Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 125, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1924 — Page 1

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VOLUME 36—NUMBER 125

WHERE IS GOV. BRANCH? Office 'Doesn't Know' Location —Gone Ten Days

HAWKINS HUNT MAY EXTEND TO FOREIGN LANDS Case Continued Again Until 9:30 a, m, Friday as Agents Trace Ail Possible Clews, ATTORNEY IS GRILLED Judge Geiger Wants to Know Whether Friends Knew of Departure, Whereabouts of Morton S. Hawkins of Portland, Ind., president of the Hawkins Mortgage Company, principal defendant in the case against eighteen persons charging conspiracy to use the mails in a scheme to defraud, which was to have gone to trial in Federal Court Wednesday, remained a mystery today. All efforts of the Department of Justice and United Statets marshal’s office to locate the missing man have failed. The search may extend beyond the limits of the United States, possibly to Cuba and Canada. Meantime Judge Ferdinand A. Geiger of Milwaukee continued the case until 9:30 a m. Thursday. If Hawkins is not found by that time it is believed the trial of other defendants will be postponed until further'search has been made for Hawkins.

Blodgett Questioned Before continuing the case today Judge Geiger put Henry W. Blodgett, attorney for Hawkins, through a long, grilling examination as to his relations with Hawkins and possible knowledge he might have regarding him. “Have you any suggestions to ] make as to what course to pursue?” Judge Geiger asked Blodgett. "None. I have been taken en 1 tirely by surprise by the turn of events. I am willing to carry out any suggestions,” Blodgett answered. “How long have you been Hawkins’ attorney?” “To the best of my rceollection since June.” “To what extent have you devoted your time since then?” “I have been in charge of this phase of the case. I have conferred with him about one-half dozen times, always at my office In St. Louis.” Saw Him Last on Monday “You saw him last on Monday, you said yesterday, did you not?” “Yes.” “When did you see him prior to that?” "About one week ago.” Judge Geiger then questioned Elodgett as to who was present at these conferences. Blodgett mentioned other members of his law firm and Anthony Seeib, vice president of the Hawkins Mortgage Company and (Turn to Page 11) HAWKING BOND NOT ALL ‘VELVET’ Continuance in Trial Is Costly for U. S, The $7,500 which Homer Elliott, Lnited States district attorney, expects to collect for the Government on the bond of Morton S. Hawkins, which was defaulted in Federal Court Wednesday, will not be all “velvet.” For continued postponements of the case is costing Uncle Sam a lot of money." Forty-two members of venire are being paid S3 a day each, beginning Wednesday, a total of sl2 a day. The Government has issued subpoenas for about 150 witnesses. About twent-flve reported Wednesday, fifty today, and tomorrow the number will be increased to 100. Witnesses are paid at the rate of $1.50 a day. Federal officials estimated that Hawkins’ absence is costing the Government about S4OO a day.

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‘He’s Out of Town Be Back First of Week,’ Home Reports, Governor Emmett F. Branch has been away from his office for ten days. Inquiry at the Statehouse developed no information as to his whereabouts. The Governor has not been booked for political speeches or attendance of conferences elsewhere, it is said. A girl in the Governor's office was asked where the Governor is. “I don’t know,” she replied. "How long has he been gone?” “I don't know.” "When will he be back?” “I don’t know.” Frederick E. Schortemeier. secretary to Branch, who has been attending to the Governor's business, was in Scottsburg to make a Republican speech. Meanwhile one of the chief topics at the Statehouse was: “Where is the Governor?” At the Governor's residence it was stated he was “out of the city.” “Where is he?” The voice on the telephone answered : "I couldn't say just where. He's out of the city, lie'll be back the first of the week—the first of the week.”

Ahoy There! Lieut. Firman Knachel. 35 W. Thirty-Sixth St., of the United States Naval Reserve, sailed into speed court today to answer to a charge of driving thir-ty-one miles an hour. “I wasn't making more than fourteen knots an hour," he testified. “My boat was just drifting along. They put me in the brig a couple of hours, too, before I could raise bond for shore liberty.” “Get your speedometer tested and be in court Saturday,” Judge Wilmeth ordered. “Aye, aye, sir,” replied Knachel. He kept the court in laughter throughout his hearing with his nautical terms.

