Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 221, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 January 1925 — Page 1

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J. H. Armington, government meteorologist, today forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity a cold wave with temperatures dropping to 5 above zero tonight. At 6 o’clock this morning the temperature was-47. At noon it had dropped to 29 "above, a decline of 18 degrees in six hours. Between 8 and 9 a. m/ the mercury dropped 10 degrees. The colder temperatures followed the warmest night of this month. The lowest temperature was 43.

ADMINISTRATION LEADERSHOLDUP PLANS! STONE Nomination of Attorney Genera! to Supreme Bench Goes Back to Committee. IS COOLIDGE t MOVE I Action Will Prevent Consideration in QP en Session.

Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Jan.. 26—The Senate today tied up President Coolidge's nominations of Attorney General Harlan F. Stone to be a Supreme Court justice and Charles B. Warren of Michigan, to be Attorney General. After a prolonged secret session. Stone’s nomination was referred "back to the Judiciary Committee for further consideration. This move blocked action on the Warren nomination, which the committee previously decided to hold U]\ until Stone’s nomination was disposed of. Coofidge Move Reference of State’s nomination back to the committee was effected with Administration support to permit the challenged action of Stone in instituting new criminal proceedings against Senator Burton KWheeler of Montana to be aired. Decision to send the nomination back was reached at a conference i’.unday in which Stone, Senators Curtis, Kansas, Watson and Reed, Pennsylvania, participated. The hearing of the committee probably will be executive to permit the Wheeler case to be thoroughly thrashed out. Warren Held Up The nomination of Charles B. Warren of Michigan to be attorney general as Stone’s successor was held trp by the judiciary committee, following receipt of a report from a subcommittee which considered the nomination. The sub-committee’s rejfi>rt on "the Warren nomination was neither favorable nor unfavorable, the customary recommendations one way or the other being passed up in favor of a non-commital report. Chairman Cummins of the committee said that the nomination probably will be considered next Monday if the Stone nomination is out of the way by then.

CHILD LABOR UW WINS M FIGHT Motion to Reject Amendment Withdrawn, Opponents of ratification of the proposed child labor amendment to the Federal Constitution lost their • first skirmish in the Indiana Senate today immediately after its in- ' troduction to the body by Secretary of State Schortemeier. Led by Senator Lindley, Kingman, Republican, opponents of the amendment had to withdraw motion by Lindley to reject the amendment, and then were voted down vive voce to have the congressional resolution considered Tuesday. ‘‘The bill will take its regular course in the Federal Relations Committee.” announced Lieutenant Governor Van Orman. A warm fight on the ratification was predicted. Senator Lindley announced last week he is unalterably opposed to Federal interference with States.' Shot fired in Spite Police held Kenneth Ackworth. 17, of 2617 Station St., after he admitted he shot himself in the arm to frighten a girl with whom he had quarrelled. He at first said he had been attacked by a bandit. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 47 10 a. m. 35 7 a. m 48 11 a. m 32 8 a. m 46 12 (noon) 29 '9 a. m 36 1 p. m 25

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HE CANNOT GET INTO JAIL! / Sheriff Hawkins Is Particular About Who He Locks Up Reporter Fears He’ll Have to Turn Bootlegger.

By ROSS H. GARRIGUS mT may be possible to break out of Marion County Jail, but you can’t break in, that is if you are a respectable citizen. If you’re name is Gerald Chapman, or Hawkins, or you’re a house breaker or a drunken auto driver, it’s easy, but if you haven’t broken any laws, or been accused of breaking any, a citizen hasn't got a chance to be the county’s guest. I tried three hours Saturday afternoon to “break into jail.’’ I even appealed to pedestrians. “Dunno,” said one, glancing nervously at a traffic cop. Another suggested I toss a brick through a window, or try and cash a check. I first tried Roland Snider, chief turnkey. “I’d like to get in ajU,” I said, shaking his hand. “Lake to accommodate yon, but you’ll have to get a permit from Sheriff Hawkins.” Adamant Sheriff So I went over to the million dollar courthouse. “Sheriff,” I says, “I’d like to get in jail.” He shook his head. , “My city editor wants me to get locked up in jail.” . “I don’t care who wants you to, you can’t get in.” The sheriff feared a false imprisonment. I went into an adjoining office. “Here,” said a girl, "run off with this money,” pointing to an adjacent cash till, “and you’ll get in.’ I shook my head. Dream Is Shattered I went over to see Bert Morgan, Federal prohibition director. 1 thought I’d have him jail me as a bootlegger. Imagined myself in the bastile and ether prisoners coming up and saying: "Brother, what you in for?” And I’d say: "Bootlegging. Smell my breath.” nd they’d sniff and say: “Yep. don’t smell a drop.. You’re a bootlegger all right.” Morgan was nice, but he shook his head. He couldn’t accommodate me. I walked disconsolately down to the city prison. Maybe I’d have better luck there. I did. They swung open the doer and I went in. It was still as a church. I walked down the aisle. Every cell was empty. I tiuwl the corner and looked in Vie runway. Not a soul there. continued around and sounds srtiote the air. it was one prisoner t.ound asleep. In the last cell was a colored man in for stealing coal. “You call up that friend, yet?” he says to my guide. No, sir, job or no job, I don’t like city prison. First place I don’t play solitaire and I do get lonesome. But then, maybe, the prisoners were taking an afternoon off.

