Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 266, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1924 — Page 2

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CHOICE OF JUDGE AFFECTS FAIE OF FXTRAU.S. COURT Anderson Promotion and Hickey Bill Linked in Discussions, Speculation as to a successor to Judge Albert B. Anderson as United States district judge, should he be named for the Circuit Court of Appeals. to succeed the late Francis E. Baker, and as to the fate of the Hickey bill, which would create another Federal court in Indiana, was rife throughout legal and political circles today. The two questions have become so thoroughly intertwined as to become practically one. Judge Anderson left for Washington Wednesday night to appear before the Senate Judic'ary Committee, which is considering the Hickey bill. A large delegation of advocates of the measure from northern Indiana will appear before the committee. William L. Taylor, former attorney general of Indiana will present a statement to the committee in opposition to the new court. The statement contends that the calendar is not clogged and that there is no necessity for the court. Candidates Numerous There is a widespread feeling that, should Judge Anderson be promoted by President Coolidge. advocates of the Hickey bill would not push the measure. Personal dislike of Judge Anderson and a desire to escape from his Jurisdiction has played a large part in the move for another court, according to opinions expressed by lawyers. Meantime, candidates for Judge Anderson’s position, should he be appointed circuit judge, have sprung up in all parts of the State. “If you want to know who wants the position,” a well-known Indianapolis lawyer said, “Just take the list of Republican members of the bar and Republican Judges in Indiana.’’ The question rapidly is assuming importance politically, and Republican leaders are becoming active in support of various candidates. Out-State Man Favored Should the appointment fall to an Indianapolis man. Judge Louis B. i Ewbank of the Indiana Supreme Court and Homer Elliott, . United States/ district attorney, are considered among the.most likely candidates. Elliott is jkld to be assured of the backing of Postmaster General Harry S. New. who is very close to President Coolidge. However, it is believed an out-State man will be given preference. Judge Anderson’s selection as Baker’s successor Is by no means assured. Opposition to him is said to be active among labor leaders -and! Illinois Republican leaders have be-; come active in urging selection of an ■ ninris man for the position. Coolidge’s Stand According to Washington dispatches. Judge Ewbank and Judge Julius C. Travis of La Porte have become active candidates for Judge Anderson’s place. ' Friends of both have wired Indiana Congressmen urging their selection. President Coolidge, it is said, is inclined to believe that Anderson’s promotion would create a difficult problem In Indiana and might result in an open split between the New and Watson factions In the selection of a successor. Powerful Indiana interests among the law enforcement element of the State are said to have urged the President to keep Judge Anderson in his present position on the ground that he Is indispensable. If an Illinois Judge should be selected, that State would have four out of five places on the Circuit Court of Appeals.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

An automobile reported stolen belongs to: Walter Shie\ 1394 Central Ave., Cole, taken from Vermont and Meridian Sts. BACK HOME AGAIN Automobiles reported found by police belong to. J. J. Barnhart, Wilkinson. Ind.. WlUys-Knlght, at Maryland St. and Capitol Ave. John Baughman. 3721 E. New York St.. Chevrolet, at New York and Pennsylvania Sts. George D. Strassler, 962 N. Oxford St., Ford, at Illinois and Maryland Sts. W. E. Bettcher, *3B De Quincy St., Ford, at Missouri and Market Sts. Nine Counties Represented By Times Special KOKOMO, March 19—Sixty delegates attended the Ninth district convention of funeral directors here Wednesday. Representatives were present from ten counties. Following a business session a banquet was held at the Masonic Temple.

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W. H. BLODGETT IS PNEUMONIA VICTIM Veteran Reporter Widely Known Because of Thirty-Seven Years of Activity on One Paper,

William H. Blodgett, 68, veteran Indianapolis newspaperman, died at his nome, 2934 N. Capitol Ave., at 3:25 a. m. today. Death was due to pneumonia and acute heart dilation. The illness developed Sunday after he had returned from an assignment out of the city. It is said almost everybody in Indiana knew “Bill” Blodgett. Whenever anything of importance was happening. Mr. Blodgett, a little, gray haired quiet-spoken man, was almost

WILLIAM H. BLODGETT ; certain to be somewhere around. He , was such a familiar figure for so 1 mary years that his presence was i taken for granted. During his thirtyseven years of service as a reporter i cn the Indianapolis News, after serv-

BULLOCH HITS INSANESITUATION Confers With Party Leaders in Morgan County, By Time Ppr.cial MARTINSVILLE, Ind., March 20. Dr. Carieton B. McCulloch of Indianapolis. candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor, conferred with Morgan County Democrats here today. He placed honesty of public officials as the most important consideration In tile campaign. Second in importance, he sa.d, is reduction of taxation. Dr. McCulloch called attention to the large number of insane persons held in county jails while the State spent millions of dollars for anew reformatory.

