Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 206, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1925 — Page 1

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JURIST’S DEMAND REVIVES PRDDE OF ORPHANS DEATH Olson Not Satisfied With McCJintock Investigation —Wants Brother's - Body Examined. TELLS OF SUSPICIONS Wouldn’t Act at Funeral of 'Billy’s’ Mother Because of Haste. Bu Times Svecial CHICAGO, Jan. 7—The curtain, almost down on the McClintock death drama, has been yanked up again by Chief Justice Harry Olson of the Municipal Court, who insists his brother’s death also be investigated. c r r> • Olson said he was not satisfied with the investigation into the death of William McClintock, “millionaire orphan.” He wants the case continued and the body of his brother, Dr. Oscar Olson, exhumed and examined for poison. Dr. Olson died about three years ago. The liter’s death followed a visit by Mr. and Mrs. William D. Shepherd, foster parents of McClintock. Olson stated, at what was to have been the final hearing in the McClintock case. Th® justice also said he was suspicious of the manner of the death of the mother of young McClintock. Tells of Visit The Shepherds visited his brother, who was recovering from an attack of ptomaine poisoning, for the first time in seven years, the day before his death and brought a gift of fruit, Justice Olson said. “The Shepherds remained at my brother’s home for several hours, abd just before they left Mr. Shepherd was in the room with my brother alone, with the door- almost closed, for some moments. * ‘The doctor’s death occurred the day after Shepherd had called. He became rapidly %orse—we even feared suicide at that t.me from poisoning, because his illness had not warranted such a change. Recalls Mother’s Death Olson pointed out that Mrs. McClihtock died shortly after the Shepherds Joined her. He said the burial was so hurried that he refused to act as a pall bearer. Shepherd, who receives the bulk of the fortune under the will left by young McClintock, is in Albuquergue, N. Mex., for a rest. He came here for examination when,the McClintock death probe started and rets ned a few days ago. Attorney Robert H. Stoll representing Shepherd denounced the Olson testimony as “a vile insinuation” and said action would-be taken.

PLANE AND TRUCK CRASHJWO DIE Flying Low, Landing Gear Becomes Intangled, Bu United Press DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. 7.—Two men were killed when an Army airplane t rashed into the motor truck on which they were riding at Wright field today. The dead are Leon C. Harness and Paul Long, field employes. / Lieut. E. H. Barksdale, pilot of the plane, and George Althoff, observer, escaped with minor injuries. The plane was flying low over the Wilbur Wright field speed course when the landing gear caught on . the truck. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 83 10 a. m 41 7 a. m 34 11 a. m 42 8 a. m...... 34 12 (noon) .... 44 & a. m 37 1 p. m 42

Luck Turns Bu Times Special Jan. 7. I I Hundreds of thousands of people—perhaps millions —rich, poor and well-to-do, scratched heads for weeks and then sent in their entries in the big prize contest for the best name for anew weekly magazine. The first^ prize of $20,000 weht to a needy' man who had spent several months scribbling thou sends of names on paper,,who broke so under the strain of prosperity that he just went out and recklessly spent nearly all of it, to the neglect of his wife and four children. Mrs- George A. Elwell, wife of the man who won the $20,000 with the name “Liberty,” made this complaint Tuesday In obtaining a warrant against her husband charging neglect of the children. Mrs. Elwell claimed Elwell has spent all but $4,900 of his windfall, and that the Government would claim $1,500 of that for income tax.,

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“CHILDREN OF THE JAZZ ' AGE” RS. WALLACE REID has thrown a revealing light upon the swift world of syncopated music, pocket flasks, red-lipped flappers and smooth-haired sheiks. In her great fight against the drug evil, the widow of the famous, film star discovered a new' national menace—the siren lure of jazz. ' Now she has written six articles entitled “Children of the Jazz Age,” for the Indianapolis Times, telling mothers and fathers how to combat the lax moral standards of the modem age. Don’t fail to read them. The fist article appears today SEE PAGE 12.

