Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 213, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 January 1925 — Page 1

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OOOUDGE DECIDES 10 CALL ANOTHER PARLEY! ARMS Favors New Agreement to Stop Competition in Ship Building Among Nations, ♦ \ DATE NOT YET SET Great Britain and Japan Said to Have Approved Conference Plans, By LUDWELL DENNY United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. Jan. W.—President Coolidge has decided to call another Washington arms conference early In the new adminis:ration. The world-wide tendency to apse into competitive arming, nonratification of some of the first Washington conference treaties and America’s low rank as a third rate power in naval cruiser strength, caused his decision. The President is even less disposed than the retiring secretary of state, Mr. Hughes, to participate in the League of Nations arms conference next spring and has decided to call one here instead. Great Britain and Japan are said to have agreed informally to this. The date cannot be set until Mr. Coolidge decides whether there is to be an extra session of Congress as it is not held desirable for the two to meet concurrently. Bummer or Autumn Probably, however, the conference call will go out in the spring for the meeting in the summer or autumn. Russia will not be invited if the call is in the spring, but may get in as a late guest, as at the Lausanne conference last year, if the expected recognition negotiations with Moscow get under way before the arms conference actually meets. There is no apparent intention to exclude Germany. ' , Senator Borah has faiied to get economic questions on the tentative agenda. Instead Mr. Coolidge may favor a later semi-official international economic conference of experts, similar to the original Dawes committee. The arms conference agenda will not be fixed until after the call, are expected to include the following: 1. Extension of capital ship limitation, including gun elevation and battleships as airplane carriers, in which America is outclassed by Great Britain. Limit Cruisers 2. Limitation of cruisers, in which America is outclassed, and rines.3. Cautious attempt to regulate military aircraft' and government subsidies for convertible commercial aircraft. 4. Rewrite and bring down to date the unratified Washington conference treaties on China and the Far East. President Coolidge is faced by the acute choice of either initiating, a vast naval building program in sea craft to bring the United States up to the 5-5-3 ratio, already fixed for capital ships, or else inducing Great Britain and Japan to scrap enough of their secondary ships to maintain that desired ratio. FIVE ON SPEED SLATES % Police Haul of Drivers Comparatively Small. Police slates today showed five arrests on speeding charges Thursday night. This is a comparatively small number. Those slated are Rogers Brim, 26, colored, 2244 N. Meridian St.; Richard McNeese, 19, of 703 S. New Jersey St.; Alva Guy, 22, of 1235 Oliver Ave.; Vrancis Eddy, 31, of 363 Prospect St., and Joe Johnson, 24, of 2120 Park Ave. TUT TOMB OUT OF DATE American Excavators in Egypt Unearth Crypt 8,500 Years Older. Bv Times Soeciat ~ LONDON, Jan. 16.—American excavators in Egypt have unearthed a tomb that antedates the luxor resting place of King-Tut-Ankh-Amen, by 3,500 years. News of the find reached London in a cable from the manager of the White Star offices at Cairo. The find includes a system of passageways as well as a tomb and is attributed to the third dynastic period. It was discovered at Sakkara. The diggers also found what Is described as a marvelous statue of King Pepi 1, who reigned at the beginnlhg of known Egyptian history. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m. 35 10 a. m 36 7 a, m...... 35, 11 a. m 37 8 a. mi..,.. 36 12 (nono) ..-.*37 9 ■ m 37 1 P* 40

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‘SHE SCOLDED ME!’ a , f '' ; L . Sixteen-Year-Old Girl, Who Killed Her Mother, Sobs Out This Excuse in Jail Cell —Father and Brother Denounce Youthfuh Slayer,

Bu United Press . SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 16.—“1 hope she bangs,” declared Earl Ellingson, brother of Dorothy Ellingson, who admitted to police Thursday that she had killed her mother because she objected to the gay life her daughter desired.