From Far and Near

Edith Kelly Gould, actress ex w;fe of Frank H. Gould, has started suit in France to gain a half-sliare of Gould’s $40,000,000 fortune. Honored by leading figures of the nation. Dr. Charles W. Eliot, foremost educator and president emeritus of Harvard, today celebipted his 90th birthday. Curtis D. Wilbur took the oafth of office as secretary' of the navy Wednesday afternoon at San Francisco. William P. Lawlor, associate justice of California Supreme Court, administered the oath. The Literary Digest poll gives 69.3 per cent of the nation’s sentiment as favoring the Mellon tax plan as against 30.7 opposed. Fines and prison terms were assessed Wednesday against seven members of the crew of the British ship Orduna, when found guilty of smuggling liquor and narcotics. United States Ambassador Herrick to France has made a profit of $76,000 by buying French francs. Fire raging in the lumber yards of the Minter Homes Corporation at Huntington, W. Va., has caused a loss of $1,000,000. For second time a jury disagreed today’ at trial of Adelard Delorme, former priest, charged with murder of his half-brother, Raoul Delorme, at Montreal. . - / Proprietors of 600 saloons in Pittsburgh, Pa., have been served with abatement papers ordering them to stop sale of intoxicating liquors, remove bar fixtures and signs.

mg on newspapers at Anderson and Richmond, he became something of a traditional character in the State. • • • One of the stories that was told of him was that he arrived in Indianapolis one Sunday morning many years ago aril went to the home of the late John H. Holliday, then editor of the News, to ask for a job. He was greeted by a dog which ran him up a tree, there to stay until Holliday came out and called the dog off. However, the young man was given a position and the old-timers ! tell how he came to work the next day wearing a plughat and a broadcloth cape, then the conventional dress of reporters. * • • No session of the Legislature in years has been complete without "Bill’’ Blodgett. He usually took his position on the steps leading to the platform of the president of the Senate or the Speaker of the House. Ho knew every member of the Assembly by his first name, and in many cases he knew their fathers before them. Frequently he |tnew things about ! legislators and lobbyists that they wished he would forget. • • * Mr. Blodgett was known as an investigator into political affairs, particularly as one who dug up facts on thcwrongdoings of some officials. He I waS particularly active in the investi- ! gation leading up to the Terre Haute ejection fraud cases. It was said that at least one attempt was made to take his life in connection with this investigation. After this affair, the story goes, Blodgett never ventured out without a small pistol in his left-hand coat pocket. He was left-handed. • • • Mr. Blodgett rather prided himself on his knowledge of the doings of the so-callftd underworld. He had the knack of getting into the confidence of crooks and obtaining knowledge invaluable to him. * * * During the war Mr. Blodgett was correspondent for his paper at Hattiesburg. Miss., where many Indiana troops were encamped. Later he covered the steel strike at Gary, where "red’’ activities were uncovered, and the seizure of coal mines at Staunton, when Governor McCray attempted to have coal dug during the last strike. Mr. Blodgett is survived by his wid- j ow and a daughter. Mrs. E. T. Brennan of Indianapolis.

OPOIKE DECLARES FOR SOLDIER AID Congressional Candidate Favors Strict Prohibition, Announcing his candidacy for the Republlckn nomination for Congressman of the Seventh District today Ralph E. Updike, attorney, said: “I would not be in favor of committing the Government to an unwise expenditure .of fabulous sums of some so distributed among ex-service persons as to do no good, thus increasing the load of the already overburdened taxpayer, but America cannot fail to honestly discharge her responsibility to her soldiers.” Updike declared for strict prohibition enforcement, more aid to industry’ by the Federal reserve bank, readjustment of the rural credits law, stricter immigration laws and to give the district more "vigorous representation.”

Cradle Crime Prosecutor's Survey Shows Age Average of Law Violators Decreasing

EEN YEARS from now the maJority of felonies will be tried in juvenile courts if the ago average of criminals keeps dropping. Prosecutor William Remy said today, after a survey of Juvenile court statistics. Twenty-nine boys from 10 to 16 years old, were found guilty of major crimes by Juvenile Judge Frank J. Lahr since Jan. 1. Robbery, larceny, vehicle taking, receiving stolen goods and burglary were the charges. "Look at these history cards,*’ said Remy. ‘Without exception they show the contributing cause as ‘lack of parental supervision and care.’ "These addresses show these boys come from good homes, the majority from the north side. "This talk about crime being a disease is all bunk. I believe that divorce Is mixed up In a whole lot of the cases of these Juvenile offenders. It Is too bad. Parents don’t have time or inclination to bring their fchildren up right and the complexities of the fast modem agf bewilders the child left to himself. ‘‘What' Is the crime the modem city baby la taught Is the most heinous? "It is ‘You mustn’t go out in the street, because you will get run over by an automobile'" Remy said the average age limit of Criminal Court felons sentenced Is steadily Increasing. It has dropped from 22 for burglars, he said, to 20.6 since Jan. I, according to his records for Criminal Court. t Remy’s report showed that sixteen boys were convicted of stealing money and other property, including pushrmbiles, candy and cigarets, (Ml: of vehicle taking of autos and motorcycles, one as a robber with . a revolver and one receiving stolon goods. Four boys were shown to have entered ten stores and committed burglary. All but a few were white boys, the report

