morehouse parish, hotbed of Ku-Klux Klan activity. A riot necessitating call of police occurred at Trieste opera house. Rome, when Signor Tafuro, tenor, stopped the show to tell the audience what he thought of them after they jeered him. Regardless of other results, the Nation’s oil reserves must be recovered for the American Navy, Governor Gifford Pinchot declared in a speech at New York Monday night. In a caustic speech at St. Ixmis, Senator James A. Reed scored McAxioo and declared the investigating committee had not brought out "one-tenth of the corruption and iniquity,” in the oil scandal. Greece has dethroned the Glucks- I burg dynasty and young King George j has departed with his Queen Eliza- j beth, to Roumania. Walter Finithy, Woodburn, Mass., approached Dr. Robert E. Chalmers, handed him a slip of paper saying: “Doctor, here is my name and address.’’ The next instant, he shot himself. Several members of the San Carlo Opera Company sustained minor injuries when an east-bound Southern Pacific train was wrecked at Gage, N. M., Monday. Senator Walsh today characterized the Republican national committee as an “inveterate liar” and challenged support of statement he had “fathered” naval oil leasing legislation. Six bandits today held up Citizens Bank at Maplewood, a suburb of St. Louis, and escaped with $8,500. Pay roll bandits Monday got $4,600 in three hold-ups. Postmen on Skis EDINBURGH, Feb. 26. —Scottish postmen in the Braemar district, up In the Grampians, are delivering his majesty’s mails on skis. Recent heavy snows brought the innovatichi. At first, there were about as manA falls as deliveries. Hal now, the men are experts.

Headrick, Frances Woolery, Catherine Cavins, Margaret Haldy, Helen Payne and Mildred Johns. There were only seven successful candidates from all other schools.

Blooded Stock on Fall's Broad Acres

NEA photographers again have run the gauntlet of the cowloy guards on A. B. Fall’s ranch near Three Rivers, N. M. A few days ago they obtained pictures of the colonial ranch house w'her© the former secretary of the interior lives. But these photos show the broad acres of the ranch itself, and a por-

NEW DOG POUND LEASE ORDERED Safety Board Dismisses Patrolman From Force, The board of safety today ordered the board of works to lease a building occupied by the city dog pound, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., for two more years. Present lease expired Feb. 7. The board of safety reduced Traffiemen William Gillespie and Albert Slate to patrolmen. Detective Sergeant Paul Taylor was granted thirty days’ leave of absence. The case of William E. Hanna, fireman, charged with unbecoming conduct, was continued to March 18, pending disposition of a liquor case against him in city court. Patrolman Orva Wineinger was dismissed when found guilty of unbecoming conduct. Police Chief Herman F. RiKhoff alleged he was absent without leave. Wineinger failed to appear before the board. TRUCKING FIRM FORMED New Concern Takes Over Old Equipment. Articles of incorporation were filed today by the Quill, Vosaler and Dennis Trucking Company, 916 E. Washington St. The company will take over trucks, trucking equipment, tools and furnishings located there at a value of $37,000. The company has a capital of $60,000. Incorporators are Chris Vossler, Henry W. Dennis and Hugh Quill, all I of Indianapolis. ENGINEER ON PRORGAM Chicago Electrical Expert to Speak Here Friday. R. F. Schuchardt, chief electrical ! engineer of the Commonwealth Edison j Company, Chicago, will speak before | the Indianapolis-Lafayette Section, ! American Institute of Electrical Engineers, at the Lincoln Friday night. His subject: "The Electricity Supply, Industry and the Engineer.” The meeting Is expected to be one of the largest engineers' gatherings ever held in Indiana. Following Schuchardt’s speech, an open discussion will be held. Fifty Tons of Votes LONDON, Feb. 26. —Weighing fifty tons and filling 2,000 sacks, 12,000,000 ballots used at the recent general election in London have arrived at Victoria Tower. Undgp a statute Otey jnust be kept for a year.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Misses Hefferman. Headrick and Woolery are freshmen. The tryouts were programs of French songs, readings and playlets at various meetings of the year.

