Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 66, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 July 1924 — Page 1

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VOLUME 36—NUMBER 66

11 PERSONS HURT, $102,500 DAMAGE IN TWO BLAZES

_ "I LEYEN persons were lnP, jured in two fires causing ”-* estimated loss of $102,500 in Indianapolis today. Half of the Dynes Pohlman Lumber Company yard, TwentyEighth St. and the Monon Railroad. was destroyed with SIOO,-

LOES HELPED PM HUNT > FOR SLATERS Directed Search for Drug Store Where Murdered Boy's Father Was to Have Met Kidnapers, Chicago Reporter Testifies. SAID GUILTY SHOULD HANG, WITNESS AVERS Plea That Life Imprisonment Be Given Youths Will Be Made by Defense, Attorney Clarence Darrow Announces. By United Pres* CRIMINAL COURTROOM, CHICAGO, July 25.—Richard Loeb brazenly directed a hunt for kidnapers and slayers of Robert Frank# tvo days after the killing. (Howard Mayer. Chicago repo’-ter. | testified today at the judicial hear-! Ing of Loeb and Leopold for the Franks murder. Mayer said he teas directed by his paper to pick up anything he could on the case. Mayer said he was walking on the University of Chicago campus when he met Loeb. The conversation turned to the murder. "Loeb said to me he did not th:‘ k that the kidnapers would meet Jacob Franks, the father, to collect the SIO,OOO ransom demanded in the letter. He said he hardly thought the kidnapers would be at the drug store where the father was directed to for further instructions. Suggested Hunt "He suggested that I make a round of several drug stores in the hope that I might find the one to which Jacob Franks was directed to. "■With two other reporters I started a search of several drug stores. Loeb went with us in an automobile. It was raining, "After several attempts we found a drug store in which a negro porter told us that on the afternoon previous two calls had come for a 'Mr. Franks.’ The party told us he had told the person who had called that there was no Mr. Franks there and that the conversation ended. "We telephoned our newspapers to give them the story—we had found the drug store to which the murdered boy’s father was to have gone, according to instructions, in . turning over the SIO,OOO ransom, p "As we left the drug store Loeb said to me. ‘See. that’s what comes from reading detective stories. I told you you’d find the drug store. I’ve given you fellows a scoop for your papers.’ Visited Franks’ Home "Then we drove around to the Franks home and told Mr. Franks we had found the drug store. Loeb was with us while we talked to Mr. Franks. “Then we went out to buy a paper to see our stories in print. When we got one, Loeb asked to keep it and we let him out of the automobile to go home.” Alvin Goldstein, another reporter, former fellow student, testified that (Turn to Page 13) STEAMER SINKS; 3 DIE Windstorm Sweeps Mississippi River Near New Orleans. By United Press NEW ORLEANS. July 25.—Three men were killed and the river steamer Climax sunk in the Mississippi River Thursday when a windstorm swept the river. The wind brought relief from the hottest day in nine years, which sent the mercury to the 100-degree mark. HOSE PEDDLER FINED Man Must Pay S2O and Costs for Selling Without License. k Nathan Maney, 26, of New' York pCity, arrested on complaint of the Better Business Bureau, was fined S2O and costs before Judge Delbert O. wSlmeth in city court today. Maney was found at Pennsylvania and Court Sts., selling fibre silk hose, making the statement they were pure silk, without license, police alleged.

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000 loss and seven persons injured early this morning. Three persons were badly burned and a mother made a heroic rescue of her baby In fire that destroyed a garage, a chicken house and burned the entire top off a store and resi-

Babe Ruth Day There are many home run hitters, but there is only one Babe Ruth. The Ruthian homer is the select wallop of baseball. George Herman Ruth, hero of the New York Yankees, baseball’s home run king, hoped to demonstrate his best prowess for Indianapolis fans at Washington Park this afternoon when the Yankees were carded to meet the Indians in an exhibition game. The annual "Ruth day” game in Indianapolis always attracts a throng to the ball park. The big fellow is the idol of the small boys and the envy of their daddies. His record is fifty - nine, established in 1921. He has collected twenty-nine circuit hits this season. The exhibition today was scheduled to start at 3 o’clock.

