Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 16, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1925 — Page 1

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VOLUME 37—NUMBER 16

CORUM’S RACE CAR WRECKED

JURORS IN DEADLOCK OVER FATE OF SHAW

SERVICES WILL HONOR DEAD OF CITY SATURDAY jMany Wil! Bow Heads as Sign of Reverence on Memorial Day. EXERCISES BY CHILDREN Annual Parade Will Be Feature of Program. While thousands of race fans will attend the annual Speedway classic Saturday, a large number of persons who remain behind will bow their heads in reverence at Memorial day services throughout the city. Program, which includes a parade at 2 p. m. and exercises at the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument and at various cemeteries, has been planned by the General Memorial Association. Public school children held patriotic exercises today. The Service Star Legion arranged services In the Grove of Remembrance at Garfield Park for 2:30 p. m. Mrs. Frank Nessler, president of Hamil* ton-Berry chapter, and Mrs. Leroy Mansfield, committee chairman, had charge. Children from schools No. 18, 34 and 35 placed flags at the base of each tree which represented an American soldier who died in service. Addresses were given by City Delbert O. Wilmeth and Miss 'Vida Newsom of Columbus, Ind. The feature of Saturday’s program will be the annual parade, with Captain A. J. Ball as grand marshal; C. C. Moon as chief of staff, and Robert Kendrick, aid. Major W. D. Wilson (Turn to Page 2) BAIL FIGHT OF STEPHENSON TO BE LIKE TRIAL Chief Witnesses for State Will Testify at June 11 Hearing. Hearing on petition to admit D. C. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Indiana Ku-Klux Klan; Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry, charged with murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, 28, of 5802 University Ave„ to bail, at Noblesville. June 11, will partake largey of tho nature of a reguar trial, it was said today. Witnesses, including Miss Oberholtzer’a parents, Marshall Oberholtzer, her brother; Dr. John K. Kingsbury, her physician, and police officers whose names appear .on the indictment, will be examined, |lra M. Holmes, one of the defense attorneys said. A motion to aAmit to bail is similar in character to habeas corpus proceedings and give the petitions the light to call the State's witnesses. At times the object of the proceedings is to force the State to uncover its hand as well as to get defendants out of Jail. The case will be heard by Judge Fred E. Hines of the Hamilton Circuit Court on a change of venue from Marion Circuit Court. HOURLY TEMPERATURE <1 a. m 63 10 a. rn 69 7 a. m 63 11 a. m 71 Ba. m 64 12 (noon) .... 73 9 a. m 65 1 p. m 78

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Locked Up for Twenty Hours, Twelfth Ballot in Vain for Verdict —Judge to Hold Them Until Saturday Morning. By John L. Niblack Timet Staff Correspondent MARTINSVILLE, Ind., May 29.—Unable to break a deadlock of more than twenty hours, jurors were still balloting today on the fate of John Thomas Shaw, colored, Indianapolis, charged with the murder of Helen Lager Whelehel. The jurors went out to lunch at 12 and returned shortly afterward to resume their deliberations. They have not called for Instructions. Martinsville residents, familiar with Juries here, expressed the belief that a hopeless deadlock existed. The case went to the jury at 6:45 p. m. Thursday. The juror's retired at 10 p. m. and were aroused at 5 today. Judge Joseph W. Williams opened court at 9 a. m., and when told the jury had not reached a verdict, said he would give them until Saturday morning and possibly later If there was any hope for a verdict. Omar O'Hara, prosecuting attorney of Morgan County, was in court to receive the verdict. William H. Remy, Marion County prosecutor and Ilomer Elliott, special asrlstant, left late Thursday night for Indianapolis.

Speed Mount Is Smashed

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L. Yj. Uorum, whose race car was smashed in an accident at the Speedway.

