Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 239, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 February 1925 — Page 1

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VOLUME 36—NUMBER 239

SHjBHIPWS ENFOLD BEAUTY * e • DAUGHTER OF RICH WELSH BARON DROPS OUT OF SIGHT AND MONTHS OF SEARCH BY FAMILY IS FRUITLESS

P yF,A Service f'"± |ONDON < Feb. 16.—A door banging on a windy night! j i Footfalls down a lonely road and, then—silence! Thus did darkness and mystery swallow the Hon. Gwyneth Erica Morgan, lovely daughter of the richest of Welsh peers, whili British society wondered and thrilled. It is a perfect Sherlock Holmes setting: A quiet place in Wimbledon, a sort of ruralized cdmmunity in. greater London. Here the once socially gay Miss Morgan had gone to rest following an attack of typhoid fever. With her went a retinue of servants and a nurse companion. • Such was her social and economic standing that she could have satisfied any whim. For her father is the third Baron Tredegar, owner of 40,000 acres of'Welsh coal land, with a great house in London and a magnificent estate near Newport, Wales.

SECOND TRIAL IN ► ALLEGED COUNTY FRAUD CASE OPENS Hunt and Latta Face Criminal Court Jury on Embezzlement Charge, Second trial of Edwin A. Hunt, 3939 Washington Blvd., real estate dealer, on a charge of conspiracy with Richard V. Sipe, former county clerk, and Will H. Latta, attorney, Claypool, to embezzle 310,000 of Marion County funds was begun today in Criminal Court. Hunt, Lattta and Spe were to have been tried together but separate trials were asked before the case opened. A jury disagreed in the' first trial of Hunt and Latta in June, 1923. Sipe pleaded guilty to conspiracy to embezzle* and embezzlement of a total of $165,000 in county funds April 14, 1922, and was sentenced two to fourteen years in the Indiana State Prison. Sipe served two years and was paroled. , The State charges that Hunt and Latta promoted a deal in which Sipe (invested county funds for his personal gain. They deny they had any knowledge Sipe wag using etranty funofi. Selection of a Jury was still under way this afternoon, twenty talesmen having been examined during the morning. fireattSjted TO SUDDEN DEATH Doctor, Believes Stricken Men Knocked Over Lamp, Death d&Robert E. Bell. 74, farmer living n©<7 Lawrence, Ind., whose body was taken from his flaming home early morning, was due to heart trouble, Dr. S. E. Records of Lawrence, said today. Dr. Records, called by the telephone operator, found Mr. Bell’s house In flames. Plqnging through fire and smoke, he dragged Mr. Bell out. Dr. Records, said he believed Mr. Bell had had a heart attack, and. at>r calling the telephone girl, fell dei and, knocking over a coal oil lamp. He was dead when Dr. Records reached him. The body was not badly burned. fcT The home, in which Mr. Bell lived "alone, burned to the ground before the fire department from Ft. Benjamin Harrison arrived. FIRSrTICENSE ARREST Police Begin Drive Against Autoists Without 1925 Plates. Amos Cole. 28, of 3449 College Ave., was the first person arrested In Indianapolis on ‘charge of driving without 1926 automobile license. Police began making arrests today. Shortly after Cole’s arrest three other drivers were slated on the same charge.

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Civilization mF claims of John La Fieleo, colored, Newcastle, Ind., are correct passing automobiles soon may generate electricity for farmers. La Fieleo, in Indianapolis today, to interest local persons, said he has a device operating at a. Newcastle filling station like this: Automobile runs over a board which forces down a lever \o a piston In an air compressor. Compressed air is kept in a storage tank. Even pressure *rom tank operates an air er gin® which runs a small dynamo. La Fieleo said the scheme can be varied so trains will generate current for station lights or even so animals going to thp water trough will step on a plank and contribute their share to spreading light in rural com-., muuitles.

