Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 155, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 November 1924 — Page 1

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COLDER WEATHER FOLLOWS RECORD HEATFORMONTH Seventeen Degree Drop in Temperature Heralds Departure of 'Summer' Climate. NO HEAVY RAINS SEEN Showers Predicted —Downfall Needed to Quench Widespread Fires. HOI RI.Y TEMPERATURE 6 a. - m 6* in a, m 6S 7 a. m 6R 11 a. m 63 S a. m 68 12 (noont .... 57 9 a. m 68 1 u. m 51 Colder w-ather predicted for In dianapolis arrived with a vengeance today with temperature falling front six to eleven decrees an hour. The thermometer, after remaining stationary at tiS from 6 a. m. to 11. dropped to 57 at noon. At 1 p. m. it had dropped to 51. Showers, genera! over the State, were predicted, but there were nc signs of heavy mins .• e ed in section sufft ring from forest and field fires. Record Drouth The St-,t. h i b* en ;n the grip of one . f the worst <ir utiis in years. Warsaw today reported showers, the first rain in thirty four days and a record dry sp> II for that region. The rain helped U> quench a serious tire in a valuable tract of timber there, tired by sparks from passing locomotives. Ilain also aided farmers fighting a blaze which his burned over thirty acres of wood- 1 land on the Williams firm near Logansport. Heavy damage was done there. Forest Fires General Fores: fires have h.-en general over th. Sal- in the past few weeks, due to the exceeding dryness of fields and wo; The most extensive Maze occurred several weeks ago near Seymaur. wh. ti 5.60“ acres burned. Fires are raging now at Michigan City and Columbus, while the State preserve in the southern section of the State is menaced. Indiana University studerds are also fighting 1 fires in Drown County. Tic- i-,i 1 wave which arrived to ; day fid’ \v- 1 one of the warmest days of November on record at the . local weather bureau. Temperature. Thursday, wait to the high mark of ‘.5. the highest since 1916. when it vent to 7- However similar high temperatures were reported for the three preceding years to that. CSNDiIiONOF LODGE SAME Veteran Senator Gamely Eights Death. B* United Pm* CAMBit I DEE, Mass., Xov. 7 "Unchanged"’ was the report on the condition of S'-nator Henry Cal.ot Lodge today, more than forty-fit-hours if: r lie lapsed into uncon-i sciousn-s-: from a paralytic stroke at Charlesgate Hospital here. The 74 year-old Massachusetts Senaror. lingering at tlte point of death, bas amazed physicians by his remarkable vitality. At noon his physicians announced the Senator had gained conscious- ! ness for short periods during the morning. A bulletin read: "Condition remains grave. Has shown short periods of consciousness and has taken nourishment for the first time.” CAT SUFFOCATES BABY Works Covers Up Over Infant's Head and Causes Death. Bv ( nitt'd Press CHICAGO. Xov. 7.—A cat was blamed today for death by suffocation of Patricia Czajkowski, an infant. The cat. whieh was arcus- ■ touted to sleeping at the foot of the infant's crib, worked the covers up ! over Patricia’s head, causing her to i smother, the parents believe. DEAD MAN IS ELECTED Shelbyville Man, Who Died Ten Days Ago. Elected to Board. Ihf Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Xov. 7.—1 William C. Carney, deceased, was ■ elected to the township advisory ; board here, according to final re- \ turns from Tuesday's election. Car- i ney died ten days ago. The vacancy j will be filled by the other board ' members. LIQUOR SELLING SCORED Man Sentenced for Peddling to High Seliool Students. Criminal Judge James A. Collins ; today sentenced Elmer McCormick, 30, of Lawrence, Ind., to sixty days on the Indiana State Farm and fined ; him SIOO and costs when he pleaded giiilty to selling liquor. According to testimony. McCormick sold a pint of white mule to two Lawrence High ! School students for f3. Judge Collins denounced the prae- ! tlce of students purchasing and j drinking liquor. ‘

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Surprised Alfred Stanley. Socialist nominee for Lieutenant Governor, did not know he was on the ticket until election day, according to a statement of his expenses, filed today with the county clerk. Stanley said: “Spent no money, no promises of any kind, did not know I was on the ticket until election day, had been out of city much of my time.” George D. Hardin, defeated Democratic candidate for county commissioner, said hi campaing expenses were $656, of which $56 was for advertising, and S6OO a donation to Democratic county committee.