SENATE AMENDS RULES AT CLOSE OF BIHER FIGHT - * Vote Allows Reconsideration of Bills Postponed Indefinitely, After bitter debate which took up the greater portion of the morning session, thel Indiana Senate today voted to %mend the Senate rules as reported by the rules committee to allow reconsideration of measures indefinitely postponed by a vote of 23 to 21. The Republican side of the Senate was split, with Senator Nejdl leading the group and Senator Daily, Indianapolis, leading a group opposing change in rules. Senator Holmes,, Gary, spoke in favor of amending the rules. Senator Cravens, Democrat, led a minority attack against amendment, although Senator Chambers, Newcastle, Democrat, supported Nejdl. Chambers, however, was refused permission to offer amendment to the rules after the chair had decided the committee report was adopted. His motion w-as referred to the Rules Committee. Tilt Indicated a split in the Dally phalanx against Nejdl when both Senator Holmes and Hodges of Gary supported Nejdl. It has been customary in the Senate when a bill was indefinitely postponed it was considered killed. Cravens said: “If you amend these, rules you will please the 1,700 lobbyists who are hanging about these (Turn to Page 19)

WATCH ON POOL ROOMSTIGHTENED Chief Gives Order After Arrests in Murder, Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoff today instructed captains to i tell their men at roll call today to tighten their watch on all poolrooms, as the result of the arrest of Edward Prater, 18, and Lawrence Cottle, 16, charged with hold-up and murder of Forrest Van Devere, street car conductor. Both your.hs, police said, admitted they spent much time in poolrooms. Stating that the poolroom is rapidly taking the place of the old saloon as crime-breeder, Rikhoff ordered poUce to search all suspicious characters. He particularly ordered his men to watch sot “late loafers.” POOR PORCH PICKED “Bang Bang” Not Good for Headache Man Also finds. Bang, bang Is hard on a headache, according to Frederick Peet, 25, of 3323 Kenwood Ave. Detective Brickley fired, two shots at him when he ran after'being discovered on the officer’s porch at 3454 Graceland Ave. Peet said he was walking to relieve an aching head. He was charged with vagrancy, trespass and being a "peepipg Tom.” BLIND NEWSY INJURED Struck by Street Car at College Ave. arid Thirteenth St. V W. T. Allen, 66, of 1243 Bellefontaine St., blind newspaper salesman at Delaware St. and Massachusetts Ave., was struck by a College Ave. street car today at College Ave. and Thirteenth St. Evidently uninjured, he got on the car. However, on arrival downtown he complained his shoulder and leg were injured. Police filed an assault and battery charge against William Russell, 59, of 922 E. Tenth St., motorman. • MOTORMAN EXONERATED Freed of Blame in Death of Truck Vicflin. Charge of involuntary manslaughter against Carroll Linicombe, 39. of 1422 Linden St., motorman. was dismissed in city court today. Linicombe’s car struck a truck driven by Charles Miller, 1015 S. New Jersey St., at Virginia Ave. fnd New Jersey St., Jan. 5* j Muston, 38, of 105 W. Merrill St.i riding on the truck, was thrown dff and fatally injured \