SEEKING MORE BRIBEEVIDENCE Crowe After Higher-ups in Shepherd Case. B v United Preg CHICAGO, May 29.—State's Attorney Robert E. Crowe, today sought fresh evidence that witnesses in the William D. Shepherd $1,000,000 "germ murder" trial have been offered bribes. #N T ewspaper men on the scene demanded the list of names for publication, but Crowe refused. It was further made known that Crowe intends to push the case through the grand jury and demand indictments against the "hlgehr ups.” Whether William Scott Stewart and W. W. O’Brien, Shepherd’s two attorneys, are connected with the alleged plot could not be learned. NO WORD OF LEE HERE . ... ■■ -jja Official Will Start Fyrwytigation Soon, Says Wwl.-y?’, County officials will start Investigation next week if no word is received from Knoxville, Tenn., regarding return of Ralph Lee, wanted here on charge of first-degree murder, Claude M. Worley, county investigator, said today. Lee, who escaped Jail at Franklin, Ind., is charged with killing Abner Peck. He is held in Knooxville on charge of robbery. Worley wrote Knoxville officers ten days ago. Judgment Is Suspended Helen Spurting, 42 W. Fourteenth St., was fined $5 and costs and sentenced to ten days In Indiana Woman's Prison on an assault and battery charge, filed after an alleged fight with Fannie Granger same address. City Judge Pro Tern, Garth Melson, suspended judgment.

FLAT REFUSAL TO REAPPOINT TEACHER MADE Graff Tells School Board Miss Alexander Will Be Barred. REASONS ARE EXPLAINED Refused to Cooperate, Superintendent Says. Superintendent of Schools E. U. Graff this afternoon told the school board definitely he would not recommend Miss Georgia Alexander, 1516 N. Pennsylvania St., principal of School 10, lor reappointment orgive her a place in any Indianapolis school. Explaining his position, Graff said: “Prior to a year ago Miss Alexander had undergone some changes in her official position with the school system and it was well known that her attitude in refusing to obey the rules and regulations of the system and other wise in refusing to co-operAte with those in authority was the basis for that course of action. Formerly she was a supervising principal. When that system was abandoned for a system of more central authority, she was promoted and made one of seven district superintendents. “Again the system was centralized to a larger degree and the seven district superintendents were re placed by three assistant superintendents. She then was made principal of School 48, one of tho large elementary schools, whero her salary was at the maximum for principals. A trial there resulted In her demotion to the principalshlp of School 6, a smaller school, with a decrease of S4OO a year in salary, ’’'he following year she spent in Columbia University. It was while at Columbia that. sh 6 wrota me a promise of co-opera-tion, as quoted in my letter to her. Her promise was taken for full value. An effort was made to forget the past. On her return she wan made principal of School 10, also a large school, hut with a salary, on account of some special work, larger than that of any other elementary school principal by S3OO a year. The year at School 10 has resulted in her failure to carry out that promise.” Writes Miss Alexander Graff also wrote Miss Alexander. His letter said: “I am not at all satisfied with your attitude toward your work, the kind of cooperation which you show toward your sasociates, nor with the degree of compliance you render to the requirments of the school board and the properly constiuted school authorities. Also I am not at all satisfied with the attitude which you have shown toward the assistant superintendents and other directors who have been associated with you in various phases of our common work. In my opinion these deficiencies on your part have become harmful to the best interests of the Indianapolis schools.” PETITIONS EXPECTED School Board May Be Asked to ReAppoint Miss Alexander. Petitions asking that Miss Georgia Alexander, principal of school No. 10, Thirteenth St. and Ashland Ave., be reappointed were expected to be submitted to the school board before Its special meeting at 6 p. m. The meeting, vtas called to consider bids for houses on site of the new colored high school. Miss Alexander’s name was omitted from a list of recommendations for reappointment made Tuesday night by Superintendent E. U. Graff.

Best Ways to Go to Speedway Busses, street cars and railroad trains will take care of thousands of race fans to the Speedway Saturday. Peoples Motor Coach busses will operate on a ten-minute schedule from Monument Circle and from Illinois and Washington Sts. Busses, taxis and trucks will be routed on Washington St. to Warman Ave. and north to the Speedway, on orders from Traffic Inspector Michael J: Glenn. Traction cars will leave the Terminal Station ever}- minute and shuttle trains will leave Union Station every five minutes, according to announcement at Speedway office. A special train and qjirs for Speedway employes will depart from Traction Terminal and Union Statioru at 4:80 a. m.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1925

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Above: (Standing left to Rij.'hl) A rile Gowen. and Herbert Uebeleln. Both of Popular Bluffs, Mo. In Front, Earl Wilmoth, Troy, Mo., All Members of the First party at the Gate. Below: (Left to Right Stamh.i); at Auto* Edward Hartman. Roland Stang, Joseph lane, Harold Abnond, and Oarence Obcrfelt, nil of Sandusky, Oliio, Holders of Car place** One and Two in the second Line. Men Sitting in the Foreground Are Occupants of the Third and Fourth Clara.