1 COM NiTY FUND HESS OPEN CAMPAIGN $5,064 Is Reported at First of Daily Luncheons. Enthusiastic aboot the prespects :n Community Fund's campaign for s7''-.215. which opened today, workers gathered at the Cluypnol this noon fur tin* first campaign luncheon. These luncheons will be held daily. Five hundred workers attended. Mrs. John C. Henley, chairman of the special gifts committee, new committe- instituted this year, reported c< r.tiibut. ns colb-cted by mmittee m-tnb-rs totaling $5,064 No othe: reports of subscriptions were made. Other reports will be made later. J. K. Lilly, chairman of the general campaign committee, officially turned over management of the • ■ampatgn *•> Alfred O. Kauffmann, ; chairman of the campaign executive committee. Every factory, office, store and city block will be canvassed by the 2.3'><'i men and women working in •the campaign. Representatives of the thirty-nine 'organizations affiliated with Community Fund were called to meet rhis afternoon to make final plans for a “heart-throb’’ parade Saturday afternoon. Several hundred persons arc! about fifty floats will be in the , parade. Demonstrations of work ’.one by the various organizations will be given on the floats. The parade will form at Seriate Ave. an 1 Washington St., at 2 p. m. Tentative lyine of march is east >n Washington to Pennsylvania St.: i north to Market St., we t to Monu- ' mc-nt Circle, around . Circle to Merida n St., and north in Meridian St. *o University Square, where the pai rade will disband. GRAND JURY NEXT WEEK Two Weeks Session Faced in Federal Court. Th° Federal grand jury will meet . Wednesday to begin a session of : about two weeks. Approximately fifty cases will be presented. Fedieral narcotic agents have about sixj ty cases and the prohibition depart- | Mient aimost 150, but most of these • asc-s will be presented to the jury it a later date. Prominent among the grand jury | cases is the Grotto convention liquor scheme, tho alleged conspiracy to ‘shake-down” bootleggers, .nd sev oral minor mail fraud cases. Ml ESCAPE mm cell Boy, 16, Who Killed Girl for Kiss, Is Leader. R'i United press ST. LOUIS, Mo., Xov. 7.—Three ' youthful desperadoes escaped today from the juvenile jail at Clayton, ’county seat of St. Ixiuis County, by sawing through the bars. They l were led by Edward Daughtry, 16, who has confessed he slew a girl j during a hold-up lie committed while ; drunk. i Daughtry killed Ethel Baxter | when the girl's brother hit him after ; he had attempted to steal a kiss after ; taking 40 cents. 1 The other fugitives are Clinton Baker, 17, under sentence for stealing automobiles and Herbert Deala, 115, charged with five robberies. The boys sawed a bar and a | heavy steel screen. Baker was to have been paroled today. BOSSERT'S KIN BEATEN Brother of Klan Boss Defeated in Prosecutor Race. Bv Tims* Special BROOKVILLE, Ind.. Xov. 7. Pat Bessert, brother of Walter Bossert, grand dragon of the Ku-Klux Klan in Indiana, was defeated in his race for re-election as prosecutor of Franklin and Union Counties. Bossert was known definitely as a Klansnian. Merle J. Updike, cousin of Ralph Updike, Congressman-elect from Marion County, also was defeated, although he ran ahead of the other Republicans on the county ticket. Ralph Updike was backed by the Klan. Franklin County went overwhelmingly Democratic, all county candidates being elected.

