Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 20, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 June 1924 — Page 1

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ELLIS GIRL SANE, SAY. PHYSICIANS Doctors H, TANARUS, Wagner and C. F, Neu Hold Defendant Was in Right Mind at Time of Trial and Recommend She Be Locked Up, ‘CHANCES TO CORRECT WAYS THROWN AWAY' Judge Collins to Make Final Disposition in Case at 9 a. m. Thursday— Slayer Has Three Years of Prison Term Unserved, Gladys Ellis, 21, was found to be sane at the time of her trial in Criminal Court, in a report of Drs. T. Wagner and Charles F. Neu to Judge James A. Collins in Criminal Court today. The Ellis girl was found not guilty of murdering Mrs. Louise Richards, 70, matron-teacher at Indiana Woman’s Prison, Feb. 25, by a Criminal Court jury last month for the sole reason that the jury held she was Insane. The doctors recommend that she be confined in a penal institution in order that “society may be protected from the effects of sentimental twaddle that has throughout her criminal history interfered with the carrying out of justice and the serving of righteous penalties.” Judge Collins announced he would make final disposition of the case at 9 a. m. Thursday. Text of Report Text of the doctors’ report: “As to the defendant’s sanity at the time of the trial we find her not insane." “As to the probability of the recurrence of such an act as the Wiling of Louise Richards, we believe the recurrence of such an act of violence highly probable, not because of insanity but because of an inherent incorrigible, immoral, criminal nature which does not brook opposition to or interference with what she considers her rights and liberties, regardless of how social or antisocial these desires may be. Knows What Is Right “The defendant’s history shows repeated criminal and immoral acts. She knows the difference between right and wrong and chooses the latter easily.” v “She has escaped paying the full price which society demands in practically all of her trials. She knows criminals must be imprisoned for the protection of society, but has learned how easy it is to escape paying the full price and repeats her offenses at will. She is perfectly relevant, coherent, comprehends fully all questions and also the situation ■in which she finds herself at all times.

“There is no evidence of delusion, illusion or hallucination and on impairment of memory. “Complete serological tests reveal no evidence of syphilis. ‘Chances Thrown Away’ “We believe her to be a sordid offender who has wilfully thrown away every chance that has been given her to correct her ways. She has a righteous contempt for law and agencies of restraint. She is, like all criminals, an object of pity, but should, in our opinion, be confined in a penal institution in order that society may be protected from the effects of sentimental twaddle that has throughout her criminal history interfered with the carrying out of justice and the serving of righteous penalties.” The girl is in Marion County jail. She still has three years of a one to eight-year .sentence to serve in woman’s prison. REED RAPS CHILD LAPOR Says Proposed Amendment Is "Socialistic and Bolshevistic.” By United Press WASHINGTON, June 2. The proposed child labor amendment to the constitution is “socialistic, bolshevistic and almost anarchistic,” Senator Reed, Missouri, Democrat, declared in opening debate on the proposal in the Senate today. “It is an attempt to regulate the labor of all human beings,” he said. Senator Overman, Democrat of North Carolina, also attacked the measure. The Senate will vote on the amendment at 9 p. m., under an agreement reached today. Thomas Dillon Surrenders Thomas B. Dillon, Republican Twelfth ward leader, surrendered in Criminal Court today to begin a six months Indiana State Farm sentence on a charge of operating a gambling house. He was convicted Dec. 22, 1922, and lost appeal to Supreme Court, i > also is under SSOO fine. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 49 10 a. m. 57 7 a. m 50 11 a, m. L. • • 60 8 *- m. 51 12 (noon)\... 64 9 a- m. 52 1 p. nul 67

Ong Is Victor Indianapolis Champ Wins First Three Games in National Tourney Hoosier Capitol Lad Confident After Playing Trial Matches at Atlantic City.