Lou of ,his prize caWe herd. The top one reveals how f'all has trails formed the sandy wastes along the lower slopes of the Sierra Blanca Mountains into fertile fields and pasture land. Irrigation dams and ditches were built. Then a hydraelectric power plant,with ten miles of transmission line, was erected.

Victim in Mystery Murders at Chicago

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MAYBELLE EXLEV DUFFY Police of nearly a dozen cities are working on the solution of the murder of John Duffy and his wife, Maybelle Exley Duffy, in Chicago. Duffy was known to Indianapolis police. Orlando Horton and Maurice Curtis and their wives, formerly of Indianapolis, have been arrested in New Orleans In connection with the killing. Freight Handler Dies James Mackey, 42, colored, 328 W. McCarty St., died shortly after being taken ill where he worked at the Big Four Freight Station, Delaware and South Sts., today. Coroner Paul F. Robinson is investigating. It is believed heart trouble was the cause. Roof Fire Loss Is SSOO Sparks on the roof caused a fire and loss of SSOO at the home of William Fentz, 418 Parkway Ave., today, according to fire officials.

ALLEGED CAR THIEF HELD Officers Believe They Are on Trail of Gang. With the arrest of Louis Pollock, 1725 Northwestern Ave.. Federal authorities today said they were on the trail of a gang of automobile thieves responsible for a number of Indianapolis thefts. Pollock waived arrangnment before United States Commissioner Ho-.vard S. Young on a charge of transporting a car - fom Indianapolis to Louisville, He was released on SSOO bond, provided by his father, M. Pollock. IS PUBLIC MONEY IDLE? Community Fund Investigates Charitable Finance Situation. A committee of three has been appointed by the community fund executives to see whether there are legal hindrances to release for the care of the needy, city and county money. It was brought out at a special meeting Monday at the Lincoln that the community fund and other private funds are being rapidly exhausted, while public funds remain idle.

Thousands of nearby acres were leased to get control of water power Full wanted. And right now% the former secretary is selling water to a railroad company for SI,OOO a month. The lower picture shows blue-blooded Holsteins and registered Ilerefords grazing alongside ordinary range cattle

CROSS-TOWN CAR TINES IMPROBABLE Todd Says Service Would Not Be Profitable, Cross-town car lines are a remote possibility, even if the Indianapolis Street Railway Company receives an increased fare. Robert 1. Todd, president, made this statement, following repeated questions of car riders. The layout of Indianapolis is such that cross-town lines are unprofitable, Todd said. “Street car lines follow the trend of travel, and we are not in a position to operate cars where lines do not pay.” said Todd. “Os course, if our revenue is increased sufficiently, we could a fiord to oik-rate cross-town lines at a loss, but the proposed fare boost would merely rehabilitate property and provide for extensions." Taylor Groninger. corporation counsel, today sent out thirty-eight letters to street railway companies in other cities asking what per cent they allow for depereiation and maintenance. FARMERS TO COOPERATE Warehouse for Sale of Materials to Be Opened March I. J. D. Kirkpatrick, manager of the feed division of the purchasing department of the Indiana Farm Bureau, will be in charge of a warehouse to be opened near the Indianapolis Stockyards March 1 by the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation. The plan is being financed by farm bureaus of Marion and six adjoining counties. Seed, fertilizer, binder twine, salt, and seed potatoes will be available to all farmers. Rebates will be made to members of the Farm Bureau who will share in the profits. Pennsyl Auxiliary Grows Mrs. W. C. Downing, wife of the general superintendent of the Indianapolis division, Pennsylvania Railroad System, is the head of the recently organized division of the woman’s aid to the Pennsylvania Railroad System. The organization is to care for home interests of employes. More than 100 have joined here. Alleged Transporter Fined Ivy Watham, 823 Shelby St., arrested after a chase on the Shelbyville Road late Monday night by Deputy Sheriff Roland Snider, today was fined SBO on speeding charges and was bound over to grand jury on a ehar/re of transporting liquor.

