Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 304, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 May 1925 — Page 1

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VOLUME 36—NUMBER 304

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KLAH GIVES ITS BACKING TO DOVALL jrficial Indorsement Made at Gathering of Hooded Order in Tabernacle Saturday Night—Seven Thousand Attend CANDIDATE GIVES LONG ADDRESS AT MEETING Complete Slate Announced After Being Presented by Exalted Cyclops of County—lnvitation Required to Enter Hall John L. Duvall, candidate for Republican nomination for mayor, reieived the official indorsement of the Ku Klux Klan at mass meeting of Teven thousand klansmen and klansivomen at Cadlo Tabernacle Satur3ay night. ✓ Indorsement was recognized by Duvall, who entered the meeting, preceded by the Klan drum corps end delivered one of the longest addresses of his campaign. Reiterating his charges '.hat a slush fund of $75,000 had beer raised to support Ralph A. Lemcke, Duvall received applause when he scored Mayor Shank's administration. Duvall There Replying to challenge of Mayor Shank to show where the city could save money, he said: “Fire Fill Armitage. I know that he receives 10 per cent of all money the city spends on paving.” While there was no mention of the Klan at the meeting, invitations read, in part: “Marion Klan No. 3 nail hold a gigantic meeting at. Faille Tabernacle on the evening of May 2 at 8 o’clock. No one will he admitted unless properly identified, so bring this letter with you; it is your credentials. “Yours in the sacred unfailing bond. “GEORGE S. ELLIOTT, “Exalted Cyclops.” Complete Slate Duvall’s name was one of a complete slate of candidates presented by George S. Elliott, exalted cyclops of Marion County Klan No. 3, who presided. The list. Elliott said, was prepared by the United Protestant Clubs of Indianapolis. Elliott warned the Klansmen against accepting spurious lists of Klan candidates, and Introduced ail Klanindorsed candidates. William A. Boyce, Jr., candidate for city clerk, made a brief talk. Following candidates for city council were introduced: Walter R. Dor sett, first district; C. E. NTegley, second district; Ray Albertson, third district; Dr. A. H. Todd, fourth district; Shirley T. McClure, fifth district and Boynton J. Moore, sixth district. Evans Speaks “Fighting Bob” Evans, said to be the grand dragon of the Illinois realm of the Klan, urged Indianapolis Protestapts to bring in the votes for Duvall. The Klan quartet sang a number of songs ridiculing Ijemcke’i candidacy and in support, of Duvall. Women of the. Klan, who seemed to have as strong representation in the audience as the men, were exhorted by two women speakers. At start of meeting, Elliott read an appeal for support of Lem eke on ground that he would be fair to all element* of citizenry and drew attention to the fact that it was signed by a number of Irish names. There were no disturbances at the meeting. Members of the audience received a printed list of candidates corresponding to the men who spoke or were introduced. All candidates except Dr. A. H. Todd were listed as "Masons,’ ” while he was designated "K. of P.” SERB PRINCE TnSANE Elder Brother of King Alexander Is Placed in Asylum. Rif United Press BELGRADE, May 4.—Prince George, elder brother of King Alexander of Serbia, is Insane and has been placed under strict guard in an asylum, it was officiary announced today. A serious aspect was lent the sit uation by police raids upon residences of Republican leaders with whom the prince had relations. Documents, including Prince George’s memoirs, were seized. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. 63 10 a. m 61 7 a. m 63 11 a. m 62 8 a. m...... 61 12 (noon) .... 64 * m..... At A a. jb

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VOTERS ARE WARNED OF ‘SWITCHING’ Person Who Voted for Majority of Democrats Last Fall Can NoJ Ballot for Republicans Now, Says City Chairman, CLAUER CITES OPINION ‘ OF THREE ATTORNEYS Police to Report at 6:30 p. m. for Special Instructions — Patrolmen Will Guard Precincts in Primary Election Tuesday. Voters in the city primary Tuesday were warned today to call for ballots of tho party for which they cast the majority of their .votes at the last general election. A person who voted for a majority so the Democratic ticket last fall cannot legally vote for any of the Republican candidates Tuesday, William E. .C’lauer, Democratic city chairman, stated, citing an opinion given him by Dunk (\ Dailey, Charles Remater and James E. Deery, attorneys. Clauer pointed out that some voters had the erroneous idea that a Democrat could cast a Republican ballot Tuesday by swearing that he intends to vote for a majority of the Republican candidates at November* election. The only person, who can make such an affl davit. Claurer said, is one who did not vote in the election last fall. Authority for the warning is found in Section 10 of tho acts of 1917. Claurer said. Meanwhile all was in readiness for tho primary. Police will report at 6:30 tonight for special Instruction'!. Assign ments we.re announced / by Police, Chief Herman F. Rlkhoff. Patrolmen will bo assigned to every precinct, except ir about ten instances where two voting places are near by and can be watched by (Turn to Page II) SCARLET FEVER REPORTED HERE City Health Officer Fears Epidemic of Disease. Epidemic of scarlet fever is imminent, according to Dr. Herman £>. Morgan, city health officer, who said six cases of the disease were reported from widely separated parts of the city. Sporadic cases have come to the attention of the department during theh last two weeks, he said. Parents are advised by Dr. Morgan to have their children vaccinated to prevent spread of the fever and to have the disease treated with serum. Boy Missing Again Lester Asbury. 15, of 447 E. Tenth St., was reporting missing to police today. His mother, Mrs. Mary Asbury said it was sixth time he had *iftt since school opened last fall.

