Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 66, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 July 1924 — Page 2

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BOMBARDMENT OF SAO PAULO AGAINRESUMED Federal Cavalry Engaged in Ineffective Raids During Night, By United Press BUENOS AIRES, July 25.—Bombardment of Sao Paulo was resumed by Brazilian forces late yesterday with great damage to the city, according to radio messages here today. There was severe fighting at the rebel outposts outside Sao Paulo City during the nightNumber of Raids federal cavalry carried out a number of raids, penetrating Sao Paulo at scattered points, but were forced to retire. The luxurious Hotel Esplanade, one of the finest hotels in South America, has been damaged by the federal bombardment. It was being used as a hospital by the revolutionary forces. Other buildings da.raged. according to a radic rec-ived by the Buenos Aires afternoon newspaper Larazon, include the branch of the National City Bank of New York, the British Bank of South America, the London and Brazilian Bank, London and River Plate Bank and other Brazilian and French owned banks. Want Armistice "The rebels sent out anew request for an armistice so that the remainder of the civilian population could be evacuated,” the dispatch to La<azon says, •'but It was refused." The newspapers estimate that more than 200,000 civilians still are in the city and in grave danger from the bombardment despite efforts by both sides to protect them. A majority of the American colony has left. A message from Bage said an insistent rumor was in circulation that a rebellion has "broken out in the Brazilian State of Sergipe, and that the Governor had requested aid from Federal garrison in the State of Rio Grande de Norte. MOB TARS AND FEATHERS GIRL Fifty Citizens of Maryland Town Facve Arrest, i By United Press MIDDLETOWN, Md., July 25 Dorothy Grandon, 21, ofMartinsburg, Pa., was tarred and feathered Thursday night by a mob of fifty men on the county road between Myersville, Md.. and Middletown. Fifty business men, merchants and citizens of Myersville, face arrest on charges of being members of the mob. Sheriff Ingomar of Frederick County, after questioning the Grandon girl at the home of James Whip, a farmer, announced warrants will be sworn out. Whip was threatened with death because of his rescue of the girl from the mob. With J. O. Shepley, a Myersville merchant. Whip was attracted by the girl’s screams. The two men fought their way through the mob and found the girl covered with tar. The girl said she had been visiting at the home of Mrs. Volla Kennedy. Thursday Mrs. Kennedy received a letter from Sheriff Ingomar ordering her to leave the county.

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JAMES. M. OGDEN City Attorney James M- Ogden will become corporation counsel. Aug. 1, when' the resignation of Corporation Counsel Taylor E. Groniager becomes effective. Groningen will take charge of the public service commission valuation of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company. • Mayor Shank has commissioned Ogden to choose his own successor as city attorney. RIKHOFF OBEYS MAY® ORDER But Who Loses in Bureau Changes Is Obscure, Just who was loser in the shakeup of the police accident prevention bureau, directed by Mayor Shank last week, was a trifle obscure today as Police Chief Hetman F. Rikhoff announced his plan of carrying out the board of safety order. After city council passed an ordinance requiring promotion -of the traffiemen in the bureau to sergeants over Shank’s veto. Shank ordered the incumbents transferred so others, of his choice, might get the benefit of the increased pay. Rikhoff said he would obey orders and transfer Miss Mary Moore, his stenographer, to replace Miss Rachel Bray in the bureau, and Motorcycleman Harry Smith and Trafticman Jack O'Neal to replace Tratficmen Edward Glenn and Frank Owens. However, Rikhoff said he would put Glenn and Owens on traffic duty, entailing no reduction in- pay, and was trying u> . arrange to. transfer Miss Bray to Juvenile court, pfWided he could get a policewoman from the court to serve as his stenographer. WHY MOTHERS GET GRAY Police, Kept Busy Answering Bogus and "Peeper’’ Calls. The extent of the human iniagination tested itself Thursday night and as a result police made two false emergency runs. William, 6-year-old son of Mrs. Clara Walters, 1436 Oliver Ave., went into the house after bread and butter. Suddenly he ran to the front porch and told his mother two colored men were in the house. When police arrived he described the two burglars, both with striped trousers and white shiris. He said ane of the men ran up stairs and hid while the other or.e. bid downstairs. The officers searched the house and found no trace of them. What police believe to be a “peeping Tom,” was reported to by Mrs. W. V. Kinsle>, 4052 Graceland Ave., Thursday night. The officers could find no trace of the prowler.

