Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 255, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 March 1925 — Page 1

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VOLUME 36—NUMBER 255

SIX DIE IN INDIANA AUTO ACCIDENT

OFFKERS K BATHE TO FACEBOARD Shank and Rikhoff Talk Over Attack of Capt, Sumner on Three Other Police Heads at Headquarters Late Thursday, Participants in the pitched battle of police officials at police headparters late Thursday will be called upon to explain their actions at the board of safety meetihg Tuesday. The battle was the climax of illfeeling between “Shank” Republicans and “CofTin" Republicans. Meantime no charges will be filed against Capt. Charles (Buck) Sumner, who attacked Inspector Walter White, Lieut. Fred Forsythe and Capt. Fred Drinkut, Chief Herman F. Rikhoff said after a conference in which Mayor Shank, Sumner and himself took part. Rikhoff announced that he was convinced Sumner was not drunk when the affair occurred. Sumner said he intended to plead guilty to assault and battery in city court today. Willing io Face Board “I am perfectly willing to put the whole case up to the board of safety,” he said. “If they decide to let me go they certainly ought to let White and Forsythe out to.” “I doubt is Rikhoff can give a very clear account of the battle.” Shank said. "I guess he was too busy dodging.” Rikhoff laughed and replied. “Well it was pretty close quarters in there for all that was going on.” Sumner, without a mark on him to show for the struggle, was clodeted with Shank and Rikhoff for almost an hour. “I wouldn't give a dang for a policeman who would not fight,” Shank said. “I can’t sec a lot to this whole affair.” There will be no special meeting of the board of safety, Shank declared. “The regular meeting is Tuesday and there is nothing to get excited about before then. The board will take it up in regular course of business.” Three Nurse Injuries Inspector Walter White 'has bruises on his face; Lieut. Leonard Forsythe has a cut near his right eye and Capt. Fred Drinkut has a bruise on his left cheek. Sumner struck them after an argument with White in White’s office. “It was a regrettable affair,” said Chief Rikhoff. “Mayor Shank called me last night and I'm going up to city hall today and we’ll thrash the thing out. “I tried to separate them, but t had to duck to keep from getting hit.” * The chief said he would ask for Sumner’s resignation. Sumner, said h# would not resign. He said he would plead guilty to assault and battery, but would never admit he was intoxicated. Had Quite a Fight * “I guess they had quite a fight,” said Mayor Shank. “Police are no different than any other men and a fight rather shows me they are all good scrappers—men bandits would have a hard time with.” “I hate it like everything, but I guess the friction has been growing stronger right along, and say, Rik(Turn to Page 12)

THE STORY Behind the fistic spree of Charles Sumner at police headquarters lies this situation, according: to high police offlcers:Republican policemen are split into two factions: Thoqp who are thoroughly loyal to the Shank-Armitage Republican' group and those who lean toward the George V. Coffin wing. Sumner is known aa a loyal Shank man. Inspector Walter White and Lieut. Leonard Forsythe are known as Coffin men. Bad feeling has been growing between th-i factions for several days, since Mayor Shank declared he was going to “weed out” those employes not favorable to his political views. White and Forsythe are among those mentioned as slated for reduction by the board of safety Wan effort to make police dqbertment heads thoroughly loyal to Shank. Several days ago Sumner went to police headquarters about 3 a. m. He says his wife was out of the city and he was unable to sleep so he just happened - into headquarters and tpok a nap there. Sumner several hours before the fight accused "Coffin men” of circulating a story he went , to headquarters at 3 a. m. to stop a raid on a llsqrderly house. This, he said, was

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TECH-SHORTRIDGE BATTLE THRILLER AT FAIR GROUND 7 Local Schools Will Clash at 8:30 Tonight in Feature Game of Sectional Meet to Date Win Early Contests. # In the first game this afternoon Ben Davis was. leading Castletou 26 to 9 at the end of the first half. j By DICK MILLER’ 7Flashing through io dean cut victories tins morning f Um Exposition Building, State Fairground, Shortridge and Technical basketball fives earned the right to face each other in the last game of the first round sectional net contests at 8:30 tonight. Tech defeated Lawrence, 28 to 16, and Shortridge dropped Valley Mills, 35 to 9. Warren Central was the third winner of the morning, slipping through to victory over Acton after a close and hardfought game. The score was 26 to 17. Defeat means elimination from the fight for the State title to be decided in Indianapolis March 21. The winner of the local sectional will compete in the Anderson (Ind.) regional. Regional winners then come to Indianapolis for the finals. In 63 other sectional center high school teams were battling tor the chance - at the high school net erown now worn by Martinsville. In all 672 teams started in the elimination that will narrow down to 16 teams \#ho will battle it out at the Fairground for State title March 20-21.

