Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 16, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1924 — Page 2

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BANKER INVOLVED AS GIRL SHOOTS SELFINTAXICAB Police Mystified by Case — Woman Is Secret Bride of New Yorker, By United Press CHICAGO, May 29.—Unexplained circumstances in the shooting of Mrs. Laurette Thompson Alberts, young and beautiful wife of Albert Alberts, New York, were being investigated today by police. Mrs. Alberts, who was riding in a taxicab last night with Victor Hasterlick, Chicago banker, was shot above the heart and may die. Both Mrs. Alberts and Hasterlick said it was an 'attempted suicide, but police officers said the woman must have fired with her left hand to have inflicted the wound. Mrs.-Alberts is right handed. f Returns Gun to Her According to their story, the couple met after banking hours and went for a taxicab ride. Mrs. Alberts told Hasterlick of her desire to commit suicide and he took the gun from her in a struggle. Hasterlick handed it back, however, when to “forget it.” A few minutes later she shot herself. Their stories agreed in most details. Mrs. Alberts, who is 24 and strikingly beautiful, asked at the hospital to talk with her husband. Prom her bedside she was given a telephone and called to New York. Husband Threatens Revenge “Bert, I shot myself,” she said with apparent' effort. “Won't you come, Bert? I can’t tell you the rest now.” The woman smiled as her husband promised to come. had been secretly married to Alberts for a year and had been living here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moss. Moss put in another call to Alberts and told him more of the details. “I know Hasterlick and will take care of him —I’m coming to Chicago right away,” Alberts said, according to Moss.

CIII READY FOR MEMORIAL RITES (Continued From Page 1) will play “Th.s Battle Hymn of the RepuN'.c;” the Rev. Jesse Bogue will deliver invocation, the band will play “Star Spangled Banner,” and City Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth will speak. A quartet selection by Disabled Veterans of Foreign Wars; ritualistic services of Veterans of Foreign Wars, band music, a salute to the dead by the Third Christian Church quartet, a farewell salute by comrades of foreign wars and taps will complete the main Monument services. Between 9 and 11 a. m. school children and citizens will strew flowers upon lawn segments of the Circle. School buildings will be open for children to take flotvers during the morning. The usual segment services around the Monument will follow the main services. Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter, D. A. R., wall have charge at Clark

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Shortridge Student Art Shown

ABOVE—MISS NELLIE WATTS WORKING ON PANEL OF SHIP. BELOW—MISS JANE HALL HOL DING ONE OF HER OWN DECORATIVE PANELS. BESIDE HER ARE TWO PLAQUES PAINTED BY HER CLASSMATES.

Standing out against the neutral tints of the walls, panels in brilliant colors and striking designs, painted by pupils of Miss vMarie C. Todd, art teacher at Shortridge High School, were on display today as part of the annual art exhibition at the school. Although this was the first year for this work, five of the octagonal plaques, painted on building board, are to tte sold, for $1 each. One of the students filling orders is Miss Jane Hall. 5850 University Ave., a freshman. Several designs for larger panels, to be used in interior decorating, are displayed. One of the best is a study of a ship in full sail. It is the work of Miss Nellie Watts, 569 Lynn St., a sophomore.