SERVICES FOR EDITOR Democratic Convention Courier to Be Buried in Virginia. Funeral services for Alexander Manning, 65. colored, courier of the Democratic national committee, who had attended nine national conventions, were held at 2 p. m. today at Simpson M. E. Church. Burial will be in Welcome, Va., his birthplace. Mr. Manhing, for thirty-two years editor of Indianapolis World, colored weekly, had traveled throughout the United States in service of the party. He had lived in Indiaanpolis for-ty-three years. He served eight years as clerk in the county auditor’s office. * Mrs. Manning survives. AUTO PYRE PLANNED Junked Machines to Be Burned Here as Show Feature. * Bu Times Special CHICAGO, Ind., Jan. 26.—Worn out automobiles will be assembled at the Indiana State fairground and burned in a hugs pyre as a feature of the Indianapolis Automobile Show next May, according to plans announced by John J3. Orman, manager of the Indianapolis Automobile Trade Association, who is here to attend the national automobile show. ALLEGED SLAYER INSANE Ex-Tammany Chief, , Charged With Wife’s Murder, Held Reranged. Bu Un'ted P-ess OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 26.—J. Warren Kahne, 48, former New York saloon keeper arid Tammany Hall leader, charged with murdering his wife with a hatchet here a month ago, was declare din sane in a decision handed down by the Doguas County insanity commission today.

EFFORT TO RAISE TAX EXEMPTION ON MORTGAGES WINS Senate Passes Measure Similar to House Bill After Long Bebate.

BODY RECONVENES AT 2 Nejdl Qne of Leaders in Fight Against Increase to $2,000, By a vote of 35 to 8 the Senate, after a lively debate, today passed Senator Lambert’s bill raising the mortgage tax exemption from SI,OOO to $2,000. Senators Lambert, LincDey and Hodges, Gary, all Republicans, were leaders in supporting the bill Cann, Frankfort, and O’Rourke, Ft- Wayne; Holmes and Nejdl, Republicans, spoke against passage. Opponents of the measure argued the increase mortgage exemption would take sufficient property from the tax duplicates to force increased taxation levies. Senator Lambert, in closing the argument, declared the State tax board had instituted insidious propaganda against the measure and that only approximately $54,000,000 would be taken from the tax duplicates by increasing amount of the mortgage exemption. Two Bills on Record

A similar measure has passed the' House. It is probable one of the bills will be withdrawn. Chief among fourteen new bills was one requiring public utilities to keep records and books in Indiana, by Senator ianapolis. It also would require each director to bet a bona fide owner of stock. The bill is aimed in particular at the Indiana Bell Telephone Company, according to Harrison. The company, a subsidiary of the American Telegraph and Telephone Com-' pany, faces a suit to annul its charter on ground the board of directors is a “dummy.” New Institution

Senator English, Indianapolis, introduced a bill to appropriate $25,000 for anew institution, the ‘‘lndiana Preparatory Home,” where colored girls would be taught duties of caring for private hemes in "well-regu-lated communities—such as baby tending, gardening, cooking and sewing.” Senator. Dickerman, Indianapolis, introduced a bill to allow takers of life insurance to name corporations, private persons or their estates beneficiary. The latter could substitute another as beneficiary at will. The Senate reconvened at 2 p. m. today. ENROLLMENT INCREASES Pnblic Schools Open Second Semester With Big Gains. Almost 2,000 graduates of Indianapolis grade schools entered public high schools today with the opening of the second semester. Th*e new high school students reported at 1:30 p. m. Manual Training High School, with 500 new students, put into, use its new addition. Shortridge, already overcrowded, had an increase today of about 345, pressing into service an additional classroom at the Benjamin Harrison grade school, Delaware St. and Ft. Wayne Ave. Technical received about 1,000 new students and Broad Ripple thirty-five. Corresponding growth was reported by grade schools.