COUNTY NEEDS $55,000 Appropriations for Improvements Before Council July 30. An appropriation ordinance for about $55,000 will be presented to the county council at a special meeting July 30, Harry Dunn, auditor, said today. Principal items were, $31,000 for the county’s share of street assessments, SB,OOO for an engine and generator at Julietta, county asylum for the Insane and $2,500 for a sewage disposal plant at Sunnyside tu 'rculosis sanitarium. BUTLER SET TO STAY Philadelphia Mayor Want* Marine General Another Year. By United Press PHILADELPHIA, July 25.—Mayor Kendrick will request President Joolidge to extend the leave of Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler from the Marine Corps in order to retain the general’s services as public safety director for at least a second year, it was generally believed today. Mr. Coolidge, it is reported, will extend Butler’s furlough. Butler, in talk to his police lieutenants, said he was here to stay for four years unless I am fired, and I won’t oe kicked out without a red-hot battle.” MAGEE OUT ON BOND New Mexico Supreme Court Frees hshtor Penfling Review. By United Press SANTA FE. N. M.. July 25.—Carl C. Magee, ed' or of the New Mexico tate Tribune, a Scripps-Howard publication, who was t .ven Ja-il sentence for contempt of court as result of editorials in his paper attacking the San Miguel County District Court, was at liberty today under $2,500 bound. Magee was allowed his freedom by ♦he State Supreme Court pending a review of his case, after Sheriff Loren Delgado refused to release Magee from jail on Governor Hinkle's pardon. BRIDGE PAYMENT MOOTQUESTION Walker Says County's Share Is $400,000, Who is going to pay for the new bridges over White River at Oliver and Kentucky Aves.? This is the question interesting county commissioners following a •' r isit from Merle N. A. Walker, attorney for the bridge contractors, Thursday. In an off-hand manner Walker threw a verbal grenade into the commissioners’ ranks by asking if the board had made provisions to pay $400,(F0 which he said was the county's share of expense. The commissioners will stand on the agreement they say they made with the city last year by which the county was to build the Delaware St. bridge over Fall Creek and the city build the Oliver and Kentucky Ave. zridges. According to Joseph L. Hogue, city controller, the bond issue for the new bridges was made under the flood prevention law. which provides for a division of expense between county and city officials and property owners of the vicinity. Disciples of Christ Meet BoarJ of education of the Disciples of Christ met today at the Claypool to arrange the program for the national convention at Cleveland. Ohio, this fall. Missionary development will be stressed, H. O. Pritchard, secretary, said.

dence at Thirtieth and Elmira Sts. Injured: Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Malcomb and Walter DeHoff, burned about the arms, legs and face. They were treated at city hospital. Mrs. Hazel Wiley was suffering