segment; Women’s Relief Corps j and Ladies of the G. A. R. at Mor- j ton segment; 'Auxiliaries of the; United Spanish War Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars at Harrison segment and American War Mothers, American Legion Auxiliary, Service Star Legion, United States Army, sailors and marines at Whitcomb segment. The exercises are under auspices of the General Memorial Association. Frank M. Hay will be grand marshal Memorial Day. with Bob Kendrick as chief of staff and C. C. Moon and Robert F. Turner aids. Gather at Courthouse Marchers will gather for the parade on the Market St. side of the courthouse at 1:30 p m. Friday. The parade is scheduled to move at 2 p. m. with Col. Frank in command of the first division, comprising the G. A. R., Sons of Veterans and an Army escort and Cos! Robert L. Moorehead commanding the second division composed of Spanish American War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars. American Legion and others. Ed Jackson, Hay, William E. English, Moorhead and Shellhouse are on the parade and music committee. The parade will go west in Market St., to Monument PL, to Meridian St., to Michigan St., to Illinois St." Here the marchers will board automobiles and street cars for Crown Hill Cemetery. Appeal for Autos The memorial association has made another appeal for more automobiles with which to haul Civil War veterans and their wifes from the G. A. R. home, 612 N. Illinois St., to Crown Hill. Car owners are requested to report at the home at 1 p. m. to receive placards, without which cars will not be admitted to the cemetery after noon. The usual ritualistic service, such as strewing of flowers and evergreen upon graves of ex-service men, will be held at the cemetery. Albert L. Pauley will speak. After the services the G. A. R. veterans and wives will be taken to the G. A. R. home for coffee and sandwiches. Meanwhile services are planned at other cemeteries. At Mount Jackson at 10 a. m. Alvin P. Hovey W. R. C. and Boy Scouts will have charge, with A. B. Wood as chairman, assisted by Mrs. Madge Frady. William P. Reagan will be master of ceremonies. Rev. W. F. Russell Speaker The Rev. William F. Russell will speak at Floral Park services, beginning at 10 a. m. William R. Shearer is master of ceremonies and the Rev. D. L. Andrews speaker for Anderson cemetery at 11 a. m. Cross services at 3 p. m. will be under Ferdinand J. Montani as master of cferemonies. Claude J. Harris will speak. Otis E. Brown Post, World War Veterans, has charge at New Crown at 10 a. m. Henry Lowe will represent the G. A. R. Patriotic organizations will meet at Ritter Ave. and Washington St. at 8 a. m. for transportation to Memorial Park, where Irvington Post, American Legion, will have charge at 9 a. m. The G. A. R. Home Association will raise the home flag at 51S N. Illinois St. for the first time at 11:30 a. m. Name of the donor of the flag will be made public at this time. At noon the flag will be lowered to half mast for the rest of the day. Memorial exercises were held in graded and high schools today, since Friday Is a school holiday. Lack of an auditorium large enough to hold the student body necessitated separate services In each roll room at Technical High School. " At Manual, Herbert Wampler spoke on "The Meaning of Memorial Day.’’ Students took part in songs and recitations. Principal George lluck spoke on the meaning of the day at Shortridge and students also presented musical numbers ond readings.

An interesting display from the classes of Miss Carolyn Ashbrook is a panel of chestnut wood painted by Robert Worman for the garden of Miss Elizabeth Heber, a teacher at Greencastle. Lettering is in yellow enamel. Commercial art work of Miss Ashbrook’s classes is illustrated by cover designs for the Christmas Echo, the school publication. Designs, cleverly worked out, for the 1924 Shortridge annual, were to be seen in the room of Miss Roda E. Selleck. Pupils of Mrs. Janet Payne Bi'wles fashioned rings, spoons, paper knives, candlesticks and numerous other useful and ornamental articles, of copper, silver and other metals. The exhibition closed today.

