Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 May 1925 — Page 3

SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1925

SEVENTY-FOUR ARE CITED IN JURY REPORT Federal Body Gives Out Indictments Made During Week. Seventy-four persons Indicted by the Federal grand jury during the week will face arraignment in Federal Court Saturday, May 23. The jury reported the true bills to Judge Robert C. Baltzell late Friday. Twenty-three were indicted on charges of violating the national prohibition law, ten of whom are Indianapolis persons, Including six alleged members of a liquor ring. The ring was importing about 1,000 gallons of alcohol a week into Indianapolis, Federal agents say. Narcotic Violators Thirty-five were indicted on charges of violating the anti-,narcotic act, including nineteen Indianapolis residents. Among the number were doctors and druggists. Twelve indictments were on charges of violating the national pure food and drugs act; thiee, Mann act; one, impersonation of a Federal officer, and two embezzlement from a national bank. v In the alleged liquor ring were Eddie Monfort, 5214 Broadway; Kathryn West, alias Kitty Clyde, Marshal Rowe, Herbert Breedlove and J. M. Quigley, all of 311 Vi E. Walnut St., and William Crews, 429 E. Morris St. Joe Sarbinoff and Steve Evinoff, proprietors of the Rainbow poolroom. 502 E. Washington St., were also indicted on charges of violating the national prohibition law. Others Named Dr. Jacob P. Teter, 2507 W. Michigan St., was indicted on a charge of illegal sale of narcotics. Others indicted on narcotic charges include Charles A. Ross, 622 E. Michigan St., forging prescriptions; George C. Feaster, Leßoy S. Hawkins, 4136 Craceland Ave., druggtet, illegal sale of narcotics, and William Donahue, 15 N. West St., forging prescriptions. Dr. Harry R. Spickerman and Clendes E. Simmonds. both of Muncie. Ind., were indicted on charges of illegal sale and possession of narcotics. % LITTLE MULE IS COSTLY One Man Given Ninety-Day Term; Another Gets Month. Hester Scott, 941 Harrison St., faces a trip to the Indiana State Farm today for t, sojourn of ninety days and Logan Speers, 328 Kentucky Ave., is due for a stay of thirty days following their convict'd in city court Friday on blind tiger charges. Scott was also fined S3OO and costs and Speers was fined f 100 and costs. Police said they 'ound a small quantity of white mule h the men’s posaess^on. GUN PERMITS READY County Clerk Receives Blanks for Dealers in Book Form. Albert H. Losche, county clerk, today received applications and permits for dealers to sell fire arms as provided in an act by the last Legislature. Losche expects applications anß permits for persons ,to carry fire arms, Monday or Tuesday. Applications and permits for Marion County are bound in book form, because of the large number which will be used, Losche said. They are being prepared in tablet form for other counties, he said. SAYS DRIVER FLED Herman Davis, 2145 S. New Jer■ev St., reported to police that the automobile he was driving was struck by a car that failed to stop Friday night at Madison Ave. arid Raymond No one was injured.

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MARRIAGE IS RESULT OF LEGION ROMANCE