BIG FIVE OF PARLEY STILL IN DEADLOCK French and Anglo-American Bankers Remain at Odds Over Adoption of Dawes Reparations Report on German Situation, LEADERS STRIVE FOR SOLUTION TO MIX-UP Week-end to Be Spent in Series of Conferences — Kellogg, MacDonald, Herriot, Theunis and Stefani Meet, By United Press LONDON, July 25.—With gulf between the viewpoints of the French and Anglc-American bankers wide as ever, the "big five" of the interallied conferen6e— Ambassador Kellogg, Premie vs MacDonald. Herrio* and Theunis and Count de Stefani—met at 10 Downing St., today to resume their struggle for a compromise. A meeting of first committee of the conference which has to deal with points under dispute was post p;>ned pending outcome of this unofficial meeting. The third committoe met. Plenary session of the allied conferences was summoned today by | the "big five” for 4 p. m. next Mon j day. Meantime, the week-end will! be spent in a series of conferences. ! It is hoped thus to avert the clima x j and reach solution of the method of j declaring sanctions in event of Gerrr.en default. The first committee will meet Monday morning, when it it hoped a j formula will be available permitting revision of previous report, which was rejected by British and American bankers. The plenary session of the conference will also take up question of the manner in which Germany shall be heard, as it is expected the Jurists' report will be ready at that time. BACK FROM WASHINGTON State Examiners tlieek Surplus War Materials. Edward Brennan, Thad Major and Anthony Walsh, examiners of the State board of accounts, have returned from Washington, D. C., where they have been checking amounts of surplus war material shipped to the State highway commission's division of equipment. Lawrence Orr, chief examiner, returned from Washington Monday. The examiners will start work immediately checking these invoices against records of the highway commission, to ascertain how this material was disposed of, whether through use In building roads or by sale. It Is kpown that material was sold without competitive bidding two years ago. SENTENCED FOR ROBBERY % Assistant to Taxi Driver Gets Ten to Twenty Years Sentences of ten to twenty years in the Indiana Reformatory were imposed upon Roscoe Sheeks, 29. of 1138 S. Belmont Ave., and William Adams. 29, of 5119 E. Twelfth St., on a charge of robbery, Charles S. Wiltsie, judge pro tem. in Criminal Court today. According to witnesses the men held up Claude Ullrich, taxi driver, 805 Fletcher Ave., at Sherman Dr. and E. Tenth St., the night of June 15, and robbed him of a watch and $27. No Work, Takes Poison Miss Rebecca Harris, 23, colored, rooming at 513 W. Chesapeake St., is improved today from the effects of self administered poison said to have been taken with suicidal intent. Miss Harris told Joe Hines, with whom she roomed, that she had taken the poison because she xvap out of work. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m...... 60 10 a. m 71 7 a. . 62 11 a. m 73 8 a. m 64 12 (noon) .... 74 9 a. m 68 1 p. 74

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from the shock and exhaustion as a result of her race through the fire to save her daughter, Elnora, 14-mcnths-old. The Malcomb and Dehoff, brother of Mrs. Malcomb, living at 1260 W. Thirtieth St., were spraying chickens with gasoline

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SCENES OF THE SIOO,OOO FIRE AT THE DYNES-POHLMAN LUM BER YARD, TWENTY-EIGHTH ST. AND MONON RAILROAD, EARLY TODAY. TOP—LOOKING NORTHWEST FROM TWENTY-EIGHTH ST. AND THE MONON. CENTER—CORNER OF A LUMBER SHED AND GENERAL VIEW. BELOW —SMOLDERING STACKS OF LUMBER. INSET—LOOKING SOUTHWEST FROM MONON TRACKS.

WOMAN INJURED IN MOT FALL Porch Railing Gives Way as She Shakes Rugs, Mrs. Elnora Kaercher, 70, of 225 W. Thirty-First St., today went out on the second story porch of her home to shake rugs. The railing gave away and she fell twenty feet to the ground. Her moans attracted Mrs. Pearl Shoaf, 223 W. Thirty-First St., who summoned aid. She was taken to St. Vincent Hospital, where her condition is said to be critical. FIVE HURT IN SMASH Car Swerves to Avoid Collision Strikes Telephone Pole. Five men were suffering from minor injuries and cuts today, re suit of an auto acident at Sixteenth St. and Park Ave., Thurs’day night. Ivor Barber, 721 N. Capitol Ave„ told police he was forced to swerve his car to avoid striking a machine driven by Edgar Buell, 917 Ashland Ave. Barber s car srtuck a telephone pole. Injured: David Smith, 102? MisJvingum St.; Vestus Gann, 902 Min ?rva St.; Charles Little, 112 W. Maryland St.; Isiah Evans, 1020 Muskingum St., and Carl Clay. 948 Puca St. Barber, was slated on an assault and battery charge and Buell on a speeding charge. / ‘

to kill parasites In the rear yard of the grocery owned by Mrs. Wiley, and her husband Roy. They also were burning straw in the alley. The can of gasoline exploded. Flames spread to rear of -grocery, where a drum of coal oil was stored.

