Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 141, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 October 1924 — Page 1

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VOLUME 36—NUMBER 141

DEMOCRATS BARE GIVERS TO CAMPAIGN Two Contributions of $25,000 Listed—Total Collected $561,826, Director of Finance Says Less Than in 1916, BARUCH AND JONES GIVE MAXIMUM AMOUNT Statement Scores Republicans for Size of G, 0, P, Fund—Senate Committee Meets in Washington to Resume Probe, By Vnited Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. —"We intend to follow every lead and get all the facts. “If a man makes a large contribution to a political campaign, I believe it is proper o inquire whether he expects to serve some selfish interest.’’ Chairman Borah made this statement here today as the Senate inquiry to determine whether corrupt or excessive use has been made of money in the presidential campaign resumed after a rest following the hearing in Chicago. Borah indicated score of the inquiry would be sufficient to take in a full investigation of Senator La Follette's chargees of a huge Republican "slush fund.” Clem L. Shaver, chairman, and James W. Gerard, treasurer, of the Democratic national committee, are the first witnesses scheduled to appear before the committee this afternoon.

List Contributors The Democrats anticipated action of the committee in calling for their campaign contributions from Jesse H. Jones, director of finance, gave out in New York, a list of contributors to date. Contributions to date total ss6l_826 Jones revealed, compared to *538,995 up to Oct. 18, 1916. There are no individual contributions of more than $25,000. "I am making public a list of cnotributors to the Democratic national campaign fund,” Jones said, “at a time when the country is shocked and amazed by the disclosure of the existence of a determined effort upon part of Republican campaign managers again to elect a President if the use and influence of large campaign funds will accomplish the purpose. "Oct. 10, or ten days ago, they had collected, according to their chairman more than $1,700,000 and expected to collect at least $3,000,000. "The entire budget of the Democratic national committee Is approximately $1,000,000 and we have collected of this amount $561,000, a striking contrast.” Jones and Bernard M. Baruch of New York, were the only ones to contribute $25,000, the highest single contributions. Davis Gives 55,000 John W. Davis, the party's nominee for President, gave $5,000 and his running mate. Governor Charles W. Bryan, contributed SSOO. Mrs. Edith Bolling Wilson, widow of Woodrow Wilson, gave SIOO. Other large contributors were: Henry Morgentheau, New York. $21,000; C. W. Watson, Fairmount. W. Va.. $15,000; James W. Gerard, New York, $13,000; Clem Shaver, Davis campaign manager, New York. SIO,OOO. Samuel Untermeyer, who Monday was asked to assist Frank P. Walsh as counsel for Senator La Follette in the Senate’s investigation; Frank L. Polk, John D. Ryan and Cleveland H. Dodge each gave $5,000. Ralph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World, appears among those which contributed SI,OOO, and Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania railroad, among those who gave SSOO. FOG KEEPS NAVY DIRIGIBLE IN AIR Shenandoah Unable to Land at San Diego, By Vnitrd Prrss SAN DIEGO, Cal.. Oct. 21.—The navy dirigible Shenandoah arrived over San Diego at ”:33 a. m. Pacific Coaet time today', tut was unable to land on account of a heavy fog. She kept circling the city', flying over North Island landing field every half hour. Attempts to moor the chip will be made, but- it is possible she may be forced to remain in the air until night. The Shenaidoah was ejaught in a sixty-mile gale off Point Arena Monday, but fought her way through the center of the storm. 1

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Speeders View Handiwork By Vnited Press CHICAGO, Get. 21.—A march through the home for destitute crippled children, with the pitiable little wrecks of humanity for object lessons, is one of the penalties enforced on automobile speeders for Judge Finnegan of the traffic court. All persons brought before the judge for speeding will be taken through the institution before other penalties are imposed. Under personal leadership of the judge a score of speeders were taken through the place Monday.

