Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 257, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 March 1925 — Page 1

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VOLUME 36—NUMBER 257

SENATE PASSES GERRYMANDER BILL

MAN DEFIES BANDIT' AND SAVES WIFE Three of Five Jobs Staged by Hold-up -Men Occur Near Center of Downtown District —Police Start Search for Culprits. BURGLAR OBTAINS S3O IN ATTACK ON COUPLE Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gold Give Partial Description ’ of Armed Intruder Put to Rout Through Bravery of Husband. Police today staried a search for bands of bandits who staged five hold-ups early today, three of them In the downtown district, and for a colored bandit who brutally attacked Edwin Gold and his wife while they were asleep in their home at 1413 W. Thirty-Sixth St. The bravery of her husband saved Mrs. Gold from threats of the colored man. The two were asleep in bed. Gold told Lieutenant Winkler, when something struck him on the head. When he regained consciousness the bandit was ransacking the dresser, where he obtained S3O. Then the bandit, who was armed iwlth a revolver, advanced toward the mod and threatened to attack Mrs. Gold. Window .Unlocked "Yeu'll have to kill me or get out.” Gold jEpid the bandit. The Intruder strudr jMrs. Gold in the face and fled. Po!&| found .a side window of the home Unlocked and believed the intruder Entered there. The Gold# were unable to give a complete description of the fburglar. He was about 36. nix feet, tall and wore dark clothing, they sajd./ Tlyree of the five hold-ups committed late Sunday and mrly today wire staged within one block of the center of the city. George Morris, owner of a restau(Tum to Page 11)

CONTRIBUTIONS TO MRS. DAVIS GROW Insurance Employes Give $16,50 to Widow, Employes of the Grain Dealers National Mutual Fire Insurance Company have contributed $16.50 to kthe fund for Mrs. Burton L. Davis tot near Southport, whose husband was killed a week ago by a traction car, leaving her destitute with four children. The money was raised by J. R. Hutchinson, R. R. E., Box 103, a neighbor of Mrs. Davis. O. S. Pollard of the Long Acre store, Stop 6, Madison Rd., said neighbors ha!d banked mor# than SIBO for Mrs. Davis. This is in addition to funds raised to enable her to go to Madison, Ind., where she burled her husband. She returned home Sunday. Responses are coming from all over the State. Mrs. Lena H. Vance, R. R. 8, North Vernon, Ind., sent a dollar to The Indianapolis Times today. A similar amount was received from a Mrs. Chapman of Indianapolis. GARYDEFENOANTS DENIED APPEAL Supreme Court Overrules Booze Petition, Bv United Peru* WASHINGTON, March The United States Supreme Court today kienied th#petition of the eight con dieted defendants in the Gary, Ind., liquor conspiracy trials for a review of their cases. Two former Gary policemen, John Mullen nad Andrew Wytow, and six owners of soft drink parlors, Valen tine Pasarski, Jennie Millfer, Matt Buconich, Joe Lamont, L. J. Cahn and Vito Schiralh, appealed from the Jail sentences and fines imposed, tie coring that published statements of th public prosecutor and the number of defendants rendered a fair

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MRS. NELLIE M’DERMOTT Police today were aakec by George McDermott, 2939 Mohre Ave., to search for his wife. Nellie Josephine, 20, missing since Feb. 26. McDermott said when his wife left she was wearing a red coat and black poke hat, faced in red. She Is about five feet eight inches tall, weighs about 120 pounds and has a fair complexion. Her eyes are gray and her hair blond. Mrs. Hazel Marie Moore, 29. of 2920 Stuart St., is missing, according to her husband. She has blue eyes, blonde hair and a fair complexion. Moore tol l police his wife left four small children. She has a mole on the side of her nose and wore shell rimmed glasses.

