Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 268, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 March 1925 — Page 12

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Bandits Run Wild, While Police Are Getting ‘Right’ Politically

Officers Would Like to Handle drime Wave, but They Are Kept Too Busy With Other and More Important Things. By Dick Miller Times Police Reporter An era of banditry started in Indianapolis March 7. Today a check of the crimes of the most serious nature and largest losses shows that more than $5,000 in money and loot has been taken by bandits in less than two weeks. Each night, police reports show, from one to four hold-ups have taken place. The police have made two arrests, one of an alleged hold-up man, and another of a burglar. A list of the hold-ups and burglaries where SIOO or near was taken, are as follows: March 7, three hold-ups were staged within one block of the center of the city. A restaurant owner was one victim and two pedestrians were the others. Their loss totaled sll4. March 8 a filling station was held up by gunmen and $44.41 was obtained. One woman frustrated an effort to seize her purse. Oil Attendant Robbed March 9. J. D. Manley, 101 Kentucky Ave., was a S7O victim, while men in an auto drove alongside of Mark Arbuckle, 17 S. Richwine St., shortly after he had left the filling station at Warren Ave. and Washington St., where he is attendant and forced him into their auto. Arbuckle was relieved of $5 and then forced to open the

JURISTS WILL BE BANQUET GUESTS I - - to Miss Dinner in His Honor, About 800 Federal and State jurists are expected to attend the reception and dinner tonight at the Indianapolis Athletic Club given by the State and Indianapolis Bar Associations. Judge Robert C. Baitsell of Federal court, who was to be an honor guest, will not attend, as he is at Princeton. Ind., his former home, aiding in tornado relief work Judge Albert B. Anderson of the United States Cicuit Court of Appealos of Chicago, former district judge here, and his four associates pn the Circuit bench, have accepted invitations. District Judge Thomas W Slick of South Bend. Ind., also will attend. Former Governor Charles S. Whitman of New York will make the principal addess. Ex-Vice Pesident Thomas R. Marshall will be toastmaster.

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safe in the gas station. Taking SBS /.the bandits drove Arbuckle into the country and left him. March 10, one hold-up netted bandits $6.80. March 11, a lone bandit entered the Illingworth drug store, 602 N. Illinois St. and took $125 at the point of a gun. On the same night James Norton fell victim to gunmen for his watch and money totaling $75. March 42, a filling station holdup and a varnish company burglary netted the underworld $76. March 13. lone bandit attempted

TAX RETURNS WATCHED Treasury Officials Believe Payments Justifying Coolidge Program. Hu United Pretx WASHINGTON. March 21.—Tabulation of the first returns on this year’s income tax payments indicated today that the treasury’s estimate Os probable surplus was correct and hence President Coolidge’s proposed tax reduction program is feasible. During the first eighteen days of this month the trepsury received $197,576,223.71. compared to $220.303.106.03, during the corresponding period last year. The latter figure was one-twelfth of last year’s total receipts. If, as Is deemed probable, receipts during the same period this year prove to be ond-twelfth of the total to be received, the treasury’s estimate of surplus will be almost exactly correct. Plans Made for Camp Eight student enrollers and eighteen physicians will cooperate in the campaign of enrollment for the citizens military training camp which will open July 1. at Camp Knox, Ky.. and July 8. at Fort Benjamin Harrison. George L. Deriny. Marion county chairman of the enrollment campaign annouced. Candidates must be between 17 and 24 years of age.

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to hold up a downtown meat market, but was unable, to open the cash register. Another hold-up was good for $25. March 14, safe crackers, hold-up men and burglars all swung into .action. The King Outfitting Company, 343 E. W’ashlngton St., was burglarized of merchandise valued at $3,640. The safe was cracked at the Indiana Condensed Milk Company, 229 N. Pennsylvania Stand $l5O taken. Another office at the same address was ransacked without gain. The Kroger grocery. 710 E. Twenty-Seventh St., was