WOULD EXTEND MEMORIAL LEVY Need for $2,000,000 More Seen by Commission. Extension of the ' 6-mllla-a-ycar levy for the .Indiana World War Memorial building fund tot six years to raise $2,000,000 more, was asked of State Legislature, in a bill introduced by Representative Pittenger, Selma, today. The bill is backed by the State World War Memorial Commission, which is in charge of construction of the plaza in Indianapolis. A 0-mill a year levy established in 1919 for the building fund expires with taxes assessable this year and payable in 1926, This will have raised about $2,000,000 by 1926. The commission believes at least $2,000,000 more will be needed. ‘TEXTBOOK TRUST’ HIT ,/ Bill Introduced to Have School Work Done By State. Indiana would be placed 1 t..* position to compete with the so-called school book trust, through provision j of a bill introduced in the Heur today by Representative McMirn, Elwood. The measure provides that the writing, compilation, printing, distribution and copyrighting of all school books used in the State shall be done within the State. Existing school book contracts would not be affected. An appropriation of $50,000 is provided to begin the work. . *The bill provides the school books shall be printed at State institutions and loaned to school children free. $350,000 LEASE SIGNED Indiana Wall Paper Company Takes • Over- Old Fire Station. The Indiana Wall Paper Company has taken a air.ety-nine-year lease on the site of o.d No. 13 fire station on the north side of Maryland St., between Meridian and Pennsylvania Sts., it has been announced by Victor R. Jose, president of the company. The site was leased from Joseph 'E. Reagan, president of the Bald-win-Miller Company, wholesale Jewelrs. Rental* for the ninety-nine years will be about $325,000. The Indiana Wall Paper Company will move to the neip location at expiration of lease on its present quarters, 27 E. Maryland St., in five years. MANAGER TO BE TALKED Proposed Change to Be Discussed By Realtors. City manager form of municipal government will be discussed by Indianapolis Real Estate Board at luncheon Wednesday at Chamber of Commerce, Henley TANARUS, Hottel, executive secretary, said today. Mfembers will engage In a roundtable discussion of the subject, with Frank E. Gates, president, presiding. PREMIER MUSSOLINI ILL Italian Leader Suffering from Influenza Ordered ro Rest. Bv United Prett ROME, Feb. 16.—Premier Mussolini is 111 with infuenza w vas announced this afternoon, and hie

A robust outdoorsman, fond of the fox hunt and of shooting in general is Baron Tredegar, but his two children have different tastes. Thus Evan Mo.gan, the son, after a fine war record and a*short nibble at politics, set himself to writing verse and to painting. Gwyneth, on the other hand, was fond of travel and spent much of her time going about the continent. They kept separate establishments In London. It was on Dec. 16 that, with S4OO upon her person, she fled from the quiet retreat. Two days later the police were told. A month later, or more, the press was Informed. Scotland Yard has been on the Job. Famous private agencies have been, consulted. One of the most perplexing mysteiies of high social life remains unsolved. At present the theory Is that she will be found in some tiny Welsh village, probably a seacoast hamlet, for she loved the simple life.

TEMPEST BREWING ON REFORMATORY Trustees Reported Jnformed by Governor They Must Forego More Money or Resign, “Resign or do without additional appropriations.” This was the ultimatum, in effect, which Governor Jackson transmitted to trustees of the Indiana State Reformatory in conference in his office today, according to high authority.