ORDINANCE APPROVED Would Require Milk ! Served in Original Container. An ordinance requi ing milk served for drinking in restaurants to be delivered in the original container received approval of Dr. Herman G. "Morgan, city health of fleer today. I. L. Miller, State Food and Drug Commissioner has recommended such a provision. Dr. Morgan pointed out the city has already taken steps to safeguard and improve the city’s milk supply and is now working out plans for tuberculin tests for fairy herds. AIRSHIP FLIES 24 HOURS Shenandoah Forced to Remain in Air by Bad Weather. By United Press LAKEHURST, N. J., July 25. The naval dirigible Shenandoah was landed safely at the air field here at 8:30 a. m. today after having remained aloft more than twenty-four hours. The big air cruiser made a 500mile flight over Scranton, Pa., and Binghampton, N. Y., Thursday, but was unable to land when she reached her home station because of unfavorable weather. She cruised six hours above the air field. SERIOUS CHARGE MADE Colored Man Alleged to Have Attacked Farmer's Wife. By Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., July 25. Precautions against high feeling were taken in city court today when James Jackson, 24, colored, was arraigned on a charge of attacking Mrs. Anna Lawrence of Iferwood, farmers’ wife. Mrs. Lawrence is satil to be in a critical condition.

Mrs. Wiley was alone In the store. She heard the crackle of flames and rushed up the stairway, along the side of the building, to her living quarters, where her baby was sleeping, to effect her rescue. Mr and Mrs. Malcomb and DeHoff were enveloped In flames,

APPOINTMENT OF SHAFERDELAYED Highway Board Confers— Fail to Reach Decision, After conferring for three hours, the State highway commission had not appointed Harvey G. Shafer, former vice president NordykeMarmon Company, as chief of the division of °ouipment today. The commissio nexpected to be in session the rest of the day. Governor Emmet F. Branch recommended the appointment of Shafer, having first held conferences with widely known automotive engineers as to who might best fill the place left vacant by the resignation recently of George N. Bartley. Bartley’s resignation was followed by the accounts board report exposing extravagance and inefficiency within the division and alleged overpayment of $50,000 to O. F. Schlensker, auto parts dealer. That the commission did not immediately appoint Shafer today, indicates that there is friction among the members of the commission, State officials believe. NEW GROCERY MAGAZINE Owen Tarleton Editor and H. J. Kennedy Business Manager. The Independent Grocer, a monthly magazine, will make its appearance here in August. Owen Tarleton is editor and H. J. Kennelly business manager, with Elmer E. Frankei assistant.

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but extinguished them by rolling on the ground. Firemen were delayed because fire companies in the immediate territory were at the DynesPohlman lumber yard. The nearest company was at Fifteenth St. and Capitol Ave., two miles away.

DYNLS-PQHLMAN LUMBER YARD IS SWEPT BY FIRE CAUSING SIOO,POP LOSS Small Blaze, Starting in Shed Across Alley Is Fanned by Wind Until It Engulfs Stacks and Buildings— Seven Persons Are Injured. PHONE AND LIGHT SERVICE CUT AS WIRES ARE BURNED Length of Periods Between Sounding of First, Second and Third Alarms Arouses Comment—Pumper Company Member Shot in Heel. Fir©, starting in a small shed in the rear of 2849 MacPherson Ave., early today was fanned by wind to the Dynes-Pohlman Lumber Company’s yard at Twenty-eighth St. and the Monon railroad, resulting in loss estimated by company officers at SIOO,000. The officials said they have approximately SBO,OOO worth of insurance. ; 1 Seven persons were injured, none seriously. Firemen said they were hampered for about twenty minutes by low water pressure. Then enough pumpers, called by second and third alarms, arrived to build up the pressure to full fire fighting strength.