INDIANA GROUP PERFECTED BY EXCHANGE CLUB Delegates Attend Ball Game Following Business Session, SVto organization of Exchange Club was perfected by delegates from seven cities at the Lincoln todayi About twenty-five attended. Herold M. Harter of Toledo, Ohio, national secretary, and G. K. Jefferies of Indianapolis, national president. spoke. Montgomery S. Lewis, president Indianapolis Club, presided. Dr. Douglass H. White is local secretary. Wives Entertained Representatives were entertained at luncheon with the Indianapolis club hosts. Donald Bose was in chargq of entertainment. Wives of members had luncheon at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Following luncheon and a business session the delegation attended the ball game. Committees Named Nominating committee: Montgomery S. Lewis, Indianapolis, chairman: Fred G;. Collier, South Bend: A. L. Bingham, Muncie; David R. Murray, Clinton; Luke' L. Baker, Huntington; C. W. Sutton, Terre Haute, and Lloyd Grossbenor, Ft. Wayne. Constitutional committee; Curtis Miller. Huntington, chairman; Paul Buchanan, Indtanapolis; Watlsr S. Moellering, Ft. Wayne; John R. Hunter, Terre Haute: J. H. Hayman, Muncie; James A. Blower, Clinton; E. H. Knold, South Bend. BILLMIRE CLEW FRUITLESS AGAIN Police Scour Vincinity of Carmel in Vain, Police and friends continued search today for Dell Z. Billmire, 52. of "IS E. Thirty-P'ourth St., missing since July 8. Description of a man wandering near Carmel Thursday was similar to that of Billmire, Marvin J. Hammel, Kiwanis Club secretary, said. Lieutenant Winkler and squad, with Hamel, rushed to the home of D. W. Henshaw on Spring Mill Rd., near Carmel, scouring nearby roads without guccess. Robert Collins, living on an adjoining farm, told police he saw the mah sitting under a tree by the roadside when he came home from a harvest field. As Collins approached the man arose and rapidly walked south on Spring Mill Rd. The closest police ever got to him was when they met a lad on the roadside who said he had seen a man answering Billmire’s description twenty minutes before. Relatives at Pittsburg, Kan., and Ft. Worth, Texas, where Billmire might have gone, have seen nothing j of him, according to word from j there. Over 1,800 rural carriers over In- j diana were asked by Postmaster Robert H. Bryson to watch for Billmire. LOGANSPORT HOLDS MEN Two From Indianapolis Arrested on Charge of Handling Liquor. Police had word today from Logansport thi t Mike McCabe, 25, and Thomas Campbell, 20, colored, of Indianapolis, were in jail there on a charge of transporting liquor. For-ty-five gallons of alcohol were found with them in a high-powered automobile, police were told.

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ALFRED KAUFFMAN Alfred Kauffman, second vice president of the Link-Belt Company, in charge of Indianapolis operations, has been elected to the presidency of the company, and will have charge of operat ions and sales, according to announcement today at the Chicago office of the firm. Directors, it was announced, have created an executive committee consisting of Charles Piez, Kauffman, Thomas B. Mars ton of Chicago, and Staunton B. Peck of Phils delph ; a. There are nine Link-Belt plants in operation. Kauffman's headquarters will be in Indianapolis because the Ewart and Dodge plants, located here, are the company's largest operations. Kauffman has been general manager of these two plants since 19194. In 1915 Kauffmann was made second vice president. In 1901 he entered the company’s employe as draftsman in the engineering department in 1906 he was appointed superintendent of construction and in 1909 he was promoted to sales engineer in charge of West Virginia territory. In 1913 he was made assistant to the president with offices in Chicago, and later became general manager of the Philadelphia works. Kauffmann has been actively identified with the city’s industrial and civic life as a director of the Associated Employers of Indianapolis, former president and present executive committee member of the local branch. National Metal Trades executive committee member of the Indianapolis Foundrymen’s Association, He is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Indianapolis Country Club and Highland Golf Club. Kauffmann also is a director of the Fletchers Savings and Trust Company and is chairman of the campaign executive committee of the Community Fund.