NEJDL’S FRIENDS CLAIM HE HOLDS EDGEINSENATE Race for President Pro Tem, Is Hot —Leslie Favored in House,

Thursday Program House and Senate convene at 10 a. m. Frederick E. Schortemeier, secretary of State, presiding in the House; Lew Bowman, State auditor, presiding in Senate. Invocation in House by Rev. O. B. Moor of Third Reformed Church; in Senate by the Rev. J. A. Long of North Park Christian Church. Roll call. Administering oaths of office. In House by Supreme Couj-t Justice David A. Meyers; in Senate by Chief Justice Julius C. Travis. Election of officers.- ' j Joint session in House chambers. Message of Governor Emmett F. Branch.

Election of Senator James J. Nejdl, Lake County, as president pro lem. of the State Senate, was predicted by his friends today when Nejdl arrived to take personal charge of his campaign, conducted heretofore by lieutenants. He claims he has eight votes more than the seventeen majority necessary for election. It was rumored that two members of the Marion County delegation would not support Senator Thomas A. Daily, Indianapolis, Nejdl’s opponent. Practically all the House and Senate membership had arrived at noon today ready to participate in daucuss tonight preparatory to selection of the General Assembly officers. The Assembly convenes Thursday at 10 a. m. Daily still claimed today he had twenty-two votes pledged him. Harry Leslie, Lafayette appears to have at least seventy votes of the eighty-four Republicans in the House, according to friends. Support of Charles M. Clark, Representative from Johnson and Marion Counties appeared to be dwindling, according to his opponents. Clark attertded the meeting called Tuesday night at the Lincoln by Walter Bossert, Grand Dragon pf the Ku-Klux Klan in Indiana. A boom was started today for Representative James M. (Turn to Page 11) FIRST APPEAL IS FILED Huntington Man Seeks Ruling on .Obscene Literature. First appeal from conviction on charges of selling obscene literature resulting from a Statewide campaign ordered a year ago by U. S. Lesh, then attorney general, was filed in Supreme Court today. Charles R. Haller, attorney for William Sunderman, Huntington, news dealer, who was found guilty by a jury and fined $lO and costs, said the appeal was filed to test whether the magazine which Sunderman sold was obscene. Lesh, in a letter to all prosecutors in the State, urged arrests be made for, selling a certain list of magazines. ’ ’ ' Judge YYilmeth to Talk City Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth will address the Indianapolis Right Way Club at 8 p. m., Wednesday, Jan. 28, in the office of H. B. Calkins, 525 Postal Station Bldg. The club is comprised of employes of the Kai.way ***. c,.

CROSSING GUARD LACKING; POLICE THREATENARREST Affidavits Against Heads of Railroads Threatened * After Disclosure in Council. TIBBS AVE. DISCUSSED Ordinance Calling for Watchman Passed More Than Year Ago. Following disclosure in city council Tuesday night that no crossing watchman had been installed at the Tibbs Ave., crossing of the T. H. I. & E. Traction Company, the C. C. C. & St. L., and Peoria A Eastern Railroads, despite the passage of an ordinance in August, 1923, ordering one, Police Capt. Charles Sumner, announced today that he would ask the city legal department to prepare affidavits for the arrest of superintendents of the three companies. Penalty provides for a fine not more than S2OO, or a sentence of not more than thirty days. Every day with no watchman installed, a separate offense. Sumner said he visited the crossing and found no watchman. Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff said police had not gone into the matter earlier because they had not been informed the ordinance was passed. He said he would ask the city legal department to send him copies of all city measures requiring police enforcement as soon as they are passed. EARTHQUAKE RECORDED Tremors Shown on Harvard Instru-ment-Lasted Fifteen Seconds,. Bu United Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 7.—An earth tremor of fifteen seconds’ duration was recorded at the Harvard seismograph station beginning at 8:07 a. m. today, university authorities announced. The quake, reported "very severe” in some places, was felt in Boston, Salem and other eastern cities of Massachusetts. At Somerville people fled from their houses. PICK ATLANTA WARDEN Idaho Prison Head Expected to Receive Appointment. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Appointment of John Snook, warden of the Idaho penitentiary, as new warden of the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta is expected here today or Thursday. Department of Justice officials today said Snook was “under serious consideration” for the post. Snook recently conferred with Federal officials here and in Atlanta.