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Handcuffed on Way to Court

Shorin' Omur Hawkins kept his promise (hat I). C. Stephenson would he treated “as any other prisoner” today. The picture shows (left to right), Deputy Sheriff William Anderson taking Stephenson. Karl Klin k and Karl Gentry, handcuffed together, from county jail to Criminal , Court.

MRS. SHEPHERD mm* m m ALLEGED PLOT Witness Testifies Accused Took Ring From Dying Woman’s Hand.

Bv I nitrd Prrti CHICAGO, May 4 —ChargesMnet Mrs. William D. Shepherd "took a diamond engagement ring from the finger of Mrs. Emma Nelson MeClintock just before Mrs. McClintoek died," were made on ,fho witness stand here today by Mrs. Harry Carson, housekeeper in the McCUntock home at the time of the death. Mrs. Carson was testifying at the Inquest into the deaths of Billy McClintoek, "millionaire orphan,” Mrs. McClintoek and Dr. Oscar Olson, their physician. William D. Shepherd, former Indianapois man, husband of the accused woman, is charged with the murder of Billy to get the McClintoek fortune. "Mrs. Shepherd took the ring be-foi-e Mrs. McClintoek had drawn her last breath,” the witness said. "And after the death. Mrs. Shepherd took a diamond pansy pin that, belonged to Mrs. McClintoek. 4 Judge Harry Olson, conducting the case for the State, read exerpts of a letter from Mrs. McClintoek to Mrs. Carson emphasizing the following sentence: "There is that in my system that must be eliminated If possible.” The judge is trying to prove that Billy McClintoek and his brother. Dr. Olson died as the result of. poisoning. Resuming her testimony', Mrs. Carson said Mrs. Shepherd complained because she hadn’t arrived at the McClintoek home before Billy’s mother made her will. "I would have had her make it differently,” Mrs. Shepherd said, according to the former housekeeper. ZENER BACK ON FORCE Police Captain Ref urns After Getting Fundi for Ijemcke. John Zener, who resigned from the police force March 17 to solicit fundw for campaign of Ralph A. Demcke for mayor, obtaining $15,000 according to Mayor Shank, today was reinstated a captain of police by the bgard of safety. "I'm strong for the women,” Zener said. "My petition for reinstatement was signed only by women voters.” SHORT COUNCIL TONIGHT “ \ Members to Go Through Formatty and Work on Politics. Old Man Politics Is expected to shorten the regular session of city council at 7 p. m. today to a roll call and for adjournment. Most council member* are taking an active part In campaigns of various candidates for mayor and disposal of city’s business must await settlement of political affairs, it was said. Council members may be called together in special medio# liitiX ia. ’ 'Jho VKSJi.

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1925

Candidates for Smoke Abatement

Favorable answers to a questionnaire sent out by the woman’s smoke abatement commit tee of Indianapolis were” received from three candidates for mayor and forty-six for councilman, according to announcement today. One hundred three letters were sent out. Jules A.. Blrsfleld, Republican candidate for Fourth district councilman, would not obligate himself and argued