This also was the message to the State highway commission late Saturday, it was said. Seek More Funds The Reformatory trustees seek aditdional funds to complete the institution. It is said the Oovemor discussed with them charges of extravagance ir. that part of the Reformatory constructed. Highway commission desires more money for road construction than that represented by receipts from gasoline tax and automobile license fees. The resignation talk was rife around the Legislature.. Legislative Hand Seen It is understood that In delivering the reported ultimatum the Governor expressed sentiments of the Senate finance committee and the House ways and means comftilttee. “It looks like they’re going to force us to resign,” said Joseph E. Hennings. Anderson, reformatory trustee. IJps Are Sealed Following the conference the trustee refused to make any further statement and Jackson declared no Information on whether the trustees would resign would come from hls office. Other members of the board are: Charles W. Mouch. Newcastle, president: William W. Cave, French lick, vice and Oren S. Hack, Indianapolis, secretary. "I don’t talk about matters of that kind, and this office has not a word to say. I expect you can get plenty of information outside,” Jackson said. \ The Reformatory was allowed $250,000 under the budget for building purposes this year and at a recent hearing before the joint committe A. L. Niles, superintendent, pleaded*, for $500,000 to complete buildings necessary In the conduct of the institution. Cost Is Criticised Representative J. Glenn Harris. Gary, member of the House committee, declared: * “It’s costing ten times as much to do work at the Reformatory as it does alywhere else.” Senator Robert L. Moorhead, chairman of the Senate finance committee, declared It appeared the trustees had a “lot to answer for.” The trustee* are to appear before the joint committee of the House and Senate at 7:30 tonight to answer the chorgca against them. ACTION TAKEN ON SLICK Senate Judiciary Conunltke Report* Favorably on Nomi'ialion. Bit Timet Svecial WASHINGTON, Feo. U.—' The Seriate Judiciary Committee today reported favorably on the appointment of Thomas W. Slick of South Bend as the second Federal Judge for In diana. It is now a mere formality for the Senate as a whole to confirm the appointment. With Slick’s nomination now through all prellmimary stages. Senator James E. Watson Is happy over the unusual situation which permitted him to name two Federal judges within the period of a few months, his selection of Judge Baltzell several months ago having been his first triumph in the face of tremendous opposition and administration unwillingness. Slick was Watson’s first choice for the second judgeship created by the Hickey bill, and though he went through an empty ceremony of hearing the arguments put forth in (he Interests of other candidates he never deviated from his original plan. ‘REVALUATION’ PASSED House Sends Bill to Governor By Vote of 90 to 1. By a vote of 90 to l, the Barker Senate bill providing lor revaluation of all real estate in 1925 instead of 1926 whs passed by the House todoy and sent, to the Governor. The Clements venue oil), redrafted after a fight in the House over its original provisions, passed by a vote of 86 to 0, The bill permits judges to name threo persons as eligible successors,! two of whom would . be strtken offjby attorneys for each' of the.iNurttosff

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, FEB. 16, 1925

SENATE‘DROWNS’ SAFETYMEASURE ‘Constabulary Bill' Snowed Under on Postponement Vote. Senator Moorhead's bill creating a State department of public safety died today when the Senate, with one dissenting vote —that of Moorhead —indefinitely postponed It. The measure was attacked by Senator Nejdl, Republican floor leader, ac a “State constabulary bill in disguise.” It had the backing of the administration. The bill would have created a director of public safety, combining under him the present departments of State police, factory inspection, department of conservation, boiler inspection, fire prevention and that of women and children, eliminatig tYie department of oil Inspection. womanlsheld IN GIRLS DEATH Authorities-Start Probe of Alleged Operation. Bv United Prett CHICAGO, Feb. 16.—Lucy Hagerman, a mid-wife was taken Into custody today in connection with the death of Mrs. Nine Harding Pierce, former University of Illinois co-ed. who died a few days after her marriage to ' Logan F. Pierce, Illinois alumnus, as the. result of an illegal operation. Lucy’s telephone number was found in the Pidrce apartment. She stated that she did not remember seeing Mrs. Pierce last Tuesday, the day the operation is said to have been performed. „ She is being held pending the inquest. Captain William Russell of the Hyde Park police station, who found the mid-wife, stated that he had received information Pierce would be present at the Inquest this afternoon. EX-CHAMP IS MENTIONED Stokes Attempted to Obtain Statement From Pugilist, Is Charge. Bv United Prett CHICAGO, Feb. 16.—An alleged attempt to induce Jack Johnson, former negro heavyweight champion, to swear he had been intimate with Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes, was described today at the Stokes defamation of character trial. W. E. D. Stokes, New York millionaire, conspired co defame the character of hls former wife by bribing several persons to swear she had Jived in a notorious resort, according to the indictment. W. W. Smitth, assistant State's attorney, charged In his statement today that Johnson was approached by Stokes’ agent.

Galbraith Memorial Tablet Gone

mHEFT of the bron.te plate from the bouhfer narking the spot on Speedway Ave., near the Riverside pumping siuiion, wnere Frederick W. Galbraith. late national commander Oif the American Legion, lost his j lil’c -Ame 9. 1921. was reported toI ia/ tv American Region national I headquarters. f

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MAYOR SHANK DAY BY DAY M 1 SHAN& main ained his “on the fence” position today as between commission and city manager forms of government for Indianapolis. Meantime John Zener, police captain, was hard at work with his commission petitions. “The popularity of this move is shown by the fact that petitions bearing 29,386 names came in Sunday. I was at the City Hall all day long taking care of them,” he declared. “This commission form is going over like a landslide.”

