Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 217, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 January 1925 — Page 1

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VOLUME 36—NUMBER 217

SPEEDWAY BILL IN HOUSE

_ * _____ Senate Kills ‘Klan’ Teacher Garb Bill

Upper Branch Sounds Death Knell of First So-Called ‘K. K.’ Measure Introduced by Vote of 40 to 6 Against Minority Report. Following bitter debate, the Senate today voted 40 to 6 to IrUl the first of the so-called Klan bills, introduced by Senator Terre Haute, Republican, which would prohibit teachers in public schools from wearing any distinctive religious garb or insignia. ,

CHICAGO POUCE START PROBE OF ORPHAN’S DEATH Something Hidden in McClintock Case, Chief Collins Declares. Bu United Press CHICAGO, Jan. 21.—“ Something to being hidden in connection with the deaih of young McClintock. We are going to bring it to light,” Police Chief Morgan Collins announced today as he assigned three assistants to probe the affair. At request the inquest Into the death of William Nelson McClintock, “milUonaire orphan.” was delayed thirty days. $2,000,000 Fortune McClintock, soon after becoming heir to bis parents’ $2,000,000 estate died at the home of his foster parents, Mr. *nd ijftfiP-, heard. He was to have triarried Miss XsabeUe Pope, society girL The girl believed at first the chief beneficiary, received only a yearly allowance of SB,OOO, the bulk of the estate going, to the Shepherds. At instigation of Chief Justice Harry F. Olson of the Chicago municipal court an investigation was launched. Shepherd was called back from New Mexico. A coroner’s physician examined the boy’s organa Shepherd Exonerated The probe was ended by a coroper's statement “exonerating” Shepherd. Tuesday the inquest was to have been held. But Collins sprang his (surprise. He demanded the, delay, obtaining it over objections of attorneys for Shepherd, now back in New Mexico. The chief said he had obtained "important information which deserves careful investigation." Meanwhile reports were circulated that the case would eventually be taken to the attorney general of IIBnrvt. BANDIT CHOOSES DEATH Wounded Hold-IJp Man Shoots Self to Escape Capture. Bo U MM Press ST. LOTUS, Mo., Jan. 21.—The l "dirty-faced bandit” chose death 'rather than surrender to the police. The bandit—characterized always as being dirty-faced—has been holding up oil filling stations. Tuesday night Patrolman Walter Lang surprised him in a hold-up and wounded him. When Lang approached the bandit committed suicide.

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The vote came on a motion to adopt a minority report, of the educational committee, signed by Senator Sims alone, recommending the Senate pass the bill. Senators Nejdl, Gary, Republican; Brown, Hebron, Republican and Shank, Angola, Republican, submitted a majority report, recommending the bill be indefinitely postponed, which was later adopted. Under the Senate rules the bill can be reconsidered. Dickerman Fails to Sign Senator Dickerman, Indianapolis, fifth member of the committee did not sign either report. While the Senate was voting on the bill, Representative Cooper, Terre Haute, Republican, introduced the same measure in the House. It

Vote The vote on adoption of the minority report recommending passage of the Senate bill prohibiting the wearing by teachers in public schools of distinctive garb or section-symbols foilows: For adoption: AUredge, King, Martin, Payne, Pell, Sims. Against adoption: Barker, Batt, Bradford, Branaman, Brown, Cann, Chambers, Cravens, Crosby, Daily, > 'Dick-er-man, Durham, Easton, English, Erni, Fitch, Harlan, Harmon, Harrison, Hill, Hodges, Holdeman, Holmes, Inman, Lindley. Lochard, Lutz, Merry, Moorhead. Nejdl, O’Rourke, Penrod, Perkins, Quillen, Saunders. Shank, Shirley, Southworth, Steele, Sweeney. Absent: Blackburn, Davis, King, Leonard. ,