MRS. FLEMING IS ‘TAKEN CARE OF Eliminated in Seventh District Chairman Race. Mrs. A. F. Fleming, Indianapolis, was removed today as a possible | seventh district chairman by her ap- | pointment as assistant director of 1 a travelers’ bureau at Republican I State headquarters. Mrs. Fleming was slated for the vice chairmanship, it is stated, but it is said she was not in sympathy with one faction at headquarters, she was sidetracked and "taken care of” with the lesser position. While no definite appointment has been made, Mrs. Julia Belle Tutewiler is looked upon as certain choice of George V. Coffin, county G. O. P. chairman, as vice chairman. Among those speculated upon as possible selections for Seventh District vice chairman are: Mrs. J. D. Hoss, Mrs. Thomas Gardner and Mrs. Arthur Robinson. Mrs. Vivian Wheatcraft, State vice chairman, went to Martinsville today to attend a county mass meeting of women.

MISSOURI HOLDS HOOSIER YOUTHS Alleged Boy-Yeggs Caught After Auto Chase. By Vnitrd Press ST. CHARLES, Mo., July 25. Four boys, captured In a corntield by St. Louis detectives and St. Charles County authorities after a wild automobile chase, are held in jail here today on charges of safe robbing. The four are: Arthur Cooper, 16, and Vick Roy Higgins, 16, both of Terre Haute, Ind., and Robert Kelso, 18, and Frederick Sampson, both of Washington, D. C. Higgins was wounded. Kelso and Sampson are charged with stealing a car in Terre Haute. The safe was stolen from a farm in this county, battered open and $230 stolen. An automobile from Terre Haute, sighted near by, was chased by detectives until a blowout forced the occupants to attempt to escape on foot. Rain Gives Relief By Vnited Press MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 25. —Rain brought Memphis territory relief from the most extreme heat of the season Friday. From 97 the mercury dropped to 71 this morning. Crops will benefit greatly by rain. Heat Wave Broken By Vnited Press COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 25. After taking seven lives in Ohio this wifek, the heat wave was broken last night with general rains which lowered the temperature on an average of ten degrees.

SPECULATORS TO POCKET PROFITS, FARMERASSERTS Grain Growers Will Get Nothing Out of High Prices, Is Claim. By United Press WHEATON. Minn., July 25.—“ The speculator and not the farmer is pocketing profits from present livestock and grain markets. “Now that prices are up the farmers have nothing much to sell. "So far as agricultural relief is concerned, the present situation means nothing. It is a fictitious market.” This )s the statement of F. W. Murphy, chairman of the executive board of the American Council of Agriculture. He is a dirt farmer himself. Nothing for Farmer "The farmer is getting absolutely nothing out of the present market,” Murphy told the United Press. "Even if he had grain to sell he could make no profit on the market today, for It costs $1.75 to produce a. bushel of wheat, 60 cents to produce a bushel of oats and sll a hundred to produce hogs for market,” he said. “On the first of July when prices started upward the average farmer had not more than 10 per cent of last year’s crop in storage. This he needs for feed until the new crop is harvested, and what he doesn’t feed he must save for seed until this year’s crop is in and he Is sure of seed for the next year. “On today’s market the purchasing power of the farmer is only 70 per cent of what It was In 1913. The farmer’s purchasing power depends upon prices at the primary market and not at the terminal market. "The farmer has to pay the freight to the terminal market and he has to pay the freight from the terminal market to the farm on what he buys. Freight rates are twice as high as they were in 1913. Carry-Over Small “There is such a good crop pros pect in the Northwest, but conditions are such everywhere else that there will be a world shortage of between 300,000,000 and 400,000,000 bushels of wheat. There is a carry-over from last year of less than 100,000,000 bushels and on this basis the present market price for wheat should be at least $2 a bushel in Minneapolis. Farmers up here need at least that much for wheat to pay out.” Murphy that the .merican Council of Agriculture organized here July 11 and 12, will have an important announcement early next week. HIGHER SANITARY LEVY IS REFUSED Must Appeal to Council, Shank Says, The sanitary board must take its appeal for a higher tax levy to the city council, Mayor Shank told board ipembers today. He refused to remove a two cent cut in the depart- | ment’s budget. The board asked for 11.5 cents and received 9.5 cents, the same as this year. The extra money was needed to operate the new sewage disposal j plant, it was said. Efforts to hold the 1925 levy to $1.05 or below were continued today over protest of department heads. R. Walter .Jarvis, park superintendent, finally succeeded in getting a 7.5 cent levy for his department, after it had been reduced to 7 cents Joseph L. Hogue, city controller, and the mayor conferred today on making reductions in some other levies to give the added levies to the park board and board of health. HABEAS CORPUS SUIT ! Woman Takes Steps to Escape Sentences Habeas corpus proceedings were filed in Superior Court Five today by Lawrence Shaw, attorney, for Katie Milton, 513 Cincinnati St., who was sentenced twice in city court within two years, but whose sentences were suspended and revoked. Defendants named are: Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth, Sheriff George Snider and Miss Margaret Elliott, matron at the Indiana Women’s Prison. Plaintiff said her first sentence -of SIOO-and costs and second of sixty flays in the women’s prison last March were discharged. She declares that according to the Supreme Court ruling the city court which suspends judgment for misdemeanor cannot enforce judgment after expiration of the period. CHILD STRUCK BY AUTO Cut About Head, But Injuries Are Not Serious; Driver Arrested. Claude Douglas, 5, colored, of 726 W. TEleventh St., was suffering today from cuts about the head received late Thursday, when struck in front of his home, by an auto driven by Alfred Wilkins, 2105 Allfree St. Wilkins was slated for assault and battery. Michael Abrams, 3266 N. New Jersey St., had a narrow escape from injury when his car overturned at Washington Blvd. and ThirtyThird St., after it had sideswiped a car driven by Mrs. C. E. Wise, 4002 N. New Jersey St. No arrersts were made. , Vincennes Picnic Saturday Former residents of "Vincennes, Ind., will hold a basket picnic at Broad Ripple Park Saturday afternoon and evening.