Fire Chief John J. O’Brien was expected to investigate the length of time which elapsed between first, second and third alarms on the fire. Three Alarms Sonuded The first alarm was turned in at 2:51 a. m., when the fire was discov- | ered in the shed across the alley ! from the lumber yard. W. D. Pat- | ton. owner of the shed, said the only explanation he could give for the I Are was that tramps might have [been sleeping in it and dropped a match. Patrolman Musgrove discovered the fire and flashed the first alarm. Pumper Companies 22. 14 and 2S responded to the first alarm. Fire records show that the second alarm was not registered until S:O4 a. m., thirteen minutes after the first. Acting Chief Harry Johnson arrived on the second alarm and at 3:18 a. m. sent in the third alarm. This brought a total of twenty-two companies to the scene. This force had a hard battle with the flames, which soon were roaring fifty feet into the air and causing blistering heat for many feet around the yard. Wind Was Favorable Had the wind been from the northeast instead of northwest houses along the east sid eof MacPhersor. Ave., between Twenty-Eighth and Twenty-Ninth Sts. would have been jost, firemen said. As it was, the wind blew the flames to the southeast. Paint was scorched off of the rear of most of the houses. Telephone and Merchants Heat and Light wires in the alley between the lumber yard and MacPherson Ave. were severed. Clarence A. Sales, superintendent of service for the Merchants, said service east of Fall Creek and north of Twenty-Ninth St. was affected by the fire, loss being about SI,OOO. The company had about 100 linemen at (Turn to Page 13) DR. LINK REAPPOINTED Member City Board of Health to Serve Another Term. Dr. Goethe Link was reappointed member of city board of health for a four-year term by Mayor Shank today. Dr. Link’s term expiied June 1, but he has been serving the extra period. Receivership Sale Set By Times Special NOBLESVJLLE, Ind.. July 25. Judge Hines has fixed Aug. 15 as the date for the sale of the factory of the Burdick Tire and Rubber Com I any, by the receiver. Claims and mortgages against the company aggregate $600,000. Log Driving Completed. By Times Special NEWCASTLE, New Brunswick, July 25. —Log driving on the northwest Miramichi has been, practically completed and approximately §35,000,000 feet of logs are now in the booms. In addition the drive on the southwest branch of the Miramichi, which was estimated at from 50.000,000 to 55,0110,000 feet, so far as the , main river is concerned, 13 now all in the booms.

Forecast Generally fair forecast for today and Saturday. Somewhat warmer weather anticipated for Saturday.

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Loss was estimated at $2,500. Wiley found a traveling bag containing his insurance policy in the ruins. He was in doubt whether he could claim damages. He recently moved from Rushville and the policy had not been transferred.

REMY SEEKS TD DESEROYLIQUOR Strathmann's Wine and Beer in Limelight, Confiscation and destruction of more than 700 gallons of wine and several hundred quarts of beer found by police at the home of Edward C. Strathmann, contractor, 4220 Central Ave., In a liquor raid last year, will be asked William H. Remy, prosecutor, announced today. Strathmann was fined $250 for liquor law violation by John W. Holtzman, special judge, in Criminal Court Thursday. The liquor was sealed and left in Strathmann’s home by Lieut. Cox and squad at the time of the raid. Remy said he will make the request ol Holtzman soon. BUSINESS A ROMANCE “It Lifts the Standard of Living," Says Albert Stump. Albert Stump, attorney, In an address on “The Romance of Business” before the Advertising Club Thursday, declared business present* the greatest romance. "We have no new moral and ethical problems to solve,” Stump said. “Our present moral and ethical problems are the problems of the ages. But vvo do have new economic and new social problems. “Business lifts the standard of living and seems to be a fulfillment of the law and prophecy of the ages,” he said. ATTORNEY TO BE NAMED Janies M. Ogden Confers With Board of Works. An attorney whose name has not been mentioned publicly wi'l be appointed city attorney by James M. Ogden, who leaves that position to become corporation counsel Aug. 1, it was indicated today. Ogden said he would confer with members of the board of works today, since the work of the city attorney deals chiefly with that board. Attorneys who had been mentioned for the position include Alvah Rucker, Thomas Daily, Clarence Martin, Vinson H. Manifold, Ralph Bamberger and William Bosson. Subway Is Authorized The public service commission today J.uthorized construction of a -subway near the Indianapolis Country Club, northwest, of the city unoer the tracks of the T."~IL, I. & E. Railway and the Big Four'Railroad. The construction will eliminate dangerous crossings near the club.