TRACTION WRECK IS FATAL TO SIX Officials Start Investigation of Crash in Illinois, Hu United P^ett CARLINVILLE, 111.. March 21. Illinois Traction System officials are on the scene of Friday’s wreck in whloh six were killed and thirteen injured, and a rigid investigation will start at once. A south-bound local passenger car crashed into a line repair car at Davis Siding, fivs miles south of here The collision occurred at the end of a curve which led to a trestle over a deep gully. The cars telescoped and remained a twisted mass of steel. Five of the victims were killed instantly. , A sixth died at St. John’s hospital. Springfield, where eight others of the thirteen injured are receiving treatment. The dead: William Peele. Staunton, motorman of the south-bound car. Mrs. Jeanie H. Mienicke, Gillespie. Babe Shannon. 13, Virden, Ills. Henry Robinson, 18. Carlinville. George Goldberg. St. Louis. Unidentified man about 60 years old. ELKS DANCES STARTED First Regular Saturday Night Affairs This Evening. The first regular Saturday dinnerdance in the new Elks home, St. Clair and Meridian Sts., will be given tonight. The forty-fourth anniversary of the lodge was celebrated Friday night at the home with a dinner and dance. . James Cook of Danville. Ind., and George W. June, charter members, James E. Deery and A. M. Hall spoke. Wives of the members made plans for an auxiliary. Federal Prisoners Held Austin Conley, of Tampa, Fla., is in jail awaiting removal to Florida whore he Is wanted on a charge of alleged illegal possession of jewelry which he is charged with having kept from a trustee in bankruptcy. Conley was adjudged a bankrupt Dec. 1. 1924. He wat arrested in Indianapolis Friday, by Federal agents on a warrant issued by United State Commissioner Howard S. Young.

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burglarized of SIOO in cash. While a woman sat as a lookout in an auto, a man entered the Russell Manring drug store at 2541 W. Washington St., held up Manring and took SSO. This was in broad daylight. Girl Loam (150 March 15. W T . W. Kowler, 1640 Fletcher Ave., was relieved of $165. Miss Vera Wilson, 110 N. Pennsylvania St., made known a larceny of $l5O from that address. March 16 the attendant at the Standard Oil station, E. New York

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The first step in puzzling out the cipher code is to find the most common character, which probably will represent the letter "e.” Having done so, the code will read: -•-•• e e - - e - e -- - * ee. There are two three-letter words, ending In “e” Each Is probably the word “the.’’ Supplying ”t" and *’h.” the code reads: “The - --e h -- te the -e - - - ee -. The second letter of the third w r ord must be a, 1, o. or u. First try "p,” and supply each letter of the alphabet to fill the blank third letter. Thus it is discovered that “s" will fill the blank, and substituting "s" for similar characters, we read: “The —e haste the -ess s•ee -. By trying various letters, the first letter of the fifth word is found to be “I," and then it Is not .difficult to fill the remaining gaps and form the proverb: "The most haste the less speed." CHALLENGE ANSWERED State Highway Board Dismisses “Un- • friendly” Employes Accepting challenge of the Republican State Committee, leader of the movement to "clean house" in the State Highway Commission, the commission retaliated by dismissing two young women who have been*known as organization workers. Ruby Hayes, a clerk, and. Alpha Templeton, stenographer, have been removed from the commission’s payroll because eff alleged “unfriendliness" toward the body. John D. Williams, director of the commission, made no comment on the dismissal. INDIANA 'CENTRAL WINS Affirmative Debating Team Defeats Manchester College. Indiana Central College today had to Its credit victory over Manchester ih a debate Friday night In the Kephart auditorium, University Heights, on the question, “Resolved. That Indiana should adopt in principle the Wisconsin plan of unemployment insurance.” . The Indiana Central team, taking the affirmative, included Paul Chalfant, C. E. Guthrie, Charles Leader and Howard Ulsh, alternate. SERMON ON TORNADO The Rev. MRhaffeJp Was Formerly Minister at Princeton. Tornado-wracked southern Indiana will be the subject of Sunday morning sermon at the Fletcher Place M. E. Church, Fletcher and Virginia Ave., the Rev. J. B. Mahaffey, pastor announced today. The Rev. Mahaffey was formerly pastor at Princton and has been in the storm area helping administer relief. His evening sermon will be on “Contrary Jonah.” Motion Awarded $35,000 Bu United Pretx ST. LOUIS, March 20.—A Jury here today returned a $35,000 verdict for Mrs. Cora A. Poindexter of Terre Four Railroad. Mrs. Poindexter was suing for $65,000 as result of the death of hen husband. Grant, in

and Gladstone Sts. was robbed of $l5O. March 17 the same company's station at Pratt and Meridian Sts. was raided. SB9. S3 taken and an attempt made to lock the attendant in an ante-room. Robert Clark. 26, 914 was alleged to have held up J. Arthur Black attendant at the Standard Oil station, Twenty-seo-ond St. and Central Ave. Twelve-Hour Talk Rumors about police headquarters have it that unless the wax's is stopped the department will be put on the twelve-hour day