APPROPRIATIONS TO BE VOTED ON AT NIGHT SESSION Legislators Indicate Sum for Riley Hospital Is to Be Dropped, Members of the Senate and House Conference committee on the administration appropriations bill will not report until 'the night session, they stated today. It was, understood definite agreement had been reached privately, but not officially, on the Senate amendments but that final action would be taken at a meeting of the committee at noon today. According to members of the committee $250,000 appropriation for the Riley Memorial Hospital has been stricken out. Appropriation for the Terre Haute Normal gymnasium is agreed on at $76,000. This is a $25,060 cut from the Senate amendment. Fund of $50,000 for building at Central Hospital for the Insane, has been stricken out and a compromise reachedson $76,000 annually flr> r the Oil Inspection Department Instead of SIO,OOO as provided for In the Seriate amendment. Senator James J. Nejdl, Republican floor leader, said he did not expect Jlnal action on the measure until the last strike of midnight, when the seventy-fourth session will pass into history. Largest in History The appropriation bill will contain the largest budget In the history of the State, approximately $48,600,000, as against $36,000,000 for the 1923 session. The Lafuze bill, carrying a halfmill levy for reforestation, will raise approximately $25,000 annually for this work. , In addition to the appropriations, bills carrying specific appropriations and the constitutional tax levies will bring the Stage’s expenses for the (Turn to Page 3) FLAPPER FANNY savy

GOVERNMENT OPENS DOME LEASETRIAL Atlee Pomerene Says Attempt Will' Be Made to Show That Fraud and Conspiracy Entered Into Oil Land Transactions. COURT ACTION SEEKS TO SET ASIDE AGREEMENT Search is Made for Officer of * Indiana Standard Oil Who Is Wanted as Federal Witness —Fall One of Main Figures. Bv United rreaa FEDERAL COURTHOUSE, Cheyenne, Wyo., March. 9.—The Government, in its attempt to break Harry F. Sinclair’s lease of the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve, will attempt to show that fraud and conspiracy entered Into the lease, Ailee Pomerene, former United States Senator and thief of the Government attorneys, declared today In his opening statement. Pomerene charged the leases and contracts were made "wholly without authority of law.” “It was unlawful because this area was leased without any com petition or advertising,” Pomerene said. ' ■——■ 1 Oil Man Still Sought A two months’ search for Col. Robert Stewart, chairman of the board of directors of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, was intensified with (he beginning of proceedings. Stewart’s testimony is desired in connection with the deal involving the Continental Trading, Ltd., of Canada. Federal authorities have ordered process servers In Chicago and elsewhere. to make a final effort to locate the missing oil man. Anew subpoena, which, If served, would make It mandatory for Stewart to "proceed forthwith” to Cheyenne, has been sent to the •United States marshal at Chicago. Disappearance Is Shock Disappearance of Stewart proved a 'shock to the Government’s counsel. It was assumed he would pdllingly disclose what he knew about the Continental-Mexia Oil transaction by which the Continental acquired ' 3,000,000 barrels of Texas crude oil and sold It to the Prairie and Sinclair interests at an /advance of 25 cents a- barrel. Had the turnover been completed, the net profit would have exceeded $8,000,000, but the resale was stopped after a profit of about $2,000,000 had been made and out of these profits the Government alleges, former Secretary Fall received at least $230,000. ON "INSPECTION TRIP” Standard Oil Man Reported Away From Chicago. Bv United Preaa CHICAGO, March 9.—C01. Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of directors of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, is away on an Inspection trip, “somewhere In this country,” Stewart’s secretary said today. Colonel Stewart left here about a month ago and his present whereabouts* are unknown, the secretary said. Officials of the company denied reports that Colonel Stewart was dodging process servers who want to serve him with a summons to appear as a witness In the Government oil suits at Cheyenne.

WOMAN PIfTS MAN TO ROUT WHEN ATTACKED OK STREET Mrs. William T. Enlow Keeps Nerve —Police Investigate Two Other Similar Reports.

Police today investigated reports of three women attacks by men, Sunday night. Mrs. William T. Enlow, 328 W. South St., fought off a man who a> costed her near Senate Ave. and South St. Mrs. Enlow told police the man crawled close and grabbed her le&. Sbe kicked him in the face and struck him several times. "I kept my nerve and fought," she said. "I am hard to trip, and I believe that is all that saved me. "I was a bit excited until after it *fas ail over. My son

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1925

GEOGRAPHY What Is Commerce? That’s One of the Things You Would Have to Know if You Were in Eighth Grade.

