Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 69, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 July 1924 — Page 1

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VOLUME 36—NUMBER 69

MR. FIXIT, ON JOB, - GETS RESULTS i City Officials Willingly Cooperate With Times Man, Who Investigates Complaints Tell Him Your Troubles, EQUESTS are coming in to Mr. Fixit. Times readers promise to keep city officials on the jump if Mr. Fixit’s first mail is an indication of city service demanded. Several city departments were involved and officials expressed a willingness to cooperate in effort to give citizens better municipal service.

FRENCH PREMIER MEETS DEMANDS OF U. MRS Herriot Promises Ruhr Evacuation on Oct, 15, By United Press LONDON. July_ 29. —Under pressure from an Ame Heart-British banking group, France has yielded her rights to separate action and Premier Herriot proposes to offer military exacuation of the Ruhr on Oct. 16, according to reliable information today. This is regarded as the turning point in the inter-allied reparations ‘conference, which now only awaits a forma! offer from France to this effect, before going ahead with the machinery of the experts’ plan. Proposal Secret The anticipated French proposal Is being Jealously guarded with the utmost secrecy in the meantime. The French delegation still is working on it and it will not be ready until late tonight when it will be circulated among the delegates. In return. France wants absolute priority to the first twenty-six billion gold francs collected as reparations under the Dawes-McKer.na plan. Thin figure. It is said, will cover the remaining cost of restoring the French devastated regions. If tonight's offer makes this proposition as baldy as it is put here it I will cause a sensation in the conference. The proposal is certain to arouse a storm of protest from the Belgians, Italians and all smaller nations who have a claim to reparations. The British‘may object and even the cost of the United States Army of Occupation, which had a certain priority, would be prejudiced. Stumbling Block The presence of the French In the Ruhr has been the main stumbling block to acquiesenee by the banking group in the proposed terms of an international loan to Germany Now Hen lot is about to offer to get out —for 26,000,000.000 gold francs. The French also will safeguard themselves by putting in a clause in the formula providing for appeal to arbitration against majority decision on sanctions. HIGHWAY GARAGE PROBEDELAYED Data Not Ready, Grand Jury Takes Recess, Grand jury investigation of the State highway commission garage probably will not begin for several weeks. Meantime the grand jury will take a recess Wednesday. William H. Remy, prosecutor, had hoped to plunge into the work immediately but it is understood that data necessary for the investigation is not yet in suitable form for presentation. Governor Branch, Lawrence F. Orr, chief examiner of the State board of accounts; Remy and Claude M. Worley, Criminal Court investigator, conferred on the case Monday. Remy pledged full cooperation of his department in making the investigtion. MAN ROBBED IN ALuEY Three Are Held Following Story of Alleged Attack. William Nolan. 245 W. New York St., Leonard Stock, 320 Minerva St., and William Ford. 743 W. New York St., were held today pending investigation of a report by James Tandy, colored, giving his address at ThirtySecond St. and College Ave., that he had been held up an 4 robbed of $2 while driving down a nalley in the rear of 152 Blackford St. YOUNG, BUT ‘WICKED’ Only Three, but He Takes “Best Girl” on Joy Ride. By United Press WASHINGTON, Ind., July 29. Washington claims the youngest joy rider. Bobble Perkins, 3, wanted to take his girl, Katherine Ryan, 6, for an auto ride. He found his father's ear parked on a hill; got In the car and released the brakes. Two blocks away the car struck a telephone pole at a speed of thirty miles a nhour.

Neither Bobble nor Katherine were hurt.