CREW HOLDS POSTS IN FIRE Passengers Storm Motorman and Conductor in Effort to Get Off Car, Burning After Wire Falls on It —Motorman Stops Carrier Just Before ' Crash With Train, /

IHRILLS comparable with those of a movie serial ■ kept crew and passengers of an outbound Stock Yards street car on the jump for a few seconds at 6 a. m. today. Motorman Edward Dain, 217 E. Morris St., and Conductor Dan Connett, 1221 N. Keystone Ave., were the heroes. Dain had just shut the power off preparatory to stopping at Stock St., when nearly half a square of trolley wire crashed across the roof of the car. The front vestibule was enveloped in a shower of flames, and twenty-five passengers made a wild rush for

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Death Penalty EEATH penalty is provided id a bill introduced in the Senate today by Senator Batt, Terre Haute for persons who commit a felony and use an automobile, motorcycle, airplane or other self-propelled vehicle for escape. i Southworth, latfayette and Lochard, Versailles, father a bill introduced today which provides for death or life imprisonment for persons convicted of bank banditry.

SHERIFF HUNTS ‘DEATHDRIVER’ Tinner Struck and Fatally Injured by Auto, Sheriff Omer Hawkins today followed up every clew in an effort to find the driver of the automobile which struck and fatally injured Roy W. Oliver, 31; tinner, 738 Prospect St. Saturday night at Gerard Dr., and National Rd. Some time after the accident Oliver's body’was found on the roadside. His skull was fractured. When struck he was walking toward a restaurant to wait for a bus. No witnesses to the accident have been found. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the residence. Burial in Crown Hill cemetery. Besides the widow and two children, the parents, two brothers and two sisters, survive. : Oliver served four years in the Navy during the war period. POLAND IS WATCHED Official Germany Keeps Eye on Reports of McUuzation. Bu United Press BERLIN. Jan. 26.—German official circles are keeping a watchful eye on Poland. Advices from Warsaw to the Lokal Anzelger, which lack official confirmation, declare Poland Is preparing to mobilize and the goVemment here is on the lookout.

controller and air brake connections, While Conductor Oonnett held the doors and attempted to . calm the passengers, Motorman Daln worked frantically with the hand brakes to bring the speeding car to a stop, before it crashed into a freight train on the Belt Railroad. The car was halted near the train. Connett said after the first shower of sparks the car tvas filled with smoke and the passengers jumped from their seats. “Open the door; the car’s on fire,” Connett said, a man roared at him as he tried to wrench the doors open. By that time three or four others tried to everpower the conductor and leap from the speeding car.

JURY GVEN CASE OF DRIVER WHOSE CAR KILIEO THREE Picture of Penitent Motorist Painted in Final Effort to Save # Strothenk, The case of John Strothenk, 47, of 635 E. Market St., charged with involuntary manslaughter, went to a Jury in Criminal Court this afternoon. Painting a picture of a penitent auto driver, Clyde Miller, Strothenk’s counsel, made a final attempt to convince the jury his client was guiltless. Strothenk sat motionless, his head drooped, staring at the floor. Prosecutor William H. Remy recalled the night of Oct. 22, 1924, when Mrs. Maude Haase, her baby son and 7-year-old daughter were fatally Injured on State Rd. 12 near Maywood. Strothenk’s car crashed into another, upsetting it on the victims, the State charges. Chester Haase, 1141 Blaine Ave., the husband and father, cried. “We can’t excuse a man by calling this accident unavoidable and let It go at that,” declared * Remy. “We can’t let a man drive recklessly along a public highway while under the influence 4>f intoxicating liquor and let him take away this man’s family, all that is dear to him.” Strothenk took the stand for cross-examination. He denied part of the written statement given police when brought to headquarters the night of the accident. At times his voice quivered and he said the whole event “seemed like a dream.” Stores Owes $88,131.74 A bankruptcy petition was filed in Federal Court today by the SandowFushin Company, a \department store, of Elwood, Ind. The company’s debts were lifted at $88,131.74 and its assets $64,777.70. Os the assets, $55,000 is in stock in trade.