Owners of Property in $50,000 Fire Which Threatened to Destroy Town of Gaston . Ind., Have No Insurance

■■ * ' '4^ *-%£ ~ wm / UK - Spi —Photo by J. M. Moore, Times Staff Photographer, BLOCK SWEPT BY FI RE AT GASTOX. IN'D.

VSTOX, Ind.. Xov 7. — Gaston citizens were rel. covering today from the u.s.is?rous J.'O.eOO fire which swept through the town Thursday razing an entire block !a ti.e business section. The flames, fanned by a thirtymile wind. swept through the frame buildings, which ' burned like tinder. Property owners, none of whom carrl- 1 insurance, have no recourse from their losses. Insurance rates are prohibitive they said, because the town has no

priSnjudgl Named to Preside in Place of Collins, Judge Robert C Baltzoll of the I Circuit Court at Princeton, Ind.. i was selected today in Criminal Court ' to preside at the trial of John .1 McNamara, leader of the local structural workers union, now in jail on four charges of blackmail I arising from alleged threats to emj plovers and employes to obtain work i for his union. Judge James A. Collins, regular I judge of Criminal Court, from whom McNamara requested a change of venue, alleging Collins is prejudiced i against him. notified Judge Ba!tz<U by telephone he was selected by ; Charles K Coy, M- Namar . s at'ornov. Judge Bal'zeil accepted and said he would come to Indianapolis soon to make arrangements wih Prosecutor William 11. Retny and Attorney Cox as to the date of the jury trial. ANOTHER FOREST FIRE Spark From 1/ocoinoMve Fires Woods Near Warsaw. U’l l nUeil I‘rrss WARSAW, Ind . Xov. 7.—A fire, presumably starting from a spark from a locomotive, was sweeping the woods between La rwill and Pioreeton in Kosciusko County today. Thousands of dollars worth of timber was destroyed and farm build I ings were threatened. HEAVY U. S. DOCKET —— Busy Times in Prospect at Federal Building. Two Federal judges will be holding ! court In the Federal Bldg. Begin- ; riing Monday the grand jury will go into session and the referee in bankruptcy will hold hearings. Judge Ferdinand A. Geiger of Mil- ! waukee will hoar the case of sevenS teen defendants in the Hawkins i Mortgage Company mail fraud case, beginning Monday. | Judge A. B. Anderson will hear cases in the library, which is being ; fitted up today with a jury box, witness stand and judge’s bench. The civil trial calendar begins Monday. There are thirty-seven cases on the calendar. PROPRIETOR SENTENCED T. J. O’Connor Found Guilty of Selling fjquor. T. J O’Connor, proprietor of a restaurant at 120 E. New York St., was sentenced to six months in jail and fined SIOO by Judge A. B. Anderson today in Federal Court. O'Connor was charged with the sale of intoxicating liquor and maintaining a nuisance. Prohibition agents charged he sold whisky regularly at low prices. He pleaded guilty.

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water supply. Tank wagons were filled from pumps arid cisterns and ,i bucket brigade was unable to stem the houoeaust until the fire had burned itself out. At least a score of buildings were fired from flying sparks carried fur blocks by the wind, but men patrolling roofs were able to quench minor blazes. The magnificent new Gaston High School just a block from the tire was saved when a dozen men p .trolled the roof f the building. The flames started from a defec-

STATE COAL MINKS FACE REAL CRISIS

Plentiful Supply and Sufficient Miners, but Small Market —Work Slackens, Thia l !*<*■• ond of \ aorlo* of art! written bv *’i Ind:inapo’U Tirr.o* taff who invr*ligated the ttilu ation In the Indiana coal mining: field* By BLYTHET^TIKNDRK'KS Time* Sta ,y Forre*pond'nt SULLIVAN, Ini., Nov. 7.—Goal, coal all around, and not i market for it! That in a word is the situation in the Indiana coal fields today. Meantime the consumer is sitting pretty with the thought that for the time being at least he need fear no radical increase in coal prices and that it will take soniethimr of an unusual and unexpected character to bring the increases about.