All Records for First Spectator at Race Shattered. All records fell at the gales tis the Speedway this year, and fans using experience as a criterion were badly fcoled, in their hopes to be first through the gates to the big race Saturday. Artie Gowen Poplar Bluff, lowa, In the first car at the middle gate last year, gainej the same distinction again this year, but arrived a day earlier. In company with Herbert Übeleln. also of Poplar Bluffs, and Earl Wilmoth of Troy. N. Y., he parked his auto at the middle gato at 2 p. m. Thursday. Four hours later the second car pulled In Roland Stang, Joseph Lang and Edward Hartman, Clarence Oberfelt and Harold Almond, all of Sandusky, Ohio, drove in at 4 p. m., with cars one and two In the second line. This Is the third year Stang has held the same position. Miss Vera Oster, Toledo, Ohio, was the first woman y to wait In line. She drove here with her father, A. W. Oster, and arrrived at the track at 8:30 a. m. today. Oster 6aid he was No. 3 last year at 4 p. m., bt utoday he found himself twelfth In line. There were seven cars In line at the main gate. S. N. Hardy, 642 Lynn St., was in car one. GANGLANDPAYS GENNA TRIBUTE Rum Runner’s Funeral Cost Is $50,000. Bv United Prest CHICAGO, May 29.-*-Gang!and paid grand tribute today to “Bloody Angelo” Genna, prince of booze, who was shot to death by competing rum runners here a few days ago. There was all the pomp that $50,000 could buy. There were thirty luxurious tourirg cars, packed with flowers that mi.de even the slums of the southwest side fragrant. There were 15) limousines bearing the family, the relatives, the politicians, the fellow gangmen c* Angelo. SHANK CRIEsTcITY SALE Mayor Disposes of Building on New School Site. Mayor Shank today auctioned eleven houses, a barn and a garage, belonging to the sch ol city of Indianapolis on land ut Twelfth and West Sts., site of a high school for colored students. Structures sold for $1,600, only one building remaining to be sold. An offer of $1,200 had been rejected. The school board will meet this afternoon to approve sales.

HA WKINS LOSES FREEDOM FIGHT

AIR LEADER TO SPEAKTONIGHT Maj. Gen. Patrick Will Address Engineers. Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of U. S. A. air service, will be the principal speaker at a dinner to be given by Indiana section, Society of Automotive Engineers, tonight at I.idlanapolls Athletic Club. General Patrick arrived from Washington by airplane shortly before noon. Dinner is in connection with twenty-fifth anniversary of automotive Industry. Other . speakers are C. F. Kettering, president General Motors Research Corporation: Charles M. Schwab, steel magnate, and Albert J. Beveridge. GIRL FOUND MURDERED 24-Year-Old Stater of Brooklyn Detective—Body Mutilated. Bv United Pr<s BROOKLYN, N. Y., May 29.—Miss Florence Kane, 24-year-old sister of a Brooklyn detective, was brutally murdered near her home here today while returning from a theater party In Manhattan. A few hours after she was strangled to death. Miss Kane’s mutilated body was found in a vacant lot In Brownsville district, where a few years ago Mary MacDonald, subway cashier was killed under similar circumstances. TO DEDICATE TEMPLE Bishop From New York Will Preach I Sermon Sunday. Bishop P. A. Wallace of New York will preach the dedicatory sermon Sunday at 3 p. m. at new St. Mark A. M. E. Zion Temple, 1803 Shelby St. A number of ministers of the denomination will participate. Special morning program will be given. Banquet in honor of Bishop Wallace will be held Monday night. PAINLEVE IS UPHELD 4 Vote of Confidence Given on Morocco Policy. Bv United Pres* PARIS, May 29.—The Painleve cabinet received an overwhelming vote of confidence on Its Morocco oolicy this afternoon in the Chamber of Deputies. The vote stood b3" to 59.