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Send in your complaints to Mr. Fixit. Here are answers of the first day: MR. FIXIT—The people In the 1400 and 1500 block on W. TwentyFirst St. would like to have road oil. It is dusty and getting worse all the time. W. G. Antrim, 1432 W. Twenty-First St. Street Commissioner Martin J. Hyland reports your street was billed for oil July 7, but delay has been caused by excavations for water mains. He will investigate, and oil your street as soon as possible. * • * TO OLNEY ST. Complaint— The situation has been referred to the board of health and a cleanup order issued by Dr. Herman G. Morgan. • * • DEAR MR. FIXIT—Two-course concrete has been omitted as one of the specifications on Walcott St. from Southeastern Ave. to Deloss St. and on Pratt St., from Keystone Ave. to Rural St. Why can’t we have advantage of this cheaper paving material? PATIENT CITIZEN. City engineers have the Tight to I specify any kind of paving, but if you circulate a petition among property owners on these streets I and the majority want two-course I concrete, the board of works must ; give it to you. Petitions must be | circulated within ten days of the i first publication, which was July ! 28. • • • TO COMPLAINT of A. C. Hawn. 3127 Boulevard PI.: T. S. Gurley, chief building ln- ! spector, has personally taken charge of your complaint, and will | investigate today. • ‘ * DEAR MR. FlXlT—Lights under j the track elevation on Madison Ave. south of McCarty St. have been out for three weeks. Also the red traffic | light In the street south of the ele- | vatton. TIMES READER. H. G. Wray, track elevation engineer, said the lights Vould be j attended to immediately. STATE FAIR DISCUSSED Board Is Told New Buildings Will Be Ready in Time. State board of agriculture met to- : day to discuss further plans for the j State fair and was told that new | buildings at the fairground will be 1 in readiness for the opening day. The board adjourned to go to i Lebanon. Ind.. where a dinner will be served at the new Country Club. ; The ywill continue their session ; there. STORMS MAY COOL CITY Otherwise No Respite From Torrid Temperature Anticipated. Relief for West and Northern por- | tions of the State, but none for Inj dianapolis, was promised today by the weather bureau. Thunderstorms, however, may ! bring temporary respite from torrid i temperature. i The thermometer had a good start today for high temperatures, starti ing at 73 at 6 a. m.. and soaring past j the 80 mark before 9. SUGAR PLOT CHARGED La Foilette Says Interests Have Intimidated Tariff Body. By United Press WASHINGTON, July 29.—Charge that representatives of the sugar interests have delayed final report ot United States tariff commission on costs of sugar production by bringing pressure "through the highest official channels of this Goverhment’’ was made today in a statement by Senator La Foilette, independent candidate for President. La Foilette did not identify the “highest official channels” of the Government, but said the sugar interests have attempted to intimidate members of the tariff commission and othrewsie oDstruct the action of that body. SMALL DENIES GRAFT Says He Didn’t Get State Interest While Treasurer By United Press SPRINGFIELD. • 111., July 29. Governor Len Small, while on the witness stand today in civil suits filed by Attorney General Edward J. Brundage, for collection of attorney’s fees, denied he had ever withheld from the State one cent was due from interest on State funds, while he was treasurer. „ Appearance of the Governor on the stand came as a great surprise. The civil suits have been pending for some time and while the Governor has been present on several occasions, no intimation was made except to personal friends that he would take the stand. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 73 10 a. m 84 7 a. m 75 11 a. m S3 8 a. m 78 12 (noon) .... 86 9 a. m 82 1 p. m 87