“I never want to see Dorothy again,” moans the girl’s father, a Swedish tailor. Sobbing In her cell today, the girl, only 16, gave further details of a remarkable confession, telling how she shot aind killed her mother with h?r brother’s revolver. “She scolded me.” Over and over again the youngest murderess in San Francisco history repeats her only excuse. Tuesday morning the girl killed her gray-haired mother as she lay in bed, according to her confession She then packed her bag with gay dresses and slipped off to a dance with boy friends. Police arrested her Thursday and she confessed several hours later. Declaring they are guilty as Dorothy police today started a roundup of seventeen “sheiks” who were the companions of the girl in her life drama. “Those tnen contributed to her crime—without them she would have done differently,” declared Captain of Detectives Dunman Matheson as he ordered service of seventeen warrants Issued" for the male friends of the girl. Three arrests had been made up to daylight, contributing to Dorothy’s delinquency being charged in each case. Test Sanity In the meantime police plan to have the girl examined as to her Sanity. Authorities announced they would have four alienists—two represent!,lg the prosecutor and two to be chosen by Dorothy’s friends—examine her immediately and on their report would depend whether or not she is to be prosecuted as a murderess or sent to an institution for the mentally unbalanced. The family formerly lived in Minnesota. A diary belonging to the girl was Tonnd revealing* she liked “jazx” and “gin.” Diary Excerpts Some of the entries in the diary read; “July 16—Mother la dreadfully oldfashioned and strict. Why won’t she even let me go to the movies with other girls?” “July 15—Mother whipped me when she found out I had gor>e to a dance instead of to Ruth’s house. But it was worth it.” “July 18 —Guess I’m outta luck when boy friends can’t even call on me at our house.” “Aug. 28—Met H. and K., had a fine feed. Nice fellows. This is the life. Wohderful time. Pep, jazz, gin. Went to the beach later and got drunk.” “Aug. 24.—Another whipping, but stayed home. Won’t stand for another one. Will do as I please henceforth and love where I please. Tuesday another auto ride and lots of drinks. Big time. Lots of love, too.” Quits Her Job “Aug. 25—Slept late. May called. Took a swim. Another auto ride at night. Big time. Lots of drink. And love! “Aug. 26—Went to work. Was late on the job. Had an argument (Tun* to Page 19) POSTAL BILL FAVORED Senate Votes to Consider New Measure Next Week. Bv United Press , WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. —The /Senate today voted, 56 to 10, to take up the Mpses postal salaries and rate increase bill next Thursday, indicating overwhelming sentiment in favor of the measure. NEW ‘BLUE SKY BILL’ Makes Secretary of State Securities Commission v - Proposed “blue sky bill” making all securities subject to examination by Secretary of State, and making Secretary of State the securities commission, providing a penalty for violators and those attempting to withhold information, jras presented to Indiana Commercial Secretaries Association by W. H. Arnett, chairman of p committee which drafted the bill, today at the Chamber of Commerce. Arnett said the bill will be presented in the House Monday. 808-SIED CRASH FATAL Illinois Student Dies of Injuries Received in Accident. Bn United Press CHAMPAIGN, 111., Jan. 16.—Milton Berkson, Chilton, 111., injured in the bob-sled accident when seven Chicago students crashed' Into an automobile, died at the hospital here from the loss of blood. William Rovens, Chicago, * a fraternity brother, gave 120 cubic centimeters of blood in a fruitless effort to save the life of the dying accident victim. Two other students, Herman Fox and Leo Hal peri n have a fair chance for recovery, phy-siclams-rfay. , >

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, JAN. 16, 1925

City Manager System of Government Parallels Operation of Lqkge Business THE VOTERS (Stock Holders) /- ' in ■ in. n.i. >■ - ■ y The Council (Directors) (Secretary to Directors isl. I CITY manager! (General Manager) - ■■■■„ y A— —— 1 |, LAW FINANCE • SAFETY UTILITIES WORKS PARK DIRECTOR DIRECTOR DIRECTOR DIRECTOR DIRECTOR DIRECTOR 1 L— > L. L— ,——J * Heads — >