PURDUE STUDENTS FINED Twenty-Four Try to Beat Way to Game, Caught. By Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct.’ 21. Traveling via “side-door Pullman” to the Purdue-Northwestern football game at Evanston last Saturday cost twenty-four students $300.40. The boys were caught in a freight car by railroad detectives at Reynolds and Monticello and were taken before justices of peace and fined $1 and costs. CANDIDATE IN KLAN? Democratic Nominee for Governor of Missouri Attacked. By Vnited Press ST. LOCIS, Mo., Oct. 21.—Dr. Arthur W. Nelson. Democratic nominee for Governor of Missouri, was initiated into the Ku-Klux Klan in June, 1923. according to r statement today’ by W. F. Phares, chairman of the Republican State committee. Phares made public photographic copies of two affidavits of alleged Missouri Klansmen, supporting his candidacy. All three men in the affidavits said they were members of the Klan. Burns said he knew Nelson and shook hands with him at the meeting whoa Nelson was Initiated.

*Queen ’ of Real Estaters

By Times Special I -v T kEW YORK. Oct. 21.—With Ilx I er * earning only 1. Is 6 a week and with nine children to support. Mrs. Fanny Menchel was forced to obtain employmeent. She began as a janitress. Unable to read or write but a wizard at figures, Mrs. Menchel has graduated into the "queen”

CHINA SENDS NOTE Asks Japan Not to Interfere in Civil War. By Vnited Press LONDON, Oct. 21.—China has sent a note to Japan warning her not to interfere in the civil war and requesting Japan to export its nationals in the war zone to behave wit hrestraint. according to a Pekin dispatch to the Daily Express. POLES ARE ATTACKED Angry Street Crowds Rush on Tliree Citizens. By Vnited Press LENINGRAD, Oct. 21.—Two prominent Polish citizens and a clerk of the Pollan legation have been attacked by angry street crowds. The government has made arrests and expressed regrets. WIFE MISSING FOR WEEK Husband Left With Four Small Children. Lewis Wallace, 225 E. Merrill St., today' was renewing his efforts to find his wife, Mrs. May Wallace, who disappeared a week ago Monday. No trace has been found by police. Wallace is left with four small children and said he was unable to give a motive for his wife’s leaving.

Hoosier Demos Not on List

By Times Special .y WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. yy Neither Tom Taggart nor Senator Ralston nor any ether Hoosier is listed as a contributor to the National Democratic campaign fund as given out today by Jesse H. Jones, Democratic director ot finance

‘LEVIATHAN OF THE AIR’ Monster Dirigible Is Planned by the Navy Department. Bp United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—A new military airship over twice the size of the ZR-3 and Shenandoah will be built b ythe United States Navy, if the director of the budget and Congress grant the appropriation now being asked by the Navy Department, it was learned today. The size of the airship will depend upon money available. Present plans call for a capacity of about six million feet. The ZR-3 contains 2,400,000 feet. mentionljqebTeopold Point to Crime as Danger of Education Without Morals. By Vnitrd Press CHICAGO, Oct. 21.—Fundamentalists in religious thought today pointed to Franks murder case as evidence of the danger of education divorced from morals. Addressing 2.000 ministers at the United Lutheran Brotherhood convention here, the Rev. H. W. Hanson, president of Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, declared lack of “conservative” religious training was an important contributing cause to the low moral standards of Leopold and Loeb.

WIFE ADMITS SHOOTING Former New York Girl Confesses hiring at French Husband. By Vnited Press LE HAVRE. Oct. 21. —Mme. Lucien Deubel, formerly Miss Marguerite Waterloo of New York, confessed today to shooting her husband with a light shotgun near their chateau, but claimed he was responsible. "The main reason why I shot him was because of financial troubles,” she pleaded. FRANKS PLANS FUND Will Establish Trust to Fight Efforts to Free Son’s Slay ers. By Vnitrd Press CHICAGO. Oct. 21.—Jacob Franks. Whose 14-year-old son Bobby was murdered by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, today announced opening of a trust fund for purpose of making sure his son’s slayers are never set free. "My boy’s murderers must never obtain freedom.” Franks said. “A lenient Governor, a shrewd lawyer, an indifferent people—oh. there are many ways in which those fiends might be put at liberty'. It must not be.”

of the east side real estate dealers. In two years deals participated in by Mrs. Menchel have involved more than $2,000,000. She broadened out into a rent collector after a few months of "jamtressing.” Soon she had her own brokerage office and then came her entry Into real estate. Thirty-three years ago she migrated to this country.