THE INDIANAPOLIS : TIMES

Leader in Quizzing of McCray Talesmen \Hill EPH INMAN Following the indictment of Governor Warren T. McCray in Criminal Court, Eph Inman was named special assistant prosecuting attorney in the case. He has done most of the questioning of talesmen in behalf of the State. Oh Skinnay! Big Top Dolls Up for Its Long Trip Through Nation, By FRANK GETTY United Pre Staff Correspondent ppCiRI DGKPORT, Conn., March In | 20-—There's a stir of spnng L lin the lot by the railroad tracks where the greatest show on earth is awakening from its winter sleep. A smell of fresh paint and new pine boards mingling with the thousand and one circus smells redolent of ch. Id hood days when we ran barefoot after the elephants. The steam aalllopes are brave in new coats of gilt and rainbow hues and up in the attic of the long house the wardrobe man is dusting off tlnsled bandrnen’s uniforms. The animal cages are freshly painted and reinforced, especially the one which Mabel, the tiger who “went bad” last December and had to be dispatched, made such a mess of before they got her. The circus moves to New York next Sunday, just as old Bill Oottschalk, septuagenaran caretaker, with the shows for thirty-six years, has seen It move these manv springs. Old Bill says the only thing missing this year is that the emu didn’t lay the big green egg which Bill used to look for each St. Patrick's day. Ho tried his best to produce the harbinger, did the emu, but somehow, since his wife died during the rigorous winter, nature just didn’t seem to make it possible. Over in the elephant house, the bulls and the cows and the so-called little ones (no bigger than a Ford coupe) are receiving their final training with improvised burglar alarms. Old Bill and the correspondent waded gingerly into the big, murky elephant bam Just as one of these went off. Bill’s rheumatism had been troubling him “somethin' powerful” up to this moment, but he was tho first man up to a convenient rafter. So3d With Hound For a moment the dingy' structure was solid with sound, a hellish clatter and smashing of tin and iron. When the din died down, there were forty four elephants in their places around the barn, swishing vast mawfuls of hay unconcernedly. Tom. the big bull, was still at his tricks of stealing occasional wisps from his comparatively diminutive neighbors. "That’s to train ’em not to stampede.” old Bill explained, descending with difficulty from his impromptu perch. “It’s to get ’em ÜBed to sudden noises and excitement. I tell ye a stampede of elephants ain’t nothin’ to laugh at." The stampede alarm proved to have been a collection of large cans suspended by a rope and pulley over some concrete flooring. When this was dropped, there was excuse for something stampeding. There are also ducks, rabbits, dogs and a goat which play about beneath the elephants’ bellies for the purpose of accustoming the pachydormata to petty annoyances. shockTey~starts^~term Convicted Man Foregoes Sixty Days Grace to Ask Rehearing. George Shockley, convicted March 17, 1923, of keeping a gambling bouse with Roy Travis, and sentenced to thirty days in Jail with a SSOO fine, is serving his sentence today. Shockley surrendered to Criminal Court Late Wednesday. He had appeals! to Supreme Court, which sustained both conviotions. He had sixty days of grace injvhlch to ask a rehearing. He preferred the Jail. Travis and Shockley were Jointly indicted by the grand Jury under Prosecutor William P. Evans, who charged their place was run under police protection. Travis began serving his term two weeks ago. Citizenship Institute Opens By United Press LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 20.—A citizenship institute opened here today under the direction of the history department of Purdue University and the Tippecanoe County League of Women Voters. • The first institute of the kind was held last year.

