Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 73, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 August 1924 — Page 12

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GREAT INTEREST SHOWN IN STATE FAIR EXHIBITIONS Judges in Poultry Contest Picked —Large Prizes Offered, With the addition of several new breeds and varieties to the classification there is an increased interest in the Poultry and Pet Stock Show, held in connection with the Indiana State Fair, Theo Hewes, general manager The Three Great Poultry Shows, said today. Jersey Black Giants, which is becoming a popular breed throughout the middle west, is expected to be one of the big entries. Large prizes are offered, and no entry fee charged, in the Boys' and Girls' Club exhibit, under the aus pices of Purdue University. All varieties of poultry, water fouls, utility poultry and domestic rabbits, are included in the prize list. Judges in the poultry department: H. A. Pickett, Knoxville, Tenn; W. W. Zlke, Morristown, Ind.; H. V. Tormohlen, Portland, Ind. Walter Young, Dayton, Ohio; Herman Rikhoff, Indianapolis; Ross McKinney, Indianapolis, C. W. Carrick, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. Rabbit department: John Fear, Indianapolis. The dog show conducted this year for the first time by Hoosier Kennel Club will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Premium list may be obtained from Mrs. Edward Fishel, secretary, Hope, Ind. Indianapolis fanciers may get copies at Ward's pet shop, 147 N. Pennsylvania St. Entries in poultry and pet stock department close Aug. 11. William M. Jones, secretary State board of agriculture. Statehouse, Indianapolis, will furnish premium lists on request. NEW PHONE NUMBER Call Circle 9900 for Bell Company Employes The telephone number of the general offices of the Indiana Bell Telephone Cos. will be changed Aug. 4 from MAln 9800 to Circle 9900. Phil M. Watson, division commercial manager, announces. The Indianapolis Commercial office will continue to have MAin 9800 and any calls regarding telephone bills, moves, changes, etc., should be handled as in the past, while personal calls to employes in the genejal office will be reached through Circle 9900. OH, WHAT A NIGHT! Coyotes Rouse Guests of Staid Washington, Ind. Bu Times Special WASHINGTON, Ind., Aug. 2. Guests at the Meredith Hotel felt their hair crawl at the back of their necks the other night when they heard a coyote cry. Investigation disclosed that Mrs. R. F. Isenogle. proprietress, is owner of two of the prairie foxes. They were sent to her by her brother from out-west. "Don't feed them raw meat," wrote brother. ' "Not a chance,’’ says Mrs. Isenogle.

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Samuel Gompers, at Age of 74, Says Nothing in Life Is Worth While but Service Given in Cause of Humanity

Labor Leader Grants Interview on Anniversary of His Arrival in America,

By MAURICE HENLE, NEA Service Writer. fr-rjEW YORK, Aug. 2.—On IN I July 29 ' 1863 ’ a rer - tain boy P ™ 1 of 13 reached this country from England. His heart beat fast as the big ship glided into New York harbor and he saw the skyline, and he took a boyish vow to be a citizen of this new country as soon as he could and to be active in its affairs. How well that boy kept his word all the world knows —for today Samuel Gompers stands the unquestioned labor leader of his generation. Today Samuel Gompers Is 74. And though the years and the battles have left their scars, he still stands as the guiding light for that great mass of workers known as the American Federation of Labor. It was on the sixty-first anniversary of his arrival here from London that Gompers granted an exclusive interview and posed for exclusive photographs for NEA Service and The Indianapolis Times. In a few days he was to leave the comfortable hotel at Coney Island, w;here he had successfully weathered the most critical illness of his life, where his life was despaired of for days. Slowly, unassisted, he walked to the sun porch, and there he stood and chatted with a group of friends. He would not allow anyone to help him and for an hour he walked about. He was a study. Alternately his battle-beaten face was bathed in smiles and sorrow'. A sunny came as he recalled his landing here as a boy of 13, and of his vow to become a citizen as soon as he became of age. Then suddenly his mind would turn, and he would remember those of his comrades who have gone. • • • mI'ST that day he had received a wire announcing the death of a dear friend, a labor leader. "A fine, manly fellow. He gave his life for the cause. He died in service. Yes, I'm sure he died in service. ’’ The photographer suggested one pose with a smile. But Gompers shook his head sadly. "No,” he said, “not that. Take me the way I feel. The way I am. I cannot smile just for a picture. I cannot pose.” ' Gompers was dressed in’ a loosefitting black suit. He wore a bow tie and a tan cap. He had a comfortable look about him. • • • S r ““~|\MUEL GOMPERS was apprenticed to the trade of . cigar making in his youth. In 1864, when only 14, be became the first registered member of the Cigar Makers International Union, of which he was secretary and president. It has become one of the most successful of American trade unions. •