By ALLEN WHITE Times Staff Correspondent | TLANTIC CITY. June 2. Kennard Ong, 13, Ini'- —I dianapolis marble champion, won his first day’s games in the National Marble Tournament here today. He defeated Verna Robinson, 12, champion of Evansville, Ind., 7 to 6; Isadore Freed, 13, Akron, Ohio, 10 to 3, and Henry Browarsky. 14, Cincinnati, Ohio, 10 to 3. The preliminary rounds of the • tournament are organized so nine boys compete in each of six leagues. League winners play in finals Thursday and Friday. Ong is in the league with champs of Evansville, _ Akron, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, Ohio,; Terre Haute, Toledo and St. Louis. “I’m here to do my best and hope to wii ” Kennard said upon arriving in Atlantic City Sunday afternoon. Kennard played trial games with some of the champs Sunday afternoon. He said he believes he will make a good sHowing. A hike through Valley Forge occupied the rest of the champ’s time Sunday. Headquarters of Washington, with many valuable and unique collections, were inspected. Luncheon was served at the inn where it is said Washington fed his men when they fought the British. Lester Oakley, 11. of ‘Terre Haute, Ind.. Robinson and Ong will compete Thursday afternoon for the championship of Indiana in a special match. DEMOCRATS HOLD PRE-CONVENTION PLANKCONFABS Leaders Gather at Senator Ralston's Home —Candidates Active. Consideration of the platform occupied attention of Democratic leaders today as candidates and delegates began to roll into the Claypool for the State convention Wednesday and Thursday. At a meeting at the home of Senator Samuel M. Ralston Sunday evening. it is said, tentative planks in the platform were studied. Present were Frederick Van Nuys, convention keynoter; Thomas Taggart, Democratic chieftain Walter S. Chambers, State chairman, and other leaders. According to information the KuKlux Klan plank is causing considerable trouble and it is likely that a drastic plank will be adopted on religious freedom, though not naming the Klan as a body: It is also likely a minority report will be brought in on the Klan question.

Five Primary Planks Five planks hav4 been submitted to platform framers on the primary law, some demanding it’s repeal and others standing for modification. State candidates have started opening up headquarters on the eighth floor of the Claypool. Senator Charles S. Batt, Terre Haute, is in room 824 and hjs headquarters is in charge of n. V. Henderson, Democratic nominee for the Legislature from Vigo County. A. J. Hamrick, Greencastle, candidate for secretary of State; Perry Easton, Sanborn, candidate for treasurer of State, and William E. Deupree, Franklin, candidate for judge of the Appellate Court, Second district, were mong the first to open headquarters. Lew G. Ellingham, Ft. Wayne publisher and Guy Colerick, Ft. Wayne attorney, both behind Dale J. Crittenberger for Governor opened headquarters. Ellingham has been named secretary of the convention and is a likely nominee for delegate-at-large to the National convention. "Hot” Convention Expected With the eight candidates for Governor "in the fight to a finish” the convention promised to deyelop into one of the hottest political contests in recent years. Organization forces predict nomination of Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch on an early ballot. McCulloch is backed by Taggart and has come out on an anti-klan platform From other sources, however, Olin R. Holt, Kokomo attorney, and Senator Joseph Cravens, Madison, were conceded to have a large block of delegates. Rumors of combinations, trading of delegates and other tactics to secure the necessary 647 votes for nomination were rife about headquarters at the Claypool. Dale J. Crittenberger, Anderson publisher, was also concided to have a block of delegates to be reckoned with. Du rgen Powerful Mayor George R. Durgan, Lafayette, who made his primary race on a direct anti-Klan issue, is conceded to have enough delegates so that he may hold the balance of power when the break from favorite sons comes. According to talk about headquar(Turn ty Page 2)