FARMER BURNED FIGHTING BLAZE Condition Serious; Fire Loss Is $4,000. John Klssell, 65, living mile south of city on Rawles Ave. road, is in serious condition at his home today, suffering from burns about face, neck and arms, received Saturday when ho was attempting to extinguish Art that destroyed barn and several structures on his f-m. Fire started from spontaneous c'-mbus-tion and caused $4,000 damage Shed at home of Mrs. U. Taylor, 428 N. West St., wa3 fired by pyrv manlao. Sunday. Loss was smal . Fire of unknown origin caused s3oi* damage to garage at home of Frank Smith, 1943 W. New Tork St., Sunday. LAST TAX PAYING DAY Courthouse Offices To Be Closcjl for Election Tuesday. Courthouse offices will bo closed all day Tuesday. Primary *Day, which is a legal holiday. Today was tho last chance to pay taxes before they beconde delinquent. A long line of persons was outside the treasurer’s offices, when they opened at S a. m. PROBE IS CONTINUED Oousens Committee Delves into Revenue Bureau Affairs. Rv United Press WASHINGTON. May 4,—The Couzens committee resumed its investigation of the Internal Revenue Bureau today behind closed doors. Masses of data assembled by committee agents were scheduled to be sifted during the next month. The committee automatically goes out of existence June 1, TO STUDY POSTAL RATES Joint Congressional Committee Will Open Hearing Juy 2Q. Bit United Press WASHINGTON, May 4.—Revision of postal rates will be studied by a joint committee of Congress to begin hearings here July 20, Senator Meses, New Hampshire, announced today after a conference with the President at the White House. Moses said the committee? after assembling here, would hold meetings at Atlanta, Philadelphia, several points in New England, Buffalo and

smoke abatement would be a burden to the taxpayer, the committee said. His reply was the only unfavorable one. Ralph A. Lemcke and John L. Duvall, Republicans, and Adolph Emhardt, I a-mocrat. candidates for mayor, replied favorably. The questionnaire asked candidates to obligate themselves to see that the smoke abatement ordinance is enforced.

FLEET TO OPEN RUM ROW WAR Sixty Craft Armed, Manned for Reel Battle. Bu United Press CLIFTON, N. V.. May 4.—Armed, manned and equipped ns for war, more than sixty craft are In readness at the coast base here today for a “war of extermination” against rum row. With ofde.-s to “shoot to Kill ’ this fleet is exported to sail tomorrow to attack the whisky which is stretched over a large 'line of the coast. HERRIN RAIDERS WORN IN STATE Nine Arrested in Klan CleanUp at Crawfordsville. , Bv United Press CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind.. May 4.—Nine persons were out on bond today awaiting trial on charges of : gaming or violation of the liquor : laws following week-end raids here. The raids, conducted from the county prosecutor’s office were directed by two professional raiders from Herrin, 111., said to have been brought here by the Ku-Klux Klan. as a political move to influence voting at city primaries Tuesday. W, A. Rowe, one of the raiders was arrested today and placed in jail. He is wanted on a charge of wife desertion, in Williamson County, 111., ' Excitement was Increased with appearance here of Mrs, S, Glenn Young, widow of the Klan crusader of “bloody" Williamson County, who ’died in a gun battle several months ago. SEVENTEEN ARRESTED | State Police Take Motorists Into fusiody Sunday. State Police Losey and Bridges arrested seventeen motorist# Sunday. Ten are charged with speed and seven with violation of the muffler or license law. City police arrested five on the speeding charge; two charged with failure to stop after accidents and four with driving while Intoxicated. Deputy sheriffs arrested one driver | and charged him with speeding and driving while intoxicated.

PIECE OF SKIRT MAY END GARY CRIME MYSTERY Girl Identifies It As Garment She Loaned to Missing Chum. Ru i nited Press GARY, Ind.. May 4.—Arrests may be made today in the Chesterton murder mystery, police intimated as they again resumed work on the theory that tlm victim was Mrs. Josephine Posideria. Miss Florence Deboto, 17. fled the charred remains as those of Josephine. She gave police names of two or more men. Miss Deboto said she and Josephnie started for South Bend from Gary a week ago Saturday evening but left the train at Chesterton. £he examined the remains at the morgue. “Yes, it’s her.” she cried. Then she pointed to the hred of a skirt. “Josephine didn’t have an underskirt when we met for our date Saturday night,” she said. “So I let her take one of mine. That piece there is part of my skirt and I’d know it anywhere.” The shred was picked up on the grass where the remains of the victim were discovered a weqjc ago Synday. Mrs. Artie L. flossier, positively identified the remains as those of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Berg, 22. wife of a railroad man. Mrs. Hazel Walker, of Chicago, told police that the description of (lit body also answered that of hi r sister. Mrs. Madia Dorothy Ring, formerly No. 3S, Taggart Apts, 233 \ 2 Massachusetts Ave., of Indianapolis, reported missing. Mrs. Bing sublet the apartment several months ago, Mrs. Walker said. WHITE SUMMER CAPS Traffic Officers Don Headgear for Warm Season. • V Putting their trust in the weather man. Indianapolis traffic policemen blossomed out today in their white summer caps. All tho officers whose last year’s caps would not pass inspection wore new headdress, AFTER GARBAGE MEN lily nil! Take Action Arabia* Private Collectors. Legal action to prevent private collectors of garbage from operating In Indianapolis will, be taken soon, Russell TANARUS, Mac Fall, president cf the board of sanitation, said today. Action will follow attempts made by the board to induce about twenty-five collectors to cease their activities because the city' can now dispose of garbage through its own plant, Mac Fall said. From garbage collected by the city, grease and tankage are produced and sold to manufacturers of soap and fertilizer. Last year net profit of SIO,OOO was realised. The city collected 23,000 tons of garbage, whie independent collectors oh tained about 12.Q00 tons, according to Mao. Fall's estimate.