Former Commander Will Wed Miss Lucy Ball at Muncie Tonight. Bu United Press MUNCIE, Ind., May 16.—Two years ago, Alvin M. Owsley, of Dallas, Tex., then national commander of the American legion, was the honored guest at a dinner given by Mr, and Mr®. Frank C. Ball, Muncie millionaire, and their son, E. Arthur Ball, then State commander of the American Legion. There, Colonel Owsley first met Miss Lucy Ball, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Ball. A romance resulted and at 7 p. m. tonight Miss Ball and Mr. Owsley will be married before one thousand guests at the Ball home here. Immediately following the wedding, three hundred persons will be guests at a dinner for the bridal party. The couple will then leave on their wedding trip. PAN-HELLENIC HAS ELECTION Mrs. W. T. MacDonald Is Elected President. Mrs. William T. MacDonald of Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority was elected president of the Indianapolis PanHellenic at the annual spring party and business meeting Saturday afternon at the home of Mra. W. C. Bachelder, 1998 N. New Jersey St. Mrs. Howard E. Jensen' of Zeta Tau Alpha was elected vice president; Mrs. Ralph Whittaker of Delta Zeta, recording secretary; Mrs. Mark V. Rinehart of Delta* Gamma, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Ruth Henderson Allee of Kappa Kappa Gamma, treasurer. Following the business meeting a program was given which included a group of songc by Mrs. Delos Alig, violin numbers by Miss Gwyneth Knee, accompanied by Miss Lucille Knee, and a group of songs by the Alpha Chi Omega quartet. SCOUT HELD MEETS Winners in Competition Today Will Take Part Next Saturday. Six district Boy Scout field meets were held at 2 p. m. today. Scoyit Chief F. O. Belzer was in charge of arrangements. Winners of events will compete in city meet next Saturday at State fairground. Persons in charge: R. E. Higgins, Pioneer district, at Christian Park; R. H. Dickson, North Star group, and J, M. Guest. Rainbow and Harrison districts, at State Fairground; E.. H. Schafer. Yankee Roosevelt district, Brookside Park; Frank H. Mark, west side, at old show grounds, and Garfield Eagle Scout Association, Garfield district, at Garfield Park. Central district under A. F. Moten will hold a meet Thursday night at Colored Y. M. C. A. WIDOWS TO FROLIC Widowers, Maids and Bachelors Will Dance May 21. Improved Order of Widows, Widowers. Maids and Bachelors will give a public dance at Riverside Park May 21, it has been announced by Miss Blanche Kimble, vice-presi-dent. ' ' The club will also give a dance at 23 S. Capitol Ave. tonight. AUTO STRIKES BRIDGE Albert Taffe, 705 Vi Shelby St.-, was under arrest today on charges of drunkenness and driving while in-, toxlcated. He escaped injury Friday night when his automobile struck an abutment of the bridge over the canal at Blackford St.

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It you see any auto nobilet* bearing these license numbers, ca l the police or The Indianapolis Times, Main 3600. The owner may be ble to do 'he same tor you some time. Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to: Allen Webster, 1138 Broadway, Ford, 469-469 from Ohio and Delaware Sts. Mrs. Carl Wolsifer, 1202 S. Meridian St., Chrysler, 476-336 from Wabash and Pennsylvania Sts. W. E. Slingeriarid, 3859 Winthrop Ave., Hudson. 468-275 from Virginia Ave. and Washington St. Victor Kelly, 232 V N. Talbott Ave., Ford, 2321 from Capitol Ave. and Walnut St. BACK HOME AGAIN . Automobiles found by police belong to: Ford touring car. no license, containing two quarts of white- mule, found at Birch and McCarty Sts. Butck touring car, found at Harrison and Shelby Sts. HUSBAND ONLY 14YEARSOLD (Continued From Page 1) said. "Nevertheless, the couple got one, and were married. The boy does not want to institute annulment proceedings because he says they are expecting a baby. "I am going to insist the woman be prosecuted for contributing to the lad’s delinquency, and that the prosecutor down here bring charges against the clerk for violating the statute for bidding issuance of licenses to boys under eighteen. I understand the marriage business is bad down there —a sort of Gretna Green, and anyone can get a license. ’•’ McGonagle said he may lay the matter before Attorney General Gilliom, if the trustees think proper. Probe Held Up Gilliom said he will investigate the marriage situation in Jeffersonville if it is brought to his attention. “I think it is a matter for local authorities,” said Gilliom.' “They were elected by the people there, and are responsible to nobody else. If the citizens of the community tolerate such a condition, there is nothing any Statehouse official can do.” Garvin told McGonagle his wife has been married and divorced. .Miss Kurfes® denies this. The couple was refused a license at New Albany. TRIAL IS CONTINUED Sumner Absent, Primary Day Cases Postponed. Trial of one woman and fortynine men. alleged members of the Horse Thief Detective Association, arrested on primary election day, was continued by City Judge Dan V. White today to June 13. Capt. Charles Sumner, prosecuting witness, is in California. Charges include carrying concealed weapons and vagrancy. INSTRUCTOR IS NAMED Maj. Corbitt Hoffman, of the United States Army Officers’ Training School at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., has been assigned as instructor for the Indiana National Guard at Indianapolis, to succeed Maj. Robert E. O’Brien, transferred to Washington, D. C.