SHIS diagram Is a picture of the city manager form of government, now In operation In many large cities, as well as many small ones. > It Indicates the parallel organization with that of other business organization* yMriftVttows how tha voters control the entire city government, just as the stockholders of a corporation control the affairs of the corporation, CHUR! SWORN I OUT, BISHOP SAYS Prelate, Sentenced to Be Unfrocked, Will Appeal, Bv United Press CLEVELAND, Jan. 16.—-Bishop William Montgomery Brown, copal prelate sentenced to be unfrocked for heresy Thursday, left today for his home In Gallon, Ohio. “The church is a worn-out institution,” he said today. “It, still clings to the heresy principle of the middle ages, along with other equally impossible theological theories. But a change is 1 * Brown reiterated today he will make anew appeal to the house of bishops and carry the case to the civic courts If necessary. of bishops must approve fey a twothirds vote decision of the Episcopal review court' that he fee expelled from the ministry. WELL, NAMES IS NAMES Love Sues Love for Divorce; Skinner in Coal Business. The divorce proceedings of Love vs. Love, heard in Superior Court Five today by Judge T. J. Moll, created a vein of humor today when Jack Skinner, coal dealer, testified aa a property witrtess. “Why, I didn’t know there was a Skinner in the coal business,” said Judge Mill when Skinner was called to the witness stand. Mrs. Erma P. Love, 1118 E. Michigan St., was granted a divorce from John W. NEW DIRECTORS NAMED Auto Trade Association Officers to Be Elected Soon. Officers of the Indianapolis Automobile Trade Association for the coming year will be elected by directors within ten days. At the annual meeting Thursday nfight three new directors, R. H. L >sey, R. V. Law and J. H. McFarla id, were elected. Holdover members are Carl H. Wallerich, Andrew WS Hutchinson, George O. Wildhack, Frank B. Hatfield, George M. Kanousjs and John A. Boyd. - BANDIT ROBS THEATER Flees Past Police Station in Escape With $415. < Qu Unitea Press SOUTH BEND, Ind., Jan. 16.—Police were piqued today because the bandit who held up and robbed the Palace Theater of $415 early Thursday night fled past police headquar

The voters or stockholders are the basic authorities., They elect their council, corresponding to a board of directors of a corporation. The council names the city manager, directly corresponding to the general manager of a tusi'hess houhe. The city manager employs his subordinates, just op does the general manager of a corporation. Thf city manager is employed for

COUCHES ARE LATEST Thief Picks Up Bed and Walks According to Police. J. W. Boyer, 728 N. East St., reported someone entered his son’s apartment at 325 S. Randolph St., and stole a conch, whlie the family was away, according to police. CONVENTIONS TO BE SET Democratic State Committee to Meet Here Jan. 21. The Democratic State committe will meet Jan. 21 at the Claypool to fix a date for Democratic city conventions, lt"*Vvas announced today. Republicans are holding their city conventions throughout the State Saturday. DRYS WIN FIRST LEGMIVEIT Senator English's Bill Reported Favorably'. *Dry forces won their first victory in the present session of the Indiana Legislature when Senate Judiciary A Committee reported favorably on Senator English’s bill fixing stringent penalties for driving an auto under influence of drugs or intoxicating liquor. The bill makes It a misdemeanor for first offense and felony for subsequent convictions, punishable by one to five years in prison. A feature of the bill, is a State-wide injunction against the driver’s operating his car. On first conviction, the injunction shall not exceed a year; on second, or subsequent convictions five years. Every sheriff in the State would be given copies of the injunction, violation, of which would be a fine and imprisonment. THREE SLAYERS HANGED Two Pay Penalty in California— Illinois Negro Executed. Bv United Presa SAN QUENTIN PENITENTIARY, CaL, Jan. 16.—Jack Ferdinand and John Sears were hanged at 10:02 a. m! today for the murder of Charles O. Chapman, Los Angeles broker. "I tried to live without a God and failed,” Ferdinand said just as he started the march to the gallows. Bv United Preaa MOUND CITY. 111., Jan. 16.—Hess Conners, young negro, was hanged here today for the murder of Daisy Wilson last spring. Conners shot Miss Wilson when she surprised him as he was robbing her father's merchandise store at VUla Ridge. He pfeaded guilty. 1

an indefinite period by the council and he is directly responsible to it, but he uses his own discretion in employing department heads. The council also employs a city clerk, who really is only the clerk Os the council and ho handles Its records .and does whatever work is necessary in that connection, just as does the secretary of the State Senate or the chief clerk of the House of Representatives.