EIGHT HELD IN RAIDS AT NEW ALBANY / —J, , Federal Agents, Led by Bert Morgan, Swoop Down Upon Southern Indiana Territory in Clean-up Move Upon Roadhouses, OFFICIAL REQUESTS 100 MORE AFFIDAVITS Laxity of Liquor Law Enforcement Charged by Dry Chief Whose Men Have Been Investigating District, By Timrs Special NEW ALBANY, Ind.', July 29. Five proprietors of roadhouses In and around New Albany are under arrest today and a telegram was sent to Indianapolis for 100 more blank affidavits, for new arrests, in a wholesale clean-up of resorts suspected of liquor law violations, conducted by Bert Morgan, Federal prohibition director of Indiana, and half a dozen deputies. Three squads of agents were rounding up those for whom Morgan held warrants. Two Federal agents and one policeman made up each squad. The arrests were made following a secret visit paid to New Albany during the last two weeks by dry agents. Morgart said that evidence has already bein obtained against the men by the agents who were sent down to buy liquor, and that the visit today was only to make arrests. Roadhouses Raided Those seized today: Joe Bums. Albert Williams. J. B. Gownes, Claude Whitman and John Green, all proprietors of roadhouses. Joe and Frank Striekler. roadhouse proprietors, and Dick Keyes, owner of the roadhouse property. Morgan said abatement proceedings will be filed immediately against theVesorts, to close them up. Arrests are being made in three countries, including Harrison, Floyd and Clarke. Morgan said that at least thirty-five would be arrested in soft drinks places, roadhouses ard similar resorts. The wire for additional affidavits was sent to Indianapolis by D. W. Moore, group chief at Bedford, who with Charles R. Wright, agent at Terre Haute, Fred I. legal adviser for the prohibition bureau at Indianapolis, and Deputy U. S. Marshall Hickman, are assisting Morgan in the clean up. Arraignment at New Albany The accused men will be arraigned before U. J. Needham, United States commissioner here. The raids extend to roadhouses along the Orio River between here and Jeffersonville. Laxity Charged In instituting the wholesale cleanup. Morgan said there had apparently been no effort made by local officials to enforce the prohibition law, and pointed to the fact that only two convictions had been secured in the Floyd County Court on liquor charges since he became director. Police of New Albany are cooperating with Morgan and his deputies in the raids/ The first man arrested was Joe Baugher, operator of a small soft drink establishment. He sold a small quantity of white mule to Morgan Monday night, it was charged. The present cleanup is the third Morgan has led in Indiana cities. He directed the men who rounded up the Gary booze conspirators and arrested more than 100 violators in Ft. Wayne. STATE WINS VICTORY Coal Rato (ase Won in Federal Court at Chicago. The Indiana Public Service Commission won a victory today in a decision handed down by the United Slates Court of Appeals at Chicago denying an injunction to nineteen railways seeking to prevent the commission from enforcing an order on intra-State coal shipments. The decision gives a reduction of 5 to 10 cents after Aug. 1 on coal shipments within the State. A decision is pending from the Interstate Commerce Commission on like reductions in interstate coal rates. FIGHT AFTER QUARREL One Participant in Hospital With Serious Knife Wounds. Ed Spann. 38, colored, 545 Darnell St., was at city hospital today sucering from knife wounds in the abdomen, following a fight with A1 Williams, 40, colored, 506 Ogden St. Both were employed by the Big Four Storage Company and quarreled, police said, over who should drive a truck. The fight occurred at Maryland and Delaware Sts. Williams is held.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1924

lUTSIDE the mercury may soar but H. S. Fowler, 1234 N. Mlnois St., goes about bis job in a sweater. Even then be bas to go out to get warm now and then. The regular temperature where he works is/ 2

H. S. FOWLER

WO hundred feet away from Fowler works Albert Craig, 1847 Barth Ave., Polar ice plant fireman. Summer temperature on this job usually is 120 degrees,

'■ -- ■ • • - * ** ■ ALBERT CRAIG

RIDDEN 10 JAIL IN BATHING SUIT Beech Grove Motorist Is Charged With Speeding, H. J. Lewis, 22, of Beech Grove, was still “red” today and it wasn’t sunburn either. Lewis, too, probably gave the city prison the greatest thrill in its history and a city prison is hard to be thrilled. Lewis was speeding on Fall Creek Blvd. It was a hot day and Lewis was in a hurry. Motor Policeman William Trfempe happened to be along and spied the speed and hailed Lewis. Lewis was in a bathing suit, and a brief one at that. Trempe a,lled the wagon. Meanwhile a crowd collected and Lewis, to escape embarrassment, proposed that he be allowed to ride to the station on Trempe’s motorcycle. Trempe refused. The wagon finally arrived and was ridden to jail and slated on a charge of speeding thirty-one miles an hour. He was not able to raise bond for two hours and he shivered. For the city prison is known for its coolness and he was still in a bathing suit. WILLIE~CAREY IN AGAiN Slated on Assault and Battery With Intent to Rob. Willie Carey, 29, of 162 N. Blackford St., charged by police with having the record number of arrests, added another mark to his counter when he was slated at the city prison Monday night on a charge of assault and battery with intent to rob. Detectives say he and a companion took $5 from John Short, 455 Minerva St., after offering to sell him some whisky, while thq three waited in the rear of a building for the runner to return with the liquor.

degrees below zero. The place! It’s the ice storage room at the Polar Ice and Fuel Company, 2000 Northwestern Ave. Once in a while Fowler would like to trade jobs with the man shown below.