He was elected vice president of the American Federation of Labor, which he helped organize in 1881. and from 1882. with the sole exception of the year 1894, when he was defeated by John McBride, he has been its president. Under hie direction, the A. F. of L. grew and flourished. Its influence in politics has been mainly indirect, but has been felt strongly in such matters as the extension of the eight-hour day on government contracts, employers’ liability laws and many other humanized statutes. In 1908 Gompers sought, without much success though, to throw the strength of the federation to the Democratic party on the ground that the Republican candidate was unfriendly to labor. He consistently opposed socialistic tendencies in the labor movement. He was active in promoting industrial conciliation. Gompers has been a ceaseless battler for organized labor and fought all movements to destroy its effectiveness. He urged release from prison of political prisoners.

n r _ HESE are just a few mile--1 stones in this remarkable man’s remarkable career. Gompers still retains a keen sense of humor. "See,” he laughed, "now Aiey have the last pictures posed by me. If I should fall off a building or a horse should kick me tomorrow, they would have a scoop." And he laughed again. TWO SHOT IN BRAWL Colored Man Ejects Group From I laughter’s House. Mrs. Jessie Anderson, colored, of 1131 Brooks St., is in a critical condition at the city hospital from gun shot wounds and her husband, John Anderson, colored, is suffering from a gun shot wound in the thigh. Police say six colored men and two women went to the home of Mrs. Hattie Finch, colored, Anderson’s daughter, 1135 Brooks St., during her absence. Anderson said he ejected the group and two of the men fired at him. Later police arrested Sirley Bell, 21, and Booker Bell, both colored of 1215 Brooks St., on charges of shooting with intent to kill. Hopi Snake Dance .Vug. 23 E. P. Fisher, general agent of the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company in Indianapolis, was notified today that the Hopi snake dance will be held this year at Hoteville, Ariz., on or about Aug. 23, a point reached by automobile /rom 'Winslow, Ariz.

WHAT SIXTY-ONE YEARS IN AMERICA MEAN TO ME BY SAMUEL GOMPERS, President, American Federation of Labor. (As Dictated Exclusively for NEA Service and The Indianapolis Times) (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc).

Sixty-one years ago I came to the United States, a boy of 13 years, with my father, mother, five brothers and sister. What have these sixty-one years in America meant to me? Thev have meant much. They have meant all that * . V they could —sixty-one years of service, sixty-one years or hope. I have tried hard. They have meant loving my adopted country which