ELLIOH RELIEVED OF FEDERAL POST Cavins Sworn in as Temporary Successor. Alexander G. CaVins, formerly special assistant United States district attorney, was sworn in as district attorney today by Judge A. B. Anderson, immediately after Homer Elliott received a letter from Attorney General Harlan F. Stone, accepting Elliott's resignation presented last August. Cavins is to serve-until Elliott’s permanent successor is appointed. Elliott will devote full time to work of the law firm of Robbins, Elliott, Weyl & Jewett, with which he associated himself Jan. 1. Elliott successfully prosecuted many large cases during his three years in office, including the Ft. Wayne liquor case, McCray case and Hawkins ca,e. i Cavins has been assistant attorney thiee years. He was State Senator from Vigo County in 1902 and deputy State attorney general from 1907 to 1911. He was a legal head of the Y. M. C v A. in France from 1918 to 1920. He is under consideration as a permanent successor to -Elliott. YOUTHS TRANSFERRED Alleged Bandits Taken to County Jail—Held Without. Bond. Edward Prater, 18, of 1637 Deloss St., and Lawrence Cottle, 16, of 1527 Deloss St., held on charges of murder and robbery in connection with the fatal shooting of Forest Van Devere, 42, of 807 Elm St., conductor on a Lexington Ave. street car who was shot by one of two bandits who robbed him at State and Lexington Aves., Jan. 8, have been transferred from city prison to Marion County jail today. The youths were held without bond to the grand jury in city court Thursday. ’ TOURNAMENT SITE UP / ' High Schools Seek Exposition Building at Fair Grounds. f The executive committee of the State board of agriculture and State high school, athletic officials are to confer Saturday upon the possibility of using the new exposition building at the fair ground for the 1925 basketball tournament in March. The coliseum has been used heretofore. Use of the exposition building will solve the problem of handling the huge crowds which attend the tournamets. Circus bleachers and wood floors would have to bo set up if

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Prime, Healthy Vote for G. 0. P. City Convention Reported to Be Bringing $350 to SSO0 —Affidavits to Be Offered. TWO SAY THEY GOT MONEY i AS “CHRISTMAS PRESENTS” Coffin Man Asserts Allegations Are Untrue—Reputed Visits to Homes Are Described Court Action Is Awaited. Market quotations for .Republican precinct committeemen jumped to anew high level today with the market still rising, according to charges in political circles. Supporters of the Shank-Lemcke-Jewett faction and the Coffin faction were busy lining up their forces for the battle in the city convention Saturday, and charges of buying precinct committeemen were hurled backhand forth freely. According to reports, a nice- prime, healthy committeeman is now quoted at $350 to SSOO, with plenty of offers. Two Fifth Ward committeemen, Joseph W. Garrett of the Fifth Precinct and Jesse Moore, Eighth Precinct, received “Christmas presents” of $l9O and S2OO, respectively, for signing a blank receipt, which afterwards turned out to be resignations as committeemen, according to affidavits made by them.

The affidavits will be presented to the credentials committee at the convention Saturday, James M. Ogden, corporation counsel said. Visit at Home According to Garrett’s affidavit, a man came to his home, 639 W. North St., the night before Christmas and told him George V. Coffin. G. O. P. county chairman, wanted to make him a Christmas present. Garrett said when he learned Coffin wanted him to resign as precinct committeeman, he refused to sign any paper.- . The man then left, but returned Christmas morning with Wayne Emmelman. Emmelman tried to induce him to resign, and he refused, it is stated. Emmelman is said to have left saying he would call Coffin by phone. In fifteen minutes, the affidavit says. Emmelman retuNaed’and explained that all Coffin wanted Garrett to do was to sign a blank piece of paper as a receipt for a Christmas present. Garrett said he then called. in Jesse Moore and the Rev. R. P. Christian as witnesses that he was not signing away his rights as committeeman and signed. % The man then handed him $l9O, he said. The paper later turned out. to be a resignation. it is charged. The affidavit charges that the resignation was written in later. Moore's affidavit was similar, except he said he received S2OO. Moore lives at 539 Minerva St. Coffin could not be reached. At Republican county headquarters it was said he would not be In the office today. Meanwhile the convention mudiMe was up to the Indiana Supreme Court. Judge Harry O. Chamberlin of the Marion Clr-