HOGS ESTABLISH NEWHIGH MARK Year's Local Record of $11.25 Is Set, Anew high record for hog prices in 1924 was set today at the Indianapolis stockyards when good bacon hogs weighing around 200 pounds were sold at $11.25 a hundredweight. Continued shortage and brisk demand caused the market to continue the upward trend started several days ago. Hog receipts were 5,000, which is about 2,000 less than normal for this time of year. The previous record for this year was $11.15, set July 29, and equaled Tuesday" and Wednesday. Top price a year ago today was $8.40, two years ago, $10.25 and three years ago, $8.85. FRANCE PLANS REFUND Will Delay Payment of United States Debt Fight to Twelve Years. By United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—France plans soon to refund her debt to the United States and take advantage of an eight to twelve-year moratorium offered her by official American representatives, the United Press learned today. Both the Herriot ministry" and the Poincare opposition group in France are understood to favor such action as a next step following agreement on the Geneva protocol for arbitration and security, and successful operation of the Dawes-Young plan.

PARTIES WORKING TO GET OUT ME Headquarters and Speaker Urging Registration. State and county political headquarters today are making fin intensive drive to get out the balance of State and Marion County registration on the last registration day, Oct. 6. Stress is being laid on getting out “first time voters,” of which there are estimated to be 80,000. Voters are urged to go to registration booths in person, although county and State organizations are taking care of advance applications for registration. Stump speakers, both Democratic and Republican, are this week urging people to register so they can vote Nov. 4. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 49 10 a. m 64 7 a. m 5011 a. m 67 8 a. m....... 55 12 (noon) 71 9 a. 60 1 p. m....... 73

WHEELER CHARGES G.D.P. ENGINEERED JURY INDICTMENT Detectives and Department of Justice Agents Blackmailed District Attorney v He Says, FORCED OFFICIAL TO ACT Declares Coolidge Lacked Courage to Act as Roosevelt Did, By l nited Press BUTTE. Mont., Oct. 2. —A story of political blackmail, involving a district attorney, the Department of Justice and the Repubuican national committee was told by Senator Wheeler to his home folks today as the alleged cause of th<? indictment here. The independent vice presidential candidate charged directly that Republican agents had dug up evidence involving District Attorney Slattery here in bootlegging cases* and that this evidence was held over Slattery's head to compel him to seek the indictment against Wheeler.

Burns Detectives “It was Burns detectives and Justice Department agents who came here to Butte and got Slattery’s record on his failure to prosecute bootleggers and even went on parlies with his deputies hero and in Helena.” Wheeler said. “They got the evidence they wanted and then they sent Blair Coan, representing the national Re publican committee, to see Slattery and. in return for silence in the De partment of Justice against Slattery, it was agreed indic.(|nent should be returned against me. “The grand jury took seven or eight ballots and when they could not agree they were permitted to separate and go to lunch. And it was only after they returned that they finally were able to obtain an indictment against me. It is easy to imagine what happened to some of the jurors in the meantime. Scores Coolidge “During all this time the strong silent man in the White House sat idly by. He didn't have the courage to speak out as Theodore Roosevelt did when they framed Senator Borah of Idaho in a similar manner.” COOLIDGE RECORD ZERO Senator Harrison Says Nothing Has Been Accomplished. By United Press BRAZIL, Ind., Oct. 2. —In a speech at a Democratic meeting here Wednesday night, Senator I*at Harrison of Mississippi declared I’resident Coolidge had not accomplished a single Administration achievement. “What is there about the Republican nominee that should appeal to the American electorate?” Senator Harrison asked. “It cannot be because of any record of achievement.”

PLAN BUTLER DEBATE Interfratemity Contest Reing Arranged by forensic Club. Plans for interfraternity debate at Butler University are being made by Louis Wilson, new president of the Forensic Club. Wilson is vice tional debating fraternity. Every organization is eligible to president of Tau Kappa Alpha, naenter on© or more teams. The winning squad will receive a silver loving cup. Varsity squads are selected from interfraternity debaters. Other officers. Miss Lois Wishard, vice president; Miss Daisy Schultz, secretary, and Arthur Long, treasurer. GOVERNOR_ ROSS DEAD Wyoming Executive Succumbs One Week After Operation. Bu United Prens CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 2. —Governor William B. Ross of Wyoming died at 3:15 a. m. today, just one week after he had undergone an abdominal operation at Memorial Hospital. He was 51 years old.