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INDIANAPOLIS WOMAN SI TS IN AT LEOPOLD-LOEB TRIAL

Mrs, Martha J, Stubbs Writ Indianapolis Times on By MARTHA J. STUBBS Mr*. Stubbs, attended several sessions of the trial of Leoopold and Loeb. in Chloasro. for the murder of Robert Franks. P r “”1 SYCHIATRISTS, pathologists, phrenologists and alienists ■ sitting dignified and quiet, for nobody dares speak at the Leo-pold-Loeb trial, flit only as a shadow in the reflection of the pathetic and exciting things that make the Criminal Court Room In Chicago, a place of unusual Interest during the trial of the two youthful slayers of their little neighbor boy and play fellow. Words are inadequate to describe the scenes that occur daily on the circular platform of Judge Caverly’s Court, where space is at a premium; where crowded press reporters gather long columns of word pictures portrayed in vindictive style that speak to a world of the heartless perpetrators of crime; where parents and brothers of the offenders, educators, lawyers and judges from every State, a celebrated Indian from Oklahoma, friends and curious people, jostle and vie with each other for admittance, and look with a feeling that deepens into pity, into the faces of two immaculately garbed, well groomed beys, who are seated in the middle section of the platform, and become at once the center of storm attractions; legal battles to kill or to spare-—where millions are pitted against millions in a race between life and death. Leopold Attractive Nathan Leopold, dressed usually in dark blue or black, sometimes in gray, always faultlessly attired, his black hair plastered in artistic style c'ose to a long narrow head—a head that might belong to genius of exti erne intellectuality where self-es-teem abounds, is one of the chief attractions in this spectacular stage setting. Dignified and extremely polite. he impresses an audience with his distinctiveness and his composure under all circumstances. An oping ego tends to support him, and one feels awe-stricken and mediocre in his presence. His cheeks just flushed with pink, his handsome chin, his perfect teeth, his eyes a little drooping, possibly from embarrassment, his unusual personality makes him a study, hard, even for alienists to read, and in the summing And him a gracious and accomodating host, an extremist in beliefs, clever and sociable, believing himself Inferior and striving over to become superior, and unmistakably defective emotionally. At Nathan’s right hand sits Clarepce Darrow, veteran barrister and generalissimo of the defense iegal forces, to whom Nathan whispers legal advice, if he thinks something unfair or untruhtful about him is being recited, for Nathan is a law student out-rivaled by none in Chicago University.

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es Exclusive Story for The the Murder Hearing, At his left hand sits his pal, his gang associate. his accomplice, Richard Loeb. Loeb’s piercing, laughing, beiutiful Jet black eyes are his greatest asset; bis protective smile and his nervous demeanor; his color, which is now assuming an ashy hue, set off in pitiful style the boyishness of his person, and an unbiased spectator is apt Jo draw the conclusion that Richard is emotional amd dramatic and that he certainly does not possess a master mind; also, he is the youngest boy ever graduated from Michigan University, and the leader of a dramatic murder-play staged by two boys from Chicago's most elaborate homes. The plot and dramatization of the murder-play, with its magnificent staging through hotels, drug stores and "Rent-A-Car” garages in Chicago, Richard borrowed from the great Charlie Ross kidnapping in Philadelphia, perpetrated fifty years ago, and studied in detail by him in law school, within the past year, being the same in detail, except the perpetrators of the Philadelphia crime were never appprehended. On the platform these boys are closely and constantly watched by three assistant bailiffs, one sitting at Loeb's left and two Immediately in the rear, their blue coats, shiny buttons and ordinary physiognomy furnishing a rude and awkward background for the possessions they guard. With his feet on the rounds of the guardsmen’s chair and just behind Leopold sits Jacob Franks, father of Robert Frank. Mr. Franks wears a purple shirt and tie, carries a panama hat in his hand and is usually distinguished in the closely crowded courtroom by a broad and long black guard ribbon attached to nose glasses and wound round his ear. Mrs. Jacob Franks is constantly attended by a physician at her home and has never appeared in the courtroom except one time, when she gave her testimony regarding the case and identified the clothing of her little son, as that which he wore when he went to Harvard School at noon and whom she never saw again until he was brought to the magnificent mansion of the Franks three days later, after he had been identified by his uncle, Harold Gresham, later developments proving him to be a. victim of the uncontrolable passion of boys. Shows Sorrow Sitting very close behind Mr. Franks and first within the circular rail that separates the court pla.tform from the assembly room, is Nathan Leopold, Sr., millionaire box manufacturer of .Chicago and father of Leopold, Mr. Leopold's brown hair and neatly trimmed mustache, greyed over night, and his face has sorrow unspeakable written in every line. One is drawn by bonds of sympathy to this father who gazes steadfastly at

gave me the privilege of citizenship. I have tried to serve my country and to prove worthy of the privilege of citizenship and the cause of humanity. As to what I may have been able to accomplish, I cannot say. But to me nothing is worth while, no life is worth living, except for the service you can give to the cause of humanity. And now let us call it “30.”