Can you answer questions in geography asked in Indianapolis Pubnc Schools of fourteen-year-old pupils? . The Times has given you a chance to compare your-education with that of eighth grade pupils in mathematics, English and history. Here are some geography questions, picked from the files by Murray Dalman, director of research in the public schools. • 1. Names flic oceans, according to their importance. Give two reasons why the oeean to the west of us is of greater importance tlian before the war. 2. Locate Odessa, Petrograd. Berlin, Montreal, Halifax and Vladivostok. On a map of the world si low from what three ports ships might leave the United States for England and to what English ports they might sail. 3. What is commerce? How is it carried on? What is the purpose of international law so far as conipieree is concerned? 4. Name the associated countries on the two side of the World War. 5. Locate Alsacclnrraine.

Answers Following answers to Saturday's history questions were written by J. F. Thornton, assistant superintend® it of public schools. Thornton wrote answers to English, history and geography questions, about four in each subject, in about an hour. 1. Abraham Lincoln. Lloyd Garrison. (b( Largedly because of commercial reasons, (c) The two sections were nearly equally represented during much of the struggle over slavery. For this reason the admission of each new State brought a contest on Its entrance as "free” or iw(; * 2. The construction of the railroad began about this time. It has been probably the most important single factor In developing the Jinked States. It has grown from small equipment with little power and speed, poor, tracks and station facilities, to Its present swift and powerful locomotive* and Its heavy and complete passenger cars. The most recent addition to means of transportation is the airplane—a swift but as yet not well developed means. It should be further developed because It can serve the country both In peofCe and In war as no other conveyance can. 3. Act of 1863 was more of a compulsory draft and was objeted to by the general public. Age limit was higher. I think, than In the World War. The act 0f|!917 was readily accepted by people in general as the most scientific manner of enlistment. 4. Entered the war as stated y President Wilson, "to make he world safe for democracy.” aMny other reasons could be given—an Important one being the purpose of defending our national rights against the attacks of Germany.

SEVENTY-SIX ARE KILLED IN STORM News Dispatch Tells of Terrifjc Gale, Bv United Preaa LONDON, March 9.—Seventy-six persons, most of them fishermen, are reported dead in a terrific storm off Reykjavik, Iceland, says a Central News dispatch from Oslo, Norway. Thirty trawlers were made helpless. Six of the victims were Englishmen.

came to her home a half hour later with a woman seeking a room. Miss Ruby Crumpacker, 4157 Boulevard PI., told police a man seized her near her home early this morning, and searched the pockets of her clothes, but failed to find anyMiss Marie Dessel, 1815 Ingram St., said while she was on her way to work at the Bell telephone exchange. Fortieth St. and Central Ave., a man who followed her from College Ave -to the side of the exchange building, shoved a gun at her and told her not to scream. Miss Dress el said she screamed and the jnm.gtMMd.At.hif m m

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The heart of Miss Ruth Scott, 19, Eagletown, Ind., twenty-two miles north of Indianapolis wi light today because the church folk had taken her to their huven and promised to help her live a Christian life. Saturday, Criminal Judge James A. Collins gave M.iss Scott a suspended sentence of two to fourteen years at the Indiana Woman's Prison on charges of forgery. Sentence "-as during good behavior. when Ora Tracy of Eagletown promised to take the girl Into his home and care for her. Throughout the trial Miss Scott wept bitterly but she assured Judge Collins and Miss* Jean Brown, probation clerk, that she would never “go back on” the

FOUR DRIVERS ARE SOUGHT IN POLICE WAR OH ‘KILLERS’ One Motorist Hefd on Charges of Failure to Stop After Auto Accident.