Kntcred as Seoond-elaSs Matter at Postoffiee, Indianapolis. Published Hally Except Sunday.

Former Klan Head, Klinck and Gentry Start New Attack on Oberholtzer Murder Indictments, Putting Off Arraignment Set Today. LARGE CROWD IN CRIMINAL COURT TO WITNESS ACTION Defendants Want Grand Jury Charges Altered So as to Strike Out First Degree Counts—Hearing at 9 A. M. Saturday. Handcuffed to his aids, Earl Gentry and Earl Klinck, D. C. Stephenson, formerly grand dragon of the Ku-Klux Klan in Indiana, made a dramatic entry into Criminal Court today, where he heard his attorney, Eph Inman, launch anew offensive against the indictments charging the trio with murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, 28, 5802 University Ave. This delays arraignment of the frio, which had heen set for today. Inman's attack took the form of a motion to strike out the. vital parts of couuts one and four of the indictment. Judge James A. Collins set argument, for Saturday at 9 a. m. Inman’s motion, if successful, will have the effect of striking out first degree murder charges from the indictment, and leave only those parts which state that Miss Oberholtzer died from poison. A crowd which packed every inch of Criminal Court awaited the coming of the former Klan head and powerful leader in Republican State and county politics. It was not an ordinary Criminal Court crowd, ft contained an unusually large, number of women, many of them representatives of various organizations which had passed resolutions urging speedy justice in the ease.

That it had come to she Stephenson was apparent when thirty-three jail prisoners scheduled for arraignment o*i a wide variety of charges entered, handcuffed in a long chain. There was great craning of necks and exelamations of disappointment when it was seen that Stephenson was not in the line. Heralded by Knock Finally after these cases had heen disposed of there came a loud knock at the courtroom door. Again came the craning of necks and struggle for better points of vantage on the part of the crowd. A bailiff opened the door and in trooped the handcuffed trio, Klinck in the center, his right hand handcuffed to Stephenson. and Gentry on the left. This was what the crowd had come to see. Throughout the long wait speculation had been rife on the point of The a preponderous of opinion being that Stepheson would not wear the "bracelets.” Just ahead of the trio came two colored women, Katherine Spurriel, charged with assault and battery and Mary Louise Gordon, charged with burglary and grand larceny. They were handcuffed and in charge of a jail matron. As the crowd realized that its guess as to the handcuffs had been wrong, a stir of exclamations and half-supressed conversation ran the room. Judge Threatens Crowd It cat|je to a sudden hush when Judge Collins pounded his gavel for order and thundered: “I want absolute quiet in this

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courtroom nr I will clear it not. This Is a courtroom, not a plan* of entertainment.” Deputy Sheriffs Anderson. K'offel. Clausen und Sheriff Omer Hawkins, who had escorted the prisoners from the jail ushered them to se-at? In the jury box and removed the handcuffs. Stephenson seemed to look upon the handcuffs as a great joke as he smiled broadly and laughed as they were removed. He shook hands with Inman, an*d Ft. E. Johnson, an attorney who Is representing him in other litigation, and xvith several others who came up to the jury box. Throughout the proceedings Johnson remained in close conversation with Rtephenson v Re leaned over the former Klan head and whispered frequently into his ear. Johnson's position was directly In the line of vision of six persons from Hammond, tnd., expected to be witnesses for the tSate in the trial. Johnson’s position made it impossible for them to see Stephenson clearly. The actual proceedings lasted onlx a few minutes. Inman presented, his motion. Judge Collins set date for argument, the deputy’ sheriffs again put the handcuffs on the defendants, and they were taken bark to jail where they have been since their arrest April 20. As soon as Stephenson was out of the courtroom on the way back to jail, he lighted a cigar, cocked his fiat jauntily over one eye and smiled acknowledgements to persunk along the way who called to (Turn to Page 11)