BUY KILLERS DIB OVER 10 SHERIFF Judge Also Gives Defense Attorneys Permission to % Consult and Advise Confessed Slayers of Franks Lad. FIGHT WILL CENTER ON SANITY QUESTION Father of Victim to Pit His Fortune Against Leopold and Loeb Millions to See That Justice Is Done in Startling Crime. By EDWARD C. DERR, United Press Staff Corresvondent CHICAGO, June 2.—Millions were pitted against millions today as the fight to save Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, confessed slayers of 14-year-old Robert Franks, from the gallows was opened in Criminal Court before Chief Justice John R. Caverly. Clarence Darrow, noted criminal lawyer and orator, retained by the millionaire parents of the two young intellectuals, opened the case for the defense by filing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, releasing Leopold and Loeb from the custody of police. Head Off Alienists Darrow inchoated the move was prompted to forestall examination of the youths by State alienists, a move expected to be made by the State in order to prove the boys sane. Darrow heads a large staff of attorneys acting for Albert H Loeb and Nathan Leopold Sr., fathers of the two confessed murderers. Resources of $15,000,000 are said to be bacTcihg tho defense. The first skirmish ended in a slight victory for the defense. Judge Caverly ordered Leopold and Loeb released from the custody of Chicago police, to be held with out bail by the sheriff of Cook County. He ruled that Darrow and his aides could consult with and advise the two boys at their own will. Darrow said he was pleased with the, decision and would advise Leopold and Loeb at once to refuse to testify at the coroner’s inquest. Father in Court Nathan Leopold, Sr., and Jacob Loeb, uncle of the other boy, appeared in court. They took their places in the huge crowd that edged Its way near the rail In the grimly gray courtroom. Both were cairn and had nothing to say. Jacob Franks, father of the slain youth and himself a multi-million-aire, announced he would “go to ,the (Turn to Page 11)

AMERICAN FLIERS MAKENEW HOP Reach Kagoshima, Last Stop They’ll Make in Japan, By United Press TOKIO, June 2. —The American round-the-world filers completed another step in their journey today. They flew from Kushimoto, where they arrived yesterday from Kasamigaura, to Kagoshima, on the Island of Kyushu, the last stop .hey will make In Japan. • The three fliers Lieutenants Lowell Smith. Leigh Wad-: and Eric Nelson—left Kushimoto at 1 p. m. and arrived at Kagoshimi at 7 p. m. 35 HURT IN RUNAWAY Trolley Car Runs Wild at Frisco— Throe of Injured May Die. By United Press SAN FRANCISCO, fCal., June 2. —Thirty-five persons were injured here today when an Ingleside-Ocean car on the municipal railway line ran wild out of the Twin Peaks tunnel, raced down the Market St. hill and struck a Parkside Municipal car at Market and Dolores Sts. Sts. Three of the injured may die. The runaway car wrecked three autos and strewed wreckage over the street ftr two blocks.

June Starts Out Carrying Two-Week Handicap Left By May

mUNE, the month of blushing brides and roses, is working under a serious handicap this year, according to J. H. Armington, weather bureau meteorologist. It’s been a tom up season thus far, Armington says. May, supposed to fee tb nonth of flowers, changed pla with April and was the month of showers. * Now June must struggle along

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1924

East Meets West and Borrow Pots and Pans in Neighborly Fashion at Riverside Tourist Camp

(ABOVE) MR. AND MRS. W. W. MILLER AND SON, ROBERT. (BELOW) C. E. SHERWOOD.

lAST and West often meet under the democratic suru—J roundings of the city's tourist camp in Riverside Park. Campers whose homes are sometimes thousands of miles apart borrow pots and pans, exchange experiences, then quietly slip out on their journey again in a constant procession. While C. E. Sherwood was giving his Ford speedster the final once-ovcr at Bridgeport, Conn., May 24. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Miller with their son, Robert, and 22-months-old baby were fasten