MEANS TO FIGHT SHANK CONSIDERED Federation of Civic Clubs May Circulate Petitions for City Manager Form of Government. Edward 0 Snethen, president of Federation of Civic Clubs, said today the executive committee would meet Thursday night at his office, 602 Meyer-Kiser Bank bldg., to consider advisability of circulating petitions for the city manager form of government for Indianapolis. ...

“I think an election would be premature now because folks are not well informed on the Subject, but it looks as if that is the only way left to cqmbat. the present movement for the commission plan.’VSnethen said. “Unless there is some organised opposition the commission government proposal will be successful. ' “If we circulate petitions u they probably will be of another color from tie Shank petitions,' for the commission plan, so persons can distinguish between the two. “I think the federation will go on record favoring the city manager plan. t E. J. Sexton, chairmart of a committee to investigate the proposed city manager movement, will report Thursday. John F. White, secretary, has voiced sentiment favoring the city manager plan. STORM DOES DAMAGE South Germany Suffers; Bavarian Town Isolated. Bv United Prett BERLIN, Feb. 16.--A severe storm swept over south Germany during the week-end. The town of Ehrwald, Bavaria, still was cut off from telephone and telegraph communication today and it was reported the situation there is serious. After the storm had passed fire broke out and destroyed many houses. A number of persons were injured. Damage was severe and many were injured in vicinity of Weibesße.

The theft was committed several days ago. The tablet, about two feet by eighteen inches in dimension, was unbolted from the boulder Legion officials believe a fanatic, opposed to the Legion, took the tablet off, and may have thi own it in Fall Creek, near-by. Goltoraith was killed when an automobile in which he was be-

SUNDAY CLOSING ASKED Christian Women Send Letter to Po- < ; lice Chief Rikhoff. Police Chief Herman Rikhoff today received a letter signed “The Christian Women of the Christian Church,’; asking . that “soft drink places and pool rooms” be closed on Sundays. . > “Suqh places are the cause of many accidents and law violations,” the communication said. “They are operated for th purposes of making money and are the hiding places for thieves, crooks and white mule runners.” Rlkhoff’s administration was commended for law enforcement. MERCURY DROP AHEAD Once again, a balmy Sunday will be followed with snow And cold, according to the forecast of J.\ H. Armington, Government meteorologist, today. Considerable colder was predicted tonight with lowest temperatures 20 to 25. Light snow flurries were also expected. Temperatures this morning ranged from 32 at 6 to 38 at 9. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 32 10 a. m 43 7 a. m 33 11 a. m 44 8 a,, m 35 12 (noon) .... 46 9 a. m 38 1 p. m 47

ing taken from Casino Gardens to the Union Station to catch a night train failed to make a turn and crashed over a grade. The Legion will replace the tablet. A way to clamp it to the boulder so thieves cannot remove it is being sought Several months ago an Attempt to take the plate tdas discovered, several bolts having been loosened.

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RESCUE WORKERS STRKE NEW OBSTACLES IN WAY Os PASSAGE ID COLLINS One Man Must Cut Away Five Feet of Rock With Hand Tools Before Shaft Will Pierce Cavern Which May Lead to Explorer. , EXPECT TO ENTER CHANNEL . BY EVENING, EXPERTS SAY Plan Is to,Approach Entombed Man From Chamber Which He Discovered Before Becoming Caught in Narrow Entrance. . By FOSTER EGNER Unites Preat Staff Corrctprmdent AT THE MOUTH OF SAND CAVE, Ky., Feb. 16.—One man, working with hand tools in a cramped position at the end of the lateral drift driving toward Floyd Collins, must make his way through five feet of solid rock before the cavern that may lead to Collins is reached. Just as victory seemed to be within the grasp of workmen, the fate which has repeatedly blocked their efforts checked their program again. It was supposed at noon that the pitmen would pierce the cavern at any moment. The noon communique, however, indicated the diggers will not reach their goal before evening in view of the new obstacle.