Manual High five is doped crash its way through to the final game and meet the winner of the TechShortridge tilt for sectional honors. More than 4,000 fans were on deck {or the opening game. By the time the Shortridge five was trimming the Valley Mills team the crowd had grown to 6,000. A record crowd was expected for the game tonight. Open at 6 A. M. The doors at the Exposition Building opened at 6 a. m. and several hundred rooters were ready to grab off choice seats. Officials at the meet were handling the event in bang-up style. With their first games off their chests Tech and Shortridge were on their toes for what promises to be the best game of the tourney. Shortridge has to Its credit a victory, over Tech earlier in the season, but the Cream and White five has shown a decided improvement in its latey games and will give the Blue' and White a battle. To the Finals The winner of the Tech-Shortridge game meets the winner of the Warren Central-Ben Davis gfeme at 2 p. m. Saturday. Manual meets Oaklandon in its first game at 2 p. m. today, and at 10 a. m. Saturday the south alders meet the winner of the Broad Ripple-Southport game. Then to get to the finals Manual must meet the West Newton-Beech GroveNew Augusta-New Bethel winner.

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Sectional Scores

AT MARTINSVILLE Spencer, 58; Quincy, 14. Paragon, 22; Morgantown, 21. Monrovia, 41; Smithville, 20. AT WINCHESTER Rldgeville, 24; Winchester, 11, Parker, 28; Losantviile, 12. Union City,' 26; Jackson, 21. AT VERSAILLES Holton, 22; Ratcsville, IS. * Aurora, 63; Guilfunl, 9. Rising Sun, 29; Sunmau. 24. AT SHKLBVyiIiIJj— Creensburg, 24; Newpoint, 13. Moral, 35: Jackson Township, 25. Boggstown, &?• Burney, 22. ‘ ‘KLAN’ MEASURE FAILS Alien Registration Bill is Defeated Second Thhf. For che second time one of the so-called Ku-Klux Klan bills failed to pass the Indiana Senate when the body today rejected the AU-dredge-Payno bill, providing all alien males over 21 must register with ihelr county clerk, or pay a fine. The bill mustered 24 votes. On March 3, it received 25. A constitutional majority is 26

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1925

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AN EXCITING MOMENT IN THE TECHNICAL-LAWRENCE GAME H< THE SECTIONAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AT EXPOSITION BLDG., TODAY. ARROW POINTS TO BALL. BELOA —FAIR ROOTERS WHQ GOT UP EARLY. LEFT TO RIGHT—DUDLEY JARBOH. ELEANOR LAUGHLIN, MARGARET LEE, MARGARET BLACK, ZELDA GREEN AND NELLIE LEACH.

“Fairground car!” yelled the conductor, and the Jam ensued today. Tech. Manual and Shortridge students jostled each other good-naturedly as they scrambled aboard the cars at Illinois and Washington St., for the ride to the

ROAD INQUIRY RECORDS ARE IMPOUNDED

Telegram Stating George Bartley Will Return Soon From Florida Received State Hampers Defense.

All records of the State board of accounts relating to its investigation of the sale o< surplus war material by the State highway commission today reposed in a safe at the courthouse. * On order of Criminal Judge James A. Collins, Criminal Court Investigator’ Claude Worley late Thursday impounded the records. They are to be kept from view of every one, except prosecuting attorneys and court attaches, until after the trial of six men on grand* Jury indictments charging irregularities in the surplus material sales. John C. Ruckelshaus, attorney, today received a telegram from George Bartley, former superintendent of the State highway garage and one of the six defendants, saying he would arrive in Indianapolis early next week from Jacksonville, Fla. Ruckelshaus had been representing Bartley in other court matters. Worley said the State would take no action to bring Bartley back, following receipt of his telegram. The State board of accounts had just completed Its formal report on Thursday when Worley appeared at the Statehouse and confiscated every scrap of Information. The board had been expected, to make the report public. In the regular procedure, Thursday night. Much of the information in the report was used by Prosecutor William H. Reray in securing the indictments from the grand Jury. Indictments pend against John D. Williams, director, and Ear! Crawford. member of the highway coramissicr; Moses and Victor Goldberg, Junk dealers to whom the commission is alleged to. have sold materials Bartley and William C. Whaley, former employe of the Goldbergs. The action of the count? authori-