‘GREAT’ LETTERS SOLD Autographed Epistles of Frederick Bring 41,500 Marks. By Vnited Press BERLIN. Oct. 21.—Several autographed letters of Frederick the Great brought 41,500 marks at an auction here. BALLOON GOES DOWN French Government Protest Confiscation of Vessel. By Vnited Press PARIS, Oct. 21.—The government is protesting to Germany because the French balloon Anjou was confiscated by Germany when It landed near Emcen about the same time the ZR-3 was flying over France. * ‘SMALL TOWN STUFF’ Boys Lock Crowd and Even Manager Inside Theater. By Times Special ROSSVILLE, nld.. Get. 21.—The opera house here had a "lock-in.” While the Kellar Komedy Kompany was playing to a capacity house here boys locked the front doors with a padlock. The manager, just before the final curtain, discovered the locked door before the crowd was released and ran out the back door and unlocked the padlock. The town marshal is looking for the boy’s

Others whose names are missing from the list of contributor are William Gibbs McAdoo and James M. Cox. The list which contains the names of all contributors who have given SIOO or more has 400 people listed as giving from $25,000 down to SIOO each.

AUTO INJURIES FATAL Knights town Ma.ii Dies From Concussion of Brain. Up Timre Special NEWCASTLE, Ind., Oct. 21.—Joe Pitts, of near Knightstow n, Ind., died at a hospital here today from concussion of the brain received when struck by an automobile driven by Miss Lillian Henley of Carthage, Ind., on a country road between Knightstown and Carthage. FIVE PLACES FOR TESTS AU Cars to Be Ordered in for Brake Examination. Five places were designated today and two men of the traffic department will be assigned to each, for the third annual brake test of privately owned automobiles, by Traffic Inspector Michael Glenn. The tests will begin Wednesday morning and will continue until all cars are tested. Chief Herman F. Rikhoff, will issue a bulletin to motor police and patrolman, instructing them to order all the cars they see to the test places. Tests will be held at: Southeastern Ave , near Rural St.; Rural St., between Michigan and Tenth; Warman Ave., north of Washington St.; Union St.,j near McCarty St.; Madison nsar Pleasant Run Bivd.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, OCT. 21, 1924

Public Service Commission and Coroner Probe Inter urban-Auto Crossing Crash Fatal to Two

Four Persons on Car Hurt as It Plunges Down FifteenFoot Bank, I’BLIC SERVICE COMMISSION-. is investigating an interurban-automobile wreck one mile west of the city on the Terre Haute line in which two motorists were killed and four car passengers injured late Monday afternoon. Coroner Paul F. Robinson also is conducting a probe. The dead: MARION SILAS ADAMS, 45, of 646 Arbor Ave. ALFRED JONES, 75. of 1135 S. Sheffield Ave. Injured: MRS. LEO MAAS of Greencastle, Ind.. face cut. D. C. GIBSON, 1549 Broadway, face and hands cut. CURTIS BRENTON. Terre Haute, conductor, legs injured. COMAS RICHMOND. Terre Haute, motorman, shoulder and arms Injured. Auto Driven Rapidly Police said that Motorman Richmond told them the automobile Was driven rapidly sou’h in Holt Rd. onto the tracks, despite warning whistles he sounded when the lnterurban was far west of the crossing. The automobile was dragged fifty feet east of the crossing and hurled down an embankment. The lnterurban ran about twenty-five feet farther and jumped the track, ploughing down a fifteen fbot incline to stop against a telephone pole. The pole probably' kept the car from turning over, police said. The lnterurban was not lifted clear of the track i until early today. Family in Want The widow and three small children of Adams, a carpenter, were found In sad straits by a Times reporter in their one-room home. Friends said the widow was without insurance and had only a few dollars. The children are Lester Harold. 1; Melvon Sarlis, 4, and Marion Lavern, 8. A brother, Herman, 858 S. Mount St.; a sister, Mrs. Robert Perring, 37 N. Garfield Ave.. and the father, Henry Adams, Bloomington. Ind., also survive. Jones, a contractor, was born in Scott County' and had lived here twenty-one y’ears. Surviving are seven children, Mrs. Clarence Burge, with whom he lived: Mrs. Leo Gardner, 217 E. Sixteenth St.; Flavius Jones, 1925 Arrow Ave.; Alfred Jr. of Ft. Mount, Iowa; Leonard of Marion, Ind.; Mrs. Florence Lawrence, Rochester, N. Y.; Miss Josephine Jones of Chicago, and Mrs. Sylvia Johnson. Indiana Harbor.