What they will find at the end of the five-foot tunnel yet to be qarved is not known. Pneumatic hammers cannot be brought to play in the manhole because of the vibrations they would set up.. End In Crawlway The rdscue shaft, engineers figure, will terminate in the eighty-foot cavern which Collins reported he had discovered at the end of his narrow cawlway Just before he was trapped. This would enable workmen to approach Collins’ feet antj free them from the boulder if he is still pinioned by It without climbing over his body as they would have had to do< had the followed ?iis own course through the treacherous mouth of Sand Cave. The narrowness of the bore prevents more than one man at a time working. Workmen expect to strike within ten feet of Collins. The communique issued at 12:15 haid: Hard Limestone “Progress favorable but necessarily somewhat slow, as rock encountered in drifting a manhole from the base of the lateral heading Into the anticipated cavern la very hard limestone approximately five feet thick. “It is still believed that when this hole is made a close estimate on the lime element can >be made. “We will be within ten feet of Collins. What obstacles may be en. countered in this avenupe no one can tell, but the nature of this should be known before dark. “Progress through the manhole is now a one-man job, with hand tools as pneumatic hammers cannot be used on account of vibration. “Last sound tests made between the cave-in in the orginal tunnel and the facing of the tunnel verified former tpsts much more nearer than before.” Timbering Finished At 10 a. m. today timbering of the shaft was finished and the pick and shovel crews returned to the bottom. Timbering operations had taken more time than was expected. At 10:30 the bucket brought up the first load of sandy-like material, causing observers at the head of the shaft to believe the crews at the bottom had struck the anticipated layer of sandy material lying between them and the cavern. The dry character of this material corresponded with the nature of the rock geologists had expected to surround Collins’ prison. Rapid progress was made during the night, and Brig. Gen. A. E. Ke hoe. State adjutant general, said early today, and the lateral shaft branching from the base of the rescue pit now extends thirteen feet toward the cavern. . The lateral digging is being done at an angle which will bring the shaft, to an end about six feet lower than origanally estimated. The official communique issued at 8 o’clock reads: “The progress In the lateral tunnel last night was very encouraging and at a distance of twelve feet from the main shaft an attempt is heing made to break through the ’imestone roof and drift vertically into the avenue (cavern), existence of which was determined from the core drill log. "Much trouble was encountered in the last five feet of heading and fails were numerous, but It has been well timbered and is considered safe. “It is felt that the most serious obstacles have been surmounted and that it is now only a question of cubic yards and time until Col Una ia reached." Collins will not be brought up after he te .-•ached until the dot

Forecast UNSETTLED tonight and Tuesday • with probably show. Considerably colder. Lowest temperature tonight 20 to 25.

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tors have done all they can for him, lest the strain of moving might snuff out whatever remaining spark of life there may be in hia body. A platform made of two by four planks will he dropped to the physicians to place 'CoUlns on It, and the derrick boom which has lifted the dirt from the pit will hoist him to the surface. Physicians say that If Col Una is aUve he must be brought up in a recumbent position to relieve him of all possible strain. He will be taken to a surgical tent near the shaft for medical treatment, If allve % and then as soon as hls condition permits, to a hospital in Louisville. If the explorer is dead, an Inquest \vlll be called by county authorities to return a formal verdict on hls death. Boulder on Foot? If the slide which cut off the natural entrance to ColUns’ prison freed the explorer from the boulder which pinioned hls foot It will take only g short time to remove him, rescuers said. In event he is still held fast by the boulder. It will take five or six hours to free him from Its vlceUke grasp. Repeated sound tests assured the diggers they were nearing the victim. Picked miners crawled into the origihfil entrance to the cave to the point where It vas blocked by aUdes and listened to tappings by men at the bottom of the rescue shaft. They said it would break through near the spot where Collins lies. GERRY-MANDER IS SEEN Bill Puts Lawrence County Into Republican District. A bill Introduced today by Senator Henrod, Loogootee, Republican, would remove Lawrence County from the third congressional district and put it In the second. The move is paid to be a. gerrymander tq make the Second district safely Republican, as Lawrence lb a Republican County, whose votes have been going to waste In a hopelessly Democratic district. Senator Holmes, Gary, Republican, whose administration banking bills have gone on the rocks. Introduced a measure incorporating important parts of the lost bills. Under It, the State could have four more banks examiners, and State and private banks could become members of the Federal Reserve system, now for bidden by law. Retired Minister Dies Bv Timet Soerial GREENCASTLE, Ind„ Feb. 16. Rev. Albert Riley. 78, retired Meth odist minister, died here today. He was born in South Bend.

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