his son. In a little conference he said to the writer "Nathan was a likely chap, a wonderful boy, something has gone wrong, something has snajiped. I would give all if I knew what, Nathan was one of four children, <hree of whom are living obedient and studious, and the only one that ever gave me a pang, and that came suddenly and unexpectedly. Nathan could never understand the death of his mother and was never reconciled to the fact.” He questioned if that could have some bearing upon Nathan’s condition — fpr Nathan’s mother is not here to comfort the father nor reassure 'Nathan that a mother's love never grows cold. Foreman Leopold, the oldest son, Is the father’s constant companion and adviser. In Charlevoix. Mich., Loebs mother watches the last long watches beside her stricken, invalid husband, Richard's father, Albert H. Loeb, rice president of the Sears Roebuck Company, neither father nor mother can come to Richard, so each morning when he is called into court, he smiles fascinatingly at his Uncle Jacob Loeb, and his loyal brother, Allen, who sit next to the Leopolds on the same circular bench set aside for the families. Held Up Uncle * Uncle Jacob ds very fond of Richard and recalls with sadness one time when Richard, in masked array, held him up on the steps of his own palatial residence, and the uncle laughingly said, "Pull off your mask, Richard, and run along home,” little dreaming that Richard was doing pranks and committing depredations continually and was really in earnest and suspended operations only when the uncle recognized him. Uncle watches every movement of the court and its train of attendants and nervously toys with long wisps of curly iron gray hair to assist them in covering a head that is big and bald, Allen sits beside the uncle and guards with care his emotions, which often betray the thoughts that chase each other through his brain while ever and anon he is hurriedly called from the room to enter an alienists’ conference or run an errand of mercy that will aid the defense in their efforts to save the life of his young brother, Richard. Flanked on either side of the platform are men representing different phases of science, each vainly imagining himself mapping a way to take a life or spare one, while gold probably glitters through the interim of thought. State's Attorney Crowe, with his foot on the feed, the hangman’s noose dangling just above, ready at any minute to spring the trap, keeps his eye fixed v>ver on the "quiet lion” Darrows, who seldom speaks and whose whispers are heard. With his hand on the rail stands Benjamin C. Bachrach, Darrow’s assistant, endeavoring to temper justice with mercy in a heavenly plea to the court, because, "these are only boys, boys, as once we were boys,” says he. Face Sad In the center back of the stage, barred by a heavy rail, sits a man clad in flowing black robes, like unto a priest of early days, his face a study, % serene and sad; his eyes soft

A Puzzle a Dav . - A group of soldiers were stationed at an outpost. Half .of them were sent out to reeonnoiter; one-fourth were given leave; one-seventh were sent to another post, which left only three soldiers in the post. How many soldiers were there? Yesterday’s answer; l 1 ■ -■V’ l ® t NO SMOKING Al/LOWED 9 / $ The professor explained that the sign not only granted him the privilege of smoking, but also intimated that it would be preferable for him to smoke, for the following reasons: If the sign had said, “Smoking Allowed.” it would be clear that it would be preferable not to smoke, but any one might enjoy a smoke if he so wished. Therefore, the sign, “No Smoking Allowed,” could only be construed to mean that it would be preferable to smoke; but “no smoking” would be allowable. In other words, a person would not be forced to smoke If he preferred not! and expressive; his head sometimes resting 'gainst the back of the high bench he graces, his eyes closed as if in deep study or prayer—he is Judge John R. Caverly of the Criminal Court of Chicago, into whose hands the lives of two wayward, young boys were deftly and cautiously tossed by council for the defense. One gets a mental picture here of a man who must decide, when these boys cross Chicago's famous "Bridge of Sighs” for the last time, whether the trap which they have sprung, shall fall, whether two lives shall be incarcerated during their natural days behind impregnable walls, or whether fourteen years in a walled cage would suffice punishment for a little life snuffed out. Three of Chicago’s Millionaire mansion homes, one across the street from the other, one a few squares distant, have lost their distinction, and their exclusiveness. Their high brick fences, their English and Gothic structure, their rare beauty and imposing elegance speak of the emptiness of wealth—one child has gone and his mother is ready to forgivQ, but the father is not, two more with paths leading from different heartstones have a memory—a memory that flaunts, that will never die —perhaps it is for the awakening of the parenthood of America! Phone Raise Granted The Orestes Telephone Company of Orestes, Ind., was granted permission by the public service commission to increase its telephone rates,