LABOR CLAIMS VICTORY Predict MacDonald Will Gain Ten to Forty Seats. By Vnited Press LONDON, Oct. 21.—Despite opinion of political experts who predict the government’s defeat In next week’s general election. Labor headquarters today estimated Ramsay MacDonald's party will gain from ten to forty seats. Conservatives and Liberals have failed entirely to stir up the electorate by their attacks on the Russian treaties and the case of Editor Campbell of tho Worekrs Weekly, the laborites claim. FALL MAY PROVE FATALTO CHILD Lad Stumbles in Climbing Stair—Strikes Concrete, Eager to play with the little girl who lived above him, Leonard Strange, 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Strange, 447 N. Alabama St., started up an outside stair In the rear of his home today. Halfway up, he stumbled. His mother, standing in the doorway, saw the boy plunge over the railing to the concrete walk twelve feet below. At the city hospital, where the boy was taken, his condition was given as serious. Motor Policemen Chitwood and Maaa Investigated.

WRECKED INTERURRAN AND DEBRIS OF AUTOMOBILE STRUCK AT HOLT ROAD LATE MONDAY IN WHICH ALFRED JONES (INSET LEFT) AND MARION SILAS ADAMS (INSET , RIGHT) DIED.

RENAME COMMISSIONERS Six War Memorial Board Members Have Terms Renewed. Governor Emmett F. Branch today reappointed six members of the board of trustees of the Indiana war memorial commission, whose terms expire Nov. 10. They are; Marcus Sonntag, Evansville; William P. Gleason, Gary; Howard O’Neal, Crawforqsville; James P. Goodrich, Winchester; Studebaker Carlisle, South Bend, and Mrs. Charles W. McCord, New Albany. COOLEST DAY OF SEASON HERE ‘Summer’ Skips With Heavy Frost. After two weeks of almost balmy weather. October returned to normalcy early today with a heavy t’rost all over the State and the low temperature of 36 at 7 a. m., the lowest reported this season. Summer departed with a rush at 4 Monday afternoon, a cool wind sending the thermometer down sixteen degrees. Continued cool weather with another heavy frost was predicted for tonight. Ft. Wayne reported the coldest weather—34 degrees. No relief from the present drought is in sight, the bureau reported. FUND WORKERS’ DINNER Commercial Employes’ Division Dines Tonight at Claypool. Commercial employes’ division No. 2 of the Community P’und campaign organization will attend a dinner in the Riley Room of the Claypool tonight. Almus G. Ituddell will preside. Meeting will be the third employe division dinner in advance of the Community Fund campaign, which is scheduled for Nov. 7 to 17. HURRICANE OFF FLORIDA Gulf Shipping Seeks Safety From Winds in Port. By Vnited Press KEY WEST. Fla., Oct. 21.—Gulf shipping was at a standstill today with tropical winds reported playing havoc in waters off the southern Florida coast. No steamers Jiave left port since last Tuesday when a hurricane originating near Swan Island was reported heading toward the Florida peninsula. Seas are running high off the eastern Florida and gulf coast, but no damage has been reported. MUST HAVE BEEN ‘HEFTY’ Judge Frees Man Charged With 'Carrying Away Tractor.’ After hearing charges that Nathan Cohen, 643 E. Washington St., “stole and carried away" a tractor Jan. 1924, Criminal Judge James A. Collins today found Cohen not guilty. The engine was in a vacant lot at Belmont Ave. and Minnesota St., testimony showed. Cohen said a woman called him up and told him he could have it for junk if he would remove it. The engine belonged to John H. King, 2616 College Ove. King has sued to recover the trac tor.