OKLAHOMA STRUCK W STORM; 12 DIE / Twister Cuts Wide Swath — Damage is Heavy, Bu United Preen WETUMKA, Okla., May 29. Twelve known dead, more than fifty injured, several missing and property damage estimated at *IOO.OOO, was the toll of cyclones which scourged southeastren Oklahoma last night. Wetumka was hardest hit. * The twister swept a path a block wide j and five blocks long through the residential district. Ten were killed outright and forty Injured. Four-, teen of the most seriously Injured were taken to hospitals at Henty etta. The dead: J. L. Ramsey. W. R. Armstrong, wife and baby H. A. Woodruff and wife, infant daughter of Edward Cole and three unidentified. Two persons were killed and two injured at Warner, Okla. The dead were: William Winkel’peck, 43, and Madge Ward, 14. Wire communication throughout this section of the State was disrupted. Red Cross representatives and physicians are caring for the injured. Conditions were orderly to day with the national guard unit here and the American Legion in charge. ALLEGED FORGER HELD XoMesville, Ind., Man Arrested in Minnesota. Bu Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., May 29. officers left today for Park Rapids, Minn., to bring John Holloway back to Noblesville to face charge of forgery. When Holloway disappe ~ecL- a year ago notes signed by himself and his brother, Lewis, were discovered in banks in this city Arcadia. Anderson, Fortville, and other cities in central Indiana. Lewis said his name had been forged by his brother. None of the paper was ever collected. Auto Crashes Into Pole By United Press V . RICHMOND, Inch, May 29.—Hugh Landers is held today pending out--eome of a coroner’s investigation Into an automobile wreck last night, which killed Cecil Thatcher, 27, and injured Rose Wilcox The car in which the trio was riding crashed into a concrete telephone pole. Thatcher was killed Instantly. Woman Jurors Barred By United Press EVANSVILLE, Ind., May 29.—Because circumstances point to a long trial during which jurors will not be allowed to go home, Judge Gould today barred women jurors from the case of William Breedlove, charged with murder of Leo A. Reits.., The trial will start June 9. Farmer Hangs Self in Barn Bu United Press DARLINGTON, Ind., May 29. Relatives today were unable to obtain a reason for suicide of Andrew J. Hinkle, 72, farmer, who hung himself Thursday. Hinkle’s body was found, suspended from a rafter in a barn, by his son. Dedication Set for Sunday The remodeled United Hebrew Congregation building at Union St. and Madison Ave."" will be dedicated at 2 p. m. Sunday. Dance Halls Satisfactory Satisfactory dance hall conditions were reported Wednesday by Roy W. Woodbury, child’s department. Family Welfare Society, who made a survey of Indianapolis hails recently.

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POWDER STORES FIRED, BUCHAREST RAKEDBYBLASTS Royalty Has Narrow Escape From Death Many Casualties Reported, By United Press BUCHAREST, May 29. Many persons were killed and injured and the royal families of Roumania and Greece barely escaped with! their lives when munitions magazines and artillery dumps near Bucharest blew up in a series of deafening explosions that continued throughout Wednesday. The capitol and the royal palace were under fire of a rain of bursting shells. Windows in every part of the, city were shattered. One shell exploded with terrific effect on the exact spot where King Ferdinand had been standing a few seconds before. Parliament adjourned as the intensity of the explosions increased. Schools were closed to permit the children to seek safety in their homes. Fired by Sparks Sparks from a switch engine appaiently started the conflagration, igniting a small arms ammunition magazine about two miles from the city. Tile first explosion was at 10 a. m„ Wednesday. The first dump to go was in the center of a larger one and flames spread rapidly, exploding a series of magazines. The blasts kept up irregularly until 4 p. ns., when the flames reached the artillery dumps. Then began a series of deafening explosions and shells began to fall In every direction, some bursting near the royal 'palace. General Saves King’s Life King Ferdinand and his war minister, Gen. M. Maddresco, rushed to the scene of a fire started by one of the detonating shells. The General snatched the King back from a particularly dangerous spot and a few seconds later a shell, lending just where Ferdinand had been standing, blew a large hole in the earth. Meanwhile the inhabitants of Bucharest were in a panic, believing the city was being bombarded. The royal family, with King George and Queen Elizabeth of Greece, who are in exile here, hastily evacuated the summer residence at Cotroceni. The ceilings fell shortly afterward. Queen Marie of Roumania was not in the country. She Is .visiting in London.