COMFORT VS. ECONOMY Mayor Opined to Closed Cars for City Employes. Inspectors in the city building department might just as well ride Around in Ford roadsters or touriiig cars as coupes. Mayor Shank thinks. The board of safety and the city council had approved an order for four coupes, but tho mayor instructed Ray Wright, city purchasing agent, to advertise bids for the cheaper type of cars. “It’s a good place to start saving money," said Shank. CAPTAIN KINNEY INJURED BY AUTO Ex-Police Chief Struck Getting Off Car. Jeremiah (Jerry) Kinney. 59, of 523 W. St. Clair St., captain of detectives and former police chief, was at home today suffering from serious injuries sustained Sunday night, lie was hurt when struck by an automobile while alighting from a street car at California St. and Indiana Ave. while returning home from work. Dan Mallery, 3R, colored ; 328 W. Twenty-Fifth St., driver of the auto, was charged with assault and battery, passing a street car unloading passengers and unlawful possession of a gun. Kinney, who was dragged several feet, was injured about, the head and body. Police said street car passengers held Mallery until the arrival of detetcives. CONSTABLE UNDER FIRE Grand fory to Investigate Payment of Fine. When Alfred Withers, colored, 19, 316 W. Thirteenth St., told Criminal Judge James A. Collins he had turned $lO meant for criminal court over to Val Alexander, colored, constable, Judge Collins turned the case over to the grand jury. Authorities say the $lO did not reach the court. Withers was before the judge on charges of stealing a violet ray machine. Alexander’s name entered the hearing when the defendant was asked why he had not paid the balance of a SIOO fine imposed last summer on liquor charges. COME ON COOLIDGE! Thurman Says Income Tax Cut May Be Immediate. A reduction of 25 per cent in income taxes will become effective at once if President signs the revenue act of 1924, M. Bert Thurman, collector of internal revenue, said today. The next instalment of income taxes is due on or before June 15, Thurman said. If the tax already is paid in full for 1924, a refund will be made automatically without the filing of claims, the collector said.

under a two-week handicap. That’s how much the season is behind to date. Twenty-two days during May, it rained. The daily temperature averaged seven degrees below normal. Farmers were delayed in their planting operations. Flowers didn’t get a good start. Frosts damaged fruits. Altogether, it was a very unsatisfactory month. But June, which in officially “the good old summer

ing the final pack on their touring car at Ponca City, Okla. One week later both cars were in the Riverside camp within a few feet of each other. Sherwood, an automobile salesman, is bound for Chicago to see his brother. From there he is planning to continue to the Pacific coast. The Millers are experienced campers. They have toured for years, although Mrs. Miller admits it is “some job” with a boy and a baby girl. Miller Is a traveling salesman- They are

SWIFT DECLARES POLICE FORCE IN GRIP OF POLITICS Ex-Member of Sanitary Board Says Dep Iment ‘Demoralized. 1 So thoroughly denjoralized has the police force become during Mayor Shank’s administration that it is impossible to tell whether the department needs 100 more policemen or whether, with proper weeding out and discipline, it could get along with 100 less, Lucius B. Swift, former member of the sanitary board, told the Cornell Alumni Association at a luncheon at the Lincoln today. Swift pointed out Instances of what he termed “demoralization " He said that records showed that during the first three months of 1924, 2,383 days' absence for sickness had been taken. This, he said, was an average of four and one-half days for each of the 500 members of the force. He charged that, of thirty-two members of the force who were dismissed or resigned with charges pending against them in 1922, many “slowly began to filter back by reinstatement." “The mayor lately said that 500 members of the force were doing the work of 200," Swift said. Asa remedy he u -ged that the police department he conducted under the rules adopted in 1904 and based on the Federal system. He said that at present the public is indifferent^ "When our various wounds reach the quick," he declared, "the public will wake up and will unchain the city treasury from personal and party machines." GROSSMAN IS RELEASED Supreme Court Grants Privilege of Bail in Famous Pardon Case. By United Press WASHINGTON, June 2.—The petition for release on bail of Philip Grossman, Chicago, whose sentence for violation of a padlock injunction was commuted by President Coolidge, was granted by the United State Supreme Court today. After Grossman’s sentence was commuted by the President, the Federal District Court in Chicago ordered him back to Jail, under a ruling that the President had no power to commute or pardon in cases involving contempt of court The court did not decide the questioned powder of the President to commute Grossman’s sentence. Its ruling, however, permitted Grossman’s release on $5,000 bail pending a hearing Oct. 6 next. Arguments on the merits of the case will be heard then.

time,” may make that up, according to Armington. June, as a rule, is more dependable than the temperamental May, be said. Particularly is this true after the first week, when the sun begins to reach its highest altitude. Things may change most any day, according to Armington. But now, he said there is no indication of an immediate in the kind of weather we’ve been

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bound for Appleton, Wis., Mrs. Miller’s former home. Sherwood arrived at the camp in time to get the “Speedway” fever. He witnessed his first race Friday. Saturday he washed clothing, getting ready to continue his journey. He is traveling alone. Both parties carry their own cooking and camping equipment. Within a few feet of their camps, were cars from Texas, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Arizona. The camp established anew record Thursday night before the race, 165 cars being registered.