CHAPERON SHOT; MANKILLS SELF Lovers' Ouarrel Believed Cause of Tragedy. Bu. United Press MADISON, Wis., Jan. 7.—Miss Lora Palmer, 28, University of Wisconsin, instructor and chaperon at the French House, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded today by F. X. Bernard, Hibbing, Minn. Bernard blew his brains out a few moments after the shooting. Miss Palmer regaiiied consciousness long enough to reveal the name of her assailant, but became uni conscious again before she could give any motive. No one witnessed the tragedy. A maid in the house, which is occupied by women students and language instructors, heard the shots and ran into the living room to find Miss Palmer lying on a couch, shot in the stomach and side. Bernard had just killed himself. Friends of Miss palmer believed a lovers’ quarrel was the cauae. Miss Palmer and Bernard, about 26, a former' high school pupil, had been sweethearts, they said. Physicians have given up hope for the girl’s recovery. F. H. VAN ORMAN HERE Lieutenant • Governor - Elect Talks Over Plans. Hum of legislative talk increased today at the Claypool with arrival of F. Harold Van Orman, Lieuten-ant-Governor-elect, from Evansville. , Both hold-oyer and new Senators visited his headquarters. / Plans for the inauguration Monday iwere discussed by Van Orman, Clyae Walb, Republican State chairmag, and other Republicans. Van Or#an will reside at the Spink-Armss duJlng the Legislature session. iAll Senate proceedings will be omn a net* above board this year, as iJag as I am presiding,” said Van dfenan. "Nothing underhanded will

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7,1925

Scene of Fatal Blast in North Side Residence, Girl Rescuer and Her Brothers Whom She Aided

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TRUSTEE SESSION OPENS ————• r Annual Meeting of Township Men at Statehonse. • The annual meeting o* Indiana township trustees opener’; today in the Senate chamber, Statehouse. The forenoon was confined to routine business matters. The legislative committee and officers were to be named late today. BOARD ‘FIRES’ CLERK Henry A. Hollingsworth Not Right With Administration, Report. Henry A. Hollingsworth, clerk In the board of safety office, has been discharged by -the board -ffffiewlbg a closed conference between the board and Mayor Shank. Incompetency was charged, although Hollingsworth, a precinct committeeman In the Fourteenth ward, was said not to be “right” with the city administration. Hollingsworth is understood to have a job in the county auditor’s office. SALOON DAY SURVIVALS Thai’s What Drinking Congressmen Are, Wheeler Says. Bu Times Special WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Drinking Congressmen are survivals of the old saloon days, Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the AntiSaloon League, declared in a harsh denunciation of liquor parties in official Washington today. Congress cannot expect the people to respect the law when the lawmakers themselves are violators, Wheeler said In commenting on the the divorce action brought by Conj gressman Frank Scott of Michigan against his wife. ACTRESS GETS DIVORCE Pauline Frederick Granted Separation From Third Husband. Bu Tidies Special LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7.—Pauline Frederick, stage and screen actress, has been granted a divorce from Dr; Charles Rutherford, / Seattle physb cian. * . • When Miss Frederick, whose true name was given as Beatrice Rutherford, appeared in court Tuesday she was heavily veiled. She testified that less than a year after her marriage to Rutherford, her third husband, he deserted her. The suit was not contested. MASONS INSTALL MASTER Walter E. Wagoner Heads Irvington Lodge-Ceremony Postponed. Walter E. Wagoner was installed as master of Irvington Masonic Lodge Tuesday night in ceremonies which had been postponed, from Dec. 29, due to his illness. He succeeds J. Willard Cordrey. William B. Campbell took the position of senior warden and Ernest F. Kroencke, junior warden. More than 200 members attended the ceremony and a banquet following. Clarice Adamß, a past master of the lodge, spoke. DUFF~WILL TAKE STAND Win Tell Story of Fatal Fight After Hazing. Bp United Press HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Jan. 7. William Duff, IT, high school student on trial far manslaughter in connection with death of Raymond Morris, 18, will take the stand in his own defense, his attorneys announced today. Morris met death in a clash between high school students after a hazing last fall, * Three other youths under indictment in connection with the death of Morns are held awaiting outcome of the trial of Duff before the chargee against them are'- pressed-

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ABOVE, DAVENPORT WHERE MRS. KOSA SMITH WAS FOUND BY NEIGHBORS; (INSET), KITCHEN STOVE AND OIL CAN WHICH EXPLODED; BELOW, MISS CARRIE SMITH, WITH WALLACE SMITH; (INSET) LEFT AND RALPH SMITH (INSET) RIGHT.

