Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 270, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1925 — Page 1

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“CHICKIE” On ths Back Page, This Edition CHICKIE was in a flutter. The night of the first great event in her life had arrived. She was to go to a dance. She was only 16—just a child who found tremendous thrills even in the commonplaces of life. Could she but have looked into the future on that night! Could she have but seen the many, many adventures that were to be hers before her life was done, perhaps things would have been different. She might have been saved from many dark days. But Chickie was human. And it is humanlike to shut our eyes to danger signals. Young folks so often plunge blindly on until, at last, their happiness is wrecked and their hearts are broken. • # • ON this night of her advent into the thrilling story that begins on the back page of this edition of The Times. Chickie’s young being responded to the first call of love — that sacred event that always remains hidden away in every woman’s mind. From the story: “Chickie closed her eyes. She felt flowers dropped about her face—soft petals stained red and sweet about her mouth .” y • * • IN this great city of Indianapolis today, thousands of mothers and fathers are trying to shield their daughters from evil, just as Chickie’s parents tried to shield her. And therein is the great problem of the home. How can it be solved? How can young girls be permitted to indulge in the innocent enjoyment of life without coming into contact with evil? “Oh,” you say, “that’s easy. Be careful of their associates. Keep then: at home until their school days are over.” Blit Jonathan,. Chickie’s sturdy old father, tried that. From the story: “The life that Jonathan wanted to keep from her opened its wild, sweet voice in Chickie’s heart.” That’s just the innocent response of a young girl to the innocent instincts that are within her. Pity the parents who are not wise enough to understand that and who are not skillful in meeting thj problem that it involves! • • •

PERHAPS you have heard this cld story: A father, heartbroken over the conduct of his young wife, snatched his baby boy from its cradle and took it into a mountain. There, far away from humankind, he reared it to young manhood. The boy, so far as his memory went, had never seen a woman. He did not know that women existed. One day, as father and son were traversing the mountain, they suddenly came face to face with three young women. The son started. The father grabbed him by the arm and led him away, saying: “Son, those are creatures from hell. They are devils They will destroy you if they get a chance.” That night, in the little hut in which father and son lived, the boy kept sighing. At last the father asked him: “Son, why do you sigh?” And the boy replied: “Oh, father, father, that tallest of the three devils 1” And there you are! Boys or girls, the problem of the home is to manage them. That’s why CHICKIE has such a thundering message to YOU, parents. —' Every girl should read CHICKIE—to the end that they be forewarned. Turn to the back page of this edition now. Read the first installment! Read each succeeding installment. Learn from Chickie before it is too late. CHICKIE—IN THE TIMES—EVERY DAY.

YOUNG REPUBLICANS ABANDON FILIBUSTER Famous Gerrymander Bill Threatens to Disrupt Junior Legislature-Many New Laws Introduced.

The intricacies of political strategy threatened to disrupt plans of Republican leaders in the house of the Junior general assembly today. Following introduction of the famous Penrod gerrymander bill, which prompted the bolt of Democratic Senators to Ohio in the real Legislature, by “Representative” Paul Cromley of Allen County, Republicans decided to filibuster against opposition to the bill, when it developed thirteen members of their own party were opposing it. However, it soon was pointed out I that such a filibuster would defeat Its own purpose, by preventing passage of the bill, so the plan was killed. "Senator'’ Ray A. Lain of Edinburg, introduced a bill appropriating 126,000 for the relief of tornado sufferers. The Senate voted, 25 to 24, not to accept an invitation of the House

Storm Carries Paper 400 Miles Bu, United 'res* NEWARK, Ohio. March 26. —A certificate of ability from the public school at MurphysJboro, *lll., was found hanging on a tree near here —a freak of the Middle West twister. It le about 400 miles' to Murphysboro. „ j

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to hear Miss Margaret Jenkins, of Martinsville, now a freshman at Butler University, at 2 p. m. today, and to hold a working session instead. Miss Jenkins won a State oratorical contest on the Constitution. A session tonight was considered. The Senate accepted favorable committee reports on the religious garb bill and ratification of the child labor amendment. The House accepted favorable report on a resolution creating a commission to investigate needs of schools, and on bll s: Creating State police department, abolishing poll tax, creating court of conciliation in industrial disputes. Among the thirty-six new bills introduced in the House: Requiring persons under 21 to pass examination before operating motor vehicle; providing fro* textbooks In schools. Sunday closing bill; providing for annual meeting of Junior Assembly; Memorial Day bill; providing compulsory Bible reading in schools; eliminating all except public schools in secondary class; eliminating all secret organizations In public high schools; providing for not more than twenty basketball games a season for schools. New Senate bills included these: Making bapk banditry punishable iiy death of life imprisonment: percttdhMssal of school children