AUDI! OF STATE BOARD NEARS END $155,00.0 Loan to McCray Recalled. The old story of the $156,000 loan made to ex-Governor Warren T. McCray by officials of the State board of agriculture prior to McCray's financial crash almost two years ago will be brought to mind soon when field examiners complete an audit of the board’s books covering the period in which the loans were made. When McCray was unable to redeem tTie loans, his friends, headed by James P. Goodrich, formed a pool and covered the amount. The matter of interest, somewhat in excess of SI,OOO. on the loan never was settled. It is believed the audit, which is expected in about two weeks, will effect a decision on re sponslhility for payment of the interest. I. Newt Brown, at that time 'ecre-tary-treasurer of the agriculture board, negotiated the loans with McCray. Harry M. Moberly, Shelbyville, was president of the board at that] time. Moberly has been a frequent caller at the Statehouse during the last fe wweeks. SIX HURT IN ACCIDENT Motorman Arrested After Collision of Two Street Cars. Six persons were suffering today from injuries received Friday when two Brookside Ave. street cars, one inbound and one outbound, collided at Delaware St. and Massachusetts Ave. The injured: Mrs. Mary Repp, 52, of 828 Edison St.: A. L. Lodge, 51, of 4504 E. Twenty-First Et.; John Burrows. 31. Adams and Twenty/Sixth Bt.: Jack Crosby, 2628 E. Eighteenth St.; Mrs. Albert Lovell, Bedford, Ind., and Eugene Edwards. 4, son of Mrs. Marie Edwards, 828 Edison St. All were on the inbound car. Police said they learned <s. W. Jackson. 34, of 4017 E. Thirty-First St., motorman on inbound car thought automatic switch was broken and started southwest in Massachusetts Ave. Instead tne 'switch was thrown. Jackson was slated.

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PIANIST IN HOT WATER And So Is Hotel Wlvere the Faucet Marked "Cold” Almost Scalded Godowsky Bu Timet Soeoial NEW YORK. March 21—Leopold Godowsky, the celebrated pianist, well-known in Indianapolis, stepped under, his shower bath in the Ansonia hotel and turned the knob marked “oold.” Godowsky claims he was utmost scalded to death and In trying to escape sustained various contusions, bruises and abrasions, for all of which he is suing the hotel for $50,000 damages. PUBLISHER GETS FEDERALPOSITION Coolidge Puts H, W, Bassett on Industrial Board,. * Harry W. Bassett, publisher of the Union, Indianapolis labor paper, has been chosen to succeed John Keagan of Indianapolis as Democratic member of the United States Industrial board, Bassett was Informed today. The appointment will be effective April 1. The term is for four years. The board is composed, during the present Administration, of two Republicans and one Democratic member. It sits in the same capacity over Federal employes as the Indiana industrial board in this State. Both Senator Samuel M. Ralston and Senator James E. Watson recommended Bassett for appointment by President Coolidge. Bassett was a candidate for State Senator on the Democratic ticket last November. He lives at 3813 E. Washington St. . Say Beer Was Found Lee Arthur, 30, of 216 N. Oriental St., is held today on a blind tiger charge after police say they raided his home F’rlday and found twelve gallons of home brew fermenting and a dozen bottles ready to drink.

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Most of Them Heartily Sick of Present Conditions and Would Welcome Introduction of Merit System in Department. handed to him for signatures of persons on his beat for the commission form of Government. It may be he has just received h pocket of cards to be signed enrolling Into a “Mayor’s Club’ persons on his police beat. The club Is the administration's choice. The officer is really troubled because he IS not ft politician. He wants to be a policeman. As an officer he would rather rely on his ability to catch burglarM than on his ability to catch votes. The chief of polite ih ft recent statement to the city council asked for 1(10 new officers, saying the department was kept buirytlblmr outside work and that half of the 534 police officers were not doing patrol duty. At that time tire Chamber of Commerce made a survey -of the police department and a suggestion was made that -civil service he Installed. -Police officers interviewed wltl say. confidentially, but not for publication: “What chance have . we under the present system of 1 political government?” Tire merit system, whk:h is part of the tdty manager form of government. Is popular with policemen. The Average policeman who has been in service more than five years wilT say, “Give me the merit system; I will take my chance with the next fellow/’ And most of the higher officers will say. “Take politics out of the department and most of these crime waves will be stopped before they start/'

shops will bo rebuilt at once. tTnofficial estimates placed the loss at $1,000,000, The company did not have tornado insurance, officials said. Shop employes and others effected by the catastrophe will be given work clearing away debris-. YV, O. Mclntosh, InulsvllK chief of Southern Railroad police, arrived Friday night with five men from East St. Louis, and took charge of the company property. Ten mere men were expected today, Tailor Out on Bond Tom Moore, operator of a tailor shop at 105 W. Maryland St,, is at liberty today on an appeal bond following his conviction in city court Friday on a Wind tiger charge, Moore was fined S2OO and costs and sentenced to sixty days on Indiana State Farm after police say they found liquor at his place, and