DEMOCRATSAGAIN ARE THWARTED IN DAUGHERTY PROBE Coolidge and Cabinet Vainly Seek Solution of Attorney General's Case, By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 26—For the second time in two days, Republican Senate leaders today thwarted Democratic aims to begin a probe of Attorney General Daugherty’s administration while President Coolidge and his Cabinet advisors sought vainly for a solution of the curious situation during several conferences at the White House. Immediately upon the opening of the Senate session, Senator Robinson, Democratic leader, asked for unanimous consent to take up immediately the Wheeler resolution authorizing a special committee to investigate Daugherty’s conduct of the Justice Department. Senator Lodge, Republican leader, promptly objected, so consideration of the resolution, which was reported favorably from the Senate contingent expenses committee today, goes over until Wednesday. Confers With Daugherty While this action was taking place in the Senate, President Coolidge after the regular Cabinet meeting conferred first with Daugherty, Secretary Weeks, Postmaster General New' and Secretary of Labor Davis. Daugherty was the first to leave the session, declaring there was nothing to be said on the subject of his remaining in the Cabinet. Later Weeks, who was the last to leave, indicated no new development in the situation would occur immediately. This was confirmed when it w r as officially stated at the White House on behalf of President Coolidge there would be no statement from the President on the Daugherty case today. Two Alternatives The President offered his advisers these alternatives respecting the attomey j?eneral: 1. That he permitted to remain in the cabinet pending a Senate hearing of the charges against him. Under this arrangement it was understood Daugherty would place his res ignation In the President’s hands when the Senate Inquiry was ended. If the Senate acquitted him. Daugherty then could resign without “quitting under fire.’’ If it “convicted’’ him he would have to resign. 2. That Daugherty be asked to resign at once. This would put the President In direct opposition to John l T. Adams, chairman of the Republican national committee and other political leaders, hut would find him in agreement with senatorial leaders Like Lodge, Pepper and Borah.

Imp and Genius Dwell in Body of Clyde Maxam

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By GEORGE BRITT, NBA Service W riter T"TI ILWAUKEE, Feb. 2. —lmp yl and genius dwell together in J the chubby body of 6-year-old Clye Maxam. How to drive out the one and retain the other or to curb the one and encourage the other has been thei problem baffling Milwaukee physicians and psychopaths for four years. But it can be done, specialists declare. Challenged by the scientific problem, and implored by the child’s despairing parents, they are seeking to develop little Clyde Into a man who will express Me “genius self.” Meanwhile the child lives his contradictory, jangled life. One moment he shows intelligence far above his years; the next, he may explode in a tantrum and hurl a knife at his mother. His memory is remarkable, and he has a mechanical knack exhibited in operating a complicated electric train. Usually he is quite affectionate, hut when the strange cloud hovers he will attack his parents and once, displaying abnormal strength, nearly strangled his father. . Music infuriates him.

Tryouts for Butler Vaudeville Today

LOUISE RICH IRMA DYKES t GWENDOLYN DOREY —Photos by Charles Bretzman Studios. Tryouts for the Butler senior vaudeville show to be given in the chapel Feb. 29 will be held la'.e today. Fraternities and other campus organizations are arranging sketches. The committee: Irma Dykes. Louise Rich and Gwendolyn Dorey. Pendleton Man Held Joe Patrick. Pendleton, Ind.. today was charged with failing to stop after an acident when it was alleged his automobile struck a car belonging to Joe Haze, colored. 807 N. Senate Ave., parked at Pratt St., and Capital Ave.

Clyde's violent outbreaks began when he was 2 years old, following a spell of pneumonia. During his illness he was unconscious for more than two days. The case now is in charge of Dr. Paul Rupp, who is studying the boy in a sanitarium. Dr. H. Douglas Singer and Dr. David M. Levy. Chicago psychopathic experts to whom the case was de. * ribed, agreed that Clyde’s aberration is probably due to uncontrolled emotion. And the child’s brilliance of mind, his genius, would be preserved under the treatment they suggested. • “In a similar case I had, a boy was an egocentric,” says Dr. Levy. "The world centered in his personality. He was the deity and recognized no guidance or restraint. He fought his parents as in this case. And we did him a great deal of good at the Chicago Institute for Juvenile Research. “The treatment may sound prosaic. But it is simply to put him in an environment of order and calm and insure plenty of rest. Then let him vent his emotional outbursts or inanimate objects—chopping down trees and digging in a garden. Finally there is supervised play with other children.”