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29 ARRAIGNED BEFORE JUDGE Federal Court Hears Pleas— Sentences Given. Seventeen Indianapolis persons were among twenty-nine arraigned in Federal Court today before Judge Robert C. Baltzell. Seven of the Indianapolis persons pleaded guilty to charges of violating the prohlbl-i tion law and six were sentenced* Trials were set for June 15. Lee O. Cottney of New Albany, Ind., convicted member of the famous gang of New Albany automobile thieves, and a former State motor policeman, was sentenced to eighteen monhts at I>eavenworth prison and fined SSOO. Cottner, convicted two years ago, has been a fugitive and was captured at Los Angeles, Cal. Others sentenced included S. R. Stafford, 114 Atwood Ave. and Elmer Thoman, 2112 Woodlawn Ave., each four monthi and. $200; Mrs. Mary Chappelle. 748 Union St., five months; Mrs. Lucille Click, 419 E. North St., ninety days; Leo Kestler, 1911 E. Maryland St., four months and S3OO, and Patr'ck J. Walsh, 435 Shelby St., four months and S3OO. All pleaded guilty to violating the prohibition law. REPORT ON CROSSING Railroad lTLgector to Give Results of Inv wtigation Monday. David E. Matthews, chief railroad inspector of the public service commission, Monday will submit a report to the commission on investigation made by him of causes attending an lnterurban-automobile crash at "death" crossing in Maywood Tuesday night in which one man was killed and three injured. Matthews wan directed by John W. McCardle, chairman of the commission, to visit the scene of the accident. Coroner Paul F. Robinson urged the investigation. He will present a chart of the crossing. Thurman Rariden. motorman; Walter Liddy. conductor, both of Mooresville, and Herbert Passmore, Brooklyn. and James Gum, Martinsville, testified there were no lights, safety gates or watchman at the crossing today at coroner’s inquest. NOT ENOUGH POSTAGE Hundreds of Postcards and Newspapers I>est royed. Hundreds of picture postcards are being mailed at the Indianapolis postoffice each day. with- only onecent postage, in spite of the fact that the postage rate now is two cents, Postmaster Robert H. Bryson said today. Bryson said 1,932 such cards have been destroyed in the pant few days because of insufficient postage. Almost an equal number of newspapers have been desstroyed for the same reason, Bryson said. ARRESTED AFTER CHASE Drunkenness Charges Placed Against Two Men. After a chase by police today. Charles Pierce. 27, of 722 Spring St., was arrested on charges of drunkenness and driving while intoxicated, and Mike Broadrick. 25. of 647 S. Delaware St., was charged with drunkenness and vagrancy. Police were called after, it is alleged. the men left a barber shop at 805 S. Delaware St., saying they would return and wreck the place. When they drove up later and saw police waiting, they drove away, police said. WOMAN STILL MISSING Left Her Two Children With Neighs bor on Frida/. No word had been received today of Mrs. Gertrude Wenzel. 20, of 2868 N. Gale St., missing since 9 a. m. Friday, when she left her two children with a neighbor, saying she would return in two hours. Mrs. Wenzel’s husband, Clarence, a railroad fireman, was notified of his wife’fc disappearance. In St. Louis. F. & A. M. TO FRANKLIN Members, Wives and Friends Will Visit Orphans Home. Prospect Street lodge, number. 714, F. and A. M., will journey in a body with their wives and friends to the Franklin Home for Orphans Sunday. Oscar Merrill, Master, in charge of arrangements, has asked that every one be at Fountain Square at 1 p. m. to board the special cars. SAILORS ARE INJURED Fire and Explosion Occurs on Italian Steamer. Bu United Press WASHINGTON. May 16.—Several members of the crew of the Italian steamer Adige were injured by an explosion and a fire at anchor off Hampton Roads early today. The injured sailors were taken from the steamer to the naval hospital st Hampton Roads.