Throughout the entire Indiana coal fields there is decided atr of pessimism as to the future of the In dustry in Indiana. This pessimism Is shape'! alike hy coal operators and minors. The two great eloincuts of the Industry, divergent and antagonistic ns their opinions and inter,-fits frequently are, agree on two very vital points. First, that there are too many ‘•onl mines In Indiana, and second that there are too many miners. This opinion Is expressed freely hy mine operators, representatives of tho United Mine Workers of America, railroad oTidals familiar with tho coal situation and mining experts. There are approximately 30,000 miners and something In excess of 200 mines in the State. Even in the fiushest of flush times all the mines and all of tho miners do not work ail the time, and during the summer just ended the mines have worked only from 35 to 42 per cent of their possible working time. Right now, when the time for the winter rush and busy season Is at hand the mines have been working only about (Turn to I’a-ge 14)

‘SLUSH FUND’ IS VAN ORMAN CRY Lieutenant Governor - Elect Scores Drys, Hi) Vnited Pres * EVANSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 7. Charges that the Anti-Saloon League of Indiana had used a “slush fund" which he estimated at no less than $50,000 In efforts to defeat him at the polls last Tuesday, were made by Lieutenant Governor-elect Harold Van Orman here today. Van Orman, while elected, was given some 20,000 votes less than likl Jackson, his running mate. The League's campaign against him is generally held responsible for the difference.

five flue !n the Earl Jackson restaurant at 10:30 a. m , according to Fire Chief w. L. Thorn, and quickly spread to the Sayre and /tel! t.urber shop, the Meth' list Protestant Church, the Charles Meyers garage. 7. or i Company grocery store. the Pit te tiger parage, office of I>r. Iging ‘ m. residence of Mrs Valeria Dunn and the J. A. laang cream station. be“ des other smaller build.ngs The Meyers garage, a co- creto block steam heated building, w . i

MANY WAIF TO SEE ED JACKSON !Governor-Elect's Office Is Mecca for Politicians, Although Governor-elect Ed Jackson will not take office for two months, he already is Governor in the eves of the throng of Republican workers, who crowd the secretary of State's office to sec him. While the office of Governor Branch virtually is deserted as far as visitors are concerned, State officials, politicians and party workers carry all their business affairs to Jackson. Among visitors today were Sheriff George Snider, Sheriff-elect i Omar Hawkins, Schuyler Haas, j Seventh district Republican chairman; MaJ. William O. Loudon, superintendent of the State Soldiers’ Home at Lafayette, and Lawrence Cartwright, Eighth district Republican chairman. FAITH IN VOTE ACCURACY Hartford City Candidate, Loser by Ono Vote, Will Not Contest. Bjl Times Special HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Nov. 7. Luther Speidel, candidate for county recorder, has faith in the accuracy of the election count. Defeated by one vote, he has announced he will not contest the vote. READY FOR PRUITT TRIAL Special Venire Drawn for Dairyman’s Jury. Hi/ United Press COLUMBUS, Ind., Nov. 7.—A special venire of fifty talesmen was drawn today for use in making up the jury for the trial of Elmer Pruitt, Edinburg dairyman, charged with the murder of Oscar Cutsinger, his cousin. The feud growing out of business differences had existed between the two men for several years before the killing. The trial will open Monday,

loss of $16,090, the heaviest individual loss. Gaston is twelve miles northwest of Muncie on the c. & <>. Railroad, with a population of 60S persons. School was dismissed for the day and the b ys ailed with the bucket brigade Fire •ompanies from Matthews. Albany and Baton aided in fighting the it::•.t-.s and Fire Chief Thorn was ! , - i r agiunst the Muncie department, w!i a refused t-0 respanq to a call when it was learned there was no water in the town.