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MARBLE PLAYERS ~ ARE GOOD SPORTS Entrant in Times Contest Indicates He Loses as Gracefully as He Wins Game,

Come Into Times Contest All you have to do to enter The Times Marble Tournament is to fill out this coupon and bring or mail it to the Marble Editor at The Times office, 214-220 W. Maryland St. The winner of the city tournament will be sent to Atlantic City by The Times. Name- .......................... Address Age School

Indianapolis parents have a right to be proud of the sportsmanship of their boys and girls. They display the attitude of which good citizens are made. For example, here is a letter from Ernest Linvilie, 1020 N. King Ave., who entered The Indianapolis Times Marble Tournament today: “I am glad to be entered for the first time in the marble pontest. “I am as good a loser as I might'be winner, as any boy or girl entered. I am enclosing iny< entry coupon. “Respectifully, “ERNEST LINVILLE.” ”P. S. Am hoping to win.” Ernest is just one of the many boys nnd girls who are flooding The Times with entry blanks to the second annual marble contest. His attitude Is typical of them all. Atlantic City Is Goal First there will be tournaments in your own community. Successful rlayers will compete in the Mg city tourney, at which the Indianapolis marble king or queen will be decided. Then, at the expense of The Times, the winner will get a week’s trip to Atlantic City. There the National marble contest will be staged. Winrers of tournaments conducted throughout the country by Serippslloward newspapers will compete for the National title. Judging from the number of entries this year. Indianapolis should have a good chance to produce the Marble King of the United States. The Indianapolis king will have lots of fun and visit interesting places in the East, Just as Ross Beaver, 157 W. Twenty-Third St., did last year. Any boy or girl under 15 years of age is eligible to enter The Times contest. Free Marbles Many valuable prizes will be given the winners. Os course, the capital prize—the trip to Atlantic City—Lithe best of all. Heer are some additional entries: Wcyne Farmer, 1516 Fa? St.; Robert Gross. 1449 Hiatt St.; Jack Shaffer, 417 E. Twenty-Third St.; William Manning, 320 N. Webster St ; Earl C. Bennett, 704 Dorman St.: Robert Earl Haisted. 840 N. Dearborn St.; Robert Tyner, 937 Massachusetts Ave.; Ed--

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McCray Prosecutor ~ Since Probe Began

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CLARENCE W. NICHOLS When a county grand jury investigation of the affairs of Governor Warren T. McCray was asked, Clarence W. Nichols was named special prosecutor in charge. It was un/ler his direction that indictments against McCray were drawn. He now has charge of the case for the State. Cliy ELEVENTH IN BUILDING PERMITS Indianapolis Higher Than Population Rank, Although Indianapolis is twentysecond city in population, it ranked eleventh among cities of the country in volume of building permits for February, according to figures prepared by S. W. Straus & Cos. The valuation of building work In Indianapolis during February was $2,714,162. Indianapolis ranked ahead of Washington, Pittsburgh. Milwaukee, Buffalo and Newark. February’ building indicated a continuation of new high records in construction, according to a Straus survey, statistics showing the most active j spring building work in history. Os 329 cities reporting building valuation work of $296,087,739. the twenty-five larger industrial centers reported 75 per cent, or $221,659,653. j New York City again led with, $109,046,501. Spring is coming, but not here yet. j Use v O. G.” Witch Hazel Jelly for chapped lips and hands. Buy it at; your drug store or toilet goods coun- 1 ter.—Advertisement. %

THURSDAY, MAKCH 20,1924

GOVERNOR TO GET COPY OF LETTERS IN BUI TAT CASE Davis Praises in One Note —Condemns It in in Another, Copies of correspondence and documents in the controversy over the State tax board’s reduction of Sie assessment appraisal of the Discount and Deposit State Bank, Kentland, are to be made and sent to Governor McCray, John J. Brown, chairman, said today. McCray asked information concerning the board’s action in cutting the appraisal from $95,000 to $3,000 when he received a protest against the board’s action from John G. Davis, Newton County auditor, his brother-in-law. Stock Value Negligible William Darroch, the bank’s receiver. had asked the reduction. Appraisal w T as made on furniture and fixtures alone. Stock value was negligible, Darroch said. McCray was former president of the bank. The correspondence, made public today’, showed that Davis, in a letter Feb, 13, 1924, complimented the tax board for "saving” the township (Kentland) $32,#99 on three roads, “thanks to a live State tax board.” In his protest to the Governor on the reduced appraisal a few days ago he was in favor of abolishing the cax board. Erroneous Statements Concerning Darroch’s statement to the tax board asking for a reduction, Darroch wrote to his attorney, N. K. Todd, Ft. Wayne, that Davis and the Newton County treasurer “admit the truth of what the statement shows but they hesitate to sign any papers. “You understand,” he said, “campaign year is on and that they are all candidates for re-election and are timid about signing papers.” Darroch's statement to the board charged the bank officials made an “erroneous and excessive” appraisal statement to the board March 1, 1923. McCray was president at that time. •DREAM BABY’ CASE UP House of Lords Hold Recent Hearing of Sensational Trial. By United Press LONDON, March 20.—The case of the celebrated Russell "Dream Baby” was up in the House of Lords today. The session was closed to the public. The lords heard Mrs. Christabel Russell’s appeal against the divorce granted her husband by courts. She is fighting to establish the legitimacy of her son, conceived, she claims, when her husband walked in his sleep into her bed chamber.

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