Craig says. “If it wasn’t for danger of pneumonia it wouldn’t be bad to trade jobs with Fowler, the ice bustler, now and then,” Craig said.

Ten Years Ago Today SEN years ago today the city of Belgrade was shelled by Austrian guns. This was the first real fighting of the world war. The British fleet sailed for “an unknown destination.” Censorship was clamped on all over Europe. The Kaiser and the Czar of Russia were in direct communication discussing the situation. The only effect in Amer- | ica was a flurry in the markets. The newspapers gave almost as much attention to the market situation as to war developments. FLYING GLASS CUTS ARM Unblocked Street Results in Woman’s Injuries Mrs. William Hagemeyer, 915 E. Tabor St., received arm wounds today from flying glass when the machine which her husband was driving ran into a ditch in the 6000 block, Ashland Ave. According to police a sewer was being put in the street and someone removed the bar which blocked the street. She was taken home. NURSE, CHILD HUNTED Maternal Instinct Believed Cause of Kidnaping. By United Press CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 29.—A Nation-wide hunt was instituted f>y police today for 5-year-oid Dorothy May Blanchard and Mrs. Phoebe Woods, 50, a nurse, charged with kidnaping little Dorothy. A strong maternal instinct led the nurse to kidnap the child, police said they believed.

■GAN MATTER MAY LIE AWHILE Word of Delay Until Election Passed Out, There may be no furthei steps to oust Bert Morgan as Federal Prohibition Director for Indiana until after election. This was the word given out at Republican headquarters today on the ground further stirring up of the Watson-New political feud at this time will only tend to muddy Republican waters in Indiana on the eve of a presidential election. It is not the intention of Senator Watson, however, to let Morgan stay in office longer than political expediency permits, it was stated. Because of the publicity and turmoil which has surrounded the attempted busting of Morgan, much sympathy has been worked up in Morgan's favor and observers view Watson’s attempt as a political blunder. GRAND JURY TO PROBE Coroner Asks Investigation of Fatal Crash With Train. Tutt Riley, 31, colored, of 545 N. California St., was bound over to the grand jury under S6OO bond on a manslaughter charge today on recommendation of Coroner Paul F. Robinso-i. Police said on July 15, Riley drove his auto into a Big Four freight train on the Crawfordsvilla Rd. Bristow Morris, colored, of 609 N. West St., who was riding in the car, died from injuries the next day. Robjnson said he wanted the grand jury to investigate the whole affair. Argentine Flier Off Again By United Press ROME, July 29.—Major Petro Zanni, Argentine world flier, took off today for Brindisi, en route to Sa-' lonika.

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LEOPOLD’S CONFESSION DENIES BELIEF IN GOD AND LIFE AFTER DEATH Slayer Became Atheist at Age of 11, His Statement Read at Murder Hearing Declares—Thinks No One Able to Punish All Who Transgress. “WHEN I DIE, I AM DEAD ALL OVER,” HE IS QUOTED AS SAYING Crowe, Claiming Perfect “Hanging Case” Against Youths, Summons Last of State Witnesses—Darrow I Prepares Plea of Defense. By EDWARD C. DERR United Press Staff Correspondent CRIMINAL COURTROOM, CHICAGO- July 29.—Disbelief in God and a life after death was expressed by Nathan Leopold in his confession to the murder of Robert Franks, 14-year-old schoolboy, read today at the judicial hearing of Leopold and Richard Loeb. “When I am dead, I am dead all over; there is no hereafter,” Leopold was quoted a saying. Leopold said he swung to atheism at the age of 11. He said he believed no one was powerful enough to punish