Shades of Roman History! Page Cleo—Julius Caesar has taken out a marriage license! Julius Caesar, 26, of 734 lowa St., who claims his ancestors are German and not Roman, appeared before Miss Margaret Mahoney, county marriage license clerk, today with Miss Mary Elizabeth Knox, 19. of 632 E. Eeventeenth St., jura was Issued a license. Caesar, who gave his occupation aa a lithographer, is well known on ths south side as a former athlete at the South Side Turners. Miss Knor gave her occupation as a dental assistant.

Riley Student of Spiritualism \ Seances Were Held in Poet’s Home, Housekeeper Says.

mAMES WHITCOMB RILEY at one time was a student of spritualism. according to his former housekeeper. Miss Kate Kendall, who is now custodian of the poet’s old home at 528 Lockerbit St. Miks Kindall today told the story of how Riley and a few of his intimate friends would have a medium in for siftings, back in the 90s, to J. Malcolm Bird, research officer for the American Society for Psychic Research, who will lecture tonight in Caleb Mills Hill, Shortridge High School, under auspices of the Universal Psychic Research Society. "Right there in the dining room was where they held some of the sittings.” aid Mis® Kindall. "They would all sit around a table, and the medium would give one of the circle a slate to get messages from their dead relatives. “They’d say to me: ‘Weill, if there is anything in it, when we get on the other side we will let you know.’ They are all over there now. hut I have never heard from any of them. “Mr. Riley had just lost his mother and his brother, and I guess that was why he was interested.” Others who attended the seances. she said, were Maj. Charles L. Holstein and Mrs. Holstein, who owned the house and with whom Riley lived, and other friends. PRESS-POLITICS MEETING Republicans to Gather at West Baden on Tuesday. Because many members of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association will attend the seven-day outing of the Inland Press Association at West Baden, starting next Tuesday, Republican politicians will also attend. Clyde A. Walb, Republican State chairman, will be present. Governor Jackson has been Invited, and Albert J. Beveridge. ex-United States Senator, and Frederick E. Schortemeier, secretary of State, will speak. RECEIVER IS APPOINTED Ward H. Watson, attorney, was appointed receiver of the Brennan Sales Company of Morristown. Ind., auto supply dealers, today by Judge James A. Leathers in Superior Court One. Suit for receiver was filed by the American Security Company.

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RAILROADS WILL SPENR MILLIONS Prospect of Increased Traffic Leads to Expansion. Bu United Press CHICAGO, May 16. —Because of the prospect of "increased business planning to spend $750,000,000 fer new equipment an dother improvements according to the bureau of economics at the spring convention of „ the American Railway Association in session here today. Reports of the convention declared the railroads now are operating “at high efficiency, but for inadequate returns.” Nevertheless, President R. H. Ashton was optimistic, pointing out that the first eighteen weeks of 1925, brought an increase of 468.471 cars over the corresponding period last year. NEW MOVE IN GARNISHEE SUIT Further Answer Ordered Over Stephenson Property. Permission to amend answers to garnishee proceedings instituted for Mrs. Nettie Stephenson Brehm, who says she is divorced wife of D. C. Stephenson, former grand dragon of Indiana Ku-Klux Klan, now in jail charged with murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, 28, of 6802 University Ave., was granted the former Klan head's attorneys by Judge James A. Leathers in Superior Court One today. Floyd Mattice, attorney for Mrs. Brehm. named Fred Butler, Stephenson's secretary, and the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, surety on a $25,000 bond, as holders of Stephenson’s property. Denials were entered by defendants. Mattice today presented a motion asking judgment on the ground that the answers did not say they did not hold the property on the day they were served with notice of the proceedings. Mattice withdrew the motions after Judge Leathers instructed A. F. Cowan, defense attorney, to file an amended answer by Wednesday. Mattice also filed a surety hondj to cover costs of the case for $17,000 support money brought by Mra. Brehm against Stephenson on behalf of Florence Catherine Stephenson Brehm, 9, who she claims is their .laughter. Stephenson was ruled to answer the complaint within ten days.