Senators Just Got to Win, Says Boy Mascot

(Written for the United Press) By WALTER MORRIS r-~|ASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—The Yjy Senators will win the first ** game of the big series Mascot of the Washington Senators Saturday because they are a better ball team than the New York Giants. They will win because every boy in Washington is going to be out tooting for them and because—well, because they’ve just got to win. 4 Muddy Ruel is my favorite flayer on our team. He is the best

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, OCT. 2, 1924

If You 're Past 60, Broke, but Once Wealthy, You’re Eligible to Nation’s Most Exclusive Club

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DITHMERTOTURN OYER INDUSTRIAL EXHIBIT TO CITY Detailed Program for Opening of Second Exposition Announced, Formal ceremonies attending the opuening of the second Indianaoplls industrial exposition in the new exposition building at the State fairground will be held at 8 p. m. Saturday, Henry" L. Dithmer, president of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the Chamber of Commerce program on the opening night, announced today. t The hour for the, opening of the exposition has been advance,! to S p. m. and shortly after the doors are thrown open the formal ceremonies will begin. O. B. lies, chairman of the exposition executive committee, will present the exposition to the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. under whose auspices the show is being staged. Dithmer will accept the exposition and in turn will present it to the city, in whose behalf James M Ogden, city corporation counsel, will accept it in the absence from the city of Mayor Shank. Immediately following the program a band concert is to be given to continue throughout the evening. Closed on Sunday The exposition will be closed Sunday, lies announced in response to inquiries at the exposition office. Tho exposition will open again at 10 a. m. Monday, and between that hour and 1 o’clock in the afternoon the first of the city's school children will see tho exposition free of charge. Hundreds of men were at work in the exposition building today getting exhibits into place and preparing for the handling of the immense crowds which are expected to attend. Many of the large mechanical exhibits which are being moved as complete units from local factories are in place, but a large number still remain to be installed. Because of the immense amount of work remaining to be done by exhibitors, Claude S. Wallin, manager of the exposition, urged all exhibitors to place their displays at the earliest possible moment. Electric Signs Up Electric signs attracting attention to the exposition building were being put in place at the entrance to fair grounds, which will be used for automobilists seeking parking space. Flags and exterior decorations will give the building a gala appearance. John B. Reynolds, secretary of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, said that with reduced rates on all interurban lines and the interest manifested in the exposition by people throughout the State larger crowds from over the State were expected this year than came to Indianapolis for the industrial exposition of 1921, although the attendance at that tim6 was large.

Blues Stuff By Times Special LAPORTE, Ind., Oct. 2. “I'll lay my head on a railroad track,” chorused Joe Majack, John Czech and Tom Kowalski, all 40, as they lay on the Nickel Plate railway tracks side by side with their heads on one rail and their feet on the other. They were led away to the jail by police as a fast train came around a nearby curve. In city court they were fined $5 and costs apiece for public intoxication.

catcher in the American League, or any other league, I think. Walter Johnson is great, too. He is the best pitcher in the world, I guess. We think so in Washington, anyway. Walter will pitch, I think, and if he does the Giants won’t have a chance. Walter usually wins his games, and he will win Saturday. Os course, I really like Muddy the best, maybe just because he’s always been a kind of particular friend of mine. Muddy and Walter work together, and they surely do

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By SPA Kenirr rryiEW YORK, Oct. 2.—To live in the nations most ex-l——-Jclusivo club, one must: Be past 60 years of age. Be cultured. Have known wealth and luxury' j but, through ill fortune, have j been reduced to poverty. Must have had refined sttrroundI ings. Must be absolutely without money. Must be married, preferably to the partner of wealth and adversity, as all the quarters for single folk are gone. Tho club charges no dues, and members do not pay for their board and lodging. The environment is a million dollar palace, more gorgeous than

LEAGUE ASSEMBLY ADOPTS PROTOCOL Forty-Seven Nations Vote for Peace Plan, By United Press GENEVA, Oct. 2. —Assembly of the League of Nations—with fortyseven nations voting—unanimously adopted the disarmament protocol today. Six nations signed immediately. France was first to sign the protocol which her spokesmen declared has marked the end of war. Poland, Lathvia, Esthonia, Bulgaria and Serbia also signed. In the closing debate speakers declared that once the covenant providing for compulsory arbitration and reduced armaments is put into effect, the next project will be an economic protocol to remove causes of war. France also signed the clause in protocol of The Hague court accepting the court's compulsory" jurisdiction on a reciprocity basis for fifteen years, with the right to cancel if the league's new arbitration protocol becomes. effective. France is the first of the great powers to accept The Hague court's compulsory’ arbitration. By adopting protocol of arbitration, security and disarmament, the assembly summoned a reduction of armaments conference to meet at Geneva next .Tune. The United States will be invited to send representatives. MOTE BUYS PROPERTY Storerooms on N. Illinois St. Bring $19,000. Sale of four storerooms at 15141520 N. Illinois St. to Carl H. Mote by Bert Noblet was announced today" through the B. M. Ralston agency. The consideration was $19,000.