was referred to House Committed on Education. Four Republican Senators and one Democrat voted to adopt the minority report. They were: Alldredge, Anderson; Lambert, Columbus, and Martin, Logansport, Republicans, and Payne, Bloomington, Democrat. _ Chambers Starts Fireworks The fireworks started with speech by Senator Chambers, Newcastle, Democrat, when in favor of a motion by Senator Alldredge that debate be deferred until Thursday. “This bill has the reputation of being a Ku Klux bill,” said Chambers. “Let’s speak out and call things by their right names. An important bill like this should be discussed on the floor,, with no hiding behind bushes or sheets. Let’s go into this bill and find out by recorded vote where each and every Senator stands on this question, and let it be given the widest publicity.” Senator Nejdl, Republican floor leader, forced the discussion of the bill to take place today when his motion to table that made by Alidredge for postponement be tabled was passed by roll call. The vote on tabling the postponement was 26 to 22. Daily then demanded a roll call on the minority report. Daily *Not Hiding' / Daily: “1 am not going to hide under a bushel and I am not; going to wear a sheet- I wear a Shrine emblem.” Senator Sims: “Is a Masonic emblem a sectarian emblem? "I’ll answer for you, it is not.” Daily: "Well, maybe it isn’t, but you don’t see many Catholics wearing them. I regret that it has been the history of our country that every twenty years or so this fight against the Roman Catholic Church has been started. It was once brought by the Know Nothing party in the (Turn to Page 12) STREET CLOSING FOUGHT South Side Rei dents .Appear .at Hearing on Elevation. Large delegations of residents in the vicinity of proposed South Side track elevation work appeared before the board of public works today at a public hearing on resolut.ons for elevation at Koehne, Cruse, Oriental, Pine and Davidson Sts. and State and Arsenal Aves. Strong opposition to closing several of these streets developed.

TWILIGHT SL EEP MAY USHER IN LONGWORTH BABY

Bu United Press Jan. 21.—Twilight f sleep ma\ have to be used to usher in the baby of Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Miss

SEN. NEJDL HITS AT REPORT GIVEN BY SURVEY BODY G. 0, P. Floor Leader Calls Proposals of Commission ‘Revolutionary and Radical,’ ‘CAMOUFLAGE’ CHARGED r ■■ Recommendation Seen as Move for State Con-* stabulary. Senator James J. Nejdl, Whiting, Republican floor leader in the Senate, today declared the report of the Governor Jackson survey cotnmls-’ sion was radical and revolutionary, and that the move to create a State board of public safety through a commission of boards having police powers was nothing more than a State constabulary movement in camouflage. “Let’s see, Baxter’s on that com-* mission, isn’t he? Well, you rieedn’t go any further, of course it’e a constabulary,” said Nejdl. Ex-Senator Arthur R. Baxter, Indianapolis, was the father of the constabulary bill defeated at the 1923 session. • Long Delay SeeA % Statements of House and Senate leaders indicated action on the report may pot come at this session of the Legislature. It is poised ottt thW is a TSmendous amount of work in drawing up necessary bills and it would be almost impossible to do the work at this session. The budget advisory committee, recognizing this fact, is making appropriations with slight consideration of the commission’s report, it was stated. The budget report will be filed with the Governor within a few days. Too Many f Waiting List’ The survey commission in its report provides that State fire marshal, fish and game state motor police, State industrial board and oil inspectors be combined under the department of public safety. Nejdl also took isque with the proposal to reduce the members of the industrial board from five to three members. “The board was increased to five members when the mines were (Turn to Ptige 13) CHAPMAN STARTS BACK TO PRISON

Taken to Union Station Under Heavy*Guard, - Gerald Chapman, noted bandit, under heavy guard of postal inspectors, wardens and deputy United States marshals, was taken from the Marion County jail today and* started on a return trip to the Atlanta (Ga.) penitentiary, from which* he has been a fugitive since March 27, 1923. He was captured at Muncie, lnd., Sunday. Chapman was double handcuffed and in leg irons. An automobile load of Department of Justice men, headed by L. C. Osborne of Indianapolis, followed the car parrying Chapman from the jail to the Union Station. In the party escorting Chapman to Atlanta were A. S. Kelley, W. C. Ela and C. A. Callahan, Indianapolis postal inspectors. Chapman was taken to the train by a devious route which led up the freight elevator at the station. The same route was traveled by former Governor Warren T. McCray when he was taken, to AUantq prison last year. '/ Chapman escaped twice from* authorities at Atlanta in March, 1923, after serving a few months of a term imposed on conviction of staging a $2,40Q|600 mail bold-up iu New York in 1921.

tions to take care of the dls tinguished patient. Mrs. 1/ongworth. wife of Con gressman Nicholas Lbngworth of Ohio, is siue here Thursday or Friday. The stork is expected has been child-

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21,1925

PASTOR SPURNS CHURCH V,' - —— Leaves Pulpit to Escape Bickerings of Modernists • and Fundamentalists —Builds Cave-Home in Cliffs of Ozarks