BOOZE PROTECTION SHOWN

FLOOD EBBS FROM RUINS OF 6RIFFIN Waters From Swollen Black and Wabash Rivers Recede Slowly—Menace to Storm - Wrecked Village Lifted. ROADS MAY BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC THURSDAY Temporary Fire Headquarters Established by Evansville Officials to Guard Against Blazes in ‘ Tornado’s Debris. Bv Unit*4 Pre* PRINCETON. Ind., March 2 fr. — Flood waters of the Wabash and Black Rivers, which threatened to add to the ruin wrought at Grlffln by last Wednesday's tornado, today were gradually receding. Due to the swollen slate of the Ohio River below Griffin, the fall was slight. All roads leading Into the town will be impassible today at least. Beveral washouts were reported on the Evansville road and traffic over this read cannot be resumed before Sunday, It was believed. Roads Open Thursday Waters covering the Gray -dlle road fell three inches Tuesday night and automobile traffic may be possible over this road by Thursday, although It will not be clear of water until Friday, providing the fall continues. Temporary Are headquarters were established at Griffin by Evansville Are officials. Four stations were set u in different sections of the town to guard against outbreak of Are in the ruins.^. Relief funds at Princeton today reached 135,000, a gain of 110,000 over Tuesday. The city council Tuesday night appropriated $2,000 for sanitation work. Several hundred farmers, enlisted by Gibson County Farm Bureau, are working in the storm section, aiding farmers to clear their land from (Turn to Page 18) )

TORNADO RELIEF IS NOW $45,833 Men to Be Sent to Help Clear Storm Debris, Funds collected today for relief In the storm area of Southern Indiana. amounted today to 945.633.89, local chapter of the Red Cross announced. Mayor Shank said more than SI,OOO collected by city firemen while soliciting clothing for the storm sufferers would be used to restore the home for some worthy family. Crews of men and motor trucks will be sent to help farmers clear the land of debris according to a telegram received by Miss Agnes Cruse, secretary, Indianapolis chapter, from William Fortune, president of the local chapter today. Fori’ ne is at Red Cross headquarters at Bt. Louis, Mo. ‘DON’T NEED SESSION’ But Governor Still Considers Relief Meeting. Although still considering proposales for a special legislative session to appropriate relief funds for Indiana's storm victims. Governor Jackson has not as yet seen the need for such a call, 1t was authoritatively stated in the Governor's office toduy. Members of the Legislature who have talked with the Governor have volunteered their services gratis, and have offered to waive rights to claim expenae accounts. The (Joyernor has said in conferences that he believes the $26,000 balance in his emergency contingent fund would be ample for State relief. BLIND SUES Alleges Daughter-In-Law Pushed Her Against Stove. By L'nitrd Prraa /ANDERSON. Ind., March 26. Charges of assault and battery have been filed here by Mrs. Jane Faunce. 85, blind and infirm againsr her daughter-in-law, Ella Lennes of Alexandria, who. U is alleged, attacked mother-in-law and pushed her against a red-hot stove.

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1925

Spring’s Here Now; You Can’t Fool the Kids

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Scenes Like These All Over City Spell Glad Tidings for AIL EVEN weeka ago. the Ground hog did hla stuff. Most folks scoffed and- - more coal Just the same. Last Friday, J. H. Armington, Government meteorologist, officially announced spring had arrived. “No siree, you can’t take ’em off,” said at least 10,000 mothers. But what's greater proof—greater than the first tweet-tweet of the robin, the first green thing that bobs up. or pussy willows—that spring has really arrived, than a bunch of boys phfying baseball? And then when little girls forget dolls to —well, to play mar-bles--spring has surely arrived. Armington says spring weather is here to stay for a while, too. And the boys In the neighborhood of Central Ave. and ThirtyFourth St. are happier than ever. Th->se out for spring training in sand lot league were Sam Lyons, 831 i N. New Jersey St.; Ralph Holton, 3347 N. New Jersey St.; E. P. Irvin, 3267 N. New Jersey St.: Albert Levy, 3370 N. New Jersey St'.; Earl Ramsey, 3252 Central Ave., and Bob Hannika, 3340 N. New Jersey St. At Twenty-Fourth St. and Talbott Ave.;' Mary Hart, 2501 N. Talbott Ave.; Helen Hawekotte, 2412 Talbott Ave., and Martha and Betty Jane Riehl, 2362 Talbott Ave., are having a great time playing marbles.