ALL WAS NOT STILL S3OO Damage Caused by Explosion in Attic. Velko Tasich, 30, of 1241 N. Tremont Ave., is wondering today whether white mule might make a better explosive than a drink. He was arrested Thursday night when firemen were called to his home to fight a fire said to have started when a thirty-gallon still in the attic exploded. Damage was S3OO. Police found thirty-nine gallons of white mule and 400 gallons of mash. T.asich was charged with operating a still. NEW SENSATION ROCKS WINDFALL Woman Who Shot Rural Carrier Disappears, Bu Times Special TIPTON, Ind., July 25.—Windfall, stirred when Mrs. Emma Osborne, prominent farmer’s wife, shot Albert Dennis, former rural mail carrier, was rocked again today when it became known that Mrs. Osborne had been missing from her home there since Wednesday. Officials here learned of Mrs. Osborne’s disappearance, when Joseph Osborne, her mother-in-law, came here to see Sheriff Lnnis in regard to a SI,OOO bond which she had signed to obtain her daughter-in-law’s release on charges of assault and battery with intent to kill. An automobile, owned by Osborne, was found deserted in Elwood. Authorities believe Mrs. Osborne drove there and caught a train for Chicago. Mrs. Osborne had charged that Dennis annoyed her. BAPTISM TO BE HELD IN POOI Immersion of 700 Will End I. B, S, A, Meeting, By I nited Press COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 28.—A strange combination of religious fervor and reckless pleasure is on Saturday afternoon's bill at indianola Amusement Park. While the other concessions of the | park run wide open, the big swim- | ming pool will be cleared of bathers for what is expected to be the largest single baptism in history. Seven hundred persons will present themselves for immersion, thus avowing their faith in the teachings of the iate Pastor Russell—that “millions now living will never die.” The service will climax a week of Inspirational meetings attended by approximately fifteen thousand ; members of the International Bible I Students Association. LAST RITES ARRANGED Mrs. Cora Biddinger Dies at Home of Daughter. Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Biddinger, 63. who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jesse Morse, 936 N. Oakland Ave., Thursday of dilitatlon of the heart, will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at Centenary Christian Church, Eleventh and Oxford Sts. Burial in Crown Hill cemetery. Jesse C. Biddinger, her husband, who has been an invalid for eight months, was for twenty-seven years on the merchant police force. Surviving: The husband: a son, Wesley, of 5016 Park Ave.; two daughters, Mrs. Morse and Mrs. Elizabeth Disselberg, 1114 Ewing St., six grandchildren and one greatgrandchild.

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