TUESDAY, FEB. 26, 1924

COUNCIL WILE GET BILL TO REQUIRE FIREPROOF STAIRS Building Commissioner Drafts Measure Designed to Increase Safety. An ordinance requiring owners of ! all buildings of more than three stoI ries to incase their stairways in fireproof walls is being drafted today by Francis Hamilton, city building commissioner. The measure will be introduced in the city council next Monday evening. The board of safety today recommended that the measure be drafted as i a means to provide adequate protec- | tion to persons now employed in buildings without fire escapes although State law requires fire escapes, many of the largest downtown buildings have nene, Hamilton said. Hamilton estimated that the cost of encasing the stairways w r ould be approximately S3OO a floor. Another ordinance already drafted provides smoke tower fire escapes on all new buildings. Meanwhile Jacob Riedel, chief of fire prevention, and James E. Reagin. | inspector for the State industrial j board, continued investigation of the fire escape situation. ! Buildings they said were found to be without outside fire escapes include the Hume-Mansur, Consolidated. Odd Fellows, Bunkers Trust. Knights of Pythias, National City Bank, and board of Trade buildings. The inspectors also are investigating reported crowded conditions of some theaters in w’hk-h persons are seated or allowed to stand in the aisles.

CHURCH IN PLAZA NOT TO BE RAZED County Commissioners Give Promise. That the Second Presbyterian Church, Pennsylvania and Y'ermont Sts., will not be condemned by the county commissioners to make way for the War Memorial Plaza, was the assurance given Caleb S. Denny, former mayor: Arthru C. Moore and the Rev. Jean S. Milner, pastor, a committee from the church, today by the commissioners. John McCloskey, commissioner, said the commissioners did not have the right of eminent domain over churches. \ Plans for the -Memorial Plaza called’ for razing of the Second Presbyte4j rian and the First Baptist “I know these churches consented to the Plaza plans because they thought they would not be bothered,” McCloskey said. The Second Presbyterian Church was the church in which Henry Ward Beecher preached.

BUTLER CAMPUS MODEL SOUGHT Architects Study LelandStanford Jr. Buildings. Robert Frost Daggett, architect for the new Butler University buildings at Fairview, and Thomas E. Hibben, an assistant, have gone to Cajifbrnia to study buildings at Leland-Stanford Jr., University and the University of |Or ’ifornia, it was announced at a I ...eeting of the building and grounds committee of Butler, today. These buildings are regarded as model structures. The general plan for the Butler campus is to be agreed upon before drawings of individual buildings are made. The uniform type of architecture is to be followed throughI out. President Robert J. Aley, and heads of departments have submitted figures showing school needs. Lawrence V. Sheridan, landscape architect, has worked out tentative plans for the grounds and has had a typographical map made. PIONEER AUTHOR DIES William A. Cockrinii Known for Works I on History and Underground Railway. Bu Times S/eeial OAKLAND CITY, Ind.. Feb. 26. Funeral services for William A. Cockrum, 86. widely known author and Civil War veteran, who died at his home here Saturday following a long illness, will be held Wednesday. He was known as the author of “A Pioneer History of Indiana” and ‘‘The Underground Railway,” dealing with i early life of the State and the method iof smuggling slaves through the North. He is survived by seven children. MURDER PROBE NEAR END Over Half of Witnesses Examined in Investigation of Farmer’s Death. By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Feb. 26. With over half of the witnesses examined the grand jury Is expected to complete its investigation of the James J. Kincade murder case Wednesday. The H. C. Webster Detective Agency of Indianapolis is assisting Prosecutor Waltz in the investigation of the case. When Kincade was found dead Feb. 2 it was thought he fell down a stairway at his barn. The coroner returned a verdict that be was killed with a blunt instrument. Tax Committee Meets The tax committee of the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation met at the Severin today to decide upon a tax program for the organization for 1924. The work today concerned organization of the committee.