' HELD BANKRUPT Special Master Reports on Mortgage Company, The Hawkins Mortgage Company of Portland, Ind., is bankrupt and it ! transferred proper!j to the N. B. I Hawkins Company prior to the 111l ir.g of bankruptcy proceedings with intent to safeguard creditors, it was | < onoiuded by Harry C. Sheridan, special master in chancery, in a re- : i" i't filed ;:i Federal t'uurt today. ’ Sheridan said the company's as s sets, taken at f :r value and excluding property conveyed to defraud creditors, was insufficient to pay its I debts. The bankruptcy proce. dings against tin- company have been unI der way since May 2H. ISC. - !, when petition was Hied ly Gideon 11. Huff ! man and ot tiers. Hawkins, of the cornj puny, is a fugitive, having forfeited ; >7.500 bond by failing to appear f< i r i trial Oct. 1 Hawkins and seven- | teen other officials .>f the Hawkins ! Company and affiliated and sltb--1 s.dja.iy companies are charged with using the mails to defraud. The case \v:ll go to trial Monday before fudge Ferdinand A. Geiger. MRS. HARDING GAINING Took Nourishment for First Time Today, Doctor Says. Hu T'nitnl I'rrss MARION. Ohio, Nov. 7.—Mrs. Warren G. Harding continues to gain strength and took some nourishment for tiie time today. Dr. Carl K. Sawyer’s statement on the condition of the late President's widow said today. STUDENTS FIGHT FIRE Indiana l . 'leu 1 icd to Save Brown County Timber. Hi) United Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. Nov. 7. Three hundred students of Indiana University were routed out of their dormitories early today by order of university authorities to aid in fighting forest fires in Brown County. The fire has swept a path fifteen miles wide and several miles long, destroying timber, fences and barns, according to reports received here.' ARMS TO BE INSPECTED Ordered When Ouicer’s Gun Fails to Fire. Inspection of guns and cartridges of the police department was ordered by Mayor Shank today following the encounter of Policeman Phillip J. De Barr Thursday evening when his revolver failed him after several attempts to fire it at Thomas Hupp. At that time. Hupp was threatening De Barr with an ax with which he had attacked his wife. “Os course it’s fortunate In that case the revolver didn’t explode," explained Mayor Shank, “but. there may be a case anytime when a policeman’s life depends on the certain firing of his revolver.’’

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MAN MAY MUm WE Head of Indiana Village for Epileptics Testifies in Hearing on Application for Commutation of Death Sentence. FATHER SEEKS TO SAVE SON FROM ELECTRIC CHAIR NOV. 14 Dr. Van Xuvs States It Is Common Occurrence for Victim of Disease to Commit Violent Act and Not Remember It. ft is possible for a man to murder his wife and not know j that he is doing it. This statement was made today by Dr. C. W, Van Nuys, superindent of the Indiana Village of Epileptics, Newcastle, testifying before the State Pardon Board in the Harry Diamond murder ease. Diamond lived at Gary, Ind. The board was hearing a petition by Joseph Diamond, the father, presented to Governor Emmett F. Branch, seeking eommutation of Dia- , mond's sentence from death to life imprisonment. Diamond is sentenced to die Xov. 14.