MERCURY DROPS; FIREMEN ACTIVE Blazes Cause $3,000 Loss at Three Homes. Defective wiring was thought to be the cause of fire at the home ot O. K. Howard, 63 Holmes Ave., which damaged property to the extent of SI,OOO. Sparks from the flue when Mrs. Alice Masson. 336 N. Garfield Ave., started a fire this morning caused a fire which damaged her house to the extent of SSOO. It Is believed the wind carried sparks to the home of E. A. Welty, 400 N. Garfield Ave., and about $1,500 damage resulted. Prompt action of the department prevented further losses. An unusual number of fires were reported today due to the sudden drop in the temperature and the increased firing up of stoves and furnaces. TWO BANKS QUIT -CLEARINGHOUSE Interest and Saturday Closing Are Issues. Fletcher Savings and Trust Company and Peoples State Banks today resigned from the Indianapolis Clearing House Association, Association President Frank D. Stalnaker said. The two banks recently raised their interest rat© upon savings from 3 to 4 per cent and announced they would slay open Saturday afternoons. Clearing House Association rules' call for 3 per cent on savings and closing on Saturday afternoons. “The association decided today not to change the rules and the two banks resigned,’,’ Stalnaker said. “The resignations are not effective until Oct. 31.” KILLED AT CROSSING Arrests May Follow Fa(al Accident at Ixigansport. By Vnited Press LOGANSPORT, Ind.. Oct. 21. Dr. J. J. Stanton, county coroner, today prepared to file warrants against Charles Prophet, 57; Lewis Vitello, 35, and Tony Carpolli, 40, held in the county jail here in connection with the death of William Shaw, 59, who was killed when his truck collided with a street car. The two Italians are alleged to have sold liquor to Shaw and Prophet, both of whom were Intoxicated at tlie time of the accident, according to authorities.

Cal and McCulloch Lead Increased

A i - “| POLL of offices in the Merchants National Bank building found President Coolidge a strong favorite in the presidential race, with Dr. McCulloch. Democratic candidate for Governor, drawing heavily from Republican strength and leading his opponent, Ed Jackson. Coolidge 35 Davis 19

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CHICAGO POLICE It FIFtY AS TONE STRIFE TAKES TWO MORE LIVES Chinese Assassins Ambush Members of Rival Societies as Truce of Several Days Ends Restaurant Owner One Victim. FOUR FALL WOUNDED WHEN GUNMEN INVADE LAUNDRY Guards Placed Around Homes of Wealthy Merchants Said Marked for Death —Scores of Officers and Detectives Patrol District.

Outbreak Not Feared Here fear no outbreak of the Chinese tong war 1 | here. No Chinamen have appealed for protection. Detectives said they had no idea how many members of the rival factions reside here. Two weeks ago a Chinese laundrvman appealed to Detective Inspector Jerry Kinney to investigate a Chicago Chinaman who came to his home and asked for shelter. The laundrvman feared his guest was of an opposite tong. Two detectives questioned the visitor and learned ha was of the same tong as his host. The visitor, according to detectives, said he left Chicago because he knew the tong war was imminent and he did not want to be involved in it.