“I told them,” Oonnett said, “there was no danger and that just as soon the car stopped I’d let them off. Then they saw the freight train. “A colored man jerked my hands from the door handle, another beat me on the!' back and a third one kicked the doors open just as the car ground to a stop, within two feet of the freight.” Dain, who was slightly burngd about the head, prevented passengers from jumping from the front exit by holding the handle with his shoulder as he twisted the hand brakes. Service was tied up on the line for three-quarters of an hour and wires were not completely repaired until 9:35. >

CINCINNATI CORRECTS FAULTS Ohio City Is/Latest Municipality to Adopt City Manager Form of Government—local Politics Routed,

By FELIX F. BRUNER Editor The Indianapolis Times Cincinnati is the latest big city to abandon the political form of city government and to adopt the business-like city manager plan. Last June there was in existance in Cincinnati an organization known as the “Birdless Ballot League." The purpose of the league was to bring about aon-partisan elections—in other wards, to remove the birds, the Democratic rooster and the Republican eagle, from the city ballots. It did not anticipate a change in the form of government. Then a Cincinnati newspaper. The Post, took up the fight not only for a "birdless ballot,” but also for a city-manager form of government, the same form that Is used by other big business corporations. The movement was taken up by a committee of five of the leading citizens of the city, who were joined shortly by the Birdless Ballot League. The movement spread rapidly. Petitions were printed and signatures obtained by hundreds of persons. Civic clubs and women’s clubs took it up. The result was that within an incredibly short time 22,000 signatures of voters who desired a pity manager. fcu;m pf government were obtained. Under the law only 13,000 names were necessary. Referendum These names were filed with the city council, which ordered a referendum at the general election last November. But the council, being political, attempted to confuse th issue by presenting at the same time two other proposals to amend the city charter. But despite their efforts their two proposals were voted down and the city manager proposal was successful. Thus, ltve months afty the movement was started Cincinnati had decided to put its city gowmment on a business basis. Officials have not yet been elected under the new plan. Cincinnati Is a particularly good example of what can be done to take a city away from the domination of political bossess, for Cincinnati was boss-controlled if any city ever was. Same Here Under the Indiana law Indianapolis can do the same thing that Cincinnati and 232 other cities have done. All that is necessary to accomplish this is activity on the part of citizens who wish to see business and not politics a controlling factor in the affairs of Indianapolis. The new Cincinnati charter is more like that which can be adopted by Indianapolis than are the charters of some other cities. In that‘it provides for a small city council. Cincinnati would have a council composed of nine members, as compared with a council of twenty-five in Cleveland. Under the Indiana law Indianapolis, when it adopts the city manager plan, will have a council of seven members. t

HOUSE PRESENTED PUNISHMENT BILL Move Made to Govern School Discipline, School teachers before punishing pupils would 1 be required to notify parents as to time and place of the castigation, through a bill introduced in the Indiana House today by Representative Smith of Lafayette. Punishment would be forbidden in the presence of other pupils and could not cause bodily injury. Representative Johnson, Atlanta, introduced a bill extending the period of use of school books, except histoiv and geography texts, from five to ten years. Use of oleomargarine would be forbidden in all State institutions, excepting penal institutions, and restauarants using butter imitations would be required to display signs apprising patrons of its use, through a bill Introduced by Representative Carney, Morristown. Representative Sherwood, Mitchell, offered a bill making Armistice day a bank holiday. Representative llsius, Crown Point, offered a bill dividing the State into road districts of 150,000 population each, and requiring redistribution of road funds to the districts in proportion to their

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HT HERRIN PRMES TO BURY LATEST VICTIMS Os KIM Km STRFE Forty Thousand Knights of Hooded* Order to Attend Funeral Wednesday of Glenn Young, Leader, Killed in Gun Battle Fatal to Four. STATE’S ATTORNEY BEGINS PROBE OF DUEL IN HOTEL Ora Thomas, Chief Opponent of Secret Body, Among Dead—Officials Unable to Obtain Details of ClashState Troops Rule City.. | $ Bu United Pres* HEREIN, 111., Jan. 26.—Sentiment, hate and secret official investigation intermingled here today as an aftermath of the most recent chapter in Jhe history of “Bloody Williamson County"—Saturday night’s gun battle in which four men were killed. With khaki-clad militiamen serving as a forced peaceful back-ground, two of the victims were buried today. Body of Ed Forbes, one of the Klansmen killed, was sent to*Bergennes for burial. Homer Warner, another Klansroan, was buried here. But the main sentiment twines