SHAFER IS DUE SUNDAY To Confer with Highway Commission Monday on Job. Harvey G. Shafer, former/ vice president of Nordyke-Marmon Company, will arrive from the East Sunday for a conference Monday with the State highway commission concerning liis gppoinunent as director of the division of equipment ar.d the motor transport department of the commission. Shafer was recommended by Governor Emmett F. Branch for the position vacated by George N. Bartley, who resigned shortly before the State board of accounts made public its report charging extravagance and mismanagement in the division which includes operation of the highway garage. MGTHER ASKS FOR HELP Husband Leaves Home—Family of Five Need .Aid. A mother of four small children, today appealed to police for aid in locating the husband and father, Robert Pfeiffer, 42, of 540 Virginia Ave., who left Monday. Mrs. Pfeiffer said he is tall, has red hair, and was wearing a blue suit. Police also were asked to find Doris Estelle, 10, who is blue eyed, and barefooted. He is missing from his hbme at 1239 Leonard St. CORNER STONE IS LAID Corner stone of the new I. O. O. F. lodge home at Pleasant and Shelby Sts., costing approximately $150,000 was laid with fitting ceremonies at 2 p. m. today. Members of lodge No. 465 officiated. Ceremonies were in charge of John B. Cochrum, past grand sire. Gone, but Not Forgotten Automobiles reported stolen belong to: O. M. Munson. 330 N. Spring St., Ford, frbm in front of same. M. F. Shookman, Room 18 Aetna Trust Bldg., Chevrolet, from New York and Pennsylvania Sts. Lawrence De Catur, 1107 Dawson St., Chevrolet, from Wabash and Delaware Sts. Bernie Hedge, 624 Lockerbie St., Ford, from in front of same. Victor Menefee, R. R. P, Overland, f-om same address. William McGeath, Speedway City, Chevrolet, from track elevation and Capitol Ave. BACK HOME AGAIN Automobiles reported found belong to: John L. Morgan, 3224 N. New Jersey St., Auburn, at Pennsylvania and New York Sts. L. C. Shinn, 55S N. Gray St., Ford, at Meridian and Vermont Sts. H. H. Woodsmall, Fidelity Trust Bldg., Chevrolet, at Delaware and Ohio Sts.

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BRYAN DISCLAIMS FIGHENM Didn’t Mean to Create Issue on Defense Day, He Says, By United Press LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 2.—Governor Charles W. Bryan, Democratic vice presidential nominee, today disclaimed any intention to raise a national issue in refusing to go all the way in supporting National Defense Day, Sept. 12. In a message to John W. Davis, head of the Democratic ticket, the Nebraska Governor said he had no intention of speaking as a candidate of a national ticket. “I sincerely hope my duties here as Governor have not embarrassed you or caused you to feel that it is necessary for you to take public notice of questions arising in connection with my official duties as chief executive of the State,” he added. “Very gratifying” was the Governor’s expression today in commenting upon Davis’ statement indorsing Bryan’s stand against “full cooperation” in the National Defense Day plans. From Far and Near ( Excess poundage saved the life of Georgianna Raycraft, 39, Superior (Wis.), police say. Miss Raycraft leaped from a bridge into Lake Superior, but was too fat to sink. She floated ten minutes and police pulled her out. Flying over a Reno (Nevada) cemetery during the funeral of a former soldier, William Blanchfield, United States air mail pilot, was dashed death when his plane caught fire. Chicago’s June record of “a murder a day” continued throughout July, according to report of the Chicago crime commission. Police of Norwalk (Conn.) compelled William Willis and John Barker to open 6,624 bottles of beer they were found guilty of transporting and pour it into the sewer. That was in addition to fines imposed. Baroness Alice Konrad von Konradsheim of Graz (Austria) was sentenced to six months in jail on charge of stealing and selling pearls belonging to former friends In the Austrian nobility. Authorities of Deauville, French watering resort, are looking for eight. Americans and two South American youths, who went in bathing before a grouo of society debutante* without bothering to attire themselves in bathing suits.