INDUSTRIAL SITES LISTEJBY BOARD Real Estate Body Will Seek \ Factoriesr a ailable factory sites have been indexed by Indianapolis Real Estate Board Industrial Bureau to assist industries seeking a location. Henley T. Hottel. executive secretary has announced. The board is cooperating with the Chamber of Commerce convention bureau and business men who are striving to reetimulate Indianapolis as an Industrial center. "When we learn of a company seek’ng anew site we furnish It Information about Indianapolis and try to persuade the firm to locate here The board is willing to cooperate with any organization trying to boost the city,” Hottel said. L. J. McMasters is chairman of the burrtiu. Other members are John E. Ml’.nor and Edward Barker. Manufacturers' committee of the Chamber, headed by G. M. Williams, president of Nordyke St Marmon Cos., will outline a program for reviving industrial interests at luncheon Friday. Store Loot Is Sought Bn l n itrd Prraa CHICAGO. March 25.—Local police today asked Fort Branch (Ind.) offlcers t ohunt the Kentucky side of the river near there for loot obtained about a month ago from a store at Fort Branch by diaries McGary and Harold Taylor. The two youths confessed to the robbery and stated they burled the loot on the Kentucky skis.

ATTORNEY OPENS STATE FIGHT TO HOLD SHEPHERD Crowe Will Close Argument to Prevent Releasing Prisoner on Bond, Bv Vnited Prraa CHICAGO, March 25.—A1l evidence presented thus far tends to show William D. Shepherd guilty of the charge of murdering his ward, Billy McClintock. Thomas Marshall, assistant State's attorney, declared today in the fight to deny Shepherd freedom on bond. “The defense has failed to produce a single witness to offer proof of innocence,’’ Marshall told Judge Jacob Hopkins. "The only witnesses the defense placed on the stand testified either to a murder plot or lack of knowledge of a plot. Not a single witness gave evidence in support of the defense claim of insufficient evidence.” Marshall cited numerous cases to support the State's contention that Shepherd Is not admissible to ball. The dingy courtroom was Jammwl with scores of men and women, attracted by the hitter fight to give Shepherd freedom pending start of the trial. Shepherd feels heartened by the unexpectedly-long drawn out preliminary court battle and said he was confident of winning the fight for bail. Shepherd's attorney. William Scott Stewart, consumed most of yesterday’s session with a brilliant argument, claiming that his client should be allowed freedom on bond, because, ‘‘the proof of Shepherd’s guilt is not evident and the presumption of his guilt is not great.” Stewart cited other cases similar to Shepherd's as precedent. He pointed to cases in which persons ‘‘confessed" themselves to be accomplices in murders and other crimes when it was later proved they had no connection with them. It is /Stewart's contention that Dr. Charles C. Faiman's “confession” that he gave Shepherd the typhoid gtrmg with which to murder young McClintock is not sufficient ground to hold Shepherd in custody. OIL CASE NEARS END Sinclair Ex|>ected to Finish in Time for Prosecution to Close. Bti l’nitrd Prtaa CHEYENNE, Wyo„ March 26. The Government is expected to rest It* case late todßy in tho Teapot Dome trial. George C. Hoover of Washington, and Margin W. Littleton of New York, of Harry F. Sinclair's counsel, will take up argument for the defense and it is believed they will finish in time to permit the prosecution to close .before adjournment. Heart Attaek Cause Heart trouble was pronounced the probable cause of the death of James B. Griffith. 68. of 1160 Holliday St., tound dead Wedneeday morning by his "rife. Mrs. Griffith told Coroner Paul F. Robinson she had gone for a transfer wagon to more a dresser and found him dead when she re turned.