around funeral of S. Glenn (“TwoGun”) Ypung, stormy * petrel of- the Klan ranks, announced for Wednesday. Elaborate Funeral It will be the most elaborate funeral In the history of Williamson County with 40,000 Klansmen attending. Full Klan rites will be observed with the militia on hand to prevent further trouble. Ora Thomas, deputy sheriff and foe of the Klan, will be buried Tuesday. Whili funeral preparations were being mgde, the law started moving. Secret session of the coroners’ jury was held today. No report was made of findings. Tuesday inquest will be held with the State attorney doing the questioning. He has been busy today questioning .townspeople in an attempt to find a witness to the affray. Actual details of the trouble preceding the Saturday nigbt outbreak still are lacking. When night court recessed Saturday night Ora Thomas, with two followers, was walking along the street when a shot rang out. A bullet whizzed in front of the deputy sheriff and imbedded itself in a drug store front. Thomas and his followers fled and for an hour or so the situation was quiet. Shooting in Hotel Just when the night theater crowd was letting out Glenn Young, with his two body guards—Forbes and Warner—strolled Into the cigar room of the -European Hotel. , Thomas entered a few minutes later. Who fired the first shot Is not known. One story Is that Thomas advanced with his gun drawn, that Young pulled both of his heavy revolvers and started shooting. Forbes and’Warner joined in. When the smoke cleared up, Thomas, Young, and Forbes were lying on the floor dead and Warner was mortally wounded. Two others, said to have been shot, had disappeared. They are unknown and have not reported at the hospital. Young died as he lived—by the gun. of stature, slender of frame, quiet of manner when the fight (Turn n) EXPLOSIONS ARE FEARED Gasoline Sold at Elwood Groceries * for Kerosene. Bu Times Special ELWOOD, Ind., Jan. 26. —' Groceries here warned all recent purchasers of coal oil to destroy it following discovery that several hundreds gallons of gasoline ; were pumped into kerosene at local stores by mistake. The error was revealed when an explosion occurred at the home of John Parker. BIG JIM LUCAS BURIED Simple Funeral Services Are Held at Residence Today. James A. (Big Jim) Lucas, former policeman, was buried today in j Crown Hill Cemetery following; simple funeral /services at his home, i 3322 College Ave., at 10 a. m. Detectives have obtained no further clews to the two bandits who shot Lucas in the rear of his home] last Thursday night -> ' ' w . m

Generally fliv and colder tonight and Tuesday. Cold wave tohight with lowest temperature about 5 degrees.

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GITY PREPARES FORCOLD SNAP Icy Roads Feared With Freeze Following Thaw, Vigilance over radiators and furnaces, grown lax for past several days, was renewed today with a cold wave forecast by J. H. Armington/ Government meteorologist. Armington stated the cold spell is coming from Canada, where temperatures of 20 to ( 30 degrees below zero are prevailing. The cold wave, he said, was not expected to be of long duration, continuing over Tuesday, with possible relief the following day. The forecast was generally fair weather, but some snow may come •with the sudden drop thjs afternoon, clearing up by night, Armington stated. State highways are expected to be in a dangerous condition as the result of the cold spell. Warm weather Saturday and Sunday thawed ice and snow, flooding roads. The sudden frfeeze will coat them with ice, it is feared. Oyr OF NORTHWEST Fall of 39 Degrees Reported in Nebraska. Bu United tPress OMAHA, Neb.,/Jan. 26.—A near blizzard, sweeping out of the northwest, sent thermometers in Nebraska down forty or more degrees during the night. At Norfolks the mercury reached twelve degrees below today, compared to thirty-three above Sunday evening. Omaha weather bureau reported two below today, a fall of thirty-nine degrees.

SPENCER BOOM STARTED Doctor Proposed as Democratic Mayoralty Candidate,

Boom for Dr. Mavity J. Spencer for the Democratic mayoralty nomination* will be launched Tuesday at 8 p. m. at I. O. O. F. Hall, E. Washington St. and Hamilton Ave. Notices sent out state: The meeting will be to try to induce Dr. Spencer to' become a candidate for Mayor.” Committee is Composed of W. T. Young, Dr. John F. McCool, Joseph Collier, George Rice, Edward McGovern, Thomas Haefling and P. W. Egan. Dr. Spencer is a member of the board of works.

Queer Fall rrrnuY graham. 22, of I Ckl 1121 S ' Sheffiesd Ave.; L_2_' lineman f#r the Indiana Bell Telephone Company, today fell from a pole on which he was working at Hamilton Ave. and Michigan St. twenty feet to the ground, breaking his nose and injuring his hip. Grover Rogers. 912 N. Capitol Ave., foreman, said evidently a Jive wire had touched an iron ring, burning Graham’s safety belt in two.