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Sutherland players will present “That’s One on Bill," a three act comedy, at Sutherland Presbyterian Church tonight at 8:15. Miss Josephine Leavitt and Claude Ward have leading parts. Other members of the cast: Ruby Richardson Fraker, Roxie Leavitt, Edward Green, Joe Foy, Russell Young, Lora Frances Lackey, Virginia Bracket Green, and Norman Green. Norman Green Is directing the play which will be given under auspices of Sutherland Sunshine Society. Costuming an/d stage decorations are in charge of Virginia Brackett Green. SHEPHERD TRIAL OPENS MONDAY State to Picture Prisoner as a Modern Borgia. Bu United Press CHICAGO, May 16.—Final preparations were completed today for the Shepherd “million-dollar germ murder trial,” which promises to be the most sensational criminal case since the famous Leopold-Loeb murder. The State will picture William' D. Shepherd, fornjer Indianapolis man, a modern Borgia, who killed mother and son with poison and typhoid fever germs to obtain a fortune estimated at more than $1,000,000. The defense will try to prove that Shepherd, a middle aged, florid man, Is the victim of greed, jealousy and intrigue. TOWN 18 DESTROYED Bu United Press OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla., May 16. —The village of Tribby, near Shawnee, Okla., was virtually swept off the map early today by high winds which accompanied a rain storm. Tribby has a population of 400.

FOSDICK CALLED TO NEW CHURCH Makes Stipulations Upon Which Decision Rests. Bu United Press NEW YORK, May 16.—Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, storm center of the fundamentalist-modernist controversy, has been called to the pulpit of the Park Avenue Baptist Church. The Rockefellers worship there. Unless certain radical changes are made—changes which would separate the church from the rest of the Baptist communion—Dr. Fosdick announced that he would not accept the call. Dr. Fosdick's provisions are: 1. That the church does not upon baptism by immersion. ?. That the church open membership to all Christians. t 3. That the church build a “skyscraper edifice," with living quarters, c.ubrooms and other institutional features. Another provision is that his salary rj pastor shall not exceed $6,000 a;year. TRAFFIC COP IS HURT $(l-uck by Automobile at Market and Delaware Bta. Traffic Officer Oscar Corlctt, 6124 Cornell Ave., was injured about the hips and legs today when an automobile driven by Charles Mount, 22, of 306 Drexel St., struck him at Market and Dele ware Ots. Mount, who was slated for assault and battery, took Corlett to police headquarters. He was sent to city hospital in police mergency car. LOCAL MEN INDICTED Bu Times Special MARTINSVILLE. Ind.. May 16. Roscoe Perry and Jess Abbott, of Indianapolis, were under indictment today for the alleged hold up of a garage at Waverly. They were arrested at Indianapolis. No charges were placed against Mrs. Perry, or Mra. Hlene Kennedy of 36 E. Raymond St., arrested with the men.

Meetings Here Monday Scientists Club luncheon, Chamber of Commerce. Service Club luncheon, Lincoln. Delta Upsllon luncheon, Lincoln. Cleaners and Dyers’ luncheon. Spink-Arms. Phi Gamma Delta luncheon, Chamber of Commerce.

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