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AT THE UPPER LEFT IS SHOWN AN INTERIOR VIEW OF THE CAVE—THE KITCHEN, WHILE AT THE UPPER RIGHT IS HOW THE CAVE LOOKS ON THE OUTSIDE. REV. MOBLEY IS SHOWN BELOW. Bu YEA Service SITTLE ROCK, Ark-. Jan. 21. —Warfare of church modernist* and fundamentalists '(fSr'rTbt find a recruit in the Rev. H. 8. Mobley. Instead he resigned the pulpit and took himself and family away from the bickerings. * In -the Ozark Mountain country near Prairie Grove, Ark!, the former minister found his haven. It was r#dray cave, sixty-seven Bfeet long and eighteen feet .high with a precipitous cliff towemig above it. “I wanted to tear my boys away from the temptations and strife of city life,” he said. •‘Here they are blessed with the gifts of nature and we can gain a good livelihood from the earth.” One hundred and sixty acres of ground, fifty acres of which were in cultivation, comprised the home site. > Native stone was* used to faos the cave which had been partitioned off into three rooms. Today the exterior of the cave has the imposing look of a feudal castle. Inside it is fitted with all conveniences. A floor has been laid and Indian rugs are strewn about. Sixteen high plate glass windows puncture the front rockwork. There are easy chairs, inviting nooks, a big ebony piano and a mahogany sideboard in the living room. Each bedroom has its own fireplace. Water from a nearby spring has been piped into the kitchen, which . boasts of a white enamel sink. Adjacent shelving rocks furnish a cowhouse, where nine Jersey cows are stalled, a stable for three horses, a shed, a pighouse and a goat shed. BUTLER PLANS VIEWED _ Trustees See Preliminary Drawings of New Buildings. Preliminary drawings of five buildings for the new Butler University campuw at Fairview were considered by trustee* In quarterly meeting at 1104 Fletcher Trust' and Savings Bldg, this afternoon. s > Tbe plans included three recitation buildings, Ihe chapel and the indoor field for basketball and other winter sports. Robert V*rost Daggett is the architect. The committee to fix prices of lots to be sold fraternities as house sites on the south end of thi campus was to report. Financial Secretary J. W. Atherton reported splendid progress in financial campaigns. * Revenue Chief to Quit Bu Unit’d P WASHINGTON. Jan. 21.—David H. Blair of North Carolina, commissioner of internal revenue, will resign at completion of his present term, March 4, it was indicated In authoritative quarters today.

less for a number of years is more apt to require twilight sleep than a girl mother,” Miss Christie said with reference to the fact that Mrs. Long-worth is about to become a mother for the first time. *T hope will have a corner room on the park open when Mrs.

SHERIFF SHOOTS MU SLAYER Kills Man Who Ran Amuck With Knife, Bv UnHe* Press LOS FRESNOS, Texas, Jan. 21. Running amuck with a machette after • attacking a young girl and slaying her mother, Isadora Sandoval, 36, Mexican, was shot and killed by Sheriff Sam Robertson today, according to reports. Sandoval, alleged to have been inssme, attacked the girl on the outsorts of Los Fresnos. The mother attempted to rescue the girl and was killed. A posse of ranchmen rescued the girl, but were kept at bay by the Mexican, who held a small boy in front of him and kept his back to a stone wall through the night. Approached by Sheriff Robertson. Sandoval freed the boy attacked the sheriff. Robertson was then forced to shoot. ,

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Longworth enters,” the superintendent said,- “but we are not going to make any more fuss over her than over any other mother. She is too sensible to expect it. ‘‘Mrs. worth is .coming here because she -wants Cos have

KIAN QUESTION ISPUT TO ALL Judge Candidates Quizzed by Washington, ' By C. A. RANDAU Times Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Members of the Ku-Klux Klan need not apply for the positions of Federal Judge or district attorney of Indiara, it has been intimated at the White House. Though there has been considerable difficulty encountered in finding a district attorney, and. though many factions havß presented their pleas in favor of this or that candidate for the new Judgeship, the big question that will be asked the ultimate candidates is "are you a member of the Ku-Klux Klan?” According to reliable, unofficial information, Judge Robert C. Baltzell, who recently succeeded Judge A. B. Anderson, was subjected to the same examination. His appointment followed his answer “No,” it is said. So far nothing has developed to alter the view that Thomas Slick, South Bend lawyer, stands the best chance. GREEN CALLS ON ‘CAL’ New President of A. F. of L. Pays Respects to Coolldge. Bv United Presß WASHINGTON. Jan. 21.—President William Green of the American Federation of Labor called at the White House today to pay hJp respects to President Coolidge. It was the first time the two had met. COPY OF PACT ASKED Senate Requests Hughes to Present Paris Agreement. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Without debate the Senate today adopted the Johnson resolution requesting Secretary of State Hughes to furnish the Senate with complete* information concerning the Paris reparations agreement.