M’BRIDE PICKS AIDS Playgrounds Director Prepares for Opening Day June 15. Approximately 150 men and worn- | en are on a tentative list for super- | visors and matrons of city parks ■ and playgrounds being compiled by i Edward Mcßride, director of recreation. Seven new playgrounds will jbe among those opened June 15 The | employe list will go to Mayor Shank ! for approval. , Municipal theaters in Garfield and | Brookside Parks will open tonight. TINEEXiITION Os BOXING SKILL’ Adjutant General Reports on Michigan City Bouts, “A fine exhibition of boxing skill,” Adjt. Gen. Harry B. Smith today termed the Carpentier-Gibbons bout at Michigan City Saturday. He said he would submit a written report, signed by himself and Indiana National Guard officers 'representing Gpvernor Brunch at the match, within a few days. “The matches were evenly paired, as shown by the fact that in a total of forty rounds, there was not even one knockdown. The men were in as fine physical condition fifteen minutes after the fight ended as before it started, except that Carpentier had a sprained ankle and a scratch on his nose “The crowd, including 5,000 women, was orderly and dignified. CASCO. LAMENTS COKE Ml DROP Rate Reduction Petition Regretted, Kirk Indicates, Had the present slump in the coke market been foreseen the Citizens Gas Company would not have petitioned the public service commission for a reduction in gas rates in Indianapolis, Clarence L. Kirk, secretary and general manager of the company, said today. A reduction of 5 cents a thousand feet for householders and graduated reductions for large consumers was asked in the petition, filed several weeks ago. Kirk said that coke is now selling at from $2 to $2.25 a ton less than this time last, year, and the market is unusually slackCoke oven gas is being produced on a mimimum basis, he said, while the water gas plant is depended upon for the bulk of production.

having for the last few weeks. And along with blushing brides, farmers and others who are hoping that June will come through and bring warm day^ suitable for honeymoons and other things—lndianapolis landlords are doing a little extra wishing on their own account. Summer apartment house rents went into effect May 1. And thus far there has been scarcely a day when It' wasn’t necessary to keep the furnace fire going.

TEN DIE AS FREIGHT ON SIDING IS SIDESWIPED BY CRACK WABASH LIMITED \ Injured Number About Forty in Crash West of Attica, Ind. —Public Service Commission Sends Investi- * gators to Scene. STEAM FROM ENGINE ADDS TO DEATH LIST Pullmans Turn Over—Son of Clerk of Supreme Court Among Victimsi —Broken Rail or Switch May Have Been Cause. • By United Press AT lICA, Ind., June 2.—Death toll of the wreck of the St. Louis-New \ ork flyer of the Wabash railroad which sideswipedL a treight train four miles west of here last night, mounted to ten today as three persons succumbed to injuries. George Korsmo, St. Louis, civil engineer on the Wabash, died at Williamsport and Harry Eisamen, St. Louis, died at Danville, 111. Carl Dungan, Y abash claim agent, Huntington, Ind., died at Lafayette, Ind., of injuries and scalds. He was son of L. T. Dungan, cleark of Indiana Supreme Court. One unidentified body is held at an undertaking establishment here. Nearly forty persons were injured. The accident occurred when three Pullman and the private car of J. W. Newell, vice president of the Wabash railroad, jumper} the rails as the flyer, the fastest train on the Wabash road, was passing over a siding switch just west of Williamsport. A west-bound meat train had just pulled into the siding.