SMALL TO RULE TODAY ON GRANT Attorney Makes Another Plea for Chicago Boy# By United Press CHICAGO Jan. 7.—Governor Len Small is expected to rule sometime today on petition for another reprieve for Bernard Grant, “Back o’ the Yards” boy sentenced to hang Jan. 16 in connection with the murder of a policeman. Attorney J. J. McCarthy, representing groups in Grant’s case, made a long distance call to Small at Springfield and asked commutation of sentence or an imfnediate reprieve. The present reprieve expires Jan. 16. * Letters and telegrams of protest against hanging of the youth are coming in from all parts of the country. Practically all of them argue that if Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, millionaires, can get off with a jail sentence' for a confessed murder, Grant, the penniless youth, ought to be given the same brand of justice. Grant denies having had a hand in the murder. URGE HEALTH INSPECTION Need for County School Children Cited at Meeting. The need for more adequate medical inspection of children attending county shcools was voiced by Dr. A. W. Miller, county health commissioner, at a meeting of county board of education trustees with Lee E. Swails, superintendent, today. W. H. Payne, trustee Sheffield Township, Tippecanoe County, and member of the legislative committee of the Township Trustees’ Association, opposed the county unit bill in a brief talk. At noon, trustees were guests of Homer S. Dum‘, business direotor Musical Arts Society of America, Chicago, at a luncheon at the Spencer Hous4. Dum addressed trustees on the value of musical training to children. Practical demonstratßrfns were given through the aid of talking machine records.

Second Jap Article William Philip Simms’ second article on the Japanese situation will be found on Page 3. Simms recently returned from a tour of our defenses in the East. Read what he says about them.

‘GARBAGE MAN’ SOUGHT Police Told Home Entered and Wornan Attacked. Police today were seeking a pseudo garbage collector. Robert Evtas, 112 E. Ohio St., reported the mail, posing as such, forced his way into his home, while he was away, and attacked his wife. He said she finally -wrested his hand from her mouth and screamed and the man fled. BARBERS’ BOARD MEETS Organization Work Among Women to Be Considered. ■ Unionization of women beauty parlor employes was among mattesj| considered by Journeymen Barbers’ international Union executive board at union headquarters, 222 E. Michigan St., today. J. C. Shanessy, president, said. Pensions, trade schools and aged home were other matters to .be discussed during the session, which will last several days. Fight for admission of women ended at the convention here in September after a bitter fight Board will work out details of organization work among women. INVESTMENT MESSAGE Motograph Boosts Movement for Safer Stock Buying. The mpvement for safer investments is being helped by tne Silent Orator, motograph on the Merchants Heat and Light Company building. This week’s message: “Twenty-five million dollars lost to Indiana investors yearly through worthless stocks. Help save this vast sum to legitimate business. Before you invest, investigate. Ask your employer, your banker, or the Better Business Bureau to investigate for you. Make 1925 safe for investors.”

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SpmgoilS SON IS SUM BURNED Daughter, 16, Heroine of Early Morning Blast in North Side HomeLifts Small Brothers and Self to Porch Roof. NEIGHBORS KICK IN WINDOWS IN ATTEMPT TO SAVE WOMAN Flaming Liquid Thrown Throughout Lower Floor of House —Daughter-in-Law in Kitchen at Time of Accident Is Slightly Hurt. • /' I Mrs. Kosa Smith, 42, died in city hospital today of burns received at 5:30 a. m. today when a five-gallon can of kerosene exploded in her kitchen, 523 W. Twenty-eighth St. Her son, Kenneth Smith, 21, who ran into the flame-filled room to attempt to rer-cue her, is in serious condition at city hospital. Mrs. Smith poured kerosene from the can on the kitchen stove fire. The flaming oil was thrown through several rooms on the lower floor of the house. Mrs. LaVonne Smith, 16, wife of Kenneth, in the kitchen with Mrs. Smith, escaped with slight burns about the head.