U. P. DELEGATES OPEN ASSEMBLY Wheeling (W, Va.) Pastor Is Named Moderator, Bu United Press RICHMOND. Ind., May 29. Under leadership of the Rev. Charles H. Robinson, Wheeling, W- Va., moderator, the United Presbyterian assembly today launched into discussion of foreign missions and a program of routine business.* Rev. Robinson was elected moderator at opening session of the assembly Wednesday night. He was opposed by the Rev. M. G. Kyle, St. Louis. The Rev. W. Saw-hill, re tiring moderator, struck a fundamentalist note for the assembly in his opening address. "There is a satisfaction that come* from the thought that the United Presbyterian Church is true to the fundamental teachings of the he said. Questions of church doctrine are not expected to come up until near the close of the assembly, which will be in session until June 4. DE PAUW THETAS MEET Alpha Alumnae Organize Club; Mrs. Ralph Brayton, Head. Members of Alpha Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority from De Pauw University, living In Indianapolis, have elected Mrs. Ralph Brayton, president of an Alumnae Club. The club was organized at the home of Mrs. Chester Jewett, 32 13. Thirty-Seventh St., Wednesday. A luncheon-picnic is being arranged for June 6 at the home of Mrs. Albert Smith, Fortieth and N. Illioeis Sts. All Alpha Chapter Thetas are invited. Workers for Blind Meet at Y The Indiana Association of Workers for the Blind will meet at the Y. W. C. A. June 3-6. W. T. Shannon, Indianapolis, is president. Speakers include Arthur Beriault, Charles Chadwick, John R. Heim, Charles F. Hansen and W. E. Metcalf, Indiaftapolis. / Malicious Trespass Charged Harry O’Haver, Apt. 6, the Palma, 606 N. Senate Ave., wa® charged with drawing deadly weapons and malicious trespass, the result of a visit to an apartment at 431 N. Illinois St„ where he is said to have smashed a door to search for his wife. Draw Names for Jury Bu Times Special CONNERSVILLE, Ind,, May 39. —Special venire of thirty names had been drawn today for the jury In trial of Mrs. Elda Slmmermyer, 28, charged with the murder of her husband. The trial will start Tuesday. Girl, 13, Fatally Burned BELLMORE, Ind., May 29.—Mary Akers, 13, Is dead today and her father, Charles Akers, Is in a serious condition from burns received when a coal oil can the girl was using to start a Are exploded.

‘Total, Zero’ Wiliet Alexander Judson, who “also ran” on the Democratic ticket for nomination to tfie State Senate, has reported / the following campaign expenses to County Clerk Albert H. Los Che: “Pay for hench-ladies and hench-gentlemen, w'ho tlfrough thick and thin valiantly and loyally supported their favorite, SO.OO. “Looking at one of seats in Senate, where he hoped to adorn a chair, SO.OO. “Senatorial toga, SO.OO. “Total, zero.” Judson finished by prophesying many Republicans will be “temporarily hurled into the political abyss,” and saying though he “was rejected*! am not dejected,” and is still a Democrat.

MISSING GIRLS LEAVE TOGETHER, POLICE BELIEVE Stories of Two Linked—Cincinnati Officers Notified —Taxi Driver Gone, tv Police today believe two girls reported missing have probably left the city together. It is thought they went to Cincinnati, and police there were notified. Lawrence Hand, 16, of 140 N. Belmont Ave., reported his sister, Mary Hand, 16, blonde and gray eyes, wearing a blue serge dfess and short gray jacket, left her home for work at the Prest-O-Lite plant Tuesday morning. She failed to return. Mrs. Amanda Fondren told police her daughter, Kathleen, 16, dark and brown eyes, wearing a blue suit, green hat and scarf, left her home Tuesday saying she had obtained work at a local theater. She said a girl named Mary, who worked with her at the Prest-O-Lite plant, was to work with her. The theatre management said they had engaged no girls. In fear that harm may have befallen him, C. W. Douglass, 71 N. Warman Ave., manager of a taxi stand at the Clay pool, reported to police one of his new drivers, Hugh Hurst, 1118 King Ave , was missing. Hurst left the stand Wednesday at 9 p. m. with three passengers, and has not called in since. He was in a Cadillac, license number 498,888.