*, The engine, baggage car and smoker of the flyer had passed over the switch safely The first Pullman was derailed and crashed into the engine of the freight. Two of the Pullmans turned over and were practically demolished. Engine Demolished The engine of the freight was also practically demolished and scalding steam from the locomotive burned the wreck victims pinned under the wresekage of the Pullmans. The identified dead: G. M. BOUCHARD. Peru, Ind., engineer of freight. RABBI GOLDBERG, New York City. W. H. MITCHELL, St. Louis, Mo. MRS. ADDIE HOLLOWAY, Toledo. O. MRS. W. B. HOLLEY. Decatur, 111. E. PHILLIPS, Detroit, Mich. GEORGE KORSMO,*St. Louis, Mo. HARRY EISAMEN, St. Louis, Mo. CARL DUNGAN, Huntington, Ind. The seriously injured: Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Broadwell, ’J'oledo, Ohio, badly bruised burned and cut about the face and arms. Alex Nelson. Tovey, 111. Walter Rybicki, Detroit, Mich. Velma Burke, Detroit. Ruby Stevens, St. Louis. J. C. Wilmoth, St. Louis, expected to die. / Mrs. J. C. Schulte, St. Louis, expected to die. Mrs. Lora Grant, colored, Detroit. Mrs. J. A. Powell. Decatur, 111. Less seriously Injured are: Mrs. D. J. Plowe, Farmington, Mo. Ralph Turner, colored, St. Louis. Tony Defonbre, Detroit. Mich. C. E. Tolderman, Crownwell, Ind. Tony Toltontoss, Mason City, lowa. , Frank Garneu, Tovey, 111. John Swanson, Tovey, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Haller, Rochester, N. Y. Earl Farris, colored, Dallas, Texas. W. J. Smith, Evansville, Ind. Twelve Serious Os the Injured twelve or fifteen are in a serious condition today. Some may ’die. Twenty-five of the injured escaped with cuts and bruises, and some were not taken to hospitals. The seriously injured were taken to hospitals in Danville, 111., and Lafayette, Ind. by ambulances which (Turn to Page 2) COOLIDGE CALLS MELLON Hold Long Conference on Tax Bill— Decision Is Near, Belief. By Bni’ed Press WASHINGTON, June 2—President Ooolidge today had another long conference with Secretary of the Treasury Mellon on the tax bill. On leaving the White House, Mellon said the President’s action would not long be deferred. The President studied the bill and Mellon’s report on its probable effect on the Nation’s revenues over the week-end while cruising on the presidential yacht, Mayflower.

Forecast PARTLY cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Probably showers tonight. Not quite so cool tonight in this vicinity.

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MILLERAND TO BE NEXIMSIGN Constitutional Crisis Faced by France, By United Pres * PARIS, June 2. —President Millerand is practically certain to resign at an early date. Poincare submitted the resignations of himself and his ministry to the new chamber Sunday. A motion was immediately introduced authorizing the chamber to adjourn long enough to afford Millerand a chance to resign. The motion was declared unconstitutional, whereupon a chorus of “resign” arose from the left side. President Millerand, it is said on good authority, will resign voluntarily on three conditions; If the Ruhr is evacuated, if the new political situation in France causes a conflict in the interior, or if the new chamber fails to protect the franc. Governmental organs, like the Echo De Paris and the Figaro, foresee a constitutional crisis in which the presidential office, originally intended to be above party issues, will become the plaything of elections. ASKmraisE ON ADJOURNMENT Progressives Want Recess Only—House Votes. By United Press WASHINGTON, June 2. The (House today voted 221 to 157 to adjourn at 7 p. m. June 7. The resolution proposing adjournment now goes to the Senate, where it is reported progressives are seeking a compromise for a month’s recess, to return after the conventions and clean up a program of legislation decided on before hand. Senator La Follette may introduce a resolution providing for such a compromise. La Follette’s compromise project, however, met littl6 response from Senate leaders. Senator Lodge, Republican floor leader, declared he was “unalterably” in favor of adjourning Saturday. Senator Robinson, DemocAtio* leader, also announced himself in l favor of adjournment. P. 0. RECEIPTS HIGHER Gain of 8.61 Per Cent Over Last Year Shown. An increase of 8.61 per cent in postoffice recepits for May, 1924, ov,’r May, 1923, is shown in monthly statement made today by Postmaster Robert H. Bryson. Total receipts for May, 1924, were $358,432.43; for May, IJK3, $329,402,32.