work perfectly. They have all season, and they will in the series. I guess I’m the happiest boy in Washington today and I expect to keep right on being happy, because Muddy and Walter will beat th© Giants and Washington will wdn the world's championship, because we’ve got one fighting team. Baseball is great for boys and every kid in Washington either or wants to play. All th© boys I know keep track of everything the Senators do. We’ve fig-

' the most exclusive clubs, as sumptuous as any millionaire’s estate. It is the gift of the late Andrew Freedman to the “indigent rich.” There were homes ror the poor of all sorts and conditions, but how could persons of culture, refinement, aristocratic tastes and habits adjust themselves to ordinary retreats? When he died he left $4,000,000 for the establishment of a palatial mansion to house the poor little once-rich. He emphasized that they must have every' luxury. To date $1,000,000 has been spent on the equipment of this home. The mansion-home covers an entire block on an exclusive New York drive. There is a huge, marble-tiled piazza and a series of reception rooms. ( Card rooms, billiard rooms, ; smoking rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms with private baths, refrigerating systems, laundries, vacuum cleaning plant, workroom and storeroom, balconies and foyers and lounging rooms, servants* and high-priced chefs, especially selected menus —anything and everything Is there. The “guests,” aa they are called, are chiefly lawyers, brokers, business men, judges and other professional men. RICH CANADIAN KILLED landslide Buries Multimillionaire Paper Manufacturer, By l ii itrd Press QUEBEC, Que., Oct. 2.—William Price, leading Canadian financier, was killed in a landslide today near Kenogami, Chicoutimi County, according to message received here. Price was buried under a great fall of earth, according to the message. He was president of Price Brothers, large paper and pulp ' manufacturers, ard a multimlllionj aire. GIRL QUIZZED IN THEFT Diamond Salesman Loses $225,000 Worth of Jewels. By United Press CHICAGO, Oct. 2.—Miss Bee Fink, a beautiful Chicago girl whom Louis Harlib, New York diamond salesI man, met here, was questioned today in connection with the robbery of $225,000 worth of Harlib’s jewels. Harlib, according to the story he gave police, was riding with Miss Fink In a taxicab near midnight, when three bandits in another automobile drew up, covered the couple and the chauffeur with revolvers and made their escape with fifty diamond studded wrist watches, 200 dinner rings, twenty-five platinum stud pins and other expensive jewels. Do You Remember — When Miss Ella Kirby taught the infant class in the Second Presbyterian Church Sunday school?

ured it out on paper just like the coaches do and the Senators will win—and you can bet on that. Walter was cleanirig Muddy Ruel’s spikes when he dictated his story. He nearly polished them off the soles when he got talking about hi3 friend, the catcher. Th© boy has been mascot of the Washington club all season, and his black bullet head is as familiar to fans as most of the play? rs. Asked how old he was, he said: ■'Tnirteoa —Just an ordinary kid.”

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BASEBALL WORLD JARRED BY BRIBERY CHARGE IN RANKS OF N. Y. GIANTS Jimmy O’Connell, Voting Coast Player, Is Banned From Game Along With' Cozy Dolan, McGraw’s Coach—Won Fame in Recent Series. DECLARES HE IS BEING MADE ‘THE G )AT’ IN PHILLY AFFAIR Admits Seeing Heinie Sands, Philadelphia Player, With Offer of SSOO If He ‘Will Not Bear Down’ in Game Last Saturday. By United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 2.—A wistful, boyish figure, Jimmy O’Connell, Giant outfielder, who was thrown out of organized baseball by Commisisoner Landis for offering a bribe to a player on the Philadelphia team, showed up at the club house at ths Polo Grounds today, declaring he had “been made the goat in this business.” O’Connell said he was reporting for work as usual, because he had received no official or unofficial notice that he and Coach Cozy Dolan had been placed on the ineligible list.