obstetrician, during her confinement.’* Miss Christie laughed as she said Mrs. Longworth would have to forego cigarets while in the hospital. “I am told Mm. Longworth

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Representative F. E. Miller of Kokomo Introduces Measure That Would ■ Prohibit Racing or Sports of Any Kind on Memorial Pay. EX-GOVERNOR M’CRAY VETOED SIMILAR PROPOSAL IN 1923 1 Strong Lobbies Said to Be at Work in This Session on Both Sides of Question Referred to Public Morals Committee. C■ • > \ ■ The Indianapolis Motor Speedway bill was again before the Legislature today. The measure, prohibiting racing or sports of any description on Memorial Day, was introduced by Representative F. E. Miller of Kc-komo and was referred to the public morals coihmittee of the House. A similar bill, after a bitter fight in both Houses, wag enacted by the 1923 Assembly, but was vetoed by former Governor McCray. Strong lobbies are said to be at work on both sides of the

question in this session. Text of bill: “Whereas, the thirtieth day of May, known as Memorial Day, has become a day of sacred memory and should be held as such, and its proper observance is recognized as a fitting tribute to the memory of the dead, who, as soldiers in any way, offered their lives in behalf of our country; and ‘Debt of Gratitude'^ “Whereas, nothing should be done or allowed on that day that is inconsistent with the debt of gratitude and love we owe to them for their heroism and sacrifice, “Section 2. Be It enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana that it shall be unlawful fbr any person, firm, association, copartnership or corporation. On the thirtieth day of May, known as Memorial day, to engage in or promote racing of any character, whether by vehicles or by animals, or any games or sports of any character for which a fee is charged for admission to such races, games or spoils, or where such races, games or sports are engaged in for prizes. “Section 2. The word person as used in this act shall pe taken to mean and include any person, who, individually or as an officer, agent, or stockholder in any firm, company, association, copartnership or corporation, violates or takes any part in or aids or abets any violation of this act. i Fine of SI,OOO “Section 3. Any person, who, as an individual, violates any of the provisions of Section 1 of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding SI,OOO, to which may be added imprisonment in the county jajl or State penal farm for not more than six months. “Section Any firm, company, association, copartnership or corporation violating any of the provisions of Section One of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding SI,OOO. "Section 6. Whereas, an emergency exists for the immediate taking effect of this act, the same shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.” Under provisions of the bill baseball games also would be prohibited in Memorial Day. MAJORITY REPORT~WINS Senate Takes Steps Toward $2,000 Mortgage Exemption. The State Senate today adopted the majority report on measure providing for increase of mortgage exemptions from SI,OOO to $2,000, after heated debate. The report recommended passage. The Senate adjourned at noon until 2 p. m. GIRL HELD IN DEATH Companion Shot Self While Cleaning Revolver, She Tells Police. Bv United Press CHICAGO. Jan. 21. Florence O’Neil, a blonde of Peoria, 111., was held by police today pending investigation of the death of George Parker, son of a wealthy Chicago attorney. Florence told police Parker shot himself whije cleaning a revolver.

said. “But the rules here are against smoking, and besides it is not good for prospective mothers. On arrival here Mrs. Longworth will be taken to a hotel and kept under strict medical observation until a short time before the ar*

Forecast Genkbalt/y fair todaySlightly warmer weather anticipated. Temperature from 28 to 38. \

CHARGES OF DRY AGENTATTACKED Sleuth Who Named Senator Under Fire, BUafJnited Press JERSEY CITY, N. J., Jan. 21. Counsel for ten policemen and two civilians on trial for bootlegging today attacked testimony of Lionel Wilson, Federal prohibition agent, who, Tuesday, named Senator Edward I. Edwards of New Jersey as chief of the liquor traffickers. .Court records were produced to show Wilson was found guilty of petit larceny here in 1913. Wilson and his partner, Charles Hurlbut, declared the Senator accepted $3,500 from them for 100 cases of Scotch. He admitted the money was returned and that they never received the liquor.

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