Police today were searching for five potential “Killers” who fled frepn the scene of auto accidents, as the Lafuze bill, which strengthens the penalty for failure to stop after an auto accident, was before Governor Jackson for his signature. No trace has been found of driver of auto who failed to stop after striking auto driven by Anthony Kluber, 1719 Hall PI., Saturday at Forty-Sixth and Meridian Sts. John Lucas, 63, of 2250 Daisey St., is in city hospital with a fractured leg. and bruises received when he was struck by an auto said to have been speeding fifty miles an hour. Lucas was walking along side of Raymond St. near the home of his brother, B. F. Lucas, 361 Raymond St., late Saturday. As the car approached liim 'from the rear, his son, John; V, called to him to look out. Lucas stepped off the road entirely, but the bumper of the machine struck him ‘and hurled him onto a pile of soft earth, breaking the force of the fall. The machine' was traveling about fifty miles an hoyr, according to the son. Speed was checked after striking the man increased Its speed. Misses Martha Morris, 19, of 419 N. Delaware S. and Bonnie Condon, 18, of 2915 Northwestern Ave., Lawrence Seyer, 21, of S hospital today suffering from severe early Sunday when 2H when the auto driven by Seyer K struck Iron pillars i supporting the elem * vated tracks at ■' Washington and HE'' Harding Sts. mmiii Seyer told pollce an auto traveling LUCAB In the s me direc rection forced him into an iron support. Driver of other machine failed to stop. Seyer was held on assault and battery charge One Held Frank Tuttle. 49, of 443 N. plural St., was under arreet today an charges of failure to stop after an accident, drunkenness and driving an auto while intoxicated. Police alleged he drove his auto into a | parked car at New York asd Rural j Sts., Sunday night. j

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good people who wanted to help her. V Before Miss Scott’s trial, prayers were offered for her at revival services at Methodist and Christian churches at Eagletown. The Rev. George F. Osbun, pastor Eagletown Methodist church, was Instrumental In interesting his congregation In the unfortunate girl. For ten minutes before each revival service he would call for .sentence prayers imploring the salvation of Miss Scott. Sunday morning Miss ScOtt was welcomed into the young women’s Sunday chool class. In the afternoon she was taken to Big Spring, Ind., to attend the funeral services of her grandfather, who died twe days ago.

645 N. Blackford St., while she was standing at Walnut and Johnson Sts., with Ullia Richards, colored, 320% N. California St. She suffered injuries to her knee and back.

BARTLEY BACK FROM FLORIDA Ex-Highway Chief to Arrange Bond on Indictment, George Bartley, formerly in charge of the State highway commission department garage and storehouse, who was indicted last Wednesday by the Marion County grand jury on charges of embezzlement and grand larceny, arrived In Indianapolis today from Florida, according to Claude M. Worley, Criminal Court investigator. Bartley was to go to the courthouse this afternoon and arrange $4,000 bond. Bartley was Indicted with John D. Williams, director of the highway department; Earl Crawford, Milton, Ind., highway commissioner, and Moses L. Goldberg and his son, Victor, of M. L. Goldberg & Son, wholesale hardware dealers, 1302 W. Washington St. William C. Whaley. 61 N. Kenmore Rd., was Indicted with the five on a charge of grand laiceny. All are at liberty under bond. They are accused of irregt larities In the sale of surplus war material. TAX APPEAL ADVANCED Supreme Court Acts in Scripps-How-ard Case. Bv United Pres WASHINGTON. March 9—The United States Supreme Court today granted the Government’s motion to advance its appeal of the Income tax publication case against the Baltimore Post, a Scripps-Howard newspaper, to April 13, when it will be argued at the same time as the Government’s appeal of its similar case ngains' Walter 8. Dickey and Ralph Ellis of the Kansas City (Mo.) Jour-nal-Pofct. German Election March 29 Tiij United BERLIN, March 9.—The Reichstag voted unanimously today to bn M the mewrirtehtlal :■ elactions

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Measure Which Caused Democrats to Bolt Across Ohio State Border Acted On—Minority Members Refuse to Vote. 4 • , t j • / HOUSE RULES MUST BE LAID ASIDE FOR FINAL ACTION Passage in Lower Chamber Unlikely, Speaker Leslie Says Favorable Committee Report, However, Believed Possible. With five Republican and the eighteen Demcviatic Senators not voting the Penrod gerrymander bill, which seeks to take Lawrence County out of the Third Congressional District, and place it in the Second, passed the Senate today by a vote of 27 to 0. The measure the one which caused the Democratic minority bolt across the Ohio State line and on which they claimed to have a promise from Lieutenant Governor Van Orman, D. C. Stephenson and other Republican leaders the bill will become a law.