Judge Refuses to Accept Surety Bond Offered by Sisters. Efforts to release Morton S. Hawkins from the Marlon County jail today failed when Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell fixed bond at $30,000 and refused to accept surety offered by Hawkins’ two sisters. Hawkins is awaiting trial on a charge of conspiracy to use the malls to defraud in a $6,000,000 stock swindling scheme through the Hawkins Mortgage Company of Portland, Ind. Defaulted Bond He defaulted bond of $7,600 when he failed to appear for trial here Oct. 1, 1924. He was captured In Ohio and brought to Indianapolis Tuesday. “Hawkins has violated every assurance In the past and his assurances row are of no value at all, declared Homer Elliott, special assistant atomey general. . United States District Attorney Albert Ward asked for a $50,000 bond but the court placed It at $30,000. Mrs. Estella M. Fall and Mrs. Zella H. Jones, both of Portland, sisters of Hawkins, testified their property was worth $60,000, but admitted It was assessed for only $50,000 and was under a SIO,OOO mortgage. Judge I>eaves Ward will make an examination of the property to ascertain its value, it Is said. Judge Baltzell left Indianapolis Immediately, after the hearing for Sumner, 111., where he will spend Memorial day. He is expected to return Monday. In the meantime Hawkins will remain in jail. REMOVETHIRTY MINERS'BODIES Twenty-Four Believed Left In Wrecked Workings. Be United Press SANFORD. N. C.. May 29.—Thirty bodies have been removed from the shaft of the Carolina Coal Company’s mine near here. Hope of rescuing alive the others trapped In the mine by Wednesday’s explosion has been abandoned. Mine officials believe twenty-four remain to be rescued. The work of retrieving bodies is progressing swiftly under direction of experts from Thomas, W. Va. Twelve bodies were brought up during the night. Officials believe the others will be removed today.

Entered as Second-data Matter at Postbfflce, Indianapolis. Published Daily Except Sunday.

News of First Serious Accident of Speedway Season Thrill for Throngs Arriving Early for 500-Mile Race —Driver Uninjured. DURAY’S SPEED BURST STANDS AS RECORD Noted Personages Here to Witness World’s Greatest Motor Classic Bricks Cool and Experts Predict New Mark. By Blythe Q. Hendricks First serious accident at the Speedway this year occured today when L. L. Comm crashed into the wall in one of Ralph De Palma’s cars Which he was to drive in the 500-mile race Saturday. Corum was not hurt. The car will be out of the l ace. News of the accident provided an advance thrill for the throngs arriving early for the race. The accident occured shortly beforefore noon at the first turn. Corum was driving at better than 100 miles an hour when his car, De Palma's “Bobtail” Miller Special, skidded and turned completely around, stradling the Inside retaining wall. Astraddle the\jvall, the car slid backwards 300 feet and came to a stop. While preparing for the Speedway race several years ago Corum, In a Frontenac, skidded at the same spot and was foiced out. Corum was Joint winner In 1924 with Joe Boyer. He drove the car in which Boyer won the race for over 100 laps. Corum will drive the car De Palma was scheduled to start In the race as result of the accident. De Palma will pilot the front-wheel drive Miller which Benny Hill was to pilot. Hill will be at the wheel of his Miller Special Ray Darrens was to drive. Annual invasion of the city by race fans was on in full force. Early today constantly Increasing lines of automobiles began to pour into the city. From all corners of the State came reports of roads crowded almost to capacity with Indianapolisbound motorists. Railroads also brought In their quota of visitors, and by Saturday morning the traction and motor bus lines will be crowded. All day long the cars atreamed into town —big, powerful sedans spattered with the dust of Texas and Oklahoma, frisky flivvers scampering in from States along the Atlantic coast, here and there a sporty roadster breezing in from a winter in Florida, battered busses from the Pacific slope, in fact, cars of every kind and description from almost every State In the Union. Hotel lobbies filled early In the day and it was easy to tell In the benevolent smiles of self-satisfaction the gueets who had been wise enough to make their reservations months In advance. The late arrivals rushed madly about trying to find some place to sleep for the night. Same Old Scenes At the Speedway ticket office the same old ecenes were re-enacted. Visitors utterly dumbfounded to learn that the day before the race it would be Impossible to obtain front-row seats in grand stand A, or choice parking space behind the pits. Out at the track again It was the same old story. Drivers and mechanics of cars already qualified working steadily, confidently, putting the finishing tuning up touches on their mounts; crews of stubborn busses which refuse to function properly and must make their qualifying laps today, working madly in desperate efforts to get their cars to the line. With twenty-three cars already qualified and four more possible, If not probable sorters, to try today, Indications are the starting field will consist of twenty-four or twenty-five cars when Seth Klein, official starter, gives the contestants the flag that will send them on the long 500-mile grind at 10 a. m. Saturday. Cloudy and cool weather today will almost certainly mean anew record (Turn to Pago 2) CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Permanent Organization Is Planned Monday Night. Permanent organization of the Childrens' Museum Association of Indianapolis is to be effected Monday night at the Herron Art Institute. according to Murray Dolman, head of the department of research of Indianapolis schools. The organization, patterned after the Brooklyn, N. Y., association, is being formed to create a child's museum with a permanent?building. > .