Dr. Van Xuy-, following presenta- . tion of evidence to prove that Diamond was an epileptic, declared that it is a common occurrence for an ! epileptic to commit a violent act i while entirely conscious, vet to have j no memory of it afterward. I Members of the pardon board ! early in the hearing said they were j satisfied that Diamond was an j epileptic, Evidence was preserved to show ‘ Dkimon Is brothers were epileptic, that his grand father died of it. that his cousin is insane, and that three others earlier in the family line idled of epilepsy. Testimony of physicians and experts. Including Mayor j Brothers, declared Diamond . n incurable epileptic. Dr. Van Nuys testified that in j his eighteen years' ex; > orionce with j epileptics ns superintendent of the i Indiana Village that patients, durlirtg seizures, charnel r;-g-rally acte i | without the aid of th ir will. Shot in \iito on Road Evidence in the Diamond case ; showed his chauffeur had driven > Mrs. Diamond and Diamon ! from i their home in Gary toward East 'hi- i rago the morning of Feb. 11. If*JR. ( Two miles from East Chicago,! Duimond ien-d tho rhiuff'ur to! inspect the chains on the rear j wheels. While tho chauffeur in . spentc*l the wheels, shots were heard j inside the car. It was found that j Mrs. Diamond was shot twice I through the abdomen and once [ through the left eve and beaten i r ver the head Diamond got out of) the car and shot at the chauffeur. I who took to his heels. Diamond lhen drove the car to East Chicago , to a drug store, carried Ids wife inside and asked for police and ; doctors. He was taken to jail. The i wife died the next day. T!ie trial developed that a note ! was found indicating the crime was i premeditated. Dr. Van Nuys testified that his! experience with patients showed i they planned various kinds of ac-! tivities to make trouble at tho in- ! stltutlon. Tie also testified that in the case of an epileptic who committed an atrocious crime, no at-: tempt was made to cover up the deed. ‘Mentally Irresponsible* Joseph Conroy, attorney for Pia- j mend and the parents, insisted from j the beginning that the crime was an atrocious one and that he did not controvert the evidence. lie explained the appeal was made on basis of a claim that Diamond was mentally Irresponsible even though I Insanity could not be proved. "We’re not claiming Harry Din j mond was or is legally insane,” Con- j

Has Fixit Helped You? Mr. Fixit is at your service. Since he started to serve tho people of Indianapolis, he has helped thousands of citizens. He has helped them persuade the city to cut weeds. He has had their streets oiled. He has attended to complaints about pavements, garbage and ash collections and scores of other things. Os course, you know Mr. Fixit. He Is the man to whom you write when you want something done at the city hall. He goes to the proper authorities and uses liis best efforts to obtain action. Usually, if what you ask is at all possible he gets results. A report of his activities today appears on Page 14. What do you want done? Just write to MR. FIXIT, care ol The Indianapolis Times At Your Service

Forecast PROBABLY showers this afternoon, followed by fair find much colder tonight and Saturday.

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roy declared. ’’We are claiming that he is mentally irresponsible.” Prosecutor Attacks Theory W. J. McAleer, special prosecutor in case in the Porter Circuit Court, ; was vehement in his argument that Diamond was not insane, producing affidavits from prison officials at Michigan City. In bus or, ss-examination of Van Nuys. he described Diamond’s crime ?n detail and asked the doctors if such a crime could be committed uncons. :"uslv. Van Nuys protested ■ that, he was not interested in the Diamond case, that he had only heard the details of it today, but • assfr'ed that such crimes of violen e could be committed without ’ knowledge of the criminal, if the ; cr;mil ..! was an epileptic and in tho 'hro- sos an attack. IINIEio M LONGTUNNEL Two Killed, Six Seriously ; Hurt —Americans Aboard, Bti l cited Press ROI'EX. Franco, Xov. T.—A wreck occurred in the pitch dark-m-ss of the mile-long railway tunnel m-ar Rouen Thursday night, when the London express, carrying Americans and many British from Paris ' to Havre, was derailed. At least two persons were killed j and six seriously injured. Walter ! Durantv. Moscow correspondent of ! the New York Times, had both legs I broken. Four cars of the express, including the diner, jumped tho rails while the boat train was roaring through the tunnel. Following the crash, scenes of wildest confusion ensued in the darkness. While rescue workers were struggling with lanterns, a freight train thundered into the tunnel and smashed into the debris. SIGN OF COLD WEATHER Honk, Honk of Wild Goose Heard at Nobles ville. B’t Times Sprrlal NOBLES VILLE, Ind., Xov. 7. Two large droves of wild geese passed over Noblesvllle late Thursday night, going south. They were flying low. Old-timers insist it is an indication of cold weather.