The placing of O’Connell and Dolan on the ineligible list means they are banned from organized baseball permanently, unless some method unknown to baseball experts here coujd be found for reinstating them. A forlorn figure, the youngster from the Pacific coast, who had won a place for himself in the affection of Giant rooters, told how he tried to bribe Heine Sand. Phillies’ shortstop, to “throw” last Saturday's game, by winning which McGraw's team clinched the National League pennant. He insisted that he thought the entire Giant team w T as “in on the deal.” An Outcast Now he finds himself an outcast, disgraced and left behind while his teammates go down to Washington for the world’s series in which he had hoped to star. “I camo out here today because I've been coming here every morning,” O’Connell told a reporter for the New York Run. “It's the rules of the club to report at 10 o’clock. I haven’t been told that I’ve been suspended and I don't know what els® to do.” O’Connell's story of the attempted bribe was as follows: "The subject first came up Saturday when Cozy and I were in the club house. Dolan said to me, ‘Jimmy, do you know Sand well?’ and I replied ‘yes, I do. He and I have been friends for years. Both of us are from California and while we’ve never been on the same team we know each other well.’ “Then Dolan said to me, ‘lf you can get Sand not to bear down in the game today there's SSOO in it for him.’ “1 asked Dolan where the money was going to come from, and he said, ‘Well, the Giants are all go(Tum to Page 11)

CLUB GUEST AT FREIGHT ROUSE Luncheon Marks Opening of New Terminal, Indianapolis Traffic Club was guest ofithe Terminal Realty Corporation at ormal opening of th© Kentucky Ave. freight terminal at luncheon today. Frederick L. Doeppers, president Indianapolis Traffic Club, presided. Harry Reid of Interstate Public Service Commission and president of tha corporation, was toastmaster. “Indianapolis has the largest electric railway freight terminal in the world, a fact to be very pioud of,” said F. D. Norviel, chairman of the committee on arrangements. Charles A. Bookwalter, ex-mayor, was the principal speaker. Invocation was offered by Dr. F. S. C. Wicks, pastor All Souls Unitarian Church. John W. Colton, editor of Aera, New York, spoke. L. E. Earlywine, chairman Indianapolis Electric Railway Traffic Association :Robert I. Todd, president Indianapolis Street Railway Company; A. W. Brady, president Union Traction Company, and C. L. Henry, president Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Cos., were among those present. Luncheon was prepared and served by C. S. (Jerry) Keever, suprintendent Union Traction Company, and hia staff.

Forecast FAIR and warmer tonight, followed by increasing cloudiness Friday, becoming unsettled at night.

DAYTON AIR MEET GETS UNDER WAY Low Powered Plane Qoes Lap at Rate of 97,5 MilesN By United Press WILBUR WRIGHT FIELD, Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 2.—Walter Lees, Dayton, today" took his Hartzweil FC-1 to a brilliant victory in the National Cash Register trophy contest for low powered commercial planes, the first event on the International Air Race program. He completed one lap at the rate of 97.5 miles per hour. Perry Hutton, in a Liard commercial, was second. Tne judges had an argument over third and fourth places, but it was announced R. G. Paige, in a Tackey Sport OX-5, was third and A. E. Johnson, flying anew Swallow, fourth. Sixteen commercial planes of one, two and three passengers’ capacity, were at once taxied to the starting lino for the second race, the Central Labor Union trophy", 120 miles over the same course. POSTAL RECEIPTS GAIN Jump More Than $28,000 Over September of Last Year. Indianapolis postoffice receipts for September show an mcrease of $28,701.09 over September of last year and $12,210.17 over Aiigust of this, year. September’s totalr t , recei were $309,306.56, an increase of 9.8 per cent over September, 1923. WARMER WEATHER HERE Overcoats Back on Hook With Rising Temperatures Forecast. Warmer weather was here today, with rising temperatures forecast tor* Friday. The back of the cold wave was broken Wednesday after the low mark of the season had been reached: the night before. Temperatures at 6 a. m. were 49,. rising to 60 at 9. Overcoats were back on the hook.

WALTER JOHNSON, who has been a big league pitcher for eighteen years, probably will pitch the first World’s Series game of his career in the opening contest between the Senators and the Giants at Washington Saturday. Read the detailed account of the game in the Times Pink OUT AFTER THE LAST OUT