Girl Awakens Brothers Miss Carrie Smith, 16, a daughter, awakened her brothers, Ralph, 8, and Wallace, 11, opened a frozen and liftShe climbed out screamed for help. ; ißsjF Another daughter, ; wt> J* M Br Miss Doris Smith, % helped her escape first time in years. night away fromj The husband, MRS. ROSA Ira Smith, was at SMITH work as foreman of the T. H., I. & E. Traction Company shops at Lebanon, Ind. The mother ran into the livingroom and tried to smother her flaming clothing on a davenport. The son did not notice her as he ran into the flame-filled kitchen and dropped to the floor. Neighbors Go to Rescue Neighbors kicked out a front window and extinguished Mrs. Smith’s clothing. Firemen extinguished the flames with a damage of SIOO to the house. The explosion badly damaged furniture on the lower floor. Police Capt. Fred Drinkut, sent Lieut. Barrett Ball and Motorpolicemen Baker and Lowe who administered first aid until a city ambulance arrived. Ball charged in his report to Drinkut that the ambulance was late in arriving. According to the story told by Mrs. La Vonne Smith she and her mother-in-law went to the kitchen at 5:30 a. m. to prepare breakfast. “I was standing near the oil stove with the lard bucket in my hand and heard the explosion. I ran out of the room that filled with flames and mother followed screaming to me to open the front door. I tried (Turn to Page 11) ELSIE NOW LAUNDRESS Mrs. Sweetin Begins Thirty-Five-Year Prison Term. Bu United Press JOLIET, 111., Jan. 7.—Mrs. Elsie Sweetin, convicted of complicity in poisoning of her husband, Wilford Sweetin so that she might be free to love her pastor, the Rev. Lawrence M. Hight, today started a thirty-five-year career as laundress. Mrs. Sweetin was brought to the State penitentiary here late Tuesday. She was assigned to the laundry, where she will wash shirts and socks. The Rev. Hight, sentenced to life imprisonment, recently entered a State penitentiary in southern Illinois. OLD ACCIDENT REVIVED Pure Oil Company Sued for Damages Totaling $20,000. Two suits asking damages totaling $20,000 were filed in Superior Courts 5 and 1 today by Harry L. Miller and Herbert C. Nye, both of 2363 Stuart St., against the Pure Oil Company. Plaintiffs alleged on Aug. 22, 1924, they were in an automobile w(iich collided with one of the cora- ! pany’s trucks parked at E. ThirtyFourth St. and Keystone Av. They charged the truck was improperly parked and had no light burning. Miller, who alleged bis face was disfigured and scarred,

Forecast GLOUDY and unsettled tonight with lowest temperature close to 30. Thursday fair and somewhat colder.

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SEARCH IS ON FOR GIRL Only 14, She Leaves Note Saying Sh Is Leaving City. Police today were asked to search for Helen Kiefer, 14, of 1048 N. Belle Viey PI. Relatives said the girt left Home Tuesday nigfit, leading a note saying she was leaving the city and it was useless to try to ,get her to return home. INDEPENDENTS TO MEET Party Will Name State Officer* Tuesday Night. . National Independent party of In-/ diana will hold its annual meeting at 8 p. m. Tuesday at the English Hotel to name a State chairman, secretary and treasurer and reorganize the State committee John Zahn, national chairman, today announced these candidates for chairmen: D. L. Campbell, LG. Simmons, Wiley J. Rominger, ail of Indianapolis; H. Earl Brown, Franklin; R. N. Fancher, Rising Sun, and Frank Knopp, Gas City. MENTAL WARD IS READYFDR USE First Patients to Be Received Thursday, City councilmen and’ other city officials today inspected the new paycopathic ward at city hospital. Patients will be received beginning Thursday, marking the end of the practice of holding mental patients in the county jail until they are committed to State institutions. The ward will care for sixteen men and seven women. Eight individual rooms have been provided for violent patients. Six patients are expected Thursday. five" hurt in crash Two Coaches and Baggage Car Plunge Over Bank. Bv United Press GROSS, Mich., Jan. 7.~Five persons were injured—none believed se- ' riously—when two coaches and a baggage car left the rails and plunged over a twenty-foot embankment eight miles west of here today. Among the injured were T. J. McCann, Minneapolis; James Encg, Minneapolis, and A. L. Bodway, Hermansville, Mich.

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Thirteen persons have been injured in traffic accidents in Indianapolis.

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