Speaker Harry Leslie said today he did not believe rules of the House would be suspended should the bill come over today. Representative J. Frank Smith, chairman of the House committee on Congressional Apportionment said if the bill did come over and was referred to his committee, he would return a lavorable report No debate was made on the measure. Senator Penrod, author, called the measure down and Van Orman gavelled for a vote immediately . 0 Republican Senators who did not vote were Alldredge, Dally, Shank, Qulllin and Sims.

NATIONS LEAGUE MEETS TO TALK OVER BIG ISSUES Ten-Day Conference of Delegates in Session at Geneva, Bv United Preee GENEVA, March 9.—The council of the League of Nations today opened its ten-day conference, during which the most important international problem confronting Europe —that of security—will be considered. These five projects are to be discussed. 1. Geneva protocol. 2. Austin Chamberlain's original Anglo-Franho-Belgian past. 3. Lord Balfour’s proposal, involving England, France, Belgium, Italy and Germany. 4. The German security pact proposal. s*. French security pact proposed. No definite action on the Geneva protocol pill be taken until the assembly meets in September, when It Is hoped the protocol may be arbitrated with elimination of the disarmament obligation and other clauses bearing on enforcement and sanctions. France is opposed to Chamerlain’s original pact because it fails to protect Poland and the little entente. The Balfour proposal is similarly unacceptable. France considers the German plan a subterfuge whereby Germany will seek to revise her eastern borders. Poland also is strongly opposed to this proposition. The French plan embraces every European country except Russia. The final compromise, if one is reached, may mean a combination of the French rnd Balfour pacts, which would include England, Belgium, France, Italy, Poland and Czecho-Slovakia.

Tune in On Basketball! Preliminary high school basketball games are over. But the biggest events of the championship tournament are yet to come. The biggest event of all will be the finals .in Indianapolis March 20 and 21. Through the Merchants Heat and Light Company, The In dtanapolis Times sports writers will broadcast all the details of the games directly from the Exposition Building, where the games will be played. Radio fans not only will receive a detailed description of the games but they will here the yells of the crowd and all the varied sounds inside the big building. FOR THE BASKETBALL GAMES TUNE IN ON STATION WFBM/

Forecast UNSETTLED and warmef tonight and Tuesday. Probably showers.

ATTEMPT IS MADE TO GET VOTES ON ROAD BOARD BILL Senator Nejdl Seeks Agreement to Suspend Rules on Measure, With a suspension of the rules the only possible method by which the Kissinger bill abolishing the personnel of the highway commislon and placing appointment of members and the director under the Governor can pass the Senate, Senator James J. Nejdl, Republican floor leader, was busy on the floor today lining up votes of his Republican colleagues. Thirty-four votes is necessary for suspension of the rules and with the eighteen Democrats lined solidly against suspension, it is not likely such a motion will pass. Senators Hill and Lindley, Republicans, are known to be against suspension of the rules. Lawrence J. Cartwright, Republican State vice chairman; Clyde A. Walb, State chairman; George V. Coffin, Marion County chairman; Ewing Emison, Second district chairman, and Jack Lewis, lobbyist for the State committee, were active about the Senate chamber in behalf of the measure which has the unqualified support of the Republican State oommlttee. Another measure which will take suspension of the rules to pass and which Is considered an administration bill Is the Kissinger bill providing for full police powers on State motor police. This measure is opposed by labor as smacking of a State constabulary. It Is ready for third reading in the House. LINER IS ON FIRE Blaze on Santa Isabel at New York Fought. Bv United Preen NEW' YORK, March 9.— -Fire broke out today on the Cuban-Amer-ican liner Santa. Isabel at her berth In the North River. Company officials at noon did not know the cause of the fire, but said it was doing serloue damage. The Santa Isabel Is a 2,467-ton ship. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 39 10 a- m 45 7 a. m 39 11 a, m 80 8 a. m...... 40 12 (noon) 56 9 a. m 41 1 p. m 60