Denies Charge Wayne Emmelman, whose name was mentioned in connection with charges that precinct committeemen were paid to resign, today denied the charges. “These men resigned, that’s all there Is to It,” he declared. “I did not pay them any money. I would ignore the whole thing. It doefe not amount to anything.”

cuit Court was ready to give his decision in the case, but was withholding it until the Supreme Court ruled on the question of hie jurisdiction. Ready for Final Word With the convention i only twenty-sous hours away, uncertainty as to whether Coffin, county chairman, or Irving W. Lemaux, city chairman, would preside was as great as ever. Both have issued calls to the precinct committeemen and the forces of the Shank-Jewett Lemcke and Coffin factions are all ready for battle, if the courts only w'ill' tell them where the battle is to be. / The political Injunction battle started last week with action of the Republican State committee directing county chairmen to preside over city conventions. Lemaux then asked for an injunction in Circuit Court restraining Coffin from presiding. Wednesday Judge Chamberlin overruled a demurrer of Coffin’s attorneys attacking, among other things, bis jurisdiction, and heard evidence in the case. Before he could give his decision Coffin askedl Supreme Court for a writ of pfohibition forbidding Judge Chamberlin from ruling. , Arguments were heard by the Supreme Court Friday, and a decision is expected today. R. T. Yates’ Mot Iter 111 Police today sought R. T. Yates of Louisville. Ky. A wire from police there states Yates’ mother is critically ill and she asks that be come to her bedside.

Forecast RAIN or snow with possibly sleet tonight and Saturday morning, followed by fair .weather. Colder Saturday.

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STATE TEACHERS’ CIVIL SERVICE IS PIVUB IN BILL Dismissal for Petty Causes Wouid Be Prevented by Senator Sims, A bill to put public school teachers of the State on a civil service basis and to make the educational system “more stable and or. a higher plane” was introduced in the Senate today by Senator Sims, Terre Republican. Under the bill, teachers would be on a probationary basis their first three years. After that they would be given a permanent rating, and could not be dismissed merely because of “friction.” Probationary teachers could be dismissed only for cause consisting of gross incompetence or insubordination, or for immorality, and only after a hearing. Permanent teachers could be dismissed only for conviction of similar charges by the school board, after a public hearing, or “for failure to grow professionally.” Charges must be written. Teachers could resign on proper notice. The bill is designed to afford them more protection from being discharged. The measure provides that a teacher, having been employed, shall serve during good behavior and efficient service. In event of dismissal, he may take an appeal to the State superintendent of public instruction. unless the dismissal vote of the board of employing agents has been unanimous. The provisions of the bill apply to classroom teachers, principals, assistant principals, department heads, supervisors, superintendents, deans, registrars, secretaries and librarians of public schools. HOOVER WON’T CHANGE Vetoes Coolidge’s Suggestion He Take New Cabinet Post. Bv United Preaa WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover has declined a suggestion of the President that he transfer from his present post to be Secretary of Agriculture after March 4, he announced today. “I appreciate deeply the confidence which the President has shown in me,” Hoover said, “but I have told him that I believed it would be to the best interests for me to decide against the suggestion, which I have done.” AH," WATCH YOUR STEP 9 ' Streets Slippery With Sleet Storm . Possible. Slippery streets faced Indianapolis today. Freezing temperatures with precipitation probably will end in sleet. J. H. Armlngton, meteorologist stated. Rain or snow also was predicted. Colder and fair will follow