By Vnited Press CHICAGO, Oct. 21.—More than fifty Chinamen were jailed during the night here as guns in the nation-wide tong war flamed, resulting in the death pf one and wounding of four, two perhaps fatally. To the casualty list here was added death of a Chicago Chinaman in Milwaukee. Chief of Police Collins and Chief of Detectives Hughes are in personal charge of the scores of policemen and detectives patrolling the Chinese district and on the hunt for the gunmen.

Guards have been thrown around the Chineese quarter and around the homes and business places of nearly 100 wealthy Chinamen who are said to have been marked for death. Willie Kee Kai, 23, one of the owners of a West Madison St. chop suey restaurant, was shot to death in the kitchen. A cook, recently employed. Is hunted. Two others took part in the shooting, police said. Some of the bulletts fired at Kai crashed through the partition into the dining room, narrowly missing guests. A few moments later Moy Tong Home and Moy Tong Ton, proprietors of a laundry, were shot down while at work. They may die. Two others were slightly wounded. Attacks were made on other Chinese, but the work of the assassins were hurried and the bullets missed their targets. Word to police was that many wealthy merchants of the Chinese Community have been marked for death. The Chicago phase of the national tong war broke out again after a truce of several days. Last week one murder Occurred. The truce lasted until 7 p. m. Monday, pending an effort to adjust affairs between the two warring tonga. On a given signal the gunmen started operations, with Kai the first victim. LAUNDRY PROPRIETOR DIES Milwaukee Chinaman, Recently From Chicago, Shot Down. By Vnited Press MILWAUKEE, Wis„ Oct. 21. Wong Tak Go, Chinese laundry proprietor, who is said to have been marked for death for two rrtonths since his arrival here from Chicago, was shot and killed by an unknown assassin Monday night. His death was said to be the result of the nation-wide tong war. 100 TONGMEN HERE Hip Sing and On Scong Clans Keep in Touch With Cliicago. According to Judge James A. Collins of criminal court, well versed in affairs of the 100 citizens of the Celestial Kingdom living In Indianapolis, the two chief tongs here are the On Leong and the Hip Sing. Local Chinese keep In constant

La Follette . 5 Jackson 25 McCulloch 32 On the presidential ticket, three Democrats changed to Republican. four Republicans to Democrat. The La Follette strength was divided —three Republicans, one Democrat and one independent. For Governor, two Davis supporters switched to Jackson; six-

Forecast Generally fair tonight and Wednesday. Continued cool. Heavy frost tonight.

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touch with leaders in Chicago, ho said. The arrival of a stranger of the race in town was soon known to all members of the race here. Another man versed in Chinese affairs said the feud in Chicago started when a Chicago tongman went to San Francisco and returned with a bride from another clan. A rescue party from California caxne to Chicago and kidnaped her. The fighting in New York City, he said, was mostly the outgrowth of business jealousy, the tongs being partly of the nature of a family clan and partly like lodges or business clubs. FRENCHMOVEOUT OF RUHR TOWNS f Evacuation of Occupied Territory Begins, By United Pre BERLIN, Oct. 21.— The French today evacuated the river port of Karlsruhe as preliminary to ■ evacuation of the Ruhr and Rhine- ' land In accordance with agreements reached at London. The French also evacuated Mann-' helm Harbor today and are to with-! dra wtheir troops from Dortmund ah! draw their troops from Dortmund at* dawn Wednesday. There was considerable speculation! in allied military circles today as to' how far France world proceed with plans for partial evacuation of the Ruhr pending the outcome of th ; general election Germany next ! month. The French have been extremely cautious in their evacuation! plans and greatly distrust the German Nationalists, who may gain InJ the elections. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 36 10 a. m....,. 43 7 a. m 36 11 a., m...... 44j 8 a. m 38 12 (noon) 45 9 a. m.. # v.. 41 1 p. 4T]

teen Coolidge adherents said they would vote for Dr. McCulloch, as did three La Follette supporters. The other two La Follette voters said they had not decided as , to the governorship. Totals in Times poll to date; Coolidge 401 Davis .227 La Follette 79 McCulloch 383 Jackson ........ 308 --v