MARBLE CHAMP SEEKS CROWN Ong Determined to Win National Tilt in East, When Kennard Ong. 13, of 2361 Park Ave., winner of The Indianapolis Times city marble championship tournapient leaves at 7:45 a. m. Saturday for Atlantic City, ho will go with the determination to win. His local victory is only a step ping stone for highest honors in the National marble tournament next week, he says. Local radio fans will have a splendid opportunity to hear Kennard over the radio Juno 7, following the tournament. All fifty-four champions will assemble at broadcasting station WIP, located on the seventh floor of the Gimbel Brothers’ store in Phi adelphla. Pa. As this is ono of the country's high power broadcasting stations, friends of the marble champs all over the country will be able to hear them. Station WIP broadcasts on a wave length of 509 meters. Fap should tune in from 1:30 to 3:30 p. m., eastern standard time. City Probe Resumed Tuesday The city council’s probe of alleged Irregularities In city government will be resumed next Tuesday night. Walter W.•'Wise, council president has announced. The meeting will be the first one in six weeks. Suit Asks Booze Confiscation A suit asking confiscation of four barrels of bonded whisky was filed in Federal Court Wednesday by United States District Attorney Homer Elliott, in behalf of the Government. The booze is in possession of Sheriff George Snider as a result of arrest of Ben Doncaster of St. Louis.

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FAIRBANKS BURIAL TO BE IN CHARGE OF MASONS, G. A. R. Terre Haute Capitalist, Reputed Indiana's Wealth- ' lest Man, Dead. By Times Special TMRRE HAUTE, Ind., May 29. Funeral services of Crawford Fairbanks, 81, Terre Haute capitalist, will be in charge of the Terre Haute Masonic fraternity and the G. A. R., of which he was a member. Arrange; ments were bing completed today. Mr. Fairbanks, reputed to be the .wealthiest man in Indiana, died Wednesday night at the Terre Haute House, where he -had lived son many years. He became ill In Flrolda five months ago. His business enterprises, extending throughout the East and Middle West, includes banks, railroads,

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CRAW FORD FAIRBANKS manufacturing plants, hotels, a newspaper, a wheel works, and several breweries, converted to manufacturing plants since prohibition. His fortune was said to exceed $15,000,000. Built Library He built the Emeline Fairbanks public library, at cost of SIOO,OOO. to memory of his mother. He and hiß brother, the late Edward P. Fairbanks, donated the Henry Fairbanks Memorial Park. Terre Haute, in honor of their father, who died while mayor of Terre Haute. During the World War, all Crawford Fairbanks’ manufacturing plants, were placed at the Government's disposal. Mr. Fairbanks was born In Terre Haute, April 25, 1843. He was educated in the Terre Haute public schools. When the Civß War be gan, he enlisted as a private in the 129th Infantry. He was promoted until finally he reached the rank of first lieutenant. Returning from the war in 1865 he entered tlio grain business. A few years later he and Herman Hulman entered the distilling business under the firm name of Hulman & Fairbanks. A few years after that Mr. Fairbanks purchased the entire plant and organized the Terre Haute Distilling Company. For several year? this was the largest plant of its kind in the world. Mr. Fairbanks organized the American Straw Board Company, of which he was president for many years. He was owner of several large paper mills at Haverhill, Mass. Active in Politics In ISS4, Mr. Fairbanks entered politics. lie was a member of the Democratic national executive committee that year, when Cleveland was elected President. For several years he was a member of the State executive committee of tho Democratic party. In ISRS he was elected*, alternate delegate-at-large to the national convention. and acted sci place of Senator Voorhees. He was urged to make the race for Congress, but refused. Mr. Fairbanks married Miss Clara Collett, sister of Joseph Collett, in 1872. They had one daughter, Mrs. Sara Failey, who died a few years ago. Surviving Mr. Fairbanks are two gratfdchildren, Mrs. James F. Frenzel and Crawford Failey, Supported Dry Law Kir. Fairbanks, a strong advocate of the dry law, donated his private yacht to the Government rum running service. It was used off the Florida shore. Among his hotel properties were the Terre Haute House, the Denison in Indiannpolis and the French Lick Hotel. He was chief owner of the Terre Haute Tribune. He formerly was president of the Terre Haute Water Works Company and of the Terre Haute Street Railway Company. He assisted in reorganization of

the Fletcher American National Bank at Indianapolis and was a member of the board of directors. Mr. Fairbanks was a member of

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