CITY REPUBLICANS AGAIN ARE ALLIED TO FIGHT COFFIN Armitage, Himself, Takes Sulky Shank Forces Back,’ ’Tis Said, Once again the Shank-Armttage and Jewett-Lemcke factions of the Republican party have kissed and made up. Once again the, lines are holding tight against the onslaught of the Coffin-Dodson faction. Once again they are pulling together for Ralph A. Lemcke for the Republican mayoralty nomination. But this was not the case only a few days ago. Old-time enmity had broken out, according to “dope” In Republican) circles, and the widely heralded alliance between the ancient enemies was flaring up with its traditional fierceness. According to the stories, the Shank-Armitage supporters became enraged when they discovered that although Mayor Shank came to bat bravely for Lemcke and shook up his entire police force to make it right in Lemcke interests, the Lemcke organization waa ignoring its allies completely In. Its campaign plans. Whereupon the Shank-Armi-tage battalions quietly withdrew from the field and sulked in their stronghold in the city hall, so the story goes. Then there came pleas for a conference, and no less a one than William H. Armitage, himself, in person, conducted the negotiations with the Lemcke leaders, so ’tis said. As a result oil was poured upon the troubles waters, the Shank-Armitage shock troops again took the field In the Lemcke-for-Mayor campaign, and all Is lovely once more—for the time being at least.

CHAPMAN MASTER OF OWNDEFENSE Sixth juror Accepted on Prisoner's Approval, Bv United Pfeet HARTFORD. Conn.. March 25. The grind of securing a jury rolled steadily along at the trial of Gerald Chapman /today, with Chapman still master of his own defense. In the first half hour one more Juror was passed and like the five passed yesterday, he was not given his seat until Chapman had looked him over with hid keen, blue eyes and told his attorneys he was “O. K.” Chapman appeared more eager today than when he came into court for the first time yesterday. He was more alert and did not even feign disinterestedness. He wore the same dark blue suit, neatly pressed/ as yesterday, a fresh blue shirt and anew blue and gray tie. One more Juror, also satisfactory to Chapman, nassed just/ before 11 a. first Oenire

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CITY PLANS BIG STREET EXTENSION Paving to Join Broad Ripple With Indianapolis—Other Improvements Totaling $1,000,000 Will Start Within Short Time. AIM TO HELP TRAFFIC CONGESTION BY WORK \ Central Ave. Now Being Built to Westfield Rd. — New York St. to Be Straightened and Completed to Irvington. By Blythe Q. Hendricks In accordance with programs of Aty departments plans now are being carried out or' will be initiated within a short time to make all parts of Indianapolis easily accessible to each other.. Cost of the work probably will be not far from $1,000,000. Several street Improvements now are under way which, when completed, will help solve the traffic congestion problem on certain streets and greatly aid In handling through traffic with the greatest speed. Broad Ripple, only seven miles from the Monument and yet difdicult to reach on a paved street, will have a number of new avenues of access open within a short time. Central Cost SIOO,OOO Work Is well tinder way on the extension of pavement on Central Ave. to the Westfield road. The cost wljl be about SIOO,OOO. In addition the board of works recently adopted a resolution for paving College Ave. from near Fifty-seventh St., where the pavement now ends, Into Broad Ripple. When this work is completed, and the board hopes to have it done before fall, Broad Ripple will in fact an integral part of Indianapolis. This job will cost about $130,000. The completion of the new bridge over Fall Creek at Delaware St. already has helped solve the traffic problem in. that section of the city. Removal of parkways in the street between Nineteenth and TwentySecond and Twenty-Ninth St. and making good approaches to the bridge will make Delaware St. a real main artery of north and south traffic. All this will cost approximately $140,000. The long cherished dream of the board of works and of citizens of the east end of Indianapolis to straighten and widen New York St. all the way to Irvington seems well on the way to realization. Hearing on the plan will be held by the board early next month. Track Elevation Tigresses Track elevation plans for the entire length of the Belt Railway, will take years to carry out, but every step will result in making sections in various parts of the south antji west portions of town easier of access. The board of works recently took a determined stand on the opening of streets, notably Oriental and Cruse, which is taken to mean that track elevations will not be permitted to close streets now open. Tentative plans for widening Meridian St. to a fifty-foot roadway from St. Clair to Sixteenth Sts., are being considered by the board. Eventually, Meridian St. will be widened to a uniform width from end to end, but that will be far In the future. An important Improvement west of White River is that of Warman Ave., Walnut to Sixteenth Sts. The work will cost about $70,000 and will be of great beneAt to that part of Indianapolis, city officials say. Ma>yor Is Back Mayor Shank returned to his ofAce today after an absence of about a week. He was in better health chan when his physicians ordered him to take a brief rest cure.