Forecast FAIR tonight and probably Saturday. Warmer weather jxpected Saturday.

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HOOSIER FIRMS ARE INDICTED IN FURNITUREWAR Forty-Four Indiana Companies Charged With Part in Price-Fixing. TOTAL OF 263 NAMED Seven Indianapolis Manu-< facturers Are Included. By James T. Kolbert United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, May 29. — The May Federal grand Jury here today returned Indictments against 263 furniture manufacturers on charges violating the Sherman anti-trust act. The indictments charge price fixing and curtailing of production to maintain high prices and destroy competition. The Jury also indicted the six secretaries and assistant secretaries of the National Refrigerator Man-, ufacturers Association, tho National) Alliance of Furniture Manufacturers] and the National Association of Chair Manufacturers. Investigation of the Industry was to determine why furniture prices are from 100 to 260 per cent higher than the pre-war levels, and how they have been kept up In the sacs of partial defiflatlon of prices of other commodities. Forty-four Indiana manufacturers were Indicted. Seven Indianapolis fltnw indicted included: Cabinet Makers Union, Emrlch Furniture Company, Furnas Furniture Company, H. Lauter & Cos., Ths Udell Works, Western Furniture Company, and the Krleg-Melen Company. Penalties possible are fines of SB,OOO each on the corporations and $5,000 and one /year In Jail for ths individuals named In the Indictments. TAYLOR COMMENTS Declares Prices Only 20 to 25 Per Cent Higher Than Pre-War. C&rl A. Taylor, president of tha Taylor Carpet Company, said charges that furniture prices are from 100 to 800 per higher than before the war are "absolutely without truth.” “I am prepared to prove that In Indianapolis people pay only from t 20 to 25 per ednt higher prices thani In 1914 for all types of furniture,'ll Taylor said. J* OFFICIALS MAKE DEVIAIjB v Those Indicted Hay I Vices * ,avr (B j* Bern Exorbitant. Officials of Indianapolis oompanlee named in the Indictment in general' denied prices had been exorbitant. "They have that wrong," said Wil. 11am F. Emrlch, secretary of the Bm< rich Furniture Company, 824 W. Morris St. "That’s a mistake.” was the statement of officials of the Western Fur* niture Company, 1038 Madison Av*. Officials of the H. Lauter Company saly they had "no statement. FIREMAN DIES IN GARY FIRE $350,000 Loss In Store Blaze. Be United Press GARY, Ind., May 29.—One fireman was killed and four others fnjursd here today ni an explosion in fire In the Boston store. The fire broke out early thin morning. It started In a rear room on the first floor. An explosion believed due to gas caused a wall to collapse and the firemen were caught by the debris. Loss was estimated at $>50,000. WEEKS IS RECOVERING Secret-ary of War Spends Comfort, able Night—Condition Good. Be United Frees BOSTON, May 29.—Secretary of War John W. Weeks, who underwent an operation for removal of gall stones here yeeterday, spent a comfortable night at Massachusetts General Hospital and his condltkn today Is satisfactory, Dr. Daniel I\ Jones. attending surgeon, an 4 nounced.

Ideal Speedway Day Predicted Fair weather for Speedway day was forecast today by J. H. Armtngton, Govern merit meteorologist. He said there was no sight of rain for Saturday, although ft may become unsettled by Saturday night. Armtnjrton also predlrted warmer weather and said moderate summer tmpnttw would probably prevail. Indicartons were for an Ideal day. ne said. V*