Exposition Bldg. The whistle for the opening clash of, Technical and Lawrence in the first game of the sectional tournament blew at 9 a.- m., but the crowd started out at 6 a. m. Dudley Jarboe, 1126 Blaine Ave.;

ties in impounding the accountants’ records is regarded as a step to prevent the defense from obtaining exact information as to the line of the State’s attack. WOMAN DEFENDS HOME Hears Noise and Fires Twice at Prowler as He Flees. Search is being made for prowler who was fired upon twice as he was discovered looking in window at home of L. D. Tyler, 1919 Hojft Ave., late Thursday. Mrs. Tyler said she was upstairs listening to radio when she heard a disturbance at the side of the house. Tyler said she shot twice at the man as ho fled. 17 MINERS OVERCOME Carried From Illinois Workings Suffering I'Yom Effects of llad Air. Bv United Frees SPRINGFIELD. 111.. March 6. Seventeen men overcome by had air. were rescued today from the Peabody mine at Riverton, a mining town near here. Present of bad air In the shaft is believed due to a “windy" shot on Thursday night, in which a shotfirer was overcome by the fumes and a mine examiner injured. NEW DROP PREDICTED Colder weather for Saturday with temperatures below freezing was forecast by J. H. Armington, Goveminent meteorologist, today. The new drop is result of additional cold In the Northwest, he said. Partly cloudy weather was also . temperatur r ß

Eleanor Laughlln, 1032 W. Eighteenth St.t Margaret”L6e, 2545 N. New Jersey St.; Margaret Black, 1324 Richland St.; Zelda Green, 1650 Eugepe St,-, and Neljie Leah, 1647 Oraceland Ave., were among the early rooters. > . ....

SENATE HURRIES TO ENDSESSION Fear Members Will Leave if Business Drags. Bv United Press WASHINGTON, March 6.—The special session of the Senate went to work today to clear its slate, so that It can adjourn within two weeks. Leaders believe that if the session drags out most Senators will go home and the Senate be forced into adjournment by lack of quorum. For ihis reason they have advised against consideration of World Court resolutions. , The committee on committees hopes to bring out its new organization plans leaving the four ousted Republicans- -Senators La Follette. Brookhart, Ladd and Frazier—from committee slates. Senator George Moses, New Hampshire, Republican, yas sleeted president pro-tefnpore of the Senate today, by a strict party vote. WILMETH FILES ~FIRST City Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth today filed a petition as candidate for the Republican nomination for mayor in the city clerk’s office. It was the first day for filing for city offices. April 4 will be the last. John Ambuhl, Republican, filed for city clerk, and-Richard Neff. Democrat, for councilman from the Third district. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m... v . S3 10 a. m...... 44 7 a. th...... 34 11 a. m...... 43 * a- m M 12 (noon) 61 * • a <■ —- "

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Vehicle Struck by Cut of Freight i t * , Cars at Williamsport, Killing All Occupants—Four Children Among Victims. PASSENGER TRAIN ON OTHER TRACK BLOCKS DRIVER’S VIEW I'— - ■ Two Live Few Minutes After Crash, Others Meet Death Instantly Husband and Daughter, 8, Only Survivors in Family. Bu Times Soecial WILLIAMSPORT, Ind., March 6.—Six persons were killed here today when an automobile in which they were riding was struck by a cut of freight cars. The dead; MRS. RUBY BODINE, 26, Williamsport. MISS CLARA HURD, 21, cousin of Mrs. Bodine, Marysville, Ohio. GERTRUDE BODINE, 5. MABEL BODINE, 3. FRED BODINE,,JR., 19 months. ELSWORTH BODINE, 6 months.

The children were sons and daughters of Mrs. Bodine. According to eye-witnesses Mrs. Bodine, who was driving the,car, had stopped while a passenger traJn passed. The freight carp were on another track and were obscured, witnesses said, by the passenger train. The persons killed were the only occupants of the car. All but Miss Hurd and Gertrude Bodine were killed Instantly. Miss Hurd and the girl lived only a few minutes. Surviving members of the Bodine family are Fred Bodine, husband of the dea<!i woman, and Elsie May, 8, a daughter. Bodine is a farmer. >

School Days Did You Work the Problems in Thursday’s Times? Now Try Your Head on English.