all who transgressed the rules o with the idea of convincing tl powerful figure with the ability E. M. Allen, court stenographer, l read Leopold’s statement from his notes, beginning where he had ended when court adjourned yesterday. Leopold attempted to cover up the disappearance of his glasses, Allen read—the glasses were found near the spot where Robert’s body was Jammed into the culvert and led to the arrest of the slayers. Later Leopold explained that he might have dropped the glasses out of his pocket at one of the particular tipies when he had a class in ornithology- around the scene of the hiding of the body, the witness read. Leopold afterwards admitted he had probably lost the spectacles when he stumbled while carrying the body to the culvert. Slayers Laugh Leopold and Loeb latghed heartily i as the witness read of Leopold’s j tricky devices in building up an j alibi. Leopold said that he was "surprised and shocked” when he learned that his spectacles were found on the scene. Leopold said he expressed these emotions to his brother, his aunt and the maid at the Leopold home. To his brother. Leopold said he exclaimed: “Isn’t it the thing you ever heard?’’ Leopold also expressed surprise and amazement at the crime to various persons in about the same language. Allen read. Leopold also expressed innocence in connection with the writing of the SIO,OOO ransom letter to Jacob Franks, father of the victim. The witness said Leopold gave a critical analysis of the punctuation, grammar and euphony of the letter and expressed the belief that he could have written one just as good, if not better. Leopold said he owned a Hammond typewriter and had rented a Corona but no mention was made of a portable Underwood such as that used in typing the ransome letter. Further revelations made by Leopold were that his father owned four automobiles and his two older brothers also owned cars kept in his father’s garage and that he was very fond of liquor, particularly gin. As the witness came to the words of Crowe’s question “have you ever made a study of the works of ” attorneys stopped him and this portion of Leopold’s statement was deleged from open court. It was read in a whisper to the court reporter so that it might be entered in the records. This portion obviously dealt with Leopold’s confessed interest in the writings of Pietro Aretino, a six(Tum to Page 11) HUGHES SEES SOLUTION Secretary of State Believes Parlejy Will Settle Reparations. By United Press PARIS, July 29.—“ The thought of failure of the London conference is too grave to be considered in cold blood,” Secretary of fftate Hughes said today in an Interview, adding: “I have the firmest confidence that the conference will find a solution. Everybody I meet In London said so.” Hughes and other delegates to the Bar Association Conference were received at the American Chamber of Commerce at noon, visited the Pailise De Justice for a reception by the Paris bar and were to be offlically welcomed by the municipality at the city hall.

Forecast

PARTLY cloudy with probable thunderstorms late tonight or Wednesday. Not much change in temperature.

TWO CENTS

f life, and so a God was created le people that there existed a to punish after death. THREE SIXTEEN ' YEAR OLD BOYS' GETSENTENCES Bandit Operations Extend Over Two States, It Is Charged, Three youthful bandits came to the end of their careers of lawlessness today with prison terms ahead of them. Ivan Amon, 425 S. Ritter Ave., and Allen Partlow, 2126 Clay St., were sentenced to three to five years in the Indiana Reformatory and Charles Jones, 151 S. Arsenal Ave., to six months on the Indiana State Farm by Frank A. Symmes, judge pro tern., in Criminal Court, ca hcarges of stealing an automobile from Ethan Roberts, 1210 Sturm Ave. All are 16 years old. They entered pleas of guilty, and frankly confessed to eight burglaries, theft of four automobiles and jail breaking at Lawrenceville, 111. Their operations extended into Illinois and Michigan. Judge James A. Collins recently released them from jail on their own recognizance because of their youth, and they immediately started out on new series of crimes, it was charged. When sentence was pronounced Amon’s mother created a scene in court by screaming and denouncing court officials. “You have yoru own automobile to ride around in,” she told Judge Pro Tern. Symmes. “But my boy had to go and get himself one.” MUNCIE LAND IS SOLD E. Arthur Ball Purchase State Normal Site. Announcement was made today of the purchase by E. Arthur Ball, of Muncie, Ind., of two city squares consisting of about four and onehalf acres at Muncie from the State to be used for the site of anew hospital. Property which is located on the western outskirts of the city was owned by the Indiana State Normal School. It was purchased at its appraised price of $5,000. It is expected the hospital will eventually become a million dollar institution. The normal school will re-locate. SHERIFF IS RESTRAINED Order Stopping Sale of Poolroom Is Granted. A restraining order prohibiting Sheriff George Snider from selling a poolroom at 511 W. Washington St., was issued by Judge Theophilus J. Moll in Superior Court, room 5, today. The suit was filed by Eugene Hochaber, who purchased the poolroom from Eli Jutar in March. Jutar in turn bought it from Ben and Ethel Rothchild, not knowing that a court judgment stood against them. It was to satisfy this judgrCnt that Snider was to sell the pice.