Griffin Man Seeks ‘Adopted' Dog “I gave Jackson my vote, but I'm not going to give him my dog/’ declared John W. Cowling of Griffin, according to a United Press dispatch. The statement was in reference to a yellow Scotch collie adopted by Governor Jackson when he and his family visited ' the storm-stricken area Sunday. The Governor had been given to understand the dog was property of Claude Schmarr, who w-as killed by the tornado. Now Cowling says he believes someone at Griffin got mixed up in dogs.

Forecast FAIR tonight and probably Thursday. Rising temperature.

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Federal Witness Says Mayor of Bicknell, Ind., Received $4 for Each Gallon of Liquor Delivered to Moose and Eagles Lodges. DECLARES MOONSHINE WAS MADE ON FARM Chief of Police and Five Officers of Fraternal Organizations on Trial for Alleged Plot —Three Others Plead Guilty. From twenty-five to fifty gallons of moonshine whisky were made weekly on a farm near Bicknell, Ind., and delivered under protection of Mayor William Callahan to the Eagles’ and Moose lodges, Harry Pope of Linton, Ind., Government witness in Federal Court, testified today. Callahan and Otis Turley, Bicknell police chief, and Ave others, trustees and members of the Moose and Eagles fraternities, are on trial for conspiracy to manufacture, sell and transport intoxicating liquor and for maintaining nuisances. Pope said Callahan received about $4 for each gallon delivered to the lodges. He said he, Pat Hagerman and Frank Price rented the farm from Charles Wildman; that he delivered the whisky a'hd made most of the collections, receiving about $1,500 in 1922-23 and that he paid Callahan about S3OO, which he slipped into Callahan’s pocket in a Bicknell restaurant. Others on trial with Callahan and Turley are Jay Bonham and Oscar Dodds, trustees of the Eagles Lodge: Georgs Bailey, Thomas Cullen and George Stines, members of the house commmfttee of the Moose Lodge. Three Plead Guilty Pat Hagerman, Frank Plrc and William Bradley, Indicted with the others, Qhanged their pleas of not guilty to guilty, today. Thomas Kinney and Pete Zopels had pleaded guilty on arraignment. The indictment alleges continuous sale in the bar-rooms of the two lodges: and (hat the liquor sold for sl2 a gallon, Mayor Callahan getting $4 and the bootleggers keeping SB. Pope testified that this was true. Pope said he, Hagerman and Plrc divided their collections. Pope said on cross-examination that he couldn't remember where he first met Callahan, but that another time he met him at a White River bathing beach where the mayor and his wife were having a good time. “Don’t you know that the mayor’s wife is an invalid?’’ he was asked. “Well, I supposed It was his wlfs,” he replied. “Why did you quit making booze?” he was asked. “Well, It waa a dangerous business.” “Wasn’t It dangerous all the time?” v “Yes, but. the prohibition agents were gettin’ thicker along toward the last,” he said.

x “Money in Booxe” laughter arose when Pope said something about making money in booze. “What did you say about the Moose?” asked Judge Baltzell. "I didn’t say Moose; I said booze,” he explained. “At any rate, there’s an ooze in it,” said Alexander G. Cavins, assistant district attorney. Pope said Bonham, one of the trustees for the Eagles, received the liquor at the hall and paid him and that sometimes he would give him the money for the Moose's liquor too. Sam Lynn, custodian for the Moose, testified liquor was received and sold in the Moose Club hall and that the house committee, Cullen, Stines and Bailey, and the dictator, William Bradley, took care of it. Lynn said he sold liquor at twen-ty-five cents a drink and turned the money over to the committee; that Chief Turley had raided the place a long time ago; that he started selling the liquor In 1923. Assistant Attorney Alexaider Q. Cavins presented the Government’s case at the opening of the trial. Albert Wa-d, United States district attorney, dismissed three jurymen and the defense peremptorily challenged ten. The supply of jurors ran out and United States Marshal Linus P. Meredith was compelled to call In others. The. Jury was sworn in at 10:40 a. m. Floyd J. Matties, Indianapolis attorney. represents Callahan. Ths spectators' court was crowded to capacity today and almost fifty witnesses were present to testify. Pirc, who pleaded guilty, is at present serving a term in the Btate prison at Michigan City, Ind„ for connection with the Clay City (Tnd.) bank robbery about a year ago. Hagerman. who was a partner to the conspiracy and pleaded guilty, has a record of being involved in other liquor cases. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m...... 43 20 a. m K§ 7 a. m...... 46 11 a. m 60 * a. 4t 12 (noon) .... 3 *. m M l *. ,H