. ELL, how about It? Do you \a/ know as much as a 14-year-JLU old girl or boy? Did you try to solve the Mathematics problems selected at random from examinations given eighth grade pupils in Indianapolis public schools printed in The Times on Thursday? All right. Now try your hand on some Englishj questions asked of the same pupils. The questions, selected by Murray Dalman, head of the public school research department: 1. Underline each of the following sentences which contain no grammatical errors. Cross out the incorrect words and write above it the correct form. a. Don’t it look dark! b. Quickness as well as strength is needed. c. The general with his staff standing near. and. Honesty as w f ell as cleverness, count. e. Everyone of the articles were sold. f. He thinks he must of left' it in the car. 2. Tell the story of the Pied Piper of Hamlin.

Answers D. T. Weir, assistant superintendent of schools, solved the four problems printed in Thursday’s Times. It took him thirty minutes. See if your answers correspond with his: 1. Per capita Investment, S3O. Total interest, $1,276,000,000. (Weir assumed the loan was a ten-year loan.) 2. Mr. Clark’s loss, $1,093.75. 3. Cost of painting the telephone poles, $25. 13 plus. ’ 4. (a) X equals two-thirds. (b) X equals - minus twon sevenths.

VENIRE OF 25 ORDERED / Liquor Trial of Carlos Hammond Set for Wednesday. A special venire of twenty-five men for Jury service in the trial of Carlos Hammond, former proprietor of the Jack-O-Lantern Gardens, charged with violating the liquor laws, was ordered by Criminal Judge James A. Collins today. Trial will open Wednesday. Hammond was arrested last summer with Miss Lenora Haag, 2859 N. Meridian St.,, when officers confiscated a quantity of liquor at the gardens. Hammond asked for a separate trial. The trial had been set several times, but has been continued due to illness of Hammond’s

Forecast PARTLY cloudy tonight and Saturday. Lowest temperature near freezing. Colder Saturday.

TWO CENTS

WEEKS BANISHES MITCHELL FROM AIRCHIEF POST Secretary of War Fails to Approve Reappointment of 'Flying General,’ Bu Vnltfd Prts* WASHINGTON. March 6.—Brig. Gen. William Mitchell today went down to defeat in his battle with hla superiors over air power policies when Secretary of War Weeks banished him from his post as assistant chief of air service. Weeks sent to President Coolidge a recommendation for the appointment of Lieut. Col. James Fechet, commandant of Kelly field, Texas, to succeed the “flying general” when his term expires, April 27. Mitchell will revert to a colonelcy on that date. Acting on Weeks’ recommendation. President Coolidge sent Fetchett’e nomination to the Senate at noon. Follows Controversy * Demotion of Mitchell follows two months of stormy controversy over the air policy of the Government, which took place principally before the Hou.se Aircraft Investigating Committee. Mitchell advocated a unified air service, with all aircraft forces of the Army, Navy and Postoffice Department under one head. Mitchell charged that the general staff of the Army ignored the dawn of the aircraft era, that the general board of the navy blinded itself to the vulnerability of battleships and suppressed facts before the House committee. •Jealousy Alleged There was some jealousy of Mitchell, It is said, because he was not a West Point man. He entered the service as a private with the Wiesonsin Volunteers in the SpanishAmerican War. He has three years more service for him before he Is eligible for retirement after thirty years’ service. He has told friends it is his ddsire to stick it out the three year*.

STOKES DRAGS IN EX-MOVIE ACTOR Refers to Arbuckle Case in Testimony. Bv United Press CHICAGO, March 6.-—The name of "Fatty’ l Arbuckle, former movie star, was dragged into the Stokes' defamation of character case today. W. E. D. Stokes, testifying in hi* own behalf, said he told Dr. Morris Rosenberg, at one time house physician in a report where Mre. Elwood Stokes was to have lived: "You know I saved Fatty Arbuckle a lot of trouble. I had a lot of evidence, but I did not disclose it.” Stokes failed to disclose why he made the statement to Rosen berg. Proof of alleged misconduct on the part of Mrs. Stokes was brought to him from many sources,-Stokes testified. Three men reported they saw Hal Billig and Mrs. Stokes together in Denver In 1913, he said. Mrs. Stoke* was thrown out of a New York boarding house for "running around" with young men. Stokes said he ***** .